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this petition, NYSDEC would

completely prohibit the discharge of

sewage, whether treated or not, from

any vessel in the Port Jefferson Harbor

Complex in accordance with section

312(f)(3) of the Clean Water Act and 40

CFR 140.4(a).

The Port Jefferson Harbor Complex is

located on the north shore of Long

Island with approximately 64 miles of

tidal shoreline contiguous to Long

Island Sound. Port Jefferson’s marine

waters are comprised of approximately

2,000 acres of harbors, bays and tidal

wetlands. The Harbor complex is a

major producer of hard clams, soft

clams and oysters in New York State.

The Harbor complex is used extensively

by recreational boaters. Seasonal and

transient mooring areas, as well as

private and public marinas and boat

ramps, are located in the area.

Information submitted by the State of

New York and the Town of Brookhaven

indicate that there are two existing

pumpout facilities and two pumpout

boats available to service vessels which

use the Port Jefferson Harbor Complex.

The Town of Brookhaven operates a

fixed pumpout station at the Port

Jefferson Marina. The pumpout is

available 24 hours a day beginning May

1 through October 31 and is self-service.

No fee is charged for the use of the

pumpout. Water Depth is 10-feet at

mean low water making it accessible to

all recreational boats. The Town of

Brookhaven operates a mobile pumpout

vessel which is dedicated to the Harbor

complex from mid-May through midSeptember. The hours of operations are

Saturdays from 10 am to 5 pm, Sundays

from 8 am to 5 pm and holidays from

8 am to 5 pm. The pumpout vessel is

also available for pumpouts on Fridays

and Mondays by appointment. No fee is

charged for the service. The Town has

a second pumpout vessel that during

periods of heavy demand also services

Port Jefferson Harbor. Danfords Marina

located on East Broadway, Port

Jefferson, operates a pumpout. The

pumpout is available during normal

business hours from May through

October. A $10.00 fee is charged for the

use of the pumpout. Water depth is 6

feet at mean low water.

Vessel waste generated from the

pumpout facilities located at the Town

of Brookhaven’s Port Jefferson Marina

and their pumpout vessel, and at the

Danfords Marina is hauled by privately

operated waste haulers. All hauled

waste from the pumpout facilities is

discharged into and treated at the

Suffolk County sewage treatment plant

at Bergen Point located in Babylon.

There are five pumpouts located in

harbors adjacent to the Port Jefferson

Harbor Complex. Two pumpouts are

located in Stony Brook Harbor. One

pumpout is located in the Nisseqouque

River while two more are located in Mt.

Sinai Harbor.

According to the State’s petition, the

maximum daily vessel population for

the waters of Port Jefferson Harbor

Complex is approximately 900 vessels

which are docked or moored. An

inventory was developed including the

number of recreational, commercial and

estimated transient vessels that occupy

the harbor bay complex. The ratio of

boats to pumpout facilities has been

based on the total number of vessels

which could be expected. With two

shore-side pumpout facilities and one

pumpout vessel available to boaters, the

ratio of docked or moored boats

(including transients) is approximately

300 vessels per pumpout. Standard

guidelines refer to acceptable ratios

failing in the range of 300 to 600 vessels

per pumpout. If the EPA calculation is

employed (as listed in the guidance

manual entitled, ‘‘Protecting Coastal

Waters from Vessel and Marina

Discharges: A Guide for State and Local

Officials—April 1994), it estimates that

two pumpouts are needed to provide

adequate facilities.

Several commercial vessel operators

are active in and around the harbor.

These include the Bridgeport/Port

Jefferson Ferry, Miller Marine, Barker

Marine, Buchanan Marine, Ltd., Martha

Jefferson Paddlewheel Cruises, Port

Jefferson Ace and Prowler Recreational/

Charter Fishing, and Osprey

Recreational/Charter Fishing. These

businesses were contacted by the Town

of Brookhaven and asked to provide

information regarding their methods for

treating their vessel sewage. Most of the

operators contacted use holding tanks to

retain their sewage. The operators that

currently use flow-through systems have

made commitments to retrofit and

comply with the No Discharge Area

when finalized.

The EPA hereby makes a tentative

affirmative determination that adequate

facilities for the safe and sanitary

removal and treatment of sewage from

all vessels are reasonably available for

the Port Jefferson Harbor Complex in the

County of Suffolk, New York. A final

determination on this matter will be

made following the 30-day period for

public comment and will result in a

New York State prohibition of any

sewage discharges from vessels in Port

Jefferson Harbor Complex.

Comments and views regarding this

petition and EPA’s tentative

determination may be filed on or before

May 29, 2001. Comments or requests for

information or copies of the applicant’s

petition should be addressed to Walter

E. Andrews, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Region II, Water

Programs Branch, 290 Broadway, 24th

Floor, New York, New York, 10007–

1866. Telephone: (212) 637–3880.

Dated: April 6, 2001.

Kathleen C. Callahan,

Acting Regional Administrator, Region II.

[FR Doc. 01–10434 Filed 4–25–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6968–3]

Public Water System Supervision

Program Revision for the State of

South Carolina

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the State of South Carolina is revising

its approved Public Water System

Supervision Program. South Carolina

has adopted drinking water regulations

establishing administrative penalty

authority and defining a public water

system. EPA has determined that the

administrative penalty authority

revisions meet all minimum federal

requirements, and that the public water

system definition revisions are no less

stringent than the corresponding federal

regulations. Therefore, EPA has

tentatively decided to approve these

State program revisions.

All interested parties may request a

public hearing. A request for a public

hearing must be submitted by May 29,

2001 to the Regional Administrator at

the address shown below. Frivolous or

insubstantial requests for a hearing may

be denied by the Regional

Administrator. However, if a substantial

request for a public hearing is made by

May 29, 2001, a public hearing will be

held. If no timely and appropriate

request for a hearing is received and the

Regional Administrator does not elect to

hold a hearing on his own motion, this

determination shall become final and

effective on May 29, 2001. Any request

for a public hearing shall include the

following information: (1) The name,

address, and telephone number of the

individual, organization, or other entity

requesting a hearing. (2) A brief

statement of the requesting person’s

interest in the Regional Administrator’s

determination and of information that

the requesting person intends to submit

at such hearing. (3) The signature of the

individual making the request; or, if the

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request is made on behalf of an

organization or other entity, the

signature of a responsible official of the

organization or other entity.

ADDRESSES: All documents relating to

this determination are available for

inspection between the hours of 8 a.m.

and 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,

at the following offices:

• South Carolina Department of

Health and Environmental Control,

Bureau of Water, 2600 Bull Street,

Columbia, South Carolina 29201.

• Environmental Protection Agency,

Region 4, Drinking Water Section, 61

Forsyth Street, SW, Atlanta, Georgia

30303.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Janine Morris, EPA Region 4, Drinking

Water Section at the Atlanta address

given above (telephone 404–562–9480).

Authority: (Section 1401 and Section 1413

of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended

(1996), and 40 CFR Part 142).

Dated: March 28, 2001.

A. Stanley Meiburg,

Acting Regional Administrator, EPA Region

4.

[FR Doc. 01–10430 Filed 4–25–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

OFFICE OF NATIONAL DRUG

CONTROL POLICY

Meeting of the Advisory Commission

on Drug Free Communities

AGENCY: Office of National Drug Control

Policy.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the DrugFree Communities Act, a meeting of the

Advisory Commission on Drug Free

Communities will be held on May 15–

16, 2001 at the Office of National Drug

Control Policy in the 5th Floor

Conference Room, 750 17th Street NW.,

7th Floor, Washington, DC. The meeting

will commence at 1:00 p.m. on Tuesday,

May 15, 2001 and adjourn for the

evening at 5:30 p.m. The meeting will

resume at 8:30 a.m. on Wednesday, May

16, 2001 conclude at 12:00 noon. The

agenda will include: remarks by ONDCP

Acting Director, Edward H. Jurith, a

report by the Office of Juvenile Justice

and Delinquency Prevention regarding

the Drug Free Communities grant

selection process; and discussion of

reauthorization of the Drug Free

Communities Act. There will be an

opportunity for public comment from

11:00 a.m. until 11:30 on Wednesday,

May 16, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Linda V. Priebe, (202) 395–6622.

Dated: April 19, 2001.

Linda V. Priebe,

Assistant General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 01–10423 Filed 4–25–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 3180–02–U

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meeting

DATE AND TIME: Tuesday, May 1, 2001 at

10 a.m.

PLACE: 999 E Street, NW., Washington,

DC.

STATUS: This meeting will be closed to

the public.

ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED: Compliance

matters pursuant to 2 U.S.C. § 437g.

Audits conducted pursuant to 2

U.S.C. § 437g, § 438(b), and Title 26,

U.S.C.

Matters concerning participation in

civil actions or proceedings or

arbitration.

Internal personnel rules and

procedures of matters affecting a

particular employee.

DATE AND TIME: Thursday, May 3, 2001

at 10 a.m.

PLACE: 999 E Street, NW., Washington,

DC (Ninth Floor)

STATUS: This meeting will be opened to

the public.

ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED: Correction and

Approval of Minutes.

Advisory Opinion 2001–06: Maryland

Green Party by Erik Michelsen,

Treasurer.

Revised Notice of Proposed

Rulemaking on Independent

Expenditure Reporting.

New Rules on General Public Political

Communications Coordinated with

Candidates and Party Committees, and

Independent Expenditures:

Announcement of Effective Date.

Administrative Matters.

PERSON TO CONTACT FOR INFORMATION:

Mr. Ron Harris, Press Officer,

Telephone: (202) 694–1220.

Mary W. Dove,

Secretary of the Commission.

[FR Doc. 01–10494 Filed 4–24–01; 11:22 am]

BILLING CODE 6715–01–M

FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE BOARD

[No. 2001–N–9]

Submission for OMB Review;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Federal Housing Finance

Board.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

requirements of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal

Housing Finance Board (Finance Board)

hereby gives notice that it has submitted

the information collection entitled

‘‘Monthly Survey of Rates and Terms on

Conventional, 1-Family, Nonfarm

Loans,’’ commonly known as the

Monthly Interest Rate Survey or MIRS,

to the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for review and approval of a

three-year extension of the OMB control

number, which is due to expire on April

30, 2001.

DATES: Interested persons may submit

comments on or before May 29, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Submit comments to the

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for the

Federal Housing Finance Board,

Washington, DC 20503. Address

requests for copies of the information

collection and supporting

documentation to Elaine L. Baker,

Secretary to the Board, 202/408–2837,

bakere@fhfb.gov, Federal Housing

Finance Board, 1777 F Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20006.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Timothy D. Forsberg, Financial Analyst,

Market Research and Systems Analysis

Division, Office of Policy, Research and

Analysis, 202/408–2968,

forsbergt@fhfb.gov, Federal Housing

Finance Board, 1777 F Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20006.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Need For and Use of Information

Collection

The Finance Board’s predecessor, the

former Federal Home Loan Bank Board

(FHLBB), first provided data concerning

a survey of mortgage interest rates in

1963. No statutory or regulatory

provision explicitly required the FHLBB

to conduct the MIRS although

references to the MIRS did appear in

several federal and state statutes.

Responsibility for conducting the MIRS

was transferred to the Finance Board

upon dissolution of the FHLBB in 1989.

See Financial Institutions Reform,

Recovery, and Enforcement Act of 1989

(FIRREA), Pub. L. 101–73, tit. IV, sec.

402(e)(3)–4), 103 Stat. 183, codified at

12 U.S.C. 1437 note, and tit. VII, sec.

731(f)(1) and (f)(2)(B), 103 Stat. 433

(Aug. 9, 1989). In 1993, the Finance

Board promulgated a final rule

describing the method by which it

conducts the MIRS. See 58 FR 19195

(Apr. 13, 1993), codified at 12 CFR

906.3. Since its inception, the MIRS has

provided the only consistent source of

information on mortgage interest rates