Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 111 / Friday, June 8, 2001 / Notices 30957

Room link at the NRC Web site

(http://www.nrc.gov).

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this first day

of June 2001.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Jon R. Johnson,

Acting Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor

Regulation.

[FR Doc. 01–14495 Filed 6–7–01; 8:45 am]

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY

ADMINISTRATION

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Nuclear

Regulatory Commission.

DATE: Weeks of June 11,18, 25, July 2,

9, 16, 2001.

PLACE: Commissioners’ Conference

Room, 11555 Rockville Pike, Maryland.

STATUS: Public and Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Week of June 11, 2001

Thursday, June 14, 2001

9:55 a.m; Affirmation Session (Public

Meeting) (If needed)

10:00 a.m; Meeting with Nuclear

Waste Technical Review Board (Public

Meeting)

1:30 p.m; Briefing on License Renewal

Program (Public Meeting) (Contact:

David Solorio, 301–415–1973)

Week of June 18, 2001—Tentative

There are no meetings scheduled for

the Week of June 18, 2001.

Week of June 25, 2001—Tentative

Wednesday, June 27, 2001

9:25 a.m; Affirmation Session (Public

Meeting) (If needed)

Week of July 2, 2001—Tentative

There are no meetings scheduled for

the Week of July 2, 2001.

Week of July 9, 2001—Tentative

Monday, July 9, 2001

1:25 p.m; Affirmation Session (Public

Meeting) (If needed)

Week of July 16, 2001—Tentative

Thursday, July 19, 2001

9:25 a.m; Affirmation Session (Public

Meeting) (If needed)

9:30 a.m; Briefing on Results of

Agency Action Review Meeting—

Reactors (Public Meeting) (Contact: Ron

Frahm, 301–415–2986)

1:30 p.m; Briefing on Readiness for

New Plant Applications and

Construction (Public Meeting) (Contact:

Nanette Gilles, 301–415–1180)

Friday, July 20, 2001

9:30 a.m; Briefing on Results of

Reactor Oversight Process Initial

Implementation (Public Meeting)

(Contact: Tim Frye, 301–415–1287)

1:00 p.m; Briefing on Risk-Informing

Special Treatment Requirements (Public

Meeting) (Contact: John Nakoski, 302–

415–1278)

* * * * *

The NRC Commission Meeting

Schedule can be found on the Internet

at: http://www.nrc.gov/SECY/smj/

schedule.htm

* * * * *

This notice is distributed by mail to

several hundred subscribers; if you no

longer wish to receive it, or would like

to be added to the distribution, please

contact the Office of the Secretary,

Washington, DC 20555 (301–415–1969).

In addition, distribution of this meeting

notice over the Internet system is

available. If you are interested in

receiving this Commission meeting

schedule electronically, please send an

electronic message to dkw@nrc.gov.

Dated: June 5, 2001.

David Louis Gamberoni,

Technical Coordinator, Office of the

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–14594 Filed 6–6–01; 12:20 pm]

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OVERSEAS PRIVATE INVESTMENT

CORPORATION

Sunshine Act Meeting

TIME AND DATE: Tuesday, June 19, 2001,

1 PM (OPEN Portion) 1:30 PM (CLOSED

Portion)

PLACE: Offices of the Corporation,

Twelfth Floor Board Room, 1100 New

York Avenue, NW., Washington, DC

STATUS: Meeting OPEN to the Public

from 1 PM to 1:30 PM Closed portion

will commence at 1:30 PM (approx.)

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

1. President’s Report

2. Approval of December 12, 2000

Minutes (Open Portion)

FURTHER MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

(Closed to the Public 1:30 PM)

1. Finance Project in Peru

2. Finance Project in Brazil

3. Finance Project in Argentina

4. Insurance Project in Nigeria

5. Approval of December 12, 2001

Minutes (Closed Portion)

6. Pending Major Projects

7. Reports

CONTACT PERSON FOR INFORMATION:

Information on the meeting may be

obtained from Connie M. Downs at (202)

336–8438.

Connie M. Downs,

OPIC Corporate Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–14567 Filed 6–6–01; 10:21 am]

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE

COMMISSION

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request

Upon Written Request, Copies Available

From: Securities and Exchange

Commission, Office of filings and

Information Services, Washington, DC

20549

Extension

Rule 17a–5(c); SEC File No. 270–199;

OMB Control No. 3235–0199.

Rule 17a–7; SEC File No. 270–147; OMB

Control No. 3235–0131.

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.

Rule 17a–5(c) under the Securities

Exchange Act of 1934 requires certain

broker-dealers who carry customer

accounts to provide statements of

financial condition to their customers. It

is estimated that approximately 659

broker and dealer respondents with

approximately 97,600,000 customer

accounts incur an average burden of

542,222 hours per year to comply with

this rule.

Rule 17a–5(c) does not contain record

retention requirements. Compliance

with the rule is mandatory. Responses

are not confidential.

Rule 17a–7 under the Securities

Exchange Act of 1034 requires nonresident brokers or dealers registered or

applying for registration pursuant to

Section 15 of the Exchange Act to

maintain—in the United States—

complete and current copies of books

and records required to be maintained

under any rule adopted under the

Securities Exchange Act of 1934.

Alternatively, Rule 17a–7 provides that

the non-resident broker or dealer may

sign a written undertaking to furnish the

requisite books and records to the

Commission upon demand.

There are approximately 72 nonresident brokers and dealers. Based on

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the Commission’s experience in this

area, it is estimated that the average

amount of time necessary to preserve

the books and records required by Rule

17a–7 is one hour per year. Accordingly,

the total burden is 72 hours per year.

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 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 to be 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 5th Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20549.

Dated: June 4, 2001.

Margaret H. McFarland,

Deputy Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–14458 Filed 6–7–01; 8:45 am]

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE

COMMISSION

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request

Upon Written Request, Copies Available

From: Securities and Exchange

Commission, Office of Filings and

Information Services, Washington, DC

20549.

Extension

Rule 8c–1; SEC File No. 270–455; OMB

Control No. 3235–0514.

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 collection of information

summarized below. The Commission

plans to submit this existing collection

of information to the Office of

Management and Budget for approval.

Rule 8c–1 generally prohibits a

broker-dealer from using its customers’

securities as collateral to finance its own

trading, speculating, or underwriting

transactions. More specifically, the rule

states three main principles: First, that

a broker-dealer is prohibited from

commingling the securities of different

customers as collateral for a loan

without the consent of each customer;

second, that a broker-dealer cannot

commingle customers’ securities with

its own securities under the same

pledge; and third, that a broker-dealer

can only pledge its customers’ securities

to the extent that customers are in debt

to the broker-dealer. See Securities

Exchange Act Release No. 2690

(November 15, 1940); Securities

Exchange Act Release No. 9428

(December 29, 1971). Pursuant to Rule

8c–1, respondents must collect

information necessary to prevent the

hypothecation of customer accounts in

contravention of the rule, issue and

retain copies of notices to the pledgee of

hypothecation of customer accounts in

accordance with the rule, and collect

written consents from customers in

accordance with the rule. The

information is necessary to ensure

compliance with the rule, and to advise

customers of the rule’s protections.

There are approximately 231

respondents per year (i.e., brokerdealers that conducted business with

the public, filed Part II of the FOCUS

Report, did not claim an exemption

from the Reserve Formula computation,

and reported that they had a bank loan

during at least one quarter of the current

year) that require an aggregate total of

5,198 hours to comply with the rule.

Each of these approximately 231

registered broker-dealers makes an

estimated 45 annual responses, for an

aggregate total of 10,395 responses per

year. Each response takes approximately

0.5 hours to complete. Thus, the total

compliance burden per year is 5,198

burden hours. The approximate cost per

hour is $20, resulting in a total cost of

compliance for the respondents of

$103,960 (5,198 hours @ $20 per hour).

Written comments are invited one: (a)

Whether the 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 to be

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 5th Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20549.

Dated: May 31, 2001.

Margaret H. McFarland,

Deputy Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–14459 Filed 6–7–01; 8:45 am]

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COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meeting

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to

the provisions of the Government in the

Sunshine Act, Pub. L. 94–409, that the

Securities and Exchange Commission

will hold the following meeting during

the week of June 11, 2001.

A closed meeting will be held on

Tuesday, June 12, 2001, at 10 a.m.

Commissioners, Counsel to the

Commissioners, the Secretary to the

Commission, and recording secretaries

will attend the closed meeting. Certain

staff members who have an interest in

the matters may also be present.

The General Counsel of the

Commission, or his designee, has

certified that, in his opinion, one or

more of the exemptions set forth in 5

U.S.C. 552b(c)(5), (7), (9)(A), 9(B), and

(10) and 17 CFR 200.402(a)(5), (7), (9)(i),

(9)(ii) and (10), permit consideration of

the scheduled matters at the closed

meeting.

The subject matters of the closed

meeting scheduled for Tuesday, June 12,

2001 will be: institution and settlement

of injunctive actions; and institution

and settlement of administrative

proceedings of an enforcement nature.

At times, changes in Commission

priorities require alterations in the

scheduling of meeting items. For further

information and to ascertain what, if

any, matters have been added, deleted

or postponed, please contact:

The Office of the Secretary at (202)

942–7070.

Dated: June 5, 2001.

Jonathan G. Katz,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–14574 Filed 6–6–01; 11:06 am]

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