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Elimination System (NPDES) permitting

program. In most cases these revisions

relate to the following provisions of 40

CFR part 132, Appendix F: Procedure 3

(‘‘Total Maximum Daily Loads,

Wasteload Allocations for Point

Sources, Load Allocations for Nonpoint

Sources, Wasteload Allocations in the

Absence of a TMDL, and Preliminary

Wasteload Allocations for Purposes of

Determining the Need for Water Quality

Based Effluent Limits’’); Procedure 4

(‘‘Additivity’’); Procedure 5

(‘‘Reasonable Potential’’); Procedure 6

(Whole Effluent Toxicity’’); Procedure 7

(‘‘Loading Limits’’); Procedure 8:

(‘‘Water Quality-based Effluent

Limitations Below the Quantification

Level); Procedure 9 (‘‘Compliance

Schedules’’). EPA is not soliciting

comment on the States’ adoption of

requirements pertaining to

Implementation Procedures 1 (‘‘Site

Specific Modifications’’) or 2

(‘‘Variances’’) because those

requirements constitute parts of the

States’ water quality standards, not its

NPDES program.

Under 40 CFR 123.62(b)(2) and

132.5(e), whenever EPA determines that

a proposed revision to a State NPDES

program is substantial, EPA must

provide notice and allow public

comment on the proposed revisions.

The extent to which the States have

modified their NPDES programs to be

consistent with the Guidance varies

significantly, depending on the extent to

which their existing programs already

were ‘‘as protective as’’ the

implementation procedures in the

Guidance. EPA has not conducted a

State-by-State review of the submissions

to ascertain for each State individually

whether their changes constitute

substantial program modifications.

However, in light of the fact that the

States have modified these programs in

response to the explicit statutory

mandate contained in section 118(c) of

the Clean Water Act, EPA believes that

it is appropriate to consider the NPDES

component of the States’ submissions to

be substantial program modifications,

and therefore has decided to solicit

public comment regarding those

provisions.

Interested persons may request a

public hearing regarding whether EPA

should approve, pursuant to 40 CFR

123.62, and 132.5(g), those portions of

the States’ submissions that revise the

States’ approved NPDES permitting

program. EPA will determine, based

upon requests received, if there is

significant interest to warrant a public

hearing.

Based on General Counsel Opinion

78–7 (April 18, 1978), EPA has long

considered a determination to approve

or deny a State NPDES program

submission to constitute an adjudication

because an ‘‘approval’’, within the

meaning of the APA, constitutes a

‘‘license’’, which, in turn, is the product

of an ‘‘adjudication’’. For this reason,

the statutes and Executive Orders that

apply to rulemaking action are not

applicable here. Among these are

provisions of the Regulatory Flexibility

Act (RFA), 5 U.S.C. 601 et seq. Under

the RFA, whenever a Federal agency

proposes or promulgates a rule under

section 553 [of the Administrative

Procedures Act (APA)], after being

required by that section or any other law

to publish a general notice of proposed

rulemaking, the Agency must prepare a

regulatory flexibility analysis for the

rule, unless the Agency certifies that the

rule will not have a significant

economic impact on a substantial

number of small entities. If the Agency

does not certify the rule, the regulatory

flexibility analysis must describe and

assess the impact of a rule on small

entities affected by the rule.

Even if the NPDES program

modification were a rule subject to the

RFA, the Agency would certify that

approval of the State’s modified

program would not have a significant

economic impact on a substantial

number of small entities. EPA’s action

to approve an NPDES program

modification merely recognizes

revisions to the program which have

already been enacted as a matter of State

law; it would, therefore, impose no

additional obligations upon those

subject to the State’s program.

Accordingly, the Regional

Administrator would certify that this

program modification, even if a rule,

would not have a significant economic

impact on a substantial number of small

entities.

Dated: April 15, 1998.

Michelle D. Jordan,

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5.

[FR Doc. 98–11258 Filed 4–27–98; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

[CC Docket No. 92–237; DA 98–782]

Conference Call Meeting of the North

American Numbering Council

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: On April 23, 1998, the

Commission released a public notice

announcing the May 8, 1998, conference

call meeting of the North American

Numbering Council (NANC). The

intended effect of this action is to make

the public aware of the NANC’s next

meeting and its agenda.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jeannie Grimes at (202) 418–2313. The

address is: Network Services Division,

Common Carrier Bureau, Federal

Communications Commission, 2000 M

Street, NW, Suite 235, Washington, DC

20554. The fax number is: (202) 418–

7314. The TTY number is: (202) 418–

0484.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Released

April 23, 1998.

The North American Numbering

Council (NANC), has scheduled a

meeting to be held by conference call on

May 8, 1998, from 1:00 p.m. until 3:30

p.m. EST. The conference bridge

number is 1–888–582–4100, PIN

3531542. Due to limited port space,

NANC members and Commission staff

will have first priority on the call.

Members of the public may join the call

as remaining port space permits.

This notice of the May 8, 1998, NANC

conference call meeting is being

published in the Federal Register less

than 15 calendar days prior to the

meeting due to NANC’s need to discuss

and finalize its recommendation and

report on Local Number Portability

Administration Wireless Wireline

Integration, before the next scheduled

meeting. This statement complies with

the General Services Administration

Management Regulations implementing

the Federal Advisory Committee Act.

See 41 CFR § 101–6.1015(b)(2).

This meeting is open to the members

of the general public. The FCC will

attempt to accommodate as many

participants as possible. Participation

on the conference call is limited. The

public may submit written statements to

the NANC, which must be received two

business days before the meeting. In

addition, oral statements at the meeting

by parties or entities not represented on

the NANC will be permitted to the

extent time permits. Such statements

will be limited to five minutes in length

by any one party or entity, and requests

to make an oral statement must be

received two business days before the

meeting. Requests to make an oral

statement or provide written comments

to the NANC should be sent to Jeannie

Grimes at the address under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT, stated

above.

Proposed Agenda

1. Local Number Portability

Administration Working Group Report

on Wireless Wireline Integration.
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2. Other Business.

Federal Communications Commission.

Geraldine A. Matise,

Chief, Network Services Division, Common

Carrier Bureau.

[FR Doc. 98–11348 Filed 4–27–98; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA–1214–DR]

Alabama; Amendment No. 2 to Notice

of a Major Disaster Declaration

AGENCY: Federal Emergency

Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice

of a major disaster for the State of

Alabama (FEMA–1214–DR), dated April

9, 1998, and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 17, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Madge Dale, Response and Recovery

Directorate, Federal Emergency

Management Agency, Washington, DC

20472, (202) 646–3260.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice

of a major disaster for the State of

Alabama, is hereby amended to include

the following area among those areas

determined to have been adversely

affected by the catastrophe declared a

major disaster by the President in his

declaration of April 9, 1998:

Cullman County for Individual Assistance.

(The following Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used

for reporting and drawing funds: 83.537,

Community Disaster Loans; 83.538, Cora

Brown Fund Program; 83.539, Crisis

Counseling; 83.540, Disaster Legal Services

Program; 83.541, Disaster Unemployment

Assistance (DUA); 83.542, Fire Suppression

Assistance; 83.543, Individual and Family

Grant (IFG) Program; 83.544, Public

Assistance Grants; 83.545, Disaster Housing

Program; 83.548, Hazard Mitigation Grant

Program.)

Dennis H. Kwiatkowski,

Deputy Associate Director, Response and

Recovery Directorate.

[FR Doc. 98–11220 Filed 4–27–98; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA–1195–DR]

Florida; Amendment to Notice of a

Major Disaster Declaration

AGENCY: Federal Emergency

Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice

of a major disaster for the State of

Florida (FEMA–1195–DR), dated

January 6, 1998, and related

determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 17, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Madge Dale, Response and Recovery

Directorate, Federal Emergency

Management Agency, Washington, DC

20472, (202) 646–3260.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice

of a major disaster for the State of

Florida, is hereby amended to include

the following area among those areas

determined to have been adversely

affected by the catastrophe declared a

major disaster by the President in his

declaration of January 6, 1998:

Bay County for Individual Assistance

(already designated for Public Assistance).

(The following Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used

for reporting and drawing funds: 83.537,

Community Disaster Loans; 83.538, Cora

Brown Fund Program; 83.539, Crisis

Counseling; 83.540, Disaster Legal Services

Program; 83.541, Disaster Unemployment

Assistance (DUA); 83.542, Fire Suppression

Assistance; 83.543, Individual and Family

Grant (IFG) Program; 83.544, Public

Assistance Grants; 83.545, Disaster Housing

Program; 83.548, Hazard Mitigation Grant

Program.)

Dennis H. Kwiatkowski,

Deputy Associate Director, Response and

Recovery Directorate.

[FR Doc. 98–11219 Filed 4–27–98; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA–1209–DR]

Georgia; Amendment to Notice of a

Major Disaster Declaration

AGENCY: Federal Emergency

Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice

of a major disaster for the State of

Georgia (FEMA–1209–DR), dated March

11, 1998, and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 16, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Madge Dale, Response and Recovery

Directorate, Federal Emergency

Management Agency, Washington, DC

20472, (202) 646–3260.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is

hereby given that in a letter dated April

16, 1998, the President amended his

declaration of March 11, 1998, to define

the incident period for this disaster as

February 14, 1998, and continuing.

(The following Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used

for reporting and drawing funds: 83.537,

Community Disaster Loans; 83.538, Cora

Brown Fund Program; 83.539, Crisis

Counseling; 83.540, Disaster Legal Services

Program; 83.541, Disaster Unemployment

Assistance (DUA); 83.542, Fire Suppression

Assistance; 83.543, Individual and Family

Grant (IFG) Program; 83.544, Public

Assistance Grants; 83.545, Disaster Housing

Program; 83.548, Hazard Mitigation Grant

Program.)

Dennis H. Kwiatkowski,

Deputy Associate Director, Response and

Recovery Directorate.

[FR Doc. 98–11218 Filed 4–27–98; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

Ocean Freight Forwarder License;

Applicants

Notice is hereby given that the

following applicants have filed with the

Federal Maritime Commission

applications for licenses as ocean freight

forwarders pursuant to section 19 of he

Shipping Act of 1984 (46 U.S.C. app.

1718 and 46 CFR 510).

Persons knowing of any reason why

any of the following applicants should

not receive a license are requested to

contact the Office of Freight Forwarders,

Federal Maritime Commission,

Washington, D.C. 20573.

Ocean’s Freight, Inc., 4210 N.W. 35th

Court, Miami, FL 33142, Officer: Luis

Miguel Boscan, President.

Dated: April 22, 1998.

Joseph C. Polking,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–11159 Filed 4–27–98; 8:45 am]

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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)).

The notices are available for

immediate inspection at the Federal

Reserve Bank indicated. The notices

also will be available for inspection at