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Series. This series has been developed

to describe and make available to the

public such information as methods

acceptable to the NRC staff for

implementing specific parts of the

Commission’s regulations, techniques

used by the staff in evaluating specific

problems or postulated accidents, and

data needed by the staff in its review of

applications for permits and licenses.

The draft guide, temporarily

identified by its task number, DG–4006

(which should be mentioned in all

correspondence concerning this draft

guide), is titled ‘‘Demonstrating

Compliance with the Radiological

Criteria for License Termination.’’ The

guide is intended for Division 4,

‘‘Environmental and Siting.’’ This draft

guide is being developed to provide

guidance on how to demonstrate

compliance with the radiological

criteria at the sites of licensees who

wish to terminate their licenses and

release their sites.

The draft guide has not received

complete staff review and does not

represent an official NRC staff position.

However, the Commission has

authorized the interim use of this guide

for the next two years. The final version

of the guide will then incorporate

experience and public comments.

Public comments are being solicited

on Draft Regulatory Guide DG–4006.

Comments may be accompanied by

additional relevant information or

supporting data. Written comments may

be submitted to the Rules and Directives

Branch, Office of Administration, U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Washington, DC 20555. Copies of

comments received may be examined at

the NRC Public Document Room, 2120

L Street NW., Washington, DC.

Comments will be most helpful if

received by August 31, 1999.

You may also provide comments via

the NRC’s interactive rulemaking

website through the NRC home page

(http://www.nrc.gov). This site provides

the availability to upload comments as

files (any format), if your web browser

supports that function. For information

about the interactive rulemaking

website, contact Ms. Carol Gallagher,

(301) 415–5905; e-mail CAG@nrc.gov.

Although a time limit is given for

comments on this draft guide,

comments and suggestions in

connection with items for inclusion in

guides currently being developed or

improvements in all published guides

are encouraged at any time.

Regulatory guides are available for

inspection at the Commission’s Public

Document Room, 2120 L Street NW.,

Washington, DC. Requests for single

copies of draft or final guides (which

may be reproduced) or for placement on

an automatic distribution list for single

copies of future draft guides in specific

divisions should be made in writing to

the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555,

Attention: Reproduction and

Distribution Services Section; or by fax

at (301) 415–5272. Telephone requests

cannot be accommodated. Regulatory

guides are not copyrighted, and

Commission approval is not required to

reproduce them. (5 U.S.C. 552(a))

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 21st day

of July 1998.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

John W. Craig,

Director, Division of Regulatory Applications,

Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research.

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OFFICE OF PERSONNEL

MANAGEMENT

Excepted Service

AGENCY: Office of Personnel

Management.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This gives notice of positions

placed or revoked under Schedules A

and B, and placed under Schedule C in

the excepted service, as required by

Civil Service Rule VI, Exceptions from

the Competitive Service.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Patricia H. Paige, Staffing Reinvention

Office, Employment Service (202) 606–

0830.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Office

of Personnel Management published its

last monthly notice updating appointing

authorities established or revoked under

the Excepted Service provisions of 5

CFR 213 on July 9, 1998 (62 FR 36970).

Individual authorities established or

revoked under Schedules A and B and

established under Schedule C between

June 1, 1998, and June 30, 1998, appear

in the listing below. Future notices will

be published on the fourth Tuesday of

each month, or as soon as possible

thereafter. A consolidated listing of all

authorities as of June 30 will also be

published.

Schedule A

No Schedule A authorities were

established or revoked during June

1998.

Schedule B

No Schedule B authorities were

established or revoked during June

1998.

Schedule C

The following Schedule C authorities

were established during June 1998.

Council on Environmental Quality

Associate Director for

Communications to the Chair, Council

on Environmental Quality. Effective

June 24, 1998.

Department of Agriculture

Confidential Assistant to the

Administrator, Risk Management

Agency. Effective June 25, 1998.

Special Assistant to the

Administrator, Grain Inspection,

Packers and Stockyards Administration.

Effective June 29, 1998.

Department of Commerce

Senior Advisor to the Undersecretary

for International Trade. Effective June 3,

1998.

Senior Advisor to the Director, Office

of Sustainable Development and

Intergovernmental Affairs. Effective

June 26, 1998.

Department of Defense

Public Affairs Specialist to the

Principal Deputy Assistant Secretary of

Defense for Public Affairs. Effective June

25, 1998.

Defense Fellow to the Special

Assistant for White House Liaision.

Effective June 25, 1998.

Department of Education

Confidential Assistant to the Deputy

Assistant Secretary, Intergovernmental

and Constituent Relations. Effective

June 4, 1998.

Confidential Assistant to the Assistant

Secretary, Office of Legislation and

Congressional Affairs. Effective June 15,

1998.

Director, Legislation Staff to the

Assistant Secretary for Legislation and

Congressional Affairs. Effective June 18,

1998.

Director, Congressional Affairs to the

Assistant Secretary, Office of Legislation

and Congressional Affairs. Effective

June 18, 1998.

Confidential Assistant to the Assistant

Secretary, Office for Civil Rights.

Effective June 25, 1998.

Special Assistant to the Secretary’s

Regional Representative, Region VII.

Effective June 26, 1998.

Department of Energy

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Senate

Liaison to the Assistant Secretary for

Congressional and Intergovernmental

Affairs. Effective June 29, 1998.
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Services

Confidential Assistant to the

Executive Secretary to the Department

of Health and Human Services. Effective

June 26, 1998.

Department of Housing and Urban

Development

Special Assistant to the Director,

Intergovernmental Relations. Effective

June 1, 1998.

Special Assistant to the Director,

Executive Scheduling. Effective June 11,

1998.

Special Assistant to the Secretary’s

Representative. Effective June 11, 1998.

Special Assistant to the Assistant

Secretary for Public Affairs. Effective

June 12, 1998.

Secretary’s Representative-Midwest to

the Deputy Secretary, Office of the

Secretary’s Representative. Effective

June 25, 1998.

Department of Justice

Assistant to the Attorney General.

Effective June 4, 1998.

Confidential Assistant to the Assistant

Attorney General, Criminal Division.

Effective June 18, 1998.

Counsel to the Assistant Attorney

General. Effective June 26, 1998.

Department of Labor

Chief of Staff to the Assistant

Secretary for Employment and Training.

Effective June 26, 1998.

Department of State

Staff Assistant to the Ambassador-atLarge for War Crimes Initiatives.

Effective June 18, 1998.

Special Advisor to the Under

Secretary for Economic, Business and

Agricultural Affairs. Effective June 18,

1998.

Special Assistant to the Women’s

Coordinator. Effective June 18, 1998.

Department of Transportation

Special Assistant to the Director,

Office of External Communications.

Effective June 1, 1998.

Special Assistant to the Associate

Deputy Secretary. Effective June 29,

1998.

Department of the Treasury

Special Assistant to the Assistant

Secretary (Legislative Affairs and Public

Liaison). Effective June 25, 1998.

Federal Labor Relations Authority

Director of External Affairs/Special

Projects to the Chair, Federal Labor

Relations Authority. Effective June 1,

1998.

National Aeronautics and Space

Administration

Program Specialist to the Special

Assistant to the Administrator. Effective

June 25, 1998.

President’s Commission on White House

Fellowships

Special Assistant to the Director,

President’s Commission on White

House Fellowships. Effective June 11,

1998.

Securities and Exchange Commission

Confidential Assistant to a

Commissioner. Effective June 11, 1998.

Public Affairs Specialist to the Public

Affairs Director, Office of Public Affairs,

Policy Evaluation and Research.

Effective June 11, 1998.

Writer-Editor to the Chairman.

Effective June 11, 1998.

Selective Service System

Confidential Assistant to the Director,

Selective Service System. Effective June

1, 1998.

Small Business Administration

Speech Writer to the Associate

Administrator for Communications and

Public Liaison. Effective June 18, 1998.

Authority: 5 U.S.C. 3301 and 3302; E.O.

10577, 3 CFR 1954–1958 Comp., P. 218.

Office of Personnel Management.

Janice R. Lachance,

Director.

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The First Australia Fund, Inc.; Notice of

Application

July 28, 1998

AGENCY: Securities and Exchange

Commission (‘‘SEC’’).

ACTION: Notice of an application for an

order under section 6(c) of the

Investment Company Act of 1940 (the

‘‘Act’’) for an exemption from section

19(b) of the Act and rule 19b–1 under

the Act.

SUMMARY OF APPLICATION: The First

Australia Fund, Inc. (the ‘‘Fund’’), a

registered closed-end diversified

management investment company,

requests an order to permit it to make

up to four distributions of net long-term

capital gains in any one taxable year, so

long as it maintains in effect a

distribution policy with respect to its

common stock calling for quarterly

distributions of an annually adjusted

percentage of its net asset value

(‘‘NAV’’).

FILING DATES: The application was filed

on March 19, 1998 and amended on

May 29, 1998 and July 27, 1998.

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

August 21, 1998, and should be

accompanied by proof of service on the

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 who wish to be notified of a

hearing may request notification by

writing to the SEC’s Secretary.

ADDRESSES: Secretary, SEC, 450 Fifth

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20549.

Fund, c/o Margaret A. Bancroft, Esq.,

Dechert Price & Rhoads, 30 Rockefeller

Plaza, New York, NY 10112.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

John K. Forst, Attorney Advisor, 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 at the SEC’s

Public Reference Branch, 450 Fifth

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20549 (tel.

202–942–8090).

Applicant’s Representations

1. The Fund is a closed-end

diversified management investment

company organized as a Maryland

corporation and registered under the

Act. The Fund’s primary investment

objective is long-term capital

appreciation through investment

primarily in equity securities of

Australian companies listed on

Australian stock exchanges. The Fund’s

shares are listed on the American Stock

Exchange. The Fund’s shares have

traded at various times at a premium as

well as at a discount to the NAV.

2. On December 12, 1997, the Fund

instituted a distribution policy (the

‘‘Distribution Policy’’) that calls for

regular quarterly distributions at an

annual rate, set once a year by the

Fund’s board of directors (the ‘‘Board’’),

which is a percentage of the rolling

average of the Fund’s prior four quarterend NAVs (‘‘Rolling Distribution Rate’’).