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(202) 260–7118, or Internet at:

Pozun.Diana@ EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV.

Single copies of Reducing Risk, the

report of the previous relative risk

ranking effort of the SAB, can be

obtained by contacting the SAB’s

Committee Evaluation and Support Staff

(1400), 401 M Street, SW, Washington,

DC 20460, telephone (202) 260–8414, or

fax (202) 260–1889. Anyone wishing to

make an oral presentation at the meeting

must contact Mr. Thomas Miller,

Designated Federal Official for the

Valuation Subcommittee IRP, in writing

no later than 4:00 pm (Eastern Daylight

Time) February 12, 1997, at the above

address, via fax (202) 260–7118, or via

the Internet at:

Miller.Tom@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV. The

request should identify the name of the

individual who will make the

presentation and an outline of the issues

to be addressed. At least 35 copies of

any written comments to the Committee

are to be given to Mr. Miller no later

than the time of the presentation for

distribution to the Committee and the

interested public. To discuss technical

aspects of the meeting, please contact

Mr. Miller by telephone at (202) 260–

5886.

Providing Oral or Written Comments at

SAB Meetings

The Science Advisory Board expects

that public statements presented at its

meetings will not be repetitive of

previously submitted oral or written

statements. In general, each individual

or group making an oral presentation

will be limited to a total time of ten

minutes. For conference call meetings,

opportunities for oral comment will be

limited to no more than five minutes per

speaker and no more than fifteen

minutes total. Written comments (at

least 35 copies) received in the SAB

Staff Office sufficiently prior to a

meeting date, may be mailed to the

relevant SAB committee or

subcommittee prior to its meeting;

comments received too close to the

meeting date will normally be provided

to the committee at its meeting. Written

comments may be provided to the

relevant committee or subcommittee up

until the time of the meeting.

Dated: January 2, 1997.

Donald G. Barnes,

Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.

[FR Doc. 97–646 Filed 1–9–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

[FRL–5674–6]

CWA 303(d): Proposed Withdrawal of

Phase I Total Maximum Daily Loads

(TMDLs) for Copper in the New Jersey

Waters of New York-New Jersey

Harbor

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency, Region II (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: EPA has determined that the

New Jersey waters of the New York-New

Jersey Harbor are not water qualitylimited for copper, and therefore, Phase

I copper TMDLs are not required for

these water segments. EPA is hereby

issuing public notice of its intent to

withdraw the Phase I TMDL for copper

established by EPA on January 24, 1996.

DATES: Comments on the proposed

action must be submitted to EPA on or

before February 10, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the relevant

supporting documents may be obtained

by writing to Ms. Rosella T. O’Connor,

Fate & Effects Team, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency Region II, 290

Broadway, 24th Floor, New York, New

York 10006–1866 or calling (212) 637–

3823.

The administrative record containing

background technical information is on

file and may be inspected at the U.S.

EPA, Region II office between the hours

of 9:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday

through Friday, except holidays.

Arrangements to examine the

administrative record may be made by

contacting Ms. Rosella T. O’Connor.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Rosella T. O’Connor, telephone (212)

637–3823.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

II. Proposed Action

I. Background

A TMDL, or total maximum daily

load, is the maximum amount of the

pollutant that a waterbody can

assimilate and still meet ambient water

quality standards. TMDLs are

established for water quality-limited

segments, which are defined as ‘‘any

segment where it is known that water

quality does not meet applicable water

quality standards, and/or is not

expected to meet applicable water

quality standards, even after the

application of technology-based effluent

limitations * * *’’ (40 CFR 130.2(i)).

On January 24, 1996, EPA established

certain phased TMDLs, including waste

load allocations (WLAs) and load

allocations (LAs) for copper and

mercury. (61 FR 1930). Phased TMDLs

were developed for copper and mercury

because of the limited ambient data and

uncertainty in the model calibration for

the New Jersey Harbor waters. The

Phase I TMDLs established in January

1996 required additional data collection

in the New Jersey Harbor waters before

the establishment, as necessary, of

revised Phase II TMDLs. Phase II

TMDLs were to be established only if

the additional data and/or modeling

indicated that it was necessary to reduce

point and/or nonpoint sources of certain

metals below Phase I levels. The New

Jersey Harbor waters are Newark Bay,

Hackensack River below the Oradell

Dam, Passaic River below the Dundee

Dam, Raritan River below the Fieldville

Dam and Raritan Bay.

The New Jersey Harbor Dischargers

Group (NJHDG), in cooperation with the

State of New Jersey and EPA, agreed to

undertake the required additional

monitoring and modeling. The first

phase of the monitoring was designed to

enhance the existing ambient data base

and to confirm whether copper, lead,

nickel and mercury exceed or

potentially exceed applicable water

quality standards in the New Jersey

Harbor waters. Based on the results of

this data collection effort, it was

determined that certain metals and/or

New Jersey Harbor waters would require

additional monitoring and modeling to

develop Phase II TMDLs. These data are

contained in a report entitled,

‘‘Summary of the Phase I Metals

Sampling and Analysis Program for the

New Jersey Component of the New

York/New Jersey Harbor Estuary

Program’’ (March 5 and 26, 1996). The

monitoring program included one

station in each of the Hackensack,

Passaic, and Raritan Rivers, and in

Raritan and Newark Bays. Each of these

stations was sampled twice per month

for six months (from June 1995 through

December 1995). The twelve sampling

events included three wet-weather and

two tidal cycle events. Overall, ninety

water samples and five sediment

samples were collected in twelve

sampling events over a six month study

period. These data were used to project

water quality exceedances of copper,

mercury, nickel and lead in the New

Jersey waters of the Harbor.

Based on the ambient water quality

data contained in the above-referenced

report, EPA has determined the

following:

• The New Jersey Harbor waters are

not water quality-limited for copper,

neither Phase I nor Phase II copper

TMDLs are required. EPA is, therefore,

proposing to withdraw the Phase I

copper TMDLs promulgated on January

24, 1996;
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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