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submittals, can be divided into three

general categories—improvements that

(1) have been completed, (2) will be

made, or (3) will receive further

consideration. Are there any

improvements in either of the last two

categories that have been completed and

that resulted in a significant change in

a plant’s ability to withstand potential

external events? If so, what are the

improvements and the related changes

to the plant’s capability?

5. How can the results of the IPEEE

program be used to (1) maintain safe

operations of nuclear facilities; (2) make

NRC activities and decisions more

effective, efficient, and reliable; (3)

increase public confidence; or (4)

reduce unnecessary regulatory burden

on stakeholders?

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Written comments may be sent to Dr.

Alan M. Rubin, Probabilistic Risk

Analysis Branch, Division of Risk

Analysis and Applications, Office of

Nuclear Regulatory Research, Mail Stop

T10E50, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555, or

e-mail: amr@nrc.gov.

DATES: Submit comments by July 31,

2001. Comments received after this date

will be considered if it is practical to do

so, but the Commission is able to ensure

consideration only for comments

received on or before this date.

Dated this 10th Day of April 2001.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Thomas L. King,

Director, Division of Risk Analysis and

Applications, Office of Nuclear Regulatory

Research.

[FR Doc. 01–11113 Filed 5–2–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–U

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

FEDERAL EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY

Criteria for Preparation and Evaluation

of Radiological Emergency Response

Plans and Preparedness in Support of

Nuclear Power Plants; Draft Addenda

to NUREG–0654/FEMA–REP–1,

Revision 1,

AGENCIES: Nuclear Regulatory

Commission. Federal Emergency

Management Agency.

ACTION: Notice of availability and

request for comment.

SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC) and the Federal

Emergency Management Agency

(FEMA) have issued for public comment

the Draft Addenda to NUREG–0654/

FEMA–REP–1, Rev. 1, ‘‘Criteria for

Preparation and Evaluation of

Radiological Emergency Response Plans

and Preparedness in Support of Nuclear

Power Plants.’’ This NUREG is the basic

emergency planning guidance document

for radiological emergency planning and

preparedness for commercial nuclear

power plants and is used by licensees

and by State and local government

emergency response agencies to develop

and maintain radiological emergency

plans for nuclear power plants.

DATE: The comment period ends August

1, 2001, of this Federal Register notice.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments

to: Chief, Rules and Directives Branch,

Division of Administrative Services,

Office of Administration, U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, Washington,

DC 20555–0001.

Hand-deliver comments to 11545

Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland

between 7:15 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. on

Federal workdays.

Those considering public comment

may request a free single copy of the

Draft Addenda to NUREG–0654/FEMA–

REP–1, Rev. 1, by writing to:

Reproduction and Distribution Services

Section, Office of the Chief Information

Officer, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555–

0001, or E-mail:

DISTRIBUTION@nrc.gov, or Facsimilie:

(301) 415–2289.

The Draft Addenda to NUREG–0654/

FEMA–REP–1, Rev. 1, also is available

electronically by visiting NRC’s Home

Page (http://www.nrc.gov/NRC/

NUREGS/SR0654/R1addenda/

index.html) or FEMA’s Home Page

(http://www.fema.gov/pte/rep/).

A copy of the Draft Addenda to

NUREG–0654/FEMA–REP–1, Rev. 1, is

available for inspection and copying for

a fee in the NRC Public Document

Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville,

Maryland, Room O1F21.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kathy Halvey Gibson, Chief, Emergency

Preparedness and Health Physics

Section, Office of Nuclear Reactor

Regulation, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission, Washington, DC 20555–

0001, Telephone (301) 415–2910;

electronic mail address: khg@nrc.gov or

Vanessa E. Quinn, Chief, Radiological

Emergency Preparedness Branch,

Preparedness, Training, and Exercises

Directorate, Federal Emergency

Management Agency, Washington, DC

20472, telephone (202) 646–3664;

electronic mail address:

vanessa.quinn@fema.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

notice announces the availability of and

request for comment on the Draft

Addenda to NUREG–0654/FEMA–REP–

1, Rev. 1, ‘‘Criteria for Preparation and

Evaluation of Radiological Emergency

Response Plans and Preparedness in

Support of Nuclear Power Plants.’’

NUREG–0654/FEMA–REP–1, Rev. 1,

was issued in November 1980 and is the

basic emergency planning guidance

document for radiological emergency

planning and preparedness for

commercial nuclear power plants.

NUREG–0654/FEMA–REP–1, Rev. 1,

is used by licensees and by State and

local government emergency response

agencies to develop and maintain

radiological emergency plans for

nuclear power plants. NUREG–0654/

FEMA–REP–1, Rev. 1, is also used by

staff of the NRC and FEMA to review,

respectively, licensee and State and

local government radiological

emergency plans and preparedness, and

to make findings and determinations

regarding the adequacy of these plans.

As part of FEMA’s strategic review of its

radiological emergency preparedness

program, FEMA and NRC staff

determined that it was not necessary to

revise NUREG–0654/FEMA–REP–1,

Rev. 1, but that to enhance its

usefulness, the outdated citations in the

document should be replaced with

updated citations through means of an

addenda. An initial version of the

addenda was posted on the FEMA web

site and provided to the member

agencies of the Federal Radiological

Preparedness Coordinating Committee

for comment.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 26th day

of March 2001.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Glenn M. Tracy,

Chief, Operator Licensing, Human

Performance, and Plant Support Branch,

Office of Nuclear Reactor Regulation, U.S.

Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

For the Federal Emergency Management

Agency.

Russell Salter,

Director, Chemical and Radiological

Preparedness Division, Preparedness,

Training and Exercises Directorate, Federal

Emergency Management Agency.

[FR Doc. 01–11112 Filed 5–2–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–U

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL

MANAGEMENT

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request for Review of a Revised

Information Collection: RI 38–115

AGENCY: Office of Personnel

Management.

ACTION: Notice.

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1The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the

United States, Investment Company Act Release

Nos. 23774 (Apr. 7, 1999) (File No. 812–11388) and

23889 (July 2, 1999) (File No. 812–11662).

2The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the

United States, Investment Company Act Release

No. 23822 (File No. 812–11388).

3The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the

United States, Investment Company Act Release

No. 23924 (File No. 812–11662).

4Pursuant to Rule 0–4 under the Act, Applicants

incorporate by reference the statement of facts set

out in the Prior Applications to the extent necessary

to support the Application. Applicants represent

that except as described herein all of the facts

asserted in the Prior Applications remain true and

accurate in all material aspects to the extent that

such facts are relevant to any relief on which

Applicants continue to rely.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub.

L. 104–13, May 22, 1995), this notice

announces that the Office of Personnel

Management (OPM) has submitted to

the Office of Management and Budget a

request for review of a revised

information collection. RI 38–115,

Representative Payee Survey, is used to

collect information about how the

benefits paid to a representative payee

have been used or conserved for the

benefit of the incompetent annuitant.

Approximately 4,067 RI 38–115 forms

will be completed annually. The form

takes approximately 20 minutes to

complete. The annual burden is 1,356

hours.

For copies of this proposal, contact

Mary Beth Smith-Toomey on (202) 606–

8358, or E-mail to mbtoomey@opm.gov.

DATES: Comments on this proposal

should be received on or before June 2,

2001.

ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments

to—

Ronald W. Melton, Chief, Operations

Support Division, Retirement and

Insurance Service, U.S. Office of

Personnel Management, 1900 E Street,

NW., Room 3349A, Washington, DC

20415

and

Joseph Lackey, OPM Desk Officer,

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, New Executive Office

Building, NW., Room 10235,

Washington, DC 20503.

FOR INFORMATION REGARDING

ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATION CONTACT:

Donna G. Lease, Team Leader, Forms

Analysis and Design, Budget and

Administrative Services Division, (202)

606–0623.

Office of Personnel Management.

Steven R. Cohen,

Acting Director.

[FR Doc. 01–11083 Filed 5–2–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6325–50–U

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE

COMMISSION

[Release No. IC–24963; File No. 812–12392]

The Equitable Life Assurance Society

of the United States, et al.

April 26, 2001.

AGENCY: Securities and Exchange

Commission (‘‘SEC’’ or ‘‘Commission’’).

ACTION: Notice of application for an

amended order under Section 6(c) of the

Investment Company Act of 1940, as

amended (‘‘Act’’) granting exemptions

from the provisions of Sections 2(a)(32),

22(c) and 27(i)(2)(A) of the Act and Rule

22c–1 thereunder.

Summary of Application: Applicants

seek an order to amend an Existing

Order (describing below) to permit,

under specified circumstances, the

recapture of certain Credits applied to

contributions made under ‘‘Contracts’’

and ‘‘Future Contracts’’ as defined in he

applications for the Existing Order

(‘‘Prior Applications’’).1 Applicants also

request that the order being sought

extend to ‘‘Equitable Broker-Dealers,’’

defined in the Prior Applications.

Applicants: The Equitable Life

Assurance Society of the United States

(‘‘Equitable Life’’), The Equitable of

Colorado, Inc. (‘‘EOC,’’ and together

with Equitable Life, ‘‘Equitable’’),

Separate Account No. 45 of Equitable

Life (‘‘SA 45’’), Separate Account No. 49

of Equitable Life (‘‘SA 49’’), Separate

Account VA of EOC (‘‘SA VA’’ and

together with SA 45 and SA 49, the

‘‘Accounts’’), any other separate

accounts of Equitable Life or EOC

(collectively, ‘‘Future Accounts’’) that

support in the future variable annuity

contracts and certificates that are

substantially similar in all material

respects to the contracts described

herein, AXA Advisors, LLC, and

Equitable Distributors, Inc. (‘‘EDI’’)

(collectively, ‘‘Applicants’’).

Filing Date: The application was filed

on January 2, 2001 and amended on

April 24, 2001.

Hearing or Notification of Hearing: An

order granting the application will be

issued unless the Commission orders a

hearing. Interested persons may request

a hearing by writing to the Secretary of

the Commission and serving Applicants

with a copy of the request, personally or

by mail. Hearing requests should be

received by the Commission by 5:30

p.m. on May 18, 2001, and should be

accompanied by proof of service on

Applicants in the form of an affidavit or,

for lawyers, a certificate of service.

hearing request should state the nature

of the requester’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 Secretary of the

Commission.

ADDRESSES: Secretary, SEC, 450 5th

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20549–

0609. Applicants, c/o The Equitable Life

Assurance Society of the United States,

1290 Avenue of the Americas, New

York, New York 10104, Attn: Dodi Kent,

Esq.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mark Cowan, Senior Counsel, or Keith

Carpenter, Branch Chief, Office of

Insurance Products, Division of

Investment Management, at (202) 942–

0670.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

following is a summary of the

application. The complete application

may be obtained for a fee from the SEC’s

Public Reference Branch, 450 Fifth

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

(202) 942–8090).

Applicant’s Representations

1. On May 3, 1999, the Commission

issued an order (‘‘Prior Order’’) 2

exempting certain transactions of

Applicants from the provisions of

Sections 2(a)(32), 22(c) and 27(i)(2)(A)

of the Act and Rule 22c–1 thereunder.

The Prior Order specifically permits the

recapture, under specified

circumstances, of certain 3% Credits

applied to contributions made under

Contracts or Future Contracts. On July

28, 1999, the Commission issued an

order of exemption amending the Prior

Order 3 (together with the Prior Order,

the ‘‘Existing Order’’) to permit the

recapture of Credits of up to 5% (‘‘5%

Credits’’), under the same specified

circumstances.4

2. Equitable now desires to offer and

recapture Credits of up to 6% of

contributions (‘‘6% Credits’’) under the

Contracts or Future Contracts, under the

same and certain additional

circumstances described below.

Equitable will apply a Credit to the

account of a Contract owner whenever

the owner makes a contribution. The

amount of the Credit will equal a

percentage (‘‘Credit Rate’’) of the

contribution. For contributions received

during the first Contract Year (as

defined in the Contract prospectus), the

applicable Credit Rate will be based on

the Credit schedule then in effect and

the total net amount of contributions

received to date under a Contract. The

Credit Rate applicable to contributions

made after the first Contract Year will be