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motion to intervene or a protest in

accordance with the requirements of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and

385.214) and the regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.10). All

protests filed with the Commission will

be considered by it in determining the

appropriate action to be taken but will

not serve to make the protestants parties

to the proceeding. Any person wishing

to become a party in any proceeding

herein must file a motion to intervene

in accordance with the Commission’s

rules.

Take further notice that, pursuant to

the authority contained in and subject to

the jurisdiction conferred upon the

Commission by Sections 7 and 15 of the

Natural Gas Act and the Commission’s

Rules of Practice and Procedure, a

hearing will be held without further

notice before the Commission or its

designee on this application if no

motion to intervene is filed within the

time required herein, if the Commission

on its own review of the matter finds

that permission and approval for the

proposed abandonment are required by

the public convenience and necessity. If

a motion for leave to intervene is timely

filed, or if the Commission on its own

motion believes that formal hearing is

required, further notice of such hearing

will be duly given.

Under the procedure herein provided

for, unless otherwise advised, it will be

unnecessary for Texas Eastern to appear

or to be represented at the hearing.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–30886 Filed 11–24–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP97–408–000]

Trailblazer Pipeline Company; Notice

of Informal Settlement Conference

November 19, 1997.

Take notice that an informal

settlement conference will be convened

in this proceeding on December 4, 1997

at 10:00 a.m., to continue through

December 5, 1997 as needed, at the

offices of the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, N.E.,

Washington, DC, for the purpose of

exploring the possible settlement of the

above-referenced docket.

Any party, as defined by 18 CFR

385.102(c), or any participant as defined

by 18 CFR 385.102(b), is invited to

attend. Persons wishing to become a

party must move to intervene and

receive intervenor status pursuant to the

Commission’s regulations (18 CFR

385.214).

For additional information, please

contact Robert Young at (202) 208–5705

or Thomas Burgess at (202) 208–2058.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–30892 Filed 11–24–97; 8:45 am]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPPTS–42193; FRL–5759–3]

Endocrine Disruptors; Notice of Public

Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA)

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing the sixth

meeting of the Endocrine Disruptors

Screening and Testing Advisory

Committee (EDSTAC), a committee

established under the provisions of the

Federal Advisory Committee Act

(FACA) to advise EPA on a strategy for

screening chemicals and pesticides for

their potential to disrupt endocrine

function in humans and wildlife.

DATES: The meeting will begin on

December 2 at 9 a.m. and is scheduled

to adjourn December 3 at 12 p.m. A

public comment period will be held on

the evening of December 2 from 7 p.m.

to 9 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Omni Rosen Hotel, 9840

International Drive, Orlando, FL. The

telephone number at the hotel is 407–

354–9840; fax: 407–248–0865.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

technical information, contact Dr.

Anthony Maciorowski (telephone: 202–

260–3048) or Mr. Gary Timm

(telephone: 202–260–1859) at EPA. To

obtain additional information please

contact the contractor assisting EPA

with meeting facilitation and logistics:

Ms. Tutti Otteson, The Keystone Center,

P.O. Box 8606, Keystone, CO 80435.

Telephone: 970–468–5822; fax: 970–

262–0152; email: totteson@keystone.org.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA’s

Office of Prevention, Pesticides and

Toxic Substances is taking the lead for

the Agency on endocrine disruptor

screening and testing required by recent

legislation (i.e., reauthorization of the

Safe Drinking Water Act and the Food

Quality Protection Act) and has formed

an advisory committee (EDSTAC) to

provide advice and counsel to the

Agency on a strategy to screen and test

chemicals, including pesticides, for

their potential to disrupt endocrine

function in humans, fish, and wildlife.

It is proposed that the agenda for this

meeting include the following topics:

1. A report from the Screening and

Testing Work Group—Further

discussion of Tier 1 screening assays—

Proposals for Tier 2 testing.

2. An update on the Communication

Strategy from the Communications and

Outreach Work Group.

3. A report from the Priority Setting

Work Group—Proposals for handling

mixtures and polymers—Update on

other topics.

Dated: November 20, 1997.

William H. Sanders,

Director, Office of Pollution Prevention and

Toxics.

[FR Doc. 97–31127 Filed 11–21–97; 2:49 pm]

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

Notice of Public Information

Collection(s) Submitted to OMB for

Review and Approval

November 17, 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;

(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s

burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance

the quality, utility, and clarity of the

information collected; and (d) ways to

minimize the burden of the collection of

information on the respondents,

including the use of automated

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology.

DATES: Written comments should be

submitted on or before December 26,

1997. If you anticipate that you will be
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submitting comments, but find it

difficult to do so within the period of

time allowed by this notice, you should

advise the contact listed below as soon

as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to Judy

Boley, Federal Communications

Commission, Room 234, 1919 M St.,

N.W., Washington, DC 20554 or via

internet to jboley@fcc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

additional information or copies of the

information collection(s) contact Judy

Boley at 202–418–0214 or via internet at

jboley@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Control Number: 3060–0739.

Title: Amendment of the

Commission’s Rules to Establish

Competitive Safeguards for Local

Exchange Carrier Provision of

Commercial Mobile Radio Services.

Form Number: N/A.

Type of Review: Revision of a

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit; state, local or tribal government.

Number of Respondents: 19.

Estimated Time Per Response: 6,056

hours.

Cost to Respondents: $1,003,000.

Total Annual Burden: 116,456 hours.

Needs and Uses: Incumbent Local

Exchange Carriers (LECs) offering inregion broadband Commercial Mobile

Radio Services (CMRS) must do so

through a separate affiliate. The CMRS

affiliate must maintain separate books of

accounts and will be subject to the

Commission’s joint cost and affiliate

transaction rules. The Commission

imposes the recordkeeping collection to

ensure that incumbent LECs providing

in-region broadband CMRS through a

separate affiliate are in compliance with

the Communications Act, as amended,

and with Commission policies and

regulations.

OMB Control Number: 3060–0698.

Title: Amendment of the

Commission’s Rules to Establish a Radio

Astronomy Coordination Zone in Puerto

Rico (ET Docket No. 96–2, RM–8165;

Report and Order).

Form Number: N/A.

Type of Review: Revision of a

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Individuals or

households; business or other for-profit;

state, local or tribal government.

Number of Respondents: 500.

Estimated Time Per Response: 1 hour.

Cost to Respondents: $3,000.

Total Annual Burden: 300 hours.

Needs and Uses: The Report and

Order establishes a Coordination Zone

that covers the Islands of Puerto Rico,

Desecheo, Mona, Vieques, and Culebra

within the Commonwealth of Puerto

Rico (the Puerto Rico Islands). The

Coordination Zone and notifications

procedures will enable the Arecibo

Radio Astronomy Observatory

(Observatory) to receive information

needed to assess whether an applicant’s

proposed operations will cause harmful

interference to the Observatory’s

operations and will promote efficient

resolution of problems coordination

between applicants and the

Observatory.

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–30849 Filed 11–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–U

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

Notice of Public Information

Collection(s) Submitted to OMB for

Review and Approval

November 19, 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, Pub. L. 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;

(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s

burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance

the quality, utility, and clarity of the

information collected; and (d) ways to

minimize the burden of the collection of

information on the respondents,

including the use of automated

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology.

DATES: Written comments should be

submitted on or before December 26,

1997. If you anticipate that you will be

submitting comments, but find it

difficult to do so within the period of

time allowed by this notice, you should

advise the contact listed below as soon

as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to Judy

Boley, Federal Communications

Commission, Room 234, 1919 M St.,

N.W., Washington, DC 20554 or via

internet to jboley@fcc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

additional information or copies of the

information collection(s) contact Judy

Boley at 202–418–0214 or via internet at

jboley@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Control Number: 3060–0621.

Title: Rules and Requirements for

Broadband PCS Licenses.

Form Number: N/A.

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Individuals or

households; business or other for-profit;

not-for-profit institutions; state, local or

tribal government.

Number of Respondents: 3,000.

Estimated Time Per Response: Ranges

from .50–20 hours.

Cost to Respondents: N/A.

Total Annual Burden: 14,044 hours.

Needs and Uses: The information

requested provides the Commission

with information to determine the legal,

technical and other qualifications of

applicants to obtain a broadband

Personal Communications Service (PCS)

license. The information is also used to

determine whether grant of an

application will serve the public

interest, convenience and necessity. The

staff uses the information to ensure that

licensees who acquire their licenses

through competitive bidding are not

unjustly enriched by premature transfer

of their licenses.

OMB Control Number: 3060–0508.

Title: Rewrite and Update of Part 22.

Form Number: N/A.

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit.

Number of Respondents: 20,860

respondents; 107,872 annual responses.

Estimated Time Per Response: Ranges

from .25 to 600 hours.

Cost to Respondents: N/A.

Total Annual Burden: 266,555 hours.

Needs and Uses: The information

requested provides the Commission

with information to determine the legal,

technical and other qualifications of

applicants to operate a station in the

Public Mobile Services. The information

is also used to determine whether grant

of an application will serve the public

interest, convenience and necessity. The

staff uses the information to ensure that

applicants and licensees comply with

ownership and transfer restrictions.