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recycling program. In a similar vein, the

3-day satellite accumulation

requirements under hazardous waste

management regulations force

university environmental managers to

pick up and transport wastes on a

frequent but unpredictable basis. The

XL project gives participating

universities the latitude to explore how

to replace the broad-brush hazardous

waste regulations that cause these

inefficiencies with a more targeted,

effective environmental management

system.

It is this type of tradeoff between

regulatory relief and improved

environmental performance that the

Agency hopes to capture in the Labs21

program, and EPA’s expectation is that

the experience the XL program has

gained through running the NE Labs XL

project and other similar projects can

assist EPA in structuring a flexibility

component for Labs21.

III. Definition of ‘‘Laboratory’’

For purposes of this Federal Register

notice, the term ‘‘laboratory’’ includes

research, academic or industrial

laboratories. This definition extends to

facilities that generate product in

commercial quantities in addition to

facilities whose principal output is

research, analysis, or products

manufactured for R&D or other

investigatory purposes.

IV. Information Sought By EPA

A. Types of Flexibility Needed By

Laboratories

In today’s notice, EPA is asking

laboratories to identify specific

examples of environmental regulations

or policies under which the benefit to

the environment appears to be small

compared to the implementation burden

faced by the affected lab. The previous

section describes a case where

university laboratories felt they could

obtain superior environmental

performance by implementing their own

environmental control plan instead of

continuing compliance with existing

hazardous waste regulations. Other

examples may exist, for instance, there

may be air emission or water treatment

standards that, for whatever reason, fail

to achieve their environmental

objectives when applied to laboratory

settings. The Agency will use feedback

received through this Notice to guide its

assessment of whether to offer a

flexibility component in the new Labs21

program.

In addition, the Agency today is

asking laboratories to identify any

regulations or policies issued by other

federal agencies where the benefit to the

environment appears to be small

compared to the implementation burden

faced by the affected lab. Examples of

federal agencies with jurisdiction over

laboratories’ environmental

performance include the Food and Drug

Administration or the Department of

Transportation. The feedback EPA

receives will help the Agency assess the

need to coordinate with other federal

agencies regarding flexibility for

laboratories.

B. Laboratories Interested in

Participating in a Pilot Project

Through today’s notice, EPA requests

contact with laboratories that want to

participate in an XL project to grant

flexibility as part of the Labs21 program.

These candidates, referred to as

‘‘sponsors’’ under XL, should be

interested in obtaining regulatory or

programmatic flexibility for their lab,

should have some specific ideas

concerning requirements that EPA

should consider waiving, or should

have broad knowledge of the regulatory

obstacles to environmental performance

that laboratories face.

Through participating, sponsors will

not only have a chance to secure

regulatory or programmatic relief for

their facilities, but will also have an

opportunity to shape the dialogue

between laboratories and EPA on how to

maximize environmental performance at

labs.

Dated: May 22, 2000.

Jay Benforado,

Acting Associate Administrator, Office of

Policy and Reinvention.

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AGENCY: Equal Employment

Opportunity Commission.

ACTION: Final notice of submission for

OMB review.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the

Equal Employment Opportunity

Commission (EEOC) hereby gives notice

that it has submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) a

request for an extension of the existing

collection requirements under 29 CFR

1625.22, Waivers of rights and claims

under the ADEA. The Commission has

requested an extension of an existing

collection as listed below.

DATES: Written comments on this notice

must be submitted on or before July 6,

2000.

ADDRESSES: The Request for Clearance

(SF 83–I), supporting statement, and

other documents submitted to OMB for

review may be obtained from: Sherman

McDaniel, Jr., EEOC Clearance Officer,

1801 L St., NW., Washington, DC 20507.

Send comments regarding any aspect of

the information collection to Frances M.

Hart, Executive Officer, Executive

Secretariat, Equal Employment

Opportunity Commission, 10th Floor,

1801 L Street, NW., Washington, DC

20507, and to the Office of Information

and Regulatory Affairs, Attention:

Danny Werfel, Desk Officer for the U.S.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Commission, Office of Management and

Budget, 725 17th Street, NW., Room

10235, New Executive Office Building,

Washington, DC 20503. Comments may

be electronically mailed to

DWERFEL@OMB.EOP.GOV.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Joseph N. Cleary, Assistant Legal

Counsel, Office of Legal Counsel, at

(202) 663–4647 or TTY (202) 663–7026.

This notice is also available in the

following formats: large print, braille,

audio tape and electronic file on

computer disk. Requests for this notice

in an alternative format should be made

to the Publications Center at 1–800–

669–3362.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Equal

Employment Opportunity Commission

(EEOC) enforces the ADEA of 1967, as

amended, 29 U.S.C. 621 et seq., which

prohibits discrimination against

employees and applicants for

employment who are age 40 or older.

Congress amended the ADEA by

enacting the Older Workers Benefit

Protection Act of 1990 (OWBPA), Public

Law 101–433, 104 Stat. 983 (1990), to

clarify the prohibitions against

discrimination on the basis of age. In

Title II of OWBPA, Congress addressed

waivers of rights and claims under the

ADEA, amending section 7 of the ADEA

by adding a new subsection (f), 29

U.S.C. 626(f). The provisions of Title II

of OWBPA do require employers to

provide certain information to

employees (but not to EEOC) in writing.

The regulation at 29 CFR 1625.22

reiterates those requirements.

The EEOC seeks extension without

change of the information collection

requirements contained in this

recordkeeping regulation. On March 24,

2000, the Commission published a 60–

Day Notice informing the public of its

intent to request an extension of the

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informational requirements from the

Office of Management and Budget. 65

FR 15907. No comments were received.

Collection Title: Informational

requirements under Title II of the Older

Workers Benefit Protection Act of 1990

(OWBPA), 29 CFR Part 1625.

Form Number: None.

Frequency of Report: None required.

OMB Control No.: 3046–0042.

Type of Respondent: Business, state or

local governments, not for profit

institutions.

Description of the Affected Public:

Any employer with 20 or more

employees that seeks waiver agreements

in connection with exit incentive or

other employment termination

programs.

Responses: 13,713.

Reporting Hours: 41,139.

Number of Forms: None.

Abstract: This requirement does not

involve record keeping. It consists of

providing adequate information in

waiver agreements offered to a group or

class of persons in connection with a

Program, to satisfy the requirements of

the OWBPA.

Burden Statement: There is no

reporting requirement nor additional

record keeping associated with this rule.

The only paperwork burden involved is

the inclusion of the relevant data in

waiver agreements. The rule applies

only to those employers who have 20 or

more employees and who offer waivers

to a group or class of employees in

connection with a Program.

Dated: May 31, 2000.

For the Commission.

Ida L. Castro,

Chairwoman.

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AGENCY: Equal Employment

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ACTION: Final notice of submission for

OMB review.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, the

Equal Employment Opportunity

Commission (EEOC) hereby gives notice

that it has submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) a

request for an extension of the existing

collection requirements under 29 CFR

1602, Recordkeeping and Reporting

Requirements under Title VII and the

ADA. The Commission has requested an

extension of an existing collection as

listed below.

DATES: Written comments on this final

notice must be submitted on or before

July 6, 2000.

ADDRESSES: The Request for Clearance

(SF 83–I), supporting statement, and

other documents submitted to OMB for

review may be obtained from: Sherman

McDaniel, Jr., EEOC Clearance Officer,

1801 L Street, NW, Washington, DC

20507. Send comments regarding any

aspect of the information collection to

Frances M. Hart, Executive Officer,

Executive Secretariat, Equal

Employment Opportunity Commission,

10th Floor, 1801 L Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20507 and to the Office

of Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Attention: Danny Werfel, Desk Officer

for the U.S. Equal Employment

Opportunity Commission, Office of

Management and Budget, 725 17th

Street, NW, Room 10235, New

Executive Office Building, Washington,

DC 20503 or electronically mailed to

DWERFEL@OMB.EOP.GOV.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nicholas M. Inzeo, Deputy Legal

Counsel, Thomas J. Schlageter, Assistant

Legal Counsel, or Stephanie D. Garner,

Senior Attorney, at (202) 663–4670 or

TDD (202) 663–7026. This notice is also

available in the following formats: large

print, braille, audio tape and electronic

file on computer disk. Requests for this

notice in an alternative format should be

made to the Publications Center at 1–

800–669–3362.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A notice

that EEOC would be submitting this

request was published in the Federal

Register on March 21, 2000, allowing

for a 60-day public comment period. No

commentators responded.

Type of Review: Extension—No

change.

Collection Title: Recordkeeping and

Reporting under Title VII and the ADA.

Form No.: None.

Frequency of Report: Other.

Type of Respondent: Employers with

15 or more employees.

Description of Affected Public:

Employers with 15 or more employees

are subject to Title VII and the ADA.

Responses: 627,000.

Reporting Hours: None.

Federal Cost: None.

Number of Forms: None.

Abstract: Section 709 of Title VII, 42

U.S.C. 2000e and section 107(a) of the

ADA, 42 U.S.C. 12117 require the

Commission to establish regulations

pursuant to which employers subject to

those Acts shall make and preserve

certain records to assist the EEOC in

assuring compliance with the Acts’

nondiscrimination requirements in

employment.

This is a recordkeeping requirement.

Any of the records maintained which

are subsequently disclosed to the EEOC

during an investigation are protected

from public disclosure by the

confidentiality provisions of section

706(b) and 709(e) of Title VII, by

incorporation, section 107(a) of the

ADA.

Burden Statement: The EEOC

estimates that there will be no increased

burden on employers. All employers

subject to Title VII are also subject to the

ADA, and the same EEOC records

retention requirements are applicable to

both. As all employers with 15 or more

employees are already required by the

EEOC’s Title VII regulations on

recordkeeping to maintain the same

records, and the extension does not

require reports or the creation or

maintenance of new documents, there is

no increased burden.

Dated: May 1, 2000.

For the Commission.

Ida L. Castro,

Chairwoman.

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Next Meeting of the North American

Numbering Council

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: On June 2, 2000, the

Commission released a public notice

announcing the June 20 and 21, 2000,

meeting and agenda of the North

American Numbering Council (NANC).

The intended effect of this action is to

make the public aware of the NANC’s

next meeting and its agenda.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jeannie Grimes at (202) 418–2320 or

jgrimes@fcc.gov. The address is:

Network Services Division, Common

Carrier Bureau, Federal

Communications Commission, The

Portals, 445 12th Street, SW, Suite

6A320, Washington, DC 20554. The fax

number is: (202) 418–2345. The TTY

number is: (202) 418–0484.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Released:

June 2, 2000.