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information; and transmit or otherwise

disclose the information.

Respondents/Affected Entities: Small

businesses, regulatory agency staff,

technical assistance program staff,

consultants, university-staff.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

26,220 annually.

Frequency of Response: phone-survey:

annual; on-line surveys: bi-annual; faxback surveys: bi-annual; phone

interviews: annual.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

2,760 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Cost

Burden: $30,360.

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 No.1815.01 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: September 8, 1997.

Rick Westlund,

Acting Director, Regulatory Information

Division.

[FR Doc. 97–24149 Filed 9–10–97; 8:45 am]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPP–00501; FRL–5741–8]

Reduced Risk Initiative for Pesticides

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing a final

Pesticide Registration (PR) Notice

entitled ‘‘Guidelines for Expedited

Review of Conventional Pesticides

under the Reduced-Risk Initiative and

for Biological Pesticides.’’ EPA

proposed this policy for 30 days of

public comment on June 18, 1997 (62

FR 33078). Interested parties may

request a copy of the Agency’s final

policy as set forth in the ADDRESSES

unit of this notice.

ADDRESSES: The PR Notice is available

by contacting the person whose name

appears under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: Richard Keigwin, Registration

Division (7505C), Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW.,

Washington, DC 20460. Office location,

telephone number, and e-mail address:

Rm. 713A, CM #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis

Highway, Arlington, VA, (703) 305–

5447, e-mail:

keigwin.richard@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic Availability:

Internet

Electronic copies of this document

and the PR Notice are available from the

EPA home page at the Environmental

Sub-Set entry for this document under

‘‘Regulations’’ (http://www.epa.gov/

fedrgstr/).

Fax on Demand

Using a faxphone call 202–401–0527

and select item 6101 for a copy of the

PR notice.

I. Background

This Federal Register notice

announces the availability of the PR

Notice entitled ‘‘Guidelines for

Expedited Review of Conventional

Pesticides under the Reduced-Risk

Initiative and for Biological Pesticides.’’

This PR Notice responds to the Food

Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA)

which requires that EPA expedite the

review of applications for registration of

pesticides which:

1. Reduce the risks of pesticides to

human health.

2. Reduce the risks of pesticides to

nontarget organisms.

3. Reduce the potential for

contamination of groundwater surface

water or other valued environmental

resources.

4. Broaden the adoption of integrated

pest management strategies, or make

such strategies more available or more

effective.

The purpose of the PR Notice is to

provide the process and criteria to guide

applicants in developing their reducedrisk submissions. The PR Notice

supersedes the criteria published in

Federal Register Notices of, July 20,

1992 (57 FR 32140), and January 22,

1993 (58 FR 5854), and PR Notice 93-

9, July 21, 1993. The goal of the

Reduced-Risked Pesticide Initiative and

of the Biopesticides and Pollution

Prevention Division is to encourage the

development, registration, and use of

lower-risk pesticide products which

would result in reduced risks to human

health and the environment when

compared to existing alternatives.

II. Public Comments

Public comments submitted

concerning the draft PR Notice and the

issues listed in the previous FR Notice

of Availability were fully considered

before this notice was made final. All

public comments, as well as a summary

of the Agency’s responses to those

comments, are filed in the Office of

Pesticides Programs’ Docket Office

under docket number ‘‘OPP–00485.’’

The public record is located in Rm.

1132, CM #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis

Highway, Arlington, VA, (703) 305–

5805.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection,

Administrative practice and procedure,

Agricultural commodities, Pesticides

and pests.

Dated: September 4, 1997.

Daniel M. Barolo,

Director, Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 97–24145 Filed 9–10–97; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

Public Information Collections

Approved by Office of Management

and Budget

September 5, 1997.

The Federal Communications

Commission (FCC) has received Office

of Management and Budget (OMB)

approval for the following public

information collections pursuant to the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13. An agency may not

conduct or sponsor and a person is not

required to respond to a collection of

information unless it displays a

currently valid control number. For

further information contact Shoko B.

Hair, Federal Communications

Commission, (202) 418–1379.

Federal Communications Commission

OMB Control No.: 3060–0704.

Expiration Date: 02/28/98.

Title: Policy and Rules Concerning the

Interstate, Interexchange Marketplace,

Implementation of Section 254(g) of the

Communications Act of 1934, as

amended, CC Docket No. 96–61.

Form No.: N/A.

Respondents: Business or other for

profit.

Estimated Annual Burden: 519

respondents; 146 hours per response

(avg.); 75,895 total annual burden hours

for all collections.

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $435,000.

Frequency of Response: On occasion,

annual, one-time requirement.

Description: In the Order on

Reconsideration issued in CC Docket
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96–61 (released 8/20/97), the

Commission amended the collections

adopted in the Second Report and Order

in this proceeding.

a. Tariff cancellation requirement: In

the Order on Reconsideration, the

Commission concludes that, with two

exceptions, the statutory forbearance

criteria in Section 10 of the

Communications Act, as amended, are

met for the Commission no longer to

require or allow nondominant

interexchange carriers to file tariffs

pursuant to Section 203 for their

interstate, domestic, interexchange

services. The Commission further

concludes that nondominant

interexchange carriers are allowed to

file tariffs for (1) their interstate,

domestic, interexchange direct-dial

services to which end-users obtain

access by dialing a carrier’s carrier

access code (dial-around 1+ services)

and (2) interstate, domestic,

interexchange services provided by a

nondominant interexchange carrier for

the lesser period of the initial 45 days

of service or until there is a written

contract between the carrier and the

customer, in those limited

circumstances in which a prospective

customer contacts the LEC to select an

interexchange carrier or to initiate a

change in his or her primary carrier. See

47 CFR § 61.20.

In order to implement the

Commission’s detariffing policy, the

Second Report and Order requires

nondominant interexchange carriers to

cancel their tariffs for interstate,

domestic, interexchange services on file

with the Commission within nine

months of the effective date of that

Order. That requirement, however, was

not implemented by the carriers in light

of the stay of the Second Report and

Order, pending judicial review, entered

by the United States Court of Appeals

for the District of Columbia Circuit on

February 13, 1997. The Order on

Reconsideration provides that the

Common Carrier Bureau will determine

the appropriate transition period when

the detariffing rules become effective.

Nondominant interexchange carriers

that have on file with the Commission

tariff offerings that contain services

subject to different tariffing

requirements (e.g., tariff offerings that

include dial-around 1+ services and

service to new customers that contact

the LEC to select an interexchange

carrier or to initiate a change in their

primary interexchange carrier, for which

carriers are permitted to file tariffs, and

tariff offerings that combine

international services, which still must

be tariffed, with interstate, domestic,

interexchange services, which are

detariffed), may comply with the Order

on Reconsideration either by: (1)

Cancelling the entire tariff and refiling

a new tariff for only those services for

which tariffs are required or permitted

(519 respondents × 2 hours per page =

2504 annual burden hours); or (2)

issuing revised pages cancelling the

material in the tariffs that pertain to

those services subject to forbearance

(519 respondents × 2 hours per page =

72,094 burden hours).

b. Information disclosure

requirement: The attached Order on

Reconsideration eliminates the

requirement that nondominant

interexchange carriers make information

on current rates, terms, and conditions

for all of their interstate, domestic,

interexchange services available to any

member of the public in an easy to

understand format and in a timely

manner, for purposes of enforcing

Section 254(g) of the Communications

Act, as amended.

c. Recordkeeping requirement: In the

Order on Reconsideration, the

Commission affirms its conclusion in

the Second Report and Order to require

nondominant interexchange carriers to

maintain at their premises price and

service information regarding all of their

interstate, domestic,interexchange

service offerings that they can submit to

the Commission upon request. The

Commission clarifies in the Order on

Reconsideration that nondominant

interexchange carriers should retain the

documents supporting the rates, terms,

and conditions of the carriers’ interstate,

domestic, interexchange offerings.

Nondominant interexchange carriers are

required to retain the foregoing records

for a period of at least two years and six

months following the date the carrier

ceases to provide services on such rates,

terms and conditions, in order to afford

the Commission sufficient time to notify

a carrier of the filing of a complaint,

which generally must be filed within

two years from the time the cause of

action accrues (in the event a complaint

is filed against a carrier, the carrier will

be required to retain documents relating

to the complaint until the complaint is

resolved). See 47 CFR § 42.11.

Nondominant interexchange carriers are

required to maintain the foregoing

records in a manner that allows them to

produce such records within ten

business days of receipt of a

Commission request, and to file with the

Commission, and update as necessary,

the name, address, and telephone

number of the individual, or

individuals, designated by the carrier to

respond to Commission inquiries and

requests for documents. The availability

of such records will enable the

Commission to meet its statutory duty of

ensuring that such carriers’ rates, terms,

and conditions for service are just,

reasonable, and not unreasonably

discriminatory, and that these carriers

comply with the geographic rate

averaging and rate integration

requirements of the 1996 Act. In

addition, maintenance of such records

will enable the Commission to

investigate and resolve complaints. (519

respondents × 2 hours per response =

1038 annual burden hours).

d. Certification Requirement: In the

Second Report and Order, the

Commission adopted its proposal to

require nondominant interexchange

carriers to file certifications with the

Commission stating that they are in

compliance with their statutory

geographic rate averaging obligations

under Section 254(g) of the

Communications Act, as amended.

These providers must also file

certifications with the Commission

stating that they are in compliance with

their statutory rate integration

obligations under Section 254(g). See 47

CFR 64.1900. This requirement is

reaffirmed in the Order on

Reconsideration. (519 respondents x .05

hours per response = 259.5 annual

burden hours).

The information collected under the

tariff cancellation requirement must be

disclosed to the Commission, and will

be used to implement the Commission’s

detariffing policy. The information

collected under the recordkeeping and

other requirements will be used by the

Commission to ensure that affected

interexchange carriers fulfill their

obligations under the Communications

Act, as amended. Your response is

mandatory.

OMB Control No.: 3060–0536.

Expiration Date: 09/30/2000.

Title: Rules and Requirements for

Telecommunications Relay Services

(TRS) Interstate Cost Recovery.

Form No.: FCC Form 431.

Respondents: Business or other for

profit.

Estimated Annual Burden: 5000

respondents; 3.1 hours per response

(avg.); 15,593 total annual burden hours

for all collections.

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.

Frequency of Response: On occasion;

annual.

Description: Title IV of the Americans

with Disabilities Act of 1990 (ADA)

requires the Commission to ensure that

telecommunications relay services are

available, to the extent possible, to

individuals with hearing and speech

disabilities in the United States. To

fulfill this mandate, the Commission
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adopted rules that require the provision

of TRS service beginning July 26, 1993.

The Commission set minimum

standards for TRS providers and

established a shared-funding

mechanism (TRS Fund) for recovering

the costs of providing interstate TRS.

The Commission also appointed the

National Exchange Carrier Association

(NECA) the TRS Fund administrator,

and directed NECA to establish a nonpaid, voluntary advisory committee to

monitor cost recovery matters.

a. FCC Form 431: The Commission’s

rules require all carriers providing

interstate telecommunications services

to contribute to the TRS Fund. The

amount contributed is the product of the

carrier’s gross interstate revenues for the

previous year and a contribution factor

determined annually by the

Commission. Contributions are

calculated in accordance with a TRS

Fund Worksheet which is prepared each

year by the Commission and published

in the Federal Register. Payments from

the fund are made to eligible TRS

providers and are designed to cover the

reasonable costs incurred in providing

interstate TRS service. The TRS Fund

administrator files a proposed payment

formula and estimated fund

requirements with the Commission each

year, and this payment formula is

subject to Commission approval. See 47

CFR 64.601–64.608 for rules and

requirements governing

telecommunications relay services.

Pursuant to § 64.604(c)(4)(iii)(A), every

carrier providing interstate

telecommunications services must

contribute to the TRS Fund on the basis

of its relative share of gross interstate

revenues. Section 64.604(c)(4)(iii)(A)

contains a partial listing of the types of

interstate services for which

contributions must be made. Carriers

who provide interstate services,

including but not limited to, cellular

telephone and paging, mobile radio,

operator services, personal

communications service (PCS), access

(including subscriber line charges),

alternative access and special access,

packet-switched, WATS, 800, 900,

message telephone service, interstate

private line, telex, telegraph, video,

satellite, intraLATA international and

resale services must contribute to the

TRS Fund. Contributions to the TRS

Fund will be based on each interstate

service provider’s relative share of gross

interstate revenues for the prior

calendar year and a contribution factor

determined by the Commission.

Contributors must use the TRS Fund

Worksheet, FCC Form 431, to calculate

their contributions to the TRS Fund.

The worksheet must be filed with the

FCC TRS Fund Administrator. See

§ 64.604(c)(4)(iii)(B) and FCC Form 431,

TRS Fund Worksheet. (5000

respondents × 2 hours per response =

10,000 annual burden hours).

b. True and Accurate Data: TRS

providers must provide the

administrator with true and accurate

data to be used to compute payments.

According to § 64.604(c)(4)(iii)(C), the

providers must submit the following:

total TRS minutes of use, total interstate

TRS minutes of use, total TRS operating

expenses and total TRS investment in

general accordance with 47 CFR Part 32,

and other historical or projected

information reasonably requested by the

administrator for purposes of computing

payments and revenue requirements.

(13 respondents × 3 hours per response

= 39 annual burden hours).

c. Reports of Interstate TRS Minutes:

TRS providers, including providers who

are not interexchange carriers, local

exchange carriers, or certified state relay

providers, must submit reports of

interstate TRS minutes of use to the

administrator in order to receive

payments. TRS providers receiving

payments shall file a form prescribed by

the administrator. The administrator is

directed to fashion a form that is

consistent with Parts 32 and 36. (See 47

CFR § 64.604(c)(4)(iii)(E)). (13

respondents × 4 hours per response = 52

annual burden hours).

d. Notification to TRS Administrator:

Section 64.604(c)(4)(iii)(F) lists TRS

providers who are eligible for receiving

payments from the TRS Fund. These

providers must notify the administrator

of their intent to participate in the TRS

Fund thirty days prior to submitting

reports of TRS interstate minutes of use

in order to receive payment settlements

for interstate TRS. Failure to file may

exclude the TRS provider from

eligibility for the year. (See 47 CFR

64.604(c)(4)(iii)(G)). Payments will only

be made to eligible TRS providers

operating in compliance with the

mandatory minimum standards set forth

in § 64.604. (13 respondents x 10

minutes per response = 2.16 annual

burden hours).

e. TRS Administrator Annual Report:

The TRS Fund is subject to a yearly

audit performed by an independent

certified accounting firm or by the

Commission, or both. Pursuant to

§ 64.604(c)(4)(iii)(H), the TRS Fund

administrator must report annually to

the Commission its administrative costs

associated with the administration of

the TRS Fund, and must file a cost

allocation manual. TRS payment

formulas and revenue requirements

must be filed with the Commission on

October 1 of each year. The

administrator must establish a non-paid,

voluntary advisory committee of

persons from the hearing and speech

disability communities, TRS users,

interstate service providers, state

representatives, and TRS providers

which will meet at reasonable intervals

in order to monitor TRS cost recovery

matters. The annual report to the

Commission must include a discussion

of advisory committee deliberations. (1

respondent ×500 hours per response =

500 annual burden hours).

Information submitted in response to

the foregoing requirements is used to

administer the TRS Fund. Information is

used to calculate the required carrier

contributions to the TRS Fund and to

determine the appropriate payment due

to the TRS providers participating in the

shared funding plan. Your response is

required to obtain or retain benefits.

Public reporting burden for the

collections of information is as noted

above. Send comments regarding the

burden estimate or any other aspect of

the collections of information, including

suggestions for reducing the burden to

Performance Evaluation and Records

Management, Washington, D.C. 20554.

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Acting Secretary.

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

Notice of Public Information

Collection(s) Submitted to OMB for

Review and Approval

September 4, 1997.

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 the Paperwork Reduction

Act 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;