Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 69 / Thursday, April 10, 1997 / Notices 17649

NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Proposal Review Advisory Team;

Notice of Meeting

In accordance with the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Pub.L. 92–

463, as amended), the National Science

Foundation announces the following

meeting:

Name: Proposal Review Advisory Team

(5128).

Date & Time: Wednesday, April 30, 1997—

9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m.

Place: Room 1295, NSF, 4201 Wilson

Blvd., Arlington, Va.

Type of Meeting: Open.

Contact Person: Mr. Charles Herz, Office of

Policy Support, NSF, Room 1285, 4201

Wilson Blvd., Arlington, Va. 22230,

Telephone: (703) 306–1090.

Minutes: May be obtained from the contact

person.

Purpose of Meeting: Consider issues

remaining from December 1996 meeting

relating to stresses on NSF’s peer review

process, as perceived in the research

community and options for addressing the

most important of those. Complete

substantive work on report to NSF.

Agenda: Review of comments on staff draft

of report, Review of evidence gathered by

staff, Discussion of issues raised by

comments and evidence, Plans for

completion and approval of final report to

NSF.

Dated: April 7, 1997.

Linda Allen-Benton,

Deputy Director, Division of Human Resource

Management, Acting Committee Management

Officer.

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NATIONAL SCIENCE FOUNDATION

Advisory Committee for Social,

Behavioral, and Economic Sciences;

Notice of Meeting

In accordance with the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–

463, as amended), the National Science

Foundation announces the following

meeting:

Name: Advisory Committee for Social,

Behavioral, and Economics Sciences (1171).

Date & Time: May 1, 1997; 9:00 a.m.–5:00

p.m., May 2, 1997; 8:30 a.m.–12:00 noon.

Place: NSF, Room 375, NSF, 4201 Wilson

Blvd., Arlington, Va. 22230.

Type of Meeting: Open.

Contact Person: Ms. Catherine J. Hines,

Executive Secretary; Directorate for Social,

Behavioral, and Economic Sciences, NSF,

Suite 905, 4201 Wilson Blvd., Arlington, Va.

22230. Telephone: (703) 306–1741.

Minutes: May be obtained from the contact

person listed above.

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and

recommendations to the National Science

Foundation on major goals and policies

pertaining to SBE programs and activities.

Agenda: Discussions on issues, role and

future direction of the NSF Directorate for

Social, Behavioral and Economic Sciences.

Dated: April 7, 1997.

Linda Allen-Benton,

Deputy Director, Division of Human Resource

Management, Acting Committee Management

Officer.

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC).

ACTION: Notice of the OMB review of

information collection and solicitation

of public comment.

SUMMARY: The NRC has recently

submitted to OMB for review the

following proposal for the collection of

information under the provisions of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44

U.S.C. Chapter 35). The NRC hereby

informs potential respondents that an

agency may not conduct or sponsor, and

that a person is not required to respond

to, a collection of information unless it

displays a currently valid OMB control

number.

1. Type of submission, new, revision,

or extension: Revision.

2. The title of the information

collection: Nuclear Material Events

Database (NMED).

3. The form number, if applicable: Not

applicable.

4. How often the collection is

required: Agreement States are

requested to report events to NRC

electronically or by hard copy within

one month of notification from an

Agreement State licensee that an

incident or event involving the

industrial, commercial and/or academic

use of radioactive byproduct materials,

or the use of radioactive materials for

medical diagnosis, therapy, or research

has occurred. In addition, Agreement

States are requested to report events that

may pose a significant health and safety

hazard to the NRC Headquarters

Operations Officer within the next

working day of notification by an

Agreement State licensee.

5. Who will be required or asked to

report: Current Agreement States and

any State receiving Agreement State

status in the future.

6. An estimate of the number of

responses: It is estimated that each of

the 30 Agreement States will submit 24

event reports annually for a total of 720

event reports, and 20 telephone reports

of significant events. The total annual

responses is 740.

7. The estimated number of annual

respondents: 30.

8. An estimate of the total number of

hours needed annually to complete the

requirement or request: 725 hours (an

average of approximately one hour per

response) for all existing Agreement

States reporting; any new Agreement

State would add approximately 24 event

reports per year or 24 burden hours.

9. An indication of whether Section

3507(d), Public Law 104–13 applies: Not

applicable.

10. Abstract: NRC regulations require

NRC licensees to report incidents and

events involving the use of radioactive

byproduct material, and source material,

such as those involving a radiation

overexposure, a leaking or contaminated

sealed source, release of excessive

contamination of radioactive material,

lost or stolen radioactive material,

equipment failures, and abandoned well

logging sources. Medical

misadministrations are required to be

reported in accordance with 10 CFR

35.33. Agreement State licensees are

also required to report these events and

medical misadministrations to their

individual Agreement State regulatory

authorities under compatible Agreement

State regulations. NRC is requesting that

the Agreement States voluntarily submit

summary information on events and

medical misadministrations involving

the use of nuclear materials regulated

pursuant to the Atomic Energy Act, in

a uniform electronic format, for

assessment and identification of any

facility/site specific or generic safety

concerns that could have the potential

to impact public health and safety; and

to evaluate actions necessary to prevent

their occurrence at the same or other

facilities.

A copy of the submittal may be

viewed free of charge at the NRC Public

Document Room, 2120 L Street, NW.

(Lower Level), Washington, DC.

Members of the public who are in the

Washington, DC, area can access the

submittal via modem on the Public

Document Room Bulletin Board (NRC’s

Advanced Copy Document Library) NRC

subsystem at FedWorld, 703–321–3339.

Members of the public who are located

outside of the Washington, DC, area can

dial FedWorld, 1–800–303–9672, or use

the FedWorld Internet address:

fedworld.gov(Telnet). The document

will be available on the bulletin board

for 30 days after the signature date of

this notice. If assistance is needed in

accessing the document, please contact

the FedWorld help desk at 703–487–
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4608. Additional assistance in locating

the document is available from the NRC

Public Document Room, nationally at 1–

800–397–4209, or within the

Washington, DC, area at 202–634–3273.

Comments and questions should be

directed to the OMB reviewer by May

12, 1997: Edward Michlovich, Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs

(3150–0178), NEOB–10202, Office of

Management and Budget, Washington,

DC 20503.

Comments can also be submitted by

telephone at (202) 395–3084.

The NRC Clearance Officer is Brenda

Jo. Shelton, (301) 415–7233.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 4th day

of April, 1997.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Gerald F. Cranford,

Designated Senior Official for Information

Resources Management.

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[Docket No. 040–08948]

Notice of Receipt of Petition for

Director’s Decision Under 10 CFR

2.206

Notice is hereby given that, by a letter

dated July 22, 1996, Mr. Sherwood

Bauman requested the U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission (NRC or

Commission) to take action with regard

to NRC licensee Shieldalloy

Metallurgical Corporation (Shieldalloy)

and former NRC licensee Foote Mineral

Company (now Cypress Foote).

The Petition requests that Foote

Mineral’s license be reinstated, and that

Shieldalloy and Cypress Foote be made

co-responsible licensees with regard to

proper remediation and

decommissioning of the Shieldalloy

site. The Petition also requests that

Shieldalloy’s current environmental

impact statement (EIS) for the site be

terminated, and that Shieldalloy and

Cypress Foote be jointly ordered to

submit a decommissioning plan for

licensed material that includes within it

only a plan to remediate licensed

material.

The Petition is being treated pursuant

to 10 CFR 2.206 of the Commission’s

regulations. The Petition has been

referred to the Director, Office of

Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.

As provided by 10 CFR 2.206,

appropriate action will be taken on this

Petition within a reasonable time.

A copy of the Petition is available for

inspection at the Commission’s Public

Document Room at 2120 L Street, NW,

Washington, D.C. 20555.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 4 day of

April 1997.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Carl J. Paperiello,

Director, Office of Nuclear Material Safety

and Safeguards.

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE

COMMISSION

[Investment Company Act Release No.

22598; 812–10576]

Chubb America Fund, Inc., et al.;

Notice of Application

April 3, 1997.

AGENCY: Securities and Exchange

Commission (‘‘SEC’’).

ACTION: Notice of application for

exemption under the Investment

Company Act of 1940 (the ‘‘Act’’).

APPLICANTS: Chubb America Fund, Inc.

(the ‘‘Fund’’), on behalf of World

Growth Stock Portfolio, Money Market

Portfolio, Domestic Growth Stock

Portfolio, Gold Stock Portfolio, Bond

Portfolio, Growth and Income Portfolio,

Capital Growth Portfolio, Balanced

Portfolio, and Emerging Growth

Portfolio (collectively, the ‘‘Portfolios’’),

and Chubb Investment Advisory

Corporation (the ‘‘Adviser’’).

RELEVANT ACT SECTIONS: Order requested

under section 6(c) granting an

exemption from section 15(a).

SUMMARY OF APPLICATION: Jefferson-Pilot

Corporation (‘‘Jefferson-Pilot’’) has

agreed to acquire 100% of the issued

and outstanding shares of common

stock of Chubb Life Insurance Company

of America (‘‘Chubb Life’’), the parent of

the Adviser. The indirect change in

control of the Adviser will result in the

assignment, and thus the termination, of

the existing investment management

agreements between the Fund and the

Adviser (the ‘‘Existing Agreements’’).

The order would permit the

implementation, without shareholder

approval, of a new investment

management agreement (the ‘‘New

Agreement’’) for an interim period of

not more than 120 days beginning on

the date on which Chubb Life is sold to

Jefferson Pilot (but in no event later than

August 28, 1997). The order also would

permit the Adviser to receive from each

Portfolio all fees earned under the New

Agreement following shareholder

approval.

FILING DATES: The application was filed

on March 13, 1997 and amended on

April 2, 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 applicants 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 28, 1997 and should be

accompanied by proof of service on

applicants, 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, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20549.

Applicants: One Granite Place, Concord,

NH 03301.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John

K. Forst, Staff Attorney, at (202) 942–

0569, or Mary Kay Frech, Branch Chief,

at (202) 942–0564 (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.

Applicants’ Representations

1. The Fund is a Maryland

corporation registered under the Act as

an open-end, management investment

company. The Portfolios are series of

the Fund, the assets of which are

managed by the Adviser pursuant to the

Existing Agreements.

2. Under a stock purchase agreement

(the ‘‘Stock Purchase Agreement’’) dated

as of February 23, 1997, between The

Chubb Corporation (‘‘Chubb’’) and

Jefferson-Pilot, Chubb has agreed to sell

all the shares of Chubb Life to JeffersonPilot in exchange for $875,000,000 in

cash (subject to reduction to the extent

of certain distributions made prior to

closing) (the ‘‘Transaction’’). As a result

of the Transaction, Chubb Life will

become a wholly-owned subsidiary of

Jefferson-Pilot and the Adviser will

remain a wholly-owned subsidiary of

Chubb Life. Applicants expect the

Transaction to be consummated on

April 30, 1997. Consummation of the

Stock Purchase Agreement is subject to

the satisfaction of certain conditions,

including state insurance department

regulatory approvals.