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following topics: 10 CFR Part 40,

entombment, transportation and Alloy

C–22.

C. 1:00–1:15 P.M.: Objectives of

ACNW’s CNWRA Review (Open)—The

Committee will discuss the objectives of

this review of the CNWRA’s research

and technical assistance program.

D. 1:15–2:15 P.M.: Program Overview:

Developing Review Capability and Risk

Information for Pre-and Post-Closure

(Open)—The Committee will discuss

and hear presentations from

representatives of the NRC staff, the

CNWRA and consultants regarding a

proposed regulatory framework,

regulatory guidance for site 2

recommendation and license

application reviews, analytical tools,

and field and laboratory experimental

facilities.

E. 2:30–4:00 P.M.: Progress Toward

Key Technical Issue Resolution

(Open)—The Committee will discuss

and hear a presentation from the NRC

staff regarding the issue resolution

process and its current status.

F. 4:00–6:00 P.M.: ACNW’s

Sufficiency Review Task Action Plan

(Open)—The Committee will discuss its

Sufficiency Review Task Action Plan.

G. 6:00–7:00 P.M.: Discussion of

Proposed ACNW Reports (Open)—The

Committee will discuss proposed

ACNW Reports on Part 40, entombment,

transportation, Alloy C–22 and other

matters considered during this meeting.

Tuesday, November 28, 2000

H. 8:30–10:00 A.M.: Yucca Mountain

TPA Code and External Review

(Open)—The Committee will discuss

the TPA external review and current

and planned code capability.

I. 10:15–12:30 P.M.: Capability of NRC

Staff to Evaluate Risk-Significance of

Information Submitted by DOE for PostClosure (Open)—The Committee will

hear presentations on the analytical

tools and methods for evaluating the

relative importance of issues and

subissues, parameter-level sensitivity

methods, post-processor techniques,

philosophy for addressing uncertainty,

and the use of the TPA code to support

decision making for SR and LA.

J. 1:30–2:45 P.M.: Pre-Closure Safety

Analysis (PCSA) Tool (Open)—The

Committee will discuss the status of the

PCSA and an example application.

K. 3:00–5:00 P.M.: Alloy C–22 Studies

(Open)—The Committee will review the

DOE waste package material selection

and degradation studies and applicable

CNWRA confirmatory studies.

L. 5:00–6:00 P.M.: Draft NRC/RES

Plan for Waste Research (Open)—The

Committee will discuss and review the

Draft Plan for Research Supporting the

Nuclear Waste Safety Arena.

M. 6:00–7:00 P.M.: Discussion of

Proposed ACNW Reports (Open)—The

Committee will continue its discussion

of proposed ACNW reports.

Wednesday, November 29, 2000

N. 8:30–10:30 A.M.: Tour of

Experimental Facilities—The

Committee will tour selected CNWRA

experimental facilities.

O. 10:30–12:00 Noon: Investigation

and Importance of Coupled Processes

Related to Repository Design (Open)—

The Committee will discuss ongoing

CNWRA coupled processes

investigations.

P. 12:00–12: 30 P.M.: Miscellaneous

(Open)—The Committee will discuss

matters related to the conduct of

Committee activities and matters and

specific issues that were not completed

during previous meetings, as time and

availability of information permit.

Procedures for the conduct of and

participation in ACNW meetings were

published in the Federal Register on

October 11, 2000 (65 FR 60475). In

accordance with these procedures, oral

or written statements may be presented

by members of the public, electronic

recordings will be permitted only

during those portions of the meeting

that are open to the public, and

questions may be asked only by

members of the Committee, its

consultants, and staff. Persons desiring

to make oral statements should notify

Howard J. Larson, ACNW, as far in

advance as practicable so that

appropriate arrangements can be made

to schedule the necessary time during

the meeting for such statements. Use of

still, motion picture, and television

cameras during this meeting will be

limited to selected portions of the

meeting as determined by the ACNW

Chairman. Information regarding the

time to be set aside for taking pictures

may be obtained by contacting the

ACNW office, prior to the meeting. In

view of the possibility that the schedule

for ACNW meetings may be adjusted by

the Chairman as necessary to facilitate

the conduct of the meeting, persons

planning to attend should notify Mr.

Larson as to their particular needs.

Further information regarding topics

to be discussed, whether the meeting

has been canceled or rescheduled, the

Chairman’s ruling on requests for the

opportunity to present oral statements

and the time allotted therefore can be

obtained by contacting Mr. Howard J.

Larson, ACNW (Telephone 301/415–

6805), between 8:00 A.M. and 5:00 P.M.

EDT.

ACNW meeting notices, meeting

transcripts, and letter reports are now

available for downloading or reviewing

on the internet at http://www.nrc.gov/

ACRSACNW.

Videoteleconferencing service is

available for observing open sessions of

ACNW meetings. Those wishing to use

this service for observing ACNW

meetings should contact Mr. Theron

Brown, ACNW Audiovisual Technician

(301/415–8066), between 7:30 a.m. and

3:45 p.m. EDT at least 10 days before the

meeting to ensure the availability of this

service. Individuals or organizations

requesting this service will be

responsible for telephone line charges

and for providing the equipment and

facilities that they use to establish the

videoteleconferencing link. The

availability of videoteleconferencing

services is not guaranteed.

The ACNW meeting dates for

Calendar Year 2001 are provided below:

ACNW Meeting No. and Meeting Date

124th (Rockville, MD): January 16–18,

2001

February 2001—No meeting

125th (Rockville, MD): March 6–8, 2001

April 2001—No meeting

126th (Rockville, MD):

May 15–17, 2001

127th (Rockville, MD): June 19–21, 2001

128th (Rockville, MD): July 17–19, 2001

129th (Rockville, MD): August 28–30,

2001

September 2001—No meeting

130th (Las Vegas, NV): October 16–18,

2001

131st (Rockville, MD): November 27–29,

2001

December 2001—No meeting

Dated: November 7, 2000.

Andrew L. Bates,

Advisory Committee Management Officer.

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Filings Under the Public Utility Holding

Company Act of 1935, as Amended

(‘‘Act’’)

November 6, 2000.

Notice is hereby given that the

following filing(s) has/have been made

with the Commission pursuant to

provisions of the Act and rules

promulgated under the Act. All

interested persons are referred to the

application(s) and/or declaration(s) for

complete statements of the proposed

transaction(s) summarized below. The

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1 15 U.S.C. 78k–1.

2 17 CFR 240.11Aa3–2. The ITS is a National

Market System (‘‘NMS’’) plan, which was designed

to facilitate intermarket trading in exchange-listed

equity securities based on current quotation

information emanating from the linked markets. See

Securities Exchange Act Release No. 19456 (January

27, 1983), 48 FR 4938 (February 3, 1983).

The ITS participants include the American Stock

Exchange LLC (‘‘Amex’’), the Boston Stock

Exchange, Inc. (‘‘BSE’’), the Chicago Board Options

Exchange, Inc. (‘‘CBOE’’), the Chicago Stock

Exchange, Inc. (‘‘CHX’’), the Cincinnati Stock

Exchange, Inc. (‘‘CSE’’), the National Association of

Securities Dealers, Inc. (‘‘NASD’’), the New York

Stock Exchange, Inc. (‘‘NYSE’’), the Pacific

Exchange, Inc. (‘‘PCX’’), and the Philadelphia Stock

Exchange, Inc. (‘‘PHLX’’) (‘‘Participants’’). 3Securities Exchange Act Release No. 43240

(September 1, 2000), 65 FR 54571 (September 8,

2000). 4The BSE and PCX filed proposed rule changes

with the Commission to implement these changes.

The Commission approved the BSE’s proposal on

August 8, 2000. See Securities Exchange Act

Release No. 43127 (August 8, 2000), 65 FR 49617

(August 14, 2000), (SR–BSE–99–01). The

Commission approved the PCX’s proposal on May

5, 2000. See Securities Exchange Act Release No.

42759 (May 5, 2000), 65 FR 30654 (May 12, 2000),

(SR–PCX–99–39).

5See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 42212

(December 9, 1999), 64 FR 70297 (December 16,

1999) (adopting amendments to expand the ITS/

CAES linkage to all listed securities). 6 15 U.S.C. 78k–1(a)(1)(C)(ii) and (D).

7 17 CFR 240.11Aa3–2(c)(2).

application(s) and/or declaration(s) and

any amendment(s) is/are available for

public inspection through the

Commission’s Branch of Public

Reference.

Interested persons wishing to

comment or request a hearing on the

application(s) and/or declaration(s)

should submit their views in writing by

November 30, 2000, to the Secretary,

Securities and Exchange Commission,

Washington, DC 20549–0609, and serve

a copy on the relevant applicant(s) and/

or declarant(s) at the address(es)

specified below. Proof of service (by

affidavit or, in the case of an attorney at

law, by certificate) should be filed with

the request. Any request for hearing

should identify specifically the issues of

facts or law that are disputed. A person

who so requests will be notified of any

hearing, if ordered, and will receive a

copy of any notice or order issued in the

matter. After November 30, 2000, the

application(s) and/or declaration(s), as

filed or as amended, may be granted

and/or permitted to become effective.

The Southern Company (70–8277)

The Southern Company (‘‘Southern’’),

270 Peachtree Street, NW., Atlanta,

Georgia 30303, a registered holding

company, has filed a post-effective

amendment under sections 6(a) and 7 of

the Act and rules 53 and 54 under the

Act to an application-declaration

previously filed under the Act.

By orders dated August 3, 1995 and

December 22, 1999 (HCAR Nos. 26349

and 27119), Southern was authorized,

among other things, to issue and sell in

one or more transactions, through

September 30, 2004 (‘‘Authorization

Period’’), up to 25 million shares of its

authorized but unissued common stock,

$5 par value (‘‘Authorized Shares’’). The

number of Authorized Shares may be

adjusted to reflect any share split or

distribution authorized by the

Commission. Southern now requests

that the number of Authorized Shares

that may be issued during the

Authorization Period be increased from

25 million to 35 million.

For the Commission, by the Division of

Investment Management, under delegated

authority.

Margaret H. McFarland,

Deputy Secretary.

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Intermarket Trading System; Order

Approving Fifteenth Amendment to the

ITS Plan Relating to Remote

Specialists, the National Market

System Test System, Trade

Adjustment Procedures, and Technical

Revisions

November 3, 2000.

On June 6, 2000, the Intermarket

Trading System (‘‘ITS’’) submitted to the

Securities and Exchange Commission

(‘‘Commission’’) an amendment to the

restated ITS Plan pursuant to Section

11A of theSecurities Exchange Act of

1934 (‘‘Act’’),1 and Rule 11A3a3–2

thereunder.2 The Participants filed the

proposal to recognize the

implementation of remote specialists

and the National Market Test System. In

addition, the Participants proposed to

codify procedures for trade adjustment

and to make technical revisions. Notice

of the proposal appeared in the Federal

Register on September 8, 2000.3 The

Commission received no comments on

the proposal. For the reasons discussed

below, the Commission is approving the

proposal.

The proposal amends Sections

6(a)(ii)(B) and (E), 7(c) and 8(a) of the

ITS Plan to reflect the changed manner

in which the BSE and the PCX will

interact with ITS, in particular that BSE

and PCX specialists carry out their

specialist operations off the floors of the

BSE and the PCX.4

The proposal recognizes the National

Market Test System (‘‘NMTS’’) as a

stand-alone system that supports testing

of the Consolidated Tape System,

Consolidated Quotation System, ITS,

and the Participants interfaced with

these systems. The NMTS can be used

during normal business hours and ITS

will be responsible for one-third of the

costs of the NMTS. The ITS Plan

provisions for the NMTS equally divide

the ITS costs among all Participants.

The proposal adds Section 6(b)(iv) to

the ITS Plan, which codifies the trade

adjustment process whereby, and

circumstances under which, supervisors

monitoring Participants’ markets may

request the ITS Control Center to enter

agreed-upon adjustments to system

trades (price, size, buy or sell side,

cancel or insert trade ‘‘as of’’ a prior

day).

The proposal makes several technical

amendments dealing with the ITS/CAES

Linkage as adopted by the Commission,

eliminating the definition of the term

‘‘ITS/CAES security (stock)’’ and

making other conforming changes. In

addition, the revision reinserts text in

the ITS Plan under Section 5(b)(ii) that

the Commission inadvertently omitted.5

According to the Participants, the

revisions are otherwise neutral as to

their effect on the Commission’s

adopted amendment. Lastly, the

revisions redesignate current Sections

12, 13, and 14 as Sections 13, 14, and

15 respectively, and current Section 15

as Section 12 (with other conforming

changes), and amending Section 3(a) to

reflect the change in the Amex’s

corporate name from ‘‘American Stock

Exchange, Inc.’’ to ‘‘American Stock

Exchange LLC.’’

The Commission finds that the

proposed amendment is consistent with

the Act in general, and in particular,

with Sections 11A(a)(1)(C)(ii) and (D),6

which provide for fair competition

among the Participants and their

members, and the linking of markets for

qualified securities through

communications and data processing

facilities that foster efficiency, enhance

competition, increase the information

available to brokers, dealers, and

investors, facilitate the offsetting of

investors’ orders, and contribute to the

best execution of such orders. The

Commission also finds that the

amendment is consistent with Rule

11Aa3–2(c)(2),7 which requires the

Commission to determine that the

amendment is necessary and

appropriate in the public interest, for