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(DMRs), sewage sludge monitoring 

reports, and other monitoring reports 

under EPA’s NPDES program. The 

NPDES program regulations, codified at 

40 CFR parts 122 through 125, require 

permitted municipal and non-municipal 

point source discharges to collect, 

analyze, and submit data on their 

wastewater discharges. Under these 

regulations, the permittee is required to 

collect and analyze wastewater samples 

or have the analysis performed at an 

outside laboratory and report the results 

to the permitting authority (EPA or an 

authorized NPDES State) using a DMR, 

a preprinted form used for reporting 

pollutant discharge information. Sample 

monitoring, analysis, and reporting 

frequencies vary by permit, but must be 

performed at least annually for all 

permitted discharges except for certain 

storm discharges. Upon renewal of this 

ICR, the permitting authority will 

continue to require NPDES and sewage 

sludge facilities to report pollutant 

discharge monitoring data and other 

monitoring information. The permitting 

authority will use the data from these 

forms to assess permittee compliance, 

modify/add new permit requirements, 

and revise effluent guidelines. The 

monitoring data required of NPDES and 

sewage sludge facilities represents the 

minimum information necessary to 

achieve the Agency’s goals and satisfy 

regulatory standards. 

An Agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

unless it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. The OMB control 

numbers for EPA’s regulations are 

displayed in 40 CFR part 9. 

The EPA would like to solicit 

comments to: 

(1) Evaluate 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; 

(2) Evaluate the accuracy of the 

Agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information; 

(3) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

(4) Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology, e.g., permitting electronic 

submission of responses.

Burden Statement: EPA estimates that 

79,055 NPDES permittees and 24,346 

sludge permittees will perform sample 

collection, pollutant analysis, reporting 

and recordkeeping as part of their 

NPDES permit requirements to collect 

and report discharge monitoring data to 

permit authorities. These permittees are 

expected to provide 598,016 responses 

to State and Federal NPDES permitting 

authorities. Nationally, permittees will 

spend 3,958,146 hours per year to 

collect samples of their wastewater or 

sludge, 9,041,965 hours per year to 

analyze samples collected, 1,202,620 

hours per year to record and report the 

sampling and analysis information on 

DMRs, and 19,226 hours per year for 

sludge facilities to maintain records (the 

recordkeeping burden for the remaining 

NPDES permittees is reported in the 

Compliance Assessment ICR, OMB 

Control No. 2040–0110) for a total of 

14,221,957 burden hours annually. Each 

permittee will spend an average of 138 

hours per year (23.8 hours per response) 

to collect, analyze and report discharge 

monitoring data. Burden for State 

permitting authorities to review and 

follow-up on non-compliance identified 

in the monitoring reports is estimated to 

be 150,932 hours. 

Burden means the total time, effort, or 

financial resources expended by persons 

to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose 

or provide information to or for a 

Federal agency. This includes the time 

needed to review instructions; develop, 

acquire, install, and utilize technology 

and systems for the purposes of 

collecting, validating, and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; adjust the 

existing ways to comply with any 

previously applicable instructions and 

requirements; train personnel to be able 

to respond to a collection of 

information; search data sources; 

complete and review the collection of 

information; and transmit or otherwise 

disclose the information.

Dated: November 18, 2004. 

James A. Hanlon, 

Director, Office of Wastewater Management.

[FR Doc. 04–25943 Filed 11–22–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–7840–5] 

EPA Science Advisory Board Staff 

Office, Request for Nominations of 

Experts for the Children’s 

Environmental Exposure Research 

Study (CHEERS) Review Panel

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Requesting the nomination of 

experts for the Science Advisory Board 

(SAB) CHEERS Review Panel.

DATES: December 17, 2004—Deadline 

for submitting nomination of experts.

ADDRESSES: U.S. Postal Address—U.S. 

EPA Science Advisory Board (1400F), 

EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001. For FedEx 

or courier deliveries: 1025 F Street, 

NW., Room 3603, Mail Code: 1400F, 

Washington, DC 20004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Suhair Shallal, Designated Federal 

Officer, by telephone/voice mail at (202) 

343–9977, by fax at (202) 233–0643; or 

via e-mail at shallal.suhair@epa.gov. 

General information concerning the EPA 

SAB can be found on the EPA SAB Web 

site at: http://www.epa.gov/sab.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The Science Advisory 

Board (SAB) was established by 42 

U.S.C. 4365 to provide independent 

scientific and technical advice, 

consultation, and recommendations to 

the EPA Administrator on the technical 

basis for Agency positions and 

regulations. Pursuant to a request by 

EPA’s Office of Research and 

Development, the SAB will conduct a 

review of the study design of the 

Children’s Environmental Exposure 

Research Study (CHEERS) entitled 

‘‘Longitudinal Study of Young 

Children’s Exposures in their Homes to 

Selected Pesticides, Phthalates, 

Brominated Flame Retardants, and 

Perfluorinated Chemicals.’’ The study is 

designed to fill critical data gaps in 

understanding children’s exposures to 

pesticides and chemicals that can be 

found in typical residential 

environments. It will provide EPA with 

information to improve both risk 

assessment and risk management 

practices that will ultimately be more 

protective of children’s health. In a 

separate notice, EPA announced the 

availability of and the opportunity to 

comment on the above-mentioned 

document (FRN 68(192):57442–57444; 

69(42):10034–10035). The Agency has 

asked the SAB to comment on: (a) The 

scientific soundness of the study design 

(b) the ethical standards of the study 

design (c) ways of improving the study 

design. 

The SAB will be augmented with 

members of EPA’s Federal Insecticide, 

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act 

Scientific Advisory Panel (FIFRA SAP) 

and EPA’s Children’s Health Protection 

Advisory Council (CHPAC) with 

additional outside experts to form the 

SAB CHEERS Review Panel. By 

including members of three EPA 

advisory bodies, the SAB, FIFRA SAP 

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and CHPAC, in the review of this 

document, the requesting office hopes to 

benefit from their unique expertise in 

children’s exposure and health risk 

assessment and to receive a peer review 

report which reflects the views of these 

bodies on the charge questions in an 

expedited manner. Therefore, we are 

only soliciting additional experts in the 

areas which are not represented in the 

current membership of SAB, FIFRA SAP 

or CHPAC. Additional experts are 

needed in the following areas: ethical 

standards of research study protocols 

and bioethics; development of risk 

communication tools; and 

interdisciplinary experts with a focus on 

children’s exposure monitoring and 

assessment. 

This panel will comply with the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA) and all 

appropriate SAB procedural policies. 

Upon completion, the panel’s report 

will be submitted to the SAB for final 

approval for transmittal to the EPA 

Administrator. 

Availability of the Review Materials:

The updated EPA study design will be 

made available by the Office of Research 

and Development. For questions and 

information concerning the review 

materials, please contact Nicolle Tulve, 

U.S. EPA, 109 T.W. Alexander Drive, 

Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 

(phone: 919–541–1077), or e-mail: 

tulve.nicolle@epa.gov. 

Request for Nominations: The SAB 

Staff Office is requesting nominations of 

recognized experts with one or more of 

the following areas to supplement its 

available expertise: (a) Bioethics; (b) 

Interdisciplinary experts with a focus on 

children’s exposure monitoring and 

assessment; (c) Risk Communication.

Process and Deadline for Submitting 

Nominations: Any interested person or 

organization may nominate individuals 

qualified in the areas of expertise 

described above to serve on the SAB 

CHEERS Review Panel. Nominations 

should be submitted in electronic 

format through the Form for Nominating 

Individuals to Panels of the EPA 

Science Advisory Board which can be 

accessed through a link on the blue 

navigational bar on the SAB Web site at: 

http://www.epa.gov/sab. To be 

considered, all nominations must 

include the information requested on 

that form. 

Anyone who is unable to submit 

nominations using this form and any 

questions concerning any aspects of the 

nomination process may contact the 

DFO, as indicated above in this notice. 

Nominations should be submitted in 

time to arrive no later than December 

17, 2004. Any questions concerning 

either this process or any other aspects 

of this notice should be directed to the 

DFO. The process for forming a SAB 

panel is described in the Overview of 

the Panel Formation Process at the 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Science Advisory Board (EPA–SAB–EC–

COM–02–010), on the SAB Web site at: 

http://www.epa.gov/sab/pdf/

ec02010.pdf. 

From the nominees identified by 

respondents to this Federal Register

notice (termed the ‘‘Widecast’’), the SAB 

Staff Office will develop a smaller 

subset (known as the ‘‘Short List’’) for 

more detailed consideration. The Short 

List will be posted on the SAB Web Site 

at: http://www.epa.gov/sab, and will 

include, for each candidate, the 

nominee’s name and biosketch. Public 

comments on the Short List will be 

accepted for 21 calendar days. During 

this comment period, the public will be 

requested to provide information, 

analysis or other documentation on 

nominees that the SAB Staff Office 

should consider in evaluating 

candidates for the Panel. 

For the SAB, a balanced panel (i.e., 

committee, subcommittee, or panel) is 

characterized by inclusion of candidates 

who possess the necessary domains of 

knowledge, the relevant scientific 

perspectives (which, among other 

factors, can be influenced by work 

history and affiliation), and the 

collective breadth of experience to 

adequately address the charge. Public 

responses to the Short List candidates 

will be considered in the selection of 

the panel, along with information 

provided by candidates and information 

gathered by SAB Staff independently on 

the background of each candidate (e.g., 

financial disclosure information and 

computer searches to evaluate a 

nominee’s prior involvement with the 

topic under review). Specific criteria to 

be used in evaluation of an individual 

Panel member include: (a) Scientific 

and/or technical expertise, knowledge, 

and experience (primary factors); (b) 

absence of financial conflicts of interest; 

(c) scientific credibility and 

impartiality; (d) availability and 

willingness to serve; and (e) ability to 

work constructively and effectively in 

committees. 

Short List candidates will be required 

to fill-out the ‘‘Confidential Financial 

Disclosure Form for Special 

Government Employees Serving on 

Federal Advisory Committees at the 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’’

(EPA Form 3110–48). This confidential 

form allows Government officials to 

determine whether there is a statutory 

conflict between that person’s public 

responsibilities (which includes 

membership on an EPA Federal 

advisory committee) and private 

interests and activities, or the 

appearance of a lack of impartiality, as 

defined by Federal regulation. The form 

may be viewed and downloaded from 

the following URL address: http://

www.epa.gov/sab/pdf/epaform3110-

48.pdf.

Dated: November 18, 2004. 

Vanessa T. Vu, 

Director, EPA Science Advisory Board Staff 

Office.

[FR Doc. 04–25945 Filed 11–22–04; 8:45 am] 

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Public Information 

Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the 

Federal Communications Commission 

for Extension Under Delegated 

Authority 

November 17, 2004.

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications 

Commission, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork burden 

invites the general public and other 

Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collection(s), as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) of 1995, Public Law 104–13. 

An agency may not conduct or sponsor 

a collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid control 

number. No person shall be subject to 

any penalty for failing to comply with 

a collection of information subject to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that 

does not display a valid control number. 

Comments are requested concerning (a) 

whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Commission, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s 

burden estimate; (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 the respondents, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology.

DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction 

(PRA) comments should be submitted 

on or before January 24, 2005. If you 

anticipate that you will be submitting 

comments, but find it difficult to do so 

within the period of time allowed by 

this notice, you should advise the 

contact listed below as soon as possible.