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suggested. Finally although certain 

containment provisions were required 

per the experimental program, the 

Agency did not require testing to be 

conducted in fully enclosed 

greenhouses because such a requirement 

was not necessary to mitigate risk. In 

contrast to the comments from the 

private citizen, the grower association 

requested that the Agency expeditiously 

grant the EUP and stated their position 

that agricultural biotechnology in many 

cases helps reduce the use of chemicals, 

improves profits, and preserves the 

environment. They also mentioned the 

benefit to insect resistance management 

that the material being tested under this 

EUP is intended to bring. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136c. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, 

Experimental use permits. 

Dated: January 12, 2007. 

Janet L. Andersen, 

Director, Biopesticides and Pollution 

Prevention Division, Office of Pesticide 

Programs. 

[FR Doc. E7–988 Filed 1–23–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8271–9; Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–

2006–0868] 

Metabolically-Derived Human 

Ventilation Rates: A Revised Approach 

Based Upon Oxygen Consumption 

Rates 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of public comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing a 30-day 

public comment period for the draft 

document titled, ‘‘Metabolically-Derived 

Human Ventilation Rates: A Revised 

Approach Based Upon Oxygen 

Consumption Rates’’ (EPA/600/R–06/ 

129A). The document was prepared by 

the National Center for Environmental 

Assessment (NCEA) within EPA’s Office 

of Research and Development (ORD). 

In 1997, NCEA published the 

Exposure Factors Handbook. This 

comprehensive document provides 

summaries of available statistical data 

on various factors that can impact an 

individual’s exposure to environmental 

contaminants. NCEA maintains the 

Exposure Factors Handbook and 

periodically updates the document 

using current literature and other 

reliable data made available through 

research. Many program offices within 

EPA rely on the data from this 

handbook to conduct their exposure and 

risk assessments. 

One important determinant of a 

person’s exposure to contaminants in air 

is the ventilation rate, or the volume of 

air that is inhaled by an individual in 

a specified time period. Ventilation 

rates, also known as breathing or 

inhalation rates, are given in Chapter 5 

of the Exposure Factors Handbook. 

Calculations of the currently 

recommended ventilation rates were 

limited by their dependence on a 

‘‘ventilatory equivalent,’’ which relied 

on a person’s fitness level. This draft 

report, ‘‘Metabolically-Derived Human 

Ventilation Rates: A Revised Approach 

Based Upon Oxygen Consumption 

Rates,’’ presents a revised approach that 

calculates ventilation rates directly from 

an individual’s oxygen consumption 

rate, and applies this method to data 

provided from more recent sources, 

such as the 1999–2002 National Health 

and Nutrition Examination Survey 

(NHANES) and EPA’s Consolidated 

Human Activity Database (CHAD). In 

the next edition of the Exposure Factors 

Handbook, NCEA would like to update 

the ventilation rate values using this 

revised approach and the more recently 

released data. 

EPA is releasing the draft, 

‘‘Metabolically-Derived Human 

Ventilation Rates: A Revised Approach 

Based Upon Oxygen Consumption 

Rates,’’ solely for the purpose of predissemination peer review under 

applicable information quality 

guidelines. This document has not been 

formally disseminated by EPA. It does 

not represent and should not be 

construed to represent any Agency 

policy or determination. EPA will 

consider any public comments 

submitted in accordance with this 

notice when revising the document. 

DATES: The 30-day public comment 

period begins January 24, 2007, and 

ends February 23, 2007. Technical 

comments should be in writing and 

must be received by EPA by February 

23, 2007. In a subsequent Federal 

Register notice EPA will announce the 

details of an external peer review 

meeting that will be conducted via 

teleconference. 

ADDRESSES: The draft, ‘‘MetabolicallyDerived Human Ventilation Rates: A 

Revised Approach Based Upon Oxygen 

Consumption Rates,’’ is available 

primarily via the Internet on the 

National Center for Environmental 

Assessment’s home page under the 

Recent Additions and the Data and 

Publications menus at http:// 

www.epa.gov/ncea. A limited number of 

paper copies are available from the 

Technical Information Staff, NCEA–W; 

telephone: 202–564–3261; facsimile: 

202–565–0050. If you are requesting a 

paper copy, please provide your name, 

your mailing address, and the document 

title, ‘‘Metabolically-Derived Human 

Ventilation Rates: A Revised Approach 

Based Upon Oxygen Consumption 

Rates’’ (EPA/600/R–06/129A). 

Comments may be submitted 

electronically via www.regulations.gov, 

by mail, by facsimile, or by hand 

delivery/courier. Please follow the 

detailed instructions provided in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on the public comment 

period, contact the Office of 

Environmental Information Docket; 

telephone: 202–566–1752; facsimile: 

202–566–1753; or e-mail: 

ORD.Docket@epa.gov. 

For technical information, contact 

Laurie Schuda, NCEA; telephone: 202–

564–3206; facsimile: 202–564–2018; or 

e-mail: schuda.laurie@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

How To Submit Technical Comments to 

the Docket at www.regulations.gov 

Submit your comments, identified by 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD 2006–

0868 by one of the following methods: 

• www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• E-mail: ORD.Docket@epa.gov. 

• Fax: 202–566–1753. 

• Mail: Office of Environmental 

Information (OEI) Docket (Mail Code: 

2822T), U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. The phone 

number is 202–566–1752. 

• Hand Delivery: The OEI Docket is 

located in the EPA Headquarters Docket 

Center, Room 3334, EPA West Building, 

1301 Constitution Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC. The EPA Docket 

Center Public Reading Room is open 

from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

Public Reading Room is 202–566–1744. 

Such deliveries are only accepted 

during the docket’s normal hours of 

operation, and special arrangements 

should be made for deliveries of boxed 

information. 

If you provide comments by mail or 

hand delivery, please submit one 

unbound original with pages numbered 

consecutively, and three copies of the 

comments. For attachments, provide an 


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index, number pages consecutively with 

the comments, and submit an unbound 

original and three copies. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2006–

0868. Please ensure that your comments 

are submitted within the specified 

comment period. Comments received 

after the closing date will be marked 

‘‘late,’’ and may only be considered if 

time permits. It is EPA’s policy to 

include all comments it receives in the 

public docket without change and to 

make the comments available online at 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless a 

comment includes information claimed 

to be Confidential Business Information 

(CBI) or other information whose 

disclosure is restricted by statute. Do 

not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through www.regulations.gov 

or e-mail. The www.regulations.gov Web 

site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, 

which means EPA will not know your 

identity or contact information unless 

you provide it in the body of your 

comment. If you send an e-mail 

comment directly to EPA without going 

through www.regulations.gov, your email address will be automatically 

captured and included as part of the 

comment that is placed in the public 

docket and made available on the 

Internet. If you submit an electronic 

comment, EPA recommends that you 

include your name and other contact 

information in the body of your 

comment and with any disk or CD–ROM 

you submit. If EPA cannot read your 

comment due to technical difficulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, 

EPA may not be able to consider your 

comment. Electronic files should avoid 

the use of special characters, any form 

of encryption, and be free of any defects 

or viruses. For additional information 

about EPA’s public docket visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at http:// 

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 

Docket: Documents in the docket are 

listed in the www.regulations.gov index. 

Although listed in the index, some 

information is not publicly available, 

e.g., CBI or other information whose 

disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Certain other materials, such as 

copyrighted material, are publicly 

available only in hard copy. Publicly 

available docket materials are available 

either electronically in 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the OEI Docket in the EPA Headquarters 

Docket Center. 

Dated: January 12, 2007. 

George Alapas, 

Acting Director, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment. 

[FR Doc. E7–826 Filed 1–23–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Public Information 

Collection(s) Being Submitted for 

Review to the Office of Management 

and Budget 

January 18, 2007. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications 

Commission, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork burden 

invites the general public and other 

Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collection(s), as 

required by Paperwork Reduction Act 

(PRA) of 1995, Public Law 104–13. An 

agency may not conduct or sponsor a 

collection of information unless it 

displays a currently valid control 

number. No person shall be subject to 

any penalty for failing to comply with 

a collection of information subject to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that 

does not display a valid control number. 

Comments are requested concerning (a) 

whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Commission, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s 

burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; and (d) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on the respondents, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

DATES: Written Paperwork Reduction 

Act (PRA) comments should be 

submitted on or before. If you anticipate 

that you will be submitting PRA 

comments, but find it difficult to do so 

within the period of time allowed by 

this notice, you should advise the FCC 

contact listed below as soon as possible. 

ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to 

Allison E. Zaleski, Office of 

Management and Budget, Room 10236 

NEOB, Washington, DC 20503, (202) 

395–6466, or via fax at (202) 395–5167 

or via Internet at 

Allison_E._Zaleski@omb.eop.gov and to 

LeslieF.Smith@fcc.gov, Federal 

Communications Commission, Room 1–

C216, 445 12 Street, SW., Washington, 

DC 20554, or an e-mail to PRA@fcc.gov. 

If you would like to obtain or view a 

copy of this information collection, you 

may do so by visiting the FCC PRA Web 

page at: http://www.fcc.gov/omd/pra. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information or copies of the 

information collection(s), contact Leslie 

F. Smith at (202) 418–0217 or via the 

Internet at Leslie.Smith@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–1088. 

Title: Rules and Regulations 

Implementing the Telephone Consumer 

Protection Act (TCPA) of 1991, Report 

and Order and Third Order on 

Reconsideration, CG Docket No. 05–338, 

FCC 06–42. 

Form Number: FCC Form 1088. 

Type of Review: Revision of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; Not-for-profit 

institutions; and Individuals or 

households. 

Number of Respondents: 5,000,000. 

Estimated Time per Response: 3–30 

minutes. 

Frequency of Response: 

Recordkeeping; Monthly, annual, and 

on occasion reporting requirements; 

Third party disclosure. 

Obligation to Respond: Required to 

obtain or retain benefits. 

Total Annual Burden: 3,380,000 

hours. 

Total Annual Cost: $8,000,000. 

Nature and Extent of Confidentiality: 

An assurance of confidentiality is not 

offered, although, individuals or 

households, who provide sensitive 

information, e.g., ‘‘personally 

identifiable information,’’ should 

submit FCC Form 1088 via mail rather 

than electronically. 

Privacy Impact Assessment: No; a PIA 

will be done when the system of records 

notice is revised. 

Needs and Uses: On April 5, 2006, the 

Commission adopted a Report and 

Order and Third Order On 

Reconsideration, In the Matter of Rules 

and Regulations Implementing the 

Telephone Consumer Protection Act of 

1991; Junk Fax Prevention Act of 2005; 

CG Docket Nos. 02–278 and 05–338, 

FCC 06–42, which modified the 

Commission’s facsimile advertising 

rules to implement the Junk Fax 

Prevention Act. The Report and Order 

and Third Order on Reconsideration 

contains information collection 

requirements pertaining to: (1) Opt-out 

Notice and Do-Not-Fax Requests 

Recordkeeping in which the rules 

require senders of unsolicited facsimile 

advertisements to include a notice on 

the first page of the facsimile that 

informs the recipient of the ability and 


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