13984 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 50 / Wednesday, March 15, 1995 / Notices

Dated: March 6, 1995.

Stephen L. Johnson,

Director, Registration Division, Office of

Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 95–6415 Filed 3–14–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

[PP 4G4409 and 5G4448/T668; FRL–4939–

9]

Northrup King Co. and Ciba-Geigy

Corp.; Initial Filings of Exemptions

from the Requirement of Tolerances;

Technical Amendment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; Technical amendment.

SUMMARY: EPA is issuing a technical

amendment to clarify a notice on

establishing temporary exemptions from

the requirement of tolerances for the

delta endotoxin protein produced in

field corn by a CryIA(b) gene from

Bacillus thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki

HD-1 and inserted in the plant

expression vector pZ01502 and for the

plant pesticide Bacillus-thuringiensis

subsp. kurstaki CryIA(b) insect control

protein as produced in corn plants and

the genetic material necessary for its

production. EPA has not yet granted the

temporary tolerance exemptions;

instead, EPA is announcing that it has

received the petitions and is considering

whether or not to grant them.

EFFECTIVE DATE: March 15, 1995.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael Mendelsohn, Biopesticides and

Pollution Prevention Division (7501W),

Office of Pesticide Programs,

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460.

Office location and telephone number:

Crystal Station, 5th Fl. 2800 Crystal

Drive, Arlington, VA 22202, (703)-308-

8712; e-mail:

Mendelsohn.Mike@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In the

Federal Register of February 15, 1995

(60 FR 8658), EPA issued a notice of

temporary tolerance exemptions for PP

4G4409 filed by Northrup King Co. and

PP 5G4448 filed by Ciba-Geigy Corp.

EPA is issuing this technical

amemdment to that notice to state that

the petitions have not yet been granted,

but are being considered. PP 4G4409

filed by Northrup King Co., 7500 Olson

Memorial Hwy., Golden Valley, MN

55427, has requested the establishment

of an exemption from the requirement of

a tolerance for the delta endotoxin

protein produced in field corn by a

CryIA(b) gene from Bacillus

thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki HD-1 and

inserted in the plant expression vector

pZ01502. PP 5G4448 filed by Ciba-Geigy

Corp., P.O. Box 12257, Research

Triangle Park, NC 27709-2257, has

requested the establishment of an

exemption from the requirement of a

tolerance for the plant pesticide Bacillus

thuringiensis subsp. kurstaki CryIA(b)

insect control protein as produced in

corn plants and the genetic material

necessary for its production.

EPA reiterates that these filings have

been received, but they are not yet

granted. If the temporary tolerances are

granted, notice to this effect will be

published in the Federal Register.

This document contains technical

amendments only and does not require

notice and comment, 5 U.S.C. 553.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection,

Agricultural commodities, Pesticides

and pests, Reporting and recordkeeping

requirements.

Dated: March 2, 1995.

Janet L. Andersen,

Acting Director of Biopesticides and Pollution

Prevention Division, Office of Pesticide

Programs.

[FR Doc. 95–5800 Filed 3–7–95; 3:17 pm]

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

Public Information Collections

Approved by Office of Management

and Budget

March 8, 1995.

The Federal Communications

Commission (FCC) has received Office

of Management and Budget (OMB)

approval for the following public

information collections pursuant to the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1980, Pub.

L. 96–511. For further information

contact Shoko B. Hair, Federal

Communications Commission, (202)

418–1379.

Federal Communications Commission.

OMB Control No.: 3060–0458.

Expiration Date: 02/28/98.

Title: Regulation of International

Accounting Rates (CC Docket No. 90–

337).

Estimated Annual Burden: 240 total

annual hours; 2 hours per response.

Description: CC Docket No. 90–337

implemented rules making it easier for

U.S. carriers engaged in international

telecommunications to negotiate lower

accounting rates. Simple reductions in

rates are made pursuant to a notification

approach; other changes are subject to

the International Settlements Policy

(ISP) waiver approach. Such carriers are

required to file copies of operating

agreements. See 47 CFR Sections 43.51,

64.1001, and 63.01. The information is

used for monitoring and enforcement

purposes.

OMB Control No.: 3060–0253.

Expiration Date: 02/28/98.

Title: Connection of Telephone

Equipment to the Telephone Network,

Part 68, Sections 68.106, 68.108, 68.110.

Estimated Annual Burden: 57,540

total annual hours; .057 hours per

response.

Description: Section 68.106 requires

customers connecting terminal

equipment or protective circuitry to the

telephone network to provide, upon

request, certain information to the

telephone company. Section 68.108

requires telephone companies to notify

customers of possible discontinuance of

service when customer’s equipment is

malfunctioning and to inform them of

their right to file a complaint. Section

68.110 requires telephone companies to

provide technical information

concerning inter-face parameters not

specified in Part 68 and to notify

customers of changes in telephone

company facilities, equipment,

operations or procedures where such

changes can be reasonably expected to

render any customer’s terminal

equipment incompatible with the

telephone company’s communication

facilities. The collections are designed

to prevent harm to the telephone

network when customer-provided

equipment is connected to telephone

company lines and assures that

customers will not overload the

telephone lines with excessive

equipment which would degrade

service to the customers and others.

OMB Control No.: 3060–0450.

Expiration Date: 02/28/98.

Title: Detariffing the Installation and

Maintenance of Inside Wiring Services,

Reports on State Regulatory Activities

(CC Docket No. 79–105).

Description: 47 CFR Section 43.41

requires that each local exchange carrier

(LEC) with annual operating revenues of

$100 million or more file, within thirty

days of its publication or release, a copy

of any state or local statute, rule order,

or other document that regulates, or

proposes to regulate, the price or prices

the LEC charges for inside wiring

services. The rules applies only to the

LEC serving the greatest number of

access lines within the portions of the

state that are, or would be, subject to the

state regulation. The information filed is

used by the Commission to monitor the

activities of state agencies that desire to