Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 154 / Monday, August 11, 1997 / Notices 42979

Comment date: August 19, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

Standard Paragraph

E. Any person desiring to be heard or

to protest said filing should file a

motion to intervene or protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.

20426, in accordance with Rules 211

and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211

and 18 CFR 385.214). All such motions

or protests should be filed on or before

the comment date. Protests will be

considered by the Commission in

determining the appropriate action to be

taken, but will not serve to make

protestants parties to the proceeding.

Any person wishing to become a party

must file a motion to intervene. Copies

of this filing are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–21108 Filed 8–8–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 1494–094]

Grand River Dam Authority; Notice of

Availability of Environmental

Assessment

August 6, 1997.

A final environmental assessment

(FEA) is available for public review. The

FEA is for an application for non-project

use of project lands. The proposed

application involves excavation of a

boat channel for a private residence.

The proposed action further involves

expanding a previously approved

excavation area. The FEA finds that

with the inclusion of specific

recommendations, approval of the

proposed action would not constitute a

major federal action significantly

affecting the quality of the human

environment. The proposed excavation

site is located on the shore of the

Pensacola Project reservoir, Grand Lake

O’ The Cherokees, near Horse Creek, in

Delaware County, Oklahoma.

The FEA was written by staff in the

Office of Hydropower Licensing,

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.

Copies of the FEA can be viewed at the

Commission’s Reference and

Information Center, Room 2A, 888 First

Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426.

Copies can also be obtained by calling

the project manager, Patti Pakkala at

(202) 219–0025.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–21109 Filed 8–8–97; 8:45 am]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5873–2]

National Drinking Water Advisory

Council; Notice of Open Meeting

Under section 10(a)(2) of Public Law

92–423, ‘‘The Federal Advisory

Committee Act,’’ notice is hereby given

that a meeting of the National Drinking

Water Advisory Council established

under the Safe Drinking Water Act, as

amended (42 U.S.C.S300f et seq.), will

be held on August 27, 1997, from 2 p.m.

until 5 p.m. at the U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency’s Headquarters,

Room 1209 East Tower, 401 M Street,

S.W., Washington, D.C. 20460. Members

of the Council will be participating by

conference call. The meeting is open to

the public, but due to past experience,

seating will be limited.

The purpose of the meeting is to

provide the Council with the

recommendations from the Small

Systems Working Group. The Council

encourages the hearing of outside

statements and will allocate one-half

hour at each meeting for this purpose.

Oral statements will be limited to five

minutes, and it is preferred that only

one person present the statement. Any

outside parties interested in presenting

an oral statement should petition the

Council by telephone at (202) 260–2285

before August 22, 1997.

Any person who wishes to file a

written statement can do so before or

after a Council meeting. Written

statements received prior to the meeting

will be distributed to all members of the

Council before any final discussion or

vote is completed. Any statements

received after the meeting will become

part of the permanent meeting file and

will be forwarded to the Council

members for their information.

Members of the public that would like

to attend the meeting, present an oral

statement, or submit a written

statement, should contact Ms. Charlene

Shaw, Designated Federal Officer,

National Drinking Water Advisory

Council or Mr. Peter Shanaghan,

Designated Federal Officer, Small

Systems Working Group, U.S. EPA,

Office of Ground Water and Drinking

Water (4601), 401 M Street, SW,

Washington, DC 20460. The telephone

number is Area Code (202) 260–2285 or

(202) 260–5813. Response through EMail, should be to either address,

shaw.charlene@epamail.epa.gov or

shanaghan.peter@epamail.epa.gov.

Dated: August 5, 1997.

Elizabeth Fellows,

Acting Director, Office of Ground Water and

Drinking Water.

[FR Doc. 97–21139 Filed 8–8–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPP–30407B; FRL–5730–1]

Monsanto Company; Approval of a

Pesticide Product Conditional

Registration

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces

Agency approval of an application to

conditionally register the pesticide

product CryIA(b) Form of the B.t.k.

Insect Control Protein, containing a new

active ingredient not included in any

previously registered product pursuant

to the provisions of section 3(c)(7)(C) of

the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: Michael Mendelsohn, Regulatory

Action Leader, Biopesticides and

Pollution Prevention Division (7501W),

Office of Pesticide Programs,

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460.

Office location and telephone number:

Rm. CS51B6, Westfield Building North

Tower, 2800 Crystal Drive, Arlington,

VA 22202, (703) 308–8715; e-mail:

mendelsohn.mike@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic Availability: Electronic

copies of this document and the Fact

Sheet are available from the EPA home

page at the Environmental Sub-Set entry

for this document under ‘‘Regulations’’

(http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/).

EPA issued a notice, published in the

Federal Register of April 17, 1996 (61

FR 16781; FRL–5362–2), which

announced that Monsanto Company,

700 Chesterfield Parkway North, St.

Louis, MO 63198, had submitted an

application to register the pesticide

product CryIA(b) Form of the Bacillus

thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki Insect

Control Protein (EPA File Symbol 524–

UOE), containing the new active

ingredient Bacillus thuringiensis deltaendotoxin as produced in corn by a

CryIA(b) gene and its controlling