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estimated burden hours and other

relevant information.

Requests for copies of the proposed

information collection request may be

accessed from http://www.nifl.gov/

activities/fllwhome.htm or comments

regarding burden and/or the collection

activity requirements should be

addressed to Jennifer Cromley, National

Institute for Literacy, 1775 I Street, NW.,

Suite 730, Washington, DC 20006.

Requests also may be electronically

mailed to the internet jcromley@nifl.gov

or faxed to 202–233–2050. Please

specify the complete title of the

information collection when making

your request.

Dated: May 4, 2001.

Carolyn Y. Staley,

Acting Director, NIFL.

[FR Doc. 01–11646 Filed 5–8–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6055–01–M

NATIONAL TRANSPORTAITON

SAFETY BOARD

Sunshine Act Meeting

TIME AND PLACE: 9:30 a.m., Tuesday, May

15, 2001.

PLACES: NTSB Conference Center, 429

L’Enfant Plaza SW., Washington, DC

20594.

STATUS: The one item is Open to the

Public.

MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED: 5299G Most

wanted Safety Recommendations

Program—2001 Update.

News Media Contact: Telephone: (202)

314–6100

Individuals requesting specific

accommodation should contact Ms.

Carolyn Dargan at (202) 314–6305 by

Friday, May 11, 2001.

FOR MORE INFORMATION CONTACT: Vicky

D’Onofrio, (202) 314–6065.

Dated: May 4, 2001.

Vicky D’Onofrio,

Federal Register Liaison Officer.

[FR Doc. 01–11751 Filed 5–7–01; 11:03 am]

BILLING CODE 7533–01–M

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

Notice of Public Meeting to Solicit

Stakeholder Input on the Use of Risk

Information in the Nuclear Materials

Regulatory Process: Case Study on

Uranium Recovery facilities

AGENCY: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of Meeting.

SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory

Commission’s (NRC’s) Office of Nuclear

Materials Safety and Safeguards is

developing criteria for determining

when risk information should be used

in the regulation of nuclear waste and

materials. As part of this effort, the NRC

staff is conducting case studies on a

spectrum of activities in the nuclear

materials and waste arenas, including

uranium recovery facilities. The

purpose of the case studies is (1) to

illustrate what has been done and what

could be done in the materials and

waste arenas to alter the regulatory

approach in a risk-informed manner and

(2) to establish a framework for using a

risk-informed approach in the materials

and waste arenas by testing a set of draft

screening criteria, and determining the

feasibility of safety goals.

NRC staff is in the initial phase of its

case study on uranium recovery

facilities. The purpose of this meeting is

to (1) communicate to stakeholders the

status of this case study, and (2) to

solicit recommendations and comments

on how NRC should proceed with the

case study, apply the draft screening

criteria, develop safety goals, and

incorporate risk information into its

regulatory program. The tentative

agenda for the meeting is as follows:

1. Opening remarks.

2. Provide background information on

the case study effort.

3. Present status of case study.

4. Receive comments, feedback, and

recommendations.

5. Closing remarks.

The meeting is open to the public; all

interested parties may attend and

provide comments. Persons who wish to

attend the meeting should contact

Marissa Bailey no later than June 7,

2001.

DATES: The meeting will be held on June

13, 2001, from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m., at the

Executive Tower Hotel, 1405 Curtis

Street, Denver, Colorado 80202.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:

Marissa Bailey, Mail Stop T–8-A–23,

U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission,

Washington, DC 20555–0001.

Telephone: (301) 415–7648; Internet:

MGB@NRC.GOV.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC

staff’s case study approach, the draft

screening criteria, and the case study

areas under consideration are described

in the ‘‘Plan for Using Risk Information

in the Materials and Waste Arenas: Case

Studies’’ which has been published in

the Federal Register (65 FR 66782,

November 7, 2000). Copies of this plan

are also available on the Internet at

http://www.nrc.gov/NMSS/IMNS/

riskassessment.html. Written requests

for single copies of this plan may also

be submitted to the U. S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, Office of

Nuclear Materials Safety and

Safeguards, Risk Task Group, Mail Stop

T–8-A–23, Washington, DC 20555–0001.

Dated at Rockville, MD, this 2nd day of

May 2001.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Lawrence E. Kokajko,

Section Chief, Risk Task Group, Office of

Nuclear Material Safety and Safeguards.

[FR Doc. 01–11698 Filed 5–8–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE

COMMISSION

[Release No. 35–27390]

Filings Under the Public Utility Holding

Company Act of 1935, as Amended

(‘‘Act’’)

May 2, 2001.

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 amendment(s) is/are available for

public inspection through the

Commission’s Branch 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

May 29, 2001, to the Secretary,

Securities and Exchange Commission,

Washington, DC 20549–0609, 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 the case of an attorney at

law, by certificate) should be filed with

the request. Any request for hearing

should identify specifically the issues of

facts 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 issue in the

matter. After May 29, 2001, the

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

filed or as amended, may be granted

and/or permitted to become effective.

Allegheny Energy, Inc., et al. (70–9833)

Allegheny Energy, Inc. (‘‘Allegheny’’),

10435 Downsville Pike, Hagerstown,

Maryland 21740, a registered holding

company, and Allegheny Energy Supply

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1Applicants state that the acquisition of GEM was

exempt from section 9(a) of the Act because GEM

is an energy-related company under rule 58 of the

Act.

1Based on the number of issued and outstanding

Common Shares on December 31, 2000 this

restriction will permit 719,181 Common Shares to

be issued to fund purchases by Plan participants in

2001 and 7,191,818 Common Shares over the ten

year life of the Plan. The issuance each year is

subject to appropriate adjustment in the event of

recapitalizations, mergers, splits or similar

corporate transactions.

Company, LLC (‘‘AE Supply’’), R.R. 12,

P.O. Box 1000, Roseytown Road,

Greensburg, Pennsylvania 15601, a

utility subsidiary of Allegheny,

(collectively, ‘‘Applicants’’) have filed a

declaration under sections 6(a), 7, and

12(d) of the Act and rules 44 and 54

under the Act.

In accordance with an Asset

Contribution and Purchase Agreement

dated January 8, 2001 (‘‘Agreement’’),

AE Supply and Allegheny Energy

Global Markets, LLC, AE Supply’s

newly formed rule 58 company,

acquired Global Energy Markets

(‘‘GEM’’), the energy commodity

marketing and trading unit of Merrill

Lynch & Co., Inc. (‘‘Merrill Lynch’’), on

March 16, 2001 (‘‘Closing Date’’).1 The

purchase price for GEM was $490

million, paid on the Closing Date, and

2% of the membership interests in AE

Supply (‘‘Membership Interests’’). The

sale of the Membership Interests is

contingent upon the approval of the

Commission. The Agreement further

provides that if the Commission does

not approve the sale of the Membership

Interests, Allegheny, AE Supply, and

Allegheny Energy Global Markets, LLC,

are obligated to make an additional cash

payment to Merrill Lynch. Accordingly,

Applicants request authorization to sell

the Membership Interests to Merrill

Lynch.

For the Commission, by the Division of

Investment Management, pursuant to

delegated authority.

Margaret H. McFarland,

Deputy Secretary

[FR Doc. 01–11594 Filed 5–8–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 8010–01–M

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE

COMMISSION

[Release No. 35–27392]

Filings Under the Public Utility Holding

Company Act of 1935, as Amended

(‘‘Act’’)

May 3, 2001.

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 amendment(s) is/are available for

public inspection through the

Commission’s Branch 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

May 28, 2001, to the Secretary,

Securities and Exchange Commission,

Washington, DC 20549–0609, 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 the case of an attorney at

law, by certificate) should be filed with

the request. Any request for hearing

should identify specifically the issues of

facts 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 May 28, 2001, the

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

filed or as amended, may be granted

and/or permitted to become effective.

Northeast Utilities, et al. (70–9883)

Notice of Proposal To Issue Securities;

Order Authorizing Solicitation of

Proxies

Northeast Utilities (‘‘NU’’), 174 Brush

Hill Avenue, West Springfield,

Massachusetts 01090–0010, a registered

holding company, has filed a

declaration under sections 6(a), 7, and

12(e) of the Act and Rules 54, 62, and

65 under the Act.

NU seeks the Commission’s approval

for: (1) The solicitation of proxies from

NU’s common shareholders seeking

adoption of the Northeast Utilities

Employee Share Purchase Plan (‘‘Plan’’),

which contemplates the issuance of

NU’s common shares, $5.00 par value

(‘‘Common Shares’’) and (2) the

issuance each year, during the ten year

term of the Plan, of NU Common Shares

(either authorized, but previously

unissued shares or reacquired shares)

not to exceed one-half percent (0.5%) of

the number of shares outstanding as of

the end of the preceding year 1 and

derivatives of such shares.

On April 9, 2001, NU’s Board of

Trustees (‘‘Board’’) adopted an

Employee Share Purchase Plan (‘‘Plan’’).

This Plan replaces an earlier Employee

Share Purchase Plan adopted in 1 998

by order of the Commission dated April

29, 1998 (HCAR No. 26865) (‘‘Prior 1998

Plan’’), which NU discontinued in

December of 2000 in anticipation of the

merger with Consolidated Edison, Inc.

The Prior 1998 Plan allowed officers to

participate, but only as optional

participants, which in effect required

that the officers purchase the share at

100% rather than 85% of the market

value as of a designated date determined

by the Plan’s committee. Under the

current Plan officers may participate

under the same terms as other eligible

participants. NU proposes to submit the

Plan to its shareholders for approval at

NU’s Annual Meeting of Shareholders to

be held on June 28, 2001. If approved

by NU’s shareholders, the Plan will be

effective as of August 1, 2001. The Plan

will terminate ten years from its

effective date, unless terminated earlier

by the Board.

The Plan will be administered by the

Compensation Committee of NU’s Board

of Trustees or by a delegate

(‘‘Committee’’). The Plan is intended to

be an employee stock purchase plan

under Section 423 of the Internal

Revenue Code of 1986, as amended.

Through programs established by the

Committee from time to time eligible

employees may purchase newly issued

Common Shares through payroll

deduction. The purchase price will be

determined by the Committee and will

be between 85 percent and 100 percent

of the lower of closing market value on

the first and last days of the purchase

period. Shares purchased under the

Employee Share Purchase Plan may not

be transferred for six months following

the purchase date.

Additionally, NU requests authority

to solicit proxies approving the Plan

from the holders of NU Common Shares,

for use at the Annual Meeting of

Shareholders to be held June 28, 2001.

It is anticipated that solicitation

materials will be mailed to shareholders

commencing on or about May 11, 2001.

NU proposes to mail the notice of

meeting, statement relating to the Plan,

proxy statement and proxy to its

shareholders for the annual meeting,

and has filed its proxy solicitation

material relating to the Plan. NU

requests that an order authorizing the

solicitation of proxies be issued as soon

as practicable under rule 62(d). It

appears to the Commission that NU’s

declaration as it pertains to the

proposed solicitation of proxies should

be permitted to become effective

immediately under rule 62(d).

Rule 54 states that the Commission

will not consider the effect of the

capitalization or earnings of any

subsidiary which is an exempt

wholesale generator (‘‘EWG’’) or foreign

utility company (‘‘FUCO’’) upon the