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of remote housing authorities

administering Indian housing programs

should be represented. However, the

Department has recognized the unique

and special circumstances of

administering public housing programs

in Alaska by not applying the

performance funding system (PFS)

regulations to housing owned by HAs in

Alaska, as well as the Virgin Islands,

Puerto Rico, and Guam. Operating

subsidy payments to these HAs are

based upon budgets approved by HUD

on a case-by-case basis. Since the

purpose of the committee is to develop

a proposed rule that would change the

current PFS approach to payment of

operating subsidies to vacant units, HAs

that use a non-PFS approach do not

have a direct interest that should be

represented on the committee.

CLPHA commented that large housing

authorities that are directly

experiencing serious vacancy problems

should constitute the majority of the

committee. The Department notes that

housing authorities now have 8 of the

14 committee memberships and that 1

of the public interest groups given

membership is an association

representing housing authorities in

Illinois. Of the eight HA members, six

are currently dealing with vacancy

problems or have done so in the recent

past. Clearly, the collective interests of

HAs are well represented, as are the

interests of those large authorities with

vacancy problems. It should also be

emphasized that the committee will try

to achieve its goals of developing a new

proposed vacancy rule through

measures that seek to achieve a

consensus among all committee

members.

Tentative Schedule

HUD will hold the first meeting of the

committee on March 7–9, 1995. On

March 7, the meeting will start at 10:00

a.m. and run until completion; on

March 8, the meeting will start at 9:00

a.m. and run until completion; and on

March 9, the meeting will start at 9:00

a.m. and run until approximately 1:00

p.m. The location of the meeting will be

the Captain’s Room of the Channel Inn

Hotel, 650 Water Street, SW,

Washington, D.C. 20024. The purpose of

the meeting will be to orient members

to the negotiated rulemaking (reg-neg)

process, establish a basic set of

understandings and ground rules

(protocols) regarding the process that

will be followed in seeking a consensus,

and begin to address the issues. This

meeting is open to the public.

Decisions with respect to future

meetings will be made at the first

meeting and from time to time

thereafter. Notices of future meetings

will be published in the Federal

Register if time permits.

To prevent delays that might

postpone timely issuance of a proposed

rule, HUD intends to terminate the

committee’s activities if it does not

reach consensus within 5 months of the

first meeting. The process may end

earlier if the FMCS conveners/

facilitators believe that sufficient

progress cannot be made or that an

impasse has developed that cannot be

resolved.

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 1437g, 3535(d).

Dated: February 21, 1995.

Joseph Shuldiner,

Assistant Secretary for Public and Indian

Housing.

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BILLING CODE 4210–33–M

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE

Office of the Secretary

32 CFR Part 184

[DoD 4145.26–M]

Contractor’s Safety for Ammunition

and Explosives

AGENCY: Office of the Secretary of

Defense, DoD.

ACTION: Proposed rule; extension of

comment period.

SUMMARY: On December 16 1994, 59 FR

64911, the Department of Defense

published a proposed rule which

codifies its revised explosives safety

standards for ammunition and

explosives (A&E) work performed under

DoD contracts. The proposed rule is

necessary to minimize the potential for

mishaps that could interrupt DoD

operations, delay project completion

dates, adversely impact DoD production

base or capability, damage or destroy

DoD-owned material/equipment, cause

injury to DoD personnel, or endanger

the general public. Comments were

requested by February 14, 1995. The

DoD Explosives Safety Board has been

requested by several interested

contractors to extend the comment

period to provide time for a more

detailed technical review. In the interest

of all concerned parties, including the

DoD and its potential A&E contractors,

notice is hereby given of an extension of

the Comment period from February 14,

1995 through May 15, 1995.

DATES: Comments are requested by May

15, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to:

Chairman, Department of Defense

Explosives Safety Board, (DDESB), 2461

Eisenhower Avenue, Alexandria, VA

22331–0600.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ray B. Sawyer, Director, Technical

Programs Division, DDESB, telephone

(703) 325–8624.

Dated: February 17, 1995.

Patricia L. Toppings,

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison

Officer, Department of Defense.

[FR Doc. 95–4494 Filed 2–23–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 5000–04–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

40 CFR Part 52

[SC–27–1–6735b; FRL–5145–9]

Approval and Promulgation of

Implementation Plans South Carolina:

Title V, Section 507, Small Business

Stationary Source Technical and

Environmental Compliance Assistance

Program

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed rule.

SUMMARY: The EPA proposes to approve

the State Implementation Plan (SIP)

revision submitted by the State of South

Carolina for the purpose of establishing

a small business assistance program

(SBAP). In the final rules section of this

Federal Register, the EPA is approving

the State’s SIP revision as a direct final

rule without prior proposal because the

Agency views this as a noncontroversial

revision amendment and anticipates no

adverse comments. A detailed rationale

for the approval is set forth in the direct

final rule. If no adverse comments are

received in response to that direct final

rule, no further activity is contemplated

in relation to this proposed rule. If EPA

receives adverse comments, the direct

final rule will be withdrawn and all

public comments received will be

addressed in a subsequent final rule

based on this proposed rule. The EPA

will not institute a second comment

period on this document. Any parties

interested in commenting on this

document should do so at this time.

DATES: To be considered, comments

must be received by March 27, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be addressed to: Ms. Kimberly Bingham,

Regulatory Planning and Development

Section, Air Programs Branch, Air,