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and Tyler, along with combined sewer

overflows, agricultural pollution and

sediment desposition, have caused

severe pollution problems in the

Maumee Bay.

Separate Engineering Evaluations/

Cost Analyses (EE/CAs) were performed

for the Stickney Avenue and Tyler

Street Landfills, which studied the

nature and extent of the contamination

at the sites and evaluated the

presumptive remedy for municipal

landfills. Based upon the analyses

contained in the EE/CA, EPA issued

proposed plans for public comment

from October 16, 1995, through

December 15, 1995 and responded to

the substantive comments received

during this period. Enforcement Action

Memoranda (EAM), embodying the

EPA’s response action decision for the

two sites, were issued on January 22,

1996. The EAM call for the installation

of a multi-layer cover system in

compliance with the functional

requirements of the Ohio

Administrative Code, landfill gas

collection and passive venting to the

atmosphere, and institutional controls.

Immediately south of the Stickney

Avenue Landfill is the XXKem facility,

which formerly was occupied by

companies which performed waste

solvent and waste fuel oil blending

operations. This site is divided by a

fence line which separates the front

(east) portion from the central portion,

which contains a closed lagoon. The

EAM for the Stickney Avenue Landfill

also calls for the same multi-layer cover

system that will be installed at Stickney

to be installed over the closed lagoon

area. It should also be noted that further

EPA response action decisions are

anticipated for the central portion of the

XXKem facility.

B. Settling Parties

Proposed settling parties are: Allied

Signal Inc.; AP Parts International, Inc.;

Blade Communications, Inc.; BFI Waste

Systems of North America, Inc.,

successor to Browning-Ferris Industries

of Ohio and Michigan, Inc.; Centerior

Energy Corporation; Chevron U.S.A.,

Inc.; Chrysler Corporation; City of

Toledo, a municipal corporation;

Cooper Industries; Cytec Industries,

Inc.; Dana Corporation; E.I. du Pont de

Nemours and Company; Envirosafe

Services of Ohio, Inc. f/k/a Fondessey

Enterprises Inc.; Flower Hospital;

Gencorp, Inc.; Mercy Hospital of

Toledo, Ohio Inc.; Owens-Illinois, Inc.

and Libbey Glass Inc.; Riverside

Hospital; Northcoast Health Systems,

Inc.; St. Charles Hospital of Oregon,

Ohio; St. Luke’s Hospital; St. Vincent

Medical Center, Inc.; The Toledo

Hospital; Promedica Health Systems,

Inc.; City Auto Stamping Division of

Shellar-Globe Corporation, n/k/a United

Technologies Automotive Systems, Inc.;

and Waste Management of Ohio, Inc.

C. Description of Settlement

In exchange for the settling parties’

agreement to design, finance and

construct the multi-layer cover systems

at the Stickney Avenue and Tyler Street

Landfills and the central portion of the

XXKem facility, according to the EAM

for the Stickney and Tyler sites, EPA

covenants not to sue or issue

administrative orders to the settling

parties, pursuant to section 106 and 107

of CERCLA, as described above. The

EAM estimated that the cumulative

costs for the multi-layer cover systems

at Stickney, Tyler and the central

portion of the XXKem sites would total

approximately $26 million.

During the 1995 public comment

period on the proposed plans, several

commenters raised concerns that the

proposed plans did not call for the

installation of a leachate collection

system at the sites. However, in the

EAM, EPA found that the installation of

multi-layer cover systems should obtain

the rapid reduction in risk to human

health and to the Ottawa River which is

anticipated in the EE/CAs. The Scope of

Work which is incorporated into the

proposed AOC calls for the detailed

monitoring of the leachate and modeling

of the reduction in risk. If, contrary to

the expectations of the settling parties

and EPA, the anticipated reduction in

risk is not achieved, EPA retains the

authority to determine that additional

response actions are required. While the

settling parties would not be required to

perform these additional response

actions under the terms of the proposed

AOC, EPA has reserved its rights to

initiate additional enforcement actions

under sections 106(a) and 107 of

CERCLA.

EPA is not, pursuant to this

document, requesting further comment

on the response action determinations

embodied in the EAM. This Notice

requests comment on the fairness and

appropriateness of the proposed AOC,

including the AOC’s covenant not to sue

provisions. EPA’s unreimbursed past

costs total approximately $500,000;

oversight costs for the work would be

completed pursuant to the proposed

AOC are estimated at $200,000. Thus, in

exchange for compromising potential

claims for approximately $700,000

against the settling parties, EPA is

assuring that removal actions worth

over $26 million are accomplished at

the Stickney and Tyler sites, and the

central portion of the XXKem facility.

If, after the consideration of

comments during the public comment

period, EPA retains its prior consent to

the AOC and finalizes the settlement,

the Contribution Protection Section of

the AOC states EPA’s belief that the

settling parties are entitled to

contribution protection to the extent

provided by section 113(f) and

122(h)(4), 42 U.S.C. sections 9613(f)(2),

and 9622(h)(4). It should also be noted

that the contribution protection section

of the AOC expressly reserves

contribution claims as to the central

portion of the XXKem facility.

Therefore, the settling parties have

reserved any claims that they might

have as against each other for the central

portion of the XXKem facility, and

would also be subject to contribution

claims for the central portion of the

XXKem facility, to the extent that such

claims exist, from entities which are not

parties respondent to this proposed

AOC.

Dated: January 13, 1998.

William E. Muno,

Director, Superfund Division.

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

Notice of Public Information

Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the

Federal Communications Commission

January 12, 1998.

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 information collection(s), 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 Commission’s

burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance

the quality, utility, and clarity of the

information collected; and (d) ways to

minimize the burden of the collection of
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information on the respondents,

including the use of automated

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology.

DATES: Written comments should be

submitted on or before March 17, 1998.

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 Judy

Boley, Federal Communications

Commission, Room 234, 1919 M St.,

NW., Washington, DC 20554 or via

internet to jboley@fcc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

additional information or copies of the

information collection(s), contact Judy

Boley at 202–418–0214 or via internet at

jboley@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Control No.: 3060–0633.

Title: Station Licenses—Sections

73.1230, 74.165, 74.432, 74.564, 74.664,

74.765, 74.832, 74.965, and 74.1265.

Form No.: N/A.

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Businesses or other for

profit; not-for-profit institutions.

Number of Respondents: 10,000.

Estimated Time Per Response: .083

hours.

Frequency of Response: On occasion

reporting requirement.

Cost to Respondents: $14,000.

Total Annual Burden: 830 hours.

Needs and Uses: Licensees of

broadcast stations are required to post,

file or have available a copy of the

instrument of authorization at the

station and/or transmitter site. The data

is used by FCC staff in field

investigations and the public to ensure

that a station is licensed and operating

in the manner specified in the license.

The information posted at the

transmitter site are used by the public

and FCC staff to know by whom the

transmitter is licensed.

OMB Control No.: 3060–0627.

Title: Application for AM Broadcast

Station License.

Form No.: FCC Form 302–AM.

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Businesses or other for

profit.

Number of Respondents: 350.

Estimated Time Per Response: Direct

of measurement of power applications—

206 hours (8 hours per respondent, 8

hours per legal, 190 hour per engineer);

new license applications—1,016 (40

hours per respondent, 16 hours per

attorney, 960 hours per engineer).

Frequency of Response: On occasion

reporting requirement.

Cost to Respondents: $26,075,000.

Total Annual Burden: 8,400 hours.

Needs and Uses: Licensees and

permittees of AM broadcast stations are

required to file FCC Form 302–AM to

obtain a new or modified station

license, and/or to notify the

Commission of certain changes in the

licensed facilities of these stations.

Additionally, when changes are made to

an AM station which alter the resistance

of the antenna system, a licensee must

initiate a determination of the operating

power by the direct method. The results

of this are reported to the Commission

using the FCC 302–AM. The data is

used by FCC staff to confirm that the

station has been built to terms specified

in the outstanding construction permit,

and to update FCC station files. Data is

then extracted from FCC 302–AM for

inclusion in the subsequent license to

operate the station.

Federal Communications Commission.

Magalie Roman Salas,

Secretary.

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FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Notice

AGENCY: Federal Election Commission.

FEDERAL REGISTER NUMBER: 1169.

PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED DATE AND TIME:

Thursday, January 22, 1998, 10:00 a.m.

Meeting open to the public.

THE FOLLOWING ITEM HAS BEEN ADDED TO

THE AGENDA: Rulemaking Petition of

National Reform Party Organizing

Committee, John J. Wheeling, Treasurer.

PERSON TO CONTACT FOR INFORMATION:

Mr. Ron Harris, Press Officer,

Telephone: (202) 219–4155.

Marjorie W. Emmons,

Secretary of the Commission.

[FR Doc. 98–1286 Filed 1–14–98; 2:48 pm]

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FEDERAL EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA–1193–DR]

Territory of Guam; 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 Territory of Guam

(FEMA–1193-DR), dated December 17,

1997, and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 21, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Madge Dale, Response and Recovery

Directorate, Federal Emergency

Management Agency, Washington, DC

20472, (202) 646–3630.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is

hereby given that as authorized by the

President in a letter dated December

17,1997, FEMA is extending the time

period for Direct Federal assistance at

100 percent Federal funding for total

eligible costs approved by FEMA

through December 23, 1997, for the

Territory of Guam.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No.

83.516, Disaster Assistance)

Lacy E. Suiter,

Executive Associate Director, Response and

Recovery Directorate.

[FR Doc. 98–1142 Filed 1–15–98; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA–1193–DR]

Territory of Guam; 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 Territory of

Guam (FEMA–1193–DR), dated

December 17, 1997, and related

determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 29, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Madge Dale, Response and Recovery

Directorate, Federal Emergency

Management Agency, Washington, DC

20472, (202) 646–3630.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is

hereby given that the incident period for

this disaster is closed effective

December 17, 1997.

(Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance No.

83.516, Disaster Assistance)

Lacy E. Suiter,

Executive Associate Director, Response and

Recovery Directorate.

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