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manner, frequency, form, and content

that public water systems must follow

for giving public notice. The 1996

SDWA amendments amended this EPA

obligation, to require consultation with

the States prior to rulemaking. Public

water systems are currently required to

notify their customers whenever: (1) A

violation of any drinking water

regulation occurs (including MCL,

treatment technique, and monitoring/

reporting requirements); (2) a variance

or exemption (V&E) to those regulations

is in place or the conditions of the V&E

are violated; or (3) results from

unregulated contaminant monitoring

required under section 1445 of the

SDWA are received. This coverage was

not changed by the 1996 SDWA

Amendments.

The current rule sets different

requirements based on the type of

violation and type of system. The 1996

SDWA amendments substantially alter

what is currently in place: (1) SDWA

section 1414(c)(2)(C) requires notice

within 24 hours and sets other new,

more prescriptive notice requirements

for violations with ‘‘potential to have

serious adverse health risks to human

health as a result of short-term

exposure’’; (2) SDWA section

1414(c)(2)(D) gives EPA more discretion

to set less prescriptive notice

requirements for all other violations,

such as requiring the notice in an

annual report; and (3) SDWA section

1414(c)(2)(B)) allows the states to

prescribe alternative notification

requirements by rule to the form and

content of the notice, consistent with

the current primacy requirements.

To meet the letter and spirit of the

new statutory provisions, EPA is

holding three or more public

stakeholder meetings prior to drafting a

new regulation. This is the third of the

scheduled stakeholder meetings to be

held since August, to exchange

information on our mutual experience

with the current regulation and the

elements needed in the new regulation

to meet the intent of Congress. The

legislative changes provide an excellent

opportunity to streamline the existing

regulations by focusing the notices on

situations that have potential to have

serious adverse effects on human health.

EPA will also solicit from the

stakeholders existing public notification

programs that work, and seek to share

these experiences through our

rulemaking communication. The reports

from these meetings will be presented to

the public notification workgroup to

define the issues and to develop options

for their resolution.

Dated: October 3, 1997.

Elizabeth Fellows,

Acting Director, Office of Ground Water and

Drinking Water.

[FR Doc. 97–26860 Filed 10–8–97; 8:45 am]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5907–5]

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation and Liability

Act (CERCLA) or Superfund, Section

104; Announcement of Proposal

Deadline for the Competition for the

1998 National Brownfields Assessment

Demonstration Pilots

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of proposal deadlines,

revised guidelines.

SUMMARY: The United States

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

will begin to accept proposals for the

National Brownfields Assessment Pilots

on October 9, 1997. The brownfields

assessment pilots (each funded up to

$200,000 over two years) test cleanup

and redevelopment planning models,

direct special efforts toward removing

regulatory barriers without sacrificing

protectiveness, and facilitate

coordinated environmental cleanup and

redevelopment efforts at the federal,

state, and local levels. EPA expects to

select approximately 100 additional

National brownfields assessment pilots

by May 1998. Applications will be

accepted on a ‘‘rolling submissions’’

schedule. The deadlines for new

applications for the 1998 assessment

pilots are December 15, 1997, and

March 23, 1998. Applications

postmarked after December 15, 1997,

will be considered in the second round

of competition. Previously unsuccessful

applicants are advised that they must

revise and resubmit their applications.

The National brownfields assessment

pilots are administered on a competitive

basis. To ensure a fair selection process,

evaluation panels consisting of EPA

Regional and Headquarters staff and

other federal agency representatives will

assess how well the proposals meet the

selection criteria outlined in the newly

revised application booklet The

Brownfields Economic Redevelopment

Initiative: Proposal Guidelines for

Brownfields Assessment Demonstration

Pilots (October 1997).

DATES: This action is effective as of

October 9, 1997, and expires on March

23, 1998. All proposals must be

postmarked or sent to EPA via registered

or tracked mail by the expiration dates

cited above. Applications postmarked

after December 15, 1997, will be

considered in the second round of

competition.

ADDRESSES: Application booklets can be

obtained by calling the Superfund

Hotline at the following numbers:

Washington, DC Metro Area at 703–

412–9810, Outside Washington, DC

Metro at 1–800–424–9346, TDD for the

Hearing Impaired at 1–800–553–7672.

Copies of the Booklet are available via

the Internet: http://www.epa.gov/

brownfields/

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The

Superfund Hotline, 800–424–9346.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As a part

of the Environmental Protection

Agency’s (EPA) Brownfields Economic

Redevelopment Initiative, the

Brownfields Assessment Demonstration

Pilots are designed to empower States,

communities, and other stakeholders in

economic redevelopment to work

together in a timely manner to prevent,

assess, safely clean up and sustainably

reuse brownfields. EPA has awarded

cooperative agreements to States, cities,

towns, counties and Tribes for

demonstration pilots that test

brownfields assessment models, direct

special efforts toward removing

regulatory barriers without sacrificing

protectiveness, and facilitate

coordinated public and private efforts at

the Federal, State and local levels. To

date, the Agency has funded 121

Brownfields Assessment Pilots. Of those

pilots, 64 are National Pilots selected

under criteria developed by EPA

Headquarters and 57 are Regional Pilots

selected by EPA Regions under criteria

developed by their offices.

EPA’s goal is to select a broad array

of assessment pilots that will serve as

models for other communities across the

nation. EPA seeks to identify

applications that demonstrate the

integration or linking of brownfields

assessment pilots with other federal,

state, tribal, and local sustainable

development, community revitalization,

and pollution prevention programs.

Special consideration will be given to

Empowerment Zones and Enterprise

Communities (EZ/ECs) and

communities with populations of under

100,000. (EPA will conduct a special

outreach effort to address the unique

needs of Indian Tribes.) These pilots

focus on EPA’s primary mission—

protecting human health and the

environment. However, it is an essential

piece of the nation’s overall community

revitalization efforts. EPA works closely

with other federal agencies through the

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Brownfields, and builds relationships

with other stakeholders on the national

and local levels to develop coordinated

approaches for community

revitalization.

Funding for the brownfields

assessment pilots is authorized under

Section 104(d)(1) of the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act of

1980, as amended, (CERCLA or

Superfund), 42 U.S.C. 9604(d)(1). States,

cities, towns, counties, U.S. Territories,

and Indian Tribes are eligible to apply.

EPA welcomes and encourages

applications from coalitions of such

entities, but a single eligible entity must

be identified as the legal recipient.

Cooperative agreement funds will be

awarded only to a state, to an officially

recognized political subdivision of a

state, or to a Federally recognized tribe.

For non-state applicants, please include

a statement verifying that your entity

has been authorized by the state to

exercise governmental powers.

Through a brownfields cooperative

agreement, EPA authorizes an eligible

state, political subdivision, Territory, or

Indian Tribe to undertake activities that

EPA itself has the authority to pursue

under CERCLA sections 104(a) or

104(b). All restrictions on EPA’s use of

funding cited in CERCLA section 104

also apply to brownfields assessment

pilot cooperative agreement recipients.

The proposal evaluation panels will

review the proposals carefully and

assess each response based on how well

it addresses the selection criteria, briefly

outlined below:

1. Problem Statement and Needs

Assessment (4 Points Out of 20)

—Effect of Brownfields on your

Community or Communities

—Value Added by Federal Support

2. Community-Based Planning and

Involvement (6 Points Out of 20)

—Existing Local Commitment

—Community Involvement Plan

—Environmental Justice Plan

3. Implementation Planning (6 Points

Out of 20)

—Appropriate Authority and

Government Support

—Environmental Site Assessment Plan

—Proposed Cleanup Funding

Mechanisms

—Flow of Ownership Plan

4. Long-Term Benefits and

Sustainability (4 Points Out of 20)

—National Replicability

—Measures of Success

Dated: October 2, 1997.

Linda Garczynski,

Director, Outreach and Special Projects Staff,

Office of Solid Waste and Emergency

Response.

[FR Doc. 97–26863 Filed 10–8–97; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

[Report No. 2231]

Petitions for Reconsideration and

Clarification of Action in Rulemaking

Proceedings

October 6, 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,

N.W., Washington, D.C. or may be

purchased from the Commission’s copy

contractor, ITS, Inc. (202) 857–3800.

Oppositions to these petitions must be

filed October 24, 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: International Settlement

Rates (IB Docket No. 96–261).

Number of Petitions Filed: 3.

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–26785 Filed 10–8–97; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Change in Bank Control Notices;

Acquisitions of Shares of Banks or

Bank Holding Companies

The notificants listed below have

applied under the Change in Bank

Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and §

225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12

CFR 225.41) to acquire a bank or bank

holding company. The factors that are

considered in acting on the notices are

set forth in paragraph 7 of the Act (12

U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)).

The notices are available for

immediate inspection at the Federal

Reserve Bank indicated. The notices

also will be available for inspection at

the offices of the Board of Governors.

Interested persons may express their

views in writing to the Reserve Bank

indicated for that notice or to the offices

of the Board of Governors. Comments

must be received not later than October

23, 1997.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of

Minneapolis (Karen L. Grandstrand,

Vice President) 250 Marquette Avenue,

Minneapolis, Minnesota 55480-2171:

1. James Bennett, Billings, Montana;

First PREMIER Bank as Custodian/FBO

Emil Erhardt IRA, Stevensville,

Montana; Donald Bennett, Columbia

Falls, Montana; Steven Tostenrud,

Billings, Montana; Alex Zier,

Lewistown, Montana; William

Thorndal, Laurel, Montana; Robert

Sizemore, Chinook, Montana; William

Curley, Poynette, Wisconsin; Jon

Sustarich, Cambridge, Wisconsin;

Kenneth Baker, Osceola, Iowa; Gregory

Bormann, Stickney, South Dakota;

Duncan Flann, Iroquois, South Dakota;

Ronald Hornischer, Merrill, Wisconsin;

Reid Erickson, Osseo, Wisconsin; and

Eide & Eide CPA’s Keogh Plan, Karen

Eide trustee, Billings, Montana; to

acquire voting shares of Citizens

Development Co., Billings, Montana,

and thereby indirectly acquire First

Security Bank of Laurel, Laurel,

Montana; First Citizens Bank of Billings,

Billings, Montana; Citizens State Bank,

Hamilton, Montana; First Citizens Bank,

N.A., Columbia Falls, Montana; First

National Bank of Lewistown,

Lewistown, Montana; and Western Bank

of Chinook, N.A., Chinook, Montana.

In connection with this application,

Notificants along with D.A. Davidson &

Co., as Custodian/FBO William

Thorndal IRA, Laurel, Montana, have

applied to acquire voting shares of

United Bancorporation, Billings,

Montana, and thereby indirectly acquire

Bank of Poynette, Poynette, Wisconsin;

Cambridge State Bank, Cambridge,

Wisconsin; Clarke County State Bank,

Osceola, Iowa; Farmers State Bank,

Stickney, South Dakota; Farmers &

Merchants State Bank, Iroquois, South

Dakota; Lincoln County Bank, Merrill,

Wisconsin; and United Bank, Osseo,

Wisconsin.

In addition, the holding companies

have two classes of voting common

stock. Notificants propose to acquire

control of the Class A common stock.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, October 6, 1997.

William W. Wiles,

Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–26853 Filed 10–8–97; 8:45 am]

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