Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 138 / Monday, July 20, 1998 / Notices 38865

Comments will be reviewed and

resolved as appropriate in the next

revision of the NUREG.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 19th day

of June, 1998.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

John W. Craig,

Director, Division of Regulatory Applications,

Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.

[FR Doc. 98–19227 Filed 7–17–98; 8:45 am]

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Nuclear Regulatory Commission

Assessment of the Use of Potassium

Iodide (KI) as a Public Protective

Action During Severe Reactor

Accidents; Availability of NUREG

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Request for comments and

notice of availability.

SUMMARY: The NRC is announcing the

availability of draft NUREG–1633,

‘‘Assessment of the Use of Potassium

Iodide (KI) As a Public Protective

Action During Severe Reactor

Accidents,’’ and is requesting comments

by September 15, 1998. Copies may be

obtained by writing to the

Superintendent of Documents, U.S.

Government Printing Office, PO Box

37082, Washington, DC 20402–9328.

You may obtain a copy free of charge to

the extent of supply by writing to:

Reproduction and Distribution Section,

Office of the Chief Information Officer,

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Mail Stop OP–137, Washington, DC

20555–0001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Aby

S. Mohseni, Division of Incident

Response, Office for Analysis and

Evaluation of Operational Data, U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Washington, DC 20555–0001,

Telephone: 301–415–6409, e-mail

asm@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June

26, 1998, the Commission directed the

staff to issue the draft NUREG–1633 for

public comment. The staff will publish

NUREG–1633 in its final form after

evaluating comments received and

making the appropriate changes.

Subsequently, the staff will develop an

information brochure based on NUREG–

1633 to assist State and local planners

in reaching an informed decision as to

whether KI is an appropriate protective

supplement.

Electronic Availability

Draft NUREG–1633 is also available

electronically in the Reference Library

area of the NRC’s Home Page under

technical reports. (http://www.nrc.gov).

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Frank J Congel,

Director, Division of Incident Response, Office

for Analysis and Evaluation of Operational

Data.

[FR Doc. 98–19222 Filed 7–17–98; 8:45 am]

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Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

Upon Written Request, Copies Available

From: Securities and Exchange

Commission, Office of Filings and

Information Services, Washington, DC

20549.

Extension:

Rule 15a–4, SEC File No. 270–7, OMB

Control No. 3235–0010

Rule 17a–1, SEC File No. 270–244, OMB

Control No. 3235–0208

Notice is hereby given that pursuant

to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.) the Securities

and Exchange Commission

(‘‘Commission’’) has submitted for

extension of OMB approval the

following rules:

Rule 15a–4 (17 CFR 240.15a–4) under

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15

U.S.C. 78a et seq.) permits a natural

person who is a member of a securities

exchange and who terminates its

association with a registered brokerdealer to continue to do business on the

exchange while the Commission

reviews his application for registration

as a broker-dealer, if the exchange files

a statement indicating that there does

not appear to be any ground for

disapproving the application. The total

annual burden imposed by Rule 15a–4

is 240 hours, based on approximately 30

submissions, each requiring 8 hours to

complete.

Completing and filing Form BD is

mandatory in order for a broker-dealer

to obtain the 45-day extension under

Rule 15a–4 and does not involve the

collection of confidential information.

Rule 17a–1 (17 CFR 240.17a–1) under

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (15

U.S.C. 78a et seq.) requires that all

national securities exchanges, national

securities associations, registered

clearing agencies, and the Municipal

Securities Rulemaking Board keep on

file for a period of five years, two years

in an accessible place, all documents

which it makes or receives respecting its

self-regulatory activities, and that such

documents be available for examination

by the Commission. The average

number of hours necessary for

compliance with the requirements of

Rule 17a–1 is 50 hours per year. There

are 26 entities required to comply with

the rule: 8 national securities exchanges,

1 national securities association, 16

registered clearing agencies, and the

Municipal Securities Rulemaking Board.

The total number of hours required for

all respondents to comply with the rule

is thus 1,300 hours annually.

Completing the requirements under

Rule 17a–1, are mandatory, and does

not involve the collection of

confidential information.

Please note that 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 control number.

General comments regarding the

estimated burden hours should be

directed to the following persons: (i)

Desk Officer for the Securities and

Exchange Commission, Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget,

Room 3208, New Executive Office

Building, Washington, DC 20503; and

(ii) Michael E. Bartell, Associate

Executive Director, Office of

Information Technology, Securities and

Exchange Commission, 450 Fifth Street,

NW., Washington, DC 20549. Comments

must be submitted to OMB within 30

days of this notice.

Dated: July 13, 1998.

Margaret H. McFarland,

Deputy Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–19183 Filed 7–17–98; 8:45 am]

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Sunshine Act Meeting

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to

the provisions of the Government in the

Sunshine Act, Pub. L. 94–409, that the

Securities and Exchange Commission

will hold the following meeting during

the week of July 20, 1998.

A closed meeting will be held on

Thursday, July 23, 1998, at 10:00 a.m.

Commissioners Counsel to the

Commissioners, the Secretary to the

Commission, and recording secretaries

will attend the closed meeting. Certain

staff members who have an interest in

the matters may also be present.

The General Counsel of the

Commission, or his designee, has

certified that, in his opinion, one or

more of the exemptions set forth in 5

U.S.C. 552b(c)(4), (8), (9)(A) and (10)

and 17 CFR 200.402(a)(4), (8), (9)(i) and