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1 Federal-State Joint Board on Universal Service,

CC Docket No. 96–45, Report and Order, FCC 97–

157, (released May 8, 1997) 62 FR 32862 (June 17,

1997) (Order) at paras. 199–201.

2 The proponents of the Hatfield Model are AT&T

and MCI. The proponents of BCPM are US West,

Sprint, and BellSouth. See Order at Appendix J for

a description of the Hatfield Model and BCPM.

3 In the context of a forward-looking economic

cost mechanism, the ‘‘platform’’ refers to the fixed

algorithms and assumptions built into a cost model,

as contrasted with user-specified ‘‘inputs’’ into a

Continued

covenant not to sue for recovery of past

response costs pursuant to section

107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a),

and contribution protection as provided

by CERCLA sections 113(f)(2) and

122(h)(4), 42 U.S.C. 9613(f)(2) and

9622(h)(4), conditioned upon

satisfactory completion of obligations

under the AOC. The Site is not on the

NPL, and no further response activities

at the Site are anticipated at this time.

The AOC was signed by the Director,

Superfund Division, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Region V, on August

28, 1997.

DATES: Written comments on the

proposed AOC must be received by U.S.

EPA October 10, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement

and the Agency’s response to any

comments received will be available for

public inspection at U.S. EPA Records

Center Room 714, 77 West Jackson

Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604. A

copy of the proposed settlement may be

obtained from U.S. EPA Office of

Regional Counsel, 77 West Jackson

Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604.

Comments should reference the

Automatic Die Casting Site, St. Clair

Shores, Michigan, and EPA Docket No.

V–W–97–C–428 and should be

addressed to Mr. T. Leverett Nelson,

U.S. EPA Office of Regional Counsel, 77

West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago,

Illinois 60604.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. T. Leverett Nelson, U.S. EPA Office

of Regional Counsel, 77 West Jackson

Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604, at

(312) 886–6666.

William E. Muno,

Director, Superfund Division, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, Region 5.

[FR Doc. 97–23976 Filed 9–9–97; 8:45 am]

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EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE

UNITED STATES

Notice of Open Special Meeting of the

Advisory Committee of the ExportImport Bank of the United States

(Export-Import Bank)

SUMMARY: The Advisory Committee was

established by Public Law 98–181,

November 30, 1983, to advise ExportImport Bank on its programs and to

provide comments for inclusion in the

reports of the Export-Import Bank to the

United States Congress.

TIME AND PLACE: Thursday, September

25, 1997, at 9:30 a.m. to 3:15 p.m. The

meeting will be held at Export-Import

Bank in Room 1143, 811 Vermont

Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20571.

AGENDA: The meeting agenda will

include a discussion of the following:

Presentations of best practices by other

export credit agencies followed by a

round table discussion including

responses from the senior staff at

Export-Import Bank.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: The meeting will

be open to public participation, and the

last 10 minutes will be set aside for oral

questions or comments. Members of the

public may also file written statement(s)

before or after the meeting. In order to

permit the Export-Import Bank to

arrange suitable accommodations,

members of the public who plan to

attend the meeting should notify Nancy

Suter, Room 1215, 811 Vermont

Avenue, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20571,

(202) 565–3512, not later than

September 15, 1997. If any person

wishes auxiliary aids (such as a sign

language interpreter) or other special

accommodations, please contact, prior

to September 15, 1997, Nancy Suter,

Room 1215, 811 Vermont Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20571, Voice: (202)

565–3955 or TDD: (202) 565–3377.

FURTHER INFORMATION: For further

information, contact Nancy Suter, Room

1215, 811 Vermont Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20571, (202) 565–

3512.

Fred H. Massey, Jr.,

Associate General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 97–23888 Filed 9–9–97; 8:45 am]

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FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

Farm Credit Administration Board;

Regular Meeting

AGENCY: Farm Credit Administration.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given,

pursuant to the Government in the

Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b(e)(3)), of

the forthcoming regular meeting of the

Farm Credit Administration Board

(Board).

DATE AND TIME: The regular meeting of

the Board will be held at the offices of

the Farm Credit Administration in

McLean, Virginia, on September 11,

1997, from 9:00 a.m. until such time as

the Board concludes its business.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Floyd Fithian, Secretary to the Farm

Credit Administration Board, (703) 883–

4025, TDD (703) 883–4444.

ADDRESSES: Farm Credit

Administration, 1501 Farm Credit Drive,

McLean, Virginia 22102–5090.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Parts of

this meeting of the Board will be open

to the public (limited space available),

and parts of this meeting will be closed

to the public. In order to increase the

accessibility to Board meetings, persons

requiring assistance should make

arrangements in advance. The matters to

be considered at the meeting are:

Open Session

A. Approval of Minutes

B. New Business

Regulations

1. Leasing [12 CFR parts 614, 616, 618,

and 621] (Proposed)

2. Cumulative Voting [12 CFR Part 615]

(Final)

Closed Session *

C. Report

OSMO’s Quarterly Report

* Session Closed—Exempt pursuant to 5

U.S.C. 552b(c) (9) and (10).

Dated: September 5, 1997.

Floyd Fithian,

Secretary, Farm Credit Administration Board.

[FR Doc. 97–24108 Filed 9–8–97; 10:07 am]

BILLING CODE 6705–01–P

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

[DA 97–1870]

Workshops on Forward-Looking Cost

Mechanisms for Universal Service

Support for Non-Rural Carriers,

September 3 and September 11, 1997

Released August 28, 1997.

[CC Docket Nos. 96–45 and 97–160]

In the Universal Service Order

released May 8, 1997, the Commission,

acting on the recommendation of the

Federal-State Joint Board, concluded

that universal service support for nonrural carriers should be determined by

subtracting a benchmark revenue

amount from the forward-looking

economic cost of providing the

supported services.1 The Commission

concluded that it should continue to

review two cost models, the Hatfield

Model and the Benchmark Cost Proxy

Model (BCPM).2 The Commission

further concluded that it would select

the platform design features 3 of a
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cost model. See Federal-State Joint Board on

Universal Service, Forward Looking Mechanism for

High Cost Support for Non-Rural LECs, CC Docket

Nos. 96–45 and 97–160, Further Notice of Proposed

Rulemaking, FCC 97–256 (released July 18, 1997) 62

FR 42457 (August 7, 1997) (FNPRM) at paras. 17–

18.

4Order at para. 245.

5 FNPRM at para. 35.

forward-looking economic cost

mechanism by December 31, 1997, and

select a complete mechanism, including

input values, by August 1998. 4 In a

Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

(FNPRM) in this proceeding, the

Commission stated that it would

consider a hybrid mechanism,

combining the best features of both

models, and might also ‘‘study

alternative algorithms and approaches

that could be submitted by parties other

than model sponsors or that could be

generated internally by Commission

staff.’’ 5

As part of the process of considering

mechanisms for computing the forwardlooking economic cost of providing the

supported services, the Common Carrier

Bureau will hold two public workshops

to present platform components that are

being developed by Commission staff.

The Bureau is considering whether

these platform components should be

incorporated into a forward-looking

economic cost mechanism as

replacements for the components

presently used in the Hatfield Model or

BCPM.

The first workshop will present the

staff’s ideas for an approach to

determining customer location. This

workshop will be held on Wednesday,

September 3, 1997, from 4:00–6:00 pm

in the FCC Training Room, 2000 M

Street, N.W. (Lobby Level), Room 110,

Washington, D.C. 20554. The second

workshop will present the staff’s ideas

for an approach to modeling outside

plant investment. This workshop will be

held on Thursday, September 11, 1997,

from 10:00 am–12:00 noon in the

Commission Meeting Room, 1919 M

Street, NW, Room 856, Washington,

D.C. 20554. Interested parties may

attend the workshops. The workshops

also will be recorded on video, and

copies of the videotapes will be

available in the Commission Reference

Room, 1919 M Street, N.W., Room 239,

Washington, D.C. 20554.

We solicit comment on the algorithms

and approaches presented in the

workshops. Pursuant to applicable

procedures set forth in §§ 1.415 and

1.419 of the Commission’s rules, 47 CFR

1.415 and 1.419, interested parties may

file comments on the September 3

customer location workshop on or

before September 10, 1997, and may file

comments on the September 10 outside

plant workshop on or before September

24, 1997. Parties should reference the

above docket numbers and send their

comments to the Office of the Secretary,

Federal Communications Commission,

1919 M Street, N.W., Room 222,

Washington, D.C. 20554. Parties should

also send one copy of any documents

filed in this docket with the

Commission’s copy contractor,

International Transcription Services,

Inc., 1231 20th Street, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20036. Comments and

reply comments will be available for

public inspection during regular

business hours in the FCC Reference

Center, 1919 M Street, N.W., Room 239,

Washington, D.C. 20554. Parties are also

asked to send eight (8) copies of their

comments to Sheryl Todd, Universal

Service Branch, Common Carrier

Bureau, 2100 M Street, N.W., Room

8611, Washington, D.C. 20554.

Parties are also encouraged to submit

their comments on diskette. Such

diskette submissions are in addition to

and not a substitute for the formal filing

requirements addressed above. Parties

submitting diskettes should submit

them to Sheryl Todd of the Common

Carrier Bureau, 2100 M Street, N.W.,

Room 8611, Washington, D.C. 20554.

Such a submission should be on a 3.5

inch diskette formatted in an IBM

compatible form using WordPerfect 5.1

for Windows or compatible software.

The diskette should be submitted in

‘‘read only’’ mode. The diskette should

be clearly labelled with the party’s

name, proceeding, type of pleading

(comment on workshop) and date of

submission. Each diskette should

contain only one party’s comments in a

single electronic file. The diskette

should be accompanied by a cover

letter.

For further information about these

workshops, contact Chuck Keller, (202)

418–7380, ckeller@fcc.gov.

Federal Communications Commission.

Kathleen B. Levitz,

Deputy Chief, Common Carrier Bureau.

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

[Report No. 2223]

Petitions for Reconsideration and

Clarification of Action in Rulemaking

Proceedings

September 4, 1997.

Petitions for reconsideration and

clarification have been filed in the

Commission’s rulemaking proceedings

listed in this Public Notice and

published pursuant to 47 CFR Section

1.429(e). The full text of these

documents are available for viewing and

copying in Room 239, 1919 M Street,

NW., Washington, DC or may be

purchased from the Commission’s copy

contractor, ITS, Inc. (202) 857–3800.

Oppositions to these petitions must be

filed September 25, 1997. See Section

1.4(b)(1) of the Commission’s rule (47

CFR 1.4(b)(1)). Replies to an opposition

must be filed within 10 days after the

time for filing oppositions has expired.

Subject: Review of Sections 68.104

and 68.213 of the Commission’s Rules

Concerning Connection of Simple Inside

Wiring to the Telephone Network and

Petition for Modification of Section

68.213 of the Commission’s Rules filed

by the Electronic Industries Association.

(CC Docket No. 88–57, RM–5643)

Number of Petitions Filed: 2.

Subject: Implementation of the

Telecommunications Act of 1996:

Reform of Filing Requirements and

Carrier Classifications. (CC Docket No.

96–193)

Number of Petitions Filed: 1.

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–23890 Filed 9–9–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–M

FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

Ocean Freight Forwarder License

Applicants

Notice is hereby given that the

following applicants have filed with the

Federal Maritime Commission

applications for licenses as ocean freight

forwarders pursuant to section 19 of the

Shipping Act of 1984 (46 U.S.C. app.

1718 and 46 CFR part 510).

Persons knowing of any reason why

any of the following applicants should

not receive a license are requested to

contact the Office of Freight Forwarders,

Federal Maritime Commission,

Washington, D.C. 20573.

Stevens Forwarders, Inc., 527 Morley

Drive, Saginaw, MI 48601, Officers:

Morrison M. Stevens, President, John

H. Stevens, Treasurer

Richard A. Banuelos d/b/a, Surface Sea

Forwarding, 11240 N.E. Hwy, 104,

Suite #A, Kingston, WA 98346, Sole

Proprietor

Dated: September 4, 1997.

Joseph C. Polking,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–23879 Filed 9–9–97; 8:45 am]

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