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the fact that a site or facility is in

litigation does not necessarily mean that

the Ombudsman should refrain from

conducting an investigation of all issues

arising at that site or facility. For

instance, if the issue before a court is

the authority of the Agency to get access

to a piece of property, that would not

create a presumption against an

investigation of alleged deficiencies

regarding remedy selection.

For your information, we are

providing details of the two alternative

approaches to this matter we considered

but did not select. The first alternative

approach removed any restrictions on

the Ombudsman’s ability to conduct an

inquiry concerning an issue or dispute

which is in litigation. The Ombudsman

would be free to conduct an inquiry

regardless of whether an issue or

dispute was in litigation.

The second alternative approach

would restrain the Ombudsman from

conducting new fact gathering

concerning decisions made based on the

administrative record. The Ombudsman

would remain able to audit the existing

information and data that were part of

the Agency’s factual record. Under this

model, if the Ombudsman concluded

that additional fact finding and data

gathering were necessary, that would

become part of his recommendation. If

the Agency agreed with this

recommendation, it would conduct

additional information gathering by

utilizing the appropriate program staff

and established procedures. The

Ombudsman would be precluded from

undertaking separate fact finding

activities such as public meetings and

formal on-the-record interviews. This

approach would address concerns that

an Ombudsman’s activities may create a

second record outside of the official

administrative record, which could

confuse and potentially mislead the

public and could damage the Agency’s

position during litigation.

Is the chosen approach the most

appropriate?

Dated: December 27, 2000.

Michael Shapiro,

Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of

Solid Waste and Emergency Response.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6928–3]

Clean Water Act Section 303(d):

Availability of Total Maximum Daily

Loads (TMDLs)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of availability.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

availability for comment of the

administrative record file for 88 TMDLs

prepared by EPA Region 6 for waters

listed in Louisiana’s Mermentau and

Vermilion/Teche river basins, under

section 303(d) of the Clean Water Act

(CWA). EPA prepared these TMDLs in

response to a Court Order dated October

1, 1999, in the lawsuit Sierra Club, et al.

v. Clifford et al., No. 96–0527, (E.D. La.).

Under this court order, EPA is required

to prepare TMDLs when needed for

waters on the Louisiana 1998 section

303(d) list by December 31, 2007.

DATES: Comments on the 88 TMDLs

must be submitted in writing to EPA on

or before February 2, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments on the 88

TMDLs should be sent to Ellen

Caldwell, Environmental Protection

Specialist, Water Quality Protection

Division, U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency Region 6, 1445 Ross Ave.,

Dallas, TX 75202–2733. For further

information, contact Ellen Caldwell at

(214) 665–7513. The administrative

record file for these TMDLs is available

for public inspection at this address as

well. Copies of the TMDLs and their

respective calculations may be viewed

at www.epa.gov/region6/water/

tmdl.htm, or obtained by calling or

writing Ms. Caldwell at the above

address. Please contact Ms. Caldwell to

schedule an inspection.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ellen Caldwell at (214) 665–7513.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 1996,

two Louisiana environmental groups,

the Sierra Club and Louisiana

Environmental Action Network

(plaintiffs), filed a lawsuit in Federal

Court against the United States

Environmental Protection Agency

(EPA), styled Sierra Club, et al. v.

Clifford et al., No. 96–0527, (E.D. La.).

Among other claims, plaintiffs alleged

that EPA failed to establish Louisiana

TMDLs in a timely manner. Discussion

of the court’s order may be found at 65

FR 54032 (September 6, 2000).

EPA Seeks Comments on 88 TMDLs

By this notice EPA is seeking

comment on the following 88 TMDLs

for waters located within the

Mermentau and Vermilion/Teche

basins:

Subsegment Waterbody name Pollutant

060205 .......... Bayou Teche—Headwaters At Bayou Courtableau to I–10 ................................ Salinity/TDS.

060211 .......... West Atchafalaya Borrow Pit Canal ..................................................................... Salinity/TDS.

060301 .......... Bayou Teche—I–10 to Keystone Locks and Dam ............................................... Salinity/TDS.

Chlorides.

050201 .......... Bayou Plaquemine Brule—Head-Waters to Bayou Descannes .......................... Ammonia.

050401 .......... Mermentau River—Origin to Lake Arthur ............................................................ Ammonia.

060102 .......... Cocodrie Lake ...................................................................................................... Noxious Aquatic.

Plants & Ammonia.

Chlorides.

Sulfate.

060204 .......... Bayou Courtableau—Origin to West Atchafalaya Borrow Pit Canal ................... Ammonia.

Salinity/TDS.

060203 .......... Chicot Lake .......................................................................................................... Noxious Aquatic.

Plants & Nutrients.

050101 .......... Bayou Des Cannes—Headwaters to Mermentau River ...................................... Nutrients.

050301 .......... Bayou Nezpique—Headwaters to Mermentau River ........................................... Nutrients.

060202 .......... Bayou Cocodrie .................................................................................................... Nutrients.

060208 .......... Bayou Boeuf—Headwaters To Bayou Courtableau ............................................ Nutrients.

060211 .......... West Atchafalaya Borrow Pit Canal ..................................................................... Sulfates.

060301 .......... Bayou Teche—I–10 to Keystone Locks and Dam ............................................... Sulfates.

050101 .......... Bayou Des Cannes—Headwaters to Mermentau River ...................................... Total Suspended Solids (TSS).

050102 .......... Bayou Joe Marcel ................................................................................................ TSS.

050103 .......... Bayou Mallet ......................................................................................................... TSS.

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Subsegment Waterbody name Pollutant

050201 .......... Bayou Plaquemine Brule—Headwaters To Bayou Des Cannes ......................... Siltation.

TSS.

050301 .......... Bayou Nezpique—Headwaters to Mermentau River ........................................... Siltation.

TSS.

050302 .......... Mermentau River Basin ........................................................................................ Siltation.

TSS.

050401 .......... Mermentau River—Origin to Lake Arthur ............................................................ TSS.

050402 .......... Lake Arthur and Lower Mermentau ..................................................................... TSS.

050501 .......... Bayou Que de Tortue—Headwaters To Mermentau River ................................. TSS.

Siltation.

050602 .......... Intracoastal Waterway .......................................................................................... TSS.

050701 .......... Grand Lake ........................................................................................................... TSS.

050702 .......... Intracoastal Waterway .......................................................................................... TSS.

050703 .......... White Lake ........................................................................................................... Siltation.

TSS.

050901 .......... Bays and Gulf Waters to State 3-mile Limit ........................................................ Siltation.

TSS.

060101 .......... Spring Creek—Headwaters to Cocodrie Lake (Scenic) ...................................... TSS.

060102 .......... Cocodrie Lake ...................................................................................................... Siltation.

060201 .......... Bayou Cocodrie—From U.S. Hwy 167 To the Bayou Boeuf Cocodrie Canal .... TSS.

060202 .......... Bayou Cocodrie .................................................................................................... TSS.

Siltation.

060203 .......... Chicot Lake .......................................................................................................... TSS.

060204 .......... Bayou Courtableau—Origin to West Atchafalaya Borrow Pit Canal ................... TSS.

060205 .......... Bayou Teche—Headwaters at Bayou Courtableau to I–10 ................................. TSS.

060207 .......... Bayou des Glaises Diversion Canal .................................................................... TSS.

060208 .......... Bayou Boeuf—Headwaters to Bayou Courtableau .............................................. TSS.

060210 .......... Bayou Carron ....................................................................................................... TSS.

060211 .......... West Atchafalaya Borrow Pit Canal ..................................................................... TSS.

060212 .......... Chatlin Lake Canal and Bayou Dulac .................................................................. TSS.

Siltation.

060301 .......... Bayou Teche—I–10 to Keystone Locks and Dam ............................................... Turbidity.

TSS.

060401 .......... Bayou Teche—Keystone Locks and Dam to Charenton Canal .......................... TSS.

060501 .......... Bayou Teche—Charenton Canal to Wax Lake Outlet ......................................... TSS.

060601 .......... Charenton Canal .................................................................................................. TSS.

060701 .......... Tete Bayou ........................................................................................................... TSS.

060702 .......... Lake Fausse Point and Dauterive Lake ............................................................... TSS.

Siltation.

060703 .......... Bayou du Portage ................................................................................................ TSS.

060906 .......... Intracoastal Waterway .......................................................................................... TSS.

060907 .......... Franklin Canal ...................................................................................................... TSS.

Turbidity.

060801 .......... Vermilion River—Headwaters at Bayou Fusilier-Bourbeaux Junction to New

Flanders (Ambassador Caffery Bridge At Hwy 3073).

TSS.

060802 .......... Vermilion River—From New Flanders (Ambassador Caffery Bridge at Hwy

3073 to Intracoastal Waterway).

TSS.

060803 .......... Vermilion River Cutoff .......................................................................................... TSS.

060804 .......... Intracoastal Waterway .......................................................................................... TSS.

060901 .......... Bayou Petite Anse ................................................................................................ TSS.

060902 .......... Bayou Carlin (Delcambre Canal)— Lake Peigneur to Bayou Petite Anse (Estuarine).TSS.

060903 .......... Bayou Tigre .......................................................................................................... TSS

060904 .......... Vermilion River B890 Basin New Iberia Drainage Canal .................................... TSS.

060905 .......... New Iberia Southern Drainage Canal .................................................................. TSS.

Turbidity.

060909 .......... Lake Peigneur ...................................................................................................... Siltation.

TSS.

060910 .......... Boston Canal and Associated Canals (Estuarine) ............................................... Siltation.

TSS.

Turbidity.

060911 .......... Vermilion-Teche River Basin ................................................................................ TSS.

061101 .......... Bayou Petite Anse ................................................................................................ Siltation.

TSS.

Turbidity.

061102 .......... Intracoastal Waterway .......................................................................................... TSS.

061103 .......... Freshwater Bayou Canal ...................................................................................... TSS.

Turbidity.

EPA requests that the public provide

to EPA any water quality related data

and information that may be relevant to

the calculations for these TMDLs, or any

other comments relevant to these

TMDLs. EPA will review all data and

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information submitted during the public

comment period and revise the TMDLs

where appropriate. EPA will then

forward the TMDLs to the Court and the

Louisiana Department of Environmental

Quality (LDEQ). LDEQ will incorporate

the TMDLs into its current water quality

management plan.

Dated: December 21, 2000.

Sam Becker,

Acting Director, Water Quality Protection

Division, Region 6.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6927–4]

Notice of Tentative Approval and

Solicitation of Requests for a Public

Hearing for Public Water System

Supervision Program Revision for the

State of Delaware

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of tentative approval and

solicitation of requests for a public

hearing.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given in

accordance with the provision of section

1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act as

amended, and the rules governing

National Primary Drinking Water

Regulations that the State of Delaware

has revised its approved Public Water

System Supervision Primacy Program.

Specifically, Delaware has revised its

Administrative Penalty Authority and

its definition of a public water system.

EPA has determined that these program

revisions satisfy the requirements of the

Federal regulations. Therefore, EPA has

decided to tentatively approve these

program revisions. All interested parties

are invited to submit written comments

on this determination and may request

a public hearing.

DATES: Comments or a request for a

public hearing must be submitted by

February 2, 2001. This determination

shall become effective on February 2,

2001 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, and

if no comments are received which

cause EPA to modify its tentative

approval.

ADDRESSES: Comments or a request for

a public hearing must be submitted to

the U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency Region III, Mail Code 3WP22,

1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA

19103–2029. 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:

• Drinking Water Branch, Water

Protection Division, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Region III, 1650

Arch Street, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

19103–2029; and

• Delaware Department of Health and

Social Services, Division of Public

Health, Office of Drinking Water, Blue

Hen Corporate Center-Suite 203, Dover,

DE 19001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Frederick N. Mac Millan, Drinking

Water Branch (3WP22) at the

Philadelphia address given above;

telephone (215) 814–3201 or fax (215)

814–2318.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: All

interested parties are invited to submit

written comments on this determination

and may request a public hearing. All

comments will be considered, and, if

necessary, EPA will issue a response.

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

February 2, 2001, a public hearing will

be held. A request for public hearing

shall include the following: (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 a hearing; and (3) the signature

of the individual making the request; or,

if the request is made on behalf of an

organization or other entity, the

signature of a responsible official of the

organization or other entity.

Dated: December 21, 2000.

Bradley M. Campbell,

Regional Administrator, EPA, Region III.

[FR Doc. 01–36 Filed 1–2–01; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY

Open Meeting, Advisory Committee for

the National Urban Search and Rescue

Response System

AGENCY: Federal Emergency

Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: In accordance with section

10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act (Publ. L. 92–463,5 U.S.C.

App.), announcement is made of the

following committee meeting:

Name: Advisory Committee for the

National Urban Search and Rescue Response

System.

Date of Meeting: January 30–31, 2001

Place: Marriott Wardman Park Hotel, 2660

Woodley Road, NW, Washington, DC 20008.

Time: January 30: 9:00 a.m.—5:00 p.m.

January 31: 9:00 a.m.—5:00 p.m.

Proposed Agenda: The committee will be

provided with a program update that will

address the status of ongoing program

activities, including recent training and

exercises. The committee will review and

revise the current Advisory Organization

Decision Process document. The committee

will consider current and future program

requirements and will make

recommendations for budget allocations and

requests for Fiscal Years 2001 through 2003.

Discussion will also be held concerning

urban search and rescue task force

operational status and transportation issues.

The committee will review the current status

of draft urban search and rescue regulations

and system documentation revisions. Finally,

the committee will identify priorities for its

subordinate working groups for Fiscal Year

2001.

The meeting will be open to the public,

with approximately 20 seats available on a

first-come, first-served basis. All members of

the public interested in attending should

contact Mark R. Russo, at 202–646–2701.

Minutes of the meeting will be prepared

and will be available for public viewing at

the Federal Emergency Management Agency,

Operations and Planning Division, Response

and Recovery Directorate, 500 C Street, SW,

Washington, DC 20472. Copies of the

minutes will be available upon request 30

days after the meeting.

Robert J. Adamcik,

Deputy Associate Director, Response &

Recovery Directorate.

[FR Doc. 01–70 Filed 1–2–01; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Change in Bank Control Notices;

Acquisition of Shares of Bank or Bank

Holding Companies

The notificants listed below have

applied under the Change in Bank

Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817 (j)) and

§ 225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12

CFR 225.41) to acquire a bank or bank

holding company. The factors that are

considered in acting on the notices are

set forth in paragraph 7 of the Act (12

U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)).

The notices are available for

immediate inspection at the Federal

Reserve Bank indicated. The notices

also will be available for inspection at

the office of the Board of Governors.

Interested persons may express their

views in writing to the Reserve Bank