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Whole Building Design Guide Internet 

site at: http://fedgreenspecs.wbdg.org. 

You may access this Federal Register

document electronically through the 

EPA Internet under the Federal Register

listings at http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.

An electronic version of the public 

docket is available through EPA’s 

electronic public docket and comment 

system, EPA Dockets. You may use EPA 

Dockets at http://www.epa.gov/edocket/

to submit or view public comments, 

access the index listing of the contents 

of the official public docket, and to 

access those documents in the public 

docket that are available electronically. 

Although, not all docket materials may 

be available electronically, you may still 

access any of the publicly available 

docket materials through the docket 

facility identified in Unit I.B.1. Once in 

the system, select ‘‘search’’ then key in 

the appropriate docket ID number.

Certain types of information will not 

be placed in the EPA Dockets. 

Information claimed as CBI and other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute, which is not 

included in the official public docket, 

will not be available for public viewing 

in EPA’s electronic public docket. EPA’s 

policy is that copyrighted material will 

not be placed in EPA’s electronic public 

docket but will be available only in 

printed, paper form in the official public 

docket. To the extent feasible, publicly 

available docket materials will be made 

available in EPA’s electronic public 

docket. When a document is selected 

from the index list in EPA Dockets, the 

system will identify whether the 

document is available for viewing in 

EPA’s electronic public docket. 

Although, not all docket materials may 

be available electronically, you may still 

access any of the publicly available 

docket materials through the docket 

facility identified in Unit I.B.1. EPA 

intends to work towards providing 

electronic access to all of the publicly 

available docket materials through 

EPA’s electronic public docket.

For public commenters, it is 

important to note that EPA’s policy is 

that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or on paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing in EPA’s electronic public 

docket as EPA receives them and 

without change, unless the comment 

contains copyrighted material, CBI, or 

other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. When EPA 

identifies a comment containing 

copyrighted material, EPA will provide 

a reference to that material in the 

version of the comment that is placed in 

EPA’s electronic public docket. The 

entire printed comment, including the 

copyrighted material, will be available 

in the public docket.

Public comments submitted on 

computer disks that are mailed or 

delivered to the docket will be 

transferred to EPA’s electronic public 

docket. Public comments that are 

mailed or delivered to the docket will be 

scanned and placed in EPA’s electronic 

public docket. Where practical, physical 

objects will be photographed, and the 

photograph will be placed in EPA’s 

electronic public docket along with a 

brief description written by the docket 

staff.

C. How and to Whom Do I Submit 

Comments?

To submit comments, or access the 

official public docket, please follow the 

detailed instructions as provided in 

Unit I.C. of the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION of the July 28, 2004 Federal 

Regsiter document (69 FR 45053) (FRL–

7686–7). If you have questions, consult 

the person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT.

II. What Action is the Agency Taking?

EPA’s Office of Prevention, Pesticides 

and Toxic Substances is reopening the 

comment period for the draft Federal 

Guide for Green Construction 

Specifications from September 27, 2004 

to January 14, 2005.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection, Green 

building, Federal construction and 

renovation.

Dated: October 28, 2004.

Margaret Schneider,

Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of 

Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances.

[FR Doc. 04–24928 Filed 11–9–04; 8:45 am]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY

[OPPT–2004–0124; FRL–7687–6]

Certain New Chemicals; Receipt and 

Status Information

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Section 5 of the Toxic 

Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires 

any person who intends to manufacture 

(defined by statute to include import) a 

new chemical (i.e., a chemical not on 

the TSCA Inventory) to notify EPA and 

comply with the statutory provisions 

pertaining to the manufacture of new 

chemicals. Under sections 5(d)(2) and 

5(d)(3) of TSCA, EPA is required to 

publish a notice of receipt of a 

premanufacture notice (PMN) or an 

application for a test marketing 

exemption (TME), and to publish 

periodic status reports on the chemicals 

under review and the receipt of notices 

of commencement to manufacture those 

chemicals. This status report, which 

covers the period from October 4, 2004 

to October 15, 2004, consists of the 

PMNs pending or expired, and the 

notices of commencement to 

manufacture a new chemical that the 

Agency has received under TSCA 

section 5 during this time period.

DATES: Comments identified by the 

docket ID number OPPT–2004–0124 

and the specific PMN number or TME 

number, must be received on or before 

December 10, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted electronically, by mail, or 

through hand delivery/courier. Follow 

the detailed instructions as provided in 

Unit I. of the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Colby Lintner, Regulatory Coordinator, 

Environmental Assistance Division, 

Office of Pollution Prevention and 

Toxics (7408M), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460–

0001; telephone number: (202) 554–

1404; e-mail address: TSCAHotline@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

This action is directed to the public 

in general. As such, the Agency has not 

attempted to describe the specific 

entities that this action may apply to. 

Although others may be affected, this 

action applies directly to the submitter 

of the premanufacture notices addressed 

in the action. If you have any questions 

regarding the applicability of this action 

to a particular entity, consult the person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT.

B. How Can I Get Copies of this 

Document and Other Related 

Information?

1. Docket. EPA has established an 

official public docket for this action 

under docket identification (ID) number 

OPPT–2004–0124. The official public 

docket consists of the documents 

specifically referenced in this action, 

any public comments received, and 

other information related to this action. 

Although a part of the official docket, 

the public docket does not include 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

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or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. The official public 

docket is the collection of materials that 

is available for public viewing at the 

EPA Docket Center, Rm. B102-Reading 

Room, EPA West, 1301 Constitution 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA 

Docket Center is open from 8:30 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays. The EPA 

Docket Center Reading Room telephone 

number is (202) 566–1744 and the 

telephone number for the OPPT Docket, 

which is located in EPA Docket Center, 

is (202) 566–0280.

2. Electronic access. You may access 

this Federal Register document 

electronically through the EPA Internet 

under the ‘‘Federal Register’’ listings at 

http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.

An electronic version of the public 

docket is available through EPA’s 

electronic public docket and comment 

system, EPA Dockets. You may use EPA 

Dockets at http://www.epa.gov/edocket/

to submit or view public comments, 

access the index listing of the contents 

of the official public docket, and to 

access those documents in the public 

docket that are available electronically. 

Although not all docket materials may 

be available electronically, you may still 

access any of the publicly available 

docket materials through the docket 

facility identified in Unit I.B.1. Once in 

the system, select ‘‘search,’’ then key in 

the appropriate docket ID number.

Certain types of information will not 

be placed in the EPA Dockets. 

Information claimed as CBI and other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute, which is not 

included in the official public docket, 

will not be available for public viewing 

in EPA’s electronic public docket. EPA’s 

policy is that copyrighted material will 

not be placed in EPA’s electronic public 

docket but will be available only in 

printed, paper form in the official public 

docket. To the extent feasible, publicly 

available docket materials will be made 

available in EPA’s electronic public 

docket. When a document is selected 

from the index list in EPA Dockets, the 

system will identify whether the 

document is available for viewing in 

EPA’s electronic public docket. 

Although not all docket materials may 

be available electronically, you may still 

access any of the publicly available 

docket materials through the docket 

facility identified in Unit I.B.1. EPA 

intends to work towards providing 

electronic access to all of the publicly 

available docket materials through 

EPA’s electronic public docket.

For public commenters, it is 

important to note that EPA’s policy is 

that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing in EPA’s electronic public 

docket as EPA receives them and 

without change, unless the comment 

contains copyrighted material, CBI, or 

other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. When EPA 

identifies a comment containing 

copyrighted material, EPA will provide 

a reference to that material in the 

version of the comment that is placed in 

EPA’s electronic public docket. The 

entire printed comment, including the 

copyrighted material, will be available 

in the public docket.

Public comments submitted on 

computer disks that are mailed or 

delivered to the docket will be 

transferred to EPA’s electronic public 

docket. Public comments that are 

mailed or delivered to the docket will be 

scanned and placed in EPA’s electronic 

public docket. Where practical, physical 

objects will be photographed, and the 

photograph will be placed in EPA’s 

electronic public docket along with a 

brief description written by the docket 

staff.

C. How and To Whom Do I Submit 

Comments?

You may submit comments 

electronically, by mail, or through hand 

delivery/courier. To ensure proper 

receipt by EPA, identify the appropriate 

docket ID number and specific PMN 

number or TME number in the subject 

line on the first page of your comment. 

Please ensure that your comments are 

submitted within the specified comment 

period. Comments received after the 

close of the comment period will be 

marked ‘‘late.’’ EPA is not required to 

consider these late comments. If you 

wish to submit CBI or information that 

is otherwise protected by statute, please 

follow the instructions in Unit I.D. Do 

not use EPA Dockets or e-mail to submit 

CBI or information protected by statute.

1. Electronically. If you submit an 

electronic comment as prescribed in this 

unit, EPA recommends that you include 

your name, mailing address, and an email address or other contact 

information in the body of your 

comment. Also include this contact 

information on the outside of any disk 

or CD ROM you submit, and in any 

cover letter accompanying the disk or 

CD ROM. This ensures that you can be 

identified as the submitter of the 

comment and allows EPA to contact you 

in case EPA cannot read your comment 

due to technical difficulties or needs 

further information on the substance of 

your comment. EPA’s policy is that EPA 

will not edit your comment, and any 

identifying or contact information 

provided in the body of a comment will 

be included as part of the comment that 

is placed in the official public docket, 

and made available in EPA’s electronic 

public docket. If EPA cannot read your 

comment due to technical difficulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, 

EPA may not be able to consider your 

comment.

i. EPA Dockets. Your use of EPA’s 

electronic public docket to submit 

comments to EPA electronically is 

EPA’s preferred method for receiving 

comments. Go directly to EPA Dockets 

at http://www.epa.gov/edocket/, and 

follow the online instructions for 

submitting comments. Once in the 

system, select ‘‘search,’’ and then key in 

docket ID number OPPT–2004–0124. 

The system is an ‘‘anonymous access’’

system, which means EPA will not 

know your identity, e-mail address, or 

other contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment.

ii. E-mail. Comments may be sent by 

e-mail to oppt.ncic@epa.gov, Attention: 

Docket ID Number OPPT–2004–0124 

and PMN Number or TME Number. In 

contrast to EPA’s electronic public 

docket, EPA’s e-mail system is not an 

‘‘anonymous access’’ system. If you 

send an e-mail comment directly to the 

docket without going through EPA’s 

electronic public docket, EPA’s e-mail 

system automatically captures your email address. E-mail addresses that are 

automatically captured by EPA’s e-mail 

system are included as part of the 

comment that is placed in the official 

public docket, and made available in 

EPA’s electronic public docket.

iii. Disk or CD ROM. You may submit 

comments on a disk or CD ROM that 

you mail to the mailing address 

identified in Unit I.C.2. These electronic 

submissions will be accepted in 

WordPerfect or ASCII file format. Avoid 

the use of special characters and any 

form of encryption.

2. By mail. Send your comments to: 

Document Control Office (7407M), 

Office of Pollution Prevention and 

Toxics (OPPT), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460–

0001.

3. By hand delivery or courier. Deliver 

your comments to: OPPT Document 

Control Office (DCO) in EPA East Bldg., 

Rm. 6428, 1201 Constitution Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC. Attention: Docket ID 

Number OPPT–2004-0124 and PMN 

Number or TME Number. The DCO is 

open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

DCO is (202) 564–8930.

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D. How Should I Submit CBI to the 

Agency?

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI electronically 

through EPA’s electronic public docket 

or by e-mail. You may claim 

information that you submit to EPA as 

CBI by marking any part or all of that 

information as CBI (if you submit CBI 

on disk or CD ROM, mark the outside 

of the disk or CD ROM as CBI and then 

identify electronically within the disk or 

CD ROM the specific information that is 

CBI). Information so marked will not be 

disclosed except in accordance with 

procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2.

In addition to one complete version of 

the comment that includes any 

information claimed as CBI, a copy of 

the comment that does not contain the 

information claimed as CBI must be 

submitted for inclusion in the public 

docket and EPA’s electronic public 

docket. If you submit the copy that does 

not contain CBI on disk or CD ROM, 

mark the outside of the disk or CD ROM 

clearly that it does not contain CBI. 

Information not marked as CBI will be 

included in the public docket and EPA’s 

electronic public docket without prior 

notice. If you have any questions about 

CBI or the procedures for claiming CBI, 

please consult the technical person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT.

E. What Should I Consider as I Prepare 

My Comments for EPA?

You may find the following 

suggestions helpful for preparing your 

comments:

1. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible.

2. Describe any assumptions that you 

used.

3. Provide copies of any technical 

information and/or data you used that 

support your views.

4. If you estimate potential burden or 

costs, explain how you arrived at the 

estimate that you provide.

5. Provide specific examples to 

illustrate your concerns.

6. Offer alternative ways to improve 

the notice or collection activity.

7. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the deadline in this 

document.

8. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, 

be sure to identify the docket ID number 

assigned to this action and the specific 

PMN number you are commenting on in 

the subject line on the first page of your 

response. You may also provide the 

name, date, and Federal Register

citation.

II. Why is EPA Taking this Action?

Section 5 of TSCA requires any 

person who intends to manufacture 

(defined by statute to include import) a 

new chemical (i.e., a chemical not on 

the TSCA Inventory to notify EPA and 

comply with the statutory provisions 

pertaining to the manufacture of new 

chemicals. Under sections 5(d)(2) and 

5(d)(3) of TSCA, EPA is required to 

publish a notice of receipt of a PMN or 

an application for a TME and to publish 

periodic status reports on the chemicals 

under review and the receipt of notices 

of commencement to manufacture those 

chemicals. This status report, which 

covers the period from October 4, 2004 

to October 15, 2004, consists of the 

PMNs pending or expired, and the 

notices of commencement to 

manufacture a new chemical that the 

Agency has received under TSCA 

section 5 during this time period.

III. Receipt and Status Report for PMNs

This status report identifies the PMNs 

pending or expired, and the notices of 

commencement to manufacture a new 

chemical that the Agency has received 

under TSCA section 5 during this time 

period. If you are interested in 

information that is not included in the 

following tables, you may contact EPA 

as described in Unit II. to access 

additional non-CBI information that 

may be available.

In Table I of this unit, EPA provides 

the following information (to the extent 

that such information is not claimed as 

CBI) on the PMNs received by EPA 

during this period: the EPA case number 

assigned to the PMN; the date the PMN 

was received by EPA; the projected end 

date for EPA’s review of the PMN; the 

submitting manufacturer; the potential 

uses identified by the manufacturer in 

the PMN; and the chemical identity.

I. 26 PREMANUFACTURE NOTICES RECEIVED FROM: 10/04/04 TO 10/15/04

Case No. Received 

Date 

Projected 

Notice 

End Date 

Manufacturer/Importer Use Chemical 

P–05–0012 10/04/04 01/01/05 CBI (G) Intermediate raw material, diluent 

in radiation cured coatings and adhesives

(G) Acrylate ester

P–05–0013 10/05/04 01/02/05 Marubeni Specialty 

Chemicals, Inc.

(S) Solvent in ink (S) Ethane, 1-ethoxy-2-(2-

methoxyethoxy)-

P–05–0014 10/05/04 01/02/05 Cytec Industries Inc. (G) Antiscalant (G) Polymer of maleic anhydride and 

substituted alkenes, potassium salt, 

persulfate-initiated.

P–05–0018 10/06/04 01/03/05 CBI (G) Developer (G) Diphenyl sulfone

P–05–0019 10/07/04 01/04/05 Ashland Inc., Environmental Health and 

Safety

(G) Adhesives, coatings, inks (G) Norrish type I acetophenone acetoacetic ester

P–05–0020 10/07/04 01/04/05 Ashland Inc., Environmental Health and 

Safety

(G) Adhesive, coating, ink (G) Multifunctional acrylate oligomer 

resin

P–05–0021 10/07/04 01/04/05 Ashland Inc., Environmental Health and 

Safety

(G) Adhesive, coating, ink (G) Multifunctional acrylate oligomer 

resin

P–05–0022 10/07/04 01/04/05 Ashland Inc., Environmental Health and 

Safety

(G) Adhesive, coating, ink (G) Multifunctional acrylate oligomer 

resin

P–05–0023 10/07/04 01/04/05 Ashland Inc., Environmental Health and 

Safety

(G) Adhesive, coating, ink (G) Multifunctional acrylate oligomer 

resin

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I. 26 PREMANUFACTURE NOTICES RECEIVED FROM: 10/04/04 TO 10/15/04—Continued

Case No. Received 

Date 

Projected 

Notice 

End Date 

Manufacturer/Importer Use Chemical 

P–05–0024 10/07/04 01/04/05 Ashland Inc., Environmental Health and 

Safety

(G) Adhesive, coating, ink (G) Multifunctional acrylate oligomer 

resin

P–05–0025 10/07/04 01/04/05 Ashland Inc., Environmental Health and 

Safety

(G) Adhesive, coating, ink (G) Multifunctional acrylate oligomer 

resin

P–05–0026 10/08/04 01/05/05 H.B. Fuller (G) Industrial adhesive (G) Polyester isocyanate polymer

P–05–0027 10/08/04 01/05/05 H.B. Fuller (G) Industrial adhesive (G) Polyester isocyanate polymer

P–05–0028 10/08/04 01/05/05 CBI (G) Open, non-dispersive; reactant for 

manufacture of specialized coating

(G) Substituted pyrimidinetrione

P–05–0029 10/12/04 01/09/05 Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.(G) Raw material used in a closed reaction process to produce a chemical intermediate.(G) Substituted aniline

P–05–0030 10/12/04 01/09/05 CBI (G) Coating material (G) Acryrol derivatives

P–05–0031 10/12/04 01/09/05 Reichhold, Inc. (G) Resin intermediate (S) Soybean oil, mixed esters with 

pentaerythritol and tung oil

P–05–0032 10/12/04 01/09/05 Aldrich Chemical 

Company, Inc.

(G) Semiconductor manufacturing (S) Silicic acid (h4sio4), tris(1,1-

dimethylpropyl) ester

P–05–0033 10/12/04 01/09/05 Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.(S) Chemical intermediate used to 

produce a pesticide

(G) Substituted benzene

P–05–0034 10/13/04 01/10/05 CBI (G) Closed, non-dispersive use. (G) Esterified functionalized alkyl 

methacrlate, polymer with butyl 

methacrylate, methoxy polyethylene 

glycol methacrylate and methyl acrylate.

P–05–0035 10/13/04 01/10/05 Syngenta Crop Protection, Inc.(G) Intermediate used in producing a 

final product that is 100% exported.

(G) Substituted aryl acetonitrile

P–05–0036 10/14/04 01/11/05 CBI (G) Additive for lubricating oil (G) Alkyl methacrylate copolymer

P–05–0037 10/15/04 01/12/05 The Sherwin-Williams 

Company

(G) Paint (G) Water-dispersed polyurethane 

latex

P–05–0038 10/15/04 01/12/05 CBI (G) Metal working fluid (G) Polyalkylenepolyamine, 

alkyloxirane polymer

P–05–0040 10/15/04 01/12/05 CBI (G) Additive for manufacture of articles(G) Modified starch-acrylate polymer

P–05–0041 10/15/04 01/12/05 CBI (G) Additive for manufacture of articles(G) Ammonium-functional polyethylene glycol acrylate polymer

In Table II of this unit, EPA provides 

the following information (to the extent 

that such information is not claimed as 

CBI) on the Notices of Commencement 

to manufacture received:

II. 11 NOTICES OF COMMENCEMENT FROM: 10/04/04 TO 10/15/04

Case No. Received Date Commencement 

Notice End Date Chemical 

P–02–0272 03/18/03 11/26/02 (G)D-glucopyranose, oligomeric, bu glycosides

P–03–0728 10/06/04 09/14/04 (G) Polyester polyol

P–04–0488 10/08/04 10/05/04 (G) Acrylic polymer

P–04–0539 10/13/04 09/01/04 (G) Urethaneacrylate

P–04–0545 10/06/04 09/30/04 (G) Substituted naphthalenesulfonic acid azo substituted phenyl amino substituted triazine compound

P–04–0557 10/07/04 09/20/04 (G) 1,3-heteropolycycledione, 4,5,6,7-tetrafluoroP–04–0588 10/05/04 09/14/04 (G) Modified polyacrylate

P–04–0643 10/08/04 10/04/04 (G) 9-octadecenoic acid (z)-, butyl ester, polymer with propanediol, 5-

isocyanato-1-(isocyanatomethyl)-1,3,3-trimethylcyclohexane, 2-

oxepanone,and 1,3,5-tris(6-isocyanatohexyl)-1,3,5-triazine-2,4,6(1h,3h,5h)-

trione.

P–04–0657 10/13/04 09/29/04 (G) Trimethylolpropane dialkyl diester

P–98–0996 10/06/04 07/27/04 (S) Rutile, tin zinc

P–98–0997 10/06/04 07/27/04 (G) Rutile, tin zinc

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List of Subjects

Environmental protection, Chemicals, 

Premanufacturer notices.

Dated: November 1, 2004.

Vicki A. Simons,

Acting Director, Information Management 

Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and 

Toxics.

[FR Doc. 04–25101 Filed 11–9–04; 8:45 am]

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OFFICE OF SCIENCE AND 

TECHNOLOGY POLICY 

Notice of Release of Appendix 3 To 

Draft Strategic Plan for U.S. Integrated 

Earth Observation System and 

Extension of Public Comment Period

ACTION: Notice of release and extension 

of public comment period. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

release of the Appendix 3 to the Draft 

Strategic Plan for the U.S. Integrated 

Earth Observation System and extension 

of the public comment period by the 

National Science and Technology 

Council’s (NSTC) Committee on 

Environment and Natural Resources 

(CENR) Interagency Working Group on 

Earth Observations (IWGEO). This draft 

plan was prepared to address the 

effective use of Earth observation 

systems to benefit humankind, and 

Appendix 3 provides a summary of the 

state of the current observation systems 

addressed in the plan.

DATES AND ADDRESSES: The Draft 

Strategic Plan was made available for 

public review on Wednesday, 

September 8, 2004, and can be accessed 

electronically at http://

iwgeo.ssc.nasa.gov/draftstrategicplan.

Appendix 3 to this document, along 

with the associated Technical Reference 

Documents will be available at http://

iwgeo.ssc.nasa.gov on Wednesday, 

November 10, 2004. In order to provide 

time to review Appendix 3, the 

comment period has been extended to 

no later that the close of business on 

Tuesday, November 30, 2004. 

Comments on the Technical Reference 

Documents do not have a close date, as 

they are continually being updated. 

Only electronic (e-mail) comments will 

be accepted, and should be sent to: 

IWGEOcomments@noaa.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information regarding this Notice, 

please contact Carla Sullivan, National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration. Telephone: (202) 482–

5921. E-mail: carla.sullivan@noaa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background: The Interagency Working 

Group on Earth Observations (IWGEO) 

of the NSTC Committee on Environment 

and Natural Resources was established 

after the Earth Observation Summit for 

a two-fold purpose: 

(1) To develop and begin 

implementation of the U.S. framework 

and ten-year plan for an integrated, 

comprehensive Earth observation 

system to answer environmental and 

societal needs, including a U.S. 

assessment of current observational 

capabilities, evaluation of requirements 

to sustain and evolve these capabilities 

considering both remote and in situ 

instruments, assessment of how to 

integrate current observational 

capabilities across scales, and 

evaluation and addressing of data gaps; 

and 

(2) To formulate the U.S. position and 

input to the international ad hoc Group 

on Earth Observations (GEO) as formed 

at the Earth Observation Summit on July 

31, 2003. 

In response the first goal, the IWGEO 

has prepared a Draft Strategic Plan for 

the U.S. Integrated Earth Observation 

System. The draft was prepared after a 

year of coordination among the 

appropriate Federal agencies. In 

addition, a public workshop was held 

on June 16–17, 2004, for the purpose of 

allowing representatives of the 

communities-of-practice to contribute 

information and facts on the nine 

societal benefits areas, which provide 

the focus of the plan. These strategic 

social/economic areas include: 

1. Improve weather forecasting. 

2. Reducing loss of life and property 

from disasters. 

3. Protecting and monitoring ocean 

resources. 

4. Understanding climate, and 

assessing, mitigating, and adapting to 

climate change impacts. 

5. Supporting sustainable agriculture 

and forestry, and combating land 

degradation. 

6. Understanding the effect of 

environmental factors on human health 

and well being. 

7. Developing the capacity to make 

ecological forecasts. 

8. Protecting and monitoring water 

resources. 

9. Monitoring and managing energy 

resources. 

Public Participation. Appendix 3 of 

the Draft Strategic Plan for the U.S. 

Integrated Earth Observation System 

provide a summary of the Technical 

Reference Documents on each of the 

nine societal benefits areas. These 

documents have been updated based on 

comments received at the June IWGEO 

public meeting and may be found on the 

IWGEO Web site at http://

iwgeo.ssc.nasa.gov, or by contacting the 

IWGEO Secretariat office: Carla 

Sullivan, Interagency Working Group on 

Earth Observations (IWGEO), National 

Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration (NOAA), 1401 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20230. Telephone: (202) 482–5921, 

telefax: (202) 408–9674. E-mail: 

Carla.Sullivan@noaa.gov. Subject: Draft 

Strategic Plan for U.S. Integrated Earth 

Observation System. 

The National Science and Technology 

Council (NSTC) was established by 

Executive Order 12881. The Committee 

on Environment and Natural Resources 

(CENR) was chartered as one of four 

standing committees of the NSTC for the 

purpose of advising and assisting the 

Council on those federally supported 

efforts that develop new knowledge 

related to improving our understanding 

of the environment and natural 

resources.

Ann F. Mazur, 

Assistant Director for Budget and 

Administration.

[FR Doc. 04–25148 Filed 11–9–04; 8:45 am] 

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Notice of Public Information 

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Federal Communications Commission 

for Extension Under Delegated 

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November 4, 2004.

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications 

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invites the general public and other 

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following information collection(s), as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

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