Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 232 / Friday, December 1, 2000 / Notices 75319

Contact Person: Dr. Richard Barvainis,

Program Director, Division of Astronomical

Sciences, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Room

1045, Arlington, VA 22230. Telephone: (703)

292–8820.

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and

recommendations concerning proposals

submitted to the Division of Astronomical

Sciences for financial support.

Name: Special Emphasis Panel in

Engineering Education and Centers (173).

Date/Time: January 8–9, 2001; 8:30 a.m.–

5:30 p.m.

Contact Person: Ms. Mary Poats, Program

Manager, Engineering Education and Centers

Division, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Room 585,

Arlington, VA 22230. Telephone: (703) 292–

8380.

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and

recommendations concerning proposals

submitted to the Research Experiences for

Undergraduates Program for financial

support.

Name: Special Emphasis Panel in Civil and

Mechanical Systems (1205).

Date/Time: January 11, 2001; 8 a.m.–5:30

p.m.

Contact Person: Dr. Jorn Larsen-Basse,

Program Director, Surfaces Engineering and

Material Design, Division of Civil and

Mechanical Systems, 4201 Wilson Boulevard,

Room 545, Arlington, VA 22230. Telephone:

(703) 292–8360.

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and

recommendations concerning proposals

submitted to the FY’01 Surface Engineering

and Material Design Review Panel for

financial support.

Name: Special Emphasis Panel in

Biological Sciences (1754).

Date/Time: December 12, 2000; 8 a.m.–3

p.m.

Contact Person: Dr. Gerald Selzer, Program

Director, Living Stock Collections, Division

of Biological Infrastructure, 4201 Wilson

Boulevard, Room 615, Arlington, VA 22230.

Telephone: (703) 292–8470.

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and

recommendations concerning proposals

submitted to the Living Stock Collections for

financial support.

Name: Special Emphasis Panel in

Astronomical Sciences (1186).

Dates/Times:

December 5–6, 2000, 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m.

December 7–8, 2000, 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m.

December 12–13, 2000, 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m.

December 14–15, 2000, 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m.

December 18–19, 2000, 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m.

December 19–20, 2000, 8:30 a.m.–5 p.m.

Contact Person: Ms. Claudette Merrick,

4201 Wilson Boulevard, Room 1045,

Arlington, VA 22230. Telephone: (703) 292–

8820.

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and

recommendations concerning proposals

submitted to the Division of Astronomical

Sciences for financial support.

Name: Special Emphasis Panel in

Mathematical Sciences (1204).

Date/Time: January 25–27, 2001; 8:30

a.m.–5:00 p.m.

Contact Person: Dr. Alvin Thaler, Program

Director, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Room

1025, Arlington, VA 22230. Telephone: (703)

292–4863.

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and

recommendations concerning proposals

submitted to the Algebra and Number

Theory, and Combinatorics Program for

financial support.

Name: Advisory Panel for Social and

Political Sciences (1761).

Date/Time: December 5–7, 2000; 9:00 a.m.–

7:00 p.m.

Contact Person: Dr. Doris Marie Provine,

Program Director for Law and Social Science,

and Dr. Patricia White, Program Director for

Sociology, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Room

980, Arlington, VA 22230. Telephone: (703)

292–8762.

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and

recommendations concerning political

science proposals submitted for financial

support.

Name: Advisory Committee for Computer

and Information Science and Engineering

(1115).

Date/Time: December 1, 2000; 8:00 a.m.–

5:00 p.m.

Contact Person: Aubrey M. Bush and

Thomas J. Greene, Division of Advanced

Networking and Infrastructure Research,

4201 Wilson Boulevard, Room 1175,

Arlington, VA 22230. Telephone: (703) 292–

8948.

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and

recommendations concerning Middleware

Program initiative for ANIR.

Name: Special Emphasis Panel in Materials

Research (1203).

Date/Time: December 14–15, 2000; 8:00

a.m.–6:00 p.m.

Contact Person: Dr. Ulrich Strom, Program

Director, Materials Research Science and

Engineering Centers, Division of Materials

Research, 4201 Wilson Boulevard, Room

1065, Arlington, VA 22230. Telephone: (703)

292–4938.

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and

recommendations concerning proposals

submitted to the FY’01 Nanoscale Science

and Engineering Centers Competition for

financial support.

Type of Meetings: Closed.

Place of Meetings: National Science

Foundation, 4201 Wilson Boulevard,

Arlington, VA.

Agenda: Review and evaluate proposals as

part of the selection process for awards.

Reason for Closing: The proposals being

reviewed include information of a

proprietary or confidential nature, including

technical information; financial data, such as

salaries; and personal information

concerning individuals associated with the

proposals. These matters are exempt under 5

U.S.C. 552b(c), (4) and (6) of the Government

in the Sunshine Act.

Dated: November 24, 2000.

Karen J. York,

Committee Management Officer.

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

U.S. National Assessment Synthesis

Team; Notice of Final Report

The National Science Foundation

(NSF) announces that the following

advisory committee, established

pursuant to the Federal Advisory

Committee Act (FACA) (Public Law 92–

463, as amended), completed its work

and issued its final report on October

31, 2000. As this committee was

established under the auspices of the

interagency Subcommittee on Global

Change Research (SGCR), see 63 Fed.

Reg. 9267 (Feb. 24, 1998), its final report

(which followed a 6-day public

comment period) was provided to the

SGCR Chair and a copy sent to the NSF.

Name: U.S. National Assessment

Synthesis Team (#5219).

Availability of Report: The report is

viewable and downloadable on the

Worldwide Web at www.gcrio.org/

NationalAssessment/. Publication is in

progress and information on ordering a

copy of the report is also provided on

the Website. The report is also available

for public inspection and use at the

Library of Congress in accordance with

section 13 of the FACA.

Contact Person: Tom Spence,

National Science Foundation, 4201

Wilson Blvd., Suite 705, Arlington, VA

22230. Telephone: (703) 292–8500.

Dated: November 27, 2000.

Karen J. York,

Committee Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–30576 Filed 11–30–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7555–01–M

PENSION BENEFIT GUARANTY

CORPORATION

Information Collection; OMB Review;

Payment of Premiums

AGENCY: Pension Benefit Guaranty

Corporation.

ACTION: Notice of request for OMB

review and approval.

SUMMARY: A final rule appearing

elsewhere in today’s Federal Register

adopts amendments to regulations of the

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

(‘‘PBGC’’) on Premium Rates (29 CFR

Part 4006) and Payment of Premiums

(29 CFR Part 4007) and affects the

collection of information under the

premium payment regulation (OMB

control number 1212–0009). The PBGC

is submitting the revised collection of

information, including revised premium

forms and instructions reflecting these

amendments, to the Office of

Management and Budget (‘‘OMB’’) for

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review and approval under the

Paperwork Reduction Act.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Deborah C. Murphy, Attorney, Office of

the General Counsel, Pension Benefit

Guaranty Corporation, 1200 K Street,

NW., Washington, DC 20005–4026, 202–

326–4024. (For TTY and TDD, call 800–

877–8339 and request connection to

202–326–4024.)

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An agency

may not conduct or sponsor, and a

person is not required to respond to, a

collection of information unless it

displays a currently valid OMB control

number.

Section 4007 of Title IV of the

Employee Retirement Income Security

Act of 1974 (‘‘ERISA’’) requires the

Pension Benefit Guaranty Corporation

(‘‘PBGC’’) to collect premiums from

pension plans covered under Title IV

pension insurance programs. ERISA

section 4006 prescribes the premium

rates. Pursuant to ERISA sections 4006

and 4007, the PBGC has issued its

regulations on Premium Rates (29 CFR

Part 4006) and Payment of Premiums

(29 CFR Part 4007). Part 4007 requires

among other things that plans use PBGC

forms and instructions in paying

premiums. (The forms also include a

certification of compliance with

requirements under the PBGC’s

regulation on Disclosure to Participants

(29 CFR Part 4011).) The control number

assigned to this collection of

information by the Office of

Management and Budget (‘‘OMB’’) is

1212–0009. On October 23, 2000, the

PBGC published a notice that it was

requesting extension of OMB approval

of this collection of information.

A final rule appearing elsewhere in

today’s Federal Register adopts

amendments to Parts 4006 and 4007 of

the PBGC’s regulations and affects this

collection of information. This notice

informs the public that the PBGC is

supplementing its pending request for

extension of OMB approval of this

collection of information by submitting

to OMB for review and approval the

revised collection of information,

including revised premium forms and

instructions reflecting these

amendments.

Issued in Washington, DC, this 22nd day

of November, 2000.

Stuart A. Sirkin,

Director, Corporate Policy and Research

Department, Pension Benefit Guaranty

Corporation.

[FR Doc. 00–30325 Filed 11–30–00; 8:45 am]

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POSTAL SERVICE

Office of Inspector General

Privacy Act of 1974; ComputerMatching Program

AGENCY: Office of Inspector General,

Postal Service.

ACTION: Notice of computer-matching

program.

SUMMARY: Subsection (e)(12) of the

Privacy Act of 1974, as amended (5

U.S.C. 552a), requires agencies to

publish advance notice of any proposed

or revised computer-matching program

for comment. The United States Postal

Service (Postal Service), Office of

Inspector General (OIG) is issuing notice

of its intent to conduct a computermatching program with the United

States Department of Labor Office of

Workers’ Compensation Programs. The

primary purpose of this matching

agreement is to determine whether the

current Postal Service automated and

manual procedures for monitoring

Federal Employees’ Compensation Act

(FECA) benefits payments made to

employees returning to work are

operating effectively. A secondary

purpose of this matching agreement is to

identify those Postal Service employees

who may have received dual benefits in

violation of section 81161(a) of the

FECA. Except as otherwise provided by

law, the Department of Labor Office of

Workers’ Compensation Programs has

the exclusive authority to administer,

interpret, and enforce the provisions of

the FECA.

DATES: Comments must be received no

later than January 2, 2001. Unless

comments are received that result in a

contrary determination, the matching

program covered by this notice will

begin as stated in the paragraph ‘‘Dates

of the Matching Program’’ in the

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of

this notice.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to

the Director, Legal Services, United

States Postal Service, Office of Inspector

General, 1735 N. Lynn Street, Arlington,

VA, 22209–2020; or delivered to Room

10.006 at the above address between 9

a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through

Friday. Comments received may also be

inspected during the above hours in the

10th floor reception area.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Gladis Griffith, Director, Legal Services,

at 703–248–2100.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to subsection (o) of the Privacy Act of

1974, as amended (5 U.S.C. 552a), the

OIG and the Department of Labor Office

of Workers’ Compensation Programs

will enter into an agreement to conduct

a computer-matching program. The

computer-matching program, described

below, will be conducted in accordance

with paragraph 4d of Appendix I to the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) Circular No. A–130, Federal

Agency Responsibilities for Maintaining

Records About Individuals, February 8,

1996 (61 FR 6427).

a. Participating Agencies: OIG

(recipient agency) and Department of

Labor Office of Workers’ Compensation

Programs.

b. Purpose of the Matching Program:

The primary purpose of this matching

agreement is to determine whether the

current Postal Service automated and

manual procedures for monitoring

FECA benefits payments made to

employees returning to work are

operating effectively. A secondary

purpose of this matching agreement is to

identify those Postal Service employees

who may have received dual benefits in

violation of section 8116(a) of the FECA.

The names and other identifying

information of employees suspected of

receiving dual benefits will be given to

the Postal Service Injury Compensation

Offices to determine whether

appropriate action has in fact been taken

regarding the propriety of the dual

payments. If no action has been taken,

appropriate steps will be followed to

remedy the failure to act.

c. Legal Authorities Authorizing

Operation of the Match: 39 U.S.C. 404

(Postal Reorganization Act); the

Inspector General Act, as amended, 5

U.S.C. Appendix 3; and the Privacy Act

of 1974, as amended, 5 U.S.C. 552a.

d. Categories of Individuals Matched

and Identification of Records Used: (1)

Postal Service employee data records

within the Privacy Act system of

records, United States Postal Service

050.020, Finance Records-Payroll

System (57 FR 57515), and (2)

Department of Labor Office of Workers’

Compensation Programs system of

records published as DOL/GOVT–1,

entitled Office of Workers’

Compensation Programs, Federal

Employees’ Compensation File (58 FR

49548), as amended (59 FR 47361).

e. Dates of the Matching Program:

This matching program is expected to

begin in December 2000 and to continue

in effect for 18 months unless

terminated earlier by either party.

Matching activity under this program

will begin no sooner than 40 days after

the last of the following occurs: (1)

Publication of this notice, (2) transmittal

of this matching agreement to Congress,