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is available for inspection from 8:30 am

to 4 pm, Monday through Friday,

excluding legal holidays. The public

record is located in Room 1132 of the

Public Response and Program Resources

Branch, Field Operations Division

(7506C), Office of Pesticide Programs,

Environmental Protection Agency,

Crystal Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis

Highway, Arlington, VA.

Electronic comments can be sent

directly to EPA at:

opp-Docket@epamail.epa.gov

Electronic comments must be

submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the

use of special characters and any form

of encryption.

The official record for this

rulemaking, as well as the public

version, as described above will be kept

in paper form. Accordingly, EPA will

transfer all comments received

electronically into printed, paper form

as they are received and will place the

paper copies in the official rulemaking

record which will also include all

comments submitted directly in writing.

The official rulemaking record is the

paper record maintained at the Virginia

address in ‘‘ADDRESSES’’ at the

beginning of this document.

Information submitted as part of any

comment may be claimed as

confidential by marking any or all of

that information as Confidential

Business Information (CBI). Information

so marked will not be disclosed except

in accordance with the procedures set

forth in 40 CFR part 2. A copy of the

comment that does not contain CBI

must be submitted for inclusion in the

public record. Information not marked

confidential may be disclosed publicly

by the Agency without prior notice. The

Agency anticipates that most of the

comments will not be classified as CBI,

and prefers that all information

submitted be publicly available. Any

records or transcripts of the open

meeting will be considered public

information and cannot be declared CBI.

V. Structure of the Meeting

EPA will open the meeting with brief

introductory comments. EPA will then

invite those parties who have registered

by March 14 to present their comments.

Those who register the day of the

meeting will be offered the opportunity

to present their comments if time

permits. EPA anticipates that each

speaker will be permitted about 10

minutes to make comments. After each

speaker, Agency representatives may

ask the presenter questions of

clarification. The Agency reserves the

right to adjust the time for presenters

depending upon the number of

speakers.

Members of the public are encouraged

to submit written documentation to EPA

at the meeting to ensure that their entire

position goes on record in the event that

time does not permit a complete oral

presentation. Written comments should

include the name and address of the

author as well as any sources used.

Written documentation should be

submitted to Willie H. Nelson at the

address stated earlier in this notice.

Dated: February 19, 1997.

Janet L. Andersen,

Director, Biopesticides and Pollution

Prevention Division, Office of Pesticide

Programs.

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Appropriate Technology Limited;

Pesticide Tolerance Petition Filing

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of filing; Technical

amendment.

SUMMARY: EPA is correcting the time for

the submission of comments on the

notice of filing of a pesticide petition

proposing the establishment of a

regulation exempting from the

requirement of a tolerance residues of

extracts from Quercus falcata (red oak)

Rhus aromatic (sumac), Rhizophora

mangle (mangrove), and Opuntia

lindheimeri (prickly pear cactus). The

petition was submitted by Appropriate

Technology Limited.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: Teung F. Chin, Biopesticides and

Pollution Prevention Division, (7501W),

Office of Pesticide Programs,

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

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

Office location, telephone number, and

e-mail address: 5th Floor, CS #1, 2800

Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA 22202,

703–308–1259, e-mail:

chin.teung@epamail.epa.gov.

In FR Doc. 97-3517, appearing at page

6777 in the issue for Thursday, February

13, 1997, the comment period under

‘‘DATES’’ is corrected to read as March

17, 1997.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection.

Dated: February 19, 1997.

Janet L. Andersen,

Director, Biopesticides and Pollution

Prevention Division, Office of Pesticide

Programs.

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Notice of Proposed Assessment of

Clean Water Act Class II Administrative

Penalty to A&D Plating, Inc. and

Opportunity To Comment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of proposed

administrative penalty assessment and

opportunity to comment.

SUMMARY: EPA is providing notice of

proposed administrative penalty

assessment and proposed Consent

Agreement for alleged violations of the

Clean Water Act. EPA is also providing

notice of opportunity to comment on the

proposed assessment.

Under 33 U.S.C. Section 1319(g), EPA

is authorized to issue orders assessing

civil penalties for various violations of

the Act. EPA may issue these orders

after the commencement of either a

Class I or Class II penalty proceeding.

EPA provides public notice of the

proposed assessments pursuant to 33

U.S.C. Section 1319(g)(4)(a).

Class II proceedings are conducted

under EPA’s Consolidated Rules of

Practice Governing the Administrative

Assessment of Civil Penalties and the

Revocation and Suspension of Permits,

40 CFR part 22. The procedures through

which the public may submit written

comment on a proposed Class II order

or participate in a Class II proceeding,

and the Procedures by which a

Respondent may request a hearing, are

set forth in the Consolidated Rules. The

deadline for submitting public comment

on a proposed Class II order is thirty

days after publication of this notice.

On the date identified below, EPA

commenced the following Class II

proceeding for the assessment of

penalties:

In the Matter of A&D Plating, Inc., 2265

Micro Place, Suite A, Escondido, California;

EPA Docket No. CWA–IX–FY97–02; filed on

February 11, 1997, with Mr. Steven Armsey,

Regional Hearing Clerk, U.S. EPA, Region 9,

75 Hawthorne Street, San Francisco,

California 94105, (415) 744–1389; proposed

penalty of $35,000 for failure to comply with

the categorical pretreatment standards and

requirements for new source metal finishers

(40 CFR 433). EPA and A&D Plating, Inc.

have agreed to a proposed Consent
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Agreement in which A&D Plating, Inc. shall

pay a Civil penalty of $35,000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Persons wishing to receive a copy of

EPA’s Consolidated Rules, review of the

complaint or other documents filed in

this proceeding, comment upon a

proposed assessment, or otherwise

participate in the proceeding should

contact the Regional Hearing Clerk

identified above. The administrative

record for this proceeding is located in

the EPA Regional Office identified

above, and the file will be open for

public inspection during normal

business hours. All information

submitted by the respondent is available

as part of the administrative record,

subject to provisions of law restricting

public disclosure of confidential

information. In order to provide

opportunity for public comment, EPA

will issue no final order assessing a

penalty in these proceedings prior to

thirty (30) days after the date of

publication of this notice.

Dated: February 11, 1997.

Alexis Strauss,

Acting Director, Water Division.

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FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

Farm Credit Administration Notice of

History of the Former Jackson Farm

Credit District

AGENCY: Farm Credit Administration.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Farm Credit

Administration (FCA) is publishing a

notice outlining the history of the

former Jackson Farm Credit District and

explains that the Federal Land Bank of

Jackson (FLBJ) and the Federal Land

Bank Association of Jackson (FLBAJ)

were placed into receivership and that

they no longer exist, that their charters

have been canceled, that the institutions

can no longer assert any claims, that the

Receiver subsequently was discharged

and released, and that all claims against

the receivership are barred.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jane

Virga, Senior Attorney, Office of General

Counsel, Farm Credit Administration,

McLean, Virginia 22102–5090, (703)

883–4071, TDD (703) 883–4444.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Like other

lenders, the FLBJ and the FLBAJ

sometimes did not record that borrowers

had paid their mortgages in full. Former

borrowers (and their successors) have

been unable to obtain title insurance or

convey property when the land records

have indicated, incorrectly, that there

was an outstanding mortgage on the

property. Similar problems have also

arisen for others that were associated

with the FLBJ and FLBAJ. The Receiver

for the FLBJ and the FLBAJ was

discharged and released effective

January 30, 1995, and can no longer

provide clarification in such situations.

Neither the FCA nor the Farm Credit

Bank of Texas, which purchased the

majority of the assets of the FLBJ and

the FLBAJ, has the authority to provide

relief to borrowers whose property was

once mortgaged to the FLBJ and FLBAJ

or to others affected by recordation

problems involving those institutions.

Therefore, the FCA is providing the

following information in an effort to

assist affected borrowers and others in

resolving title and other recordation

problems.

The Farm Credit Administration

(FCA), a Federal agency established

under the Farm Credit Act of 1971, as

amended (Act), 12 U.S.C. 2001 et seq.,

regulates and examines a nationwide

network of banks, associations, and

related institutions chartered under the

Act. The institutions of the Farm Credit

System furnish credit and closely

related services to farmers, ranchers,

producers and harvesters of aquatic

products, their cooperatives, and farmrelated businesses.

Prior to July 1, 1988, the nation was

geographically divided into 12 Farm

Credit Districts. Traditionally, each

District had one Federal Land Bank,

which made long-term agricultural and

rural housing loans through Federal

land bank associations; one Federal

Intermediate Credit Bank, which

provided shorter term agricultural loans

to eligible borrowers through

production credit associations; and a

Bank for Cooperatives.

The Federal Land Bank of New

Orleans was the Federal Land Bank for

one of the Farm Credit Districts prior to

September 1, 1984. On September 1,

1984, the Federal Land Bank of New

Orleans moved its headquarters from

New Orleans, Louisiana, to Jackson,

Mississippi, and changed its name to

the Federal Land Bank of Jackson

(FLBJ).

On May 20, 1988, the FCA

determined that statutory grounds

existed for the appointment of a receiver

for the FLBJ and the Federal Land Bank

Association of Jackson (FLBAJ), the

Association through which the FLBJ

extended long-term credit, under its

authority in section 4.12 of the Act and

12 CFR 611.1156, and placed the FLBJ

and FLBAJ into receivership. A receiver

was appointed on the same date. See 53

FR 18812, May 20, 1988.

In 1989, the majority of the long-term

loans held by the FLBJ were sold to the

Farm Credit Bank of Texas. In June

1990, the Farm Credit System Banks,

with the exception of the Farm Credit

Bank of Spokane, purchased the

remaining assets of the FLBJ.

On January 27, 1995, the FCA

determined that all assets of the FLBJ

and FLBAJ (including claims it could

assert against others) and claims against

the FLBJ and FLBAJ had been disposed

of by the receiver in accordance with

the provisions of FCA regulations and

the written agreement by and between

the receiver and the FCA. The FCA

therefore ordered that, effective as of

January 30, 1995, all claims of creditors,

stockholders, holders of participation

certificates and other equities, and any

other persons and/or entities against the

FLBJ and FLBAJ were forever and

completely discharged and released.

The FCA Board also provided that the

commencement of any action, the

employment of any process or any other

act to collect, recover, or offset any such

claims was barred. Finally, the charters

of the FLBJ and FLBAJ were canceled.

See 60 FR 7054, Feb. 6, 1995.

The authority to make long-term loans

once exercised by the FLBJ is now

exercised by the Farm Credit Bank of

Texas. Short-term lending authority for

the geographic area formerly served by

the FLBJ is now exercised by AgFirst

Farm Credit Bank. Neither of these

institutions is the legal successor in

interest to the FLBJ or FLBAJ. The

corporate existences of the FLBJ and the

FLBAJ were terminated effective

January 30, 1995, with the termination

of the receivership.

Dated: February 18, 1997.

Floyd Fithian,

Secretary, Farm Credit Administration Board.

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

[MM Docket No. 92–266; FCC 96–499]

Statistical Report on Average Rates for

Basic Service, Cable Programming and

Equipment

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Notice; Report.

SUMMARY: Section 623(k) of the

Communications Act of 1934, as

amended, 47 U.S.C. 534(k), which was

added by the Cable Television and

Consumer Protection Act of 1992,

requires the Commission to publish