Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 16 / Monday, January 26, 1998 / Notices 3743

7378, fax: (703) 308–8481; e-mail:

mandula.barbara@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic Availability:

Internet

Electronic copies of this document and the

PR Notice are available from the EPA Home

Page at the Federal Register - Environmental

Documents entry for this document under

‘‘Laws and Regulations’’ (http://

www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/).

Fax on Demand

Using a faxphone call 202–401–0527 and

select item (6107) for a copy of the PR Notice.

I. Purpose

The purpose of the PR Notice is to

announce that liquid chemical sterilant

products intended for use on critical or

semi-critical medical devices are no

longer regulated as ‘‘pesticides’’ by the

Environmental Protection Agency

(EPA), but as ‘‘medical devices’’ under

the regulatory authority of the Food and

Drug Administration (FDA). For the

affected liquid chemical sterilants, EPA

will no longer follow the procedures

described in the Memorandum of

Understanding (MOU) between EPA and

FDA signed on June 4, 1993 and

amended on June 20, 1994. The goal of

this notice is to clarify the authorities of

FDA and EPA as they apply to liquid

chemical sterilants, thereby increasing

the efficiency of regulatory processes

affecting these products.

II. Applicability

The PR Notice applies to all

manufacturers, formulators, producers,

and registrants of liquid chemical

sterilant products intended for use on

critical or semi-critical medical devices,

and to products with subordinate

disinfectant claims, such as

tuberculocidal or virucidal claims,

which support a high level disinfectant

use pattern for critical or semi-critical

devices.

III. Contents of the PR Notice

This notice informs registrants of

liquid chemical sterilant products how

to ensure that their products remain in

compliance with FIFRA requirements

where FIFRA still applies, and how

products no longer regulated under

FIFRA will be treated by EPA. In

particular, the affected products will no

longer be permitted to bear both FDAand EPA-regulated claims. This notice

supersedes all provisions of PR Notice

94–4 with respect to liquid chemical

sterilants, but retains the provisions of

PR Notice 94–4 that apply solely to

general purpose disinfectants.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection,

Antimicrobials, Liquid chemical

sterilants.

Dated: January 15, 1998.

Frank Sanders,

Director, Antimicrobials Division, Office of

Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 98–1766 Filed 1–23–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

[Report No. 2249]

Petitions for Reconsideration and

Clarification of Action in Rulemaking

Proceedings

January 20, 1998.

Petitions for reconsideration and

clarification have been filed in the

Commission’s rulemaking proceedings

listed in this Public Notice and

published pursuant to 47 CFR Section

1.429(e). The full text of these

documents are available for viewing and

copying in Room 239, 1919 M Street,

N.W., Washington, D.C. or may be

purchased from the Commission’s copy

contractor, ITS, Inc. (202) 857–3800.

Oppositions to these petitions must be

filed by February 10, 1998. See Section

1.4(b)(1) of the Commission’s rule (47

CFR 1.4(b)(1)). Replies to an opposition

must be filed by February 20, 1998.

Subject: Amendment of the

Commission’s Rules to Establish

Competitive Service Safeguards for

Local Exchange Carrier Provision of

Commercial Mobile Radio Service.

Implementation of Section 601(d) of the

Telecommunications Act of 1996 (WT

Docket No.96–162)

Number of Petitions Filed: 3.

Subject: Rules and Policies on Foreign

Participation in the U. S.

Telecommunications Market (IB Docket

No. 97–142). Market Entry and

Regulation of Foreign-Affiliated Entities

(IB Docket No. 95–22)

Number of Petitions Filed: 7.

Federal Communications Commission.

Magalie Roman Salas,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–1662 Filed 1–23–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–M

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE

CORPORATION

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Federal Deposit Insurance

Corporation.

ACTION: Notice of information collection

to be submitted to OMB for review and

approval under the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995.

SUMMARY: In accordance with

requirements of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501

et seq.), the FDIC hereby gives notice

that it plans to submit to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) a

request for OMB review and approval of

the information collection system

described below.

Type of Review: New collection.

Title: Occasional Qualitative Surveys.

OMB Number: New collection,

number not yet assigned.

Annual Burden:

Estimated annual number of

respondents: 5,000.

Estimated time per response: 1 hour.

Average annual burden hours: 5,000

hours.

OMB Reviewer: Alexander T. Hunt,

(202) 395–7860, Office of Management

and Budget, Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs, Washington, DC

20503.

FDIC Contact: Tamara R. Manly, (202)

898–7453, Office of the Executive

Secretary, Room F–4022, Federal

Deposit Insurance Corporation, 550 17th

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20429.

Comments: Comments on this

collection of information are welcome

and should be submitted on or before

[insert date 30 days after date of

publication in the Federal Register] to

both the OMB reviewer and the FDIC

contact listed above.

ADDRESSES: Information about this

submission, including copies of the

proposed collection of information, may

be obtained by calling or writing the

FDIC contact listed above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

collection involves the occasional use of

qualitative surveys to gather anecdotal

information about regulatory burden,

problems or successes in the bank

supervisory process (including both

safety-and-soundness and consumerrelated exams), and similar concerns.

Dated: January 20, 1998.