51622 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 191 / Thursday, October 2, 1997 / Proposed Rules

Dated: September 22, 1997.

Robert Perciasepe,

Assistant Administrator for Water.

[FR Doc. 97–26178 Filed 10–1–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–U

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 745

[OPPTS-62128C; FRL–5749–1]

RIN 2070–AC64

Lead; Requirements for Lead-Based

Paint Activities in Public Buildings,

Commercial Buildings and Steel

Structures; Extension of Comment

Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Extension of comment period.

SUMMARY: EPA is extending the

comment period on an August 22, 1997

document which announced a public

meeting and requested written

comments on the development of

training and certification requirements

and work practice standards for

individuals and firms conducting leadbased paint activities in public

buildings (except child-occupied

facilities), commercial buildings, and

steel structures.

DATES: Written comments should be

submitted to EPA by November 3, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Comments must bear the

docket control number ‘‘OPPT–

62128B.’’ All comments should be sent

in triplicate to: OPPT Document Control

Officer (7407), Office of Pollution

Prevention and Toxics, Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW.,

Room G–099, East Tower, Washington,

DC 20460.

Comments and data may also be

submitted electronically to: oppt.

ncic@epamail.epa.gov. Follow the

instructions under Unit II. of this

document. No Confidential Business

Information (CBI) should be submitted

through e-mail.

All comments which contain

information claimed as CBI must be

clearly marked as such. Three sanitized

copies of any comments containing

information claimed as CBI must also be

submitted and will be placed in the

public record for this rulemaking.

Persons submitting information on any

portion of which they believe is entitled

to treatment as CBI by EPA must assert

a business confidentiality claim in

accordance with 40 CFR 2.203(b) for

each such portion. This claim must be

made at the time that the information is

submitted to EPA. If a submitter does

not assert a confidentiality claim at the

time of submission, EPA will consider

this as a waiver of any confidentiality

claim and the information may be made

available to the public by EPA without

further notice to the submitter.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

more specific or technical information

contact: Ellie Clark, National Program

Chemicals Division (7404), Office of

Pollution Prevention and Toxics,

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

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

Telephone: 202–260–3402, Fax: 202–

260–0770, e-mail:

clark.ellie@epamail.epa.gov.

For general information or to obtain

copies of the August 22, 1997 document

contact: National Lead Information

Clearinghouse (NLIC), 1025 Connecticut

Avenue, NW., Suite 1200, Washington,

DC 20036-5405 or toll free at 1–800–

424–5323. Fax: 202–659–1192, e-mail:

leadctr@nsc.org, Internet site: http://

www.nsc.org/ehc/lead.htm.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

In the Federal Register of August 22,

1997 (62 FR 44621) (FRL–5740–7), EPA

announced a public meeting scheduled

for September 3, 1997, in Washington,

DC to take public comments and

suggestions from a cross-section of

stakeholders on the development of

training and certification requirements

and work practice standards for

individuals and firms conducting leadbased paint activities in public

buildings (except child-occupied

facilities), commercial buildings, and

steel structures. The notice stated that

EPA specifically wanted additional

public comment on the following

subjects: (1) Coverage of lead-based

paint activities, in particular

clarification of the term ‘‘deleading’’; (2)

the interface between OSHA’s lead

standards and EPA’s TSCA section 402

regulations; (3) distinguishing among

various building and structure types;

and (4) sources of information for EPA’s

regulations. EPA discussed each issue in

detail and requested comments and

additional information on specific

items. In the document, EPA provided

a 30–day comment period following the

public meeting. In response to requests

by interested parties, EPA is extending

the comment period by 30 days.

Comments must now be received by

November 3, 1997.

II. Public Record and Electronic

Submissions

The official record for this action, as

well as the public version, has been

established for this action under docket

control number ‘‘OPPTS–62128B’’

(including comments and data

submitted electronically as described

below). A public version of this record,

including printed, paper versions of

electronic comments, which does not

include any information claimed as CBI,

is available for inspection from noon to

4 p.m., Monday through Friday,

excluding legal holidays. The official

record is located in the TSCA

Nonconfidential Information Center,

Rm. NE–B607, 401 M St., SW.,

Washington, DC.

Electronic comments can be sent

directly to EPA at:

oppt.ncic@epamail.epa.gov

Electronic comments must be

submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the

use of special characters and any form

of encryption. Comments and data will

also be accepted on disks in

WordPerfect 5.1/6.1 or ASCII file

format. All comments and data in

electronic form must be identified by

the docket control number ‘‘OPPTS–

62128B.’’ Electronic comments on this

action may be filed online at many

Federal Depository Libraries.

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 745

Environmental protection, Hazardous

substances, Lead, Recordkeeping and

notification requirements.

Dated: September 26, 1997.

Vanessa Vu,

Acting Director, Office of Pollution Prevention

and Toxics.

[FR Doc. 97–26188 Filed 10–1–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

47 CFR Part 54

[CC Docket Nos. 96–45 and 97–160, DA 97–

2050]

Federal State Joint Board on Universal

Service; Forward-Looking Mechanism

for High Cost Support for Non-Rural

LECs

Released September 24, 1997.

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed Rule; notice of

meetings.

SUMMARY: Each Wednesday, the

Common Carrier Bureau holds meetings

with the proponents of the Hatfield

Model and the Benchmark Cost Proxy

Model to solicit the model proponents’

individual views on the models’ current
Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 191 / Thursday, October 2, 1997 / Proposed Rules 51623

1Federal-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.

2The 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

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.

features, the relative merits of the two

models, and any changes that the

proponents make in the two models.

These meetings are open to the public.

There will be no meeting on

Wednesday, October 1, 1997. Instead, a

meeting will be held on Tuesday,

September 30, 1997. The hour and place

will remain unchanged (1:00 pm to 4:00

pm in the conference room of the

Universal Service Branch, 2100 M

Street, N.W., Eighth Floor). Subsequent

meetings will be held each Wednesday

until further notice.

DATES: The next meeting will be held on

September 30, 1997, 1:00 to 4:00 p.m.

Subsequent meetings will be held each

Wednesday until further notice.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at

the Universal Service Branch, Federal

Communications Commission, 2100 M

St., NW., Eighth Floor Conference

Room, Washington, D.C.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Astrid Carlson, Universal Service

Branch, Accounting & Audits Division,

Common Carrier Bureau (202) 418–

7369.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

October 1, 1997 Meeting on Forward–

Looking Cost Mechanism For Universal

Service Support For Non–Rural

Carriers Rescheduled to September 30,

1997

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

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 in rural, insular, and

high cost areas, the Common Carrier

Bureau and the staff of the Federal-State

Joint Board on Universal Service hold

meetings each Wednesday with the

proponents of the Hatfield Model and

the Benchmark Cost Proxy Model

(BCPM) to solicit the model proponents’

individual views on the models’ current

features, the relative mertis of the two

models, and any changes that the

proponents may make in the two

models.

These meetings are open to the

public. There will be no meeting on

Wednesday, October 1, 1997. Instead, a

meeting will be held on Tuesday,

September 30, 1997. The hour and the

place will remain unchanged (1 pm to

4 pm in the conference room of the

Universal Service Branch, 2100 M

Street, NW, Eighth Floor). Subsequent

meetings will be held each Wednesday

until further notice.

For further information about these

workshops, contact Chuck Keller, (202)

418–7380, ckeller@fcc.gov.

Federal Communications Commission.

Timothy A. Peterson,

Deputy Chief, Division.

[FR Doc. 97–25791 Filed 9–30–97; 10:36 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

48 CFR Parts 203 and 252

[DFARS Case 97–D020]

Defense Federal Acquisition

Regulation Supplement; Employment

Prohibition on Persons Convicted of

Fraud or Other DoD Contract-Related

Felonies

AGENCY: Department of Defense (DoD).

ACTION: Proposed rule with request for

comments.

SUMMARY: The Director of Defense

Procurement is proposing to amend the

Defense Federal Acquisition Regulation

Supplement (DFARS) to expand the list

of positions in which contractors may

not allow persons convicted of fraud or

other DoD contract-related felonies to

serve, and to provide that the term of

such a prohibition on service may

exceed 5 years.

DATES: Comment date: Comments on the

proposed rule should be submitted in

writing to the address shown below on

or before December 1, 1997, to be

considered in the formulation of the

final rule.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties should

submit written comments to: Defense

Acquisition Regulations Council, Attn:

Mr. Michael Pelkey,

PDUSD(A&T)DP(DAR), IMD 3D139,

3062 Defense Pentagon, Washington, DC

20301–3062. Telefax number (703) 602–

0350.

E-mail comments submitted over the

Inernet should be addressed to:

dfars@acq.osd.mil Please cite DFARS Case 97–D020 in

all correspondence related to this issue.

E-mail comments should cite DFARS

Case 97–D020 in the subject line.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. Michael Pelkey, (703) 602–0131.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Background

This proposed rule amends DFARS

203.570–2 and the clause at 252.203–

7001 to expand the list of positions in

which a person convicted of a felony

arising out of a contract with DoD may

not serve, and to permit agencies to

prohibit such service for periods greater

than 5 years, in accordance with 10

U.S.C. 2408.

B. Regulatory Flexibility Act

The proposed rule is not expected to

have a significant economic impact on

a substantial number of small entities

within the meaning of the Regulatory

Flexibility Act, 5 U.S.C. 601, et seq.,

because the rule pertains only to the

employment of persons convicted of a

felony arising out of a DoD contract. An

initial regulatory flexibility analysis has

therefore not been performed.

Comments are invited from small

businesses and other interested parties.

Comments from small entities

concerning the affected DFARS subparts

also will be considered in accordance

with 5 U.S.C. 610. Such comments

should be submitted separately and

should cite DFARS Case 97–D020 in

correspondence.

C. Paperwork Reduction Act

The Paperwork Reduction Act does

not apply because the proposed rule

does not impose any information

collection requirements that require the