67324 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 247 / Wednesday, December 24, 1997 / Proposed Rules

Hotel reservations may be made by

calling (206) 727–5888 and refer to the

EPA Public Hearing to obtain a group

rate of $99.00. The Westin Hotel at 1900

5th Avenue is approximately 10 blocks

from the Henry M. Jackson Federal

Building.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Marta Jordan, Engineering and Analysis

Division (4303), U.S. EPA, 401 M Street

SW., Washington DC 20460. Telephone

(202) 260–0817, fax (202) 260–7185 or

E-Mail Jordan.Marta@epamail.epa.gov

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA

proposed effluent limitations guidelines

and pretreatment standards for the

Industrial Laundries Category under

authority of the Clean Water Act (33

U.S.C. 1251 et seq.) (62 FR 66182,

December 17, 1997). The Industrial

Laundries Category includes facilities

that launder industrial textile items

such as, industrial: garments and

uniforms, shop towels, printer towels,

mops, mats, and dust control items from

off-site as a business activity. The items

that are laundered are owned either by

the laundry facilities or their customers.

Often these facilities wash other items

that are not classified as industrial

textile items, such as linen supply

garments, linen flatwork, health-care

items, and miscellaneous other items.

The public hearing will include a

brief discussion of the proposed rule

which includes scope, technology-based

regulatory options, and other general

industrial laundries industry issues. The

hearing will be recorded or transcribed

by a reporter for inclusion in the record

for the Industrial Laundries Category

rulemaking.

Documents relating to the topics

mentioned above and a more detailed

agenda will be available at the meeting.

Dated: December 18, 1997.

Tudor Davies,

Director, Office of Science and Technology.

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DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR

Fish and Wildlife Service

50 CFR Part 17

Endangered and Threatened Wildlife

and Plants; Reopening of Comment

Period and Public Hearings on the

Proposed Rule To List the Topeka

Shiner as Endangered

AGENCY: Fish and Wildlife Service,

Interior.

ACTION: Proposed rule; notice of public

hearings and reopening of comment

period.

SUMMARY: The Fish and Wildlife Service

(Service) gives notice that four public

hearings will be held on its proposal to

list the Topeka shiner (Notropis topeka)

as an endangered species. The Service

proposed endangered status pursuant to

the Endangered Species Act (Act) of

1973, as amended, for the Topeka shiner

on October 24, 1997 (62 FR 55381).

These hearings will allow additional

comments on this proposal to be

submitted from all interested parties.

DATES: The comment period on the

proposal is reopened from January 12,

1998 through February 9, 1998. The

public hearings will be held from 7 to

9:30 p.m. on each of the following

evenings: January 26, 1998, in

Manhattan, Kansas; January 27, 1998, in

Bethany, Missouri; January 28, 1998, in

Ft. Dodge, Iowa; and January 29, 1998,

in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. An

informal open forum will precede each

hearing from 5 to 6:30 p.m. each

evening.

ADDRESSES: The January 26 hearing will

be held at the Kansas State University

Student Union, Main Ballroom, 17th

Street and Anderson Avenue,

Manhattan, Kansas; the January 27

hearing will be held at the Bethany

Community Center, 103 N. 25th Street,

Bethany, Missouri; the January 28

hearing will be held at Iowa Central

Community College, Vo-Tech Building,

Conference Rooms 1 and 2, 330 Avenue

M, Fort Dodge, Iowa; and the January 29

hearing will be at the University of

Sioux Falls, Chapel Auditorium-Jeschke

Fine Arts Center, 1101 West 22nd

Street, Sioux Falls, South Dakota.

Written comments and materials should

be sent to: Field Supervisor, U.S. Fish

and Wildlife Service, 315 Houston St.,

Suite E, Manhattan, Kansas 66502.

Comments and materials received will

be available for public inspection, by

appointment, during normal business

hours at the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Vernon Tabor at the above address (785/

539–3474).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Section 4(b)(5)(E) of the Act requires

that a public hearing be held on the

proposal to list the Topeka shiner as an

endangered species, if requested within

45 days of the proposal’s publication in

the Federal Register. Public requests

were received in the allotted time

period from parties in Iowa, Kansas,

Missouri, and South Dakota.

Anyone expecting to make an oral

presentation at these hearings is

encouraged to provide a written copy of

their statement to the hearing officer

prior to the start of the hearing. In the

event there is a large attendance, the

time allotted for oral statements may

have to be limited. Oral and written

statements receive equal consideration.

There are no limits to the length of

written comments presented at these

hearings or mailed to the Service.

In order to accommodate the

scheduled public hearings, the Service

extends the public comment period.

Written comments may be submitted

from January 12, 1998 through February

9, 1998, to: Field Supervisor (see

ADDRESSES section).

Author

The primary author of this document

is Vernon Tabor (see ADDRESSES

section).

Authority

The authority for this action is the

Endangered Species Act, as amended

(16 U.S.C. 1531).

Dated: December 18, 1997.

Ralph O. Morgenweck,

Regional Director, Denver, Colorado.

[FR Doc. 97–33537 Filed 12–23–97; 8:45 am]

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