Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 107 /Thursday, June 4, 1998 / Notices 30495

Dated: May 28, 1998.

Joseph Retzer,

Director, Regulatory Information Division.

[FR Doc. 98–14847 Filed 6–3–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6107–2]

Carcinogenic Effects of Benzene: An

Update

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

availability of a final report titled,

Carcinogenic Effects of Benzene: An

Update (EPA/600/P–97/001F), which

was prepared by the U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency’s (EPA) National

Center for Environmental Assessment

(NCEA) of the Office of Research and

Development (ORD).

DATES: This document will be available

on or about June 15, 1998.

ADDRESSES: The document is available

on the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/

ncea. A limited number of paper copies

will be available from the Center for

Environmental Research Information,

National Risk Management Research

Laboratory, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, 26 W. Martin Luther

King Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45268;

telephone: 513–569–7562; fax: 513–

569–7566. If you are requesting a paper

copy, please provide your name,

mailing address, and the document title

and number, Carcinogenic Effects of

Benzene: An Update (EPA/600/P–97/

001F).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David Bayliss, National Center for

Environmental Assessment/Washington

Office (8623D), U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Washington, D.C.

20460. Telephone: 202–564–3294; fax:

202–565–0078; e-mail:

benzene.new@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

report was developed at the request of

the Office of Mobile Sources, Office of

Air and Radiation, to update the current

Agency cancer inhalation risk

characterization shown on the

Integrated Risk Information System

(IRIS) and in the 1985 assessment,

Interim Quantitative Cancer Unit Risk

Estimates Due to Inhalation of Benzene.

The major issue addressed in this report

involves the magnitude of the risk of

cancer to humans exposed to low levels

of benzene. Occupational studies of

workers exposed to benzene continue to

provide the bulk of evidence of

benzene’s carcinogenicity. Workers are

exposed at much higher levels than is

the general public. This document

reaffirms that benzene is a ‘‘known’’

human carcinogen by all routes of

exposure. This finding is supported by

evidence from epidemiologic studies,

animal data, and an improved

understanding of mechanism(s) of

action. Human epidemiologic studies of

highly exposed occupational cohorts

have demonstrated that exposure to

benzene can cause acute

nonlymphocytic leukemia and other

blood disorders. Additionally, changes

in blood and bone marrow consistent

with hematotoxicity are recognized in

humans and experimental animals.

Currently, there is insufficient evidence

to reject a linear dose-response curve for

extrapolation of risk to low exposure

levels and so use of a linear

extrapolation is still recommended. In

its earlier assessment, and in IRIS, EPA

uses a single risk estimate for benzene

of 26 per thousand per ppm of lifetime

inhalation exposure. This update

assessment recommends a range of risk

estimates, that is, 7.1–25 per thousand

per ppm.

A draft of this document underwent

public comment during July and August

1997 and external peer-panel review on

July 16, 1997 (62 FR 35172–35173).

These review comments were

considered in preparing the final

document.

Dated: May 21, 1998.

William H. Farland,

Director, National Center for Environmental

Assessment.

[FR Doc. 98–14848 Filed 6–3–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

Ocean Freight Forwarder License

Applicants

Notice if 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 the

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.

Freight and Export Management

Expeditors International, 12818

Skyknoll Lane, Houston, TX 77082,

Officers: Angel Ortiz, Partner; Juan

Garza, Partner

OverOceans, Inc., 2902 Airfreight Road,

Houston, TX 77032, Officers: George J.

Smith, CEO; Kahne D. Smith,

President

Reto Shipping Corporation d/b/a Reto

Services, 8364 N.W. 66 Street, Miami,

FL 33166, Officers: Angel Gonzalez,

President; Loraine V. Gonzalez, Vice

President.

Dated: May 29, 1998.

Joseph C. Polking,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–14769 Filed 6–3–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6730–01–M

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Agency information collection

activities: Announcement of Board

approval under delegated authority

and submission to OMB

SUMMARY

Background

Notice is hereby given of the final

approval of a proposed information

collection by the Board of Governors of

the Federal Reserve System (Board)

under OMB delegated authority, as per

5 CFR 1320.16 (OMB Regulations on

Controlling Paperwork Burdens on the

Public). Board-approved collections of

information are incorporated into the

official OMB inventory of currently

approved collections of information. A

copy of the OMB 83-I and supporting

statement and an approved collection of

information instrument is placed into

OMB’s public docket files. The Federal

Reserve may not conduct or sponsor,

and the respondent is not required to

respond to, an information collection

that has been extended, revised, or

implemented on or after October 1,

1995, unless it displays a currently valid

OMB control number.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT:Chief, Financial Reports

Section--Mary M. McLaughlin--Division

of Research and Statistics, Board of

Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, Washington, DC 20551 (202-

452-3829)

OMB Desk Officer--Alexander T. Hunt-

-Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, New Executive Office

Building, Room 3208, Washington,

DC 20503 (202-395-7860)

Final approval under OMB delegated

authority the extension for three years,

with revision, of the following report:

1. Report title: Annual Report of Bank

Holding Companies

Agency form number: FR Y-6