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specific pesticidal toxin, TxP-I, from the

straw itch mite, Pyemotes tritici, and (2)

prevent expression of the ecdysteroid

UDP-glucosyltransferase gene. American

Cyanamid Company intends to test this

microbial pesticide on cotton and leafy

vegetables to evaluate the control of

Lepidopteran pests. The Agency has

determined that this notification may be

of regional and national significance.

Therefore, in accordance with 40 CFR

172.11(a), the Agency is soliciting

public comments on this notification.

DATES: Written comments must be

received on or before September 2,

1998.

ADDRESSES: By mail, submit written

comments to: Public Information and

Records Integrity Branch, Information

Resources and Services Division

(7502C), Office of Pesticide Programs,

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. In

person, deliver comments to: Rm. 119,

Crystal Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis

Highway, Arlington, VA.

Comments and data may also be

submitted electronically to: oppdocket@epamail.epa.gov. Follow the

instructions under Unit II. of this

document. No Confidential Business

Information (CBI) should be submitted

through e-mail.

Information submitted as a comment

concerning this document may be

claimed confidential by marking any

part or all of that information as CBI.

Information so marked will not be

disclosed except in accordance with

procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2.

A copy of the comment that does not

contain CBI must be submitted for

inclusion in the public record.

Information not marked confidential

will be included in the public docket by

EPA without prior notice. The public

docket is available for public inspection

in Rm. 119 at the Virginia address given

above, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday

through Friday, excluding legal

holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

William R. Schneider, PM 90,

Biopesticides and Pollution Prevention

Division (7511C), Office of Pesticide

Programs, Environmental Protection

Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington,

DC 20460. Office location, telephone

number, and e-mail address: 9th Floor,

Crystal Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis

Highway, Arlington, VA, (703–308–

8683), e-mail:

schneider.william@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

Notice of receipt of this notification

does not imply a decision by the Agency

on this notification.

A Notification (241-NMP-A) was

received from American Cyanamid

Company. The proposed small-scale

field trial involves the introduction of a

baculovirus, Autographa californica

Multiple-embedded Nuclear

Polyhedrosis Virus (AcMNPV) which

has been genetically-engineered to

express an insect-specific pesticidal

toxin, TxP-I, from the straw itch mite,

Pyemotes tritici. In addition, the gene

for ecdysteroid UDP-glucosyltransferase

(EGT) has been replaced with the same

gene containing a deletion so that this

enzyme will not be produced in the

infected insect larvae. When insects are

infected with the naturally-occurring

(wild-type) virus, EGT prevents the

insect from molting, and the insect will

continue to eat and grow without

molting. In contrast, an insect infected

with the engineered virus, will not eat

or molt resulting in death 1 to 2 days

earlier than seen for the wild-type virus. American Cyanamid has previously

field tested the same baculovirus with

the same EGT deletion engineered to

express a different insect-specific toxin

from a scorpion in 1995, 1996, and

1997. They have submitted

characterization data for the TxP-I toxin

and an oral toxicity study in mice in

addition to comparative host range

studies in susceptible and lesssusceptible Lepidopteran species. The

purpose of the proposed testing will be

to evaluate the efficacy of the

baculovirus against lepidopteran pests,

including tobacco budworm (Heliothis

virescens), the cotton bollworm

(Helicoverpa zea), the beet armyworm

(Spodoptera exigua), and the cabbage

looper (Trichoplusia ni) on cotton and

leafy vegetables. The total acreage for all

sites will not exceed 10 acres per pest

and, on completion of the test, the crops

will be destroyed. Following the review of this

notification and any comments received

in response to this notice, EPA may

approve the tests, ask for additional

data, require additional modifications to

the test protocols, or require EUP

applications to be submitted. In

accordance with 40 CFR 172.50, under

no circumstances shall the proposed

tests proceed until the submitters have

received notice from EPA of its approval

of such tests.

II. Public Record and Electronic

Submissions

The official record for this action, as

well as the public version, has been

established for this action under docket

control number ‘‘OPP–50845’’

(including comments and data

submitted electronically as described

below). A public version of this record,

including printed, paper versions of

electronic comments, which does not

include any information claimed as CBI,

is available for inspection from 8:30

a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday,

excluding legal holidays. The official

rulemaking record is located at the

Virginia address in ‘‘ADDRESSES’’ at

the beginning of this document.

Electronic comments can be sent

directly to EPA at:

opp-docket@epamail.epa.gov

Electronic comments must be

submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the

use of special characters and any form

of encryption. Comment and data will

also be accepted on disks in

Wordperfect 5.1/6.1 or ASCII file

format. All comments and data in

electronic form must be identified by

the docket control number ‘‘OPP–

50845.’’ Electronic comments on this

action may be filed online at many

Federal Depository Libraries.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection.

Dated: July 27, 1998.

Janet L. Andersen,

Director, Biopesticides and Pollution

Prevention Division, Office of Pesticide

Programs.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6133–5]

Agency Information Collection

Activities; OMB Responses

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This document announces the

Office of Management and Budget’s

(OMB) responses to Agency clearance

requests, in compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et. Seq.). An agency may not

conduct or sponsor, and a person is not

required to respond to, a collection of

information unless it displays a

currently valid OMB control number.

The OMB control numbers for EPA’s

regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9

and 48 CFR Chapter 15.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
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Call Sandy Farmer at (202) 260–2740, or

E-mail at

‘‘farmer.sandy@epamail.epa.gov,’’ and

please refer to the appropriate EPA

Information Collection Request (ICR)

Number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Responses to Agency Clearance

Requests

OMB Approvals

EPA ICR No. 1696.02; Registration of

Fuels and Fuel Additives: Health-Effects

Research Requirements for

Manufacturers; in 40 CFR part 79,

Subpart F; was approved 07/16/98;

OMB No. 2060–0297; expires 07/31/99.

EPA ICR No. 1834.01; The Class V

Underground Injection Control Study;

was approved 07/14/98; OMB No. 2040–

0194; expires 07/31/2001.

EPA ICR No. 1463.04; National Oil

and Hazardous Substances Pollution

Contingency Plan (NCP); in 40 CFR part

300; was approved 07/06/98; OMB No.

2050–0096; expires 07/31/2001.

EPA ICR No. 1823–01; Reporting and

Recordkeeping Requirements under the

Perfluorocompound (PFC) Emission

Reduction Partnership for the

Semiconductor Industry; nonregulatory; was approved 06/29/98;

OMB No. 2060–0382; expires 06/30/

2001.

EPA ICR No. 1718.02; Regulation of

Fuel and Fuel Additives, Fuel Quality

Regulations for Highway Diesel Fuel

Sold in 1993 and Later Calendar Years;

in 40 CFR 80.29; was approved 07/07/

98; OMB No. 2060–0308; expires 07/31/

2001.

OMB Disapprovals

EPA ICR No. 1802.01; Compliance

Information Project; was disapproved by

OMB 07/20/98.

EPA ICR No. 1832.01; Consumer

Confidence Report; was disapproved by

OMB 07/01/98.

EPA ICR No. 1633.11; Acid Rain

Program under Title IV of the Clean Air

Act with the Proposed Monitoring

Revisions; was disapproved by OMB 07/

21/98.

Extensions of Expiration Dates

EPA ICR No. 1687.03; National

Emission Standards for Hazardous Air

Pollutants for Aerospace Manufacturing

and Rework Operations; in 40 CFR part

63, Subpart GG; OMB No. 2060–0314;

on 07/21/98 OMB extended the

expiration date through 01/31/99.

EPA ICR No. 1601.03; Air Pollution

Regulations for Outer Continental Shelf

(OCS) Activities: Reporting, Recording,

Recordkeeping, and Testing

Requirements; in 40 CFR part 55; OMB

No. 2060–0249; on 07/21/98 OMB

extended the expiration date through

02/28/99.

EPA ICR No. 0029.06; NPDES

Modification and Variance Requests; in

40 CFR part 122; OMB No. 2040–0068;

on 07/22/98 OMB extended the

expiration date through 11/30/98.

EPA ICR No. 0226.12; Application for

NPDES Discharge Permit and the

Sewage Sludge Management Permit; in

40 CFR parts 122, 501, and 503; OMB

No. 2040–0086; on 07/22/98 OMB

extended the expiration date through

11/30/98.

Dated: July 28, 1998.

Richard T. Westlund,

Acting Director, Regulatory Information

Division.

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AGENCY

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Clean Water Act Class I: Proposed

Administrative Penalty Assessment

and Opportunity To Comment

Regarding City of Baldwin City,

Kansas

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of proposed

administrative penalty assessment and

opportunity to comment regarding City

of Baldwin City, Kansas.

SUMMARY: EPA is providing notice of

opportunity to comment on the

proposed assessment.

Under 33 U.S.C. 1319(g), EPA is

authorized to issue orders assessing

civil penalties for various violations of

the Act. EPA may issue such orders after

filing a Complaint commencing either a

class I or Class II penalty proceeding.

EPA provides public notice of the

proposed assessment pursuant to 33

U.S.C. 1319(g).

Class I proceedings are conducted

under EPA’s Consolidated Rules of

Practice Governing the Administrative

Assessment of Civil Penalties, Issuance

of Compliance or Corrective Action

Orders and the Revocation or

Suspension of Permits. The procedures

by which the public may submit written

comment on a proposed Class I order or

participate in a class I proceeding, and

the procedures by which a respondent

may request a hearing, are set forth in

the Consolidated Rules. The deadline

for submitting public comment on a

proposed class I order is thirty (30) days

after issuance of public notice.

On June 30, 1998, EPA commenced

the following class I proceeding for the

assessment of penalties by filing with

the Regional Hearing Clerk, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region VII, 726 Minnesota Avenue,

Kansas City, Kansas 66101, (913) 551–

7630, the following complaint:

In the Matter of, the City of Baldwin

City, Kansas; CWA Docket No. VII–98–

W–0018. The Complainant seeks to

assess a penalty of up to Eleven

Thousand Dollars ($11,000) for failure

to comply with the applicable vector

attraction reduction requirements of

section 405 of the Clean Water Act, 33

U.S.C. 1345.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Persons wishing to receive a copy of

EPA’s Consolidated Rules, review the

Complaint or other documents filed in

this proceeding, comment upon the

proposed penalty assessment, or

otherwise participate in the proceeding

should contact the Regional Hearing

Clerk identified above.

The administrative record for the

proceeding is located in the EPA

Regional Office at the address stated

above, and the file will be open for

public inspection during normal

business hours. All information

submitted by the City of Baldwin City,

Kansas is available as part of the

administrative record subject to

provisions of law restricting public

disclosure of confidential information.

In order to provide opportunity for

public comment, EPA will issue no final

order assessing a penalty in this

proceeding prior to thirty (30) days from

the date of this document.

Dated: July 16, 1998.

Nathaniel Scurry,

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 7.

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

Notice of Public Information

Collection(s) Submitted to OMB for

Review and Approval

July 24, 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