61848 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 206 / Wednesday, October 26, 2005 / Notices 

submit comments by any of the 

following methods. 

Mail comments to: Rules and 

Directives Branch, Office of 

Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, Washington, DC 20555–

0001. 

Hand-deliver comments to: Rules and 

Directives Branch, Office of 

Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission, 11555 Rockville Pike, 

Rockville, Maryland 20852, between 

7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m. on Federal 

workdays. 

Fax comments to: Rules and 

Directives Branch, Office of 

Administration, U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission at (301) 415–5144. 

Requests for technical information 

about RG 3.71 may be directed to H.D. 

Felsher, at (301) 415–5521 or via e-mail 

to HDF@nrc.gov. 

Electronic copies of RG 3.71 are 

available through the NRC’s public Web 

site under the Regulatory Guides 

document collection of the NRC’s 

Electronic Reading Room at http:// 

www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/doccollections/. Electronic copies are also 

available in the NRC’s Agencywide 

Documents Access and Management 

System (ADAMS) at http:// 

www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/adams.html, 

under Accession No. ML051940351. 

In addition, regulatory guides are 

available for inspection at the NRC’s 

Public Document Room (PDR), which is 

located at 11555 Rockville Pike, 

Rockville, Maryland; the PDR’s mailing 

address is USNRC PDR, Washington, DC 

20555–0001. The PDR can also be 

reached by telephone at (301) 415–4737 

or (800) 397–4205, by fax at (301) 415–

3548, and by email to PDR@nrc.gov. 

Requests for single copies of draft or 

final guides (which may be reproduced) 

or for placement on an automatic 

distribution list for single copies of 

future draft guides in specific divisions 

should be made in writing to the U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001, Attention: 

Reproduction and Distribution Services 

Section; by e-mail to 

DISTRIBUTION@nrc.gov; or by fax to 

(301) 415–2289. Telephone requests 

cannot be accommodated. 

Regulatory guides are not 

copyrighted, and Commission approval 

is not required to reproduce them. (5 

U.S.C. 552(a)) 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 17th day 

of October, 2005. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Carl J. Paperiello, 

Director, Office of Nuclear Regulatory 

Research. 

[FR Doc. E5–5948 Filed 10–25–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

NUCLEAR REGULATORY 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Availability of NUREG–1833, 

‘‘Technical Bases for Revision to the 

License Renewal Guidance 

Documents’’

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory 

Commission (NRC) is issuing NUREG–

1833, ‘‘Technical Bases for Revision to 

the License Renewal Guidance 

Documents.’’ This document describes 

the technical bases for the revision of 

NUREG–1801, ‘‘Generic Aging Lessons 

Learned (GALL) Report’’ and NUREG–

1800 ‘‘Standard Review Plan for the 

Review of License Renewal 

Applications for Nuclear Power Plants’’

(SRP–LR). 

ADDRESSES: Copies are available in the 

Commission’s Public Document Room 

(PDR), located at One White Flint North, 

11555 Rockville Pike (first floor), 

Rockville, Maryland 20852–2738. The 

NRC maintains an Agencywide 

Documents Access and Management 

System (ADAMS), which provides text 

and image files of NRC’s public 

documents. This document may be 

accessed through the NRC’s Public 

Electronic Reading Room on the Internet 

at http://www.nrc.gov/reading-rm/ 

adams.html under ADAMS accession 

number ML052110003. Persons who do 

not have access to ADAMS or who 

encounter problems in accessing the 

documents located in ADAMS should 

contact the NRC’s PDR Reference staff at 

1–800–397–4209, 301–415–4737, or by 

e-mail at pdr@nrc.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Jerry Dozier, License Renewal Project 

Manager, Office of Nuclear Reactor 

Regulation, Mail Stop O–11F1, U.S. 

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 

Washington, DC 20555–0001, telephone 

301–415–1014, or by e-mail at 

jxd@nrc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Technical Bases for Revision to the 

License Renewal Guidelines Documents 

The NRC staff has written NUREG–

1833 to document and justify the 

technical changes to the GALL Report 

and SRP–LR since the 2001 publication. 

The changes that were made when 

revising these license renewal guidance 

documents are captured in NUREG–

1833, along with the bases for technical 

changes. Changes to the GALL Report 

and SRP–LR are in the following 

categories: (1) Roll-Up Changes; (2) 

Incorporation of NRC Positions; (3) 

Operating Experience; and (4) Technical 

or Process Clarifications and 

Corrections. 

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 18th day 

of October 2005. 

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. 

Pao-Tsin Kuo, 

Program Director, License Renewal and 

Environmental Impacts Program, Division of 

Regulatory Improvement Programs, Office of 

Nuclear Reactor Regulation. 

[FR Doc. E5–5947 Filed 10–25–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P 

POSTAL RATE COMMISSION 

[Docket No. MC2006–1; Order No. 1447] 

Permanent Parcel Return Service 

AGENCY: Postal Rate Commission. 

ACTION: Notice and order. 

SUMMARY: Parcel Return Service (PRS), 

which the Postal Service currently offers 

on an experimental basis for two parcel 

post rate categories, was scheduled to 

expire October 19, 2003. Shortly before 

the expiration date, the Service filed a 

request to establish one of these 

categories (Parcel Select) as a permanent 

offering and to allow users to purchase 

an optional ancillary service (Certificate 

of Mailing). Participants in the 

experiment were not eligible for this 

ancillary service during the 

experimental stage. The Service’s 

request triggered an automatic extension 

of the October 19, 2005 expiration date 

for Parcel Select. Given no participation 

in the other experimental category 

(Bound Printed Matter), the Service 

does not seek to make it permanent, and 

it expired as scheduled. This document 

establishes a formal docket to address 

the requested change in status for the 

PRS Parcel Select category and 

identifies several initial steps, including 

authorization of settlement negotiations. 

DATES: 1. November 10, 2005: deadline 

for intervention. 

2. November 17, 2005: deadline for 

responses to waiver motion; prehearing 

conference (10 a.m.). 

3. November 14–15, 2005: dates 

reserved for settlement conference. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments 

electronically via the Commission’s 

Filing Online system at http:// 

www.prc.gov. 

Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 206 / Wednesday, October 26, 2005 / Notices 61849 

1Request of the United States Postal Service for 

a Recommended Decision on Parcel Return Service, 

October 17, 2005 (Request). 2Attachment A contains the proposed 

classification schedule provisions; Attachment B 

sets forth the proposed rate and fee schedules; 

Attachment C is the certification required by 

Commission rules 64(h) and 54(p); Attachment D is 

an index of testimonies; and Attachment E is the 

statement addressing compliance with various 

filing requirements. 3United States Postal Service Request for 

Establishment of Settlement Procedures, October 

17, 2005 (Request for Establishment of Settlement 

Procedures). 4Statement of the United States Postal Service 

Concerning Compliance with Filing Requirements 

and Conditional Motion for Waiver, October 17, 

2005 (Motion for Waiver). 

5Compare Request Attachment B with Docket No. 

R2005–1, Request of the United States Postal 

Service for a Recommended Decision on Changes in 

Rates of Postage and Fees for Postal Services, April 

8, 2005, Attachment A at 43–49. 

6The Request seeks a waiver of rules 54 and 64. 

Motion for Waiver at 3. 

7Motion for Waiver at 1 and 3. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Stephen L. Sharfman, general counsel, 

at 202–789–6818. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Regulatory History 

1. 68 FR 34678 (June 10, 2003). 

2. 68 FR 48963 (August 15, 2003). 

On October 17, 2005, the Postal 

Service filed a request seeking a 

recommended decision approving a 

change in the Domestic Mail 

Classification Schedule (DMCS) making 

Parcel Return Service (PRS) permanent.1

A current experiment has been testing 

distinct rates and fees for certain parcels 

that are returns from customers to 

merchants. The Request, which includes 

five attachments, was filed pursuant to 

chapter 36 of the Postal Reorganization 

Act, 39 U.S.C. 3601 et seq.2

The Postal Service has been offering 

experimental PRS since October 19, 

2003, in accordance with the 

Commission’s recommended decision 

approving the stipulation and agreement 

in Docket No. MC2003–2 and the 

Governor’s Decision of September 8, 

2003, approving the recommendation. 

The experiment was scheduled to expire 

on October 19, 2005, unless a request to 

make the service permanent was 

pending before the Commission prior to 

that date. 

In contemporaneous filings, the Postal 

Service requests establishment of 

settlement procedures 3 and submits a 

conditional motion for waiver of the 

filing requirements.4 The Request, 

accompanying testimony of witnesses 

Daniel (USPS–T–1), Miller (USPS–T–2), 

and Koroma (USPS–T–3), and other 

related material are available for 

inspection in the Commission’s docket 

room during regular business hours. 

They also can be accessed 

electronically, via the Internet, on the 

Commission’s Web site (http:// 

www.prc.gov). 

I. Proposed Parcel Return Service 

The Postal Service proposes to make 

permanent a PRS applicable to 

merchandise returned as Parcel Post. 

This service allows commercial mailers 

or their third-party logistics providers to 

receive bulk delivery of returned parcels 

at a designated delivery unit or at a bulk 

mail center (BMC). The Postal Service 

offers PRS as a customer-friendly and 

more efficient means for consumers to 

return parcels to mail-order retailers. 

PRS is designed to be consistent with 

destination entry services provided at 

delivery units or BMCs, so that returned 

parcels can be picked up at the same 

facilities where outgoing packages are 

entered. This allows participants to 

benefit from the increased efficiency of 

dropping off and picking up parcels 

concurrently. 

The experiment recommended in 

Docket No. MC2003–2 included PRS for 

Bound Printed Matter (BPM) and Parcel 

Select rate categories. The BPM category 

did not garner any participation. Thus, 

a permanent classification is only 

requested for the Parcel Select rate 

categories. No permanent classification 

is being requested for BPM. 

The Postal Service also seeks 

classification changes to allow the 

certificate of mailing service to be 

available for purchase with PRS. This 

was not a part of the original 

experiment. 

PRS would add two new rate 

categories to the Parcel Post subclass, 

Parcel Select Return Delivery Unit 

(RDU), and Parcel Select Return Bulk 

Mail Center (RBMC). The proposed RDU 

rate for mail retrieved in bulk at 

delivery units is $2.11 per parcel for all 

parcels except oversized parcels. The 

proposed RDU rate for oversized parcels 

is $7.92. The proposed RBMC rates are 

identical to those proposed in the Postal 

Service’s pending Docket No. R2005–1 

request.5

The proposed rates are based on 

workshare savings for returned parcels 

retrieved in bulk by shippers (or their 

agents) at designated delivery units or 

BMCs. The Postal Service indicates that 

the cost avoidance measures underlying 

its proposed rates are estimated using 

the same cost methodology and cost 

model presented in Docket No. 

MC2003–2 by witness Eggleston. The 

cost model has been modified to 

incorporate Docket No. R2005–1 data, as 

well as information obtained from field 

personnel. The Postal Service estimates 

that making this service permanent 

would add approximately $35 million to 

the Postal Service’s revenue, around 2.8 

percent of Parcel Post total revenue, and 

0.05 percent of total domestic mail 

revenue. It claims that PRS should not 

materially affect Parcel Post’s 

contribution to institutional costs 

relative to other subclasses. 

II. Conditional Request for Waiver of 

Certain Filing Requirements 

The Postal Service asserts that its 

filing complies with applicable 

Commission filing requirements through 

incorporation by reference but, as a 

precautionary alternative, seeks waiver 

of various filing requirements should 

the Commission conclude otherwise.6 In 

support of its Request, the Postal 

Service states that its Compliance 

Statement (Attachment E to the Request) 

addresses each filing requirement and 

indicates which parts of the filing 

satisfy each rule. It also notes that it has 

incorporated by reference pertinent 

materials from Docket No. R2005–1, the 

most recent omnibus rate case.7 It 

contends that incorporation satisfies the 

filing requirements pertaining to classes 

of mail and special services. In addition, 

the Postal Service contends that the PRS 

will not materially alter the rates, fees 

and classifications established in Docket 

No. R2005–1; rather, it would make 

permanent certain experimental 

classifications with the rates already 

proposed in that docket. Id. at 1. It 

concludes that its proposal will have 

only a limited impact on overall postal 

costs, volumes and revenues. Ibid. It 

also asserts that there is substantial 

overlap between information sought in 

the general filing requirements and the 

materials provided in Docket No. 

R2005–1. Id. at 2. 

Notwithstanding its principal 

position, the Postal Service recognizes 

that the Commission may find that it 

has failed to comply with the filing 

requirements. Accordingly, the Postal 

Service requests a waiver of certain 

filing requirements if the Commission 

concludes that the materials 

incorporated from the omnibus case are 

not sufficient to satisfy those 

requirements. Id. at 3. 

III. The Postal Service Request for 

Settlement Procedures 

In support of its request for settlement 

procedures, the Postal Service asserts 

that the proposed classification change 

is straightforward, is of limited scope, 

and is the culmination of a successful 

two-year experiment established in 

Docket No. MC2003–2. Further, the 

Postal Service states that because the 

experimental service that the Request is 

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8Request for Settlement Procedures at 1–2. 

based upon resulted in settlement, it 

believes that the same level of 

widespread support exists for making 

the service permanent, and that it 

should have no significant adverse 

impact on other mailers or competitors. 

Accordingly, the Postal Service believes 

there is a distinct possibility for 

settlement.8 The Postal Service requests 

that a settlement conference be 

scheduled as soon as possible following 

the deadline for intervention. Id. at 2. 

IV. Commission Response 

Intervention. Those wishing to be 

heard in this matter are directed to file 

a notice of intervention on or before 

November 10, 2005. The notice of 

intervention shall be filed using the 

Internet (Filing Online) at the 

Commission’s Web site (http:// 

www.prc.gov), unless a waiver is 

obtained for hardcopy filing. 39 CFR 

3001.9(a) and 10(a). No decision has 

been made at this point on whether a 

hearing will be held in this case. Notices 

should indicate whether participation 

will be on a full or limited basis. See 39 

CFR 3001.20 and 3001.20a. 

Settlement. Given the Postal Service’s 

representations that the proposal is 

widely supported and should not 

adversely affect competitors or other 

mailers, the Commission will authorize 

settlement negotiations in this 

proceeding. It appoints Postal Service 

counsel as settlement coordinator. In 

this capacity, Postal Service counsel 

shall file periodic reports on the status 

of settlement discussions. The 

Commission authorizes the settlement 

coordinator to hold a settlement 

conference on November 14–15, 2005. 

The Commission will make its hearing 

room available for this purpose upon 

request. Authorization of settlement 

discussions does not constitute a 

finding on the necessity of hearings in 

this case. 

Prehearing conference. A prehearing 

conference will be held November 17, 

2005, at 10 a.m. in the Commission’s 

hearing room. Participants shall be 

prepared to identify any issue(s) that 

would indicate a need to schedule a 

hearing, along with other matters 

referred to in this ruling. 

Conditional Motion for Waiver. 

Participants may comment on the Postal 

Service’s conditional motion to waive 

certain filing requirements. Responses 

to the Postal Service’s Motion for 

Waiver are due on or before November 

17, 2005. 

Representation of the general public. 

In conformance with section 3624(a) of 

title 39, the Commission designates 

Shelley S. Dreifuss, director of the 

Commission’s Office of the Consumer 

Advocate (OCA), to represent the 

interests of the general public in this 

proceeding. Pursuant to this 

designation, Ms. Dreifuss will direct the 

activities of Commission personnel 

assigned to assist her and, upon request, 

will supply their names for the record. 

Neither Ms. Dreifuss nor any of the 

assigned personnel will participate in or 

provide advice on any Commission 

decision in this proceeding. 

V. Ordering Paragraphs 

It is ordered: 

The Commission establishes Docket 

No. MC2006–1, Parcel Return Service, 

to consider the Postal Service Request 

referred to in the body of this order. 

1. The Commission will sit en banc in 

this proceeding. 

2. Postal Service counsel is appointed 

to serve as settlement coordinator in this 

proceeding. The Commission will make 

its hearing room available upon request 

for a settlement conference on 

November 14–15, 2005, at such times as 

scheduled by the settlement 

coordinator. 

3. Shelley S. Dreifuss, director of the 

Commission’s Office of the Consumer 

Advocate, is designated to represent the 

interests of the general public. 

4. The deadline for filing notices of 

intervention is November 10, 2005. 

5. A prehearing conference will be 

held November 17, 2005, at 10 a.m. in 

the Commission’s hearing room. 

6. Responses to the Postal Service’s 

Conditional Motion for Waiver of 

certain filing requirements are due on or 

before November 17, 2005. 

7. The Secretary shall arrange for 

publication of this notice and order in 

the Federal Register. 

By the Commission. 

Issued: October 21, 2005. 

Garry J. Sikora, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 05–21401 Filed 10–25–05; 8:45am] 

BILLING CODE 7710–FW–P 

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE 

COMMISSION 

[Release No. IC–27118; File No. 812–13195] 

Ameritas Variable Life Insurance 

Company, et al.: Notice of Application 

October 20, 2005. 

AGENCY: Securities and Exchange 

Commission (‘‘Commission’’). 

ACTION: Notice of application for an 

order pursuant to Section 26(c) of the 

Investment Company Act of 1940 (the 

‘‘1940 Act’’ or ‘‘Act’’) approving certain 

substitutions of securities and for an 

order of exemption pursuant to Section 

17(b) of the Act from Section 17(a) of 

the Act. 

Applicants: Ameritas Variable Life 

Insurance Company (‘‘Ameritas’’), 

Ameritas Variable Life Insurance 

Company Separate Account V 

(‘‘Account V’’) and Ameritas Variable 

Life Insurance Company Separate 

Account VA–2 (‘‘Account VA–2’’, 

together with Account V ‘‘Separate 

Accounts’’) and Ameritas Investment 

Corp. (‘‘Ameritas Investment’’) 

(collectively, the ‘‘Applicants’’). 

Summary of Application: The 

Applicants request an order pursuant to 

Section 26(c) of the 1940 Act to permit 

the substitution of shares of Calvert 

Variable Series, Inc.’s Ameritas 

Portfolios (‘‘Ameritas Portfolios’’) 

Income & Growth Fund (‘‘Ameritas 

Income & Growth’’ or ‘‘Replacement 

Fund’’) for (a) shares of Alger American 

Leveraged AllCap—Class 0 Portfolio 

(‘‘Alger AllCap’’) of the Alger American 

Fund and (b) shares of Salomon 

Variable All Cap Portfolio (‘‘Salomon 

Variable All Cap’’) of the Salomon 

Brothers Variable Series Trust (Alger 

AllCap and Salomon Variable All Cap 

collectively, the ‘‘Substituted 

Portfolios’’) currently held by the 

Separate Accounts. Applicants also 

request an order of exemption pursuant 

to Section 17(b) of the 1940 Act from the 

provisions of Section 17(a) of the Act to 

permit certain in-kind transactions in 

connection with the substitutions. 

Filing Date: The application was filed 

on May 31, 2005 and amended and 

restated on September 12, 2005, 

September 29, 2005, October 3, 2005 

and October 7, 2005. 

Hearing or Notification of Hearing: An 

order granting the application will be 

issued unless the Commission orders a 

hearing. Interested person may request a 

hearing by writing to the Secretary of 

the Commission and serving Applicants 

with a copy of the request, in person or 

by mail. Hearing requests must be 

received by the Commission by 5:30 

p.m. on November 14, 2005, and should 

be accompanied by proof of service on 

the Applicants, in the form of an 

affidavit or, for lawyers, a certificate of 

service. Hearing requests should state 

the nature of the writer’s interest, the 

reason for the request, and the issues 

contested. Persons who wish to be 

notified of a hearing may request 

notification by writing to the Secretary 

of the Commission. 

ADDRESSES: Secretary, Securities and 

Exchange Commission, 100 F Street, 

NE., Washington, DC 20549–9303.