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technical conference website at http://

techconf.llnl.gov/cgi-bin/topics.

Purpose of Meeting: To obtain

stakeholder views on how to improve

the NRC oversight program for ensuring

that fuel cycle licensees and certificate

holders maintain protection of worker

and public health and safety, protection

of the environment, and safeguards for

special nuclear material and classified

matter in the interest of national

security. The oversight program applies

to commercial nuclear fuel cycle

facilities regulated under 10 CFR parts

40, 70, and 76. The facilities currently

include gaseous diffusion plants, highly

enriched uranium fuel fabrication

facilities, low-enriched uranium fuel

fabrication facilities, and a uranium

hexafluoride (UF6) production facility.

These facilities possess large quantities

of materials that are potentially

hazardous (i.e., radioactive, toxic, and/

or flammable) to the workers, public,

and environment. Also, some of the

facilities possess information and

material important to national security.

In revising the oversight program, the

goal is to have an oversight program

that: (1) Provides earlier and more

objective indications of facility

performance in the areas of safety and

national security, (2) increases

stakeholder confidence in the NRC, and

(3) increases regulatory effectiveness,

efficiency, and realism. To achieve this

goal, the NRC desires the revised

oversight program to be more riskinformed and performance-based.

The May 8, 2001 public meeting will

focus on the development of a general

policy on how the effectiveness of

licensee corrective actions will be

factored into performance assessments

and the NRC’s response to licensee

performance.

DATES: Members of the public, industry,

and other stakeholders are invited to

attend and participate in the meeting,

which is scheduled for 9 to 10:15 a.m.

on Tuesday, May 8, 2001. The meeting

will be held in the One White Flint

North building in conference room O–

4B6.

ADDRESSES: NRC Headquarters, 11555

Rockville Pike, in Rockville, MD. Visitor

parking around NRC Headquarters is

limited; however, the public meeting

site may be reached by taking the

Washington DC area metro to White

Flint. NRC Headquarters is located

across the street from the White Flint

metro station.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:

Patrick Castleman, Office of Nuclear

Material Safety and Safeguards, U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Washington, DC 20555, telephone (301)

415–8118, e-mail pic@nrc.gov.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland this 20 day

of April, 2001.

Patrick Castleman,

Project Manager, Inspection Section, Safety

and Safeguards Support Branch, Division of

Fuel Cycle Safety and Safeguards.

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PEACE CORPS

Proposed Information Collection

Requests

AGENCY: Peace Corps.

ACTION: Notice of public use form

review request to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB Control

Number 0420–0529).

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1981 (44 USC, Chapter

35), the Peace Corps has submitted to

the Office of Management and Budget a

request for approval of information

collections OMB Control Number 0420–

0529, the Peace Corps Day Brochure

Registration Form. The purpose of this

notice is to allow for public comments

on whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

Peace Corps, including whether their

information will have practical use; the

accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the

burden of the proposed collections

information, including the validity of

the methodology and assumptions used;

ways to enhance the quality, utility and

the clarity of the information to be

collected; and, ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on those who are to respond, including

through the use of automated collection

techniques, when appropriate, and other

forms of information technology. A copy

of the information collection may be

obtained from Lisa Ward, Office of

Domestic Programs, Peace Corps, 1111

20th Street, NW., Room 2134,

Washington, DC 20526. Ms. Ward may

be contracted by telephone at 202–692–

1422 or 800–424–8580 ext 1422.

Comments on the form should also be

addressed to the attention of Ms. Ward

within sixty days of the publication date

in the Federal Register.

Information Collection Abstract

Title: Peace Corps Day Brochure

Registration Form.

Need for and Use of This Information:

This collection of information is

necessary because the Peace Corps’

Office of Domestic Programs builds

awareness of the continuing benefits

that former Volunteers bring back to the

United States after their service through

its Coverdell World Wise Schools

program, the Fellows/USA graduate

fellowship program, Returned

Volunteers Services, and through Peace

Corps Day. For more than 10 years,

programs and publications have aimed

to harness the cross-cultural experiences

of returned Peace Corps Volunteers

(RPCVs) to foster better global

understanding among Americans, and

particularly students, throughout the

United States. The information is used

by the Office of Domestic Programs to

send presentation and educational

materials to RPCVs, which enhances the

quality of the presentations. Information

is also used by Public Affairs Specialists

to promote Peace Corps Day regionally,

broadly raising awareness for the Peace

Corps and augmenting recruiting efforts.

Respondents: Returned Peace Corps

Volunteers.

Respondent’s Obligation to Reply:

Voluntary.

Burden on the Public:

a. Annual reporting burden: 6,500

hours.

b. Annual record keeping burden: 0

hours.

c. Estimated average burden per

response: 3 minutes.

d. Frequency of response: one time.

e. Estimated number of likely

respondents: 130,000.

f. Estimated cost to respondents:

$1.02.

Responses will be returned by

postage-paid business reply card, fax,

email, and downloaded from the Peace

Corps web site. (www.peacecorps.gov)

This notice is issued in Washington, DC on

April 20, 2001.

Doug Warnecke,

Acting, Chief Information Office and

Associate Director for Management.

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Proposed Collection; Comment

Request

Upon Written Request; Copies Available

From: Securities and Exchange

Commission, Office of Filings and

Information Service, Washington, DC

20549.

Extension:

Rule 301 and Forms ATS and ATS–R, SEC

File No. 270–451, OMB Control No.

3235–0509

Rule 302, SEC File No. 270–453, OMB

Control No. 3235–0510

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Rule 303, SEC File No. 270–450, OMB

Control No. 3235–0505

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 collections of information

summarized below. The Commission

plans to submit these existing

collections of information to the Office

of Management and Budget for

extension and approval.

Regulation ATS provides a regulatory

structure that directly addresses issues

related to alternative trading systems’

role in the marketplace. Regulation ATS

allows alternative trading systems to

choose between two regulatory

structures. Alternative trading systems

have the choice between registering as

broker-dealers and complying with

Regulation ATS or registering as

national securities exchanges.

Regulation ATS provides the regulatory

framework for those alternative trading

systems that choose to be regulated as

broker-dealers.

Rule 301 of Regulation ATS contains

certain notice and reporting

requirements, as well as additional

obligations that only apply to alternative

trading systems with significant volume.

Rule 301 describes the conditions with

which an alternative trading system

must comply to be registered as a

broker-dealer. Rule 301 requires all

alternative trading systems that wish to

comply with Regulation ATS to file an

initial operation report on Form ATS.

The initial operation report requires

information regarding operation of the

system including the method of

operation, access criteria and the types

of securities traded. Alternative trading

systems are also required to supply

updates on Form ATS to the

Commission, describing material

changes to the system, and quarterly

transaction reports on Form ATS–R.

Alternative trading systems are also

required to file cessation of operations

reports on Form ATS.

Alternative trading systems with

significant volume are required to

comply with requirements for fair

access and systems capacity, integrity

and security. Under Rule 301, such

alternative trading systems are required

to establish standards for granting

access to trading on its system. In

addition, upon a decision to deny or

limit an investor’s access to the system,

an alternative trading system is required

to provide notice to the investor of the

denial or limitation and their right to an

appeal to the Commission. Regulation

ATS requires alternative trading systems

to preserve any records made in the

process of complying with the systems’

capacity, integrity and security

requirements. In addition, such

alternative trading systems are required

to notify Commission staff of material

systems outages and significant systems

changes.

The Commission uses the information

provided pursuant to Rule 301 to

comprehensively monitor the growth

and development of alternative trading

systems to confirm that investors

effecting trades through the systems are

adequately protected, and that the

systems do not impede the maintenance

of fair and orderly securities markets or

otherwise operate in a manner that is

inconsistent with the federal securities

laws. In particular, the information

collected and reported to the

Commission by alternative trading

systems enables the Commission to

evaluate the operation of alternative

trading systems with regard to national

market system goals, and monitor the

competitive effects of these systems to

ascertain whether the regulatory

framework remains appropriate to the

operation of such systems. Without the

information provided on Forms ATS

and ATS–R, the Commission would not

have readily available information on a

regular basis in a format that will allow

it to determine whether such systems

have adequate safeguards.

Respondents consist of alternative

trading systems that choose to register

as broker-dealers and comply with the

requirements of Regulation ATS. The

Commission estimates that there are

currently approximately 69

respondents.

An estimated 69 respondents will file

an average total of 493 responses per

year, which corresponds to an estimated

annual response burden of 1,988.5

hours. At an average cost per burden

hour of approximately $77.07, the

resultant total related cost of

compliance for these respondents is

$153,263.14 per year (1988.5 burden

hours multiplied by $77.07/hour).

Rule 302 of Regulation ATS describes

the recordkeeping requirements for

alternative trading systems that are not

national securities exchanges. Under

Rule 302, alternative trading systems are

required to make a record of subscribers

to the alternative trading system, daily

summaries of trading in the alternative

trading system and records of order

information in the alternative trading

system.

The information required to be

collected under Rule 302 should

increase the abilities of the Commission,

state securities regulatory authorities,

and the self-regulatory organizations

(SROs) to ensure that alternative trading

systems are in compliance with

Regulation ATS as well as other rules

and regulations of the Commission and

the SROs. If the information is not

collected or collected less frequently,

the Commission would be severely

limited in its ability to comply with its

statutory obligations, provide for the

protection of investors and promote the

maintenance of fair and orderly markets.

Respondents consist of alternative

trading system that choose to register as

broker-dealers and comply with the

requirements of Regulation ATS. The

Commission estimates that there are

currently approximately 69

respondents.

Sixty-nine respondents will spend

approximately 2,484 hours per year to

comply with the recordkeeping

requirements of Rule 302. At an average

cost per burden hour of $86.54, the

resultant total related cost of

compliance for these respondents is

$214,965.36 per year (2,484 burden

hours multiplied by $86.54/hour).

Rule 303 of Regulation ATS describes

the record preservation requirements for

alternative trading systems that are not

national securities exchanges.

For alternative trading systems that

register as broker-dealers, comply with

Regulations ATS and meet certain

volume thresholds, such alternative

trading systems would be required to

preserve all records made pursuant to

Rule 302, which includes information

relating to subscribers, trading

summaries and order information. Such

alternative trading systems would also

be required to preserve records of any

notices communicated to subscribers, a

copy of the systems’ standards for

granting access and any documents

generated in the course of complying

with the systems’ capacity, integrity and

security requirements under Regulation

ATS. Rule 303 also describes how such

records be kept and how long they must

be preserved.

The information contained in the

records required to be preserved by Rule

303 will be used by examiner and other

representatives of the Commission, state

securities regulatory authorities, and the

SROs to ensure that alternative trading

systems are in compliance with

Regulation ATS as well as other rules

and regulations of the Commission and

the SROs. Without the data required by

Rule 303, the Commission would be

severely limited in its ability to comply

with its statutory obligations, provide

for the protection of investors and

promote the maintenance of fair and

orderly markets.

Respondents consist of alternative

trading systems that choose to register

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1 17 CFR 240.0–12.

2 15 U.S.C. 78mm(a)(1).

as broker-dealers and comply with the

requirements of Regulation ATS. The

Commission estimates that there are

currently approximately 69

respondents.

Sixty-nine respondents will spend

approximately 276 hours per year (69

respondents at 4 burden hours/

respondent) to comply with the record

preservation requirements of Rule 303.

At an average cost per burden hour of

$86.54, the resultant cost of compliance

for these respondents is $23,885.04 per

year (276 burden hours multiplied by

$86.54/hour).

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 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 Fifth Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20549.

Dated: April 17, 2001.

Margaret H. McFarland,

Deputy Secretary.

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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:

Form SE, OMB Control No. 3235–0327,

SEC File No.270–289

Form ID, OMB Control No. 3235–0328,

SEC File No.270–291

Form ET, OMB Control No. 3235–0329,

SEC File No.270–290

Form TH, OMB Control No. 3235–0425,

SEC File No.270–377

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 to the

Office of Management and Budget

requests for extension of the previously

approved collections of information

discussed below.

Form SE is used by registrants to file

paper copies of exhibits that would be

difficult or impossible to submit

electronically. The information

contained in Form SE is used by the

Commission to identify paper copies of

exhibits. Form SE is a public document

and is filed on occasion. Form SE is

filed by individuals, companies or other

for-profit organizations that are required

to file electronically. It is estimated that

110 registrants file Form SE at an

estimated .10 hours per response for a

total annual burden of 11 hours.

Form ID is used by companies to

apply for identification numbers and

passwords used in conjunction with the

EDGAR electronic filing system. The

information provided on Form ID is

essential to the security of the EDGAR

system. Form ID is not a public

document because it is used solely for

the purpose of registering filers on the

EDGAR system. Form ID must be file

every time a registrant or other person

obtains or changes an identification

number. The form is filed by

individuals, companies or other forprofit organizations that are required to

filed electronically. It is estimated that

7,000 registrants file Form ID at an

estimated .15 hours per response for a

total annual burden of 1,050 hours.

Form ET is used by companies to

facilitate the transfer of information

submitted to the Commission on

magnetic tapes to the EDGAR system.

Form ET provides technical information

about the magnetic tape cartridge

contents and identifies a contract person

who can answer any questions about the

tape cartridge. Form ET is a public

document and is filed on occasion. It is

filed by individuals, companies or other

for-profit organization that are required

to file electronically. It must be filed

every time a filing is submitted to the

Commission on magnetic tape to

identify such filings. It is estimated that

120 registrants file Form ET at an

estimated .25 hours per response for a

total annual burden of 30 hours.

Form TH is used by registrants to

notify the Commission that an

electronic filer is relying on the

temporary hardship exemption for the

filing of a document in paper format

that would otherwise be required to file

electronically as prescribed by Rule

201(a) of Regulations S–T. Form TH is

a public document and is filed on

occasion. Form TH must be filed every

time an electronic filer experiences

unanticipated technical difficulties

preventing the timely preparation and

submission of a required filing. It is

estimated that Form TH is filed by 15

registrants at an estimated .33 hours per

response for a total annual burden of 5

hours.

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.

Written comments regarding the

above information 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 10102,

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: April 19, 2001.

Margaret H. McFarland,

Deputy Secretary.

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[Release No. 34–44201; Form Type 34–36

MR; File No. 79–9]

Order Granting Application for a

Conditional Exemption by the National

Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.

Relating to the Acquisition and

Operation of a Software Development

Company by the Nasdaq Stock Market,

Inc.

April 18, 2001.

I. Introduction

On March 3, 2000, the National

Association of Securities Dealers, Inc.

(‘‘NASD’’) and The Nasdaq Stock

Market, Inc. (‘‘Nasdaq’’) filed with the

Securities and Exchange Commission

(‘‘Commission’’), pursuant to Rule 0–

12 1 under the Securities Exchange Act

of 1934 (‘‘Exchange Act’’), an

application for a conditional exemption

under section 36(a)(1) of the Exchange

Act 2 relating to the Nasdaq’s acquisition

and operation of a software

development company. In addition, the

NASD requested that, if the commission

determined to solicit comment on the