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automatically from the requirement to

‘‘call your local solid waste agency’’? If

so, what types of products should be

excluded?

5. Rinsing and recycling of containers.

(a) Many ready-to-use products are in

containers that can’t be opened, so

rinsing the container or removing the

sprayer head is not feasible.

Furthermore, recycling of pesticide

containers, where it occurs, is very

much a market-driven activity. For these

reasons, should the Agency simply

direct consumers to call their local

authorities for recycling instructions?

(b) Is the phrase ‘‘Do not rinse, unless

required for recycling’’ useful?

C. Why is a PR Notice Guidance and Not

a Rule?

The draft PR Notice discussed in this

notice is intended to provide guidance

to EPA personnel and decision-makers,

and to the public. As a guidance

document and not a rule, this policy is

not binding on either EPA or any

outside parties. Although the guidance

document provides a starting point for

EPA decisions, EPA will depart from

this policy where the facts or

circumstances warrant. In such cases,

EPA will explain why a different course

was taken. Similarly, outside parties

remain free to assert that this policy is

not appropriate for a specific pesticide

or that the specific circumstances

demonstrate that this policy should be

modified.

EPA has stated in this notice that it

will make available revised guidance

after consideration of public comment.

Public comment is not being solicited

for the purpose of converting this

guidance document into a binding rule.

EPA will not be codifying this policy in

the Code of Federal Regulations. EPA is

soliciting public comment so that it can

make fully informed decisions regarding

the content of this guidance.

The ‘‘revised’’ guidance will not be an

unalterable document. Once a ‘‘revised’’

guidance document is issued, EPA will

continue to treat it as guidance, not a

rule. Accordingly, on a case-by-case

basis EPA will decide whether it is

appropriate to depart from the guidance

or to modify the overall approach in the

guidance. In the course of commenting

on this guidance document, EPA would

welcome comments that specifically

address how the guidance document

can be structured so that it provides

meaningful guidance without imposing

binding requirements.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection,

Administrative practice and procedure,

Pesticides and pest.

Dated: June 2, 2000.

Marcia E. Mulkey,

Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6716–1]

New York State Prohibition on Marine

Discharges of Vessel Sewage; Notice

of Final Affirmative Determination

Notice is hereby given that a final

affirmative determination has been

made by the Regional Administrator,

Environmental Protection Agency

(EPA), pursuant to Section 312(f) of

Public Law 92–500, as amended by

Public Law 95–217 and Public Law

100–4 (the Clean Water Act), that

adequate facilities for the safe and

sanitary removal and treatment of

sewage from all vessels are reasonably

available for the waters of the Greater

Huntington-Northport Bay Complex,

County of Suffolk, State of New York.

The waterbodies included in this

determination are Lower Huntington

Bay, Northport Bay, Centerport Harbor,

Northport Harbor, Duck Island Harbor

and Price Bend. A Notice of Receipt of

Petition and Tentative Determination

was published in the Federal Register

on April 3, 2000 and public comments

regarding the tentative determination

were accepted through May 3, 2000. No

comments were received by EPA as of

May 15, 2000.

This petition was made by the New

York State Department of

Environmental Conservation (NYSDEC)

in cooperation with the Town of

Huntington. Upon receipt of this

affirmative determination, NYSDEC will

completely prohibit the discharge of

sewage, whether treated or not, from

any vessel in Greater HuntingtonNorthport Bay Complex in accordance

with Section 312(f)(3) of the Clean

Water Act and 40 CFR 140.4(a).

The Greater Huntington-Northport

Bay Complex is located on the north

shore of Long Island with approximately

64 miles of tidal shoreline contiguous to

Long Island Sound. Huntington’s

marine waters are comprised of

approximately 8,000 acres of harbors,

bays and tidal wetlands that support

some of the most productive shellfish

growing lands in New York State.

Adjacent shores also serve as private

and public bathing beaches. The

northern boundary line for the No

Discharge Area (NDA) shall extend from

the southernmost point at East Beach

(Lloyd Harbor) easterly to the

southernmost point at West Beach or

‘‘Sand City Beach’’.

Information submitted by the State of

New York and the Town of Huntington

indicate that there are ten existing

pumpout facilities and two pumpout

boats available to service vessels which

use the Greater Huntington-Northport

Bay Complex. Mill Dam Marina

(Huntington Harbor), located on Mill

Dam Road, Huntington, operates a

pumpout. The pumpout is available 24

hours a day beginning May 1 through

October 31 and is self-service. No fee is

charged for the use of the pumpout.

Halesite Marina (Huntington Harbor),

located on Route 110, Halesite, operates

a pumpout. The pumpout is available 24

hours a day and twelve months a year

and is self-service. No fee is charged for

the use of the pumpout. South Town

Dock (Huntington Harbor), located on

Route 110, Halesite, operates a

pumpout. The pumpout is available

from 8:00 a.m. to 8:00 p.m. beginning

May 1 through October 31 and is selfservice. No fee is charged for the use of

the pumpout. Gold Star Mooring and

Launch Service (Huntington Harbor),

located at West Shore Road and Browns

Road, Huntington, operates a pumpout.

The pumpout is available from 8:00 a.m.

to 8:00 p.m. beginning April 1 through

November 15 and is self-service. No fee

is charged for the use of the pumpout.

West Shore Marina (Huntington

Harbor), located at 100 West Shore

Road, Huntington, operates a pumpout.

The pumpout is available by

appointment only from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

year round. A $10.00 fee is charged for

the use of the pumpout. Huntington

Yacht Club (Huntington Harbor), located

at 95 East Shore Road, Huntington Bay,

operates a pumpout. The pumpout is

available from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

beginning March 1 through November.

A fee of $5.00 is charged for the use of

the pumpout. Knutson’s West Marine

(Huntington Harbor), located at 41 East

Shore Road, Halesite, operates a

pumpout. The pumpout is available

from 8:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. beginning

May 30 through October 31. A fee of

$10.00 is charged for the use of the

pumpout. The Town of Huntington

operates a mobile pumpout vessel

which serves the Greater Bay Complex

from May 15 through October 12. No fee

is charged for the service. The Town of

Huntington is in the process of

procuring an additional mobile

pumpout vessel. Woodbine Marina

(Northport Harbor), located at Woodbine

Avenue, Northport, operates a pumpout.

The pumpout is available 24 hours a

day beginning May 1 through October

31 and is self-service. No fee is charged

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for the use of the pumpout. Seymour’s

Boat Yard (Northport Harbor), located

on Bayview Avenue, Northport,

operates a pumpout. The pumpout is

available from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. by

appointment beginning May 1 through

October 31. A fee of $25.00 is charged

for the use of the pumpout. Brittania

Yacht and Racquet Club (Northport

Harbor), located at 81C Fort Salonga

Road, Northport, operates a pumpout.

The pumpout is available from 8:00 a.m.

to 4:30 p.m. beginning April 15 through

October 31. A fee of $20.00 is charged

for the use of the pumpout. The Village

of Northport operates a mobile pumpout

vessel which serves Northport Harbor,

Northport Bay and Duck Island Harbor

beginning May 23 through October 12.

No fee is charged for the service. Powles

Marine Agency (Cold Spring Harbor),

located at 74 Harbor Road, Cold Spring

Harbor, operates a pumpout. The

pumpout is available 24 hours a day

beginning May 1 through October 31

and is self-service. No fee is charged for

the use of the pumpout. This facility is

located outside of the proposed NDA

and is not included as one of the ten

landside facility. The facility has been

included in the application for

information purposes.

Vessel waste generated from the

pumpout facilities located at West Shore

Marina, Knutson’s West Marina,

Huntington Yacht Club, Brittania Yacht

and Seymour’s are hauled by privately

operated waste haulers. The Town of

Huntington provides waste hauling

service to the municipally owned

pumpout facilities located at Cold

Spring Harbor, Halesite Marina, Mill

Dam Marina, Woodbine Marina, and

Gold Star Mooring and Launch Service.

All hauled waste from the pumpout

facilities is discharged into and treated

at the Town of Huntington sewage

treatment plant (SPDES Permit No.

NY0021342) located on Creek Road in

Halesite.

According to the State’s petition, the

maximum daily vessel population for

the waters of Greater HuntingtonNorthport Bay Complex is

approximately 3200 vessels which are

docked or moored with an additional

700 vessels accessing the greater harbor

from boat ramps. An inventory was

developed including the number of

recreational, commercial and estimated

transient vessels that occupy or traverse

the Greater Bay complex. This estimate

is based on (1) vessels (approximately

1600 vessels) docked or moored

(including transients) in the proposed

NDA, (2) vessels (approximately 1600

vessels) docked or moored (including

transients) in the existing Huntington/

Lloyd Harbor NDA and (3) vessels

(approximately 700 vessels) which use

the boat ramps in the Greater Bay

Complex. While approximately onethird to one-half of the vessels operating

in the Greater Bay Complex are not

equipped with a marine sanitation

device, the ratio of boats to pumpout

facilities has been based on the total

number of vessels which could be

expected. With ten shore-side pumpout

facilities and two pumpout facilities

available to boaters, the ratio of docked

or moored boats (including transients) is

approximately 267 vessels per pumpout.

If we include the vessels (approximately

700) using the available boat ramps, the

ratio increase to 325 vessels per

pumpout. Standard guidelines refer to

acceptable ratios failing in the range of

300 to 600 vessels per pumpout.

A previous application which was

approved by the Regional Administrator

on April 21, 1994 designated

Huntington Harbor and Lloyd Harbor as

a NDA. Responses to comments were

prepared and mailed to interested

parties on April 21, 1994, along with a

copy of the final determination. These

two final determinations designate the

entire Greater Huntington-Northport

Harbor Complex as a NDA. The

northern boundary line for the NDA

extends from the southernmost point at

East Branch (Lloyd Harbor) easterly to

the southernmost point at West Beach or

‘‘Sand City Beach’’.

The EPA hereby makes a final

affirmative determination that adequate

facilities for the safe and sanitary

removal and treatment of sewage from

all vessels are reasonably available for

the Greater Huntington-Northport Bay

Complex in the county of Suffolk, New

York. This final determination on this

matter will result in a New York State

prohibition of any sewage discharges

from vessels in Greater HuntingtonNorthport Bay Complex.

Dated: May 31, 2000.

William J. Muszynski,

Acting Regional Administrator, Region II.

[FR Doc. 00–15028 Filed 6–13–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–U

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

Public Information Collections

Approved by Office of Management

and Budget

June 7, 2000.

The Federal Communications

Commission (FCC) has received Office

of Management and Budget (OMB)

approval for the following public

information collections pursuant to the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13. 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 control number. For

further information contact Shoko B.

Hair, Federal Communications

Commission, (202) 418–1379.

Federal Communications Commission

OMB Control No.: 3060–0942.

Expiration Date: 12/31/2000.

Title: In the Matter of Access Charge

Reform, Price Cap Performance Review

for Local Exchange Carriers, LowVolume Long Distance Users, FederalState Joint Board on Universal Service.

Form No.: N/A.

Respondents: Business or other for

profit.

Estimated Annual Burden: 27

respondents; 472.5 hours per response

(avg). 12,758 total annual burden hours.

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.

Frequency of Response: On occasion;

Quarterly; Annually; Recordkeeping;

Third Party Disclosure.

Description: By adopting the Sixth

Report and Order in CC Docket No. 96–

262 (released May 31, 2000), the

Commission took action to further

accelerate the development of

competition in the local and longdistance telecommunications markets,

and to further establish explicit

universal service support that will be

sustainable in an increasingly

competitive marketplace, pursuant to

the mandate of the 1996 Act. The

Commission requires the following

information to be reported to the

following entities under the CALLS

Proposal: a. Tariff Filing: The Report

and Order requires price cap LECs to

modify their annual access tariff filings

in the following ways: (1) Subtracting

from their next tariff filings the

estimated universal service support that

they will receive from USAC over the

next year; (2) consolidating the access

revenues that they examine to

determine whether to charge the new

SLC cap or the actual cost of their access

lines; (3) if they choose to deaverage

their SLCs, adding up the components

of their averaged traffic sensitive

charges to test whether the charges have

reached the target rate; (4) calculating

their SLC rates by Unbundled Network

Element Zone. (No. of respondents: 18;

hours per response: 2 hours; total

annual burden 36 hours). b. Quarterly

and Annual Data Filings: The Report

and Order requires each price cap or

competitive LEC that wishes to receive

support from the interstate access

universal service support mechanism to