Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 117 / Monday, June 17, 1996 / Notices 30645

documents (NUREG–0844 and GL 95–

03), I have concluded that neither the

suspension of the licenses of Indian

Point Nuclear Generating Units 2 and 3

nor the holding of a public meeting to

explain this decision is warranted.

The Petitioner’s request for action

pursuant to 10 CFR 2.206 is denied. As

provided in 10 CFR 2.206(c), a copy of

the Decision will be filed with the

Secretary of the Commission for the

Commission’s review. This Decision

will constitute the final action of the

Commission 25 days after issuance

unless the Commission, on its own

motion, institutes a review of the

Decision within that time.

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 10th day

of June 1996.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

William T. Russell,

Director, Office of Nuclear Reactor

Regulation.

[FR Doc. 96–15262 Filed 6–14–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7590–01–P

OFFICE OF PERSONNEL

MANAGEMENT

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request Review of a Revised

Information Collection RI 30–2, RI 30–

44

AGENCY: Office of Personnel

Management.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995

(Public Law 104–13, May 22, 1995), this

notice announces that the Office of

Personnel Management will be

submitting to the Office of Management

and Budget a request for clearance of a

revised information collection. RI 30–2,

Annuitant’s Report of Earned Income, is

used annually to determine if disability

retirees under age 60 have earned

income which will result in the

termination of their annuity benefits.

Beginning with the 1995 information

collection, only annuitants who have

qualifying earned income are required

to respond. RI 30–44, Annuitant’s

Report of Income-Followup, is sent to

annuitants whose returned RI 30–2

forms are unusable or damaged.

We estimate 21,000 RI 30–2 forms and

260 RI 30–44 forms are completed

annually. The RI 30–2 takes

approximately 35 minutes to complete

for an estimated annual burden of

12,250 hours. The RI 30–44 takes

approximately 5 minutes to complete

for an estimated annual burden of 22

hours. The total annual estimated

burden is 12,272 hours.

For copies of this proposal, contact

Jim Farron on (202) 418–3208, or E-mail

to jmfarron@mail.opm.gov

DATES: Comments on this proposal

should be received by August 16, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Send or deliver comments

to—Victor C. Roy, Chief, Eligibility

Division, Retirement and Insurance

Service, U.S. Office of Personnel

Management, 1900 E Street, NW., Room

2342, Washington, DC 20415.

FOR INFORMATION REGARDING

ADMINISTRATIVE COORDINATION CONTACT:

Mary Beth Smith-Toomey, Management

Services Division, (202) 606–0623.

U.S. Office of Personnel Management.

Lorraine A. Green,

Deputy Director.

[FR Doc. 96–15215 Filed 6–14–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6325–01–M

January 1996 Pay Adjustments

AGENCY: Office of Personnel

Management.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The rates of basic pay and

locality payments for certain categories

of Federal employees were adjusted in

January 1996, as authorized by the

President. This notice documents those

pay adjustments for the public record.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Brenda Roberts, Office of Compensation

Policy, Human Resources Systems

Service, Office of Personnel

Management, (202) 606–2858 or FAX

(202) 606–4264.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On August

31, 1995, the President issued an

alternative plan under the authority of

5 U.S.C. 5303 and 5304a. The

alternative plan set forth the January

1996 pay adjustments for General

Schedule (GS) employees, including a 2-

percent adjustment in GS rates of basic

pay and various adjustments in locality

payments in the 48 contiguous States

and the District of Columbia.

On December 28, 1995, the President

signed Executive Order 12984 (61 FR

237). This order implemented increases

in rates of basic pay for various

categories of Federal employees

effective on the first day of the first

applicable pay period beginning on or

after January 1, 1996. The 1996 General

Schedule, reflecting the 2-percent

general increase approved by the

President, was published in Schedule 1

of Executive Order 12984.

Executive Order 12984 also included

the percentage amounts of the 1996

locality payments as established by the

President’s alternative plan of August

31, 1995. (See section 5 and schedule 9

of Executive Order 12984 (61 FR 246).)

The publication of this notice satisfies

the requirement in section 5(b) of

Executive Order 12984 that OPM

publish appropriate notice of the 1996

locality payments in the Federal

Register.

Locality payments are authorized for

General Schedule employees under 5

U.S.C. 5304 and 5304a. They apply in

the 48 contiguous States and the District

of Columbia. In 1996, there are 27

separate locality pay areas with locality

payments ranging from 4.13 to 9.40

percent. These 1996 locality pay

percentages, which replaced the lower

locality pay percentages that were

applicable in 1995, became effective on

the first day of the first applicable pay

period beginning on or after January 1,

1996. An employee’s locality-adjusted

annual rate of pay is computed by

increasing his of her scheduled annual

rate of basic pay (as defined in 5 U.S.C.

5302 (8) and 5 CFR 531.602) by the

applicable locality pay percentage. (See

5 CFR 531.604 and 531.605.)

On December 8, 1995, the Director of

the Office of Personnel Management

(OPM), on behalf of the President’s Pay

Agent, extended the 1996 locality-based

comparability payments to the same

Governmentwide and single-agency

categories of non-GS employees that

were authorized to receive the 1995

locality payments. The

Governmentwide categories include

members of the Senior Executive

Service, the Foreign Service, and the

Senior Foreign Service; employees in

senior-level (SL) and scientific or

professional (ST) positions;

administrative law judges; and Contract

Appeals Board members.

Schedule 4 of Executive Order 12984

reflected a decision by the President to

increase the rates of basic pay for

members of the Senior Executive

Service by 2 percent at levels ES–1

through ES–5. The rate for ES–6 remains

unchanged, since it cannot exceed the

rate for level IV of the Executive

Schedule, which remains unchanged.

(Public Law 104–52, November 19,

1995, provided that there would be no

increase in the rates of basic pay for the

Executive Schedule. See Schedule 5 of

Executive Order 12984.)

Although not specifically addressed

in Executive Order 12984, rates of basic

pay for certain other Governmentwide

categories of employees were also

adjusted in January 1996. The minimum

rate of basic pay for senior-level (SL)

and scientific or professional (ST)

positions increased by 2 percent (to

$83,160) because it is calculated as a

percentage of the minimum rate of basic

pay for GS–15 of the General Schedule.
30646 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 117 / Monday, June 17, 1996 / Notices

The maximum rate of basic pay for SL

and ST positions remains unchanged

because it is linked to level IV of the

Executive Schedule ($115,700), which

remains unchanged. Rates of basic pay

for administrative law judges and

Contract Appeals Board members

remain unchanged in 1996 because

these rates are calculated as a

percentage of the rate for level IV of the

Executive Schedule, which remains

unchanged.

OPM has published ‘‘Salary Table No.

96’’ (OPM Doc. 124–48–6, January

1996), which provides complete salary

tables incorporating the 1996 pay

adjustments, information on general pay

administration matters, locality pay area

definitions, Internal Revenue Service

withholding tables, and other related

information. The rates of pay shown in

‘‘Salary Table No. 96’’ are the official

rates of pay for affected employees and

are hereby incorporated as part of this

notice. Copies of ‘‘Salary Table No. 96’’

can be purchased from the Government

Printing Office by calling (202) 512–

1800. In addition, individual pay

schedules can be downloaded directly

from OPM’s electronic bulletin boards.

For instructions, please contact Denise

Jenkins by calling (202) 606–2900.

U.S. Office of Personnel Management.

James B. King,

Director.

[FR Doc. 96–15216 Filed 6–14–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6301–01–M

OFFICE OF THE UNITED STATES

TRADE REPRESENTATIVE

Retroactive Suspension of Certain

Generalized System of Preference

Benefits for Pakistan

AGENCY: Office of the United States

Trade Representative.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: On November 6, 1995, the

Office of the United States Trade

Representative published a notice in the

Federal Register providing an

opportunity for the public to comment

on a proposal to suspend certain

Generalized System of Preferences

(GSP) benefits for Pakistan. A press

release was issued on March 7, 1996,

announcing the U.S. Trade

Representative’s decision to recommend

to the President the partial GSP

suspension of Pakistan.

In order to put this recommendation

into effect a Presidential Proclamation is

necessary. This cannot be done until

and unless the GSP program is

reauthorized. In the past the GSP has

been reauthorized on a retroactive basis

if there has been a period of suspension,

and duties on properly entered goods

have been refunded by the U.S. Customs

Service. However, the public is hereby

notified that, should the GSP program

be reauthorized, a Presidential

Proclamation suspending certain

Pakistani GSP benefits will be made

retroactive to the effective date of this

notice. Duties on the below listed

Pakistani products will not be refunded

if the products are entered, or

withdrawn from warehouse, for

consumption on or after the effective

date of this notice.

The Pakistani products involved are:

HTSUS Item (Terms below are for descriptive purposes only.)

9018.90.80 Surgical instruments.

4203.21.80 Gloves, mittens, etc., of leather, design for sports.

9506.62.80 Inflatable balls, excluding footballs or soccer balls.

4203.21.60 Ski or snowmobile gloves, mittens, etc.

9506.91.00 Articles or equipment for exercise.

4203.21.20 Batting gloves.

3926.20.30 Gloves designed for use in

sports, of plastics.

4203.21.55 Cross-country ski gloves, mittens, etc.

5701.10.13 Carpets.

5702.10.10 Carpets.

5702.91.20 Carpets.

5805.00.20 Carpets.

6304.99.10 Carpets.

6304.99.40 Carpets.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 1, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Office of the U.S. Trade

Representative, 600 17th Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20508.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jon Rosenbaum, Assistant USTR for

Trade and Development, Office of the

U.S. Trade Representative, 600 17th

Street, NW., Washington, (202) 395–

6971.

Jennifer A. Hillman,

General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 96–14251 Filed 6–14–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3190–01–M

[Docket No. 301–106]

Initiation of Section 302 Investigation

and Request for Public Comment:

Practices of the Government of Turkey

Regarding the Imposition of a

Discriminatory Tax on Box Office

Revenues

AGENCY: Office of the United States

Trade Representative.

ACTION: Notice of initiation of

investigation; request for written

comments.

SUMMARY: The United States Trade

Representative (USTR) has initiated an

investigation under section 302(b)(1) of

the Trade Act of 1974, as amended (the

Trade Act) (19 U.S.C. 2412(b)(1)), with

respect to certain acts, policies and

practices of the Government of Turkey

that may result in the discriminatory

treatment of U.S. films in Turkey. The

United States alleges that these acts,

policies and practices are inconsistent

with the General Agreement on Tariffs

and Trade 1994 (GATT 1994),

administered by the World Trade

Organization (WTO). USTR invites

written comments from the public on

the matters being investigated.

DATES: This investigation was initiated

on June 12, 1996. Written comments

from the public are due on or before

noon on Monday, July 22, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Office of the United States

Trade Representative, 600 17th Street,

NW., Washington, DC 20508.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Joseph Papovich, Deputy Assistant

USTR for Intellectual Property, (202)

395–6864, or Thomas Robertson,

Associate General Counsel, (202) 395–

6800.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section

302(b)(1) of the Trade Act authorizes the

USTR to initiate an investigation under

chapter 1 of Title III of the Trade Act

(commonly referred to as ‘‘section 301’’)

with respect to any matter in order to

determine whether the matter is

actionable under section 301. Matters

actionable under section 301 include,

inter alia, the denial of rights of the

United States under a trade agreement,

or acts, policies, and practices of a

foreign country that violate or are

inconsistent with the provisions of, or

otherwise deny benefits to the United

States under, any trade agreement.

On June 12, 1996, having consulted

with the appropriate private sector

advisory committees, the USTR

determined that an investigation should

be initiated to determine whether

certain laws and regulations of Turkey

affecting the taxation of box office

revenues generated from the showing of

foreign-origin films are actionable under

section 301(a). Turkey’s Law on

Municipal Revenues (Law No. 2464)

imposes a 25% municipality tax on box

office revenues generated from the

showing of foreign films, but not the

revenue generated from the showing of

domestic films. Current information is

that the revenues are allocated to

municipal coffers for general use.