68134 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 220 / Tuesday, November 14, 2000 / Notices

ACTION: Notice of availability of draft

reference dose document for

methylmercury.

SUMMARY: Section 304(a)(1) of the Clean

Water Act requires the Environmental

Protection Agency to develop and

publish, and from time to time revise,

criteria for water to accurately reflect

the latest scientific knowledge. EPA is

revising its reference dose in support of

a revised ambient water quality criterion

for methylmercury. Today, EPA is

notifying the public of the availability of

the draft reference dose document and

is also announcing that the draft

document is ready for external scientific

peer review.

EPA is notifying the public about the

availability of this draft document and

its peer review in accordance with the

Agency’s new process for developing or

revising criteria (63 FR 68354, December

10, 1998). As indicated in the December

10, 1998 Federal Register document, the

Agency believes it is important to

provide the public with an opportunity

to submit scientific information on draft

criteria. EPA is soliciting views from the

public on issues of science pertaining to

the information used in deriving the

draft reference dose.

DATES: All significant scientific

information must be submitted to the

Agency under docket number W–00–29.

All submissions of significant scientific

information are requested to be

submitted on or before December 14,

2000. Information submitted after this

date may not receive the degree of

consideration of information submitted

earlier. The Administrative Record

supporting this draft reference dose

document is available at the Water

Docket, Room EB–57, Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M Street SW.,

Washington, DC 20460 on Monday

through Friday, excluding Federal

holidays, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m. For

access to docket materials call (202)

260–3027 for an appointment. A

reasonable fee will be charged for

photocopies.

ADDRESSES: Send an original and three

copies of any written significant

scientific information to W–00–15

Comment Clerk, Water Docket, Ariel

Rios 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,

Washington, DC 20460. Comments may

be hand-delivered to the Water Docket,

Room EB57, 401 M Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20460. Issues may also

be submitted electronically to OWDocket@epa.gov. Information should be

submitted as a WP5.1, 6.1 and/or 8.0 or

an ASCII file with no form of

encryption.

Copies of the draft reference dose

document entitled, Reference Dose for

Methylmercury, may be obtained from

EPA’s Water Resource Center by phone

at (202) 260–7786, or by e-mail to

center.water-resource@epa.gov or by

conventional mail to EPA Water

Resource Center, RC–4100, 401 M Street

SW., Washington, DC 20460.

Alternatively, consult www.epa.gov/ost/

criteria/methylmercury/ for download

availability.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Mary Manibusan, Health and Ecological

Criteria Division (4304), US EPA, Ariel

Rios Building, 1200 Pennsylvania

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460;

(202) 260–3688;

manibusan.mary@epa.gov

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

What Is a Reference Dose?

The reference dose is defined as an

estimate, with uncertainty spanning

perhaps one order of magnitude, of a

daily exposure to the human population

(including sensitive subgroups) that is

likely to be without an appreciable level

of risk of deleterious effects during a

lifetime. The RfD is useful as a reference

point from which to gauge the potential

effects of the chemical at other doses.

Usually, doses less than the RfD are not

likely to be associated with adverse

health risks and are, therefore, less

likely to be of regulatory concern. As the

frequency and/or magnitude of the

exposures exceeding the RfD increase,

the probability of adverse effects in a

human population increases. However,

it should not be categorically concluded

that all doses below the RfD are

‘‘acceptable’’ or risk-free and that all

doses in excess of the RfD are

‘‘unacceptable’’ or will result in adverse

effects.

Why Is EPA Notifying the Public About

the Draft Reference Dose Document and

Peer Review?

Today, in order to expand the public’s

involvement in the criteria development

process, EPA is notifying the public

about the availability of the draft

reference dose document for

methylmercury and its peer review.

In following the Agency’s new

process, EPA notified the public of its

intentions to revise the ambient water

quality criteria in the Federal Register

on October 12, 2000 (65 FR 60664). At

that time EPA made available to the

public a list of all references identified

by a recent literature review and

solicited any additional pertinent data

or scientific views that would be useful

in revising the ambient water quality

criteria. EPA is revising the ambient

water quality criteria for methylmercury

based on new data and new analyses.

The draft reference dose document to

support the ambient water quality

criterion is ready for external scientific

peer review.

As indicated in the December 10,

1998 Federal Register document, the

Agency believes it is important to

provide the public with an opportunity

to submit scientific information on draft

criteria. EPA is soliciting views from the

public on issues of science pertaining to

the information used in deriving the

draft reference dose. EPA will review

and consider significant scientific

information submitted by the public

that might not have otherwise been

identified during development of this

criterion.

Geoffrey H. Grubbs,

Director, Office of Science and Technology.

[FR Doc. 00–29061 Filed 11–13–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–U

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and

Mergers of Bank Holding Companies

The companies listed in this notice

have applied to the Board for approval,

pursuant to the Bank Holding Company

Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.)

(BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part

225), and all other applicable statutes

and regulations to become a bank

holding company and/or to acquire the

assets or the ownership of, control of, or

the power to vote shares of a bank or

bank holding company and all of the

banks and nonbanking companies

owned by the bank holding company,

including the companies listed below.

The applications listed below, as well

as other related filings required by the

Board, are available for immediate

inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank

indicated. The application also will be

available for inspection at the offices of

the Board of Governors. Interested

persons may express their views in

writing on the standards enumerated in

the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the

proposal also involves the acquisition of

a nonbanking company, the review also

includes whether the acquisition of the

nonbanking company complies with the

standards in section 4 of the BHC Act

(12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise

noted, nonbanking activities will be

conducted throughout the United States.

Additional information on all bank

holding companies may be obtained

from the National Information Center

website at www.ffiec.gov/nic/.

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Unless otherwise noted, comments

regarding each of these applications

must be received at the Reserve Bank

indicated or the offices of the Board of

Governors not later than December 7,

2000.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of

Minneapolis (JoAnne F. Lewellen,

Assistant Vice President) 90 Hennepin

Avenue, Minneapolis, Minnesota

55480–0291:

1. Firstar Corporation, Milwaukee,

Wisconsin; to merge with U.S. Bancorp,

Minneapolis, Minnesota; and thereby

indirectly acquire U.S. Bank National

Association, Minneapolis, Minnesota;

U.S. Bank National Association ND,

Fargo, North Dakota; U.S. Bank National

Association MT, Billings, Montana; and

U.S. Bank National Association OR,

Canby, Oregon.

In connection with this transaction,

Applicant and U.S. Bancorp also have

granted cross–options to purchase up to

19.9 percent of the outstanding shares of

each other’s common stock. These

options would expire on consummation

of the merger. Firstar Corporation’s

subsidiary banks are Firstar Bank,

National Association, Cincinnati, Ohio;

Firstar Bank, National Association,

Overland Park, Overland Park, Kansas;

and Firstar Bank U.S.A., National

Association, Waukegan, Illinois.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, November 7, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–29014 Filed 11–13–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Sunshine Act Meeting Notice

TIME AND DATE: 10:00 a.m., Friday,

November 17, 2000.

PLACE: Marriner S. Eccles Federal

Reserve Board Building, 20th and C

Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20551.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

1. Personnel actions (appointments,

promotions, assignments,

reassignments, and salary actions)

involving individual Federal Reserve

System employees.

2. Any matters carried forward from a

previously announced meeting.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Lynn S. Fox, Assistant to the Board;

202–452–3204.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: You may

call 202–452–3206 beginning at

approximately 5 p.m. two business days

before the meeting for a recorded

announcement of bank and bank

holding company applications

scheduled for the meeting; or you may

contact the Board’s Web site at http://

www.federalreserve.gov for an

electronic announcement that not only

lists applications, but also indicates

procedural and other information about

the meeting.

Dated: November 9, 2000.

Robert deV. Frierson,

Associate Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–29229 Filed 11–9–00; 12:47 pm]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P

FEDERAL TRADE COMMISSION

Granting of Request for Early

Termination of the Waiting Period

Under the Premerger Notification

Rules

Section 7A of the Clayton Act, 15

U.S.C. 18a, as added by Title II of the

Hart-Scott-Rodino Antitrust

Improvements Act of 1976, requires

persons contemplating certain mergers

or acquisitions to give the Federal Trade

Commission and the Assistant Attorney

General advance notice and to wait

designated periods before

consummation of such plans. Section

7A(b)(2) of the Act permits the agencies,

in individual cases, to terminate this

waiting period prior to its expiration

and requires that notice of this action be

published in the Federal Register.

The following transactions were

granted early termination of the waiting

period provided by law and the

premerger notification rules. The grants

were made by the Federal Trade

Commission and the Assistant Attorney

General for the Antitrust Division of the

Department of Justice. Neither agency

intends to take any action with respect

to these proposed acquisitions during

the applicable waiting period.

Trans # Acquiring Acquired Entities

Transactions Granted Early Termination—09/18/2000

20004705 ......................... August Capital III, L.P. ...................... Seagate Technology, Inc .................. Seagate Technology, Inc.

20004778 ......................... Genlyte Group Inc. (The) .................. Chloride Group PLC .......................... Chloride Power Electronics, Inc.

20004843 ......................... Pegusus Partners II, L.P ................... Paperloop.com, Inc ........................... Paperloop.com, Inc

20004844 ......................... United News & Media plc .................. Paperloop.com, Inc ........................... Paperloop.com, Inc.

20004871 ......................... TNT Post Group N.V ......................... CSX Corporation ............................... CTI Logistix, Inc.

20004896 ......................... Steven M. Scott, M.C ........................ HIP Foundation, Inc .......................... HIP Health Plan of Florida, Inc., HIP

Insurance Company of Florida,

Inc.

20004900 ......................... The Cirrus Trust ................................ Robert L. Brown ................................ Employee Management Services II,

Inc., Employee Management Services III, Inc., Robert Lee Brown,

Inc.

20004905 ......................... Gerald W. Schwartz .......................... LBI Holdings, Inc ............................... LBI Holdings, Inc.

Transactions Granted Early Termination—09/19/2000

20004847 ......................... Whitehall Street Real Estate Fund

XIII, L.P.

ixPedite Communications, Inc ........... ixPedite Communications, Inc.

20004851 ......................... Apollo Investment Fund IV, L.P ........ Horizon Telecom, Inc ........................ Horizon PCS, Inc.

20004858 ......................... Adobe Systems Incorporated ............ Hewlett-Packard Company ................ Glassbook, Inc.

20004862 ......................... Caraustar Industries, Inc ................... Crane Carton Company LLC ............ Crane Carton Company LLC

20004865 ......................... Paxton Media Group, Inc .................. John W. Troutt, Jr ............................. Troutt Brothers, Inc.

20004866 ......................... Ford Motor Company ........................ Alfa, S.V. de C.V ............................... Tenedora Nemak S.A. de C.V.

20004872 ......................... Dover Corporation ............................. Sangyup Steve Lee ........................... National Cooler Corporation.

20004878 ......................... Sara Lee Corporation ........................ Host Apparel, Inc ............................... Host Apparel, Inc

20004887 ......................... Copart, Inc ......................................... Charles H. Powers ............................ Charles H. Powers