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exposure, which would be below the

RfD.

Generally, EPA has no cause for

concern if the total aggregate exposure

is less than the RfD, therefore it may be

concluded that there is a reasonable

certainty of no harm will result to

infants and children.

E. Conclusions

The available data indicate that there

is reasonable certainty of no harm from

the incremental exposure resulting from

the potential residues of cyfluthrin from

the use of Baythroid 2, EPA Reg. No.

3125–351, on citrus. Thus in accordance

with the provisions of the FFDCA as

amended August 3, 1996, regulations to

establish the tolerance and maximum

residue levels to support this use can be

effected.

F. International Tolerances

There are no Codex maximum residue

levels (MRLs) established for residues

ofcyfluthrin on citrus fruits or any

resulting processed products.

II. Public Record

Interested persons are invited to

submit comments on this notice of

filing. Comments must bear a notation

indicating the docket control number,

[PF–717]. All written comments filed in

response to this petition will be

available in the Public Response and

Program Resources Branch, at the

address given above from 8:30 a.m. to 4

p.m., Monday through Friday, except

legal holidays.

A record has been established for this

notice under docket control number

[PF–717] including comments and data

submitted electronically as described

below). A public version of this record,

including printed, paper versions of

electronic comments, which does not

include any information claimed as CBI,

is available for inspection from 8:30

a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday,

excluding legal holidays. The public

record is located in Rm. 1132 of the

Public Response and Program Resources

Branch, Field Operations Division

(7506C), Office of Pesticide Programs,

Environmental Protection Agency,

Crystal Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis

Highway, Arlington, VA.

Electronic comments can be sent

directly to EPA at:

opp-docket@epamail.epa.gov

Electronic comments must be

submitted as ASCII file avoiding the use

of special characters and any form of

encryption.

The official record for this notice, as

well as the public version, as described

above will be kept in paper form.

Accordingly, EPA will transfer all

comments received electronically into

printed, paper form as they are received

and will place the paper copies in the

official record which will also include

all comments submitted directly in

writing. The official record is the paper

record maintained at the address in

‘‘ADDRESSES’’ at the beginning of this

document.

Authority: 21 U.S.C. 346a.

List of Subjects

Environmental Protection,

Administrative practice and procedure,

Agricultural commodities, Pesticides

and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements.

Dated: March 7, 1997.

Stephen L. Johnson,

Director, Registration Division, Office of

Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 97–6516 Filed 3–13–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

[OPP–50826; FRL–5592–3]

Issuance of an Experimental Use

Permit

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: EPA has granted an

experimental use permit to the

following applicant. The permit is in

accordance with, and subject to, the

provisions of 40 CFR part l72, which

defines EPA procedures with respect to

the use of pesticides for experimental

use purposes.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: Mike Mendelsohn, Office of

Pesticide Programs, Biopesticides and

Pollution Prevention Division (7501W),

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. In

person or by telephone: Rm. 3142, CM

#2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, VA, Telephone: 703–308–

8715, e-mail:

mendelsohn.mike@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has

issued the following experimental use

permit: 70218–EUP–1. Issuance. This

experimental use permit allows the use

of 0.825 pounds of the Bacillus

thuringiensis subspecies tolworthi

Cry9C protein in seeds shipped on 3,305

acres of corn to evaluate the control of

the European corn borer and other

lepidopteran corn pests. The program is

authorized in the States of Alabama,

California, Colorado, Delaware, Florida,

Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Indiana, Iowa,

Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland,

Michigan, Minnesota, Mississippi,

Missouri, Nebraska, New York, North

Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Puerto

Rico, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas,

Virginia, and Wisconsin. The

experimental use permit is effective

from February 5, 1997 to November 30,

1997. This permit is issued with the

limitation that all treated crops are

destroyed or used for research purposes

only.

Persons wishing to review this

experimental use permit are referred to

the designated contact person. Inquires

concerning this permit should be

directed to the person cited above. It is

suggested that interested persons call

before visiting the EPA office, so that

the appropriate file may be made

available for inspection purposes from 8

a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday,

excluding legal holidays.

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection,

Experimental use permits.

Dated: March 5, 1997.

Janet L. Andersen,

Director, Biopesticides and Pollution

Prevention Division, Office of Pesticide

Programs.

[FR Doc. 97–6518 Filed 3–13–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

[FRL–5710–4]

Special Report on Environmental

Endocrine Disruption: An Effects

Assessment and Analysis

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability of risk

assessment forum report.

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing the

availability of the ‘‘Special Report on

Environmental Endocrine Disruption:

An Effects Assessment and Analysis.’’

The report provides an overview of the

current state of the science for

endocrine disruption. The report’s

major components are an introduction

to the endocrine system and the

endocrine disruption hypothesis; a

review of potential human health and

ecological risks; and an analysis section,

including an overview of research

needs. The report represents an interim

assessment pending a more extensive

review expected to be issued by the

National Academy of Sciences later in

1997.

ADDRESSES: An electronic version of the

report is accessible on EPA’s Office of
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Research and Development home page

on the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/

ORD. Interested parties can obtain a

single copy of the report by contacting:

ORD Publications Office, Technology

Transfer Division, National Risk

Management Research Laboratory, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, 26

W. Martin Luther King Drive,

Cincinnati, OH 45268; telephone (513)

569–7562; facsimile (513) 569–7566.

Please provide your name and mailing

address, and request the document by

the title and EPA document number

(EPA/630/R–96/012). There will be a

limited number of paper copies

available from the above source in midApril. Requests will be filled on a firstcome-first-served basis. After the supply

is exhausted, copies of the report can be

purchased from the National Technical

Information Service (NTIS) by calling

(703) 487–4650 or sending a facsimile to

(703) 321–8547. The NTIS order number

for this document is PB97-137772; Price

Code A08:($31).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

William Wood, Risk Assessment Forum

(8103), U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, 401 M Street, S.W.,

Washington, DC 20460, Telephone (202)

260–6743.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EPA

has followed closely the recent reports

dealing with the potential effects of

environmental endocrine disruptors on

human health and ecological well-being.

EPA’s Science Policy Council requested

that the Risk Assessment Forum prepare

a Technical Panel report that would

provide an overview of the current state

of the science relative to the endocrine

disruption hypothesis. This report

serves as an interim assessment to

inform Agency risk assessors of the

major findings and uncertainties relative

to environmental endocrine disruption

and is the basis for a position statement

by EPA’s Science Policy Council.

Dated: February 27, 1997.

Joseph K. Alexander,

Deputy Assistant Administrator for Science,

Office of Research and Development.

[FR Doc. 97–6509 Filed 3–13–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

[DA 97–386]

Auction of Wireless Communications

Service (Auction No. 14)

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Wireless

Telecommunications Bureau announced

the application procedures for the

upcoming WCS auction (Auction #14) in

a Public Notice dated February 20, 1997.

The auction is scheduled to begin April

15, 1997 and will consist of 128

licenses: two licenses in 52 Major

Economic Areas in the United States

and two licenses in 12 Regional

Economic Area Groupings. The purpose

of the public notice is to inform

interested parties of the auction

procedures the Commission will use in

Auction #14 and the filing requirements

to become an eligible bidder.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Louis Sigalos or Josh Roland, Wireless

Telecommunications Bureau, at (202)

418–0660.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

summary of Public Notice DA 97–386,

‘‘Auction of Wireless Communications

Service—Auction Notice and Filing

Requirements for 128 WCS Licenses

Scheduled for April 15, 1997,’’ released

February 21, 1997. The complete text of

the Public Notice is available for

inspection and copying during normal

business hours in the FCC Reference

Center (Room 239), 1919 M Street, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. and also may be

purchased from the Commission’s copy

contractor, International Transcription

Service, (202) 857–3800, 2100 M Street,

N.W., Suite 140, Washington, D.C.

20037.

Synopsis of the Public Notice

I. Introduction

1. Licenses To Be Auctioned: 128

licenses. Wireless Communications

Service (‘‘WCS’’) licensees are

permitted, within their assigned

spectrum and geographic areas, to

provide any fixed, mobile, radiolocation

or broadcast-satellite use consistent

with the allocation table and associated

international agreements concerning

spectrum allocations. The auction will

consist of 2 licenses (Frequency Blocks

‘‘A’’ and ‘‘B’’) in 52 Major Economic

Areas (MEAs), authorizing service on 10

MHz of spectrum, and 2 licenses

(Frequency Blocks ‘‘C’’ and ‘‘D’’) in each

of 12 Regional Economic Area

Groupings (REAGs), authorizing service

on 5 MHz of spectrum. Each frequency

block encompasses the following

spectrum:

Frequency Block A: 2305–2310 MHz paired

with 2350–2355 MHz

Frequency Block B: 2310–2315 MHz paired

with 2355–2360 MHz

Frequency Block C: 2315–2320 MHz

Frequency Block D: 2345–2350 MHz

A detailed listing of MEAs and

REAGs, with their FCC market number,

market description, license number,

population, and upfront payment are

provided in Attachment A.

2. Auction Date: The auction will

begin on April 15, 1997. The precise

schedule for bidding will be announced

by public notice at least one week before

the start of the auction. Unless

otherwise announced, bidding will be

conducted on each business day until

bidding has stopped on all licenses.

3. Auction Title: This is the fourteenth

spectrum auction the Commission has

scheduled, and will be referred to as

‘‘Auction No. 14, Wireless

Communications Service.’’

4. Bidding Methodology:

Simultaneous multiple round bidding.

Bidding will be by electronic means

from remote locations only. Participants

should note that this auction will use a

round structure that is different from the

procedures used in previous

Commission auctions.

5. Pre-Auction Dates:

* Short-Form Application (FCC Form

175): March 25, 1997, 5:30 p.m. ET.

* Upfront Payments (Only Wire

Transfer Accepted): April 4, 1997, 6:00

p.m. ET.

* Orders for Remote Bidding

Software: April 4, 1997, 5:30 p.m. ET.

* Mock Auction: April 10, 1997.

6. Telephone Contacts:

* FCC National Call Center: 888-

CALL-FCC (888–225–5322) (Bidder

Information Packages/General Auction

Information).

* FCC Technical Support Hotline:

202–414–1250.

7. List of Attachments:

* Attachment A: List of Licenses

Offered.

* Attachment B: Electronic Filing of

FCC Form 175.

* Attachment C: Guidelines for

Completing FCC Form 175 and Exhibits.

* Attachment D: Summary Listing of

Documents from the Commission and

the Wireless Telecommunications

Bureau Addressing Application of the

Anti-Collusion Rules.

8. Bidder Information Package: More

complete details about this auction will

be contained in a Bidder Information

Package. The Commission will provide

one copy free of charge. Additional

copies may be ordered at a cost of

$16.00 each, including postage, payable

by Visa or Master Card, or by check

payable to ‘‘Federal Communications

Commission’’ or ‘‘FCC’’. To place an

order, please contact the FCC National

Call Center at 888-CALL-FCC (888–225–

5322). Bidders who do not receive their

Packages within two weeks of ordering

should contact the Call Center.

9. Participation: Those wishing to

participate in the auction must submit