4892 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 19 / Monday, January 31, 2005 / Notices 

1AE Supply is a public utility company within 

the meaning of the Act, but it is not subject to state 

regulation. It is the principal electric generating 

company for the Allegheny system.

2On August 4, 2004, Allegheny announced it had 

entered into an agreement to sell Mountaineer and 

all of Allegheny’s West Virginia gas assets to a 

partnership composed of IGS Utilities LLC, IGS 

Holdings LLC, and affiliates of ArcLight Capital 

Partners LLC. See SEC File No. 70–10270.

3Other than AE Supply and the Utility 

Applicants, the direct or indirect subsidiaries of 

Allegheny, whether existing or to be formed or 

acquired in the future, are referred to as the 

Nonutility Applicants. The current Nonutility 

Applicants are Allegheny Energy Solutions, Inc., 

Allegheny Ventures, Inc. (‘‘Ventures’’), Mountaineer 

Gas Services, Inc., and the West Virginia Power & 

Transmission Company (collectively, ‘‘Existing 

Nonutility Subsidiaries’’).

4See Holding Co. Act Release No. 27486 (Dec. 31, 

2001) (‘‘2001 Financing Order’’), as supplemented 

by Holding Co. Act Release No. 27521 (April 17, 

2002), Holding Co. Act Release No. 27579 (Oct. 17, 

2002), and Holding Co. Act Release No. 27652 (Feb. 

21, 2003) (‘‘Capitalization Order’’).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request more information or to obtain a 

copy of the information collection 

justification, forms, and/or supporting 

material, please call the RRB Clearance 

Officer at (312) 751–3363 or send an email request to 

Charles.Mierzwa@RRB.GOV. Comments 

regarding the information collection 

should be addressed to Ronald J. 

Hodapp, Railroad Retirement Board, 844 

North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois 

60611–2092 or send an e-mail to 

Ronald.Hodapp@RRB.GOV. Written 

comments should be received within 60 

days of this notice.

Charles Mierzwa, 

Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 05–1670 Filed 1–28–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7905–01–P

RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD

Agency Forms Submitted for OMB 

Review

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 

U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Railroad 

Retirement Board (RRB) has submitted 

the following proposal(s) for the 

collection of information to the Office of 

Management and Budget for review and 

approval. 

Summary of Proposal(s) 

(1) Collection title: Financial 

Disclosure Statement. 

(2) Form(s) submitted: DR–423. 

(3) OMB Number: 3220–0127. 

(4) Expiration date of current OMB 

clearance: 05/31/2005. 

(5) Type of request: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

(6) Respondents: Individuals or 

households. 

(7) Estimated annual number of 

respondents: 1,200. 

(8) Total annual responses: 1,200. 

(9) Total annual reporting hours:

1,700. 

(10) Collection description: Under the 

Railroad Retirement and the Railroad 

Unemployment Insurance Acts, the 

Railroad Retirement Board has authority 

to secure from an overpaid beneficiary 

a statement of the individual’s assets 

and liabilities if waiver of the 

overpayment is requested.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Copies of the forms and supporting 

documents can be obtained from 

Charles Mierzwa, the agency clearance 

officer (312–751–3363) or 

Charles.Mierzwa@rrb.gov.

Comments regarding the information 

collection should be addressed to 

Ronald J. Hodapp, Railroad Retirement 

Board, 844 North Rush Street, Chicago, 

Illinois, 60611–2092 or 

Ronald.Hodapp@rrb.gov and to the 

OMB Desk Officer for the RRB, at the 

Office of Management and Budget, 

Room 10230, New Executive Office 

Building, Washington, DC 20503.

Charles Mierzwa, 

Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 05–1671 Filed 1–28–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7905–01–P

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Release No. 35–27941] 

Filings Under the Public Utility Holding 

Company Act of 1935, as Amended 

(‘‘Act’’) 

January 24, 2005. 

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 

February 18, 2005, 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 February 18, 2005, 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–

10251) 

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

a registered holding company, and 

Allegheny Energy Supply Company, 

LLC (‘‘AE Supply,’’ and together with 

Allegheny, ‘‘Applicants’’),1 a registered 

holding company and public-utility 

company subsidiary of Allegheny; 

Allegheny Energy Service Corp. 

(‘‘AESC’’), the system service company; 

the Allegheny wholly-owned publicutility subsidiaries, Monongahela Power 

Company (‘‘Monongahela’’), 

Mountaineer Gas Company 

(‘‘Mountaineer’’),2 The Potomac Edison 

Company (‘‘Potomac Edison’’), West 

Penn Power Company (‘‘West Penn’’), 

and Allegheny Generating Company 

(‘‘AGC’’) (Monongahela, Mountaineer, 

Potomac Edison, West Penn and AGC, 

collectively, ‘‘Utility Applicants’’, and 

along with AE Supply and Allegheny, 

collectively, ‘‘Money Pool 

Applicants’’)), and the current and 

future nonutility subsidiaries of 

Allegheny (‘‘Nonutility Applicants’’),3

800 Cabin Hill Drive, Greensburg, 

Pennsylvania 15601, have filed an 

application-declaration (‘‘Application’’) 

under sections 6, 7, 9(a), 10, 11, 12(b), 

12(c), and 13 of the Act and rules 43, 45, 

46, 54, 86, 87, 90 and 91 under the Act.

The Applicants request authority to 

engage in financing transactions 

necessary to their ongoing operations 

and those of their subsidiaries through 

November 30, 2007 (‘‘Authorization 

Period’’) as well as authority to engage 

in certain other transactions described 

below that are necessary to the overall 

operations of the Allegheny system. In 

addition, the Money Pool Applicants 

and AESC request authority to continue 

the current Allegheny system money 

pool (‘‘Money Pool’’). 

On December 31, 2001, the 

Commission issued an order 4

authorizing the Applicants to engage in 

a broad range of financing transactions 

through July 31, 2005. The Applicants 

intend that the authority sought in this