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ii. E-mail. Comments may be sent by 

electronic mail (e-mail) to 

ORD.Docket@epa.gov, Attention Docket 

ID No. ORD–2005–0027. In contrast to 

EPA’s electronic public docket, EPA’s email system is not an anonymous access 

system. If you send an e-mail comment 

directly to the docket without going 

through EPA’s electronic public docket, 

EPA’s e-mail system automatically 

captures your e-mail address. E-mail 

addresses that are automatically 

captured by EPA’s e-mail system are 

included as part of the comment that is 

placed in the official public docket, and 

made available in EPA’s electronic 

public docket. 

iii. Disk or CD ROM. You may submit 

comments on a disk or CD ROM that 

you mail to the mailing address 

identified in Unit I.B.2. These electronic 

submissions will be accepted in 

WordPerfect or ASCII file format. Avoid 

the use of special characters and any 

form of encryption. 

2. By Mail. Send your comments to: 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

ORD Docket, EPA Docket Center (EPA/ 

DC), Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC, 20460, Attention Docket ID No. 

ORD–2005–0027. 

3. By Hand Delivery or Courier. 

Deliver your comments to: EPA Docket 

Center (EPA/DC), Room B102, EPA West 

Building, 1301 Constitution Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC, Attention Docket 

ID No. ORD–2005–0027. (note: this is 

not a mailing address). Such deliveries 

are only accepted during the docket’s 

normal hours of operation as identified 

in Unit I.A.1. 

Dated: October 13, 2005. 

Kevin Y. Teichman, 

Director, Office of Science Policy. 

[FR Doc. 05–21189 Filed 10–21–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL HOUSING FINANCE BOARD 

[No. 2005–N–07] 

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) 

has submitted the information 

collection entitled ‘‘Advances to 

Housing Associates’’ to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval of a 3 year 

extension of the OMB control number, 

3069–0005, which is due to expire on 

November 30, 2005. 

DATES: Interested persons may submit 

comments on or before November 23, 

2005. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments to the 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs of the Office of Management and 

Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for the 

Federal Housing Finance Board, 

Washington DC 20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR COPIES OF

THE INFORMATION COLLECTION CONTACT: 

Jonathan F. Curtis, Examinations 

Specialist, Office of Supervision, by 

telephone at 202–408–2866, by 

electronic mail at curtisj@fhfb.gov, or by 

regular mail at the Federal Housing 

Finance Board, 1625 Eye Street NW., 

Washington DC 20006. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

A. Need For and Use of the Information 

Collection 

Section 10b of the Federal Home Loan 

Bank Act (Bank Act) (12 U.S.C. 1430b) 

authorizes the Federal Home Loan 

Banks (FHLBanks) to make advances 

under certain circumstances to certified 

nonmember mortgagees. The Finance 

Board refers to nonmember mortgagees 

as housing associates. In order to be 

certified as a housing associate, an 

applicant must meet the eligibility 

requirements set forth in section 10b of 

the Bank Act. Part 926 of the Finance 

Board regulations (12 CFR part 926) 

implements the statutory eligibility 

requirements and establishes uniform 

review criteria an applicant must meet 

in order to be certified as a housing 

associate by an FHLBank. More 

specifically, sections 926.3 and 926.4 

(12 CFR 926.3–926.4) implement the 

statutory eligibility requirements and 

provide guidance to an applicant on 

how it may satisfy such requirements. 

Section 926.5 (12 CFR 926.5) authorizes 

the FHLBanks to approve or deny all 

applications for certification as a 

housing associate, subject to the 

statutory and regulatory requirements. 

Section 926.6 (12 CFR 926.6) permits an 

applicant to appeal an FHLBank 

decision to deny certification to the 

Finance Board. 

Section 950.17 of the Finance Board 

regulations (12 CFR 950.17) establishes 

the terms and conditions under which 

an FHLBank may make advances to a 

certified housing associate. Section 

950.17 also imposes a continuing 

obligation on a housing associate to 

provide information necessary to 

determine if it remains in compliance 

with applicable statutory and regulatory 

requirements. 

The information collection contained 

in sections 926.1 through 926.6 and 

section 950.17 of the Finance Board 

regulations (12 CFR 926.1–926.6 and 

950.17) is necessary to enable the 

FHLBanks to determine whether an 

applicant satisfies the statutory and 

regulatory requirements to be certified 

initially and maintain its status as a 

housing associate eligible to receive 

FHLBank advances. The Finance Board 

requires and uses the information 

collection to determine whether to 

uphold or overrule an FHLBank 

decision to deny housing associate 

certification to an applicant. 

The OMB control number for the 

information collection, which expires 

on November 30, 2005, is 3069–0005. 

The likely respondents include 

applicants for housing associate 

certification and current housing 

associates. 

B. Burden Estimate 

The Finance Board estimates the total 

annual average number of applicants at 

one, with one response per applicant. 

The estimate for the average hours per 

application is 15 hours. The estimate for 

the annual hour burden for applicants is 

15 hours (1 applicant × 1 response per 

applicant × 15 hours). 

The Finance Board estimates the total 

annual average number of maintenance 

respondents, that is, certified housing 

associates, at 63, with 1 response per 

housing associate. The estimate for the 

average hours per maintenance response 

is 1 hour. The estimate for the annual 

hour burden for certified housing 

associates is 63 hours (63 certified 

housing associates × 1 response per 

associate × 1 hour). 

The estimate for the total annual hour 

burden is 78 hours (63 housing 

associates × 1 response per associate × 

1.0 hours + 1 applicant × 1 response per 

applicant × 15 hours). 

C. Comment Request 

In accordance with 5 CFR 1320.8(d), 

the Finance Board published a request 

for public comments regarding this 

information collection in the Federal 

Register on August 1, 2005. See 70 FR 

44099 (August 1, 2005). The 60-day 

comment period closed on September 

30, 2005. The Finance Board received 

no public comments. Written comments 

are requested on: (1) Whether the 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of Finance 

Board functions, including whether the 

information has practical utility; (2) the 

accuracy of the Finance Board estimates 

of the burdens of the collection of 

information; (3) ways to enhance the 

quality, utility and clarity of the 

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information collected; and (4) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on applicants and housing 

associates, including through the use of 

automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Comments may be submitted to OMB in 

writing at the address listed above. 

Dated: October 17, 2005. 

By the Federal Housing Finance Board. 

John P. Kennedy, 

General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 05–21148 Filed 10–21–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6725–01–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 8, 2005. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas 

City (Donna J. Ward, Assistant Vice 

President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas 

City, Missouri 64198-0001: 

1. Alan R. Fairman, DuBois, 

Pennsylvania, Beverly A. Fairman, 

Ronald L. Fairman, and Ann W. 

Fairman, all of Punxsutawney, 

Pennsylvania, acting as a group in 

concert, to acquire control of New 

Mexico Banquest Corporation, parent of 

First National Bank of Santa Fe, both in 

Santa Fe, New Mexico. 

In connection with this application, 

Johnny P. Crowley, Glorieta, New 

Mexico, as trustee of the New Mexico 

Banquest Corporation Employee Stock 

Ownership Plan Trust, Santa Fe, New 

Mexico, to acquire control of New 

Mexico Banquest Corporation, parent of 

First National Bank of Santa Fe, both in 

Santa Fe, New Mexico. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, October 19, 2005. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E5–5856 Filed 10–21–05; 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 

assets or the ownership of, control of, or 

the power to vote shares of a bank or 

bank holding company and all of the 

banks and nonbanking companies 

owned by the bank holding company, 

including the companies listed below. 

The applications listed below, as well 

as other related filings required by the 

Board, are available for immediate 

inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank 

indicated. The application also will be 

available for inspection at the offices of 

the Board of Governors. Interested 

persons may express their views in 

writing on the standards enumerated in 

the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the 

proposal also involves the acquisition of 

a nonbanking company, the review also 

includes whether the acquisition of the 

nonbanking company complies with the 

standards in section 4 of the BHC Act 

(12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise 

noted, nonbanking activities will be 

conducted throughout the United States. 

Additional information on all bank 

holding companies may be obtained 

from the National Information Center 

website at http://www.ffiec.gov/nic/. 

Unless otherwise noted, comments 

regarding each of these applications 

must be received at the Reserve Bank 

indicated or the offices of the Board of 

Governors not later than November 18, 

2005. 

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago 

(Patrick M. Wilder, Assistant Vice 

President) 230 South LaSalle Street, 

Chicago, Illinois 60690-1414: 

1. CenterBank Financial, Inc., 

Northfield, Illinois; to become a bank 

holding company by acquiring 100 

percent of the voting shares of 

CenterBank and Trust, National 

Association (in organization), Deerfield, 

Illinois. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, October 19, 2005. 

Robert deV. Frierson, 

Deputy Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E5–5855 Filed 10–21–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–S 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

National Toxicology Program (NTP); 

Liaison and Scientific Review Office 

(LSRO); NTP High Throughput 

Screening Assays Workshop 

AGENCY: National Institute of 

Environmental Health Sciences 

(NIEHS), National Institutes of Health 

(NIH). 

ACTION: Workshop Announcement and 

Request for Public Comment. 

SUMMARY: The NTP has developed and 

refined a vision for toxicology in the 

21st century (‘‘NTP Vision’’) and a 

roadmap for implementing its vision 

(‘‘NTP Roadmap’’) to strategically place 

the program at the forefront of providing 

scientific data and its interpretation for 

use in public health decision-making 

(see NTP Web site http:// 

ntp.niehs.nih.gov select ‘‘NTP Vision 

and Roadmap’’). As part of the NTP 

Roadmap, the NTP will convene a series 

of workshops, including the High 

Throughput Screening Assays 

Workshop, to discuss test methods and 

approaches that will enhance the 

program’s ability to efficiently evaluate 

the large number of substances in our 

environment for which there is little or 

no information about their potential 

hazard for human health. This 

workshop is scheduled for December 

14–15, 2005, at the Hyatt Regency 

Crystal City, 2799 Jefferson Davis 

Highway, Arlington, VA and will focus 

on providing information about high 

throughput screening techniques and 

the potential utility of this technology 

for toxicology and the NTP. This 

meeting is open to the public and 

attendance is limited only by the space 

available. Individuals may register to 

attend the workshop on a first-come, 

first-served basis per the procedures 

outlined below. A copy of the agenda 

and any additional information about 

the workshop, including background 

materials and participants, will be 

posted on the NTP Web site when 

available (see NTP Web site http:// 

ntp.niehs.nih.gov select ‘‘Meetings and 

Workshops’’). 

DATES: The workshop will be held on 

December 14–15, 2005. The workshop 

will begin each day at 8:30 a.m. and end 

at approximately 5 p.m. on December 14