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public and may be inspected during

normal business hours at EPA Region

VIII, 999 18th Street, Suite 330, Denver,

Colorado 80202–2466.

V. Project Review

EPA, Region VIII, will work with the

Federal Agencies that may, in the

future, provide financial assistance to

projects in the designated area.

Interagency procedures will be

developed in which EPA will be

notified of proposed commitments by

federal agencies for projects which

could contaminate the aquifer. EPA will

evaluate such projects and, where

necessary, conduct an in-depth review,

including soliciting public comments

where appropriate. Should EPA

determine that a project may

contaminate the aquifer, so as to create

a significant hazard to public health, no

commitment for federal assistance may

be entered into. However, a

commitment for federal assistance may,

if authorized under another provision of

law, be entered into to plan or design

the project to assure that it will not

contaminate the aquifer.

Although the project review process

cannot be delegated to state or local

agencies, the EPA will rely upon any

existing or future state and local control

mechanisms to the maximum extent

possible in protecting the ground-water

quality of the aquifer. Included in the

review of any federal financially

assisted project will be coordination

with local agencies. Their comments

will be given full consideration, and the

Federal review process will attempt to

complement and support state and local

ground water quality protection

mechanisms.

VI. Summary and Discussion of Public

Comments

In response to the Public Notice and

Public Meeting, three questions were

asked during the public meeting, all

requesting clarification of ‘‘federal

financial assistance.’’ Further

clarification of ‘‘federal financial

assistance’’ was contained in the

Responsiveness Summary. No questions

or comments were received during the

30 day comment period. No comments

objecting to designation were received

during any portion of public

participation phase of the petition

review process.

No data were presented during the

public comment period regarding

aquifer characteristics, boundary

delineation or potential errors of fact

presented in the petition.

VII. Economic and Regulatory Impact

Pursuant to the provisions of the

Regulatory Flexibility Act (RFA), 5

U.S.C. 605(b), I hereby certify that this

designation will not have a significant

impact on a substantial number of small

entities. For purposes of this

Certification, ‘‘small entity’’ shall have

the same meaning as given in section

601 of the RFA. This action is only

applicable to projects with the potential

to impact the Western Uinta Arch

Paleozoic Aquifer System Sole Source

Aquifer as designated.

The only affected entities will be

those businesses, organizations or

governmental jurisdictions that request

federal financial assistance for projects

which have the potential for

contaminating the Sole Source Aquifer

so as to create a significant hazard to

public health. EPA does not expect to be

reviewing small isolated commitments

of financial assistance on an individual

basis, unless a cumulative impact on the

aquifer is anticipated; accordingly, the

number of affected small entities will be

minimal.

For those small entities which are

subject to review, the impact of today’s

action will not be significant. Many

projects subject to this review will be

preceded by a ground water impact

assessment required pursuant to other

federal laws, such as the National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) as

amended 42 U.S.C. 4321, et seq.

Integration of those related review

procedures with sole source aquifer

review will allow EPA and other federal

agencies to avoid delay or duplication of

effort in approving financial assistance,

thus minimizing any adverse effects on

those small entities which are affected.

Finally, today’s action does not prevent

grants of federal financial assistance

which may be available to any affected

small entity in order to pay for the

redesign of the project to assure

protection of the aquifer.

Under Executive Order 12866, EPA

must judge whether a regulation is

‘‘major’’ and therefore subject to the

requirement of a Regulatory Impact

Analysis. This regulation is not major

because it will not have an annual effect

of $100 million or more on the

economy, will not cause any major

increase in costs or prices and will not

have significant adverse effects on

competition, employment, investment,

productivity, innovation, or the ability

of United States enterprises to compete

in domestic or export markets. Today’s

action only affects the Western Uinta

Arch Paleozoic Aquifer System in

Summit County, Utah. It provides an

additional review of ground water

protection measures, incorporating state

and local measures whenever possible,

for only those projects which request

federal financial assistance.

Dated: November 16, 2000.

William P. Yellowtail,

Regional Administrator, Region VIII.

[FR Doc. 00–30634 Filed 11–30–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–U

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

Notice of Public Information

Collection(s) Being Submitted to OMB

for Review and Approval

November 21, 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, 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 2, 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–A804, 445 12th

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

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Smith at (202) 418–0217 or via the

Internet at lesmith@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Control Number: 3060–0392.

Title: 47 CFR 1 Subpart J, Pole

Attachment Complaint Procedures.

Form Number: N/A.

Type of Review: Revision of a

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; and State, local, or tribal

government.

Number of Respondents: 1,381.

Estimate Time Per Response: 0.5 to 35

hours.

Frequency of Response: On occasion

reporting requirements; Third party

disclosure.

Total Annual Burden: 3,047.

Total Annual Costs: $267,000.

Needs and Uses: Licensees/

permittees/applicants use FCC Form

346 when applying for authority to

construct or make changes in a Low

Power Television, TV Translator, or TV

Booster broadcast station. Applicants

are subject to the third party disclosure

requirement of 47 CFR Section 73.3580.

Within 30 days of tendering of the

application, applicants are required to

publish a notice in a newspaper of

general circulation when filing all

applications for new or major changes

in facilities’the notice to appear at least

twice weekly for two consecutive weeks

in a three week period. In addition, a

copy of the notice must be maintained

along with the application. The

Commission uses FCC Form 346 to

determine if an applicant is qualified,

meets basic statutory and treaty

requirements, and will not cause

interference to other authorized

broadcast services.

OMB Control Number: 3060–0757.

Title: FCC Auctions Customer Survey.

Form Number: N/A.

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; and Individuals or

households.

Number of Respondents: 2,000.

Estimate Time Per Response: 0.25

hours (15 mins.).

Frequency of Response: On occasion

reporting requirements.

Total Annual Burden: 500.

Total Annual Costs: None.

Needs and Uses: Section 309(j) of the

Communications Act requires that FCC,

under appropriate circumstance, to test

various methodologies for conducting

competitive bidding. By seeking input

from auction participants through the

use of the FCC Auction Customer

Survey, the Commission expects to

gather information to evaluate the

operation of competitive bidding

methodologies used to date, and to

improve the competitive bidding

methodologies used in future auctions.

OMB Control Number: 3060–0599.

Title: Implementation of Sections 3(n)

and 332 of the Communications Act.

Form Number: N/A.

Type of Review: Revision of a

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit entities; and State, local, or tribal

government.

Number of Respondents: 45.

Estimate Time Per Response: 1.66

hours.

Frequency of Response: On occasion

reporting requirements.

Total Annual Burden: 75 hours.

Total Annual Costs: None.

Needs and Uses: This information

collection will create regulatory

symmetry among similar mobile

services. This symmetrical regulatory

structure will promote competition in

the mobile services marketplace and

will serve the interests of consumers

while also benefiting the national

economy.

Federal Communications Commission.

Magalie Roman Salas,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–30642 Filed 11–30–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P

FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Federal

Maritime Commission.

TIME AND DATE: 10 a.m.–December 6,

2000.

PLACE: 800 North Capitol Street, N.W.,

First Floor Hearing Room, Washington,

D.C.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

1. Docket No. 98–14—Shipping

Restrictions, Requirements and

Practices of the People’s Republic of

China.

2. Docket No. 99–19—William J.

Brewer v. Saeid B. Maralan (a/k/a Sam

Bustani) and World Line Shipping, Inc.

3. Docket No. 96–05—Rose

International, Inc. v. Overseas Moving

Network International.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Bryant L. VanBrakle, Secretary, (202)

523–5725.

Bryant L. VanBrakle,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–30789 Filed 11–29–00; 2:05 pm]

BILLING CODE 6730–01–M

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Board of

Governors of the Federal Reserve

System.

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

December 6, 2000.

PLACE: Marriner S. Eccles Federal

Reserve Board Building, 20th and C

Streets, NW., Washington, DC 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 29, 2000.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 00–30759 Filed 11–30–00; 11:19

am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P

GENERAL ACCOUNTING OFFICE

Commercial Activities Panel

AGENCY: General Accounting Office.

ACTION: Notice and request for

comments.

SUMMARY: Under section 832 of the

National Defense Authorization Act for

Fiscal Year 2001, the Comptroller

General is required to convene a panel

of experts to study the transfer of

commercial activities currently

performed by government employees to

federal contractors, a procedure

commonly known as ‘‘contracting out’’

or ‘‘outsourcing.’’ To ensure a broad

array of views on the panel, this notice

seeks suggestions on the panel’s

composition. The panel must include

representatives from the Department of

Defense, private industry, federal labor