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conference, and it is being held

primarily to accord an opportunity to

citizens of San Diego, and others who

are unable to attend the November 9,

2000, meeting, to address the impacts

on ratepayers of the Commission’s

proposed remedies for California

wholesale electric markets, as set forth

in the Commission’s order dated

November 1, 2000. The conference will

commence at 8 a.m. and close at 12

noon. All interested persons may attend

the conference.

Persons wishing to speak at the

conference must submit a request to

make a statement in the abovecaptioned dockets. The request should

be submitted by e-mail to David

Boergers at david.boergers@ferc.fed.us

(include Docket No. EL00–95–000 in the

subject heading of the e-mail), and

should be followed up, at the same time,

with a letter to the Secretary of the

Commission. The request should clearly

specify the name of the person desiring

to speak, his or her title and affiliation,

and the party or parties the speaker

represents. In addition, the request

should include a telephone number for

notifying the speaker. The request

should also include a brief summary of

the issue or issues the speaker wishes to

address, not to exceed one page. All email requests must be submitted on or

before November 9, 2000.

The number of persons desiring to

speak at the conference may exceed the

time available. Thus, interested persons

are encouraged to join with other

persons with similar interests. Based on

the requests to participate, panels of

speakers will be specified. The

Secretary will issue a notice listing the

speakers and panels for the conference.

In addition, all interested persons are

invited to submit written comments on

matters addressed at the conference.

These comments should be submitted

on or before November 22, 2000, in the

above-captioned proceedings. All

comments will be placed in the

Commission’s public files and will be

available for inspection or copying in

the Commission’s Public Reference

Room during normal business hours.

Comments are also accessible via the

Commission’s Records Information

Management System (RIMS).

The conference will be transcribed.

Information about obtaining transcripts

will be provided on the Commission’s

website, www.ferc.fed.us.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

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AGENCY

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Clean Air Act Advisory Committee;

Notice of Charter Renewal

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of charter renewal.

The charter for the Environmental

Protection Agency’s Clean Air Act

Advisory Committee (CAAAC) will be

renewed for an additional two-year

period, as a necessary committee which

is in the public interest, in accordance

with the provisions of the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5

U.S.C. App § 9(c). The purpose of

CAAAC is to provide advice and

recommendations to the Administrator

of EPA on issues associated with policy

and technical issues associated with

implementation of the Clean Air Act.

It is determined that CAAAC is in the

public interest in connection with the

performance of duties imposed on the

Agency by law.

Inquiries may be directed to Paul

Rasmussen, CAAAC Designated Federal

Officer, U.S. EPA, Ariel Rios Building,

1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW,

Washington, D.C. 20460 (Mail code

6102A).

Dated: October 31, 2000.

Robert Perciasepe,

Assistant Administrator for Air and

Radiation.

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Notice of Availability for Draft

Guidance Document on ‘‘Guidance for

the Submission of State/Local/Tribal

Rules in Place of Section 112

Requirements’’

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: The EPA is making available

for public review and comment a

preliminary draft of its pending

guidance on delegation of Federal

section 112 hazardous air pollutant

(HAP) requirements to State, Local, and

Tribal Air Pollution Control Agencies

(S/L/T). The guidance also includes

information on the substitution of

Federal section 112 requirements with

S/L/T requirements. Under section

112(l) of the Clean Air Act, the EPA is

authorized to approve alternative S/L/T

HAP standards or programs when such

requirements are demonstrated to be no

less stringent than EPA’s rules or

requirements.

On August 30, 2000, the EPA revised

the 40 CFR part 63, subpart E ‘‘Approval

of State Programs and Delegation of

Federal Authorities’’ to address

concerns of S/L/T regarding flexibility

and burdensome requirements. The

changes will help S/L/T preserve the

integrity of their existing HAP programs

by offering a range of options for

demonstrating equivalence with

corresponding Federal requirements and

expediting the approval process.

DATES: The comment period on the draft

guidance will close on December 14,

2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to

Pamela J. Smith, Information Transfer

and Program Integration Division (MD–

12), Office of Air Quality Planning and

Standards, U.S. EPA, Research Triangle

Park, North Carolina 27711, telephone

919–541–0641, telefax 919–541–5509 or

E-mail Smith.pam@epa.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

more information, please contact

Thomas A. Driscoll, Information

Transfer and Program Integration

Division (MD–12), Office of Air Quality

Planning and Standards, U.S. EPA,

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

27711, telephone 919–541–5135, telefax

919–541–5509 or E-mail

driscoll.tom@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A draft of

EPA’s guidance is available at http://

www.epa.gov/ttn/uatw/112(l)/112–

lpg.html for public review and

comment. The EPA does not intend to

respond to individual comments, but

rather to consider comments and

information from the public in the

preparation of a final guidance

document.

Dated: October 19, 2000.

Henry C. Thomas,

Acting Director, Office of Air Quality Planning

and Standards.

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Notice of Availability of Draft

Reference Dose Document for

Methylmercury

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

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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.

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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/.