55406 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 206 / Friday, October 24, 1997 / Notices

TRANSACTIONS GRANTED EARLY TERMINATION BETWEEN: 091597 AND 093097—Continued

Name of acquiring person, name of acquired person, name of

acquired entity PMN No. Date terminated

NovaCare, Inc., Liberty Mutual Insurance Company, Atlantic Health Group, Inc ........................................................... 97–3524 09/24/97

Capstone Pharmacy Services, Inc., Harry Tractman, Med-Tec Pharmaceutical Services, Inc ...................................... 97–3293 09/25/97

Republic Industries, Inc., Roger Dean, Dennis Fronrath Chev., Inc. & Fronrath Dean Fronrath ................................... 97–3377 09/25/97

Republic Industries, Inc., Bradley W. Kenyon, Kenyon Dodge, Inc ................................................................................ 97–3378 09/25/97

K N Energy, Inc., Interenergy Corporation, Interenergy Corporation .............................................................................. 97–3504 09/25/97

AmeriKing, Inc., James E. Green, B&J Restaurants, Inc ................................................................................................ 97–3316 09/26/97

The Finova Group Inc., R.J. Brandes, Belgravia Capital Corporation ............................................................................ 97–3428 09/26/97

R.J. Brandes, The Finova Group Inc., The Finova Group Inc ........................................................................................ 97–3429 09/26/97

ISE Labs, Inc., Alphatec Electronics Public Co., Ltd., a Thai company, Alphatec USA, Inc. & Digital Testing Services, Inc ........................................................................................................................................................................ 97–3438 09/26/97

Source Media, Inc., Brite Voice Systems, Inc., Brite Voice Systems, Inc ...................................................................... 97–3441 09/26/97

ADC Telecommunications, Inc., NewNet, Inc., NewNet, Inc ........................................................................................... 97–3467 09/26/97

General Electric Company, Trans Leasing International, Inc., Trans Leasing International, Inc .................................... 97–3478 09/26/97

Newcourt Credit Group Inc., James M. Oberman, Lease Finance Group ...................................................................... 97–3496 09/26/97

Newcourt Credit Group, Inc., James R. Brandt, Lease Finance Group .......................................................................... 97–3497 09/26/97

Calpine Corporation, Brooklyn Union Gas Company (The), Gas Energy Inc. and Gas Energy Cogeneration Inc ....... 97–3499 09/26/97

Thomas H. Lee Equity Fund III, L.P., The Learning Company, Inc., The Learning Company, Inc ................................ 97–3500 09/26/97

Steven A. and Linda Webster (Husband and Wife), R&B Falcon Corporation, R&B Falcon Corporation ..................... 97–3515 09/26/97

The News Corporation Limited, The Los Angeles Dodgers, Inc., The Los Angeles Dodgers, Inc ................................ 97–3522 09/26/97

O. Bruton Smith, Richard Dyer, Dyer & Dyer, Inc ........................................................................................................... 97–3525 09/26/97

Richard Colburn, Daniel R. Boling, Daley Corporation ................................................................................................... 97–3528 09/26/97

The United Company, The Roof Center, Inc., The Roof Center, Inc .............................................................................. 97–3531 09/26/97

Lehman Brothers Capital Partners I, SunSource, Inc., SunSource, Inc ......................................................................... 97–3537 09/26/97

Heating Oil Partners, L.P., Petroleum Heat and Power Co., Inc., Ocennet Fuel Oil Corp ............................................. 97–3538 09/26/97

Mellon Bank Corporation, Steven Wallace, Trustee/Steven Wallace Living Trust, Pacific Brokerage Services ............ 97–3540 09/26/97

J. Kirk Hvide, Kinsman Lines, Inc., Kinsman Lines, Inc .................................................................................................. 97–3541 09/26/97

Performance Food Group Company, A.F.I. Food Service Distributors, Inc., A.F.I. Food Service Distributors, Inc ....... 97–3542 09/26/97

Airgas, Inc., Industrial Gas Products and Supply, Inc., Industrial Gas Products and Supply, Inc ................................. 97–3546 09/26/97

Robert J. Higgins, Strawberries Inc., a debtor in possession, Strawberries Inc., a debtor in possession ..................... 97–3548 09/26/97

Center Street Capital Partners, LP, M.D. Mitchella, Carrier-Bock Company .................................................................. 97–3551 09/26/97

Michael J. Dressell, Quality Dining, Inc., Bruegger’s Corporation .................................................................................. 97–3556 09/26/97

Ripplewood Partners, L.P., Ripplewood Interim Partners, L.P., Edwards Holding Corp ................................................ 97–3557 09/26/97

Ripplewood Interim Partners, L.P., Ripplewood Partners, L.P., Heidi’s Holding Corp., GCI Holdings Corp ................. 97–3558 09/26/97

Fenway partners Capital Fund, L.P., Aldik Artificial Flower Co., Inc., Aldik Artificial Flower Co., Inc ............................ 97–3568 09/26/97

Group Maintenance America Corp., MacDonald-Miller Industries, Inc., MacDonald-Miller Industries, Inc .................... 97–3578 09/26/97

Group Maintenance America Corp., Ronald D. Bryant, Masters, Inc ............................................................................. 97–3579 09/26/97

Union Camp Corporation, Greater New York Box Co., Inc., Greater New York Box Co., Inc ....................................... 97–3594 09/26/97

Cytec Industries Inc., Equilease Holding Corporation, Fiberite Holdings, Inc.; Fiberite, Inc .......................................... 97–3309 09/29/97

Questor Partners Fund, L.P., Avnet, Inc., Channel Master Division ............................................................................... 97–3553 09/29/97

Community Newspaper Holdings, Inc., Thomas G. Cousins, Southern Crescent Newspapers, LP .............................. 97–3567 09/29/97

CACI International Inc., Infonet Services Corporation, Government Systems, Inc. ........................................................ 97–3569 09/29/97

Philip E. Kamins, Allied Products Corporation, Coz Plastics division ............................................................................. 97–3580 09/29/97

Japan Energy Corporation, Japan Energy Corporation, Encore Computer Corporation ................................................ 97–3588 09/29/97

Stonington Capital Appreciation 1994 Fund, L.P., Merisel, Inc., Merisel, Inc ................................................................. 97–3593 09/29/97

Catholic Health Initiatives, Southern Health Care of Tennessee, Inc., Southern Health Care of Tennessee, Inc ........ 97–3395 09/30/97

United States Fidelity and Guaranty Company, Titan Holdings, Inc., Titan Holdings, Inc ............................................. 97–3397 09/30/97

Ingersoll-Rand Company, Westinghouse Electric Company, Thermo King Corporation ................................................ 97–3443 09/30/97

Robert F.X. Sillerman, Sinclair Broadcast Group, Inc., Sinclair Radio of Nashville, Inc ................................................ 97–3529 09/30/97

Reliance Steel & Aluminum Company, Walter C. Goldstein, Service Steel Aerospace Corporation ............................. 97–3545 09/30/97

Crown Pacific Partners, L.P., David R. and Kay E. Syre, Trillium Corporation .............................................................. 97–3576 09/30/97

Insignia Financial Group, Inc., Realty One, Inc., Realty One, Inc .................................................................................. 97–3581 09/30/97

Bayard Drilling Technologies, Inc., Charles E. Davidson, Bonray Drilling Company ..................................................... 97–3604 09/30/97

Charles E. Davidson, Bayard Drilling Technologies, Inc., Bayard Drilling Technologies, Inc ........................................ 97–3605 09/30/97

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sandra M. Peay or Parcellena P.

Fielding, Contact Representative,

Federal Trade Commission, Premerger

Notification Office, Bureau of

Competition, Room 303, Washington,

D.C. 20580, (202) 326–3100.

By Direction of the Commission.

Donald S. Clark,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–28223 Filed 10–23–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6750–01–M

GENERAL SERVICES

ADMINISTRATION

Proposed Collection; Comment

Request Entitled Preparation,

Submission, and Negotiation of

Subcontracting Plans

AGENCY: Office of Acquisition Policy,

GSA.

ACTION: Notice of request for public

comments regarding an extension to an

existing OMB clearance (3090–0252).

SUMMARY: The GSA hereby gives notice

under the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995 that it is requesting the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) to

reinstate information collection, 3090–

0252, Preparation, Submission, and

Negotiation of Subcontracting Plans.

This information collection will ensure

that small and small disadvantaged

business concerns are afforded the

maximum practical opportunity to

participate as subcontractors in
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construction, repair, and alteration or

lease contracts.

DATES: December 23, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to Edward

Springer, GSA Desk Officer, Room 3235,

NEOB, Washington, DC 20503, and to

Marjorie Ashby, General Services

Administration (MVP), 18th and F

Streets, NW, Washington, DC 20405.

Annual Reporting Burden:

Respondents: 1350; annual responses: 1;

average hours per response: 12; burden

hours: 16,200.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Al

Matera, Office of GSA Acquisition

Policy (202) 501–1224.

Copy of Proposal: A copy of this

proposal may be obtained from the GSA

Acquisition Policy Division (MVP),

Room 4011, GSA Building, 18th and F

Streets NW, Washington, DC 20405, or

by telephoning (202) 501–3822, or by

faxing your request to (202) 501–3341.

Dated: October 15, 1997.

Edward C. Loeb,

Acting Deputy Association Administrator,

Office of Acquisition Policy.

[FR Doc. 97–28236 Filed 10–23–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6820–61–M

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND

HUMAN SERVICES

Centers for Disease Control and

Prevention

National Institute for Occupational

Safety and Health; Occupational

Exposure to Inorganic Lead: Request

for Comments and Information;

Republication

This notice is being republished

because the μ symbol was missing

throughout the original document

published in the Federal Register on

October 7, 1997 (62 FR 52343).

AGENCY: National Institute for

Occupational Safety and Health

(NIOSH), Centers for Disease Control

and Prevention (CDC), Department of

Health and Human Services (DHHS).

ACTION: Request for comments and

information relevant to occupational

exposure to inorganic lead.

SUMMARY: NIOSH is reviewing its

recommendations contained in the

document Criteria for a Recommended

Standard....Occupational Exposure to

Inorganic Lead, Revised Criteria—1978

[NIOSH 1978]. The evaluation of recent

literature indicates that the NIOSH

recommended exposure limit (REL) of

100 μg/m3 as an 8-hour time-weighted

average (TWA) in that document does

not sufficiently protect workers from the

adverse effects of exposure to inorganic

lead. NIOSH is requesting comments

and information relevant to the

evaluation of the potential health risks

associated with occupational exposure

to inorganic lead, as well as case reports

or other data that demonstrate adverse

health effects in workers exposed to

inorganic lead at or below the OSHA

permissible exposure limit (PEL) of 50

μg/m3 as an 8-hour TWA and any

information pertinent to evaluating the

technical feasibility of establishing a

more protective REL for inorganic lead.

NIOSH is also soliciting information on

worker blood lead levels (BLLs)

including data on methodologies used

in measuring BLLs in the workplace and

information that can be used for

comparing airborne inorganic lead

concentrations to observed BLLs.

NIOSH intends to analyze the

feasibility of developing preventive

measures including an REL that would

provide better protection for workers. In

the interim, NIOSH plans to adopt the

more protective current OSHA PEL as

its REL.

DATES: Written comments to this notice

should be submitted to Diane Manning,

NIOSH Docket Office, 4676 Columbia

Parkway, M/S C–34, Cincinnati, Ohio

45226, on or before December 23, 1997.

Comments may also be faxed to Diane

Manning at (513) 533–8285 or submitted

by email to dmm2@cdc.gov as

WordPerfect 6.0/6.1 files.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Technical information may be obtained

from Dr. Henryka Nagy, NIOSH, CDC,

4676 Columbia Parkway, M/S C–32,

Cincinnati, Ohio 45226, telephone (513)

533–8369.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: NIOSH

has conducted a literature review of the

health effects data on inorganic lead

exposure and finds evidence that some

adverse effects on the adult

reproductive, cardiovascular, and

hematologic systems, and on the

development of children of exposed

workers can occur at BLLs as low as 10

μg/dl with no apparent threshold. At

BLLs below 40 μg/dl, many of the health

effects associated with lead exposure

would not necessarily be evident by

routine physical examinations, but

represent early stages in a continuum of

disease development. The risk of

developing adverse health effects

appears to increase as BLLs rise above

40 μg/dl.

In the NIOSH 1978 criteria document

entitled Occupational Exposure to

Inorganic Lead [NIOSH 1978], NIOSH

recommended that exposure to

inorganic lead be limited to 100 μg/m3

as an 8-hour TWA. This exposure limit

was expected to maintain BLLs below

60 μg/dl and to prevent clinical health

effects to the hematologic system, the

central and peripheral nervous systems,

the reproductive system, and the

kidneys. NIOSH also expressed concern

about possible health effects that may

occur below 60 μg/dl: ‘‘In adhering to

the 60 μg/dl figure, NIOSH has not

relinquished its concerns for possible

effects that may occur below 60 μg/dl.

Adherence to this 60 μg/dl figure should

not be interpreted as a firm NIOSH

opposition to establishing a lower blood

lead standard. In fact, NIOSH endorses

a lower blood lead standard as a future

goal to provide greater assurance of

safety.’’

In 1978, the Occupational Safety and

Health Administration (OSHA)

promulgated an occupational inorganic

lead standard for general industry that

incorporates a PEL of 50 μg/m3 which is

intended to maintain worker BLLs

below 40 μg/dl. OSHA also included

provisions for reducing the PEL for

work shifts that exceed 8 hours, medical

monitoring of workers exposed to

airborne inorganic lead concentrations

at or above the action level of 30 μg/m3,

and medical removal of workers with

BLLs greater than 50 μg/dl. Workers are

permitted to return to jobs involving

inorganic lead exposure only after their

BLLs have declined to 40 μg/dl.

OSHA concluded in 1978 that a PEL

of 50 μg/m3 represented the lowest level

for which there was evidence of

feasibility in most industries. OSHA

also acknowledged that, based on the

scientific data, the PEL of 50 μg/m3 did

not provide protection from all adverse

health effects of inorganic lead toxicity

because the hematologic system, the

nervous system, the kidneys, and the

fetus can be adversely affected by

exposures to inorganic lead resulting in

BLLs below 40 μg/dl [43 FR 52952,

November 14, 1978]. In May 1993,

OSHA published the Interim Final Lead

in Construction Standard [58 FR 26590,

May 4, 1993]. This standard extended

the general industry standard for

inorganic lead to include workers in the

construction industry. No additional

analysis of the health data was

performed by OSHA in adopting this

standard for the construction industry.

NIOSH seeks to obtain materials,

including reports and research findings,

to evaluate the health risks of

occupational exposure to inorganic lead.

Examples of requested information

include, but are not limited to, the

following:

1. Occupational (environmental)

exposure data.

2. Data on the effectiveness of

engineering controls, work practices,