13198 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 53 / Wednesday, March 19, 1997 / Notices

dose rates associated with the 55-gallon

drum.

f. Response: The publication of the figures

in the Federal Register caused some blurring

that has caused the commenter to misread

the indicated dose rate. Comparisons with

the scale on the ordinate indicate that the

commenter’s figure is high by a factor of 10.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 13th day

of March, 1997.

For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission

John W. N. Hickey,

Chief, Low-Level Waste and Decommissioning

Projects Branch, Division of Waste

Management, Office of Nuclear Material

Safety and Safeguards.

[FR Doc. 97–6884 Filed 3–18–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

Individual Plant Examination Program:

Perspectives on Reactor Safety and

Plant Performance Volume 1, Part 1

and Volume 2, Parts 2–5, Draft

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Workshop Agenda for

Draft NUREG–1560.

SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory

Commission has published a draft of

‘‘Individual Plant Examination Program:

Perspectives on Reactor Safety and Plant

Performance,’’ NUREG–1560, Volumes 1

and 2. Volume 1, Part 1 is a summary

report from a review of the Individual

Plant Examinations (IPE) submitted to

the agency in response to Generic Letter

88–20. Volume 2, Part 2–5 provides an

in-depth discussion of the insights and

findings summarized in Volume 1, Part

1. The NRC staff will conduct a public

workshop (April 7, 8, 9, 1997) to discuss

the contents of the draft NUREG and to

solicit comments (See FR notices 61 FR

58429 and 61 FR 65248). The agenda of

the workshop is listed in this notice.

WORKSHOP MEETING INFORMATION:A 3-day

workshop will be held to address

comments and answer questions.

DATES: April 7, 8, 9, 1997.

LOCATION: Austin, Texas.

HOTEL: Hyatt Regency, 208 Barton

Springs Rd., Austin, Texas, 78704.

Please make your reservations directly

with the Hyatt Regency Hotel, phone

(512) 477–1234 (or 1 800 233–1234).

Mention that you will be attending the

NRC–IPE Workshop to receive the

meeting group rate of $113/night plus

tax (single/double). Hotel reservations

by March 7, 1997 are required in order

to receive the group rate (subject to

availability).

REGISTRATION: The workshop

registration fee is $100 USD.

Registration fee is payable by check or

money orders drawn on U.S. banks

payable to Sandia National Laboratories;

no credit cards accepted. Mail

registration fees to Martha Lucero,

Sandia National Laboratories, PO Box

5800, MS 0129, Albuquerque, New

Mexico 87185–0129. Please include

name, organization, address and phone

number with your registration fee.

Registration fee includes reception,

daily continental breakfast, and one

lunch. Late registration fee ($100) is due

no later than the time of workshop/

meeting registration (cash is accepted

for late registration payment at

workshop).

Workshop Agenda

Sunday

3:00 pm to 7:00 pm

Registration

6:00 pm to 9:00 pm

Reception

Monday

Time and Topic

7:00 am to 5:00 pm

Registration/information

8:00 am to 8:30 am

Opening remarks (NRC staff)

8:30 am to 8:45 am

Introduction, Roadmap for meeting

(Chapter 1)

8:45 am to 9:15 am

Perspectives on impact of IPE program on

reactor safety* (Chapters 2 and 9)

9:15 am to 10:25 am

Perspective on Reactor Design* (Chapters

3, 10 and 11)

10:25 am to 10:40 am

BREAK

10:40 am to 11:50 am

Perspectives on Containment Design*

(Chapters 4, 10, and 12)

11:50 am to 1:20 pm

LUNCH (part of registration fee), also keynote speech by Joseph Callan, EDO

1:20 pm to 2:00 pm

Operational perspectives* (Chapters 5 and

13)

2:00 pm to 3:00 pm

Perspectives on IPEs with respect to riskinformed regulation* (Chapters 6, 14 and

15)

3:00 pm to 3:15 pm

BREAK

3:15 pm to 4:00 pm

Perspectives on IPEs with respect to

Commission’s Safety Goals and impact of

Station Blackout rule on CDFs*

(Chapters 7, 16 and 17)

4:00 pm to 5:00 pm

Open discussion

5:00 pm

Adjourn

5:30 pm to 6:30 pm

IPE Database demonstration, Part 1 (Basic

Queries: Basic structures of the user

friendly program including examples of

general queries)

*Each ‘‘presentation’’ is comprised of:

(1) NRC presentation of overview of

perspectives and staff’s interpretation of

comments received and staff’s response.

(2) Open time for questions and comments.

Tuesday

Time and Topic

7:45 am to 5:00 pm

registration/information

8:10 am to 8:15 am

Introductory remarks (NRC)

8:15 am to 9:15 am

Presentation by Wolfgang Werner on

insights from PRAs of European nuclear

power plants*

9:15 am to 10:15 am

Presentation by Westinghouse Owner’s

Group*

10:15 am to 10:30 am

BREAK

10:30 am to 11:30 am

Presentation by CE Owner’s Group*

11:30 am to 1:00 pm

LUNCH

1:00 pm to 2:00 pm

Presentation by B&W Owner’s Group*

2:00 pm to 3:00 pm

Presentation by BWR Owner’s Group*

3:00 pm to 3:15 pm

BREAK

3:15 pm to 3:45 pm

Presentation by Northeast Utilities*

3:45 pm to 5:00 pm

Open Discussion

5:00 pm

Adjourn

5:30 pm to 6:30 pm

IPE Database demonstration, Part 2

(Advanced queries: use of ACCESS to

query the database, program setup and

discussion)

*Includes time for questions and answers.

Wednesday

Time and Topic

8:15 am to 3:00 pm

Registration/information

8:30 am to 8:35 am

Introductory remarks (NRC)

8:35 am to 9:35 am

Presentation by NEI*

9:35 am to 10:00 am

NRC presentation on NRC Potential

Regulatory Follow-up Activities

10:00 am to 10:15 am

BREAK

10:15 am to 11:30 pm

Open discussion on NRC Potential

Regulatory Follow-up activities

11:30 am to 1:00 pm

LUNCH

1:00 pm to 3:00 pm

Wrap-up Discussion (NRC and public) on

NUREG–1560 covering such issues as:

• Validity and accuracy of NUREG

information, conclusions and

observations

• Future NRC activities

• Future industry activities

3:00 pm

Adjourn

*Includes time for questions and answers.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Draft

NUREG–1560 (Volume 1, Part 1 and

Volume 2, Parts 2–5) is available for

inspection and copying for a fee at the

NRC Public Document Room, 2120 L
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1Rule 17a–8 provides an exemption from section

17(a) for certain reorganizations among registered

investment companies that may be affiliated

persons, or affiliated persons of an affiliated person,

solely by reason of having a common investment

adviser, common directors, and/or common

officers.

Street N.W. (Lower Level), Washington

D.C. 20555–0001. A free single copy of

Draft NUREG–1560, to the extent of

supply, may be requested by writing to

Distribution Series, Printing and Mail

Services Branch, Office of

Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555–

0001.

Any additional public comments after

the workshop are due within 30 days

after the workshop, by May 9, 1997.

Mail comments on Draft NUREG–1560

(Volumes 1 and 2) to Mary Drouin,

Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research,

Mail Stop T–10 E50, U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, Washington,

DC 20555–0001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Edward Chow, Office of Nuclear

Regulatory Research, MS: T10–E50, U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Washington DC 20555, (301) 415–6571.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 13th day

of March, 1997.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Mark Cunningham,

Chief, Probabilistic Risk Analysis Branch,

Division of Systems Technology, Office of

Nuclear Regulatory Research.

[FR Doc. 97–6883 Filed 3–18–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

Sunshine Act Meeting

U.S. Railroad Retirement Board, Notice

of Public Meeting

Notice is hereby given that the

Railroad Retirement Board will hold a

meeting on March 26, 1997, 9:00 a.m.,

at the Board’s meeting room on the 8th

floor of its headquarters building, 844

North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois,

60611. The agenda for this meeting

follows:

(1) Letter to Ken Apfel, Office of

Management and Budget, re Bulletin

No. 96–02, Consolidation of Agency

Data Centers.

(2) Administrative Circular REF

(RRB)–2, Committees at the Railroad

Retirement Board.

(3) Year 2000 Issues.

(4) Revision and Codification of

Consolidated Board Orders Pursuant to

Executive Order 12861.

(5) Commerce Business Daily Notice

for Procurement of Mailroom Processing

Services.

(6) Chief Information Officer

Recruitment/Selection Process.

(7) Appeal of Northeastern Railroad

Company. (8) Coverage Determinations:

A. CSX Sea-Land Terminals, Inc.

B. Triple Crown Services Company.

(9) Regulations—Part 211, Pay for

Time Lost.

(10) Labor Member Truth in

Budgeting Status Report.

The entire meeting will be open to the

public. The person to contact for more

information is Beatrice Ezerski,

Secretary to the Board, Phone No. 312–

751–4920.

Dated: March 14, 1997.

Beatrice Ezerski,

Secretary to the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–7003 Filed 3–17–97; 10:20 am]

BILLING CODE 7905–01–M

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE

COMMISSION

[Investment Company Act Release No.

22555; 811–2392]

Bunker Hill Income Securities, Inc.;

Notice of Application

March 12, 1997.

AGENCY: Securities and Exchange

Commission (‘‘SEC’’).

ACTION: Notice of application for an

Order under the Investment Company

Act of 1940 (the ‘‘Act’’).

APPLICANT: Bunker Hill Income

Securities, Inc.

RELEVANT ACT SECTION: Section 8(f).

SUMMARY OF APPLICATION: Applicant

seeks an order declaring that it has

ceased to be an investment company.

FILING DATES: The application was filed

on April 16, 1996, and amended on

February 20, 1997.

HEARING OR NOTIFICATION OF HEARING: An

order granting the application will be

issued unless the SEC orders a hearing.

Interested persons may request a

hearing by writing to the SEC’s

Secretary and serving applicant with a

copy of the request, personally or by

mail. Hearing requests should be

received by the SEC by 5:30 p.m. on

April 7, 1997, and should be

accompanied by proof of service on

applicant, in the form of an affidavit, or,

for lawyers, a certificate of service.

Hearing requests should state the nature

of the writer’s interest, the reason for the

request, and the issues contested.

Persons may request notification of a

hearing by writing to the SEC’s

Secretary.

ADDRESSES: Secretary, SEC, 450 Fifth

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20549.

Applicant, 125 West 55th Street, 11th

Floor, New York, New York 10019.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Elaine M. Boggs, Senior Counsel at (202)

942–0572 (Division of Investment

Management, Office of Investment

Company Regulation).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

following is a summary of the

application. The complete application

may be obtained for a fee from the SEC’s

Public Reference Branch.

Applicant’s Representations

1. Applicant is a closed-end,

diversified management investment

company that was organized under the

laws of Maryland. Applicant registered

under the Act on July 10, 1973 and filed

a registration statement under the

Securities Act of 1933 on July 11, 1973.

Applicant’s registration statement under

the Securities Act of 1933 was declared

effective on October 16, 1973, and

applicant commenced a public offering

of its shares immediately thereafter.

2. On December 7, 1993, applicant’s

board of directors considered and

approved a plan of reorganization in

which applicant would transfer all of its

assets and liabilities to the Pacific

Horizon Corporate Bond Fund (the

‘‘Fund’’) in exchange for shares of the

Fund. The Fund is a series of the Pacific

Horizon Funds, Inc., a registered openend investment company. The board of

directors made the findings required by

rule 17a–8 under the Act, i.e., that the

reorganization was in the best interest of

applicant and that there would be no

dilution, by virtue of the proposed

exchange, in the value of shares held at

that time by applicant’s shareholders.1

3. In determining that applicant

should enter into the reorganization, the

directors considered, among other

things, that applicant’s ratio of total

expenses to average net assets exceeded

that of most other investment

companies with similar objectives. After

consideration of various alternatives,

including conversion of applicant to an

open-end investment company, the

directors concluded that the

reorganization would be the most

advantageous course of action of

applicant and its shareholders.

4. Definitive proxy materials were

filed with the SEC on or about February

28, 1994. On April 4, 1994, applicant

mailed proxy materials to its

shareholders. On April 11, 1994,

applicant’s shareholders approved the

reorganization.

5. On April 25, 1994, applicant

transferred all of its assets and liabilities

to the Fund in exchange for shares of