Proposed Collection; Comment Request, 10570-10571 [E6-2850]

Download as PDF 10570 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 40 / Wednesday, March 1, 2006 / Notices protection against theft, diversion, or sabotage.2 5. Any significant unauthorized disclosures (loss, theft, and/or deliberate) of classified and/or safeguards information that harm national security. D. Initiation of High-Level NRC Team Inspections.3 wwhite on PROD1PC61 with NOTICES II. For Commercial Nuclear Power Plant Licensees A. Malfunction of Facility, Structures, or Equipment. 1. Exceeding a safety limit of license technical specification (TS) [10 CFR 50.36(c)]. 2. Serious degradation of fuel integrity, primary coolant pressure boundary, or primary containment boundary. 3. Loss of plant capability to perform essential safety functions so that a release of radioactive materials which could result in exceeding the dose limits of 10 CFR part 100 or 5 times the dose limits of 10 CFR part 50, Appendix A, General Design Criterion (GDC) 19, could occur from a postulated transient or accident (e.g., loss of emergency core cooling system, loss of control rod system). B. Design or Safety Analysis Deficiency, Personnel Error, or Procedural or Administrative Inadequacy. 1. Discovery of a major condition not specifically considered in the safety analysis report (SAR) or TS that requires immediate remedial action. 2. Personnel error or procedural deficiencies that result in loss of plant capability to perform essential safety functions so that a release of radioactive materials which could result in exceeding the dose limits of 10 CFR part 100 or 5 times the dose limits of 10 CFR part 50, Appendix A, GDC 19, could occur from a postulated transient or accident (e.g., loss of emergency core cooling system, loss of control rod drive mechanism). C. Any reactor events or conditions that are determined to be of high safety significance.4 D. Any operating reactor plants that are determined to have overall unacceptable performance or that are in a shutdown 2 Due to increased terrorist activities worldwide, the AO report would not disclose specific classified information and sensitive information, the details of which are considered useful to a potential terrorist. Classified information is defined as information that would harm national security if disclosed in an unauthorized manner. 3 Initiation of any Incident Investigation Teams, as described in NRC Management Directive (MD) 8.3, ‘‘NRC Incident Investigation Program,’’ or initiation of any Accident Review Groups, as described in MD 8.9, ‘‘Accident Investigation.’’ 4 The NRC ROP uses four colors to describe the safety significance of licensee performance. As defined in NRC Management Directive 8.13, ‘‘Reactor Oversight Process,’’ green is used for very low safety significance, white is used for low to moderate safety significance, yellow is used for substantial safety significance, and red is used for high safety significance. Reactor conditions or performance indicators evaluated to be red are considered Abnormal Occurrences. Additionally, Criterion II.C also includes any events or conditions evaluated by the NRC ASP program to have a conditional core damage probability (CCDP) or change in core damage probability (DCDP) of greater than 1×10¥3. VerDate Aug<31>2005 18:25 Feb 28, 2006 Jkt 208001 condition as a result of significant performance problems and/or operational event(s).5 III. Events at Facilities Other Than Nuclear Power Plants and All Transportation Events A. Events Involving Design, Analysis, Construction, Testing, Operation, Transport, Use, or Disposal of Licensed Facilities or Regulated Materials 1. An accidental criticality [10 CFR 70.52(a)]. 2. A major deficiency in design, construction, control, or operation having significant safety implications that require immediate remedial action. 3. A serious safety-significant deficiency in management or procedural controls. 4. A series of events (in which the individual events are not of major importance), recurring incidents, or incidents with implications for similar facilities (generic incidents) that raise a major safety concern. B. For Fuel Cycle Facilities 1. Absence or failure of all safety-related or security-related controls (engineered and human) for an NRC-regulated lethal hazard (radiological or chemical) while the lethal hazard is present. 2. An NRC-ordered safety-related or security-related immediate remedial action. C. For Medical Licensees A medical event that: 1. Results in a dose that is: a. Equal to or greater than 1Gy (100 rad) to a major portion of the bone marrow or to the lens of the eye; or equal or greater than 2.5 Gy (250 rad) to the gonads; or b. Equal to or greater than 10 Gy (1,000 rad) to any other organ or tissue; and 2. Represents either: a. A dose or dosage that is at least 50 percent greater than that prescribed, or b. A prescribed dose or dosage that: (i) Is the wrong radiopharmaceutical or unsealed byproduct material; or (ii) Is delivered by the wrong route of administration; or (iii) Is delivered to the wrong treatment site; or (iv) Is delivered by the wrong treatment mode; or (v) Is from a leaking source or sources; or (vi) Is delivered to the wrong individual or human research subject. IV. Other Events of Interest The Commission may determine that events other than AOs may be of interest to Congress and the public and should be included in an appendix to the AO report as ‘‘Other Events of Interest.’’ Such events include, but are not necessarily limited to, events that do not meet the AO criteria but that have been perceived by Congress or the public to be of high health and safety 5 Any plants assessed by the ROP to be in the unacceptable performance column, as described in NRC Inspection Manual Chapter 0305, ‘‘Operating Reactor Assessment Program.’’ This assessment of safety performance is based on the number and significance of NRC inspection findings and licensee performance indicators. PO 00000 Frm 00109 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 significance, have received significant media coverage, or have caused the NRC to increase its attention to or oversight of a program area, or a group of similar events as a result of which licensed materials entered the public domain in an uncontrolled manner. [5 U.S.C. 552(a)]. Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 23rd day of February, 2006. For the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Annette L. Vietti-Cook, Secretary of the Commission. [FR Doc. E6–2857 Filed 2–28–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 7590–01–P SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION Proposed Collection; Comment Request Upon written request, copy available from: Securities and Exchange Commission, Office of Filings and Information Services, Washington, DC 20549. Extension: Form N–54C; SEC File No. 270–184; OMB Control No. 3235–0236. Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 [44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.] (the ‘‘Act’’), the Securities and Exchange Commission (the ‘‘Commission’’) is soliciting comments on the collection of information summarized below. The Commission plans to submit this existing collection of information to the Office of Management and Budget for extension and approval. Form N–54C under the Investment Company Act of 1940 [17 CFR 274.54] is a notification to the Commission that a company withdraws its election to be regulated as a business development company. Such a company only has to file a Form N–54C once. It is estimated that approximately 18 respondents per year file with the Commission a Form N–54C. Form N– 54C requires approximately 1 burden hour per response resulting from creating and filing the information required by the Form. The total burden hours for Form N–54C would be 18 hours per year in the aggregate. The estimated annual burden of 18 hours represents an increase of 10 hours over the prior estimate of 8 hours. The increase in burden hours is attributable to an increase in the number of respondents from 8 to 18. The estimate of average burden hours for Form N54–C is made solely for the purposes of the Act and is not derived from a comprehensive or even E:\FR\FM\01MRN1.SGM 01MRN1 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 40 / Wednesday, March 1, 2006 / Notices representative survey or study of the costs of Commission rules and forms. Written comments are invited on: (a) 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; (b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate of the burden of the collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; and (d) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Consideration will be given to comments and suggestions submitted in writing within 60 days of this publication. Please direct your written comments to R. Corey Booth, Director/Chief Information Officer, Office of Information Technology, Securities and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC 20549. Dated: February 22, 2006. Nancy M. Morris, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6–2850 Filed 2–28–06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 8010–01–P SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION [Release No. 34–53349; File No. SR–Amex– 2006–07] Self-Regulatory Organizations; American Stock Exchange LLC; Notice of Filing and Immediate Effectiveness of Proposed Rule Change Relating to the Extension of a Pilot Program That Increases Position and Exercise Limits for Equity Options and Options on the Nasdaq-100 Tracking Stock February 22, 2006. Pursuant to Section 19(b)(1) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (‘‘Act’’) 1 and Rule 19b–4 thereunder,2 notice is hereby given that on January 31, 2006, the American Stock Exchange LLC (‘‘Amex’’ or ‘‘Exchange’’) filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission (‘‘Commission’’) the proposed rule change as described in Items I and II below, which Items have been prepared by the Amex. The Exchange has filed the proposal as a ‘‘non-controversial’’ rule change pursuant to Section 19(b)(3)(A) of the Act 3 and Rule 19b–4(f)(6) thereunder,4 which renders it effective upon filing with the Commission. The Commission is publishing this notice to solicit comments on the proposed rule change from interested persons. I. Self-Regulatory Organization’s Statement of the Terms of Substance of the Proposed Rule Change The Exchange seeks a six-month extension of its pilot program increasing the standard position and exercise limits for options on the QQQQ and equity option classes traded on the Exchange (‘‘Pilot Program’’). The text of the proposed rule change is available on the Amex’s Web site (https:// www.amex.com), at the Amex’s principal office, and at the Commission’s Public Reference Room. II. Self-Regulatory Organization’s Statement of the Purpose of, and Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change In its filing with the Commission, the Amex included statements concerning the purpose of and basis for the proposed rule change and discussed any comments it received on the proposed rule change. The text of these statements may be examined at the places specified in Item IV below. The Exchange has prepared summaries, set forth in Sections A, B, and C below, of the most significant aspects of such statements. A. Self-Regulatory Organization’s Statement of the Purpose of, and Statutory Basis for, the Proposed Rule Change 1. Purpose The Exchange is requesting to extend its current Pilot Program increasing the standard position and exercise limits for options on the QQQQ and equity option classes traded on the Exchange for a time period of slightly over six months from February 23, 2006, through and including September 1, 2006. The Exchange previously filed a proposed rule change, which was effective upon filing with the Commission, that increased standard position and exercise limits for options on the QQQQ and for equity option classes traded on the Exchange on a pilot basis for a six-month period.5 Under the Pilot Program, position and exercise limits for options on the QQQQ and equity options classes traded on the Exchange were increased to the following levels: Pilot program equity option contract limit 13,500 22,500 31,500 60,000 75,000 25,000 50,000 75,000 200,000 250,000 Current QQQQ option contract limit Pilot Program QQQQ option contract limit 300,000 wwhite on PROD1PC61 with NOTICES Current equity option contract Limit 6 900,000 1 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(1). CFR 240.19b–4. 3 15 U.S.C. 78s(b)(3)(A). 4 17 CFR 240.19b–4(f)(6). 5 The Pilot Program, which commenced on March 3, 2005, is set to expire on February 23, 2006. See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 51316 (March 3, 2005), 70 FR 12251 (March 11, 2005) (notice of filing and immediate effectiveness of File No. SR– Amex–2005–029). See also Securities Exchange Act 2 17 VerDate Aug<31>2005 10571 18:25 Feb 28, 2006 Jkt 208001 PO 00000 Frm 00110 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Release No. 52260 (August 15, 2005), 70 FR 48991 (August 22, 2005) (notice of filing and immediate effectiveness of File No. SR–Amex–2005–082, which extended the Pilot Program). 6 Except when the Pilot Program is in effect. E:\FR\FM\01MRN1.SGM 01MRN1

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[Federal Register Volume 71, Number 40 (Wednesday, March 1, 2006)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10570-10571]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION


Proposed Collection; Comment Request

Upon written request, copy available from: Securities and Exchange 
Commission, Office of Filings and Information Services, Washington, DC 
20549.

Extension:
    Form N-54C; SEC File No. 270-184; OMB Control No. 3235-0236.

    Notice is hereby given that, pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995 [44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.] (the ``Act''), the Securities and 
Exchange Commission (the ``Commission'') is soliciting comments on the 
collection of information summarized below. The Commission plans to 
submit this existing collection of information to the Office of 
Management and Budget for extension and approval.
    Form N-54C under the Investment Company Act of 1940 [17 CFR 274.54] 
is a notification to the Commission that a company withdraws its 
election to be regulated as a business development company. Such a 
company only has to file a Form N-54C once.
    It is estimated that approximately 18 respondents per year file 
with the Commission a Form N-54C. Form N-54C requires approximately 1 
burden hour per response resulting from creating and filing the 
information required by the Form. The total burden hours for Form N-54C 
would be 18 hours per year in the aggregate. The estimated annual 
burden of 18 hours represents an increase of 10 hours over the prior 
estimate of 8 hours. The increase in burden hours is attributable to an 
increase in the number of respondents from 8 to 18.
    The estimate of average burden hours for Form N54-C is made solely 
for the purposes of the Act and is not derived from a comprehensive or 
even

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representative survey or study of the costs of Commission rules and 
forms.
    Written comments are invited on: (a) 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; (b) the accuracy of the agency's estimate of 
the burden of the collection of information; (c) ways to enhance the 
quality, utility, and clarity of the information collected; and (d) 
ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on 
respondents, including through the use of automated collection 
techniques or other forms of information technology. Consideration will 
be given to comments and suggestions submitted in writing within 60 
days of this publication.
    Please direct your written comments to R. Corey Booth, Director/
Chief Information Officer, Office of Information Technology, Securities 
and Exchange Commission, 100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC 20549.

    Dated: February 22, 2006.
Nancy M. Morris,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E6-2850 Filed 2-28-06; 8:45 am]
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