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Dated: August 13, 2008.
R. Michelle Schroll,
Office of the Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8–19139 Filed 8–15–08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 7590–01–P
NUCLEAR REGULATORY
COMMISSION
Southern Nuclear Operating Company,
Inc.; Georgia Power Company;
Oglethorpe Power Corporation;
Municipal Electric Authority of
Georgia; City of Dalton, Georgia;
Vogtle Electric Generating Plant, Units
1 and 2; Notice of Withdrawal of
Application for Amendment to Facility
Operating License
The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory
Commission (the Commission) has
granted the request of Southern Nuclear
Operating Corporation (the licensee) to
withdraw its application dated
November 30, 2007, with supplemental
letters dated February 13, 2008, for
proposed amendment to Facility
Operating Licenses No. NPF–68 and No.
NPF–81 for the Vogtle Electric
Generating Plant, Units No. 1 and 2,
located in Burke County, Georgia.
The proposed amendment would
have changed TS 5.5.9 to modify the
inspection and plugging requirements
for portions of Steam Generator (SG)
tubes within the hot leg side of the
tubesheet region of the SGs. The
proposed changes to TS 5.6.10 would
have added requirements to report
specific data related to indications,
leakage detected, and calculated
accident leakage.
The Commission had previously
issued a Notice of Consideration of
Issuance of Amendment, on the above
proposed amendment application, that
was published in the Federal Register
on December 18, 2007 (72 FR 71715).
However, by letter dated April 18, 2008,
the licensee withdrew the proposed
amendment.
For further details with respect to this
action, see the application for
amendment dated November 30, 2007
(Agencywide Documents Access
Management System (ADAMS)
Accession No. ML073380099), with
additional information provided by
letter dated February 13, 2008, and the
licensee’s letter dated April 18, 2008,
which withdrew the application for
license amendment. Documents may be
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who do not have access to ADAMS or
who encounter problems in accessing
the documents located in ADAMS
should contact the NRC PDR Reference
staff by telephone at 1–800–397–4209,
or 301–415–4737 or by e-mail to
pdr@nrc.gov.
Dated at Rockville, Maryland, this 12th day
of August, 2008.
For the Nuclear Regulatory Commission.
Robert E. Martin,
Senior Project Manager, Plant Licensing
Branch II–1, Division of Operating Reactor
Licensing, Office of Nuclear Reactor
Regulation.
[FR Doc. E8–19042 Filed 8–15–08; 8:45 am]
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RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
Proposed Data Collection Available for
Public Comment and
Recommendations
SUMMARY: In accordance with the
requirement of Section 3506 (c)(2)(A) of
the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995
which provides opportunity for public
comment on new or revised data
collections, the Railroad Retirement
Board (RRB) will publish periodic
summaries of proposed data collections.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether
the proposed information collection is
necessary for the proper performance of
the functions of the agency, including
Title and Purpose of Information
Collection
Evidence of Marital Relationship,
Living with Requirements; OMB 3220–
0021.
To support an application for a
spouse or widow(er)’s annuity under
Sections 2(c) or 2(d) of the Railroad
Retirement Act, an applicant must
submit proof of a valid marriage to a
railroad employee. In some cases, the
existence of a marital relationship is not
formalized by a civil or religious
ceremony. In other cases, questions may
arise about the legal termination of a
prior marriage of an employee, spouse,
or widow(er). In these instances, the
RRB must secure additional information
to resolve questionable marital
relationships. The circumstances
requiring an applicant to submit
documentary evidence of marriage are
prescribed in 20 CFR 219.30.
In the absence of documentary
evidence to support the existence of a
valid marriage between a spouse or
widow(er) annuity applicant and a
railroad employee, the RRB needs to
obtain information to determine if a
valid marriage existed. The RRB utilizes
Forms G–124, Statement of Marital
Relationship; G–124a, Statement
Regarding Marriage; G–237, Statement
Regarding Marital Status; G–238,
Statement of Residence; and G–238a,
Statement Regarding Divorce or
Annulment to secure the needed
information. One response is requested
of each respondent. Completion is
required to obtain benefits. The RRB
proposes no changes to the forms in the
collection.
Estimate of Annual Respondent Burden
The estimated annual respondent
burden is as follows:
Annual
responses
Form #(s)
sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES
whether the information has practical
utility; (b) the accuracy of the RRB’s
estimate of the burden of the collection
of the information; (c) ways to enhance
the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be collected; and (d)
ways to minimize the burden related to
the collection of information on
respondents, including the use of
automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
G–124 (In person) .......................................................................................................................
G–124 (By mail) ...........................................................................................................................
G–124a ........................................................................................................................................
G–237 (In person) .......................................................................................................................
G–237 (By mail) ...........................................................................................................................
G–238 (In person) .......................................................................................................................
G–238 (By mail) ...........................................................................................................................
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Annual
responses
Form #(s)
Time
(min)
Burden
(hrs)
G–238a 150 .................................................................................................................................
10
25
Total ......................................................................................................................................
1,100
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Additional Information or Comments:
To request more information or to
obtain a copy of the information
collection justification, forms, and/or
supporting material, please call the RRB
Clearance Officer at (312) 751–3363 or
send an e-mail request to
Charles.Mierzwa@RRB.GOV. Comments
regarding the information collection
should be addressed to Ronald J.
Hodapp, Railroad Retirement Board, 844
North Rush Street, Chicago, Illinois
60611–2092 or send an e-mail to
Ronald.Hodapp@RRB.GOV. Written
comments should be received within 60
days of this notice.
Charles Mierzwa
Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E8–18987 Filed 8–15–08; 8:45 am]
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SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE
COMMISSION
[Release No. 34–58350; File No. 4–566]
Program for Allocation of Regulatory
Responsibilities Pursuant to Rule 17d–
2; Notice of Filing of Proposed Plan for
the Allocation of Regulatory
Responsibilities Among the American
Stock Exchange LLC, Boston Stock
Exchange, Inc., CBOE Stock
Exchange, LLC, Chicago Stock
Exchange, Inc., Financial Industry
Regulatory Authority, Inc.,
International Securities Exchange,
LLC, The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC,
National Stock Exchange, Inc., New
York Stock Exchange, LLC, NYSE Arca
Inc., NYSE Regulation, Inc., and
Philadelphia Stock Exchange, Inc.
sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES
August 13, 2008.
Pursuant to Section 17(d) of the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934
(‘‘Act’’),1 and Rule 17d–2 thereunder,2
notice is hereby given that on August
12, 2008, the American Stock Exchange
LLC (‘‘Amex’’), Boston Stock Exchange,
Inc. (‘‘BSE’’), CBOE Stock Exchange,
LLC (‘‘CBOE’’), Chicago Stock Exchange,
Inc. (‘‘CHX’’), Financial Industry
Regulatory Authority, Inc. (‘‘FINRA’’),
International Securities Exchange, LLC
(‘‘ISE’’), The NASDAQ Stock Market,
LLC (‘‘NASDAQ’’), National Stock
1 15
2 17
U.S.C. 78q(d).
CFR 240.17d–2.
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Exchange, Inc. (‘‘NSX’’), New York
Stock Exchange, LLC (‘‘NYSE’’), NYSE
Arca Inc. (‘‘NYSE Arca’’), NYSE
Regulation, Inc. (acting under authority
delegated to it by NYSE) (‘‘NYSE
Regulation’’), and Philadelphia Stock
Exchange, Inc. (‘‘Phlx’’), (collectively,
‘‘Participating Organizations’’ or
‘‘Parties’’) filed with the Securities and
Exchange Commission (‘‘Commission’’)
a plan for the allocation of regulatory
responsibilities (‘‘17d–2 plan’’ or
‘‘Plan’’). The Commission is publishing
this notice to solicit comments on the
17d–2 plan from interested persons.
I. Introduction
Section 19(g)(1) of the Act,3 among
other things, requires every selfregulatory organization (‘‘SRO’’)
registered as either a national securities
exchange or national securities
association to examine for, and enforce
compliance by, its members and persons
associated with its members with the
Act, the rules and regulations
thereunder, and the SRO’s own rules,
unless the SRO is relieved of this
responsibility pursuant to Section
17(d) 4 or Section 19(g)(2) 5 of the Act.
Without this relief, the statutory
obligation of each individual SRO could
result in a pattern of multiple
examinations of broker-dealers that
maintain memberships in more than one
SRO (‘‘common members’’). Such
regulatory duplication would add
unnecessary expenses for common
members and their SROs.
Section 17(d)(1) of the Act 6 was
intended, in part, to eliminate
unnecessary multiple examinations and
regulatory duplication.7 With respect to
a common member, Section 17(d)(1)
authorizes the Commission, by rule or
order, to relieve an SRO of the
responsibility to receive regulatory
reports, to examine for and enforce
compliance with applicable statutes,
rules, and regulations, or to perform
other specified regulatory functions.
To implement Section 17(d)(1), the
Commission adopted two rules: Rule
U.S.C. 78s(g)(1).
U.S.C. 78q(d).
5 15 U.S.C. 78s(g)(2).
6 15 U.S.C. 78q(d)(1).
7 See Securities Act Amendments of 1975, Report
of the Senate Committee on Banking, Housing, and
Urban Affairs to Accompany S. 249, S. Rep. No. 94–
75, 94th Cong., 1st Session 32 (1975).
196
17d–1 and Rule 17d–2 under the Act.8
Rule 17d–1 authorizes the Commission
to name a single SRO as the designated
examining authority (‘‘DEA’’) to
examine common members for
compliance with the financial
responsibility requirements imposed by
the Act, or by Commission or SRO
rules.9 When an SRO has been named as
a common member’s DEA, all other
SROs to which the common member
belongs are relieved of the responsibility
to examine the firm for compliance with
the applicable financial responsibility
rules. On its face, Rule 17d–1 deals only
with an SRO’s obligations to enforce
member compliance with financial
responsibility requirements. Rule 17d–1
does not relieve an SRO from its
obligation to examine a common
member for compliance with its own
rules and provisions of the federal
securities laws governing matters other
than financial responsibility, including
sales practices and trading activities and
practices.
To address regulatory duplication in
these and other areas, the Commission
adopted Rule 17d–2 under the Act.10
Rule 17d–2 permits SROs to propose
joint plans for the allocation of
regulatory responsibilities with respect
to their common members. Under
paragraph (c) of Rule 17d–2, the
Commission may declare such a plan
effective if, after providing for notice
and comment, it determines that the
plan is necessary or appropriate in the
public interest and for the protection of
investors, to foster cooperation and
coordination among the SROs, to
remove impediments to, and foster the
development of, a national market
system and a national clearance and
settlement system, and is in conformity
with the factors set forth in Section
17(d) of the Act. Commission approval
of a plan filed pursuant to Rule 17d–2
relieves an SRO of those regulatory
responsibilities allocated by the plan to
another SRO.
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8 17 CFR 240.17d–1 and 17 CFR 240.17d–2,
respectively.
9 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 12352
(April 20, 1976), 41 FR 18808 (May 7, 1976).
10 See Securities Exchange Act Release No. 12935
(October 28, 1976), 41 FR 49091 (November 8,
1976).
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[Notices]
[Pages 48247-48248]
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[FR Doc No: E8-18987]
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RAILROAD RETIREMENT BOARD
Proposed Data Collection Available for Public Comment and
Recommendations
SUMMARY: In accordance with the requirement of Section 3506 (c)(2)(A)
of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 which provides opportunity for
public comment on new or revised data collections, the Railroad
Retirement Board (RRB) will publish periodic summaries of proposed data
collections.
Comments are invited on: (a) Whether the proposed information
collection is necessary for the proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the information has practical utility;
(b) the accuracy of the RRB's estimate of the burden of the collection
of the information; (c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be collected; and (d) ways to minimize
the burden related to the collection of information on respondents,
including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of
information technology.
Title and Purpose of Information Collection
Evidence of Marital Relationship, Living with Requirements; OMB
3220-0021.
To support an application for a spouse or widow(er)'s annuity under
Sections 2(c) or 2(d) of the Railroad Retirement Act, an applicant must
submit proof of a valid marriage to a railroad employee. In some cases,
the existence of a marital relationship is not formalized by a civil or
religious ceremony. In other cases, questions may arise about the legal
termination of a prior marriage of an employee, spouse, or widow(er).
In these instances, the RRB must secure additional information to
resolve questionable marital relationships. The circumstances requiring
an applicant to submit documentary evidence of marriage are prescribed
in 20 CFR 219.30.
In the absence of documentary evidence to support the existence of
a valid marriage between a spouse or widow(er) annuity applicant and a
railroad employee, the RRB needs to obtain information to determine if
a valid marriage existed. The RRB utilizes Forms G-124, Statement of
Marital Relationship; G-124a, Statement Regarding Marriage; G-237,
Statement Regarding Marital Status; G-238, Statement of Residence; and
G-238a, Statement Regarding Divorce or Annulment to secure the needed
information. One response is requested of each respondent. Completion
is required to obtain benefits. The RRB proposes no changes to the
forms in the collection.
Estimate of Annual Respondent Burden
The estimated annual respondent burden is as follows:
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Annual
Form (s) responses Time (min) Burden (hrs)
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G-124 (In person)............................................... 125 15 31
G-124 (By mail)................................................. 75 20 25
G-124a.......................................................... 300 10 50
G-237 (In person)............................................... 75 15 19
G-237 (By mail)................................................. 75 20 25
G-238 (In person)............................................... 150 3 8
G-238 (By mail)................................................. 150 5 13
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G-238a 150...................................................... 10 25
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Total....................................................... 1,100 .............. 196
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Additional Information or Comments: To request more information or
to obtain a copy of the information collection justification, forms,
and/or supporting material, please call the RRB Clearance Officer at
(312) 751-3363 or send an e-mail request to Charles.Mierzwa@RRB.GOV.
Comments regarding the information collection should be addressed to
Ronald J. Hodapp, Railroad Retirement Board, 844 North Rush Street,
Chicago, Illinois 60611-2092 or send an e-mail to
Ronald.Hodapp@RRB.GOV. Written comments should be received within 60
days of this notice.
Charles Mierzwa
Clearance Officer.
[FR Doc. E8-18987 Filed 8-15-08; 8:45 am]
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