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complete and review the collection of

information; and transmit or otherwise

disclose the information.

Respondents/Affected: Respondents

for the purpose of this ICR will mostly

be small businesses like in the water

heater and boiler manufacturing

industry, reinforced plastics and boat

manufacturing industry, gasoline

dispensing sites an transport vehicles,

auto repair and salvage yards, and a

potential wide spectrum of other small

business types depending upon who

they come in contact with during the

development and outreach effort. A

broad rang of SIC codes could

conceivably thus be covered such as: 01,

07, 20 22, 23, 27, 28, 34, 35, 26, 37, and

55. Also, one or more of the following

State offices: environmental agency (SIC

9511), commerce or economic

development department (9611),

governor’s office (9111), or

ombudsman’s office (9511). These

departments are typically responsible

for the conduct of the State SBO or

SBAP.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

3,900.

Frequency of Response: sporadic—

one time.

Estimated Total Hours of Burden:

4,200.

Total Cost Burden: $135,000.

Dated: April 12, 2000.

Karen V. Brown,

Small Business Ombudsman.

[FR Doc. 00–9661 Filed 4–17–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6580–7]

National Drinking Water Advisory

Council Notice of Open Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Under section 10(a)(2) of

Public Law 92–423, ‘‘The Federal

Advisory Committee Act,’’ notice is

hereby given that a meeting of the

National Drinking Water Advisory

Council established under the Safe

Drinking Water Act, as amended (42

U.S.C.S3300f et seq.), will be held on

May 10, 2000, from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m.,

May 11, 2000, from 8:30 a.m. until 1:15

p.m., at the Sir Francis Drake Hotel, 450

Powell Street, San Francisco, California.

Panel discussions will be held on

sensitive subpopulations and the

CALFED Bay Delta Program. Other

agenda items include a regulatory

update, final report from the Small

Systems Implementation Working

Group, interim report from the

Contaminant Candidate List/Six Year

Review Working Group, Source Water

Strategy and follow up actions to the

Futures Forum held in December 1999.

The meeting is open to the public.

The Council encourages the hearing of

outside statements and will allocate one

hour for this purpose. Oral statements

will be limited to five minutes, and it is

preferred that only one person present

the statement. Any outside parties

interested in presenting an oral

statement should petition the Council

by telephone at (202) 260–2285 before

May 4, 2000.

Any person who wishes to file a

written statement can do so before or

after a Council meeting. Written

statements received prior to the meeting

will be distributed to all members of the

Council before any final discussion or

vote is completed. Any statements

received after the meeting will become

part of the permanent meeting file and

will be forwarded to the Council

members for their information.

Members of the public that would like

to attend the meeting, present an oral

statement, or submit a written

statement, should contact Ms. Charlene

Shaw, Designated Federal Officer,

National Drinking Water Advisory

Council, U.S. EPA, Office of Ground

Water and Drinking Water (4601), 401 M

Street SW., Washington, D.C. 20460.

The telephone number is Area Code

(202) 260–2285 or E-Mail

shaw.charlene@epa.gov.

Dated: April 12, 2000.

Cynthia C. Dougherty,

Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking

Water.

[FR Doc. 00–9662 Filed 4–17–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6581–3]

Science Advisory Board; Notification

of Public Advisory Committee Meeting

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, Public Law 92–463,

notice is hereby given that the

Environmental Engineering Committee

(EEC) of the USEPA Science Advisory

Board (SAB) will meet by conference

call May 3, 2000 from 3–5 p.m. Eastern

Time. Participation in this conference

call is by telephone only; a limited

number of lines have been reserved for

members of the public wishing to

participate.

Purpose of the Meeting—The primary

purpose of the meeting is to allow the

Committee to consider the report of its

Technology Evaluation Subcommittee.

The Subcommittee reviewed the degree

to which quality management is built

into the Environmental Technology

Verification (ETV) program at a public

meeting March 6–8, 2000 as announced

in the February 15, 2000 Federal

Register (65 FR 7550). When the

Subcommittee’s report is approved by

the EEC, it will be forwarded to the

Executive Committee of the Science

Advisory Board for approval before

being transmitted to the Agency. To the

extent that time allows, the EEC will

conduct other routine business at the

meeting such as discussion of reports in

progress and planned activities.

The documents reviewed by the

Subcommittee are available from the

Office of Research and Development as

announced in the Federal Register,

Volume 65, Number 8 on January 12,

2000. Copies of the Subcommittee’s

draft report will be available from Ms.

Kathleen White Conway after April 25,

2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any

member of the public wishing further

information concerning this meeting or

wishing to submit brief oral comments

must contact Ms. Kathleen White

Conway, Designated Federal Officer,

Science Advisory Board (1400A), U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, Ariel

Rios Building North, 1200 Pennsylvania

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20460;

telephone (202) 564–4559; FAX (202)

501–0582; or via e-mail at

conway.katheen@epa.gov. Email is

preferred. Requests for oral comments

must be in writing (e-mail, fax or mail)

and received by Ms. Conway no later

than noon Eastern Time on April 26.

Providing Oral or Written Comments at

SAB Meetings

It is the policy of the Science

Advisory Board to accept written public

comments of any length, and to

accommodate oral public comments

whenever possible. The Science

Advisory Board expects that public

statements presented at its meetings will

not be repetitive of previously

submitted oral or written statements.

Oral Comments: In general, each

individual or group requesting an oral

presentation at a face-to-face meeting

will be limited to a total time of ten

minutes. For teleconference meetings,

opportunities for oral comment will

usually be limited to no more than three

minutes per speaker and no more than

fifteen minutes total. Deadlines for

getting on the public speaker list for a

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meeting are given above. Speakers

should bring at least 35 copies of their

comments and presentation slides for

distribution to the reviewers and public

at the meeting. Written Comments:

Although the SAB accepts written

comments until the date of the meeting

(unless otherwise stated), written

comments should be received in the

SAB Staff Office at least one week prior

to the meeting date so that the

comments may be made available to the

committee for their consideration.

Comments should be supplied to the

appropriate DFO at the address/contact

information noted above in the

following formats: one hard copy with

original signature, and one electronic

copy via e-mail (acceptable file format:

WordPerfect, Word, or Rich Text files—

in IBM-PC/Windows 95/98 format).

Those providing written comments and

who attend the meeting are also asked

to bring 35 copies of their comments for

public distribution.

Additional information concerning

the Science Advisory Board, its

structure, function, and composition,

may be found on the SAB Website

(http://www.epa.gov/sab) and in The

FY1999 Annual Report of the Staff

Director which is available from the

SAB Publications Staff at (202) 564–

4533 or via fax at (202) 501–0256.

Meeting Access

Individuals requiring special

accommodation at this teleconference

meeting should contact Ms. Conway at

least five business days prior to the

meetings so that appropriate

arrangements can be made.

Dated: April 12, 2000.

Donald G. Barnes,

Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.

[FR Doc. 00–9659 Filed 4–17–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6581–5]

Blackberry Valley Drum Site, Notice of

Proposed Settlement

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of proposed settlement.

SUMMARY: The United States

Environmental Protection Agency is

proposing to enter into a settlement for

the reimbursement of all past response

costs with Greenville County pursuant

to section 122 of the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act

(CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9622(h)(1)

concerning the Blackberry Valley Drum

Superfund Site (Site) located in

Greenville, Greenville County, South

Carolina. EPA will consider public

comments on the proposed settlement

for thirty (30) days. EPA may withdraw

from or modify the proposed settlement

should such comments disclose facts or

considerations which indicate the

proposed settlement is inappropriate,

improper or inadequate. Copies of the

proposed settlement are available from:

Ms. Paula V. Batchelor, U.S. EPA,

Region 4, (WMD–CPSB) 61 Forsyth

Street, SW, Atlanta, Georgia 30303,

(404) 562–8887.

Written comments may be submitted

to Ms. Batchelor within 30 calendar

days of the date of this publication.

Dated: March 31, 2000.

James T. Miller,

Acting Chief, CERCLA Program Services

Branch, Waste Management Division.

[FR Doc. 00–9658 Filed 4–17–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Announcement of Board

Approval Under Delegated Authority,

Emergency Processing Provision, and

Submission to OMB

SUMMARY: 

Background

Notice is hereby given of final

approval of revisions to current

information collections 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) and the

Paperwork Reduction Act emergency

processing provision, as per 5 CFR

1320.13. The emergency approval is

only valid until October 31, 2000.

Board-approved collections of

information are incorporated into the

official OMB inventory of currently

approved collections of information.

Copies of the OMB 83-Is and supporting

statements and approved collection of

information instruments are 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. West—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 of the Revision Without

Extension of the Following Reports

1. Report title: Bank Holding

Company Report of Changes in

Investments and Activities.

Agency form number: FR Y–6A.

OMB Control number: 7100–0124.

Effective Date: April 11, 2000.

Frequency: on occasion.

Reporters: bank holding companies,

state member banks not affiliated with

a bank holding company.

Annual reporting hours: 12,571.

Estimated average hours per response:

0.95 hours.

Number of respondents: 2,406.

Small businesses are not affected.

General description of report: This

information collection is mandatory (12

U.S.C. 1844(b) and (c)) and is not

routinely given confidential treatment.

However, confidential treatment for the

report information can be requested, in

whole or part, in accordance with the

instructions to the form.

Abstract: The Bank Holding Company

Report of Changes in Investments and

Activities is an event-generated report

filed by top-tier bank holding

companies to report changes in

regulated investments and activities

made pursuant to the Bank Holding

Company Act and Regulation Y. The

report collects information relating to

acquisitions, divestitures, changes in

activities, and legal authority. The

number of FR Y–6As submitted varies

depending on the reportable activity

engaged in by each bank holding

company.

As a result of the enactment of the

Gramm-Leach-Bliley Act of 1999, the

Federal Reserve has: (1) Required

financial holding companies, other bank

holding companies, and state member

banks not affiliated with a bank holding

company or financial holding company

to complete the form, (2) added

structure items to capture information

on financial holding company status,

financial subsidiary holder status,

functionally regulated subsidiaries, and

financial subsidiaries, (3) revised the

index of regulatory codes and

provisions and the index of activity

codes, and (4) revised the instructions

for the types of investments reportable

on the form.