40746 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 146 /Thursday, July 30, 1998 / Notices

Form No: SF–271.

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Respondents: States, Local

Governments, Non-Profit organizations.

Number of Responses: 40,000.

Estimated Time Per Response: 60

minutes.

Needs and Uses: The SF–271 is used

to request reimbursement for all

construction programs. The Federal

awarding agencies and OMB use

information reported on this form for

general management of Federal

assistance awards programs.

OMB Control No.: 0348–0003.

Title: Federal Cash Transactions

Report.

Form No: SF–272 and SF–272A.

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Respondents: States, Local

Governments, Non-Profit organizations.

Number of Responses: 100,000.

Estimated Time Per Response: 120

minutes.

Needs and Uses: The SF–272 & 272A

are used to report disbursement

information for each financial assistance

agreement when funds are advanced to

them through letters of credit or with

direct Treasury check. The Federal

awarding agencies and OMB use

information reported on this form for

general management of Federal

assistance awards programs.

OMB Control No.: 0348–0043.

Title: Application for Federal

Assistance.

Form No: SF–424.

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Respondents: States, Local

Governments, Non-Profit organizations.

Number of Responses: 400,000.

Estimated Time Per Response: 45

minutes.

Needs and Uses: The SF–424 is used

to apply for Federal grants. The Federal

awarding agencies and OMB use

information reported on this form for

general management of Federal

assistance awards programs.

OMB Control No.: 0348–0044.

Title: Budget Information—

Nonconstruction Programs.

Form No: SF–424A.

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Respondents: States, Local

Governments, Non-Profit organizations.

Number of Responses: 360,000.

Estimated Time Per Response: 180

minutes.

Needs and Uses: The SF–424A is used

to budget and request grant funds for

nonconstruction programs. The Federal

awarding agencies and OMB use

information reported on this form for

general management of Federal

assistance awards programs.

OMB Control No.: 0348–0040.

Title: Assurances—Nonconstruction

Programs.

Form No: SF–424B.

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Respondents: States, Local

Governments, Non-Profit organizations.

Number of Responses: 360,000.

Estimated Time Per Response: 15

minutes.

Needs and Uses: The SF–424B is used

to assure compliance with statutory

requirements for nonconstruction grant

programs. The Federal awarding

agencies and OMB use information

reported on this form for general

management of Federal assistance

awards programs.

OMB Control No.: 0348–0041.

Title: Budget Information—

Construction Programs.

Form No: SF–424C.

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Respondents: States, Local

Governments, Non-Profit organizations.

Number of Responses: 40,000.

Estimated Time Per Response: 180

minutes.

Needs and Uses: The SF–424C is used

to budget and request grant funds for

construction grant programs. The

Federal awarding agencies and OMB use

information reported on this form for

general management of Federal

assistance awards programs.

OMB Control No.: 0348–0042.

Title: Assurances—Construction

Programs.

Form No: SF–424D.

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Respondents: States, Local

Governments, Non-Profit organizations.

Number of Responses: 40,000.

Estimated Time Per Response: 15

minutes.

Needs and Uses: The SF–424D is used

to assure compliance with statutory

requirements for construction grant

programs. The Federal awarding

agencies and OMB use information

reported on this form for general

management of Federal assistance

awards programs.

Office of Management and Budget

G. Edward DeSeve,

Controller.

[FR Doc. 98–20312 Filed 7–29–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3110–01–P

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE

COMMISSION

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request

Upon Written Request, Copies Available

From: Securities and Exchange

Commission Office of Filings and

Information Services Washington, DC

20549

Extension:

Rule 17a–3 SEC File No. 270–26 OMB

Control No. 3235–0033

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’’) is soliciting comments

on the collection of information

summarized below. The Commission

plans to submit this existing collection

of information to the Office of

Management and Budget for extension

and approval.

Rule 17a–3 [17 CFR 240.17a–3] under

the Securities Exchange Act of 1934

requires records to be made by certain

exchange members, brokers, and

dealers, to be used in monitoring

compliance with the Commission’s

financial responsibility program and

antifraud and antimanipulative rules as

well as other rules and regulations of

the Commission and the self-regulatory

organizations. It is estimated that

approximately 7,786 active brokerdealer respondents registered with the

Commission incur an average burden of

1,938,714 hours per year to comply with

this rule.

Written comments are invited on: (a)

Whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

agency, including whether the

information shall have practical utility;

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate

of the burden of the proposed collection

of information; (c) ways to enhance the

quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected; and (d)

ways to minimize the burden of the

collection of information on

respondents, including through the use

of automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

Consideration will be given to

comments and suggestions submitted in

writing within 60 days of this

publication.

Direct your written comments to

Michael E. Bartell, Associate Executive

Director, Office of Information

Technology, Securities and Exchange

Commission, 450 5th Street, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20549.
Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 146 /Thursday, July 30, 1998 / Notices 40747

1Alabama law requires that domestic limited

liability companies have at least two members.

1UtiliCorp United Inc., Holding Company Act

Release No. 24204 (Oct. 1, 1986).

2UtiliCorp United Inc., Holding Company Act

Release No. 25850 (July 8, 1993).

3UtiliCorp United Inc., Holding Company Act

Release No. 26353 (Aug. 7, 1995).

Dated: July 24, 1998.

Margaret H. McFarland,

Deputy Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–20365 Filed 7–29–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8010–01–M

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE

COMMISSION

[Release No. 35–26899; International Series

Release No. 1147]

Filings Under the Public Utility Holding

Company Act of 1935, as Amended

(‘‘Act’’)

July 23, 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 under the Act. 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 is/are available for

public inspection through the

Commission’s Office of Public

Reference.

Interested persons wishing to

comment or request a hearing on the

application(s) and/or declaration(s)

should submit their views in writing by

August 18, 1998, to this 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 should

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 August 18, 1998, the application(s)

and/or declaration(s), as filed or as

amended, may be granted and/or

permitted to become effective.

The Southern Company, et al. (70–8733)

The Southern Company (‘‘Southern’’),

a registered holding company, 270

Peachtree Street, N.W., Atlanta, Georgia

30303, and its nonutility subsidiaries

Southern Energy, Inc. (formerly SEI

Holdings, Inc.) (‘‘Southern Energy’’),

Mobile Energy Services Holdings, Inc.

(‘‘Holdings’’), Southern Energy

Resources, Inc. (formerly Southern

Energy, Inc.) (‘‘Resources’’), Southern

Energy North America, Inc. (‘‘SENA’’)

and Mobile Energy Services Company,

L.L.C. (‘‘MESCA’’), each at 900

Ashwood Parkway, Atlanta, Georgia

30338, have filed a post-effective

amendment under sections 6(a), 7, 9(a),

10, 12(c), 12(d) and 12(f) of the Act and

rules 43, 45, and 54 under the Act to an

application-declaration filed under

sections 6(a), 7, 9(a), 10, 12(b), 12(f), 13,

32 and 33 of the Act and rules 43, 45

and 54 under the Act.

MESC is a limited liability company

established under Alabama law that

owns and operates a dedicated, ‘‘insidethe-fence,’’ industrial cogneration

complex in Mobile, Alabama. Holdings,

a direct nonutility subsidiary of

Southern, owns 99% of the outstanding

membership interests of MESC, and

Resources, an indirect nonutility

subsidiary of Southern, owns the

remaining one percent of the

membership interests.1 Southern Energy

is a direct nonutility subsidiary of

Southern engaged in owning interests in

certain businesses, including qualifying

facilities (as defined in the Public

Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978).

SENA is a direct subsidiary of Southern

Energy, which owns interests in

Southern Energy’s domestic businesses.

Applicants propose to restructure the

ownership of membership interests in

MESC. Alabama law provides for the

bifurcation of membership interests of

limited liability companies into

economic interests and voting interests.

Economic interests encompass the right

to share in profits and losses and voting

interests include all rights of

management and control. Applicants

propose that Holdings and Resources

transfer a 99% economic interest and a

1% voting interest in MESC to a direct

or indirect subsidiary of Southern

Energy. Applicants state that the

proposed relocation of economic

interest in MESC to a Southern Energy

subsidiary will facilitate evaluations of

the performance of Southern’s

independent energy portfolio by

interested parties, including the

investment community.

Applicants propose to accomplish

this restructuring in several steps.

Southern Energy would establish a

special purpose subsidiary (‘‘SE

Mobile’’) as a vehicle to hold its

interests in MESC. Holdings would

exchange its existing membership

interests in MESC for two classes of

membership interests, one representing

voting interests and the other nonvoting

economic interests. Holdings would

then transfer a 98% nonvoting economic

interest in MESC to SE Mobile and

Resources would then contribute its one

percent economic and voting interest to

SE Mobile. As a result, Holdings would

retain its 99% voting interest and a one

percent economic interest in MESC and

SE Mobile would own a 99% economic

interest and a one percent voting

interest in MESC.

The Applicants request authority to

complete the restructuring by June 30,

2000.

UtiliCorp United Inc. (70–9325)

UtiliCorp United Inc. (‘‘UtiliCorp’’),

20 West Ninth Street, Kansas City,

Missouri 64105, a Delaware public

utility holding company claiming

exemption from registration under rule

10 of the Act, has filed a declaration

under section 3(b) and rules 10 and

11(b)(1) under the Act.

UtiliCorp is a publicly traded

corporation which engages primarily,

through divisions, in the sale and

distribution of gas and electrically to

retail and wholesale customers in nine

states, Canada, New Zealand and

Australia. UtiliCorp is a public-utility

holding company solely because of its

ownership of West Kootenay Power and

Light Company, Limited,2 a Canadian

public utility company, WEL Energy

Group Limited,3 a New Zealand electric

utility company, and United Energy

Ltd.,4 an Australian electric distribution

company. As of December 31, 1997,

UtiliCorp had sales of $8.926 billion,

earnings before interest and taxes of

$359.1 million and total assets of $5.113

billion.

UtiliCorp states that the government

of the State of Victoria, Australia

(‘‘Victoria government’’) has decided to

privatize its natural gas industry to

develop a competitive energy market in

order to facilitate lower gas prices and

improved service for consumers.

Through one or more subsidiaries,

UtiliCorp proposes to participate in the

bidding process for one or more

following seven businesses, each

organized under the laws of Australia

and each operating solely in Australia:

(1) Kinetick Energy (‘‘Kinetick’’), a retail

gas company, serving the northeastern

and western suburbs of Melbourne; (2)

Westar (‘‘Westar’’), a gas distribution

company, serving the western suburbs

of Melbourne, with fixed assets valued

at approximately N.Z. $591.8 million;

(3) Ikon Energy (‘‘Ikon’’), a gas retail

company, operating primarily in the

western central and southeastern

suburbs of Melbourne; (4) Multinet

(‘‘Multinet’’), a gas distribution

company, operating in the eastern