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send comments to the Dockets

Management Branch at the following email address: FDADockets@oc.fda.gov

or to the FDA website at http://

www.accessdata.fda.gov/scripts/oc/

dockets/comments/commentdocket.cfm.

Please address your comments to the

docket number given at the beginning of

this notice. You must submit two copies

of comments, identified with the docket

number found in brackets in the

heading of this document, except that

you may submit one copy if you are an

individual. You may review received

comments in the Dockets Management

Branch between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.

Monday through Friday.

IV. Transcripts

You may request a transcript of the

meeting from the Freedom of

Information Office (HFI–35), Food and

Drug Administration, rm. 12A–16, 5600

Fishers Lane, Rockville, MD 20857,

approximately 15 working days after the

meeting, at a cost of 10 cents per page.

You may also examine the transcript of

the meeting after August 11, 2000, at the

Dockets Management Branch between 9

a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through

Friday, as well as on the FDA website

at http://www.fda.gov.

V. Reference

We have placed the following

reference on display in the Dockets

Management Branch. You may see it at

that office between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m.,

Monday through Friday.

1. Institute of Food Technologists,

‘‘Kinetics of Microbial Inactivation for

Alternative Food Processing Technologies,’’

A report of the Institute of Food

Technologists for the Food and Drug

Administration of the United States

Department of Health and Human Services,

June 2, 2000.

REGISTRATION FORM

Public Meeting on Use of the Term ‘‘Fresh’’ on Foods

Processed with Alternative Nonthermal Technologies

Instructions: To register, complete this form and mail it to the

address of the contact person(s) for registration or fax it to

312–886–3280 by July 14, 2000.

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following:

1. A brief statement of the general

nature of the views you wish to present,

2. The names and addresses of all

persons who will participate in the

presentation, and depending on the

number of people who register to make

presentations, we will limit the time

allotted for each presentation.

Dated: June 27, 2000.

Margaret M. Dotzel,

Associate Commissioner for Policy.

[FR Doc. 00–16716 Filed 6–28–00; 1:38 pm]

BILLING CODE 4160–01–F

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Parts 141 and 142

[FRL–6728–2]

Announcement of Stakeholders

Meeting on Arsenic in Drinking Water

Proposed Rule

AGENCY: . Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of stakeholders meeting.

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) will be holding a one-day

Stakeholders meeting on August 9, 2000

in Reno, Nevada. The purpose of this

meeting is to present information and to

answer questions on the proposed rule.

EPA is encouraging people to attend

from State and Tribal drinking water

programs, the regulated community

(water systems), public health

organizations, academia, environmental

and public interest groups, engineering

firms, and other interested stakeholders.

DATES: The stakeholder meeting on

arsenic in drinking water will be held

on Wednesday, August 9, 2000 from 8

a.m. to 12 pm and 1 p.m. to 5 p.m. PDT.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Reno Hilton [(800) 648–5080],

which is located at 2500 E. Second

Street, Reno, NV 89595.

To register for the meeting, please

contact the Safe Drinking Water Hotline

at 1–800–426–4791 between 9 am and

5:30 p.m. EST. Those registered for the

meeting by Friday, July 28, 2000 will

receive an agenda, logistics sheet, and a

copy of the Federal Register notice prior

to the meeting. There will be a limited

number of conference lines available.

These lines will be allocated on a firstreserved, first served basis. Members of

the public who cannot attend the

meeting in person should register with

the Safe Drinking Water Hotline by July

28 to receive copies of the overheads in

advance. Please provide your name,

organization, title, mailing address,

telephone number, facsimile number, email address and telephone number for

EPA to connect the caller via conference

call [if applicable] for the ‘‘Arsenic

Meeting.’’

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

general information on meeting

logistics, please contact the Safe

Drinking Water Hotline at 1–800–426–

4791. For information on the activities

related to the proposed arsenic rule,

contact the Safe Drinking Water Hotline

at 1–800–426–4791, or visit the EPA

Office of Ground Water and Drinking

Water arsenic webpage at http://

www.epa.gov/OGWDW/ars/

arsenic.html, which contains electronic

copies of two fact sheets, the proposed

rule, and the discussion papers and

executive meeting summaries from

previous stakeholders meetings.

Registrants must make their own room

reservations for the Reno Hilton by July

7, 2000 by calling (800) 648–5080 and

mention ‘‘EPA Arsenic in Drinking

Water Meeting’’ to guarantee the room

rate of $55 plus tax.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Background

Arsenic (As) is a naturally occurring

element found in the human body and

is present in food, water, and air.

Arsenic in drinking water occurs in

ground water and surface water and is

associated with certain natural geologic

conditions, as well as with

contamination from human activities.

Arsenic ingestion is linked to skin

cancer and arsenic inhalation to lung

cancer. In addition, arsenic ingestion

seems to be associated with vascular

effects, gastrointestinal irritation, and

cancers of the kidney, bladder, liver,

lung, and other organs. Water primarily

contains inorganic arsenic species

(AsV+ and AsIII+).

On August 6, 1996, Congress

amended the SDWA, adding section

1412(b)(12)(A) which requires, in part,

that EPA propose a NPDWR for arsenic

by January 1, 2000 and issue a final

regulation by January 1, 2001. The

current maximum contaminant level

(MCL) of 50 μg/L remains in effect until

the effective date of the revised rule.

The National Primary Drinking Water

regulation for arsenic proposes a

Maximum Contaminant Level Goal

(MCLG) of zero, an MCL of 5 μg/L, and

lists best available technologies and

small system compliance technologies.

In addition, the proposed rule,

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published June 22, 2000 (65 FR 38888)

requests comments on MCLs of 3 μg/L,

10 μg/L, and 20 μg/L. EPA is proposing

to withdraw two analytical methods,

keeping the rest of the approved test

methods for arsenic intact. The

regulation will be effective for

community water systems (CWSs)

serving over 10,000 people three years

after the final rule is issued, and

effective five years after promulgation

for CWSs serving under 10,000 people.

In addition, EPA is proposing that nontransient, non-community water

systems (NTNCWS) monitor and report

arsenic that exceeds the new MCL, but

not requiring compliance for NTNCWS

with the MCL.

Furthermore, the proposal clarifies

compliance for State-determined

monitoring after exceedances for

inorganic, volatile organic, and

synthetic organic contaminants. Finally,

EPA is proposing that States will specify

the time period and sampling frequency

for new public water systems and

systems using a new source of water to

demonstrate compliance for inorganic,

volatile organic, and synthetic organic

MCLs.

In conducting research and

developing the proposed rule for arsenic

in drinking water, EPA has consulted

with the National Academy of Sciences,

other Federal agencies, and other

interested public and private parties. The stakeholders meeting will cover a

broad range of issues including: (1)

Regulatory process, including risk

management decisions; (2) arsenic risk

assessment (exposure, health

assessment, national occurrence); (3)

key technical assessments (treatment

technologies, treatment residuals, cost,

analytical methods); (4) small system

concerns; and (5) future stakeholder

involvement.

EPA has announced this public

meeting to discuss the proposed rule

prior to the close of the public comment

period. The meeting is not the forum for

giving the Agency public comment on

the rule. The public comment period

ends on September 20, 2000, and you

may send written comments to the W–

99–16 Arsenic Comments Clerk, Water

Docket (MC–4101), U.S. EPA, 1200

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC

20460. Comments may be hand

delivered to the Water Docket, located at

U.S. EPA EB–57, 401 M St. SW,

Washington, DC between 9 am. and 3:30

pm., Monday through Friday.

Comments may be submitted

electronically to owdocket@epamail.epa.gov. Please submit

an original and three copies of your

comments and enclosures (including

references) to the Water Docket at the

address given above. For further

information about submitting

comments, please contact the Safe

Drinking Water Hotline at 1-800–426–

4791.

Dated: June 26, 2000.

Cynthia C. Dougherty,

Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking

Water, Environmental Protection Agency.

[FR Doc. 00–16754 Filed 6–30–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–U

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

47 CFR Parts 2 and 87

[WT Docket No. 00–77; RM Nos. 9376, 9462;

FCC 00–160]

Advanced Digital Communications in

the 117.975–137 MHz Band and

Implementation of Flight Information

Services in the 136–137 MHz Band

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: In this document the

Commission seeks comment on

proposals regarding the use of the 136–

137 MHz frequency band by the

Aviation Services and certain

modifications to parts 2 and 87 of the

Commission’s rules in response to two

Petitions for Rulemaking filed by the

Federal Aviation Administration and

the Small Aircraft Manufacturers

Association. In response to the Petitions

and comments received, the

Commission has released a Notice of

Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in which

the Commission proposes to: modify the

footnote allocation of the Commission’s

rules to permit the FAA to use twenty

channels in the 136–136.475 MHz band

on a shared basis with non-Federal

Government users for Air Traffic

Control purposes, including Flight

Information Services; revise certain

technical rules in part 87 for the

117.975–137 MHz band to accommodate

digital communications systems; and

modify those rules pertaining to special

purpose enroute services in the Gulf of

Mexico.

DATES: Comments are due August 2,

2000. Reply comments are due August

2, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Federal Communications

Commission, Office of the Secretary,

445 Twelfth Street, SW., TW–325,

Washington, DC 20554. A copy of each

filing should be sent to International

Transcription Services, Inc. (ITS), 1231

20th Street, NW., Washington, DC

20036, (202) 857–3800, and Roberto

Mussenden, Federal Communications

Commission, Wireless

Telecommunications Bureau, Public

Safety and Private Wireless Division,

Policy and Rules Branch, 445 Twelfth

Street, SW., Room 3–A424, Washington,

DC 20554.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Roberto Mussenden (rmussend@fcc.gov)

or Ghassan Khalek (gkhalek@fcc.gov) at

the Public Safety and Private Wireless

Division, Policy and Rules Branch, (202)

418–0680.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

summary of the Commission’s Notice of

Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) in WT

Docket No. 00–77, FCC No. 00–160,

released on May 15, 2000, as amended

by Errata released on June 5, 2000. The

full text of the NPRM is available for

inspection and copying during normal

business hours in the Public Safety and

Private Wireless Division of the

Wireless Telecommunications Bureau,

Federal Communications Commission,

445 Twelfth Street, SW., Room 4–C207,

Washington, DC 20554. The complete

text of this NPRM may also be

purchased from the Commission’s

duplicating contractor, International

Transcription Services, 1231 20th

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20036,

202–857–3800. Alternative formats

(computer diskette, large print,

audiocassette and Braille) are available

to persons with disabilities by

contacting Martha Contee at (202) 418–

0260, TTY (202) 418–2555, or at

mcontee@fcc.gov.

Currently, the 136–137 MHz band is

allocated to the non-Federal

Government aeronautical mobile (R)

service on a primary basis. This one

megahertz of spectrum is used by the

civil aviation community, in particular

ARINC, for AOC communications, and

pursuant to footnote US244, by the FAA

for general aviation ATC purposes.

SAMA, in its Petition, requests the FCC

to set aside four channels in the 136–

137 MHz band for FIS to support

general aviation. The FAA, in its

Revised Petition, supports this request

but also seeks a reallocation of

approximately half of the band (136–

136.475 MHz) to accommodate a new,

digital communications system. While

generally supporting both requests, it

appears that the aviation community

challenges the amount of spectrum

needed and the manner in which it is

allocated. The aviation community

counsels caution when evaluating the

petitions and stresses the need to

balance future Federal Government

services against the existing and

planned improvements in non-Federal

Government data communications

services. All parties also request that 47