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• The New Jersey Harbor waters are

not water quality-limited for lead, no

Phase II lead TMDLs are required;

• The Passaic and Hackensack Rivers

are water quality-limited for nickel,

additional monitoring and/or modeling

is required to develop Phase II nickel

TMDLs for these waterbodies, as

necessary; and

• Since all Harbor waters, including

all New Jersey Harbor waters, continue

to be water quality-limited for mercury,

the Phase I mercury TMDLs established

on January 24, 1996 remain in effect.

II. Proposed Action

The action proposed, the withdrawal

of the Phase I copper TMDLs, is

appropriate given the specific

circumstances, monitoring data, and

management approach agreed upon by

the States of New Jersey and New York

and EPA, for the waters of the New

York-New Jersey Harbor. The Phase I

TMDLs which were established

included Waste Load Allocations which

reflect existing effluent quality. Phased

TMDLs were established while the

conflict between the limited ambient

data then available (which did not

indicate an exceedance of the applicable

water quality standard for copper) and

the uncertainty in model calibration

(which indicated a potential to exceed

the copper standard) could be addressed

through additional monitoring and/or

modeling. The ambient water quality

data contained in the NJHDG’s abovereferenced report is now sufficient to

support that the New Jersey Harbor

waters are not water quality-limited for

copper.

EPA is soliciting public comments on

the proposed withdrawal of the copper

TMDLs for the New Jersey Harbor

waters.

Dated: December 23, 1996.

Signed:

William J. Muszynski,

Acting Regional Administrator.

[FR Doc. 97–642 Filed 1–9–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE

CORPORATION

Proposed Agency Information

Collection Activities; Comment

AGENCY: Federal Deposit Insurance

Corporation (FDIC).

ACTION: Notice and request for comment.

BACKGROUND: In accordance with the

requirements of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C.

chapter 35), the FDIC may not conduct

or sponsor, and the respondent is not

required to respond to, an information

collection that has been extended,

revised, or implemented on or after

October 1, 1995, unless it displays a

currently valid Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) control number. A

proposed revision of the following

currently approved collection of

information is hereby published for

comment. At the end of the comment

period, the comments and

recommendations received will be

analyzed to determine the extent to

which the collection should be modified

prior to submission to OMB for review

and approval. Comments are invited on:

(a) Whether the collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the FDIC’s functions,

including whether the information has

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

estimate of the burden of the

information collection, including the

validity of the methodology and

assumptions used; (c) ways to enhance

the quality, utility, and clarity of the

information to be collected; and (d)

ways to minimize the burden of

information collection on respondents,

including through the use of automated

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before March 11, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are

invited to submit written comments to

Steven F. Hanft, FDIC Clearance Officer,

(202) 898–3907, Office of the Executive

Secretary, Federal Deposit Insurance

Corporation, 550 17th Street N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20429. All comments

should refer to the OMB control number

3064–0122. Comments may be handdelivered to Room F–400, 1776 F Street,

N.W., Washington, D.C. 20429, on

business days between 8:30 a.m. and

5:00 p.m. [FAX number (202) 898–3838;

Internet address: comments@fdic.gov].

A copy of the comments may also be

submitted to the OMB desk officer for

the agencies: Alexander Hunt, Project

3064–0122, Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs, Office of

Management and Budget, New

Executive Office Building, Room 3208,

Washington, D.C. 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Steven F. Hanft, at the address

identified above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Proposal To Revise the Following

Currently Approved Collection of

Information

Title: Forms Relating to FDIC Outside

Counsel Services Contracting.

Form Number: FDIC 1600/05, FDIC

5200/01.

OMB Number: 3064–0122.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Affected Public: Law firms wishing to

do business with the FDIC and those

under contract with the FDIC.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

FDIC Form 1600/05—2,500; FDIC Form

5200/01—500.

Estimated Time per Response: FDIC

Form 1600/05—.5 hours; FDIC Form

5200/01—1.25 hours.

Estimated Annual Burden: The OMB

previously approved an information

collection for FDIC outside counsel

budgeting and invoicing with an annual

burden of 3,804 hours under OMB No.

3064–0122 (November 25, 1996). The

estimated additional burden imposed by

FDIC Form 1600/05 is 1,250 burden

hours and by FDIC Form 5200/01 is 625

hours, or a total additional burden of

1,875 hours. The annual burden,

including both the already approved

budgeting and invoicing collection of

information and the additional request

would be a total of 5,679 burden hours.

General Description of Collection:

Section 19 of the Resolution Trust

Corporation Completion Act required

the FDIC to prescribe a regulation to

ensure that persons providing services

to be FDIC meet minimum standards of

competence, experience, integrity and

fitness, and to govern conflicts of

interest. Pursuant to that mandate, the

FDIC established a ‘‘Contractor Conflicts

of Interest’’ regulation, 12 CFR Part 366,

that became effective April 10, 1996.

The FDIC’s Contractor Conflicts of

Interest regulation requires FDIC

contractors, including law firms covered

by this collection of information, to

submit representations and

certifications about themselves and their

employees, agents and subcontractors

who will perform services under an

FDIC contract. Law firms desiring to

provide services for the FDIC will use

Form 5200/01 to make the

representations and certifications about

themselves required by 12 CFR Part 366.

Individual employees, agents and

subcontractors will use Form 1600/05 to

make representations and certifications

about themselves, and to authorize the

release of information about themselves

so that the FDIC can verify the

representations and certifications.

Request for Comment

Comments submitted in response to

this Notice will be summarized or

included in the FDIC’s requests to OMB

for renewal of this collection. All

comments will become a matter of

public record. Written comments should

address the accuracy of the burden
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estimates and ways to minimize burden

including the use of automated

collection techniques or the use of other

forms of information technology as well

as other relevant aspects of the

information collection request.

Dated at Washington, DC, this 6th day of

January 1997.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

Jerry L. Langley,

Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–563 Filed 1–9–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6714–01–M

Alternative Dispute Resolution

AGENCY: Federal Deposit Insurance

Corporation (FDIC).

ACTION: Notice of adoption of policy

statement.

SUMMARY: The FDIC has adopted a

Statement of Policy to further its

commitment to the use of Alternative

Dispute Resolution for resolving

appropriate disputes in a timely and

cost efficient manner and to comply

with the spirit of the Administrative

Dispute Resolution Act of 1996.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 11, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Martha W. McClellan, Counsel (202)

736–0512, Legal Division, Federal

Deposit Insurance Corporation, 550 17th

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20429.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Board

of Directors of the FDIC has modified its

Statement of Policy on Alternative

Dispute Resolution to reflect technical

adjustments necessary in light of the

reenactment of the Administrative

Dispute Resolution Act (Pub. L. 104–

320), and to reflect recent FDIC

administrative and organizational

changes. The text of the revised Policy

Statement follows:

Statement of Policy on Alternative

Dispute Resolution

The Federal Deposit Insurance

Corporation (FDIC) has been and

continues to be committed to the use of

Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)

for resolving appropriate disputes in a

more timely, less costly manner than

litigation or administrative adjudication.

The FDIC hereby adopts this policy to

reiterate its commitment to ADR, to

express its full support for ADR and to

set forth a framework for the continuing

and expanding use of ADR. The

Corporation views ADR not as an end in

itself, but rather, as an additional tool to

accomplish its business efficiently,

economically and productively. To that

end, the FDIC believes that its ADR

policy should be dynamic and

continually developing.

The FDIC fully supports the costeffective use of ADR, including

negotiation, mediation, early neutral

evaluation, neutral expert fact-finding,

mini-trials and other hybrid forms of

ADR in appropriate instances. The

purpose of this policy is to use ADR in

appropriate instances to resolve

disputes at the earliest stage possible, by

the fastest and least expensive method

possible and at the lowest possible

organizational level consistent with

applicable delegation of authority.

The Senior Deputy Director (Division

of Resolutions and Receiverships) serves

as the Dispute Resolution Specialist for

the Corporation. In addition, an ADR

Steering Committee, composed of the

Dispute Resolution Specialist (or his/her

designee) and representatives from each

Division and Office, was established by

the Board of Directors in 1994 to

coordinate and encourage appropriate

and cost-effective conflict management

practices in all aspects of FDIC

operations and programs. The Dispute

Resolution Specialist, working with the

ADR Steering Committee, shall report to

the Board of Directors on an annual

basis regarding the Corporation’s ADR

efforts, implementation of this policy,

and any revisions or actions necessary.

It is the responsibility of all FDIC

employees to implement this policy and

to practice and promote cost-effective

dispute resolution in FDIC programs

and other areas of Corporation

operation. All management and

employees of the FDIC are hereby

directed to take the necessary steps to

implement this policy and to cooperate

to the fullest extend with the ADR

Steering Committee and the Dispute

Resolution Specialist (and his/her

designee) to promote effective and

appropriate use of ADR at the

Corporation in furtherance of this

policy.

The FDIC welcomes and encourages

input on the use of ADR and comment

on current and potential uses of ADR

from both within and outside the

Corporation.

By order of the Board of Directors.

Dated at Washington, DC, the 11th day of

December, 1996.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

Jerry L. Langley,

Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–562 Filed 1–9–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6714–01–M

FEDERAL EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA–3122–EM]

Hawaii; Amendment to Notice of a

Presidential Declaration of an

Emergency

AGENCY: Federal Emergency

Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice

of the Presidential declaration of an

emergency for the State of Hawaii

(FEMA–3122–EM), dated November 18,

1996, and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 11, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Magda Ruiz, Response and Recovery

Directorate, Federal Emergency

Management Agency, Washington, DC

20472, (202) 646–3260.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is

hereby given that the incident period for

this emergency is closed effective

December 9, 1996.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No.

83.516, Disaster Assistance)

Lacy E. Suiter,

Executive Associate Director, Response and

Recovery Directorate.

[FR Doc. 97–613 Filed 1–9–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6718–02–P

[FEMA–1147–DR]

Hawaii; Amendment to Notice of a

Major Disaster Declaration

AGENCY: Federal Emergency

Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice

of a major disaster for the State of

Hawaii (FEMA–1147–DR), dated

November 26, 1996, and related

determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 11, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Magda Ruiz, Response and Recovery

Directorate, Federal Emergency

Management Agency, Washington, DC

20472, (202) 646–3260.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is

hereby given that the incident period for

this disaster is closed effective

December 9, 1996.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No.

83.516, Disaster Assistance)

Lacy E. Suiter,

Executive Associate Director, Response and

Recovery Directorate.

[FR Doc. 97–614 Filed 1–9–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6718–02–P