23744 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 90 / Wednesday, May 9, 2001 / Notices

(703) 235–1470 (voice), or (703) 235–

1563 (facsimile).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

The standard 30 CFR section 77.1900

was enacted in 1971 and was amended

in 1982 and again in 1995. The standard

requires underground coal mine

operators to develop a prudent

engineered design plan to develop a

slope or shaft whenever an operator

decides to open such a coal mine. The

plan is required by the standard and is

to be reviewed and approved by MSHA

before the actual hazardous work

begins.

II. Desired Focus of Comments

Currently, the Mine Safety and Health

Administration (MSHA) is soliciting

comments concerning the proposed

extension of the information collection

related to Slope and Shaft Sinking

Plans. MSHA is particularly interested

in comments which:

• Evaluate whether the proposed

collection of information is necessary

for the proper performance of the

functions of the agency, including

whether the information will have

practical utility;

• Evaluate the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information,

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used;

• Enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and

• Minimize the burden of the

collection of information on those who

are to respond, including through the

use of appropriate automated,

electronic, mechanical, or other

technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology,

e.g., permitting electronic submissions

of responses.

A copy of the proposed information

collection request may be viewed on the

Internet by accessing the MSHA Home

Page (http://www.msha.gov) and

selecting ‘‘Statutory and Regulatory

Information’’ then ‘‘Paperwork

Reduction Act submission (http://

www.msha.gov/regspwork.htm)’’, or by

contacting the employee listed above in

the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section of this notice for a hard copy.

III. Current Actions

The average 25 slope or shaft

development plans that MSHA receives

on an annual basis, are reviewed to

ensure that the required work is

performed in a safe manner, and it

protects those miners performing the

work. Prudent engineering design does

evolve along with improved machinery

to perform the work, but there has not

been any revision to the requirements

for such a plan.

Type of Review: Extension.

Agency: Mine Safety and Health

Administration.

Title: Slope and Shaft Sinking Plans.

OMB Number: 1219–0019.

Recordkeeping: records are normally

required to be kept for 3 years.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit.

Cite/Reference/Form/etc: 30 CFR

77.1900.

Total Respondents: 887.

Frequency: whenever an operator

decides to develop a slope or shaft.

Total Responses: 48.

Average Time Per Response: 20 hours.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 960.

Total Burden Cost (capital/startup):

$0.

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintaining): $720.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for Office of

Management and Budget approval of the

information collection request; they will

also become a matter of public record.

Dated: May 1, 2001.

Brenda C. Teaster,

Acting Chief, Records Management Division.

[FR Doc. 01–11636 Filed 5–8–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–43–M

NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR LITERACY

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

AGENCY: National Institute for Literacy

(NIFL).

ACTION: Notice of information

collection.

SUMMARY: The NIFL Director invites

comments on the submission for OMB

review as required by the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995.

DATES: Interested persons are invited to

submit comments on or before June 8,

2001.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be addressed to the Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attention: Lauren Wittenberg, Desk

Officer, Department of Education, Office

of Management and Budget, 725 17th

Street, NW., Room 10235, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

DC 20503, or should be electronically

mailed to the internet address

lwittenberg@omb.eop.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Application for Literacy Leader

Fellowship Program.

Abstract: The National Institute for

Literacy (NIFL) was created by the

National Literacy Act of 1991 and

amended by the Workforce Investment

Act of 1998 and authorized the NIFL to

award fellowships to outstanding

individuals pursuing careers in adult

education or literacy in the areas of

instruction, management, research, or

innovation. Evaluations to determine

successful applications will be made by

a panel of literacy experts and

information specialists using the

published criteria. The NIFL will use

this information to issue a minimum of

2–3 fellowships for a period of up to one

year.

Burden Statement: The burden for

this collection of information is

estimated at 52 hours per response for

the first year. This estimate includes the

time needed to review instructions,

complete the form, and review the

collection of information. No more than

2–3 applicants will be awarded a

fellowship grant. Each awardee will

have an annual update of the

application requiring an average of 40

hours per response for each

continuation year.

Respondents: Public and private

nonprofit organizations.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

50.

Estimated Number of Responses Per

Respondent: 1.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 40 hours.

Frequency of Collection: One time.

Send comments regarding the burden

estimate or any other aspect of the

information collection, including

suggestions for reducing the burden to

Jennifer Cromley at the above address.

Request for Comments

Section 3506 of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.

Chapter 35) requires that the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) provide

interested Federal agencies and the

public an early opportunity to comment

on information collection requests.

OMB may amend or waive the

requirement for public consultation to

the extent that public participation in

the approval process would defeat the

purpose of the information collection,

violate State or Federal law, or

substantially interfere with any agency’s

ability to perform its statutory

obligations. The NIFL Director

publishes that notice containing

proposed information collection

requests prior to submission of these

requests to OMB. Each proposed

information collection contains a

burden statement that includes the

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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