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be obtained from Ms. Priscilla TilleryGadson at the above phone and fax

numbers, or via Email at:

tillery.priscilla@epamail.epa.gov.

4. Environmental Engineering

Committee (EEC) Subcommittees

Two Subcommittees of the Science

Advisory Board’s (SAB’s)

Environmental Engineering Committee

(EEC) will each conduct a public

meeting. On Tuesday, April 29, 1997,

the EEC’s Special Topics Subcommittee

will meet from 8:30 am to 6 pm in the

Science Advisory Board Conference

Room, Room 2103, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency Headquarters

Building, 401 M Street SW, Washington,

DC 20460. On Wednesday and

Thursday, April 30–May 1, 1997, the

EEC’s Surface Impoundments Study

Subcommittee will meet from 8:30 am

to no later than 5 pm each day in

Conference Room C on the second floor

of EPA’s Crystal Station Building, 2805

Crystal Drive in the Crystal City section

of Arlington, Virginia.

Purpose of the Meetings

(a) Special Topics Subcommittee: On

April 29, 1997, the Special Topics

Subcommittee with review proposed

national guidance on field filtration of

ground water samples taken for metals

analysis from monitoring wells for

Superfund site assessment. Copies of

this seven-page review document can be

obtained from Mr. Daniel Thornton of

the EPA’s Office of Emergency and

Remedial Response, phone (703) 603–

8811. The current charge for this review

is to, ‘‘provide a technical review of the

proposed guidance, evaluate

consistency with other Agency

programs, and provide guidance on the

appropriateness and potential impacts

of the document. Specific issues

include: (a) Technical considerations,

such as colloidal mobility and transport

mechanisms; phase-changes; and fate

and transport of inorganic

contaminants; and (b) policy issues,

including guidance from other Federal

programs, and potential adverse impact

on other guidance or work in progress.’’

The Special Topics Subcommittee

will also review documents relating to

the use of toxicity weighting in the

Office of Enforcement and Compliance

Analysis Sector Facility Indexing

Project (SFIP). Copies of these review

documents can be obtained from Ms.

Maria Eiseman in the Manufacturing,

Energy, and Transportation Division of

OECA, phone (202) 564–7016; please

note that some documents may be

available before others. The Agency

asked that the SAB address the

following questions: (1) The SFIP uses

chronic human health toxicity weights

adopted from the TRI Relative Risk

Environmental Indicators. Does the

modified Hazard Ranking System

scoring methodology used by the

Indicators reflect accepted scientific

procedures and evidence regarding the

relative ranking of chemical toxicity?;

and (2) EPA currently uses unweighted

TRI pounds to evaluate pollutant

releases from individual facilities. As a

first step towards incorporating relative

risk in this evaluation, is it acceptable

to use toxicity weights to provide

additional contextual information

regarding the human health hazards

associated with pollutant releases?

(b) Surface Impoundments Study

Subcommittee: On April 30–May 1,

1997, the Surface Impoundments Study

Subcommittee will review the Office of

Solid Waste’s proposed plan for a

Congressionally required study of

surface impoundments. Copies of the

review documents can be obtained from

Ms. Becky Cuthbertson in the

Economics, Methods, and Risk Analysis

Division, phone (703) 308–8447; please

note that some documents may be ready

before others. In summary, the tentative

charge for this review is to comment on

the technical merits of the overall study

structure; to comment on the technical

merits of the proposed risk assessment;

and to comment upon appropriate

points in the study design and

implementation for involvement of

outside technical experts.

The full Environmental Engineering

Committee anticipates being briefed on

the reports of these Subcommittee

reviews at a meeting to be held in

Cincinnati June 30–July 3, 1997. A

future Federal Register Notice will

announce this meeting.

For Further Information: After April

4, 1997, agendas and rosters for both

Subcommittees can be obtained from

the Subcommittee Secretary, Mrs.

Dorothy Clark, tel. (202) 260–8414, fax

(202) 260–7118, or by Email:

clark.dorothy@epamail.epa.gov.

Members of the public desiring

additional information about the

meeting should contact Mrs. Kathleen

Conway, Designated Federal Official,

Environmental Engineering Committee,

Science Advisory Board (1400), U.S.

EPA, 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC

20460; telephone/voice mail at (202)

260–2558; fax at (202) 260–7118; or via

Email at:

conway.kathleen@epamail.epa.gov.

Members of the public who wish to

make a brief oral presentation to either

Subcommittee must contact Mrs.

Conway in writing (by letter or by fax—

see previously stated information) no

later than 12 noon Eastern Time,

Wednesday, April 23, 1997, in order to

be included on the Agenda. Public

comments will be limited to five

minutes per speaker or organization.

The request should identify the name of

the individual who will make the

presentation, the organization (if any)

they will represent, any requirements

for audio visual equipment (e.g.,

overhead projector, 35mm projector,

chalkboard, etc), and at least 35 copies

of an outline of the issues to be

addressed or the presentation itself.

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.

Information concerning the Science

Advisory Board, its structure, function,

and composition, may be found in The

FY1996 Annual Report of the Staff

Director which is available from the

SAB Committee Evaluation and Support

Staff (CESS) by contacting US EPA,

Science Advisory Board (1400),

Attention: CESS, 401 M Street, SW,

Washington, DC 20460 or via fax (202)

260–1889. Additional information

concerning the SAB can be found on the

SAB Home Page at: http://www.epa/

science1/.

Dated March 28, 1997.

John R. Fowle, III,

Acting Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.

[FR Doc. 97–8508 Filed 4–2–97; 8:45 am]

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY

COMMISSION

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB Review

AGENCY: Equal Employment

Opportunity Commission.
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ACTION: Notice of Extension Request and

Change in Filing Requirements.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44

U.S.C. Chapter 35, agencies are required

to submit proposed information

collection requests to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

review and approval, and to publish a

notice in the Federal Register

announcing to the public that the

agency has made such a submission.

The Commission has requested an

extension of an existing collection, State

and Local Government Information

(EEO–4), with the following change in

reporting requirements. Governments

with from 250 to 999 full-time

employees will now submit a separate

EEO–4 report only for those functions

with 100 or more employees and one

aggregate report that includes all the

remaining functions with fewer than

100 full-time employees. All other state

and local governments will continue to

file their EEO–4 reports as they have in

the past.

ADDRESSES: The Request for Clearance

(SF83–l), supporting statement, and

other documents submitted to OMB for

review may be obtained from: Margaret

Ulmer Holmes, EEOC Clearance Officer,

1801 L Street, NW, Room 2928,

Washington, DC, 20507.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Joachim Neckere, Director, Program

Research and Surveys Division at (202)

663–4958 (voice) or (202) 663–7063

(TDD).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Type of Review: Notice and Change in

Filing Requirements.

Collection Title: State and Local

Government Information (EEO–4).

OMB Control Number: 3046–0008.

Form Number: EEOC Form 164.

Frequency of Report: Biennial.

Type of Respondent: State and local

government jurisdictions with 100 or

more full-time employees and a rotating

probability sample of jurisdictions with

from 15 to 99 full-time employees.

Standard Industrial Classification

(SIC) Codes: 911–965.

Description of Affected Public: State

and local governments.

Responses: 10,000.

Reporting Hours: 40,000.

Federal Cost: $47,000.

Number of forms: 1.

Abstract: Section 709(c) of Title VII of

the Civil Rights Act of 1964, as

amended, 42 U.S.C. 2000e–8(e), requires

employers to make and keep records

relevant to a determination of whether

unlawful employment practices have

been or are being committed and to

make reports therefrom as required by

the Commission. Pursuant to 29 CFR

Section 1602.32, state and local

governments have been required to

submit EEO–4 reports to the

Commission since 1973 (biennially in

odd-numbered years since 1993).

Currently all state and local

governments with 250 or more full-time

employees submit a separate report for

each function, up to a maximum of 15

functions, which the government

performs. All other governments in the

EEO–4 survey file one report, covering

all functional activities. On December

23, 1996, the Commission solicited

public comment in the Federal Register

concerning a change in the EEO–4

collection that requires governments

with from 250 to 999 full-time

employees to submit a separate EEO–4

report only for those functions with 100

or more full-time employees and one

aggregate report that includes the

employment in all the remaining

functions with fewer than 100 full-time

employees. All other state and local

governments will continue to file their

EEO–4 reports as they have in the past.

The Commission did not receive any

public comments to this notice. This

reporting change will thus become

effective beginning with the 1997 EEO–

4 survey.

EEO–4 data are used by the

Commission to investigate charges of

employment discrimination against

state and local governments and in the

Commission’s systemic program. The

data are shared with several Federal

government agencies. Pursuant to

Section 709(d) of Title VII of the Civil

Rights Act of 1964, as amended, EEO–

4 data are also shared with

approximately 83 State and Local Fair

Employment Practices agencies.

Aggregate data are used by researchers

and the general public.

Burden Statement: This change is

being taken in the interest of

streamlining the EEO–4 survey process

and reducing the burden on state and

local governments, while still

maintaining sufficient data to meet the

program needs of the Commission and

other agencies that use these data. The

change will result in a reduced expense

and reporting burden for state and local

governments as required under the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44

U.S.C. 3502(i). It is estimated that on an

annual basis the total number of

responses in this data collection will be

10,000 responses. The estimated burden

hours will be reduced to approximately

40,000 hours. The number of

respondents will remain at about 5,000

state and local governments.

The reporting burden for this

collection is based upon an average

estimate per response and takes into

consideration the large number of state

and local governments that submit their

reports on magnetic tapes. Burden hours

for any particular government may

differ from this average estimate

depending on the accessibility of

information and the degree of

automation. The burden estimate

includes the time needed for reviewing

instructions, searching existing data

sources, gathering and maintaining the

data, and completing and reviewing the

collection of information.

Regulatory Flexibility Act

The Commission certifies pursuant to

5 U.S.C. 605(b), enacted by the

Regulatory Flexibility Act, Pub. L. No.

96–354, that this change will not have

a significant impact on small employers

or other entities because the change

involves elimination of reporting

requirements, and that a regulatory

flexibility analysis therefore is not

required.

Dated: March 27, 1997.

For the Commission.

Maria Borrero,

Executive Director.

[FR Doc. 97–8536 Filed 4–2–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6570–01–M

FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

Sunshine Act Meeting; Farm Credit

Administration Board; Regular Meeting

AGENCY: Farm Credit Administration.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given,

pursuant to the Government in the

Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b(e)(3)), that

the April 10, 1997 regular meeting of the

Farm Credit Administration Board

(Board) will not be held. A special

meeting of the Board is scheduled for

Thursday, April 24, 1997 at 9:00 a.m.

An agenda for this meeting will be

published at a later date.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Floyd Fithian, Secretary to the Farm

Credit Administration Board, (703) 883–

4025, TDD (703) 883–4444.

ADDRESS: Farm Credit Administration,

1501 Farm Credit Drive, McLean,

Virginia 22102–5090.

Dated: April 1, 1997.

Floyd Fithian,

Secretary, Farm Credit Administration Board.

[FR Doc. 97–8709 Filed 4–1–97; 4:05 pm]

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