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under 5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting

comments on this collection of

information was published in 4/28/97

(62 FR 22940); One comment was

received.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and recordkeeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to total 124,243 hours/year, as

follows:

Type of study Studies/

year Resp./study Avg. burdenhours/resp.

Total annual

respondent

burden

(hours)

Water Pollution Studies .................................................................................................. 2 3,262.5 6.10 39,802

DMR–QA Studies (chemistry data) ................................................................................ 1 6,112 4.37 26,710

DMR–QA Studies (toxicity data) .................................................................................... 1 300 66.2 19,860

Water Supply Studies (chemistry data) .......................................................................... 2 2,202.5 7.87 34,667

Water Supply Studies (micro. data) ............................................................................... 2 300 5.34 3,204

Total ..................................................................................................................... .................... ...................... .................... 124,243

Burden means the total time, effort, or

financial resources expended by persons

to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose

or provide information to or for a

Federal agency. This includes the time

needed to review instructions; develop,

acquire, install, and utilize technology

and systems for the purposes of

collecting, validating, and verifying

information, processing and

maintaining information, and disclosing

and providing information; adjust the

existing ways to comply with any

previously applicable instructions and

requirements; train personnel to be able

to respond to a collection of

information; search data sources;

complete and review the collection of

information; and transmit or otherwise

disclose the information.

Respondents/Affected entities:

wastewater labs, NPDES permittees and

toxicity labs, and water chemistry and

microbiological labs. Estimated Number of Respondents

(per year): 6,525 wastewater labs, 6,112

permittees, 300 tox labs and 5,005 water

labs (chem + micro).

Frequency of Response: two studies

per year, except for the annual DMR–

QA (NPDES) study. Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

124,243 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Cost

Burden: $5,321,063.

Send comments on the Agency’s need

for this information, the accuracy of the

provided burden estimates, and any

suggested methods for minimizing

respondent burden, including through

the use of automated collection

techniques to the following addresses.

Please refer to EPA ICR number 234.06

and OMB control number 2080–0021 in

any correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, OPPE Regulatory

Information Division (2137), 401 M

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460

and

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for

EPA, 725 17th Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: July 23, 1997.

Joseph Retzer,

Director, Regulatory Information Division.

[FR Doc. 97–19886 Filed 7–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5865–2]

Meeting of the Local Government

Advisory Committee

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The theme of the next

meeting of the Local Government

Advisory Committee is organization,

structure and future activities of the

LGAC. The committee will also

continue work on outstanding business

and vote on the final report of the Tools

for Local Decision-Makers

Subcommittee. The committee will hear

presentations on the new EPA Region 3

Small Communities Tool Kit available

on the WEB, and on the new EPA Clean

Air Standards. The Roles and

Responsibilities and the Tools for Local

Decision-Makers Subcommittees will

meet in subcommittee sessions, to

continue their ongoing projects, but

most of the time will be spent in full

committee meetings. From 3:00–3:15 p.m. on the 14th, the

Committee will hear comments from the

public. Each individual or organization

wishing to address the Committee will

be allowed three minutes. Please contact

the Designated Federal Officer (DFO) at

the number listed below to schedule

agenda time. Time will be allotted on a

first come, first serve basis.

This is an open meeting and all

interested persons are invited to attend.

Meeting minutes will be available after

the meeting and can be obtained by

written request from the DFO. Members

of the public are requested to call the

DFO at the number listed below if

planning to attend so that arrangements

can be made to comfortably

accommodate attendees as much as

possible. However, seating will be on a

first come, first serve basis.

DATES: The meeting will begin at 8:30

a.m. on Thursday, August 14th and

conclude at 4:00 p.m. on Friday, August

15, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Wyndham Bristol Hotel located at

2430 Pennsylvania Avenue NW,

Washington, DC.

Requests for Minutes and other

information can be obtained by writing

to 401 M Street, S.W. (1502),

Washington, DC 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The

DFO for this Committee is Denise

Zabinski Ney. She is the point of contact

for information concerning any

Committee matters and can be reached

by calling (202) 260–0419.

Dated: July 21, 1997.

Denise Zabinski Ney,

Designated Federal Officer, Local Government

Advisory Committee.

[FR Doc. 97–19939 Filed 7–28–97; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE

CORPORATION

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Federal Deposit Insurance

Corporation (FDIC).

ACTION: Notice and request for comment.

SUMMARY: The FDIC, as part of its

continuing effort to reduce paperwork

and respondent burden, invites the

general public and other Federal

agencies to take this opportunity to
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comment on proposed and/or

continuing information collections, as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).

Currently, the FDIC is soliciting

comments concerning an information

collection titled ‘‘Application for

Consent to Reduce or Retire Capital.’’

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before September 29, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are

invited to submit written comments to

Steven F. Hanft, FDIC Clearance Officer,

(202) 898–3907, Office of the Executive

Secretary, Federal Deposit Insurance

Corporation, 550 17th Street N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20429. Comments

may be hand-delivered to the guard

station at the rear of the 17th Street

building (located on F Street), on

business days between 7:00 a.m. and

5:00 p.m. (Fax number (202) 808–3838;

Internet address: comments@fdic.gov]).

All comments should refer to

‘‘Application for Consent to Reduce or

Retire Capital.’’

A copy of the comments may also be

submitted to the OMB desk officer for

the FDIC: Alexander Hunt, Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget, New

Executive Office Building, Room 3208,

Washington, D.C. 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Steven F. Hanft, at the address

identified above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Proposal to renew the following

currently approved collection of

information:

Title: Application for Consent to

Reduce or Retire Capital.

OMB Number: 3064–0079.

Frequency of Response: Occasional.

Estimated Total Annual Responses:

125.

Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 125

hours.

General Description Of the Collection:

Section 18(i) of the Federal Deposit

Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1828(i)) states

that no insured state nonmember bank

shall, without the prior consent of the

FDIC, reduce the amount or retire any

part of its common or preferred capital

stock, or retire any part of its capital

notes or debentures. In granting or

withholding consent under section 18(i)

of the FDI Act, the FDIC is required to

consider the following: (a) the financial

history and condition of the bank, (b)

the adequacy of its capital structure, (c)

its future earnings prospects (d) the

general character and fitness of its

management, (e) the convenience and

needs of the community to be served,

and (f) whether or not its corporate

powers are consistent with the purpose

of the Act. To carry out this statutory

responsibility, the FDIC requires the

banks it supervises to submit letter

applications that convey information

about planned capital reductions. The

FDIC evaluates the information

contained in an application and makes

a decision to grant or withhold consent

based on the statutory considerations.

Request for Comment

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the collection of information is

necessary for the proper performance of

the FDIC’s functions, including whether

the information has practical utility; (b)

the accuracy of the estimates of the

burden of the information collection,

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the information collection on

respondents, including through the use

of automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

At the end of the comment period, the

comments and recommendations

received will be analyzed to determine

the extent to which the collection

should be modified prior to submission

to OMB for review and approval.

Comments submitted in response to this

notice also will be summarized or

included in the FDIC’s requests to OMB

for renewal of this collection. All

comments will become a matter of

public record.

Dated at Washington, D.C., this 23rd day of

July 1997.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

Robert E. Feldman,

Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–19881 Filed 7–28–97; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission to OMB Under

Delegated Authority

Background

Notice is hereby given of the final

approval of a proposed information

collection by the Board of Governors of

the Federal Reserve System (Board)

under OMB delegated authority, as per

5 CFR 1320.16 (OMB Regulations on

Controlling Paperwork Burdens on the

Public). The Federal Reserve may not

conduct or sponsor, and the respondent

is not required to respond to, an

information collection that has been

extended, revised, or implemented on or

after October 1, 1995, unless it displays

a currently valid OMB control number.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Chief, Financial Reports Section—Mary

M. McLaughlin—Division of Research

and Statistics, Board of Governors of

the Federal Reserve System,

Washington, DC 20551 (202-452-3829)

OMB Desk Officer—Alexander T.

Hunt—Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs, Office of

Management and Budget, New

Executive Office Building, Room

3208, Washington, DC 20503 (202-

395-7860)

Final approval under OMB delegated

authority of the extension for three

years, without revision, of the following

report:

1. Report title: Request for Proposal

(RFP); Request for Price Quotations

(RFPQ)

Agency form number: n/a

OMB Control number: 7100-0180

Frequency: on occasion

Reporters: vendors and suppliers

Annual reporting hours: 7,610

Estimated average hours per response:

20.0 (RFP); 0.5 (RFPQ)

Number of respondents: 248 (RFP);

5,300 (RFPQ)

Small businesses are affected.

General description of report: This

information collection is required to

obtain or retain a benefit (12 U.S.C.

sections 243, 244, and 248) and is not

given confidential treatment unless a

respondent requests that portions of the

information be kept confidential and the

Board grants the request pursuant to the

applicable exemptions provided by the

Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C.

section 552).

Abstract: The Federal Reserve Board

uses the RFP and the RFPQ as needed

to obtain competitive proposals and

contracts from approved vendors of

goods and services. Depending upon the

goods and services for which the

Federal Reserve Board is seeking

competitive bids, the respondent is

requested to provide either prices for

providing the goods or services (RFPQ)

or a document covering not only prices,

but also the means of performing a

particular service and a description of

the qualification of the staff who will

perform the service (RFP). The Board

staff uses this information to analyze the

proposals and to select the best offer.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, July 24, 1997.

William W. Wiles,

Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97-19947 Filed 7-28-97; 8:45AM]

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