Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 203 / Friday, October 21, 2005 / Notices 61289 

Dated: October 11, 2005. 

Debra Edwards, 

Director, Special Review and Reregistration 

Division, Office of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. 05–20996 Filed 10–20–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–7983–8; E–Docket ID No. ORD–2005–

0021] 

Additional Proposed Indicators for the 

U.S. EPA’s 2007 Report on the 

Environment 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of public comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing a 30-day 

public review and comment period on 

several Additional Proposed 

Indicators—EPA ROE 2007. These 

proposed indicators are in addition to 

the proposed indicators that were the 

subject of a June 6, 2005, Federal 

Register notice (70 FR 32769) that 

announced both a public comment 

period and an independent peer-review 

workshop that was held on July 27–29, 

2005. Several of these additional 

indicators were added in response to 

comments from the first peer-review 

regarding additional indicators needed. 

Others were evaluated during the first 

review but have changed substantially 

and therefore warrant re-review; and a 

few are indicators for which materials 

were not ready at the time of the initial 

review. In addition to the public 

comment period, this set of additional 

proposed indicators will also undergo 

independent expert peer-review. The 

peer-review for this smaller set will be 

conducted via letter review. ERG, an 

EPA contractor for external scientific 

peer-review, is conducting this 

independent, external, peer-review and 

will engage the same expert panel that 

reviewed the first set of proposed ROE 

2007 indicators. This public comment 

period, however, provides an 

opportunity for all stakeholders to 

weigh in on the primary contents of the 

draft 2007 Report on the Environment 

(EPA ROE 2007) at an early stage. In 

preparing the EPA ROE 2007, EPA will 

consider ERG’s report of the comments 

and recommendations from this expert 

peer-review and any public comments 

EPA receives in accordance with today’s 

notice. 

EPA is releasing these proposed 

indicators for public comment and for 

the purpose of pre-dissemination peerreview under applicable information 

quality guidelines. These indicators 

have not been formally disseminated by 

EPA. They do not represent and should 

not be construed to represent any 

Agency policy or determination. 

DATES: The 30-day public comment 

period begins October 21, 2005, and 

ends November 21, 2005. Comments 

must be postmarked by November 21, 

2005. 

ADDRESSES: The Additional Proposed 

Indicators—EPA ROE 2007 are available 

primarily via the Internet at: 

www.epa.gov/ROEindicators. Each of 

the proposed additional indicators can 

be downloaded separately from this 

Web site in the PDF format. A limited 

number of electronic copies on compact 

disc (CD) are available from the National 

Center for Environmental Assessment’s 

Technical Information Staff, NCEA–W; 

telephone: 202–564–3261; facsimile: 

202–565–0050. If you are requesting a 

CD, please provide your name, your 

mailing address, and the document title, 

‘‘Additional Proposed Indicators—EPA 

ROE 2007.’’

Public comments may be submitted 

electronically via EPA’s E-Docket, by 

mail, by facsimile, or by hand delivery/ 

courier. Please follow the detailed 

instructions for submission of public 

comments as provided in the section of 

this notice entitled SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on the public comment 

period, contact the OEI Docket; 

telephone: 202–566–1752; facsimile: 

202–566–1753; or e-mail: 

ORD.Docket@epa.gov. 

If you have technical questions about 

the Additional Proposed Indicators—

EPA ROE 2007, contact: Julie Damon, 

National Center for Environmental 

Assessment (8601D), U.S. EPA, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone: 202–

564–3404; facsimile: 202–565–0065; or 

e-mail: damon.julie@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

About the Report on the Environment 

and the Proposed Indicators—EPA ROE 

2007 

In June 2003, EPA published its first 

national Draft Report on the 

Environment, using available indicators 

and data to answer questions pertaining 

to national environmental and human 

health conditions. At that time, EPA 

released two companion documents—

one for readers with a general interest in 

the environment (Draft Report on the 

Environment Public Report) and another 

for more technical readers (Draft Report 

on the Environment Technical 

Document). These draft documents 

utilized indicators to describe the then 

current environmental conditions, 

trends, and data gaps. 

Shortly after the release of the 2003 

draft documents, EPA announced that it 

planned to release the next Report on 

the Environment in 2007. Activities 

related to the development of EPA’s 

2007 ROE have been ongoing since 

release of the 2003 draft documents. As 

in 2003, EPA anticipates the 2007 ROE 

will include the release of two paper 

documents—one for readers with a 

general interest in the environment (a 

Public Report) and another for more 

technical readers (a Technical 

Document). EPA also intends to make 

the information in the 2007 ROE 

available as an interactive, searchable 

Web site—the ‘‘e-ROE.’’ The Technical 

Document will provide the scientific 

foundation for the more general Public 

Report and the e-ROE. EPA plans to use 

the Technical Document to present and 

discuss indicators that are currently 

available to answer the questions posed 

in the ROE 2007. 

EPA encourages the public to submit 

comments on whether these additional 

indicators proposed to be included in 

the EPA ROE 2007 Technical Document 

are supported by data that are 

technically sound, meet the established 

indicator definition and criteria, and 

help answer the questions posed in the 

ROE 2007. In addition, EPA welcomes 

comments on any other aspect of the 

proposed indicators that the public 

would like to share with the Agency. 

After ERG provides EPA with a report 

of the peer-review on these additional 

proposed indicators, as well as the 

report resulting from the July 2005 peerreview workshop, EPA will consider 

ERG’s report and the public comments. 

Any resulting revisions to the proposed 

indicators or any changes to the list of 

proposed indicators will be discussed 

within EPA and with our federal agency 

partners. The external review draft of 

the EPA ROE 2007 Technical Document 

is expected in summer/fall 2006. 

How To Submit Comments to EPA’s EDocket 

EPA has established an official public 

docket for information pertaining to the 

Additional Proposed Indicators—EPA 

ROE 2007, Docket ID No. ORD–2005–

0021. The official public docket is the 

collection of materials, excluding 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information for which 

disclosure is restricted by statute, that is 

available for public viewing at the 

Office of Environmental Information 

(OEI) Docket in the Headquarters EPA 

Docket Center, EPA West Building, 

Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., 

61290 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 203 / Friday, October 21, 2005 / Notices 

NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket 

Center Public Reading Room is open 

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

through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

Public Reading Room is 202–566–1744, 

and the telephone number for the OEI 

Docket is 202–566–1752; facsimile: 202–

566–1753; or e-mail: 

ORD.Docket@epa.gov. 

An electronic version of the official 

public docket is available through EPA’s 

electronic public docket and comment 

system, E-Docket. You may use EDocket at http://www.epa.gov/edocket/ 

to submit or view public comments, to 

access the index of the contents of the 

official public docket, and to view those 

documents in the public docket that are 

available electronically. Once in the 

system, select ‘‘search,’’ then key in the 

appropriate docket identification 

number. 

Certain types of information will not 

be placed in E-Docket. Information 

claimed as CBI and other information 

for which disclosure is restricted by 

statute are not included in the official 

public docket and also will not be 

available for public viewing in EDocket. Copyrighted material will not be 

placed in E-Docket, but will be 

referenced there and available as 

printed material in the official public 

docket. 

If you intend to submit comments to 

EPA, please note that it is EPA policy 

to make comments available for public 

viewing just as they are received at the 

EPA Docket Center or in E-Docket. This 

policy applies to information submitted 

electronically or in paper form, except 

where restricted by copyright, CBI, or 

statute. When EPA identifies a comment 

containing copyrighted material, EPA 

will provide a reference to that material 

in the version of the comment placed in 

EPA’s electronic public docket; the 

entire printed comment, including the 

copyrighted material, will be available 

in the official public docket. 

Public comments submitted on 

computer disks that are mailed or 

delivered to the docket will be 

transferred to E-Docket. Physical objects 

will be photographed, where practical, 

and the photograph will be placed in EDocket along with a brief description 

written by the docket staff. 

You may submit comments 

electronically, by mail, by facsimile, or 

by hand delivery/courier. To ensure 

proper receipt by EPA, include the 

appropriate docket identification 

number with your submission. Please 

adhere to the specified submitting 

period; public comments received past 

the closing date will be marked ‘‘late’’

and may only be considered if time 

permits. 

If you submit public comments 

electronically, EPA recommends that 

you include your name, mailing 

address, and an e-mail address or other 

contact information in the body of your 

comment. Also include these contact 

details on the outside of any submitted 

disk or CD–ROM, and in any cover letter 

accompanying the disk or CD–ROM. 

This ensures that you can be identified 

as the person submitting the comment 

and allows EPA to contact you in case 

the Agency cannot read your 

submission due to technical difficulties, 

or needs further information on the 

substance of your comment. EPA will 

not edit your comment, and any 

identifying or contact information 

provided in the body of the comment 

will be included as part of the comment 

placed in the official public docket and 

made available in E-Docket. If EPA 

cannot read what you submit due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, it may delay or 

preclude EPA’s consideration of your 

comments. 

Electronic submission of comments 

via E-Docket is the preferred method for 

receiving comments. To access EPA’s 

electronic public docket from the EPA 

Internet Home Page, select ‘‘Information 

Sources,’’ ‘‘Dockets,’’ and ‘‘EPA 

Dockets.’’ Once in the system, select 

‘‘search,’’ and key in Docket ID No. 

ORD–2005–0021. The system is an 

‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means EPA will not know your identity, 

e-mail address, or other contact details 

unless you provide it in the body of 

your comment. 

Comments may be sent by electronic 

mail (e-mail) to ORD.Docket@epa.gov, 

Attention Docket ID No. ORD–2005–

0021. In contrast to EPA’s electronic 

public docket, EPA’s e-mail system is 

not an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system. If 

you send an e-mail directly to the 

docket without going through EPA’s EDocket, EPA’s e-mail system 

automatically captures your e-mail 

address, and it becomes part of the 

information in the official public docket 

and is made available in E-Docket. 

You may submit comments on a disk 

or CD–ROM mailed to the OEI Docket 

mailing address. Files will be accepted 

in WordPerfect, Word, or PDF file 

format. Avoid the use of special 

characters and any form of encryption. 

If you provide comments in writing, 

please submit one unbound original 

with pages numbered consecutively, 

and three copies. For attachments, 

provide an index, number pages 

consecutively with the main text, and 

submit an unbound original and three 

copies. 

Dated: October 6, 2005. 

Peter Preuss, 

Director, National Center for Environmental 

Assessment. 

[FR Doc. 05–21094 Filed 10–20–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

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 

indicated for that notice or to the offices 

of the Board of Governors. Comments 

must be received not later than 

November 7, 2005. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of 

Minneapolis (Jacqueline G. King, 

Community Affairs Officer) 90 

Hennepin Avenue, Minneapolis, 

Minnesota 55480-0291: 

1. Marilyn J. Ivers, Great Falls, 

Montana; as co-trustee, to acquire 

control of Northern Financial 

Corporation, Independence, Wisconsin, 

and thereby indirectly acquire 

Independence State Bank, 

Independence, Wisconsin. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, October 18, 2005. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E5–5801 Filed 10–20–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and 

Mergers of Bank Holding Companies 

The companies listed in this notice 

have applied to the Board for approval, 

pursuant to the Bank Holding Company 

Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.) 

(BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR part 

225), and all other applicable statutes 

and regulations to become a bank 

holding company and/or to acquire the