Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 14 / Tuesday, January 23, 2007 / Notices 2879 

ADDRESSES: The documents relevant to 

the above action are available for public 

inspection during normal business 

hours at the following address: 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard 

(AR–18J), Chicago, Illinois 60604. To 

arrange viewing of these documents, 

call Constantine Blathras at (312) 886–

0671. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Constantine Blathras, Air and Radiation 

Division, Air Programs Branch, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 5, 77 W. Jackson Boulevard (AR–

18J), Chicago, Illinois 60604. Anyone 

who wishes to review the EAB decision 

can obtain it at http://www.epa.gov/ 

eab/. 

Dated: January 17, 2007. 

Bharat Mathur, 

Deputy Regional Administrator, Region 5. 

[FR Doc. E7–920 Filed 1–22–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2005–0051; FRL–8272–1] 

Asbestos-Containing Materials in 

Schools; State Request for Waiver 

From Requirements 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of final approval. 

SUMMARY: EPA is approving a waiver of 

the requirements of the Federal 

asbestos-in-schools program for the 

Commonwealth of Kentucky. A waiver 

request can be granted if EPA 

determines that the Commonwealth of 

Kentucky is implementing or intends to 

implement a state program of asbestos 

inspection and management that is at 

least as stringent as the federal program. 

This action approves the waiver request 

submitted by Governor Paul E. Patton, 

on January 4, 1999. On June 1, 2006, 

EPA published a notice of proposed 

approval and request for comments, and 

on August 31, 2006, published a 

reopening of comment period and 

correction. A detailed description of this 

waiver request and EPA’s rationale for 

approving it was provided in the notice 

of proposed approval and request for 

comments and will not be restated here. 

No significant or adverse comments 

were received on EPA’s proposal. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: This final approval is 

effective on February 22, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: EPA has established a 

docket for this action under Docket 

Identification No. EPA–HQ–OPPT–

2005–0051. All documents in the docket 

are listed on the www.regulations.gov 

Web site. Although listed in the index, 

some information is not publicly 

available, i.e., Confidential Business 

Information or other information whose 

disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Certain other material, such as 

copyrighted material, is not placed on 

the Internet and will be publicly 

available only in hard copy form. 

Publicly available docket materials are 

available either electronically through 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the Asbestos Coordinator, Region 4, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Atlanta Federal Center, 61 Forsyth 

Street SW., Atlanta, GA 30303–8960. 

EPA requests that if at all possible, you 

contact the person listed in the FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section to 

schedule your inspection. The Regional 

Office’s official hours of business are 

Monday through Friday, 8:30 to 4:30, 

excluding legal holidays. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

general information contact: Colby 

Lintner, Regulatory Coordinator, 

Environmental Assistance Division 

(7408M), Office of Pollution Prevention 

and Toxics, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (202) 564–8182; e-mail address: 

TSCA-Hotline@epa.gov. 

For technical information contact: 

John Hund, Asbestos Coordinator, 

Region 4, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Atlanta Federal Center, 61 

Forsyth Street, SW., Atlanta, GA 30303–

8960; telephone number: (404) 562–

8978; e-mail address: 

hund.john@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. What Action Is the Agency Taking? 

EPA is granting a waiver of the 

asbestos-in-schools program to the 

Commonwealth of Kentucky. This 

waiver is issued under section 203(m) of 

the Toxic Substances Control Act 

(TSCA) and 40 CFR 763.98. Section 203 

is within Title II of TSCA, the Asbestos 

Hazard Emergency Response Act 

(AHERA). The Agency recognizes that a 

waiver granted to any State would not 

encompass schools operated under the 

defense dependents’ education system 

(the third type of local education agency 

(LEA) defined at TSCA section 202(7) 

and 40 CFR 763.83), which serve 

dependents in overseas areas, and other 

elementary and secondary schools 

outside a State’s jurisdiction, which 

generally includes schools in Indian 

country. Such schools would remain 

subject to EPA’s asbestos-in-schools 

program. 

On June 1, 2006, (71 FR 31183) EPA 

published a notice of proposed approval 

and request for comments. A detailed 

description of this waiver request and 

EPA’s rationale for approving it was 

provided in the notice of proposed 

approval and request for comments and 

will not be restated here. On August 31, 

2006, (71 FR 51816) EPA published a 

reopening of comment period and 

correction notice. No significant or 

adverse comments were received on 

EPA’s proposal. 

II. What Is the Agency’s Authority for 

Taking This Action? 

In 1987, under TSCA section 203, the 

Agency promulgated regulations that 

require the identification and 

management of asbestos-containing 

material by LEAs in the nation’s 

elementary and secondary school 

buildings: The ‘‘AHERA Schools Rule’’

(40 CFR part 763, subpart E). Under 

section 203(m) of TSCA and 40 CFR 

763.98, upon request by a State 

Governor and after notice and comment 

and opportunity for a public hearing in 

the State, EPA may waive, in whole or 

in part, the requirements of the asbestosin-schools program (TSCA section 203 

and the AHERA Schools Rule) if EPA 

determines that the State has 

established and is implementing or 

intends to implement a program of 

asbestos inspection and management 

that contains requirements that are at 

least as stringent as those in the 

Agency’s asbestos-in-schools program. 

A State seeking a waiver must submit its 

request to the EPA Region in which that 

State is located. 

III. When Did Kentucky Submit Its 

Request for a Waiver? 

On January 4, 1999, Governor Paul E. 

Patton, submitted to the EPA Region 4 

Regional Administrator, a letter with 

supporting documentation requesting a 

full waiver of the requirements of EPA’s 

asbestos-in-schools program pursuant to 

the AHERA statute and 40 CFR 763.98. 

The EPA Region 4 Administrator 

indicated by letter dated February 19, 

1999, to Kentucky that the request was 

complete. A subsequent letter dated 

August 21, 2000, from the Director of 

Kentucky Division for Air Quality, 

corrected an inadvertent error in the 

January 4, 1999, letter. 

IV. Materials in the Official Record 

The official record, under Docket ID 

Number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2005–0051, 

contains the Kentucky waiver request, 

and any other supporting or relevant 

documents. 

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2880 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 14 / Tuesday, January 23, 2007 / Notices 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Asbestos, 

Hazardous substances, Occupational 

health and safety, Reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements, Schools. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. 

Dated: January 8, 2007. 

A. Stanley Meiburg, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4. 

[FR Doc. E7–922 Filed 1–22–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 

Board Action Cancelling Charter of the 

Farm Credit System Financial 

Assistance Corporation 

AGENCY: Farm Credit Administration. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Farm Credit 

Administration (FCA or Agency), 

through the FCA Board, cancelled the 

charter of the Farm Credit System 

Financial Assistance Corporation (FAC 

or Corporation) at the January 11, 2007, 

Board meeting. The FCA chartered the 

FAC on January 11, 1988, to carry out 

a program to provide capital to Farm 

Credit System (System) institutions that 

were experiencing financial difficulties, 

and to assist in the repayment by 

System institutions to those that 

provided funds in connection with the 

program. The FAC discharged all of its 

responsibilities with respect to the 

repayment of FAC obligations during 

June 2005, and as a result, became 

eligible to terminate its corporate 

existence. 

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 31, 2006. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Eric 

Howard, Senior Policy Analyst, Office 

of Regulatory Policy, Farm Credit 

Administration, McLean, Virginia 

22102–5090, (703) 883–4481, TTY (703) 

883–4056, or Rebecca Orlich, Senior 

Counsel, Office of General Counsel, 

Farm Credit Administration, McLean, 

Virginia 22102–5090, (703) 883–4020, 

TTY (703) 883–4020. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

January 11, 2007, the FCA Board took 

action to cancel the charter and 

corporate existence of the FAC. The text 

of the Board action is set forth below: 

Whereas, on January 11, 1988, the 

Farm Credit Administration chartered 

the Farm Credit System Financial 

Assistance Corporation pursuant to 

section 6.20, title VI, subtitle B of the 

Farm Credit Act of 1971, as amended 

(Act), to carry out a program to provide 

capital to institutions of the Farm Credit 

System (System) that were experiencing 

financial difficulties and to assist in the 

repayment by System institutions to 

those that provided funds in connection 

with the program; and 

Whereas, section 6.31 of the Act 

provides that the Farm Credit System 

Financial Assistance Corporation will 

terminate upon the complete discharge 

of its statutory obligations, but in no 

event later than 2 years following the 

maturity and full payment of its debt 

obligations; and 

Whereas, on June 10, 2005, the last 

remaining debt obligation issued by the 

Farm Credit System Financial 

Assistance Corporation matured and 

was repaid; and 

Whereas, on June 10, 2005, all interest 

advanced by the U.S. Treasury was 

repaid; and 

Whereas, the final audit of the Farm 

Credit System Financial Assistance 

Corporation as of September 30, 2005, 

was completed by 

PricewaterhouseCoopers, an 

independent auditor; and 

Whereas, on November 14, 2005, the 

Farm Credit Administration issued to 

the Farm Credit System Financial 

Assistance Corporation a final Report of 

Examination as of September 30, 2005; 

and 

Whereas, the Farm Credit 

Administration has determined that the 

Farm Credit System Financial 

Assistance Corporation has effectively 

completed its statutory mission, 

complied with applicable laws and 

regulations, operated in a safe and 

sound manner, and thus has fulfilled its 

statutory obligations and discharged its 

responsibilities under sections 6.9 and 

6.26 of the Act; 

Now, therefore, it is hereby ordered 

that: 

The charter of the Farm Credit System 

Financial Assistance Corporation is 

hereby cancelled retroactively to 

December 31, 2006. 

Signed by Nancy C. Pellett, Chairman, 

Farm Credit Administration Board on 

January 11, 2007. 

Dated: January 18, 2007. 

Roland E. Smith, 

Secretary, Farm Credit Administration Board. 

[FR Doc. E7–903 Filed 1–22–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6705–01–P 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Change in Bank Control Notices; 

Acquisition of Shares of Bank or Bank 

Holding Companies 

The notificants listed below have 

applied under the Change in Bank 

Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and 

§ 225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12 

CFR 225.41) to acquire a bank or bank 

holding company. The factors that are 

considered in acting on the notices are 

set forth in paragraph 7 of the Act (12 

U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)). 

The notices are available for 

immediate inspection at the Federal 

Reserve Bank indicated. The notices 

also will be available for inspection at 

the office of the Board of Governors. 

Interested persons may express their 

views in writing to the Reserve Bank 

indicated for that notice or to the offices 

of the Board of Governors. Comments 

must be received not later than February 

7, 2007. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas 

City (Donna J. Ward, Assistant Vice 

President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas 

City, Missouri 64198–0001: 

1. John P. Stinner and Rita E. Stinner, 

both of Gering, Nebraska, to acquire 

voting shares of First Express of 

Nebraska, Inc., Gering, Nebraska, and 

thereby indirectly acquire voting shares 

of Valley Bank and Trust Company, 

Scottsbluff, Nebraska. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, January 17, 2007. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E7–846 Filed 1–22–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and 

Mergers of Bank Holding Companies 

The companies listed in this notice 

have applied to the Board for approval, 

pursuant to the Bank Holding Company 

Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.) 

(BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part 

225), and all other applicable statutes 

and regulations to become a bank 

holding company and/or to acquire the 

assets or the ownership of, control of, or 

the power to vote shares of a bank or 

bank holding company and all of the 

banks and nonbanking companies 

owned by the bank holding company, 

including the companies listed below. 

The applications listed below, as well 

as other related filings required by the 

Board, are available for immediate 

inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank 

indicated. The application also will be 

available for inspection at the offices of 

the Board of Governors. Interested 

persons may express their views in 

writing on the standards enumerated in 

the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the 

proposal also involves the acquisition of 

a nonbanking company, the review also 

includes whether the acquisition of the 

nonbanking company complies with the 

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