3774 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 16 / Monday, January 26, 1998 / Notices

SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC) is canceling a

bulletin supplement that requests

addressees to take actions to ensure the

continued operability of the control

rods. The proposed bulletin supplement

was endorsed by the Committee to

Review Generic Requirements (CRGR)

and subsequently published in the

Federal Register for public comment (62

FR 27629, May 20, 1997). The NRC

considered comments received from

interested parties in the final evaluation

of the proposed bulletin supplement.

Furthermore, the staff has received

substantial additional data and data

analysis from fuel manufacturers and

owner’s groups regarding the

incomplete rod insertion (IRI) issue.

Licensees, as well as fuel manufacturers

and owner’s groups, have informed the

NRC of efforts to eliminate the IRI

problem, including redesign of the fuel

assemblies and improved core

management. The staff expects these

efforts to be successful, and the staff

will follow this issue by monitoring

plant operations through normal

inspections and reporting activities.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Margaret S. Chatterton, (301) 415–2889.

Dated at Rockville, MD, this 13th day of

January 1998.

David B. Matthews,

Acting Director, Division of Reactor Program

Management, Office of Nuclear Reactor

Regulation.

[FR Doc. 98–1751 Filed 1–23–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

POSTAL SERVICE

Privacy Act of 1974; System of

Records

AGENCY: Postal Service.

ACTION: Notice of modifications to an

existing system of records and the

addition of new routine uses to that and

another existing system of records.

SUMMARY: The purpose of this document

is to publish notice of modifications to

existing system of records USPS

050.040, Finance Records—Uniform

Allowance Program and the addition of

new routine uses to that system and to

system of records USPS 050.020,

Finance Records—Payroll System. The

modifications to USPS 050.040 are

prompted by changes in the Postal

Service’s procedures for providing

monetary allowances to postal

employees purchasing authorized

uniforms. The modifications to USPS

050.020 are prompted by requirements

of the Personal Responsibility and Work

Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996

(Pub. L. 104–193). That Act requires

agencies to report new-hire and wage

data to the Department of Health and

Human Services which will use the data

to locate individuals to establish

paternity and enforce child support

obligations.

DATES: Any interested party may submit

written comments on the proposed

amendments and additions. This

proposal will become effective without

further notice on March 27, 1998, unless

comments received on or before that

date result in a contrary determination.

ADDRESSES: Written comments on this

proposal should be mailed or delivered

to: PAYROLL ACCOUNTING/

RECORDS, UNITED STATES POSTAL

SERVICE, 475 L’ENFANT PLAZA SW

RM 8831, WASHINGTON DC 20260–

5243.

Copies of all written comments will

be available at the above address for

public inspection and photocopying

between 8:00 a.m. and 4:45 p.m.,

Monday through Friday.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Betty E. Sheriff, (202) 268–2608.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant

to recent changes in the Postal Service

uniform program, the Postal Service will

disclose data from its system USPS

050.040, Finance Records—Uniform

Allowance Program to contractors who

provide uniform distribution and postal

payment card services.

The Postal Service uniform program

requires certain employees to wear

prescribed uniforms in performing their

duties. These employees are entitled to

a uniform allowance to purchase

authorized uniform items which meet

Postal Service specifications. As a result

of recent changes in the uniform

allowance program, employees will

purchase uniform items from a

centralized distribution firm using a

purchasing card issued by a financial

institution. The proposed system

modifications support those changes by

expanding the ‘‘system location’’ to

include contractor facilities and by

adding a routine use permitting

disclosure to contract distribution firms

and financial institutions to provide

uniform items and purchasing card

services, respectively.

Pursuant to Public Law 104–193, the

Personal Responsibility and Work

Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996,

the Postal Service will disclose data

from its system USPS 050.020, Finance

Records—Payroll System to the Office of

Child Support Enforcement (OCSE),

Administration for Children and

Families, Department of Health and

Human Services (DHHS) for use in its

Federal Parent Locator System (FPLS)

and Federal Tax Offset System, DHHS/

OCSE No. 09–90–0074. Information on

this system was last published at 61 FR

38754, July 25, 1996.

FPLS is a computerized network

through which states may request

location information from federal and

state agencies to find non-custodial

parents and/or their employers for

purposes of establishing paternity and

securing support. Effective October 1,

1997, the FPLS will be enlarged to

include the Directory of New Hires, a

database containing information on

employees commencing employment,

quarterly wage data on private and

public sector employees, and

information on unemployment

compensation benefits. Effective

October 1, 1998, the FPLS will be

expanded to include a Federal Case

Registry. The Federal Case Registry will

contain abstracts on all participants

involved in child support enforcement

cases. When the Federal Case Registry is

instituted, its files will be matched on

an ongoing basis against the files in the

National Directory of New Hires to

determine if an employee is a

participant in a child support case

anywhere in the country. If the FPLS

identifies a person as being a participant

in a state child support case, that state

will be notified of the participant’s

current employer. State requests to the

FPLS for location information will also

continue to be processed after October

1, 1998.

The data to be disclosed by the Postal

Service to the FPLS include employee

name, social security number, address,

date of birth, and employment

information such as date of hire and

work location.

In addition, names and social security

numbers submitted by the Postal

Service to the FPLS will be disclosed by

the OCSE to the Social Security

Administration for verification to ensure

that the social security number provided

is correct. The data disclosed by the

Postal Service to the FPLS also will be

disclosed by the OCSE to the Secretary

of the Treasury for verifying claims for

the advance payment of earned income

tax credit or to verify an employment

claim on a tax return.

Addition of the routine uses to USPS

050.020 and USPS 050.040 is proposed

in accordance with the Privacy Act (5

U.S.C. 552a(b)(3)). The Privacy Act

permits the disclosure of information

about individuals without their consent

for a routine use when the information’s

use will be compatible with the purpose

for which the information was originally

collected. Data within USPS 050.040 is

kept for the purpose of funding the

procurement of uniforms. Disclosure of
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this information to financial institutions

and uniform distribution firms, each

providing services related to purchasing

uniform items, is consistent and

compatible with that purpose. Similarly,

since the proposed uses of the data

within USPS 050.020 are required by

Public Law 104–193, they are necessary

and proper uses and therefore

compatible uses which meet Privacy Act

requirements.

The system modifications and

additions are not expected to have any

undue effect on individual privacy

rights. The modifications to USPS

050.040 do not alter the scope or

character of information collected by the

system. The contract financial

institutions and uniform distribution

firms have been made subject to the

Privacy Act in accordance with

subsection (m) and are required to apply

appropriate protections subject to the

audit and inspection of the Postal

Inspection Service. Records within

USPS 050.040 and 050.020 continue to

be kept in a secured environment, with

automated data processing physical and

administrative security and technical

software applied to data on computer

media. Paper records are kept in a

secured area of post offices and are

made available internally on an official

need-to-know basis.

Postal Service records disclosed to the

OCSE will be accomplished by

Connect:Direct, hardcopy medium, or

other means ensuring the security of the

data. The FPLS will ensure the data’s

integrity to the greatest extent

practicable by validating names and

social security numbers with Social

Security Administration records and the

Postal Service will be notified of any

invalid, incomplete, and corrected

social security numbers.

USPS Privacy Act system 050.020 was

last published in its entirety in the

Federal Register on December 4, 1992

(57 FR 57515–57519) and was amended

on November 22, 1993 (58 FR 61718–

61719) and June 12, 1996 (61 FR 29774).

USPS Privacy Act system 050.040 was

last published in its entirety in the

Federal Register on October 26, 1989

(54 FR 43669–43670). The Postal

Service proposes amending these

systems as shown below.

USPS 050.020

SYSTEM NAME:

Finance Records—Payroll System,

050.020.

* * * * *

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:

[Change to read:]

General routine use statements a, b, c,

d, e, f, g, h, j, k, l, and m listed in the

prefatory statement at the beginning of

the Postal Service’s published system

notices apply to this system. Other

routine uses are as follows:

* * * * *

[Add the following:]

33. Disclosure of information about

current or former postal employees may

be made to the Office of Child Support

Enforcement, Administration for

Children and Families, Department of

Health and Human Services Federal

Parent Locator System (FPLS) and

Federal Tax Offset System for locating

individuals and identifying their

income sources to establish paternity,

establish and modify orders of support,

and for enforcement action.

34. Disclosure of information about

current or former postal employees may

be made to the Social Security

Administration for verifying social

security numbers in connection with the

operation of the FPLS by the Office of

Child Support Enforcement.

35. Disclosure of information about

current or former postal employees may

be made to the Department of the

Treasury for purposes of administering

the Earned Income Tax Credit Program

(Section 32, Internal Revenue Code of

1986) and verifying a claim with respect

to employment in a tax return.

USPS 050.040

SYSTEM NAME:

Finance Records—Uniform

Allowance Program, 050.040.

SYSTEM LOCATION:

[Change to read:]

Postal facilities employing personnel

entitled to uniform allowances and the

Information Service Center, St. Louis,

MO, and contractor facilities where

necessary to perform uniform supply

and postal purchasing card services.

* * * * *

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM:

[Change to read:]

Name, Social Security number, home

address; uniform code, designation

code, and pay location; account balance

and invoices and other information

relating to the uniform item(s) purchase.

* * * * *

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:

[Change to read:]

General routine use statements a, b, c,

d, e, f, g, h, j, k, l, and m listed in the

prefatory statement at the beginning of

the Postal Service’s published system

notices apply to this system. Other

routine uses are as follows:

* * * * *

[Add the following:]

3. Disclosure of information about

current or former employees may be

made to a financial institution under

contract with the Postal Service to

provide purchasing card services with

respect to the purchase of uniform

items.

4. Disclosure of information about

current or former employees may be

made to a distribution firm under

contract with the Postal Service to

provide fulfillment services with respect

to the purchase of uniform items.

Stanley F. Mires,

Chief Counsel, Legislative.

[FR Doc. 98–1669 Filed 1–23–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7710–12–P

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE

COMMISSION

[Release No. 35–26815]

Filings Under the Public Utility Holding

Company Act of 1935, as Amended

(‘‘Act’’)

January 16, 1998.

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 thereunder. All interested

persons are referred to the application(s)

and/or declaration(s) for complete

statements of the proposed

transaction(s) summarized below. The

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

any amendments thereto is/are available

for public inspection through the

Commission’s Office of Public

References.

Interested persons wishing to

comment or request a hearing on the

application(s) and/or declaration(s)

should submit their views in writing by

February 9, 1998, to the Secretary,

Securities and Exchange Commission,

Washington, D.C. 20549, 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 case of an attorney at law, by

certificate) should be filed with the

request. Any request for hearing shall

identify specifically the issues of fact 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 said date, the application(s) and/

or declaration(s), as filed or as amended,

may be granted and/or permitted to

become effective.