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debt securities issued by PSNC would

be comprised of medium-term notes

under an indenture or institutional debt.

Any long-term debt security would have

the designation, aggregate principal

amount, maturity and interest rate(s) or

methods of determining the same, terms

of payment of interest, redemption

provisions, sinking fund terms and

other terms and conditions as PSNC

may determine at the time of issuance.

PSNC states it will not issue any new

long-term debt, unless its outstanding

long-term debt is rated ‘‘investment

grade’’ by at least one nationally

recognized statistical rating agency.

The requested increases will remain

subject to the safeguard parameters set

forth in the Financing Order and the

order approving the merger between

SCANA and PSNC on February 9, 2000

(HCAR No. 27133) (‘‘Merger Order’’),

which include these limitations: (i) The

effective cost of money on long-term

debt securities will not exceed 300 basis

points over comparable term U.S.

Treasury securities and the effective

cost of money on short-term securities

will not exceed 300 basis point over

comparable term London Interbank

Offered Rate; (ii) maturity of

indebtedness will not exceed 50 years;

(iii) the underwriting fees, commissions,

or similar remuneration paid in

connection with the issue, sale or

distribution of a security will not exceed

5% of the principal amount of the

financing; and (iv) at all times during

the Authorization Period, SCANA’s

common equity will be at least 30% of

its consolidated capitalization.

The proceeds from the sale of

securities in external financing

transactions will be used for general

corporate purposes including: (i) The

financing, in part, of the capital

expenditures of the SCANA system; (ii)

the financing of working capital

requirements of the SCANA system; (iii)

the acquisition, retirement or

redemption under rule 42 of securities

previously issued by SCANA or its

subsidiaries without the need for prior

Commission approval; and (iv) other

lawful purposes, including direct or

indirect investment in companies

authorized under the Merger Order and

in companies, the acquisition of which

are permitted by rule 58 under the Act

and exempt telecommunication

companies as defined in section 34 of

the Act.

For the Commission, by the Division of

Investment Management, pursuant to

delegated authority.

Margaret H. McFarland,

Deputy Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3536]

Culturally Significant Objects Imported

for Exhibition Determinations:

‘‘Treasure From a Lost Civilization:

Ancient Chinese Art From Sichuan’’

DEPARTMENT: Department of State.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the

following determinations: Pursuant to

the authority vested in me by the Act of

October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985, 22 U.S.C.

2459), the Foreign Affairs Reform and

Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat.

2681, et seq.), Delegation of Authority

No. 234 of October 1, 1999, and

Delegation of Authority No. 236 of

October 19, 1999, as amended, I hereby

determine that the objects to be

included in the exhibition ‘‘Treasure

from a Lost Civilization: Ancient

Chinese Art from Sichuan,’’ imported

from abroad for the temporary

exhibition without profit within the

United States, are of cultural

significance. The objects are imported

pursuant to a loan agreement with the

foreign lender. I also determine that the

exhibition or display of the exhibit

objects at the Seattle Art Museum,

Seattle, WA, from on or about May,

2001 to on or about August 2001, the

Kimbell Art Museum, Forth Worth, TX

from on or about September 2001 to on

or about January 2002, and the

Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York,

from on or about March 2002 to on or

about June 2002, is in the national

interest. Public Notice of these

Determinations is ordered to be

published in the Federal Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

further information, including a list of

the exhibit objects, contact Carol

Epstein, Attorney-Adviser, Office of the

Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of State

(telephone: 202/619–6981). The address

is U.S. Department of State, SA–44, 301

4th Street, SW., Room 700, Washington,

DC 20547–0001.

Dated: January 5, 2001.

William B. Bader,

Assistant Secretary for Educational and

Cultural Affairs, United States Department

of State.

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DEPARTMENT OF STATE

[Public Notice 3537]

Culturally Significant Objects Imported

for Exhibition; Determinations:

‘‘Vincent van Gogh and the Painters of

the Petit Boulevard’’

DEPARTMENT: Department of State.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the

following determinations: Pursuant to

the authority vested in me by the Act of

October 19, 1965 (79 Stat. 985, 22 U.S.C.

2459), the Foreign Affairs Reform and

Restructuring Act of 1998 (112 Stat.

2681, et seq.), Delegation of Authority

No. 234 of October 1, 1999, and

Delegation of Authority No. 236 of

October 19, 1999, as amended, I hereby

determine that the objects to be

included in the exhibition ‘‘Vincent van

Gogh and the Painters of the Petit

Boulevard’’ imported from abroad for

the temporary exhibition without profit

within the United States, are of cultural

significance. These objects are imported

pursuant to a loan agreement with a

foreign lender. I also determine that the

exhibition or display of the exhibit

objects at the Saint Louis Art Museum,

Saint Louis, MO, from on or about

February 17, 2001, through on or about

May 13, 2001, is in the national interest.

Public Notice of these Determinations is

ordered to be published in the Federal

Register.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

further information, including a list of

exhibit objects, contact Jacqueline

Caldwell, Attorney-Adviser, Office of

the Legal Adviser, U.S. Department of

State (telephone: 202/619–6982). The

address is U.S. Department of State, SA–

44, 301 4th Street, S.W., Room 700,

Washington, D.C. 20547–0001.

Dated: January 5, 2001.

William B. Bader,

Assistant Secretary for Educational and

Cultural Affairs, United States Department

of State.

[FR Doc. 01–1085 Filed 1–11–01; 8:45 am]

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