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docket, the purpose of the docket, and

regulatory mechanisms which trigger

docketing requirements. The contractor

shall assist Docket visitors in using

Docket indices and locating documents,

and in using Docket resources such as

the PR Notice collection, the Compact

Label File, the copier and microfiche

reader.

The contractor will manage and

maintain the OPP Public Regulatory

Docket in PIRIB.

The contractor must have access to

CBI in order to conduct records

management activities associated with

the OPP’s Public Regulatory Docket.

This contract involves no

subcontractors.

OPP has determined that the contract

described in this document involves

work that is being conducted in

connection with FIFRA, in that

pesticide chemicals will be the subject

of certain evaluations to be made under

this contract. These evaluations may be

used in subsequent regulatory decisions

under FIFRA.

Some of this information may be

entitled to confidential treatment. The

information has been submitted to EPA

under sections 3, 4, 6, and 7 of FIFRA

and under sections 408 and 409 of

FFDCA.

In accordance with the requirements

of 40 CFR 2.307(h)(3), the contract with

ASRC Aerospace, prohibits use of the

information for any purpose not

specified in the contract; prohibits

disclosure of the information to a third

party without prior written approval

from the Agency; and requires that each

official and employee of the contractor

sign an agreement to protect the

information from unauthorized release

and to handle it in accordance with the

FIFRA Information Security Manual. In

addition, ASRC Aerospace is required to

submit for EPA approval a security plan

under which any CBI will be secured

and protected against unauthorized

release or compromise. No information

will be provided to ASRC Aerospace

until the requirements in this document

have been fully satisfied. Records of

information provided to ASRC

Aerospace will be maintained by EPA

Project Officers for the contract. All

information supplied to ASRC

Aerospace by EPA for use in connection

with the contract will be returned to

EPA when ASRC Aerospace has

completed its work.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection, Business

and industry, Government contracts,

Government property, Security

measures.

Dated: November 28, 2000.

Joanne Martin,

Acting Director, Information Resources and

Services Division, Office of Pesticide

Programs.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6913–5]

Notice of Hearing

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of hearing.

SUMMARY: This Notice announces that

Kanoria Chemicals and Industries, Ltd.,

(Kanoria), has filed objections to a

Notice of Intent to Suspend Registration

of Pesticide Product(s) Containing

Lindane, namely Lindane Technical

Crystals (EPA Reg. No. 66951–1) and

Lindane Technical Powder (EPA Reg.

No. 66951–2), and has requested a

hearing thereon. The Notice of Intent to

Suspend was issued for Kanoria’s

alleged failure to comply with a Lindane

Data Call-In Notice dated March 31,

1997, issued under Section 3(c)(2)(B) of

the Federal Insecticide, Rodenticide and

Fungicide Act (FIFRA). This Notice also

announces that a hearing will

commence in Washington D.C. on

January 9, 2001, pursuant to Kanoria’s

request for hearing.

DATES: Motions to intervene in the

hearing announced by this Notice must

be received by the Office of the Hearing

Clerk at the address provided below by

December 15, 2000. The hearing will

commence on January 9, 2001, and will

continue if necessary on January 10–12,

2001.

ADDRESSES: Motions to intervene,

identified by FIFRA Data Docket No.

216, must be filed with Bessie Hammiel,

Headquarters Hearing Clerk, Mail Code

1900, U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20460; and copies

served by mail on: (1) Chief

Administrative Law Judge Susan L.

Biro, Mail Code 1900L, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200

Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington,

D.C. 20460; (2) Scott B. Garrison,

Pesticides and Toxic Substances Law

Office, Office of General Counsel, Mail

Code 2333A, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania

Ave., N.W., Washington, D.C. 20460;

and (3) Peter E. Seley, Gibson, Dunn &

Crutcher, LLP, 1050 Connecticut

Avenue, N.W., Washington D.C. 20036–

5306.

The hearing will be held in the Ariel

Rios Building, Room 7208, 1200

Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: Bessie Hammiel, Headquarters

Hearing Clerk, Mail Code 1900, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200

Pennsylvania Ave., N.W., Washington,

D.C. 20460. Office location: Office of the

Hearing Clerk, Room C400, 401 M St.

S.W., Washington D.C. 20460.

Telephone: (202) 260–4865.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Legal Authority

Under Section 3(c)(2)(B) of FIFRA, if

EPA determines that additional data are

required to maintain in effect an

existing registration of a pesticide, EPA

notifies all existing registrants of the

pesticide in a ‘‘FIFRA Data Call-in

Notice,’’ requiring each registrant to

provide evidence within ninety days

that it is taking appropriate steps to

secure the additional data. If a registrant

fails to comply, EPA may issue a notice

of intent to suspend the registration of

the pesticide for which additional data

was required. The suspension becomes

final and effective thirty days from

receipt by the registrant of the notice of

intent to suspend, unless within that

time period: (1) The registrant

demonstrates that it has fully complied

with the requirements that served as a

basis for the notice to suspend, or (2) a

request for hearing is made by a person

adversely affected by the notice. FIFRA

Section 3(c)(2)(B)(iv).

II. Hearing Procedures

Pursuant to Section 3(c)(2)(B)(iv) of

FIFRA, if a hearing is requested, the

hearing shall be conducted in

accordance with FIFRA section 6(d).

Regulations implementing the hearing

procedures are set forth in 40 C.F.R. part

164, subpart B.

A. Issues To Be Adjudicated

Pursuant to Section 3(c)(2)(B)(iv) of

FIFRA, two issues to be adjudicated are:

(1) Whether Kanoria has failed to

comply with the terms of a Data Call-In

Notice dated March 31, 1997, as to

Lindane Technical Crystals (EPA Reg.

No. 66951–1) and Lindane Technical

Powder (EPA Reg. No. 66951–2); and (2)

whether EPA’s prohibition on

distribution, sale, use offering for sale,

holding for sale, shipping, delivering for

shipment, receipt and (having so

received) delivering or offering to

deliver existing stocks of Lindane

Technical Crystals and Lindane

Technical Powder, is inconsistent with

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the terms of FIFRA. The Notice of Intent

to Suspend, dated October 10, 2000,

provides that after the suspension

becomes final and effective, the

registrant, including all supplemental

registrants of Lindane Technical

Crystals (EPA Reg. No. 66951–1) and

Lindane Technical Powder (EPA Reg.

No. 66951–2), are subject to the

prohibition.

B. Participation in the Hearing

Any interested person may file a

motion for leave to intervene in the

hearing. Such motion must set forth the

grounds for the proposed intervention,

the position and interest of the movant

in the proceeding and documents

proposed to be filed relating to the

Notice of Intent to Suspend the

Registration of Lindane Technical

Crystals (EPA Reg. No. 66951–1) and

Lindane Technical Powder (EPA Reg.

No. 66951–2). Such motion must be

filed on or before December 15, 2000, or

it must also set forth a statement of good

cause for the failure to file the motion

prior to that date. If leave to intervene

is granted, the movant becomes a party

to the proceeding with the full status of

the original parties. If leave is denied,

the movant may request that the ruling

be certified to the Environmental

Appeals Board, pursuant to § 164.200.

40 CFR § 164.31.

Persons not parties to the proceeding

may file amicus briefs upon motion

granted by the Administrative Law

Judge. Such motion shall identify the

interest of the applicant and shall state

the reasons why the proposed amicus

brief is desirable. Id.

C. Scheduling

Section 3(c)(2)(B)(iv) of FIFRA

requires that a hearing shall be held and

a determination issued within seventyfive (75) days after receipt of a request

for hearing. The petitioner’s request for

hearing was received on or about

November 13, 2000. In order to fulfill

the 75-day time limit, the hearing is

scheduled to commence on January 9,

2001. Accordingly, the parties are

scheduled to submit prehearing

exchanges on December 15, 2000, and

rebuttals thereto on December 22, 2000.

Pre-trial motions, stipulations and

verified statements are due on December

29, 2000.

The 75-day period may be extended if

all parties to the proceeding stipulate to

such an extension. The date for

commencement of the hearing, and the

prehearing schedule, are subject to

postponement, continuation or

cancellation upon short notice. Such

dates should be confirmed by contacting

Bessie Hammiel at (202) 260–4865.

III. Public Docket

The public docket containing the case

file in the matter referenced above

(FIFRA Data Docket No. 216) is located

at: Office of the Hearing Clerk, Room

C400, 401 M St. S.W., Washington D.C.

20460. The case file can be viewed from

8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through

Friday, except legal holidays.

(Authority: 38 FR 19371, 40 CFR 164.8)

Susan L. Biro,

Chief Administrative Law Judge.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6912–9]

Notice of Proposed Administrative

Settlement Pursuant to the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice; request for public

comment.

SUMMARY: In accordance with Section

122(i) of the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act, as

amended (‘‘CERCLA’’), 42 U.S.C.

9622(i), notice is hereby given of a

proposed administrative settlement

concerning the Voda Petroleum

Superfund Site, Clarksville City, Texas

with the parties referenced in the

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION portion of

this Notice.

The settlement requires the Settling

Parties to pay a total of $589,200.00 in

reimbursement of Past Response Costs,

to the Hazardous Substance Superfund.

The settlement includes a covenant not

to sue pursuant to Section 107 of

CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607.

For thirty (30) days following the date

of publication of this notice, the Agency

will receive written comments relating

to the settlement. The Agency will

consider all comments received and

may withdraw or withhold its consent

to the proposed settlement if comments

received disclose facts or considerations

which indicate that the settlement is

inappropriate, improper, or inadequate.

The Agency’s response to any comments

received will be available for public

inspection at 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas,

Texas 75202–2733.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before January 8, 2001.

ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement

and additional background information

relating to the settlement are available

for public inspection at 1445 Ross

Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202–2733. A

copy of the proposed settlement may be

obtained from Carl Bolden (6SF–AC),

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Region 6, 1445 Ross Avenue, Dallas,

Texas 75202–2733 at (214) 665–6713.

Comments should reference the Voda

Petroleum Superfund Site, Clarksville

City, Texas and EPA Docket Number 6–

13–00. Comments should be addressed

to Carl Bolden at the address listed

above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael Boydston (6RC–S), U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency 1445

Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202–2733

at (214) 665–7376.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Ark-LA-Tex Waste Oil Company

Baxter’s Oil Service Inc.

Clements Oil Corporation

Lucent Technologies Inc.

Mobil Oil Corporation and its

subsidiaries

SBC Holding, Inc.

Texas Utilities Mining Company; Texas

Utilities Generating Company; and

TXU Electric Company

Dated: November 24, 2000.

Julie Jensen,

Acting Regional Administrator, 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

November 28, 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;