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Club, et al. v. Clifford et al., No. 96–

0527, (E.D. La. Oct. 1, 1999). Under this

court order, EPA is required to prepare

TMDLs when needed for waters on the

Louisiana 1998 section 303(d) list by

December 31, 2007.

DATES: Comments on the nine TMDLs

must be submitted in writing to EPA on

or before December 13, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments on the nine

TMDLs should be sent to Ellen

Caldwell, Environmental Protection

Specialist, Water Quality Protection

Division, U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency Region 6, 1445 Ross Ave.,

Dallas, TX 75202–2733. For further

information, contact Ellen Caldwell at

(214) 665–7513. The administrative

record file for these TMDLs is available

for public inspection at this address as

well. Copies of the TMDLs and their

respective calculations may be viewed

at www.epa.gov/region6/water/

tmdl.htm, or obtained by calling or

writing Ms. Caldwell at the above

address. Please contact Ms. Caldwell to

schedule an inspection.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ellen Caldwell at (214) 665–7513.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 1996,

two Louisiana environmental groups,

the Sierra Club and Louisiana

Environmental Action Network

(plaintiffs), filed a lawsuit in Federal

Court against the United States

Environmental Protection Agency

(EPA), styled Sierra Club, et al. v.

Clifford et al., No. 96–0527, (E.D. La.

Oct. 1, 1999). Among other claims,

plaintiffs alleged that EPA failed to

establish Louisiana TMDLs in a timely

manner. Discussion of the court’s order

may be found at 65 FR 54032

(September 6, 2000).

EPA Seeks Comments on Nine TMDLs

By this notice EPA is seeking

comment on the following nine TMDLs

for waters located within the

Mermentau and Vermilion/Teche

basins:

Subsegment Waterbody name Pollutant

050703 .................... White Lake ......................................................................................................................... Total Dissolved Solids.

050703 .................... White Lake ......................................................................................................................... Chloride.

060801 .................... Vermilion River—Headwaters To Bayou Fusilier Bourbeaux Junction to New Flanders Sulfate.

060802 .................... Vermilion River—From New Flanders to Intracoastal Waterway ..................................... Sulfate.

060205 .................... Bayou Teche—Headwaters at Bayou Courtableau to I–10 .............................................. Sulfate.

060205 .................... Bayou Teche—Headwaters at Bayou Courtableau to I–10 .............................................. Chloride.

060101 .................... Bayou Cocodrie ................................................................................................................. Total Dissolved Solids.

060206 .................... Indian Creek Reservoir ...................................................................................................... Temperature.

060102 .................... Bayou Cocodrie ................................................................................................................. Total Dissolved Solids.

EPA requests that the public provide

to EPA any water quality related data

and information that may be relevant to

the calculations for these TMDLs, or any

other comments relevant to these

TMDLs. EPA will review all data and

information submitted during the public

comment period and revise the nine

TMDLs where appropriate. EPA will

then forward the TMDLs to the Court

and the Louisiana Department of

Environmental Quality (LDEQ). LDEQ

will incorporate the TMDLs into its

current water quality management plan.

Dated: October 20, 2000.

Jayne Fontenot,

Acting Director, Water Quality Protection

Division, Region 6.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–U

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

Notice of Public Information

Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the

Federal Communications Commission

for Extension Under Delegated

Authority, Comments Requested

November 1, 2000.

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 January 12, 2001.

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 Les

Smith, Federal Communications

Commission, Room 1 A–804, 445

Twelfth Street, SW., Washington, DC

20554 or via the Internet to

lesmith@fcc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

additional information or copies of the

information collections contact Les

Smith at (202) 418–0217 or via the

Internet at lesmith@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: OMB

Approval No.: 3060–0492.

Title: Section 74.992 Access to

channels licensed to wireless cable

entities.

Form No.: FCC 330.

Type of Review: Extension of

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit, State, Local or Tribal

Government.

Number of Respondents: 10.

Estimated Hours Per Response: 3.5

hours (These hours include the

contracting hour cost (2 hours) to the

respondents and the respondents hour

burden (1.5 hours).

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Cost to Respondents: $4,000.

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 15

hours.

Needs and Uses: Section 74.992

requires that requests by ITFS entities

for access to wireless cable facilities

licensed on ITFS frequencies be made

by filing FCC Form 330 (3060–0062),

Sections I (Identity of applicant,

requested facilities), II (legal

qualifications of applicant), III

(Financial qualifications of applicant)

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and IV (ITFS service proposal). The

application must include a cover letter

clearly indicating that the application is

for ITFS access to a wireless cable

entity’s facilities on ITFS channels.

Section 74.992(d) requires an ITFS user

to provide a wireless cable licensee with

its planned schedule of use four months

in advance of accessing the channels.

This notice is completed before the

filing of the application and the burden

is included with the application. The

data is used by FCC staff to determine

eligibility of an educational institution

or entity demanding access for ITFS use

on a wireless cable facility. The four

month advance notice is used by the

wireless cable licensee to allow it to

move programming to other channels.

OMB Approval No.: 3060–0494.

Title: Section 74.990 Use of available

instructional television fixed service

frequencies by wireless cable entities.

Form No.: n/a.

Type of Review: Extension of

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit, State, Local or Tribal

Government.

Number of Respondents: 100.

Estimated Hours Per Response: 0.33

hours–2 hours (These hours include the

contracting hour cost to the respondents

and the respondents hour burden).

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Cost to Respondents: $11,250.

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 42

hours.

Needs and Uses: Section 74.990(c)

requires applicants to confirm their

unopposed status after the period for

filing competing applications and

petitions to deny has passed. This

confirmation is accomplished through

the filing of a letter with the

Commission. Section 74.990(d) requires

a wireless cable applicant to show that

there are no multipoint distribution

service or multichannel multipoint

distribution service channels available

for application, purchase or lease that

could be used in lieu of the

instructional television fixed service

frequencies applied for. The data

provided in the showing will be used by

FCC staff to insure that proposals to

operate a wireless cable system on ITFS

channels do not impair or restrict any

reasonably foreseeable ITFS use.

OMB Approval No.: 3060–0493.

Title: Section 74.986 Involuntary ITFS

station modifications.

Form No.: FCC 330.

Type of Review: Extension of

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Businesses or other forprofit, State, Local or Tribal

Government.

Number of Respondents: 25.

Estimated Hours Per Response: 5

hours (These hours include the

contracting hour cost (1 hour) to the

respondents and the respondents hour

burden (4 hours)).

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Cost to Respondents: $16,250.

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 25

hours.

Needs and Uses: Section 74.986

requires that an application for

involuntary modification of an ITFS

station be filed on FCC Form 330 (3060–

0062) but need not fill out Section II

(legal qualifications). The application

must include a cover letter clearly

indicating that the modification is

involuntary and identifying the parties

involved. The data is used by FCC staff

to insure that proposals to modify

facilities of ITFS licensees/permittees

would provide comparable ITFS service

and would otherwise serve the public

interest in promoting the MMDS

service.

Federal Communications Commission.

Magalie Roman Salas,

Secretary.

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BILLING CODE 6712–01–P

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

Notice of Public Information

Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the

Federal Communications Commission;

Comments Requested

November 1, 2000.

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 January 12, 2001.

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 1–C804, 445 12th

Street, SW, DC 20554 or via the 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 the

Internet at jboley@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Control No.: 3060–0950.

Title: Extending Wireless

Telecommunications Services to Tribal

Lands, WT Docket No. 99–266.

Form No.: FCC Form 601.

Type of Review: Extension of

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit, not-for-profit institutions, state,

local or tribal governments.

Number of Respondents: 3,844.

Estimated Time Per Response: 10–190

hours.

Frequency of Response:

Recordkeeping requirement, on

occasion reporting requirement.

Total Annual Burden: 768,800 hours.

Total Annual Cost: N/A.

Needs and Uses: The Commission

adopted WT Docket No. 99–266, Report

and Order, which implemented rules

and policies to encourage the

deployment of wireless services to tribal

lands.

A winning bidder seeking a bidding

credit to serve a qualifying tribal land

within a particular market must:

Indicate on the FCC Form 601 that it

intends to serve a qualifying tribal land

within that market; within 90 days after

the filing deadline, amend its FCC Form

601 and attach a certification from the

tribal government stating that: (a) The

tribal government authorizes the

winning bidder to site facilities and

provide service on its tribal land; (b) the

tribal area to be served by the winner

bidder constitutes qualifying tribal land;

and (c) the tribal government has not

and will not enter into an exclusive

contract with the applicant precluding

entry by other carriers, and will not

unreasonably discriminate among

wireless carriers seeking to provide