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at the address below on or before the

expiration date of the public notice.

After the expiration date of the public

notice, the Director, Office of Water,

EPA Region 10, will make a final

determination with respect to

reissuance of the general permit. The

tentative requirements contained in the

draft general permit will become final

conditions if no substantive comments

are received during the public comment

period. The permit will become

effective on August 5, 2000.

Within 120 days following the service

of notice of EPA’s final permit decision

under 40 CFR 124.15, any person who

filed comments on the draft permit or

participated in the public hearing may

appeal the permit in the Federal Court

of Appeals in accordance with section

509(b)(1) of the CWA. Persons affected

by a general permit may not challenge

the conditions of the Permit as a right

of further EPA proceedings.

In addition to the tentative

requirements of the draft general permit,

the State of Alaska will issue a

Determination of Consistency with the

Alaska Coastal Management Program

and State Certification which may

contain specific requirements which

will be incorporated into the final

permit. Persons wishing to comment on

the State Certification should contact

Judy Kitagawa of the Alaska Department

of Conservation, Valdez, at (907) 835–

4698.

The following project is proposed in

coastal zone areas throughout Alaska

and also is being reviewed for

consistency with the Alaska Coastal

Management Program. Comments,

particularly on the proposed project’s

consistency with the affected local

coastal district management programs,

are requested. Persons wishing to

comment on the State Determination of

Consistency with the Alaska Coastal

Zone Management Plans should contact

Maureen McCrea at (907) 269–7473. To

be considered, written comments must

be submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget, Division of

Governmental Coordination, 550 West

Seventh, Anchorage, Alaska 99501, Fax:

907–269–3981, and must be received by

5:00 p.m. on May 31, 2000. Comments

regarding inconsistency with an affected

coastal district’s enforceable policy or a

state standard set out in 6 AAC 80.040–

6 AAC 80.150 must identify the

enforceable policy or standard and

explain how the project is inconsistent.

Public Hearing

A public hearing has tentatively been

scheduled for June 1, 2000, from 3 p.m.

to 5 p.m. to be held in Anchorage,

Alaska, room 135, Federal Building.

However, this public hearing will be

canceled if there is no written request

for a public hearing. A public workshop

is planned for June 1, 2000, for all

interested parties. Details of this public

workshop will be sent to all interested

parties.

Administrative Record

The complete administrative record

for the draft permit is available for

public review. Contact Florence Carroll

at the address below to view the

administrative record. Copies of the

draft general NPDES permit and fact

sheet are available upon request; call

Florence Carroll at 1–800–424–4EPA

(4372) (within Region 10 only) or (206)

553–1760 or email your request to ‘‘epaseattle@epa.gov’’. The draft permit, the

fact sheet, and the public notice will be

available April 28, 2000, on Region 10’s

website: ‘‘www.epa.gov/r10earth/

water.htm’’.

ADDRESSES: Public comments should be

sent to: Environmental Protection

Agency Region 10, NPDES Permit Unit

(OW–130), Attn: Burney Hill, 1200

Sixth Avenue, Seattle, Washington,

98101.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Florence Carroll, of EPA Region 10, at

the address listed above or telephone

(206) 553–1760 or e-mail

‘‘carroll.florence@epa.gov’’ or Burney

Hill, of EPA Region 10, at the address

listed above or telephone (206) 553–

1761 or e-mail ‘‘hill.burney@epa.gov’’.

Regulatory Flexibility Act

Under the Regulatory Flexibility Act

(RFA), 5 U.S.C. 601 et seq., a federal

agency must prepare an initial

regulatory flexibility analysis ‘‘for any

proposed rule’’ for which the agency ‘‘is

required by section 553 of [the

Administrative Procedure Act (APA)],

or any other law, to publish general

notice of proposed rulemaking.’’ The

RFA exempts from this requirement any

rule that the issuing agency certifies

‘‘will not, if promulgated, have a

significant economic impact on a

substantial number of small entities.’’

EPA has concluded that NPDES general

permits are permits under the APA and

thus not subject to APA rulemaking

requirements or the RFA.

Notwithstanding that general permits

are not subject to the RFA, EPA has

determined that this general permit, if

issued, will not have a significant

economic impact on a substantial

number of small entities.

Authority: Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251

et seq.

Dated: April 13, 2000.

Christine Psyk,

Acting Director, Office of Water.

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BILLING CODE 6213–01–P

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE

CORPORATION

Sunshine Act Meeting

Pursuant to the provisions of the

Government in the Sunshine Act (5

U.S.C. 552b), notice is hereby given that

at 10:02 a.m. on Tuesday, April 18,

2000, the Board of Directors of the

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

met in closed session to consider

matters relating to the Corporation’s

corporate, supervisory, and personnel

activities.

In calling the meeting, the Board

determined, on motion of Director Ellen

S. Seidman (Director, Office of Thrift

Supervision), seconded by Vice

Chairman Andrew C. Hove, Jr.,

concurred in by Director John D. Hawke,

Jr. (Comptroller of the Currency), and

Chairman Donna Tanoue, that

Corporation business required its

consideration of the matters on less than

seven days’ notice to the public; that no

notice earlier than April 14, 2000, of the

meeting was practicable; that the public

interest did not require consideration of

the matters in a meeting open to public

observation; and that the matters could

be considered in a closed meeting by

authority of subsections (c)(2), (c)(6),

(c)(8), (c)(9)(A)(ii), (c)(9)(B), and (c)(10),

of the Government in the Sunshine Act

(5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(2), (c)(6), (c)(8),

(c)(9)(A)(ii), (c)(9)(B), and (c)(10)).

The meeting was held in the Board

Room of the FDIC Building located at

550 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC.

Dated: April 18, 2000.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

Valerie J. Best,

Assistant Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–10077 Filed 4–19–00; 10:20 am]

BILLING CODE 6714–01–M

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Board of

Governors of the Federal Reserve

System

TIME AND DATE: 10:00 a.m., Wednesday,

April 26, 2000.

PLACE: Marriner S. Eccles Federal

Reserve Board Building, 20th and C

Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20551.

STATUS: Closed.