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subgroup in the population, nonnursing infants, is 0.000011 mg/kg/day

and 0.000027 mg/kg/day, respectively.

2. Drinking water. Drinking water

estimated concentrations (DWEC) were

calculated using EPA models for

groundwater and surface water - SCIGROW, GENEEC and PRZM/EXAMS.

Chronic Drinking Water Levels of

Concern (DWLOC) were calculated

according to the EPA SOP and

compared to the DWEC. Estimated

average contributions of ZA1296 in

surface and groundwater are less than

the levels of concern for ZA1296 in

drinking water as a contribution to

chronic aggregate exposure.

3. Non-dietary exposure. Zeneca has

not estimated non-occupational

exposure for ZA1296 since the only

pending registration for ZA1296 is

limited to commercial crop production

use. ZA1296 products are not labelled

for any residential uses therefore,

eliminating the potential for residential

exposure. The potential for nonoccupational exposure to the general

population is considered to be

insignificant.

D. Cumulative Effects

Zeneca also considered the potential

for cumulative effects of ZA1296 and

other substances that have a common

mechanism of toxicity. Zeneca has

concluded that consideration of a

common mechanism of toxicity is not

appropriate at this time since there is no

indication that toxic effects produced by

ZA1296 would be cumulative with

those of any other chemical compounds.

Triketone chemistry is new and ZA1296

has a novel mode of action compared to

currently registered active ingredients.

E. Safety Determination

1. U.S. population. Dietary and

occupational exposure will be the major

routes of exposure to the U.S.

population and ample margins of safety

have been demonstrated for both

situations. The total dietary exposure for

the U.S. population is 0.000011 mg/kg/

day. This utilizes only 0.002% of the

RfD. The MOE for occupational

exposure is >5,500. Based on the

completeness and reliability of the

toxicity data and the conservative

exposure assessments, there is

reasonable certainty that no harm will

result from the aggregate exposure of

residues of ZA1296 including all

anticipated dietary exposure.

2. Infants and children. The total

dietary exposure for the most highly

exposed subgroup in the population,

non-nursing infants, is 0.000027 mg/kg/

day. This utilizes only 0.0048% of the

RfD. There are no residential uses of

ZA1296 and the estimated average

contributions of ZA1296 in surface and

groundwater are less than the levels of

concern for ZA1296 in drinking water as

a contribution to chronic aggregate

exposure. Based on the completeness

and reliability of the toxicity data and

the conservative exposure assessments,

there is reasonable certainty that no

harm will result from the aggregate

exposure of residues of ZA1296

including all anticipated dietary

exposure.

F. International Tolerances

A maximum residue level has not

been established for ZA1296 by the

Codex Alimentarius Commission.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

[CC Docket No. 91–141; DA 98–839]

Local Competition Survey

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: On May 8, 1998, the Common

Carrier Bureau issued a Public Notice to

solicit comment on how the

Commission can collect sufficient

information about local competition to

achieve the regulatory flexibility, procompetition, and universal service

objectives of the Telecommunications

Act of 1996 (1996 Act) while

minimizing filing burdens on

respondents. The Public Notice seeks

comment on what information should

be collected as well as on such issues as

whether periodic data collection should

be mandatory and which

telecommunications carriers should

provide information.

DATES: Comments to the Public Notice

are due on or before June 7, 1998. Reply

comments are due on or before June 22,

1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments and reply

comments should be sent to the Office

of the Secretary, Federal

Communications Commission, 1919 M

Street, N.W., Suite 222, Washington,

D.C. 20554, with a copy to Ms. Terry

Conway of the Common Carrier Bureau,

Federal Communications Commission,

2033 M Street, N.W., Suite 500,

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. (ITS), 1231 20th St., NW,

Washington, DC 20036, (202) 857–3800.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Thomas J. Beers, Deputy Chief of the

Industry Analysis Division, Common

Carrier Bureau, at (202) 418–0952, or

Ellen Burton, Industry Analysis

Division, Common Carrier Bureau, at

(202) 418–0958. Users of TTY

equipment may call (202) 418–0484.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

summary of the Bureau’s Public Notice

released May 8, 1998 (DA 98–839). The

full text of this Public Notice is

available for inspection and copying

during normal business hours in the

FCC Reference Center, Room 239, 1919

M Street, Washington, D.C. 20554. The

complete text also may be purchased

from the Commission’s copy contractor,

International Transcription Service,

Inc., (202) 857–3800, 1231 20th St., NW,

Washington, DC 20036.

Summary of the Public Notice

The Commission requires timely and

reliable information on the pace and

extent of development of competition

for local telecommunications services in

different geographic markets to evaluate

the effectiveness of decisions taken to

implement the pro-competition

provisions and to achieve the universal

service goals of the Telecommunication

Act of 1996 (47 U.S.C. Section 151 et

seq.). The Commission also requires

such information to identify services

and geographic markets where local

competition has developed sufficiently

to allow the Commission to exercise its

regulatory forbearance authority (47

U.S.C. Section 160(a)).

The Commission has previously

concluded (Expanded Interconnection

with Local Telephone Company

Facilities, Memorandum Opinion and

Order, 59 FR 38922 (August 1, 1994), CC

Docket No. 91–141, 9 FCC Rcd 5154,

5177 (1994)) that an information

collection program is necessary to

monitor the state of local competition in

diverse areas of the country so that the

Commission might make its regulatory

requirements more flexible as

competition develops in particular

areas. The Commission delegated

authority to the Chief, Common Carrier

Bureau, to formulate the detailed

elements of a reporting program, to

decide which service providers must

provide information, and to specify the

format and timing of reports.

I. Background

3. Only a limited amount of

information on the state of local

competition can be derived from

sources currently reported to the
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Commission. These data are nationwide

local service revenues reported by

calendar year. Although these data are

filed by all carriers, including new

competitive local exchange carriers, the

data are not available for analysis by

Commission staff until several months

after filing; consist only of nationwide

aggregates; and are generally given

confidential treatment. A summary of

this information is published, a few

months thereafter, in a form that

maintains the confidentiality of

revenues of individual companies.

Additional data on the state of local

competition in selected states, and in

particular cities and regions within

those states, have been submitted to the

Commission in various proceedings,

e.g., in the course of regional Bell

company applications for authorization

to provide in-region interLATA services.

These data provide significant

information related to local competition

in the state for which, and at the time,

an interLATA services petition is filed.

Because they are submitted only by the

petitioner, however, these data do not

constitute a comprehensive survey of

local competition in that state. Nor do

they describe the extent of development

of local competition across the country

at any point in time.

II. Discussion

4. The Public Notice seeks comment

on adopting a local competition survey

similar to a survey completed—on a

voluntary basis—by nine large

incumbent local exchange carriers in

March, 1998, and seeks comment on

applying such a survey to all types of

local exchange carriers, both incumbent

carriers and competitive carriers. We

propose to make any survey that we

adopt mandatory for most carriers

because we believe that an accurate and

timely picture of the development of

local competition and the achievement

of universal service goals requires a

limited set of information from

substantially all local exchange carriers.

5. We also seek comment on whether

there are authoritative data sources

other than a periodic survey that could

provide information necessary to

evaluate the development of local

competition and the achievement of

universal service goals on a timely basis.

We invite parties to identify publicly

available alternative sources of any or

all of the data discussed in the Public

Notice. We ask parties proposing

alternative data sources to identify those

sources precisely and to explain in

detail how those sources provide

information that is accurate, sufficient,

and timely to describe and understand

the state of local competition in diverse

areas of the country.

6. We invite comment on the

definition of reporting areas and

propose that the states should be the

geographic reporting areas for local

competition surveys. We also invite

comment on whether the following

items are both necessary and sufficient

to describe and understand the state of

local competition in diverse areas of the

nation: number of local service lines

sold directly to end users by the

reporting carrier; number of local

service lines sold to competing local

carriers for resale; number of unbundled

loops and unbundled switch ports for

local access lines provided by the

reporting carrier to an unaffiliated

carrier; number of unaffiliated,

competing local exchange carriers

purchasing unbundled network

elements and resold lines; number of

wire centers where competitors have

physical or virtual collocation

arrangements, and number and type of

customer lines served; switched

minutes originated with end users,

terminated with end users, and

exchanged with other carriers; number

of telephone numbers ported by interim

or long-term portability methods; and

names of competitive local exchange

carriers active in the reporting area.

7. We seek comment on whether each

incumbent local exchange carrier

should file a local competition survey

for each area in which it is an

incumbent local exchange carrier.

Because it is our objective to minimize

reporting burdens, while collecting

information sufficient to understand

developing local exchange and

exchange access competition in diverse

areas of the country, we also seek

comment on whether some subset of

incumbent local exchange carriers

should file local competition surveys,

and, if so, on the appropriate basis for

determining the composition of that

subset of incumbent local exchange

carriers.

8. To the extent that a competitor

provides service to customers using its

own loops and switches, these lines will

not be included in any data collected by

incumbents. Whether a competitive

local exchange carrier serves customers

over its own facilities, by means of

unbundled network elements, or

through resale, moreover, data provided

directly by competitive local exchange

carriers about their own customers

would be extremely valuable as a crosscheck to data provided by incumbent

local exchange carriers, and should

provide a much more specific snapshot

of local competition. We therefore seek

comment on whether carriers other than

incumbent local exchange carriers

should file local competition surveys if

such carriers propose to provide—or are

providing—local exchange or exchange

access service as duly authorized

competitive local exchange carriers.

Consistent with this need for adequate

information, we propose not to

distinguish among local exchange

carriers on the basis of the technology

used to provide local exchange or

exchange access service to the public.

9. We also seek comment on whether

local exchange carriers other than

incumbent local exchange carriers

should report the same data, in the same

form, that incumbent local exchange

carriers report. Competitive local

exchange carriers need not develop their

business plans, conduct their

operations, design their networks, or

select geographic areas to serve in the

same manner as incumbent local

exchange carriers have done. Also, the

1996 Act places less extensive

responsibilities on local exchange

carriers other than incumbent local

exchange carriers.

10. We propose that carriers file the

survey quarterly, 30 days after the end

of the calendar year quarter, through the

first quarter of 2001, which will mark a

date five years after the enactment of the

1996 Act. Prior to that date, we propose

to undertake a review of the efficacy and

burden imposed of this data collection

to determine the need and form for any

data collection efforts after that date.

III. Procedural Issues

11. Procedures for Filing. Interested

parties may file comments in CC Docket

No. 91–141 on or before June 7, 1998.

Reply comments may be filed on or

before June 22, 1998. All filings should

refer to the pleadings as Local

Competition Survey, CC Docket No. 91–

141, CCB-IAD File No. 98–102. One

original and four copies of all comments

must be sent to Magalie Roman Salas,

Secretary, Federal Communications

Commission, 1919 M Street, N.W., Suite

222, Washington, D.C. 20554. Three

copies should also be sent to Ms. Terry

Conway, Industry Analysis Division,

Common Carrier Bureau, 2033 M Street,

N.W., Suite 500, Washington, D.C.

20554. Copies of documents filed with

the Commission may be obtained from

the International Transcription Service

(ITS), 1231 20th Street, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20036, (202) 857–

3800. Documents are also available for

review and copying at the Reference

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

Washington, D.C., Monday, from 9:45

a.m. to 4:30 p.m., and Tuesday through

Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., (202)

418–0270.
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12. This proceeding is a non-restricted

proceeding. See 47 CFR 1.1200(a),

1.1206. Accordingly, ex parte

presentations are permitted, provided

that they are disclosed in conformance

with the Commission’s ex parte rules.

13. Paperwork Reduction Act. We

note that this Public Notice contains

either a proposed or modified

information collection, and we invite

the general public to take this

opportunity to comment on those

information collections, pursuant to the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law No. 104–13. Comments

should address: (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 initial burden

estimates; (c) ways to enhance the

quality, utility, and clarity of the

information collected; and (d) ways to

minimize the burden of collection of

information on respondents, including

the use of automated collection

techniques or other forms of information

technology.

Federal Communications Commission.

Peyton L. Wynns,

Chief, Industry Analysis Division.

[FR Doc. 98–14408 Filed 5–28–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE

CORPORATION

Sunshine Act Meeting

Pursuant to the provisions of the

‘‘Government in the Sunshine Act’’ (5

U.S.C. 552b), notice is hereby given that

at 10:02 a.m. on Tuesday, May 26, 1998,

the Board of Directors of the Federal

Deposit Insurance Corporation met in

closed session to consider matters

relating to the Corporation’s corporate

and enforcement activities.

In calling the meeting, the Board

determined, on motion of Director Ellen

S. Seidman (Director, Office of Thrift

Supervision), seconded by Director

Joseph H. Neely (Appointive),

concurred in by Director Julie L.

Williams (Acting Comptroller of the

Currency) and Acting Chairman Andrew

C. Hove, Jr., that Corporation business

required its consideration of the matters

on less than seven days’ notice to the

public; that no earlier notice of the

meeting was practicable; that the public

interest did not require consideration of

the matters in a meeting open to public

observation; and that the matters could

be considered in a closed meeting by

authority of subsections (c)(2), (c)(6),

(c)(8), and (c)(9)(A)(ii) of the

‘‘Government in the Sunshine Act’’ (5

U.S.C. 552b(c)(2), (c)(6), (c)(8), and

(c)(9)(A)(ii)).

The meeting was held in the Board

Room of the FDIC Building located at

550–17th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.

Dated: May 26, 1998.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

James D. LaPierre,

Deputy Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–14359 Filed 5–26–98; 4:57 pm]

BILLING CODE 6714–01–M

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and

Mergers of Bank Holding Companies

The companies listed in this notice

have applied to the Board for approval,

pursuant to the Bank Holding Company

Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.)

(BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part

225), and all other applicable statutes

and regulations to become a bank

holding company and/or to acquire the

assets or the ownership of, control of, or

the power to vote shares of a bank or

bank holding company and all of the

banks and nonbanking companies

owned by the bank holding company,

including the companies listed below.

The applications listed below, as well

as other related filings required by the

Board, are available for immediate

inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank

indicated. The application also will be

available for inspection at the offices of

the Board of Governors. Interested

persons may express their views in

writing on the standards enumerated in

the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the

proposal also involves the acquisition of

a nonbanking company, the review also

includes whether the acquisition of the

nonbanking company complies with the

standards in section 4 of the BHC Act.

Unless otherwise noted, nonbanking

activities will be conducted throughout

the United States.

Unless otherwise noted, comments

regarding each of these applications

must be received at the Reserve Bank

indicated or the offices of the Board of

Governors not later than June 22, 1998.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis

(Randall C. Sumner, Vice President) 411

Locust Street, St. Louis, Missouri 63102-

2034:

1. RVB Bancshares, Inc., Russellville,

Arkansas; to become a bank holding

company by acquiring 100 percent of

the votings shares of River Valley Bank,

Russellville, Arkansas.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, May 26, 1998.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 98–14282 Filed 5–28–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–F

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Board of

Governors of the Federal Reserve

System.

TIME AND DATE: 10:00 a.m., Wednesday,

June 3, 1998.

PLACE: Marriner S. Eccles Federal

Reserve Board Building, 20th and C

Streets, N.W., Washington, D.C. 20551.

STATUS: Closed.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:

1. Personnel actions (appointments,

promotions, assignments,

reassignments, and salary actions)

involving individual Federal Reserve

System employees.

2. Any matters carried forward from a

previously announced meeting.

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION:

Joseph R. Coyne, Assistant to the Board;

202–452–3204.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: You may

call 202–452–3206 beginning at

approximately 5 p.m. two business days

before the meeting for a recorded

announcement of bank and bank

holding company applications

scheduled for the meeting; or you may

contact the Board’s Web site at http://

www.bog.frb.fed.us for an electronic

announcement that not only lists

applications, but also indicates

procedural and other information about

the meeting.

Dated: May 27, 1998.

Jennifer J. Johnson,

Deputy Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 98–14371 Filed 5–27–98; 11:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P

FEDERAL RETIREMENT THRIFT

INVESTMENT BOARD

Sunshine Act Meeting

TIME AND DATE: 10:00 a.m. (EDT), June 8,

1998.

PLACE: 4th Floor, Conference Room

4506, 1250 H Street, N.W., Washington,

D.C.

STATUS: Open.

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 1. Approval

of the minutes of the May 11, 1998,

Board member meeting.

2. Thrift Savings Plan activity report

by the Executive Director.