6290 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 27 / Tuesday, February 10, 2004 / Notices 

DATES: Comments and/or requests for 

public hearing must be received before 

March 26, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be 

addressed to Evelyn MacKnight, U.S. 

EPA, Region III, 3WP11, 1650 Arch 

Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 

19103.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Evelyn MacKnight, (215) 814–5717, at 

the above address. Those who are deaf 

or hearing-impaired may use the Relay 

Service at 1–800–654–5984 and request 

that the call be relayed.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

402 of the Federal Clean Water Act 

(CWA) created the NPDES program 

under which the Administrator of EPA 

may issue permits for the discharge of 

pollutants into the waters of the United 

States under conditions required by the 

CWA. Section 402(b) allows States to 

assume NPDES program responsibilities 

upon approval by EPA. On April 1, 

1974, Delaware was authorized by EPA 

to administer the NPDES program; the 

State also received the authority to 

administer the General Permits program 

on October 23, 1992.

EPA has issued a regulation at 40 CFR 

part 123 that establishes the 

requirements for NPDES State Programs. 

Section 123.62 establishes procedures 

for revision of authorized NPDES State 

Programs. Pursuant to § 123.62(a), a 

State may initiate a program revision 

and must keep EPA informed of 

proposed modifications to its regulatory 

authority. On July 28, 2003, the State of 

Delaware submitted its regulation 

revisions for formal review by EPA. 

Pursuant to § 123.62(b)(1), a State 

program submittal is complete 

whenever the State submits such 

documents as EPA determines are 

necessary under the circumstances. In 

this instance, EPA determined that the 

State submittal was complete on 

November 19, 2003, with the 

submission of a statement from the 

State’s Attorney General’s office which 

certified that the regulations were duly 

adopted pursuant to State law. Section 

123.62(b)(2) requires EPA to issue 

public notice by publication in the 

Federal Register and in newspapers 

having Statewide coverage, and to 

provide a period of public comment of 

at least 30 days whenever the Agency 

determines that a program revision is 

substantial. EPA has determined that 

the Delaware Regulation Revision, 

which is described below, constitutes a 

substantial revision to Delaware’s 

NPDES program. Section 123.62(b)(2) 

also requires EPA to hold a public 

hearing regarding the proposed revision 

‘‘if there is significant public interest 

based on requests received.’’

The Delaware Regulation Revision 

includes amendments to sections 1 

through 8 and sections 10 through 14 of 

the DNREC’s Regulations Governing the 

Control of Water Pollution. The majority 

of the amendments focus on DNREC’s 

issuance and administration of NPDES 

permits in the State of Delaware. In 

addition, DNREC updated its 

regulations for the construction and 

operation of wastewater/pollution 

control facilities and adopted 

regulations that formalize a periodic 

assessment of municipal treatment plant 

performance and infrastructure needs. 

Regulations were also adopted to 

address administrative procedures for 

evaluating and issuing a State 

certification that an activity will be 

conducted in such a manner that won’t 

violate the applicable surface water 

quality criteria or standards, as required 

by Federal law. Delaware also included 

a number of water quality-based 

requirements, including the 

determination of Total Maximum Daily 

Loads (TMDLs), allowances for intake 

credits, and consideration for erosion 

and corrosion from facilities’ piping. 

At the close of the public comment 

period (including, if necessary, the 

public hearing), the EPA Regional 

Administrator, with the concurrence of 

the Associate General Counsel for Water 

and the Director of the Office of 

Compliance and Enforcement, will 

decide whether to approve or 

disapprove the Delaware Regulation 

Revision as a revision to the Delaware 

NPDES program. The decision to 

approve or disapprove will be based 

upon satisfying or meeting the 

requirements of the CWA and 40 CFR 

part 123. The Delaware Regulation 

Revision may be reviewed by the public 

from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the EPA office 

in Philadelphia, Monday to Friday 

(excluding holidays), at the address 

appearing earlier in this notice. Copies 

of the submittal may be obtained for a 

fee by contacting Evelyn MacKnight as 

indicated in the ADDRESSES section. 

All comments or objections received 

by March 26, 2004, will be considered 

by EPA before taking final action on the 

program revision. 

Please bring the foregoing to the 

attention of persons whom you know 

are interested in this matter. All written 

comments and questions on this matter 

should be addressed to Evelyn 

MacKnight at the above address or 

telephone number.

Dated: February 4, 2004. 

Thomas Voltaggio, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region III.

[FR Doc. 04–2817 Filed 2–9–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[CC Docket No. 99–294; FCC 03–331] 

Federal-State Joint Conference on 

Advanced Telecommunications 

Services

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This document increases the 

size of the Federal-State Joint 

Conference on Advanced 

Telecommunications Services (‘‘Joint 

Conference’’) to include representatives 

from up to seven state commissions, in 

order to enhance its effectiveness and 

ensure a diversity of viewpoint. It also 

fills vacancies created by the addition of 

two state seats, as well as recent 

departures from the Joint Conference. 

These measures will allow greater 

federal-state cooperation, which is 

critical to facilitating the widespread 

deployment of, and access to, advanced 

services.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane 

Phillips, Intergovernmental Affairs, 

Consumer & Governmental Affairs 

Bureau, (202) 418–1761.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a 

summary of the Commission’s Order,

FCC 03–331, adopted December 19, 

2003, and released December 23, 2003. 

The complete text of the Order is 

available on the Commission’s Internet 

site, at www.fcc.gov and is also available 

for inspection and copying during 

normal business hours in the FCC 

Reference Information Center, Courtyard 

Level, 445 12th Street, SW, CY–A257, 

Washington, DC. The text may also be 

purchased from the Commission’s copy 

contractor, Qualex International, Portals 

II, 445 12th Street, SW, Room CY–B402, 

Washington, DC 20554 (telephone 202–

863–2893). To request materials in 

accessible formats for people with 

disabilities (Braille, large print, 

electronic files, audio format), send an 

e-mail to fcc504@fcc.gov or call the 

Consumer & Governmental Affairs 

Bureau at (202) 418–0531 (voice), (202) 

418–7365 (TTY). This Order can also be 

downloaded in text and ASCII formats 

at http://www.fcc.gov/jointconference/.

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Synopsis 

The Joint Conference was convened in 

1999 as part of the Commission’s 

ongoing efforts to ensure that advanced 

services are deployed as rapidly as 

possible to all Americans. It serves as a 

forum for an ongoing dialogue between 

the Commission, state regulators, and 

local and regional entities regarding the 

deployment of advanced 

telecommunications capabilities, and is 

comprised of commissioners from state 

public utilities commissions and from 

the Federal Communications 

Commission. 

The Joint Conference is responsible 

for monitoring and collecting data 

regarding the practices of carriers as 

they deploy advanced services 

throughout the nation. It has also held 

a series of field hearings across the 

country and has conducted Broadband 

Summits to examine how best to 

accelerate the deployment of affordable 

advanced services to rural and other 

under-served telecommunications users. 

Through these and other activities, the 

Joint Conference has worked 

cooperatively to promote the 

widespread deployment of advanced 

services. 

To help the Joint Conference achieve 

its broad mandate, and pursuant to 

section 410(b) of the Communications 

Act of 1934, 47 U.S.C. 410(b), the Order

appoints Commissioner Susan P. 

Kennedy of the California Public 

Utilities Commission, Thomas L. Welch, 

Chairman of the Maine Public Utilities 

Commission, and Deborah Tate, 

Chairman of the Tennessee Regulatory 

Authority, to serve on the Federal-State 

Joint Conference on Advanced 

Telecommunications Services. The 

Order also appoints Bob Rowe, 

Chairman of the Montana Public Service 

Commission, formerly a non-voting 

member, to serve as a full member of the 

Federal-State Joint Conference on 

Advanced Telecommunications 

Services. 

The number of members on the Joint 

Conference has been increased in order 

to augment diversity in Joint Conference 

membership and thereby widen the 

range of viewpoints and expertise. This 

is critical to informed decision-making 

as federal and state regulators join forces 

to encourage the deployment of 

advanced telecommunications services. 

Increasing the size of the Joint 

Conference is also consistent with the 

approach the Commission has taken 

with other joint boards, where the 

complexity and magnitude of the 

board’s charter warranted a relatively 

large membership in order to address 

the broad range of issues presented. 

The Order requires that a copy of all 

filings in CC Docket 99–294 be served 

on each of the following members of the 

Joint Conference at the following 

addresses: 

• The Honorable Michael K. Powell, 

FCC Chairman, Federal 

Communications Commission, 445 12th 

Street, SW, Washington, DC 20554. 

• The Honorable Kevin J. Martin, 

Commissioner, Chair, Federal State Joint 

Conference on Advanced 

Telecommunications Services, Federal 

Communications Commission, 445 12th 

Street, SW, Washington, DC 20554.

• The Honorable Kathleen Q. 

Abernathy, Commissioner, Federal 

Communications Commission, 445 12th 

Street, SW, Washington, DC 20554. 

• The Honorable Michael J. Copps, 

Commissioner, Federal 

Communications Commission, 445 12th 

Street, SW, Washington, DC 20554. 

• The Honorable Jonathan S. 

Adelstein, Commissioner, Federal 

Communications Commission, 445 12th 

Street, SW, Washington, DC 20554. 

• The Honorable G. Nanette 

Thompson, Commissioner, Regulatory 

Commission of Alaska, 701 West Eight 

Avenue, Suite 300, Anchorage, Alaska 

99501–3469. 

• The Honorable Irma Muse Dixon, 

Commissioner, Louisiana Public Service 

Commission, Office of the 

Commissioner, District 3—New Orleans, 

1600 Canal Street, Suite 1400, New 

Orleans, Louisiana 70112. 

• The Honorable Jo Anne Sanford, 

Chair, North Carolina Utilities 

Commission, 430 North Salisbury 

Street, Dobbs Building, Raleigh, NC 

27603–5918. 

• The Honorable Bob Rowe, 

Chairman, Montana Public Service 

Commission, 1701 Prospect Avenue, PO 

Box 20261, Helena, MT 59620–2601. 

• The Honorable Susan P. Kennedy, 

Commissioner, California Public 

Utilities Commission, 505 Van Ness 

Ave., San Francisco, CA 94102. 

• The Honorable Thomas L. Welch, 

Chairman, Maine Public Utilities 

Commission, 242 State Street, 18 State 

House Station, Augusta, ME 04333–

0018. 

• The Honorable Deborah T. Tate, 

Chairman, Tennessee Regulatory 

Authority, 460 James Robertson 

Parkway, Nashville, Tennessee 37243. 

Ordering Clauses 

Pursuant to section 410(b) of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, 47 U.S.C. 410(b), the 

Honorable Susan P. Kennedy, 

Commissioner of the California Public 

Utilities Commission, the Honorable 

Thomas L. Welch, Chairman of the 

Maine Public Utilities Commission, and 

Deborah Tate, Chairman of the 

Tennessee Regulatory Authority, are 

appointed to the Federal-State Joint 

Conference on Advanced 

Telecommunications Services. 

Pursuant to section 410(b) of the 

Communications Act of 1934, as 

amended, 47 U.S.C. 410(b), the 

Honorable Bob Rowe, Chairman of the 

Montana Public Service Commission, 

formerly a non-voting member, is 

appointed as a full member to the 

Federal-State Joint Conference on 

Advanced Telecommunications 

Services.

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 04–2831 Filed 2–9–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and 

Mergers of Bank Holding Companies

The companies listed in this notice 

have applied to the Board for approval, 

pursuant to the Bank Holding Company 

Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.) 

(BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part 

225), and all other applicable statutes 

and regulations to become a bank 

holding company and/or to acquire the 

assets or the ownership of, control of, or 

the power to vote shares of a bank or 

bank holding company and all of the 

banks and nonbanking companies 

owned by the bank holding company, 

including the companies listed below.

The applications listed below, as well 

as other related filings required by the 

Board, are available for immediate 

inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank 

indicated. The application also will be 

available for inspection at the offices of 

the Board of Governors. Interested 

persons may express their views in 

writing on the standards enumerated in 

the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the 

proposal also involves the acquisition of 

a nonbanking company, the review also 

includes whether the acquisition of the 

nonbanking company complies with the 

standards in section 4 of the BHC Act 

(12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise 

noted, nonbanking activities will be 

conducted throughout the United States. 

Additional information on all bank 

holding companies may be obtained 

from the National Information Center 

website at www.ffiec.gov/nic/.

Unless otherwise noted, comments 

regarding each of these applications 

must be received at the Reserve Bank