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comments received and the EPA’s 

response to comments may be found at 

http://www.epa.gov/earth1r6/6wq/

npdes/tmdl/index.htm. 

EPA received requests from the Gulf 

Restoration Network and six individuals 

for a 60-day extension of the comment 

period on the eighty draft TMDLs in 

Louisiana. EPA will not extend the 

original comment period, however, the 

Gulf Restoration Network and others 

may submit comments after the closing 

date (i.e., August 21, 2006) of the 

comment period until October 20, 2006. 

EPA will review and respond to 

comments received between August 22, 

2006, and October 20, 2006, and may 

consider revising or modifying these 

TMDLs if appropriate. 

Dated: September 28, 2006. 

Miguel I. Flores, 

Director, Water Quality Protection Division, 

EPA Region 6. 

[FR Doc. E6–16652 Filed 10–6–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

EXPORT-IMPORT BANK 

[Public Notice 93] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Comment Request 

AGENCY: Export-Import Bank of the 

United States (Ex-Im Bank). 

ACTION: Notice and Request for 

Comments. 

SUMMARY: The Export-Import Bank, as a 

part of its continuing effort to reduce 

paperwork and respondent burden, 

invites the general public and other 

Federal agencies to comment on the 

proposed information collection as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. The purpose of the survey 

is to fulfill a statutory mandate (The 

Export-Import Bank Act of 1945, as 

amended, 12 U.S.C. 635) which directs 

Ex-Im Bank to report annually to the 

U.S. Congress any action taken toward 

providing export credit programs that 

are competitive with those offered by 

official foreign export credit agencies. 

The Act further stipulates that the 

annual report on competitiveness 

should include the results of a survey of 

U.S. exporters and U.S. commercial 

lending institutions which provide 

export credit to determine their 

experience in meeting financial 

competition from other countries whose 

exporters compete with U.S. exporters. 

Accordingly, Ex-Im Bank is requesting 

that the proposed survey (EIB No. 00–

02) be sent to approximately 60 

applicants of Ex-Im Bank’s mediumand long-term programs. The revised 

survey is similar to the previous survey, 

as it asks bankers and exporters to 

evaluate the competitiveness of Ex-Im 

Bank’s programs vis-a`-vis foreign export 

credit agencies. However, it has been 

modified in order to account for newer 

policies and to capture enough 

information to provide a better analysis 

of our competitiveness. In addition, the 

survey will be available on Ex-Im Bank’s 

Web site, http://www.exim.gov, with 

recipients encouraged to respond online as well. 

DATES: Written comments should be 

received on or before December 11, 2006 

to be assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all requests for 

additional information to Piper Starr, 

Export-Import Bank of the U.S., 811 

Vermont Avenue, NW., Room 1279, 

Washington, DC 20571, (202) 565–3767. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: With 

respect to the proposed collection of 

information, Ex-Im Bank invites 

comments as to: 

• Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of Ex-Im 

Bank, including whether the 

information will have a practical use; 

• The accuracy of Ex-Im Bank’s 

estimate of the burden of the proposed 

collection of information, including the 

validity of the methodology and 

assumptions used; 

• Ways to enhance the quality, 

usefulness, and clarity of the 

information to be collected; and 

• Ways to minimize the burden of 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology; e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses. 

Title & Form Number: 2006 Exporter 

& Banker Survey of Ex-Im Bank 

Competitiveness, EIB Form 00–02. 

OMB Number: 3048–0004. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Annual Number of Respondents: 60. 

Annual Burden Hours: 60. 

Frequency of Reporting or Use: 

Annual Survey. 

Dated: October 3, 2006. 

Solomon Bush, 

Agency Clearance Officer. 

[FR Doc. 06–8565 Filed 10–6–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6690–01–M 

FEDERAL ACCOUNTING STANDARDS 

ADVISORY BOARD 

Notice of Issuance of Statement of 

Federal Financial Accounting 

Standards (SFFAS) No. 32, 

Consolidated Financial Report of the 

United States Government 

Requirements; and Technical Bulletin 

2006–1, Recognition and Measurement 

of Asbestos-Related Cleanup Costs. 

The 2007 Meeting Schedule of the 

Accounting and Auditing Policy 

Committee (AAPC) 

Board Action: Pursuant to 31 U.S.C. 

3511(d), the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463), as 

amended, and the FASAB Rules of 

Procedure, as amended in April 2004, 

notice is hereby given that the Federal 

Accounting Standards Advisory Board 

(FASAB) has issued Statement of 

Federal Financial Accounting Standard 

32, Consolidated Financial Report of the 

United States Government 

Requirements, and Technical Bulletin 

2006–1, Recognition and Measurement 

of Asbestos-Related Cleanup Costs. 

Copies of the Standard and Technical 

Bulletin can be obtained by contacting 

FASAB at 202–512–7350. The Standard 

and Technical Bulletin are also 

available on FASAB’s home page http:// 

www.fasab.gov/codifica.html. 

The FASAB Accounting and Auditing 

Policy Committee (AAPC), a permanent 

committee established by the Federal 

Accounting Standards Advisory Board 

(FASAB), will meet on the following 

dates in room 7C13 of the GAO 

Building: 

— Thursday, January 25, 2007. 

— Thursday, March 29, 2007. 

— Thursday, May 31, 2007. 

— Thursday, July 12, 2007. 

— Thursday, September 27, 2007. 

— Thursday, November 29, 2007. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Wendy M. Comes, Executive Director, 

441 G St., NW., Mail Stop 6K17V, 

Washington, DC 20548, or call (202) 

512–7350. 

AUTHORITY: Federal Advisory 

Committee Act. Pub. L. No. 92–463. 

Dated: October 4, 2006. 

Charles Jackson, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 06–8546 Filed 10–6–06; 8:45 am] 

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