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meetings. Those wishing to use this service

for observing ACRS meetings should contact

Mr. Theron Brown, ACRS Audio Visual

Technician (301–415–8066), between 7:30

a.m. and 3:45 p.m., EST, at least 10 days

before the meeting to ensure the availability

of this service. Individuals or organizations

requesting this service will be responsible for

telephone line charges and for providing the

equipment facilities that they use to establish

the videoteleconferencing link. The

availability of videoteleconferencing services

is not guaranteed.

Dated: February 12, 2001.

Andrew L. Bates,

Advisory Committee Management Officer.

[FR Doc. 01–3946 Filed 2–15–01; 8:45 am]

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

Advisory Committee on Reactor

Safeguards, Subcommittee Meeting on

Planning and Procedures; Notice of

Meeting

The ACRS Subcommittee on Planning

and Procedures will hold a meeting on

February 28, 2001, Room T–2B1, 11545

Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland.

The entire meeting will be open to

public attendance, with the exception of

a portion that may be closed pursuant

to 5 U.S.C. 552b(c) (2) and (6) to discuss

organizational and personnel matters

that relate solely to internal personnel

rules and practices of ACRS, and

information the release of which would

constitute a clearly unwarranted

invasion of personal privacy.

The agenda for the subject meeting

shall be as follows:

Wednesday, February 28, 2001—10

a.m. Until the Conclusion of Business

The Subcommittee will discuss

proposed ACRS activities and related

matters. The purpose of this meeting is

to gather information, analyze relevant

issues and facts, and to formulate

proposed positions and actions, as

appropriate, for deliberation by the full

Committee.

Oral statements may be presented by

members of the public with the

concurrence of the Subcommittee

Chairman; written statements will be

accepted and made available to the

Committee. Electronic recordings will

be permitted only during those portions

of the meeting that are open to the

public, and questions may be asked only

by members of the Subcommittee, its

consultants, and staff. Persons desiring

to make oral statements should notify

the cognizant ACRS staff person named

below five days prior to the meeting, if

possible, so that appropriate

arrangements can be made.

Further information regarding topics

to be discussed, the scheduling of

sessions open to the public, whether the

meeting has been canceled or

rescheduled, the Chairman’s ruling on

requests for the opportunity to present

oral statements, and the time allotted

therefor can be obtained by contacting

the cognizant ACRS staff person, Dr.

John T. Larkins (telephone: 301/415–

7360) between 7:30 a.m. and 4:15 p.m.

(EST). Persons planning to attend this

meeting are urged to contact the above

named individual one or two working

days prior to the meeting to be advised

of any changes in schedule, etc., that

may have occurred.

Dated: February 8, 2001.

James E. Lyons,

Associate Director for Technical Support,

ACRS/ACNW.

[FR Doc. 01–3948 Filed 2–15–01; 8:45 am]

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NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

Public Workshop on Risk-Informed

Regulation Implementation Plan

(Reactor Safety Arena)

AGENCY: Nuclear Regulatory

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of workshop.

SUMMARY: The Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC) will host a public

workshop to provide an opportunity for

a discussion of the NRC’s Risk-Informed

Regulation Implementation Plan

(RIRIP). The NRC issued a notice of

availability and request for public

comment on the RIRIP in the Federal

Register on December 21, 2000. This

workshop will focus on activities

associated with regulating nuclear

reactors.

DATES: The workshop will be held on

Thursday, March 15, 2001 from 1:30

p.m. to 4:30 p.m.

ADDRESSES: Capital Hilton Hotel, 16th

and K Streets, NW., Washington, DC

20036.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Stewart Magruder, Office of Nuclear

Reactor Regulation, U.S. Nuclear

Regulatory Commission, Washington,

DC 20555, telephone: (301) 415–3139,

email: slm1@nrc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The NRC’s

1995 policy statement on the use of

probabilistic risk assessment provided

the Commission’s expectation on the

use of risk information in its regulatory

activities. The RIRIP provides guidance

and describes the staff’s plans for

applying criteria to select regulatory

requirements and practices to riskinform, risk-informing those

requirements and practices, and

developing the necessary data, methods,

guidance, and training. The RIRIP is

also intended to explain the agency’s

activities, philosophy, and approach to

risk-informed regulatory policy to

internal and external stakeholders. The

RIRIP is available on the NRC web site

at http://www.nrc.gov/RES/

riskinfreg.htm.

The purpose of this workshop is to

discuss comments received in response

to the December 21, 2000, notice in the

Federal Register and to provide for an

exchange of information with all

stakeholders regarding the staff’s efforts

to risk-inform its regulatory

requirements and practices. Although

comments are welcome on the entire

RIRIP, this workshop will focus on the

implementation activities in the reactor

safety arena portion of the RIRIP (Part 2,

Chapter 1.)

As noted in the December 21, 2000,

feedback is especially requested on the

following specific questions—

1. Does the RIRIP include information

activities that should not be

undertaken? If so, why not?

2. Does the RIRIP omit

implementation activities that should be

undertaken? Describe such activities

and why they should be undertaken.

3. How should the NRC measure its

success in implementing risk-informed

regulation?

4. Is the pace for implementing riskinformed regulation about right, or is it

too fast or too slow?

5. Are there concerns about the

agency’s ability to maintain safety while

implementing risk-informed regulation?

If so, describe the concerns and, if

possible, their basis.

6. How can risk-informed regulation

increase public confidence?

7. Are the screening criteria clear and

sufficient? If applied properly, would

they result in identifying those activities

amenable for transition to risk-informed

regulation?

8. Will the implementation activities

described in the RIRIP appropriately

improve regulatory efficiency,

effectiveness, and realism?

9. Other than requests such as this for

written comment and a public

workshop, how can stakeholder

participation in risk-informed regulation

be enhanced?

10. What communication activities

would be desired to describe riskinformed regulation? What other

interactions would be useful to provide

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input to, and understanding of, riskinformed regulation?

Preliminary Agenda

1:30–2

Introduction—purpose, agenda: NRC

2–3

Presentations summarizing comments

on RIRIP: Various Stakeholders

3–3:15

Break

3:15–4:15

Open discussion: All

4:15–4:30

Closing Remarks/Adjourn: NRC

Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 7th day

of February 2001.

For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.

Cynthia A. Carpenter,

Chief, Generic Issues, Environmental,

Financial and Rulemaking Branch, Division

of Regulatory Improvement Programs, Office

of Nuclear Reactor Regulation.

[FR Doc. 01–3825 Filed 2–15–01; 8:45 am]

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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: Public Service

Pension Questionnaires.

(2) Form(s) submitted: G–208, G–212.

(3) OMB Number: 3220–0136.

(4) Expiration date of current OMB

clearance: 3/30/2001.

(5) Type of request: Revision of a

currently approved collection.

(6) Respondents: Individuals or

Households.

(7) Estimated annual number of

respondents: 2,700.

(8) Total annual responses: 2,700.

(9) Total annual reporting hours: 475.

(10) Collection description: A spouse

or survivor annuity under the Railroad

Retirement Act may be subjected to a

reduction for a public service pension.

The questionnaires obtain information

needed to determine if the reduction

applies and the amount of such

reduction.

ADDITIONAL INFORMATION OR COMMENTS:

Copies of the forms and supporting

documents can be obtained from Chuck

Mierzwa, the agency clearance officer

(312–751–3363). Comments regarding

the information collection should be

addressed to Ronald J. Hodapp, Railroad

Retirement Board, 844 North Rush

Street, Chicago, Illinois, 60611–2092

and the OMB reviewer, Joe Lackey (202–

395–7316), Office of Management and

Budget, Room 10230, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

Chuck Mierzwa,

Clearance Officer.

[FR Doc. 01–3974 Filed 2–15–01; 8:45 am]

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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE

COMMISSION

[Release No. 35–27343]

Filings Under the Public Utility Holding

Company Act of 1935, as Amended

(‘‘Act’’)

February 9, 2001.

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

March 6, 2001, 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 March 6, 2001, the

application(s) and/or declaration(s), as

filed or as amended, may be granted

and/or permitted to become effective.

CMS Energy Corporation (70–9843)

CMS Energy Corporation (‘‘CMS

Energy’’), Fairlane Plaza South, 330

Town Center Drive, Suite 1100,

Dearborn, Michigan 48126, a Michigan

public-utility holding company

claiming exemption under section

3(a)(1) of the Act by rule 2, has filed an

application under sections 9(a)(2) and

10 of the Act.

CMS Energy proposed to acquire

indirectly, through Consumers Energy

Company (‘‘Consumers Energy’’), its

public utility subsidiary, all of the

voting securities of Michigan Electric

Transmission Company (‘‘Michigan

Transco’’), a currently inactive Michigan

corporation. In exchange for these

voting securities, Consumers Energy

intends to transfer its ownership interest

in certain transmission facilities

(‘‘Transmission Assets’’) to Michigan

Transco (‘‘Transfer’’). The Transmission

Assets, which will be transferred at their

actual depreciated value, consist of:

transmission lines (including towers,

poles, and conductors); transformers

with voltage ratings of 120kV and above;

generation tie lines from the

transmission grid to the point of

connection to the generator step-up

transformers; associated voltage control

devices and power flow control devices;

associated transmission substations; and

spare transmission equipment. Upon

acquiring the Transmission Assets,

Michigan Transco will become a publicutility company within the meaning of

the Act.

CMS Energy states that the Transfer is

designed to allow Consumers Energy, in

the future, either to sell its transmission

system to an unaffiliated third-party or

transfer control of it to a regional

transmission organization. It is stated

that the formation of Michigan Transco

is expected to create synergies that

result in better regional transmission

service. Consumers Energy states that it

intends to continue to provide electric

generation and distribution services to

retail customers.

After the Transfer, Consumers Energy

will claim, and CMS Energy will

continue to claim, exemption from

registration by rule 2, under sections

3(a)(2) and 3(a)(1) of the Act,

respectively.

Ameren Corporation, et al. (70–9805)

Ameren Corporation (‘‘Ameren’’), a

registered holding company, and its two

wholly owned combination gas and

electric utility subsidiaries, Union

Electric Company (‘‘UE’’), both located

at 1901 Chouteau Avenue, St. Louis,

Missouri 63103, and Central Illinois

Public Service Company (‘‘CIPS’’), 607

East Adams Street, Springfield, Illinois

62739 (collectively, ‘‘Applicants’’), have

filed an application-declaration under

sections 6(a), 7, 9(a), 10, 12(b), 12(c),

12(d) and 12(f) of the Act and rules 43,

44, 45, 46 and 54 under the Act.

Ameren owns all of the issued and

outstanding common stock of UE and