66776 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 216 / Tuesday, November 7, 2000 / Notices

Sincerely,

Alexis M. Herman.

Enclosures.

Certification of States to the Secretary of

the Treasury, Pursuant to Section 3304

of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986

In accordance with the provisions of

Section 3304(c) of the Internal Revenue

Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. 3304(c)), I

hereby certify the following named

States to the Secretary of the Treasury

for the 12-month period ending on

October 31, 2000, in regard to the

unemployment compensation laws of

those States which heretofore have been

approved under the Federal

Unemployment Tax Act:

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Delaware

District of Columbia

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Lousiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Puerto Rico

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Virgin Islands

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

This certification is for the maximum

normal credit allowable under Section

3302(a) of the Code.

Signed at Washington, DC, on October 31,

2000.

Alexis M. Herman,

Secretary of Labor.

Certification of State Unemployment

Compensation Laws to the Secretary of

the Treasury Pursuant To Section

3303(b)(1) of The Internal Revenue Code

of 1986

In accordance with the provisions of

paragraph (1) of Section 3303(b) of the

Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26

U.S.C. 3303(b)(1)), I hereby certify the

unemployment compensation laws of

the following named States, which

heretofore have been certified pursuant

to paragraph (3) of Section 3303(b) of

the Code, to the Secretary of the

Treasury for the 12-month period

ending on October 31, 2000:

Alabama

Alaska

Arizona

Arkansas

California

Colorado

Connecticut

Dalaware

District of Columbia

Florida

Georgia

Hawaii

Idaho

Illinois

Indiana

Iowa

Kansas

Kentucky

Louisiana

Maine

Maryland

Massachusetts

Michigan

Minnesota

Mississippi

Missouri

Montana

Nebraska

Nevada

New Hampshire

New Jersey

New Mexico

New York

North Carolina

North Dakota

Ohio

Oklahoma

Oregon

Pennsylvania

Puerto Rico

Rhode Island

South Carolina

South Dakota

Tennessee

Texas

Utah

Vermont

Virginia

Virgin Islands

Washington

West Virginia

Wisconsin

Wyoming

This certification is for the maximum

additional credit allowable under

Section 3302(b) of the Code.

Signed at Washington, DC, on October 31,

2000.

Alexis M. Herman,

Secretary of Labor.

[FR Doc. 00–28512 Filed 11–6–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–30–M

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Bureau of Labor Statistics

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as

part of its continuing effort to reduce

paperwork and respondent burden,

conducts a preclearance consultation

program to provide the general public

and Federal agencies with an

opportunity to comment on proposed

and/or continuing collections of

information in accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(PRA95) [44 U.S.C. 3506(c) (2)(A). This

program helps to ensure that requested

data can be provided in the desired

format, reporting burden (time and

financial resources) is minimized,

collection instruments are clearly

understood, and the impact of collection

requirements on respondents can be

properly assessed. The Bureau of Labor

Statistics (BLS) is soliciting comments

concerning the proposed reinstatement

of the Work Schedules Supplement to

the Current Population Survey (CPS), to

be conducted in May 2001. A copy of

the proposed information collection

request (ICR) can be obtained by

contacting the individual listed below

in the Addresses section of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted to the office listed in the

Addresses section of this notice on or

before January 8, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Ausie B.

Grigg, Jr., BLS Clearance Officer,

Division of Management Systems,

Bureau of Labor Statistics, Room 3255,

2 Massachusetts Avenue, NE,

Washington, DC 20212, telephone

number 202–691–7628 (this is not a toll

free number).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ausie B. Grigg, Jr., BLS Clearance

Officer, telephone number 202–691–

7628. (See Addresses section.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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I. Background

The CPS has been the principal

source of the official Government

statistics on employment and

unemployment for over 50 years.

Collection of labor force data through

the CPS is necessary to meet the

requirements in Title 29, United States

Code, Sections 1 and 2. Over the past

several decades, the economy of the

United States has been undergoing a

fundamental restructuring. Advances in

computer and communications

technology have increasingly enabled

some workers to perform part or all of

their work at home. The growth of this

phenomenon represents an important

development in this country’s labor

markets. This supplement will provide

a substantial and objective set of data

about work at home and work in homebased businesses. It will provide

valuable information on the work

schedules of employed persons, that is,

the beginning and ending times of work,

type of shift worked, and calendar days

worked. It also will provide information

about employed persons who do work at

home. Work schedule supplements have

been conducted since the 1970s.

Questions on home-based work were

included in May 1985, May 1991, and

May 1997. A key purpose of the May

2001 collection is to gather updated

information on these topics. In

particular, it is widely believed that the

number of persons who work at home

is growing rapidly, and the May 2001

supplement will provide information

that will help researchers gauge the

extent to which this group is expanding

and provide additional detail on the

nature of this work activity. More

generally, the May 2001 Work Schedule

Supplement will be used by BLS

researchers and others to examine the

changes in work schedules and work at

home that are taking place over time.

II. Desired Focus of Comments

The Bureau of Labor Statistics is

particularly interested in comments

which:

• Evaluate whether the proposed

collection of information is necessary

for the proper performance of the

functions of the agency, including

whether the information will have

practical utility;

• Evaluate the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information,

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used;

• Enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and

• Minimize the burden of the

collection of information on those who

are to respond, including through the

use of appropriate automated,

electronic, mechanical, or other

technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology,

e.g., permitting electronic submissions

of responses.

III. Current Action

OMB clearance is being sought for the

Work Schedules Supplement to the

CPS.

Type of Review: Reinstatement, with

change, of a previously approved

collection for which approval has

expired.

Agency: Bureau of Labor Statistics.

Title: Work Schedules Supplement to

the CPS.

OMB Number: 1220–0119.

Affected Public: Households.

Total Respondents: 58,000.

Frequency: Monthly.

Total Responses: 58,000.

Average Time Per Response: 4.5

Minutes.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 4,350

Hours.

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):

$0

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintenance): $0

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for Office of

Management and Budget approval of the

information collection request; they also

will become a matter of public record.

Signed at Washington, D.C., this 31st day

of October, 2000.

W. Stuart Rust, Jr.,

Chief, Division of Management Systems,

Bureau of Labor Statistics.

[FR Doc. 00–28511 Filed 11–6–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–24–P

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

[IA–00–032]

In the Matter of Hiram J. Bass; Order

Prohibiting Involvement in NRCLicensed Activities (Effective

Immediately)

I

Hiram J. Bass was formerly employed

as the Measuring and Test Equipment

(M&TE) Program Administrator by

Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA or

Licensee). The Licensee is the holder of

License Nos. DPR–33, DPR–52, DPR–68,

issued by the Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC or Commission)

pursuant to 10 CFR part 50 on December

20, 1973, August 2, 1974, and August

18, 1976, respectively. The licenses

authorize the operation of the Browns

Ferry Nuclear Plant Units 1, 2, and 3

(BFN or facility) in accordance with the

conditions specified therein. The

facility is located on the Licensee’s site

in Athens, Alabama.

II

On September 21, 1999, the Nuclear

Regulatory Commission’s (NRC) Office

of Investigations (OI) initiated an

investigation to determine whether

Hiram J. Bass deliberately failed to issue

and/or disposition nonconformance

evaluations as required by site

procedures while employed as the

M&TE Program Administrator at the

facility. The NRC also conducted an

inspection of this issue during the

period April 2 through June 24, 2000.

The results of this investigation and

inspection were documented in NRC

Inspection Report 50–259/00–03, 50–

260/00–03, 50–296/00–03, issued on

July 27, 2000, and our letter to Mr. Bass

dated July 31, 2000.

As background, certain M&TE used at

BFN is calibrated on a regular basis by

TVA’s Central Laboratory Field Testing

Services (CLFTS). When CLFTS

identifies an instrument that is out of

tolerance, that information is forwarded

to the BFN Maintenance Department,

M&TE Group. The M&TE Program

Administrator is responsible for issuing

and ensuring disposition of each

nonconformance evaluation for M&TE

found to be out of tolerance. The

purpose of a nonconformance

evaluation is, among other reasons, to

initiate the facility review process to

ensure that plant components have not

been negatively affected by the out-oftolerance M&TE, and to initiate action to

address plant components that have

been affected.

BFN Technical Specification 5.4.1,

BFN Site Standard Practice Procedure

(SSP)–6.7, Control of Measuring and

Test Equipment, Revision 8A, effective

May 27, 1997 through June 1, 1998, and

TVA Standard Programs and Processes

Procedure (SPP)–6.4, Measuring and

Test Equipment, Revision 0, effective

May 29, 1998, through August 15, 1999,

together require nonconformance

evaluations to be issued and

dispositioned for conditions such as lost

M&TE or standards, out-of-tolerance

M&TE or plant standards, damaged or

otherwise defective M&TE or plant

standards, and disassembled M&TE or

plant standards.

In June 1999, a BFN self-assessment of

the M&TE program revealed that several

out-of-tolerance M&TE items did not

have nonconformance evaluations

initiated by BFN. Further TVA review

determined that, from June 1997 to June