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the comment that does not contain the

information claimed as CBI must be

submitted for inclusion in the public

version of the official record.

Information not marked confidential

will be included in the public version

of the official record without prior

notice. If you have any questions about

CBI or the procedures for claiming CBI,

please consult the 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 proposed rule 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 control

number assigned to this action in the

subject line on the first page of your

response. You may also provide the

name, date, and Federal Register

citation.

II. What Action is the Agency Taking?

Under section 18 of the Federal

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide

Act (FIFRA) (7 U.S.C. 136p), at the

discretion of the Administrator, a

Federal or State agency may be

exempted from any provision of FIFRA

if the Administrator determines that

emergency conditions exist which

require the exemption. The Mississippi

Department of Agriculture and

Commerce has requested the

Administrator to issue a specific

exemption for the use of thiamethoxam

on cotton to control cotton aphids.

Information in accordance with 40 CFR

part 166 was submitted as part of this

request.

As part of this request, the Applicant

asserts that cotton aphid has developed

resistance to most currently labeled and

recommended insecticides in

Mississippi. It is claimed that laboratory

assays, field experiments, and field

experience indicate that insecticides

currently recommended for cotton

aphid control are variable in

effectiveness to the extent that

agricultural consultants and cotton

producers consider them to be

unreliable. Studies suggest aphids may

be initially controlled with registered

alternatives such as dicrotophos,

endosulfan, methomyl and

imidacloprid, but that populations

resurge rapidly following application.

Aphids are naturally controlled by the

fungal disease Neozygites fresenii once

aphid populations have reached high

infestation levels, but it is often difficult

to predict when disease epizootics will

occur. Recently, participation in the

Boll Weevil Eradication Program has

resulted in greater risk of yield

threatening outbreaks of cotton aphids.

Because of the intensive use of

malathion for eradication of the boll

weevil, the early years of eradication

effort are considered to be years of

increased risk of secondary pest

outbreak; survey data collected in

Mississippi in 1998 support this claim.

The Applicant estimates that in the

event of a severe aphid outbreak yield

losses as high as 50 lbs per acre could

be sustained using currently available

products. It is claimed that yield losses

using thiamethoxam under similar

conditions would be around 10 lbs. per

acre. These yield losses would result in

a projected difference in net returns to

the producer of $25 per acre, in the

event of heavy, sustained aphid

infestations.

The Applicant proposes to make no

more than two applications of the

product Centric, containing 25% of the

active ingredient thiamethoxam, to a

maximum of 1,000,000 acres of cotton

in Mississippi, between June 15 and

September 15, 2000; a maximum of

94,000 lbs. a.i. (375,000 lbs. of product)

would be used under this exemption.

This notice does not constitute a

decision by EPA on the application

itself. The regulations governing section

18 of FIFRA require publication of a

notice of receipt of an application for a

specific exemption proposing ‘‘use of a

new chemical (i.e., an active ingredient)

which has not been registered by the

EPA’’, and also ‘‘ a first food use of a

chemical.’’ The notice provides an

opportunity for public comment on the

application.

The Agency, will review and consider

all comments received during the

comment period in determining

whether to issue the emergency

exemption requested by the Mississippi

Department of Agriculture and

Commerce.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection, Pesticides

and pests.

Dated: May 10, 2000.

James Jones,

Director, Registration Division, Office of

Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 00–12650 Filed 5–18–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6702–8]

South Bay Asbestos Superfund Site;

Proposed Notice of Administrative

Settlement

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; request for public

comment.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation and Liability

Act of 1980, as amended by the

Superfund Amendments and

Reauthorization Act of 1986

(‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C. 9600 et seq.,

notice is hereby given that a proposed

prospective purchaser agreement

associated with the South Bay Asbestos

Superfund Site was executed by the

United States Environmental Protection

Agency (’’EPA)’’) on May 5, 2000. The

proposed prospective purchaser

agreement would resolve certain

potential claims of the United States

under sections 106 and 107 of CERCLA,

42 U.S.C. 9606 and 9607, and section

7003 of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as

amended, 42 U.S.C. 6973, against WCSJ

LLC (the ‘‘Purchaser’’). The subject

property is the Highway 237 Disposal

Site (formerly known as the Marshland

Landfill). The purchaser intends to

develop 45 acres for commercial use, to

be known as the Legacy Terrace

Development, and 23 acres will be

preserved and maintained as open

space. The proposed settlement would

require the purchaser to pay EPA a onetime payment of $250,000.

For thirty (30) calendar days

following the date of publication of this

notice, EPA will receive written

comments relating to the proposed

settlement. If requested prior to the

expiration of this public comment

period, EPA will provide an opportunity

for a public meeting in the effected area.

EPA’s response to any comments

received will be available for public

inspection at the U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, 75 Hawthorne

Street, San Francisco, CA 94105.

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DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before June 19, 2000.

Availability: The proposed

prospective purchaser agreement and

additional background documentation

relating to the settlement are available

for public inspection at the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, 75

Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA

94105. A copy of the proposed

settlement may be obtained from Kara

Christenson, Assistant Regional Counsel

(ORC–2), Office of Regional Counsel,

U.S. EPA Region IX, 75 Hawthorne

Street, San Francisco, CA 94105.

Comments should reference ‘‘WCSJ

LLC, South Bay Asbestos Area

Superfund Site,’’ and ‘‘Docket No.

2000–07’’ and should be addressed to

Kara Christenson at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Kara

Christenson, Assistant Regional Counsel

(ORC–2), Office of Regional Counsel,

U.S. EPA Region IX, 75 Hawthorne

Street, San Francisco, CA 94105; E-mail:

christenson.kara@epa. gov; phone: (415)

744–1330.

Keith Takata,

Director, Superfund Division, Region IX.

[FR Doc. 00–12645 Filed 5–18–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–M

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Board of Governors of the

Federal Reserve System.

Background

On June 15, 1984, the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB)

delegated to the Board of Governors of

the Federal Reserve System (Board) its

approval authority under the Paperwork

Reduction Act, as per 5 CFR 1320.16, to

approve of and assign OMB control

numbers to collection of information

requests and requirements conducted or

sponsored by the Board under

conditions set forth in 5 CFR 1320

Appendix A.1. Board-approved

collections of information are

incorporated into the official OMB

inventory of currently approved

collections of information. Copies of the

OMB 83—Is and supporting statements

and approved collection of information

instruments are placed into OMB’s

public docket files. The Federal Reserve

may not conduct or sponsor, and the

respondent is not required to respond

to, an information collection that has

been extended, revised, or implemented

on or after October 1, 1995, unless it

displays a currently valid OMB control

number.

Request for Comment on Information

Collection Proposals

The following information

collections, which are being handled

under this delegated authority, have

received initial Board approval and are

hereby published for comment. At the

end of the comment period, the

proposed information collections, along

with an analysis of comments and

recommendations received, will be

submitted to the Board for final

approval under OMB delegated

authority. Comments are invited on the

following:

a. Whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the Federal Reserve’s

functions; including whether the

information has practical utility;

b. The accuracy of the Federal

Reserve’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed information collection,

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used;

c. Ways to enhance the quality,

utility, and clarity of the information to

be collected; and

d. Ways to minimize the burden of

information collection on respondents,

including through the use of automated

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before July 18, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments, which should

refer to the OMB control number or

agency form number, should be

addressed to Jennifer J. Johnson,

Secretary, Board of Governors of the

Federal Reserve System, 20th and C

Streets, NW, Washington, DC 20551, or

mailed electronically to

regs.comments@federalreserve.gov.

Comments addressed to Ms. Johnson

also may be delivered to the Board’s

mail room between 8:45 a.m. and 5:15

p.m., and to the security control room

outside of those hours. Both the mail

room and the security control room are

accessible from the courtyard entrance

on 20th Street between Constitution

Avenue and C Street, NW. Comments

received may be inspected in room M–

P–500 between 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.,

except as provided in section 261.14 of

the Board’s Rules Regarding Availability

of Information, 12 CFR 261.14(a).

A copy of the comments may also be

submitted to the OMB desk officer for

the Board: Alexander T. Hunt, Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget, New

Executive Office Building, Room 3208,

Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A

copy of the proposed form and

instructions, the Paperwork Reduction

Act Submission (OMB 83–I), supporting

statement, and other documents that

will be placed into OMB’s public docket

files once approved may be requested

from the agency clearance officer, whose

name appears below. Mary M. West,

Chief, Financial Reports Section (202–

452–3829), Division of Research and

Statistics, Board of Governors of the

Federal Reserve System, Washington,

DC 20551. Telecommunications Device

for the Deaf (TDD) users may contact

Diane Jenkins, (202–452–3544), Board of

Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, Washington, DC 20551.

Proposal To Approve Under OMB

Delegated Authority the Extension for

Three Years, With Revision, of the

Following Reports

1. Report title: Monthly Survey of

Industrial Electricity Use.

Agency form number: FR 2009.

OMB control number: 7100–0057.

Frequency: Monthly.

Reporters: FR 2009a/c: Electric utility

companies; FR 2009b: Cogenerators.

Annual reporting hours: FR 2009a/c:

2,196 hours; FR 2009c: 1,188 hours.

Estimated average hours per response:

FR 2009a/c: 1 hour; FR 2009b: 30

minutes.

Number of respondents: FR 2009a/c:

183; FR 2009b: 198. Small businesses

are affected.

General description of report: This

information collection is voluntary (12

U.S.C. 225a, 263, 353 et seq., and 461)

and individual respondent data are

given confidential treatment (5 U.S.C.

552(b)(4)).

Abstract: The survey collects

information on the volume of electric

power delivered during the month to

classes of industrial customers.

Currently, there are two versions of the

survey: the FR 2009a, collects

information from electric utilities, the

FR 2009b collects information from

manufacturing and mining facilities that

generate electric power for their own

use.

Current Actions: During the next two

years the industrial output index will be

revised to reflect the new North

American Industry Classification

System (NAICS). The published series

will be categorized under the NAICS

codes instead of the current Standard

Industrial Classification (SIC) codes. To

facilitate this transition process, the

Federal Reserve will ask utilities to

reclassify their customers using the new

codes. The FR 2009c has been created

in the NAICS format for use by

respondents that have made the