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stakeholders regarding the state of

compliance and additional ways to

measure the performance of EPA’s

enforcement and compliance assurance

program. EPA accepts the idea that its

current approach of counting annual

enforcement outputs needs to be

supplemented by other approaches that

measure improvements in

environmental quality and the state of

compliance. As such, the Agency wants

to focus the outreach effort on

identifying and implementing new

approaches rather than on the

limitations of its current approach.

Stakeholders and regulatory partners

are asked to focus on the following

issues of special interest to EPA:

1. What innovative approaches are

being used (or could be used) by other

environmental agencies, other

regulatory agencies, and law

enforcement agencies to measure the

effects of their enforcement and

compliance assurance programs?

2. What innovative approaches are

being used by regulated facilities,

companies, or trade groups and

associations to measure the effect of

their efforts to achieve and maintain

compliance and protect the

environment?

3. What can EPA use to measure the

impact of its enforcement and

compliance assurance program in lowincome/ minority population

communities?

4. How can EPA measure industry

performance in complying with

environmental laws and regulations?

5. How can EPA measure the

deterrent effect of its enforcementrelated activities, including conducting

inspections, taking enforcement actions,

and publicizing those actions?

6. How can EPA measure the impact

of compliance assistance activities and

compliance incentives, such as its audit

and self-disclosure policy?

IV. Information for Participants

Stakeholders and Tribal, State, and

Local entities are encouraged to offer

ideas and proposals through submission

of written comments, participation in

the public meeting organized by EPA, or

both. Persons interested in speaking,

presenting information, or otherwise

expressing comments at this meeting

should send or fax their name,

affiliation, phone number, topic, and a

brief statement describing their

presentation to Michelle Angelich,

Science Applications International

Corporation, 1710 Goodridge Drive, MS

1–11–8, McLean, Virginia, 22102;

telephone 703–821–4432, fax 703–903–

1373 by January 24, 1997. Persons

wishing to submit pre-filed testimony

may also send or fax such material to

Ms. Angelich. Speakers will be notified

of their time slots or panel assignments

once the final format is determined.

This meeting will be open to the public

as space permits, and a transcript of the

proceedings will be prepared.

Dated: January 7, 1997.

Steven A. Herman,

Assistant Administrator, Office of

Enforcement and Compliance Assurance.

[FR Doc. 97–745 Filed 1–10–97; 8:45 am]

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Science Advisory Board; Notification

of Public Advisory Committee Meeting

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, Public Law 92–463,

notice is hereby given that the Human

Exposure and Health Subcommittee

(HEHS) of the Science Advisory Board’s

(SAB) Integrated Risk Project will hold

a public teleconference on Wednesday,

January 29, 1997, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00

p.m. (Eastern Standard Time). The

teleconference will be hosted in the

SAB Conference Room 2103 of the Mall,

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency

Headquarters Building at 401 M Street

SW, Washington, DC 20460. For easy

access, members of the public should

use the EPA entrance next to the

Safeway.

Purpose of the Meeting—The main

purpose of the meeting is plan future

directions and activities for the

Subcommittee, particularly on the topic

of the feasibility of producing a ranking

of human health risks. The

Subcommittee’s activities are part of an

SAB project to update the 1990 SAB

report, Reducing Risk: Setting Priorities

and Strategies for Environmental

Protection.

A limited number of telephone lines

will be available for use by members of

the public.

For Further Information—Members of

the public desiring additional

information concerning the

teleconference or who wish to submit

comments should contact Mr. Samuel

Rondberg, Designated Federal Officer

for the HEHS, Science Advisory Board

(1400), U.S. EPA, 401 M Street, SW,

Washington, DC 20460; by telephone at

(202)260–2559; by fax at (202) 260–7118

or via the INTERNET at:

rondberg.sam@epamail.epa.gov. After

January 16, 1996, copies of the draft

meeting agenda will be available from

Ms. Mary Winston at (202) 260–8414, by

fax at (202) 260–7118, and by

INTERNET at:

winston.mary@epamail.epa.gov.

Information regarding how to access the

teleconference is available by contacting

Ms. Winston at the above numbers.

Members of the public who wish to

make a brief oral presentation to the

Committee must contact Mr. Rondberg

in writing by letter, by fax, or by

INTERNET (at INTERNET address

above) no later than 12 noon (Eastern

Standard Time) Thursday, January 23,

1997, in order to be included on the

Agenda. The request should identify the

name of the individual who will make

the presentation and an outline of the

issues to be addressed. Oral comments

will be limited to five minutes per

person.

Dated: January 13, 1997.

Donald G. Barnes,

Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.

[FR Doc. 97–747 Filed 1–10–97; 8:45 am]

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Notice of Proposed Prospective

Purchaser Agreement Pursuant to the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation and Liability

Act of 1980, as Amended by the

Superfund Amendments and

Reauthorization Act

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice; request for public

comment.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that a

proposed prospective purchaser

agreement associated with the MRM

Superfund Site, located in Sikeston,

Missouri, was executed by the Agency

on November 26, 1996, and concurred

upon by the United States Department

of Justice on November 18, 1996. This

agreement is subject to final approval

after the comment period. The

Prospective Purchaser Agreement would

resolve certain potential EPA claims

under the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation

and Liability Act of 1980, as amended

by the Superfund Amendments and

Reauthorization Act of 1996

(‘‘CERCLA’’), against North Ridge

Homes, Inc., the prospective purchaser

(‘‘the purchaser’’).

The settlement would require the

purchaser to pay the EPA the sum of

$20,000, within thirty days after the

date upon which Settling Respondent

acquires title to the Property. The

purchaser must record a deed restriction

prohibiting use of the Property for

residential purposes or for any purpose

that could reasonably be expected to

attract children, including, but not
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limited to, schools, child care centers,

playgrounds, parks, and picnic areas. In

addition, the purchaser agrees to

provide access to the EPA, its

authorized officers, employees,

representatives, and all other persons

performing response actions at the Site

under federal law.

For thirty (30) days following the date

of publication of this notice, the Agency

will receive written comments relating

to the proposed settlement. The

Agency’s response to any comments

received will be available for public

inspection at the U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Region VII, 726

Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas

66101.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before February 12, 1997.

ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement is

available for public inspection at the

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

Region VII, 726 Minnesota Avenue,

Kansas City, Kansas 66101. A copy of

the proposed agreement may be

obtained from Jeffrey Weatherford,

Remedial Project Manager, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region VII, 726 Minnesota Avenue,

Kansas City, Kansas 66101. Comments

should refer to the ‘‘Agreement and

Covenant Not to Sue Re: MRM

Superfund Site’’ and should be

forwarded to Jeffrey Weatherford,

Remedial Project Manager, at the above

address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David Cozad, Senior Associate Regional

Counsel, United States Environmental

Protection Agency, Region VII, 726

Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas

66101, (913) 551–7587.

Dated: December 30, 1996.

William Rice,

Acting Regional Administrator.

[FR Doc. 97–644 Filed 1–10–97; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

Notice of Public Information

Collections Being Reviewed by the

Federal Communications Commission

January 3, 1997.

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 clarify 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: Persons wishing to comment on

this information collection should

submit comments March 14, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to

Dorothy Conway, Federal

Communications Commission, Room

234, 1919 M St., N.W., Washington, DC

20554 or via internet to

dconway@fcc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

additional information or copies of the

information collections contact Dorothy

Conway at 202–418–0217 or via internet

at dconway@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Approval Number: 3060–0580.

Title: 47 CFR 76.504 Limits on

carriage of vertically integrated

programming.

Type of Review: Extension of existing

collection.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit.

Number of Respondents: 1,500.

Estimated Time Per Response: 15

hours.

Total Annual Burden: 22,500 hours.

Cost to Respondents: $7,500. ($5 per

respondent for photocopying and

administrative expenses associated with

recordkeeping.)

Needs and Uses: 47 CFR 76.504

requires cable operators to maintain

records regarding the nature and extent

of their attributable interests in all video

programming services as well as

information regarding their carriage of

such vertically integrated video

programming services on cable systems

in which they also have an attributable

interest. These records must be

maintained in operators’ public files for

a period of 3 years. The records are to

be made available to members of the

public, local franchising authorities and

the Commission on reasonable notice

and during regular business hours. The

records will be reviewed by local

franchising authorities and the

Commission to monitor compliance

with channel occupancy limits in

respective local franchise areas.

In 1993, the Commission’s initial

estimate of the burden of complying

with this information collection

requirement incorrectly based the

number of respondents on the number

of community units in the country,

instead of the number of cable

operators. The number of respondents

was thus estimated to be 31,000. Recent

publicly available information on hand

in the Commission indicates that there

are currently 1,468 existing cable

operators. To adjust for prospective new

market entries, we therefore have used

the number 1,500 in our estimate of the

number of respondents impacted by this

collection.

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Acting Secretary.

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Notice of Public Information

Collections Being Reviewed by FCC

for Extension Under Delegated

Authority 5 CFR 1320 Authority,

Comments Requested

January 3, 1997.

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 proposed and/or continuing

information collections, 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 Commissions

burden estimates; (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