Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 198 / Thursday, October 14, 2004 / Notices 60999

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–7827–7] 

Forty-Third Street Bay Drum 

Superfund Site; Notice of Settlement

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of settlement.

SUMMARY: Under section 122(h) (1) of 

the Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation and Liability 

Act (CERCLA), the Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) has entered 

into an Agreement for Recovery of Past 

Cost (Agreement) at the Forty-Third 

Street Bay Drum Superfund Site (Site) 

located in Tampa, Hillsborough County, 

Florida, with twenty-nine (29) parties. 

EPA will consider public comments on 

the Agreement until November 15, 2004. 

EPA may withdraw from or modify the 

Agreement should such comments 

disclose facts or considerations which 

indicate the Agreement is inappropriate, 

improper, or inadequate. Copies of the 

Agreement are available from: Ms. Paula 

V. Batchelor, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Region 4, Superfund 

Enforcement & Information Management 

Branch, Waste Management Division, 61 

Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 

30303, (404) 562–8887, 

Batchelor.Paula@EPA.GOV. 

Written comment may be submitted to 

Ms. Batchelor at the above address 

within 30 days of the date of 

publication.

Dated: September 24, 2004. 

Rosalind H. Brown, 

Chief, Superfund Information & Management 

Branch, Waste Management Division.

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EXPORT–IMPORT BANK

[Public Notice 67] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request

AGENCY: Export-Import Bank of the 

United States (Ex-Im Bank).

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Export-Import Bank, as a 

part of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

invites the general public and other 

Federal agencies to comment on the 

proposed information collection as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. The purpose of the survey 

is to fulfill a statutory mandate (The 

Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as 

amended, 12 U.S.C. 635) which directs 

Ex-Im Bank to report annually to the 

U.S. Congress any action taken toward 

providing export credit programs that 

are competitive with those offered by 

official foreign export credit agencies. 

The Act further stipulates that the 

annual report on competitiveness 

should include the results of a survey of 

U.S. exporters and U.S. commercial 

lending institutions which provide 

export credit to determine their 

experience in meeting financial 

competition from other countries whose 

exporters compete with U.S. exporters. 

Accordingly, Ex-Im Bank is requesting 

that the proposed survey (EIB No. 00–

02) be sent to approximately 200 

applicants of Ex-Im Bank’s mediumand long-term programs. The revised 

survey is similar to the previous survey, 

as it asks bankers and exporters to 

evaluate the competitiveness of Ex-Im 

Bank’s programs vis-a ́-vis foreign export 

credit agencies. However, it has been 

modified in order to account for newer 

policies and to capture enough 

information to provide a better analysis 

of our competitiveness. In addition, the 

survey will be available on Ex-Im Bank’s 

Web site, http://www.exim.gov, with 

recipients encouraged to respond online as well.

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before December 13, 2004 

to be assured of consideration.

ADDRESSES: Direct all requests for 

additional information to Alan Jensen, 

Export-Import Bank of the U.S., 811 

Vermont Avenue, NW., Room 1279, 

Washington, DC 20571, (202) 565-3767.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: With 

respect to the proposed collection of 

information, Ex-Im Bank invites 

comments as to:

—Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the 

proper performance of the functions 

of Ex-Im Bank, including whether the 

information will have a practical use; 

—The accuracy of Ex-Im Bank’s 

estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

—Ways to enhance the quality, 

usefulness, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and 

—Ways to minimize the burden of 

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 submission of 

responses.

Title & Form Number: 2004 Exporter 

& Banker Survey of Ex-Im Bank 

Competitiveness, EIB Form 00–02. 

OMB Number: 3048–0004. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Annual Number of Respondents: 200. 

Annual Burden Hours: 200. 

Frequency of Reporting or Use:

Annual Survey.

Dated: October 7, 2004. 

Solomon Bush, 

Agency Clearance Officer.

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