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the petitioner’s concerns about the use

of lead azide in the workplace are

appropriately addressed by OSHA

regulations. The Agency has no

information to indicate that further

regulation is necessary beyond the

protections provided by OSHA.

D. Extension of 90–Day Review

EPA denied the petitioner’s request to

extend EPA’s time to consider the

petition. The Agency has no reason to

believe that the information held by the

petitioner’s employer will supply the

necessary data on the nature and

severity of harm (toxicity) to humans or

the environment, exposure data, extent

of harm, or possible methods of risk

reduction necessary to change the

Agency’s assessment that this is an issue

appropriately addressed by OSHA.

III. Public Record

EPA established a public record of its

response to this petition under docket

control number OPPTS–211043. The

public record contains the petition,

response and the basic information

considered by EPA in reaching its

decision in this matter. All documents,

including the index of the docket, are

available to the public in EPA’s TSCA

Nonconfidential Information Center

(NCIC) from noon to 4 p.m., Monday

through Friday, excluding legal

holidays. The NCIC is located at EPA

Headquarters, Rm. B607, 401 M St.,

SW., Washington, DC 20460.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection.

Dated: April 4, 1997.

Lynn R. Goldmann,

Assistant Administrator for Prevention,

Pesticides and Toxic Substances.

[FR Doc. 97–9690 Filed 4-14-97; 8:45 am]

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Notice of Public Information

Collections Being Reviewed by FCC

For Extension Under Delegated

Authority; Comments Requested

April 9, 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

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology.

The FCC is reviewing the following

information collection requirements for

possible 3-year extension under

delegated authority 5 CFR 1320,

authority delegated to the Commission

by the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB).

DATES: Written comments should be

submitted on or before June 16, 1997. If

you anticipate that you will be

submitting comments, but find it

difficult to do so within the period of

time allowed by this notice, you should

advise the contact listed below as soon

as possible.

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: 3060–0427.

Title: Section 73.3523 Dismissal of

applications in renewal proceedings.

Form Number: None.

Type of Review: Extension of existing

collection.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit.

Number of Respondents: 1.

Estimated time per response: 8 hours

(1 hour licensee, 7 hours attorney).

Total annual burden: 1 hour.

Needs and Uses: On April 12, 1996,

the Commission adopted an Order (In

the Matter of Implementation of

Sections 204(a) and 204(c) of the

Telecommunications Act of 1996

(Broadcast Renewal Procedures)) which

implemented Sections 204(a) and (c) of

the Telecommunications Act of 1996

and eliminated comparative renewal

hearings for broadcast applications filed

after May 1, 1995, in accordance with

the Act. All pending comparative

renewal proceedings involving

applications filed on or before May 1,

1995, will be concluded in accordance

with the procedural provisions of

Section 73.3523.

Section 73.3523 requires an applicant

for a construction permit to obtain

approval from the FCC to dismiss or

withdraw its application when that

application is mutually exclusive with a

renewal application. This request for

approval must contain a copy of any

written agreement and an affidavit,

stating that it has not received any

consideration (pre-Initial Decision) or it

has not received any consideration in

excess of legitimate and prudent

expenses (post-Initial Decision) for the

dismissal/withdrawal of its application.

In addition, within 5 days of the

applicant’s request for approval, each

remaining competing applicant and the

renewal applicant must submit an

affidavit certifying that it has not paid

any consideration (pre-Initial Decision),

or that it has not paid consideration in

excess of legitimate and prudent

expenses (post-Initial Decision) for the

dismissal/withdrawal of a competing

application. The data is used by FCC

staff to ensure that an application was

filed under appropriate circumstances

and not to extract payments prohibited

by the Commission.

OMB Approval Number: 3060–0342.

Title: Section 74.1284 Rebroadcasts.

Form Number: None.

Type of Review: Extension of existing

collection.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit.

Number of Respondents: 100.

Estimated time per response: 1 hour.

Total annual burden: 100 hours.

Needs and Uses: Section 74.1284

requires that the licensee of an FM

Translator station obtain prior consent

from the primary FM broadcast station

or other FM translator before

rebroadcasting their programs. In

addition, the licensee must notify the

Commission of the call letters of each

station rebroadcast and must certify that

written consent has been received from

the licensee of that station. The data is

used by FCC staff to update records and

to assure compliance with FCC rules

and regulations.
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Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–9626 Filed 4–14–97; 8:45 am]

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[Report No. 2187]

Petitions for Reconsideration and

Clarification of Action in Rulemaking

Proceeding

April 10, 1997.

Petitions for reconsideration and

clarification have been filed in the

Commission’s rulemaking proceedings

listed in this Public Notice and

published pursuant to 47 CFR Section

1.429(e). The full text of these document

are available for viewing and copying in

Room 239, 1919 M Street, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. or may be purchased

from the Commission’s copy contractor,

ITS, Inc. (202) 857–3800. Oppositions to

these petitions must be filed April 30,

1997. See Section 1.4(b)(1) of the

Commission’s rules (47 CFR 1.4(b)(1)).

Replies to an opposition must be filed

within 10 days after the time for filing

oppositions has expired.

Subject: Implementation of the

Telecommunications Act of 1996:

Telemessaging, Electronic Publishing,

and Alarm Monitoring Services. (CC

Docket No. 96–152)

Number of Petitions Filed: 2.

Subject: Implementation of

Infrastructure Sharing Provisions in the

Telecommunications Act of 1996. (CC

Docket No. 96–237)

Number of Petitions Filed: 5.

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–9636 Filed 4–14–97; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE BOARD

Sunshine Act Meeting

Announcing an Open Meeting of the

Board

TIME AND DATE: 10:30 a.m., Wednesday,

April 23, 1997.

PLACE: Board Room, Second Floor,

Federal Housing Finance Board, 1777 F

Street, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20006.

STATUS: The entire meeting will be open

to the public.

MATTER TO BE CONSIDERED DURING

PORTIONS OPEN TO THE PUBLIC:

• Community Support Revisions—

Final Rule.

• Community Investment—Cash

Advance Proposed Rulemaking.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Elaine L. Baker, Secretary to the Board,

(202) 408–2837.

Bruce A. Morrison,

Chairman.

[FR Doc. 97–9833 Filed 4–11–97; 2:34 pm]

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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Federal

Maritime Commission.

FEDERAL REGISTER CITATION OF PREVIOUS

ANNOUNCEMENT: 62 FR 16578.

PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED TIME AND DATE OF

THE MEETING: 2:00 p.m.—April 10, 1997.

CHANGE IN THE MEETING: Addition of Item

2: docket No. 96–20—Port Restrictions

and Requirements in the United States/

Japan Trade.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Joseph C. Polking, Secretary, (202) 523–

5725.

Joseph C. Polking,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–9832 Filed 4–11–97; 2:33 pm]

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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission to OMB Under

Delegated Authority

Background

Notice is hereby given of the final

approval of a proposed information

collection by the Board of Governors of

the Federal Reserve System (Board)

under OMB delegated authority, as per

5 CFR 1320.16 (OMB Regulations on

Controlling Paperwork Burdens on the

Public). The Federal Reserve 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 OMB control number.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Chief, Financial Reports Section—Mary

M. McLaughlin—Division of Research

and Statistics, Board of Governors of

the Federal Reserve System,

Washington, DC 20551 (202-452-3829)

OMB Desk Officer—Alexander T.

Hunt—Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs, Office of

Management and Budget, New

Executive Office Building, Room

3208, Washington, DC 20503 (202-

395-7860)

Final approval under OMB delegated

authority of the extension for three

years, without revision, of the following

report:

1. Report title: Report of MediumTerm Note Issuance

Agency form number: FR 2600m, q, and

s

OMB Control number: 7100-0245

Frequency: monthly (m), quarterly (q),

and semiannually (s)

Reporters: U.S. corporations

Annual reporting hours: 94

Estimated average hours per response:

0.083

Number of respondents: 424

Small businesses are not affected.

General description of report: This

information collection is voluntary (12

U.S.C. sections 225a and 353 et seq.)

and the data collected will no longer be

treated as confidential.

Abstract: This report collects

information on the monthly volume of

medium-term notes issued by

corporations. The Board staff obtains the

data from the universe of issuers.

Individual respondents are surveyed

monthly, quarterly, or semiannually,

depending on the level and frequency of

the respondent’s issuance activity. In

addition, once a year, all respondents

report the amount of medium-term

notes outstanding. The information

collected on this report is used to

estimate the volume of new securities

issuance by U.S. corporations that is

published in the Federal Reserve

Bulletin and to construct estimates of

corporate securities outstanding that are

used in the flow of funds accounts.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, April 9, 1997.

William W. Wiles,

Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 97–9635 Filed 4-14-97; 8:45AM]

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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Change in Bank Control Notices;

Acquisitions of Shares of Banks or

Bank Holding Companies

The notificants listed below have

applied under the Change in Bank

Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and §

225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12

CFR 225.41) to acquire a bank or bank

holding company. The factors that are

considered in acting on the notices are

set forth in paragraph 7 of the Act (12

U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)).