Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 129 / Wednesday, July 3, 1996 / Notices 34879

Based on new information received

from a customer of the subject firm, the

Department, on its own motion,

reviewed the findings of the

investigation. New findings show that

the customer increased import

purchases of lumber from Mexico and

Canada in 1995 compared to 1994.

Sales, production and employment

declined during the relevant period.

Conclusion

After careful review of the additional

facts obtained on reopening, I conclude

that increased imports of articles like or

directly competitive with lumber

contributed importantly to the declines

in sales or production and to the total

or partial separation of workers of

Weyerhaeuser Company, Western

Lumber, Kamiah, Idaho. In accordance

with the provisions of the Act, I make

the following certification:

All workers of Weyerhaeuser Company,

Western Lumber, Kamiah, Idaho who became

totally or partially separated from

employment on or after March 19, 1995 are

eligible to apply for NAFTA–TAA under

Section 250 of the Trade Act of 1974.

Signed at Washington, D.C. this 17th day

of June 1996.

Ruseell T. Kile,

Acting Program Manager, Policy and

Reemployment Services, Office of Trade

Adjustment Assistance.

[FR Doc. 96–16920 Filed 7–2–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–30–M

Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration

Proposed Information Collection

Request; Submitted for Public

Comment and Recommendations;

ERISA Procedure 76–1, Advisory

Opinion Procedure

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 Federal agencies with an

opportunity to comment on proposed

and/or continuing collections of

information in accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA

95) (44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A). This

program helps to ensure that requested

data can be 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. Currently, the

Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration is soliciting comments

concerning the proposed extension of a

currently approved collection of

information, ERISA Procedure 76–1

(Advisory Opinion Procedure). A copy

of the proposed information collection

request can be obtained by contacting

the employee listed below in the contact

section of this notice.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before September 3,

1996. The Department of Labor is

particularly interested in comments

which:

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

clarify 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.

ADDRESSES: Gerald B. Lindrew,

Department of Labor, Pension and

Welfare Benefits Administration, 200

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20210, (202) 219–7933, FAX (202)

219–4745.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

ERISA Procedure 76–1, Advisory

Opinion Procedure is used by plan

administrators and other individuals

when requesting a legal interpretation

from the Department regarding specific

facts and circumstances (an advisory

opinion). The Procedure informs

individuals, organizations, and their

authorized representatives of the

procedures to be followed when

requesting an advisory opinion. The

procedures promote efficient handling

of these requests. The information is

used by the Department to determine

the substance of the response and to

determine whether the Department’s

response should be in the form of an

advisory opinion or information letter.

Advisory opinions and information

letters issued under this procedure help

fiduciaries, employers and other

interested parties understand a

particular provision of the law and

promote compliance with ERISA.

Advisory opinions are also useful to the

Department as a means of clarifying

Departmental policy on certain issues.

II. Current Actions

This existing collection of information

should be continued because

individuals or organizations affected

directly or indirectly by ERISA need

legal interpretations from the

Department as to their status under the

Act and as to the effect of certain actions

and transactions. Requests for advisory

opinions are voluntary. The information

is used by the Department to determine

the substance of the response and to

determine whether the Department’s

response should be in the form of an

advisory opinion or information letter.

Type of Review: Extension.

Agency: Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration.

Title: ERISA Procedure 76–1,

Advisory Opinion Procedure.

OMB Number: 1210–0066.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit, Not-for-profit institutions,

Individuals.

Total Respondents: 88.

Frequency: On occasion.

Total Responses: 88.

Average Time per Response: 10 hours.

Estimated Total Burden Hours: 90.

Respondents, proposed frequency of

response, and annual hour burden: The

Department staff estimates that 88

applicants will submit requests for

advisory opinions in any given year.

The respondents will be plans and

parties in interest to plans. This burden

is not normally incurred annually by

any one plan. Based on past experience,

the staff believes that approximately

10% of the materials required to be

submitted under this procedure will be

prepared by the respondents.

Respondents are expected, in 90% of

cases, to contract with service providers

such as attorneys, accountants, and

third-party administrators to prepare the

materials, which is considered a burden

cost and not an annual hour burden.

Therefore, the Department will

recommend that 90 hours be approved

as the estimated burden, in light of the

current requirements that time spent by

service providers not be included in the

hourly burden estimate.

Total Burden Cost (capital/start-up):

$0.00.

Total Burden Cost (operating/

maintenance): $64,780.00.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for Office of

Management and Budget approval of the

information collection request; they will

also become a matter of public record.
34880 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 129 / Wednesday, July 3, 1996 / Notices

Dated: June 27, 1996.

Gerald B. Lindrew,

Director, Pension and Welfare Benefits

Administration, Office of Policy and

Legislative Analysis.

[FR Doc. 96–17045 Filed 7–2–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–29–M

Working Group on Guidance for

Selecting and Monitoring Service

Providers Advisory Council on

Employee Welfare and Pension

Benefits Plans; Meeting

Pursuant to the authority contained in

section 512 of the Employee Retirement

Income Security Act of 1974 (ERISA), 29

U.S.C. 1142, a public meeting of the

Working Group on Guidance for

Selecting and Monitoring Service

Providers of the Advisory Council on

Employee Welfare and Pension Benefits

Plans will be held on July 16, 1996, in

Room S3215 A & B, U.S. Department of

Labor Building, Third and Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210.

The purpose of the meeting, which

will run from 9:30 a.m. to noon and

from 1 to 3:30 p.m., is for the group to

determine whether its focus will be on

what type of general guidance would be

useful to fiduciaries who must select

and monitor service providers for plans

or whether its focus should be narrowed

to specific service providers such as

investment consultants and investment

managers.

The group also plans to conduct an

informal survey on codes of conduct in

the plan community to establish current

industry practices.

Members of the public are encouraged

to file a written statement pertaining to

any topic concerning ERISA by

submitting 20 copies on or before July

5, 1996, to Sharon Morrissey, acting

executive secretary, ERISA Advisory

Council, U.S. Department of Labor,

Room N–5677, 200 Constitution

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20210.

Individuals or representatives of

organizations wishing to address the

Working Group on Guidance for

Selecting and Monitoring Service

Providers should forward their request

to the acting executive secretary or

telephone (202) 219–8753. Oral

presentations will be limited to 10

minutes, but an extended statement may

be submitted for the record. Individuals

with disabilities, who need special

accommodations, should contact Sharon

Morrissey by July 10, 1996, at the

address indicated in this notice.

Organizations or individuals may also

submit statements for the record

without testifying. Twenty (20) copies of

such statements should be sent to the

Acting Executive Secretary of the

Advisory Council at the above address.

Papers will be accepted and included in

the record of the meeting if received on

or before July 5.

Signed at Washington, DC, this 27th day of

June 1996.

Olena Berg,

Assistant Secretary, Pension and Welfare

Benefits Administration.

[FR Doc. 96–17046 Filed 7–2–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–29–M

NATIONAL BANKRUPTCY REVIEW

COMMISSION

Meeting

AGENCY: National Bankruptcy Review

Commission

ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting

TIME AND DATES: Thursday, July 18,

1996; 9 A.M. to 4:45 P.M. and Friday,

July 19, 1996; 8:30 A.M. to 2:30 P.M.

PLACE: Thurgood Marshall Federal

Judiciary Building, Federal Judicial

Center/Education Center, One

Columbus Circle, NE., Washington, DC

20544. The public should enter through

the South Lobby entrance of the

Thurgood Marshall Federal Judiciary

Building.

STATUS: The meeting will be open to the

public.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: General

administrative matters for the

Commission, including substantive

agenda; Commission working groups

will consider the following substantive

matters: improving jurisdiction and

procedure; consumer bankruptcy;

Chapter 11: uses and consequences;

small businesses and partnerships: a

special case?; government as creditor or

debtor; mass torts, future claims, and

bankruptcy; service to the estate: ethical

and economic choices; the global

economy: preparing for transnational

insolvencies. An open forum for public

participation will be held on July 18,

1996 from 11:15 a.m. to 12 p.m.

CONTACT PERSONS FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION: Contact Susan JensenConklin or Carmelita Pratt at the

National Bankruptcy Review

Commission, Thurgood Marshall

Federal Judiciary Building, One

Columbus Circle, NE., Suite G–350,

Washington, DC 20544; Telephone

Number: (202) 273–1813.

Susan Jensen-Conklin,

Deputy Counsel.

[FR Doc. 96–17017 Filed 7–2–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6820–36–P

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50–348 and 50–364]

Southern Nuclear Operating Company,

Inc.; Notice of Consideration of

Issuance of Amendment to Facility

Operating Licenses, Proposed no

Significant Hazards Consideration

Determination, and Opportunity for a

Hearing

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (the Commission) is

considering issuance of amendments to

Facility Operating License Nos. NPF–2

and NPF–8, issued to Southern Nuclear

Operating Company, Inc. (the licensee),

for operation of the Joseph M. Farley

Nuclear Plant, Units 1 and 2 located in

Houston County, Alabama.

The proposed amendments would

revise Technical Specification (TS)

Table 4.3–1 to delete the requirement

for surveillance of the manual safety

injection to the reactor trip circuitry

until the next unit shutdown, following

which, this testing will be performed

prior to Mode 2 entry. This change is

applicable only during Unit 1, cycle 14

and Unit 2, cycle 11.

This requested TS change is a

followup to a Notice of Enforcement

Discretion (NOED) granted to the

licensee that is in effect from the time

of issuance on June 21, 1996, until

approval of this exigent TS. NRC

Inspection Manual, Part 9900,

‘‘Operations—Notice of Enforcement

Discretion,’’ requires that a followup TS

amendment be issued within 4 weeks

from the issuance of the NOED.

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.

Pursuant to 10 CFR 50.91(a)(6) for

amendments to be granted under

exigent circumstances, the NRC staff

must determine 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: