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at any point from the original place of

manufacture to the person who sells or

distributes the product to individuals

for personal consumption, but who does

not repackage or otherwise change the

container, wrapper, or labeling of the

product package. Common carriers are

not considered distributors for the

purposes of this part.

* * * * *

§ 804.25 [Amended]

21. Section 804.25 Reports by

distributors is amended in paragraph

(a)(1) by removing the words ‘‘a device’’

and adding in their place the phrase

‘‘contamination of a cigarette or

smokeless tobacco product’’; in

paragraph (a)(2) by removing the phrase

‘‘one of its marketed devices’’ and

adding in its place the phrase

‘‘contamination of one of its cigarette or

smokeless tobacco products’’; and by

removing paragraph (c).

Dated: May 1, 1998.

William B. Schultz,

Deputy Commissioner for Policy.

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AGENCY

40 CFR Part 141

[FRL–6012–1]

Announcement of a Stakeholder

Meeting on the Draft Unregulated

Contaminant Monitoring Regulation

and List

AGENCY: U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of a stakeholder meeting.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA) has scheduled

a two-day public meeting on EPA’s draft

of the Unregulated Contaminant

Monitoring Regulation (UCMR) and List.

The focus of this meeting will be to

identify and discuss issues raised by the

draft Unregulated Contaminant

Monitoring Regulation and List of

unregulated contaminants to be

monitored by public water systems as

required by the Safe Drinking Water Act

(SDWA) as amended in 1996. The

UCMR is expected to be published as a

proposed rule in the Fall of 1998. EPA

has developed the draft regulation and

list based on the input of the

stakeholders meeting on the options for

the Unregulated Contaminant

Monitoring Regulation and List held by

EPA in Washington, DC on December 2–

3, 1997. The meeting will be open to

any interested parties. EPA encourages

the full participation of stakeholders

throughout this process.

DATES: The stakeholder meeting on the

Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring

Program will be held on June 3–4, 1998,

from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. EST.

ADDRESSES: Resolve, Inc. (an EPA

contractor) will provide logistical

support for the stakeholders meeting.

The meeting will be held at Resolve,

Inc., 1255 23rd Street, NW., Suite 275,

Washington, DC 20037.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

general information about the meeting,

please contact Mr. Jeff Citrin at Resolve,

Inc., 1255 23rd Street, NW., Suite 275,

Washington, DC 20037; phone: (202)

965–6388; fax: (202) 338–1264, or e-mail

at jcitrin@resolv.org. For other

information on the Unregulated

Contaminant Monitoring Regulation and

List, please contact Charles Job, at the

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

Phone: 202–260–7084, Fax: 202–260–

3762. Members of the public wishing to

attend the meeting may register by

phone by contacting Mr. Jeff Citrin by

May 20, 1998. Those registered by May

20, 1998 will receive background

materials prior to the meeting.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Background on the Unregulated

Contaminant Monitoring Regulation

The EPA must issue regulations

establishing the monitoring program of

unregulated contaminants under the

SDWA. Within 3 years after enactment,

and every 5 years thereafter, EPA shall

issue a list of not more than 30

unregulated contaminants to be

monitored by public water systems. The

results of this monitoring will be

included in the National Contaminant

Occurrence Database.

Monitoring of unregulated

contaminants shall vary based on

system size, source water, and

contaminants likely to be found. For

those systems serving 10,000 persons or

fewer, only a representative sample

must be monitored. Each state may

develop an unregulated contaminant

monitoring plan for small and medium

systems (serving fewer than 10,000

persons). If a state plan is implemented,

the EPA is required to cover the

reasonable costs of testing and

laboratory analysis using funds

authorized by Congress for unregulated

contaminant monitoring. EPA shall

waive the requirement for monitoring of

specific unregulated contaminants in a

state if the state demonstrates that the

criteria for listing are not applicable in

the state. Water systems must provide

the results of unregulated contaminant

monitoring to the primacy agency (state/

EPA) and must notify persons served by

the system of the availability of results

(§ 1445(a)(2)).

B. Request for Stakeholder Involvement

The upcoming meeting deals

specifically with EPA’s efforts to

develop a proposed Unregulated

Contaminant Monitoring Regulation and

List based, in part, on information

obtained from Stakeholders’ discussion

of a draft regulation and list to be

presented at the meeting and in the

background materials. These items are

available prior to the stakeholder

meeting from Jeff Citrin, Resolve, Inc.,

1255 23rd St. NW., Suite 275,

Washington, DC 20037; phone: (202)

965–6388; fax: (202) 338–1264, or after

the meeting from the EPA by contacting

Chuck Job, at the U.S. EPA, 401 M

Street, SW (4607), Washington, DC

20460 or job.chuck@epa.gov. EPA

believes that the initial list of

unregulated contaminants for which

monitoring will be required will largely

come from the Contaminant Candidate

List (CCL) published in February 1998.

EPA will use the CCL to establish

priorities for additional occurrence data

gathering, health effects research, and

regulation development. One of EPA’s

goals is to obtain monitoring data on

certain unregulated contaminants to

determine whether any of the

contaminants should be regulated in the

future, thus protecting drinking water

used by consumers from public water

systems. The unregulated contaminant

data will also be used to support the

development of a future CCL and to

guide research. These data will be

reported to the National Contaminant

Occurrence Data Base and to the users

of the selected water systems, as

required by law.

The EPA Office of Ground Water and

Drinking Water (OGWDW) sees the

involvement of interested parties,

representing a variety of perspectives

and expertise, as critical to the

development of a credible, effective and

implementable regulation and list. This

stakeholder meeting will provide an

important opportunity for such

involvement. Some anticipated issues

for discussion include the following

questions:

1. What should be the criteria for

determining which of the unregulated

contaminants on the CCL should be a

candidate for required monitoring?

2. What should be the monitoring

frequency, location and timing for

unregulated contaminants?

3. How will the Governors’ petition

process place contaminants on the

monitoring list?
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4. How should the selection of a

‘‘representative sample’’ of small and

medium systems be implemented?

5. What is the relationship of state

plans for representative samples to the

national representative sample?

6. Should waivers for monitoring be

considered for large systems only?

7. What monitoring data should be

reported and how?

8. Is the use of the Consumer

Confidence Reporting and the National

Contaminant Occurrence Database

adequate for public notification?

9. What will this program cost and

what are its benefits?

EPA has convened this public

meeting to hear the views of

stakeholders on the draft Unregulated

Contaminant Monitoring Regulation and

List. The public is invited to provide

comments on the issues listed above or

other issues related to the draft

Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring

Regulation and List during the June 3–

4, 1998 meeting.

Dated: April 27, 1998.

William R. Diamond,

Acting Director, Office of Ground Water and

Drinking Water.

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COMMISSION

47 CFR Parts 22 and 64

[CC Docket No. 96–115; DA 98–864]

Telecommunications Carriers’ Use of

Customer Proprietary Network

Information and Other Customer

Information

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of

comment period.

SUMMARY: The Commission has released

a Public Notice which extends the

pleading cycle for comments on the

Further Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

(FNPRM) released February 26, 1998,

which addressed telecommunications

carriers’ use of customer proprietary

information and other customer

information. Since the date of

publication in the Federal Register

occurred after the original comment

cycle was over, some parties may not

have had notice of the deadlines for the

original comment cycle. The

Commission wishes to give those parties

an opportunity to comment.

DATES: Comments are due on or before

June 8, 1998, and reply comments are

due on or before June 23, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments and reply

comments should be sent to Office of

the Secretary, Federal Communications

Commission, 1919 M Street, N.W.,

Room 222, Washington, D.C. 20554,

with a copy to Janice Myles of the

Common Carrier Bureau, 1919 M Street,

N.W., Room 544, Washington, D.C.

20554. Parties should also file one copy

of any documents filed in this docket

with the Commission’s copy contractor,

International Transcription Services,

Inc., 1231 20th Street, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20036.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Brent Olson, Common Carrier Bureau,

Policy and Program Planning Division,

(202) 418–1580.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Synopsis of Public Notice

On February 26, 1998, the

Commission released the Second Report

and Order and Further Notice of

Proposed Rulemaking (FNPRM) in CC

Docket No. 96–115, 63 FR 20364, April

24, 1998, addressing

telecommunications carriers’ use of

customer proprietary information and

other customer information. The

Commission established March 30, 1998

and April 14, 1998 as the deadlines for

parties to submit comments and reply

comments, respectively. Since,

however, the FNPRM was not published

in the Federal Register until April 24,

1998, after both dates had passed, we

are extending the comment cycle in

order to give those parties who did not

receive notice an opportunity to

comment.

Parties who did not have notice of the

date to file original comments may file

comments on or before June 8, 1998. We

will not accept new comments from

parties who have already filed

comments in this proceeding. Reply

comments should be filed on or before

June 23, 1998.

Federal Communications Commission.

Ann Stevens,

Associate Chief, Policy and Programming

Division, Common Carrier Bureau.

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