33110 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 119 / Wednesday, June 20, 2001 / Notices

AGENCY CONTACT: Sam Robertson, Case

Operations, United States Parole

Commission, (301) 492–5962.

Dated: June 15, 2001.

Michael A. Stover,

General Counsel, U.S. Parole Commission.

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DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE

Parole Commission

Sunshine Act Meeting

ACTION: Public Announcement of

meeting pursuant to the Government in

the Sunshine Act (Public Law 94–409;

5 U.S.C. Section 552b).

AGENCY HOLDING MEETING: Department of

Justice, United States Parole

Commission.

TIME AND DATE: 9:30 a.m., Friday, June

22, 2001.

PLACE: 5550 Friendship Blvd., Fourth

Floor, Chevy Chase, MD 20815.

STATUS: Open.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: The

following matters have been placed on

the agenda for the open Parole

Commission meeting:

1. Approval of minutes of previous

Commission meeting.

2. Reports from the Chairman,

Commissioners, Legal, Chief of Staff,

Case Operations, and Administrative

Sections.

3. Discussion on recommended

revision of 28 CFR § 2.81(d) concerning

the procedures for reparole hearings in

District of Columbia Code cases.

AGENCY CONTACT: Sam Robertson, Case

Operations, United States Parole

Commission, (301) 492–5962.

Dated: June 15, 2001.

Michael A. Stover,

General Counsel, U.S. Parole Commission.

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DEPARTMENT OF LABOR

Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration

Proposed Extension of Information

Collection Request Submitted for

Public Comment and

Recommendations; Mental Health

Parity

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Department of Labor, as

part of its continuing effort to reduce

paperwork and respondent burden,

conducts a preclearance consultation

program to provide the general public

and other federal agencies with an

opportunity to comment on proposed

and continuing collections of

information in accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(PRA95)(44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)). This

program helps to ensure that requested

data is provided in the desired format,

reporting burden (time and financial

resources) is minimized, collection

instruments are clearly understood, and

the impact of collection requirements on

respondents can be properly assessed.

By this notice, the Department of

Labor’s Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration (PWBA) is soliciting

comments on the extension of the

information collection requests (ICRs)

included in the Interim Rules for Mental

Health Parity as published in the

Federal Register on December 22, 1997

(62 FR 66931)(Interim rules). OMB

approved the three separate ICRs

through August 31, 2001 under OMB

control numbers 1210–0105, 1210–0106,

and 1210–0107, respectively. Copies of

the ICRs for 1210–0105 and 1210–0106

may be obtained by contacting the office

shown below in the addresses section of

this notice. The approval for the ICR

approved under 1210–0107 will be

allowed to expire because it pertained to

a specific transitional period, and is no

longer applicable.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted to the office listed in the

addresses section on or before August

20, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are

invited to submit written comments

regarding the ICRs to Mr. Gerald B.

Lindrew, Office of Policy and Research,

U.S. Department of Labor, Pension and

Welfare Benefits Administration, 200

Constitution Avenue, NW., Room N–

5647, Washington, DC 20210.

Telephone: (202) 219–4782. Fax: (202)

219–4745 (these are not toll-free

numbers).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

The purpose of this notice is to seek

comments from the public prior to

submission to OMB for continued

approval of two of the three information

collection requests included in the

Interim Final Rules. The Mental Health

Parity Act of 1996 (MHPA) (Pub. L. 104–

204) generally requires that group health

plans provide parity in the application

of dollar limits between mental health

and medical/surgical benefits. The

statute exempts plans from this

requirement if its application results in

an increase in the cost under the plan

or coverage of at least one percent. The

Interim Final Rules under 29 CFR

2590.712(f)(3)(i) and (ii) require a group

health plan electing this exemption to

provide a written notice to participants

and beneficiaries and to the federal

government of the plan’s election of the

exemption. This notice requirement is

approved under OMB control number

1210–0105. To satisfy the requirement

to notify the federal government, a

group health plan may either send the

Department a copy of the summary of

material reductions in covered services

or benefits sent to participants and

beneficiaries, containing the plan

number and the plan sponsor’s

employer identification number, or the

plan may use the Department’s model

notice published in the Interim Final

Rule which was developed for this

purpose.

The second ICR, approved under

OMB control number 1210–0106, is a

summary of the information used to

calculate the plan’s increased costs

under the MHPA for purposes of

electing the one percent increased cost

exemption, which the plan must make

available to participants and

beneficiaries, on request at no charge.

Under 29 CFR 2590.712(f)(2), a group

health plan wishing to elect the one

percent exemption must calculate their

increased costs according to certain

rules. Under 29 CFR 2590.712(f)(4), a

group health plan electing the one

percent exemption is obligated to

disclose to participants and

beneficiaries (or their representatives),

on request and at not charge, a summary

of the information on which the

exemption was based.

The third ICR, found in 29 CFR

2590.712(h)(3)(ii), was a notice of a

group health plan’s use of the transition

period. This ICR was originally

approved under OMB control number

1210–0107. This provision required

plans exercising the one percent

increased cost exemption during all or

part of the first quarter of 1998 under

the rule’s transition provisions to notify

the federal government, and to post a

copy of this notice in a location where

documents are made available for

examination by participants and

beneficiaries pursuant to section 104 of

ERISA. Because the transition period is

concluded, this requirement no longer

applies and the ICR will be allowed to

expire.

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Agency: U.S. Department of Labor,

Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration.

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Title: Notice to Participants and

Beneficiaries and the Federal

Government of Electing One Percent

Increased Cost Exemption.

OMB Number: 1210–0105.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households; Business or other for-profit;

Not-for-profit institutions.

Frequency: On occasion.

Respondents: 10.

Responses: 10,000.

Estimated burden hours (Operating

and Maintenance): 333.

Estimated burden costs: $5,000.

Title: Calculation and Disclosure of

Documentation of Eligibility for

Exemption.

OMB Number: 1210–0106.

Affected Public: Individuals or

households; Business or other for-profit;

Not-for-profit institutions.

Frequency: On occasion.

Respondents: 10.

Responses: 200.

Estimated burden hours (Operating

and Maintenance): 10.

Estimated burden costs: $100.

II. Desired Focus of Comments

The Department of Labor is

particularly interested in comments

that:

• 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.

III. Current Actions

The Department intends to request an

extension of the ICRs currently

approved under control numbers 1210–

0105 and 1210–0106 without change to

the existing information collection

provisions. Although MHPA

requirements will not apply to benefits

for services furnished on or after

September 30, 2001 in accordance with

the sunset provision of section 712(f) of

ERISA, in order to ensure that

participants and beneficiaries are aware

of their rights under group health plans,

the Department intends to maintain the

clearance of the notice and disclosure

provisions of MHPA through September

30, 2001 and until such time as the

sunset provision has taken effect

without additional Congressional action

that would have the effect of extending

the duration of MHPA’s applicability.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for OMB

approval of the ICRs; they will also

become a matter of public record.

Dated: June 14, 2001.

Gerald B. Lindrew,

Deputy Director, Pension and Welfare

Benefits Administration, Office of Policy and

Research.

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50–334 and 50–412]

Firstenergy Nuclear Operating

Company (FENOC), et al.; Notice of

Consideration of Issuance of

Amendment to Facility Operating

License, Proposed No Significant

Hazards Consideration Determination,

and Opportunity for a Hearing

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (the Commission) is

considering issuance of an amendment

to Facility Operating License Nos. DPR–

66 and NPF–73 issued to FENOC, et al.

(the licensee) for operation of the Beaver

Valley Power Station, Unit Nos. 1 and

2 (BVPS–1 and 2), located in

Shippingport, Pennsylvania.

The proposed amendment would

revise the BVPS–1 and 2 Technical

Specifications (TSs) to implement

improvements endorsed in the Nuclear

Regulatory Commission’s (NRC’s) Final

Policy Statement on Technical

Specification Improvements for Nuclear

Power Reactors (58 FR 39132) which

was published in the Federal Register

on July 22, 1993. The major change

proposed in this request involves the

application of the TS screening criteria

from the policy statement (codified in

10 CFR 50.36) to evaluate the content of

the BVPS TS.

Consistent with the policy statement

guidance, the TS that do not meet the

criteria of 10 CFR 50.36 are proposed for

relocation to documents controlled by

BVPS. The proposed locations for the

relocated TS requirements are the

Licensing Requirements Manual (LRM)

and Offsite Dose Calculation Manual

(ODCM). The LRM and ODCM are

referenced in the BVPS–1 and 2

Updated Final Safety Analysis Reports

(UFSARs). Changes to documents

referenced in the UFSAR are required to

be made in accordance with 10 CFR

50.59. As such, changes to the relocated

TS requirements will be in accordance

with the provisions of 10 CFR 50.59 and

prior NRC review and approval of

changes will be requested if required by

10 CFR 50.59.

In order to support the relocation of

certain TS, this license amendment

request also proposes changes to

retained TS and Bases. In addition, this

request proposes the addition of a TS

Bases control program consistent with

the improved standard TS. These

changes are administrative in nature

and are made to support the relocation

of TS and provide clarifications and

enhancements that serve to make the

existing TS more consistent with the

content of the Improved Standard

Technical Specifications (ISTS) for

Westinghouse Plants contained in

NUREG–1431.

Before issuance of the proposed

license amendment, the Commission

will have made findings required by the

Atomic Energy Act of 1954, as amended

(the Act) and the Commission’s

regulations.

The Commission has made a

proposed determination that the

amendment request involves no

significant hazards consideration. Under

the Commission’s regulations in 10 CFR

50.92, this means that operation of the

facility in accordance with the proposed

amendment would not (1) involve a

significant increase in the probability or

consequences of an accident previously

evaluated; or (2) create the possibility of

a new or different kind of accident from

any accident previously evaluated; or

(3) involve a significant reduction in a

margin of safety. As required by 10 CFR

50.91(a), the licensee has provided its

analysis of the issue of no significant

hazards consideration, which is

presented below:

1. Does the change involve a significant

increase in the probability or consequences

of an accident previously evaluated?

The proposed amendment does not involve

a significant increase in the probability of an

accident previously evaluated because no

changes are being made to any event

initiator. Nor is any analyzed accident

scenario being revised. The initiating

conditions and assumptions for accidents

described in the UFSAR [Updated Final

Safety Analysis Report] remain as previously

analyzed.

The proposed amendment also does not

involve a significant increase in the

consequences of an accident previously

evaluated. The amendment does not reduce

the current operability requirements