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the existence of flow control measures.

Data also indicate that flow control is

not essential for developing MSW

capacity or for achieving recycling

goals.

The Agency examined flow control

nation-wide, finding that 35 states, the

District of Columbia, and the Virgin

Islands authorize flow control directly.

Four additional states authorize flow

control indirectly through mechanisms

such as solid waste management plans

and home rule authority. Eleven states

do not have flow control authority. It is

important to recognize that the Report

presents a national perspective on flow

control, and that the needs and

objectives of state and local jurisdictions

may differ significantly from a national

viewpoint. Factors such as local waste

generation rates, financial and market

conditions, demographics, and the local

economy affect the planning and

implementation of solid waste

management systems.

ADDRESSES: Paper copies of the full

Report are available from the National

Technical Information Service (NTIS) at

1–703–487–4650. The document

number is PB95–179 263 (EPA530–R–

95–008). Copies of the Report’s

Executive Summary (EPA530–S–95–

008) are free, and may be obtained by

calling the RCRA/Superfund Hotline at

1–800–424–9346; 1–800–553–7672

(TDD).

EPA is making these documents

available electronically. The Agency is

interested in learning whether people

have obtained them electronically and

what their experiences were in doing so.

You are encouraged to provide feedback

on the electronic availability of these

documents by sending E-mail to OSWPilot @epamail.epa.gov. The Report and

the Executive Summary can be accessed

in electronic format on the Internet

System through:

EPA Public Access Gopher Server: Go to

gopher.epa.gov; from the main menu,

choose ‘‘EPA Offices and Regions’’;

next, choose ‘‘Office of Solid Waste

and Emergency Response (OSWER)’’;

finally, choose ‘‘Office of Solid Waste/

Nonhazardous/Municipal Solid

Waste/General.’’

Through FTP: Go to ftp.epa.gov; Login:

anonymous; Password: Your Internet

Address. Files are located in

directories/pub/gopher. All OSW files

are in directories beginning with

‘‘OSW.’’

Through MOSAIC: Go to http://

www.epa.gov; choose the EPA Public

Access Gopher; from the main

(Gopher) menu, choose ‘‘EPA Office

and Regions.’’ Next, choose ‘‘Office of

Solid Waste and Emergency Response

(OSWER).’’ Finally, choose ‘‘Office of

Solid Waste/Nonhazardous/

Municipal Solid Waste/General.’’

Through Dial-up Access: Dial 919–558–

0335. Choose EPA Public Access

Gopher. From the main (Gopher)

menu, choose ‘‘EPA Offices and

Regions’’; then ‘‘Office of Solid Waste

and Emergency Response (OSWER)’’;

finally, ‘‘Office of Solid Waste/

Nonhazardous/Municipal Solid

Waste/General.’’

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

general information, contact the RCRA/

Superfund Hotline at 1–800–424–9346

or 1–800–553–7673 (TDD); in the

Washington, DC metropolitan area, 703–

412–9810 or 703–412–3323 (TDD). For

technical information on specific

aspects of the Report, contact Angie

Leith (5306), Office of Solid Waste, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

M Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460,

(703) 308–7253.

Dated: March 15, 1995.

Elizabeth A. Cotsworth,

Acting Director, Office of Solid Waste.

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Common Sense Initiative Council,

Computers and Electronics Sector

Subcommittee; Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Common Sense Initiative

Council, Computer and Electronics

Sector Subcommittee, notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection

Agency established the Common Sense

Initiative Council (CSIC) on October 17,

1994, to provide independent advice

and counsel to EPA on environmental

issues associated with the electronics

and computer industry and other

industrial sectors. The charter was

authorized through October 17, 1996,

under regulations established by the

Federal Advisory Committee Act

(FACA). The Computer and Electronics

Subcommittee (CSIC–CES) operates as a

subcommittee of the CSIC.

OPEN MEETING NOTICE: Notice is hereby

given that the CSIC–CES Subcommittee

will hold an open meeting on

Wednesday, April 12, from 8:30 a.m. to

5:00 p.m., and Thursday, April 13, from

8:30 a.m. to 3:00 p.m., at the Hyatt

Regency Crystal City, Regency Ballroom,

2799 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, VA 22202. Seating will be

available on a first-come, first-serve

basis.

The meeting will include review and

discussion of subcommittee operating

principles, discussion of subcommittee

information needs, review and approval

of proposed workplan items, formation

of workgroups for accepted workplan

items, and presentations on ongoing

related Agency activities. Opportunity

for public comment on major issues

under discussion will be provided at

intervals throughout the meeting.

INSPECTION OF COMMITTEE DOCUMENTS:

Documents relating to the above noted

topics will be publicly available at the

meeting. Thereafter, these documents,

together with the CSIC–CES meeting

minutes, will be available for public

inspection in room 2417M of EPA

Headquarters, 401 M Street SW.,

Washington, DC, phone (202) 260–7417.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Concerning this meeting of the CSIC–

CES, please contact Gina Bushong, US

EPA (202) 260–3797, FAX (202) 260–

1096, or by mail at US EPA (7405), 401

M Street SW., Washington, DC 20460;

Mark Mahoney, Region 1, US EPA, (617)

565–1155; or Dave Jones, Region 9, U.S.

EPA, (415) 744–2266.

Dated: March 15, 1995.

Gina Bushong,

Designated Federal Officer.

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Maryland Department of the

Environment: Partial Program

Adequacy Determination of State/

Tribal Municipal Solid Waste Permit

Program

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency Region 3.

ACTION: Notice of tentative

determination on the Maryland

Department of the Environment’s

application for a partial program

adequacy determination, public hearing

and public comment period.

SUMMARY: Section 4005(c)(1)(B) of the

Resource Conservation and Recovery

Act (RCRA), as amended by the

Hazardous and Solid Waste

Amendments (HSWA) of 1984, requires

States to develop and implement permit

programs to ensure that municipal solid

waste landfills (MSWLFs) which may

receive hazardous household waste or

small quantity generator waste will

comply with the revised Federal

MSWLF Criteria (40 CFR Part 258).

RCRA Section 4005(c)(1)(C) requires the

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

to determine whether States have

adequate ‘‘permit’’ programs for
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MSWLFs, but does not mandate

issuance of a rule for such

determinations. EPA has drafted and is

in the process of proposing the State/

Tribal Implementation Rule (STIR) that

will provide procedures by which EPA

will approve, or partially approve,

State/Tribal landfill permit programs.

The EPA intends to approve adequate

State/Tribal MSWLF permit programs as

applications are submitted. Thus, these

approvals are not dependent on final

promulgation of the STIR. Prior to

promulgation of STIR, adequacy

determinations will be made based on

the statutory authorities and

requirements. In addition, States/Tribes

may use the draft STIR as an aid in

interpreting these requirements. The

EPA believes that early approvals have

an important benefit. Approved State/

Tribal permit programs provide

interaction between the State/Tribe and

the owner/operator regarding sitespecific permit conditions. Only those

owners/operators located in States/

Tribes with approved permit programs

can use the site-specific flexibility

provided by Part 258 to the extent the

State/Tribal permit program allows such

flexibility. EPA notes that regardless of

the approval status of a State/Tribe and

the permit status of any facility, the

federal landfill criteria will apply to all

permitted and unpermitted MSWLF

facilities.

The Maryland Department of the

Environment (MDE) applied for a partial

determination of adequacy under

section 4005 of RCRA. EPA reviewed

MDE’s application and made a tentative

determination of adequacy for those

portions of the MDE’s MSWLF permit

program that are adequate to assure

compliance with the revised MSWLF

Criteria. These portions are described

later in this notice. The MDE plans to

revise the remainder of its permit

program to assure complete compliance

with the revised MSWLF Criteria and

gain full program approval. MDE’s

application for partial program

adequacy determination is available for

public review and comment.

All municipal solid waste landfilled

in Maryland must be disposed in a

landfill which meets these criteria. This

includes all ash from municipal solid

waste incinerators which is determined

to be non-hazardous.

Although RCRA does not require EPA

to hold a public hearing on a

determination to approve any State/

Tribe’s MSWLF program, the EPA

Region 3 has scheduled a public hearing

on this determination on the date given

below in the DATES section.

DATES: All comments on MDE’s

application for a partial determination

of adequacy must be received by EPA

Region 3 by the close of business on

May 19, 1995. A public hearing will be

held on Wednesday, May 17, 1995, from

10:00 am until 1:00 pm for the purposes

of soliciting public comment on this

tentative determination.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be sent to U.S. EPA Region 3, 841

Chestnut Building, Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania 19107, Attn: Mr.

Christopher B. Pilla, mailcode (3HW50).

Copies of MDE’s application for partial

adequacy determination are available

from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the following

addresses for inspection and copying:

Maryland Department of the

Environment, 2500 Broening Highway,

Baltimore, Maryland 21224, Attn: Mr.

Edward Dexter, telephone 410–631–

3364; and U.S. EPA Region 3, 841

Chestnut Building, Philadelphia,

Pennsylvania 19107, Attn: Mr. Andrew

R. Uricheck, mailcode (3HW50),

telephone 215–597–7936. The hearing

will he held at the Maryland State

Office Complex at 300 West Preston

Street, Baltimore, Maryland. MDE will

attend the public hearing.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: U.S.

EPA Region 3, 841 Chestnut Building,

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19107, Attn:

Mr. Andrew R. Uricheck, mailcode

(3HW50) and telephone 215–597–7936.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Background

On October 9, 1991, EPA promulgated

revised Criteria for MSWLFs (40 CFR

Part 258). Subtitle D of RCRA, as

amended by the Hazardous and Solid

Waste Amendments of 1984 (HSWA),

requires States to develop permitting

programs to ensure that MSWLFs

comply with the Federal Criteria under

Part 258. Subtitle D also requires in

section 4005 that EPA determine the

adequacy of State municipal solid waste

landfill permit programs to ensure that

facilities comply with the revised

Federal Criteria. To fulfill this

requirement, the EPA has drafted and is

in the process of proposing the State/

Tribal Implementation Rule (STIR). The

rule will specify the requirements

which State/Tribal programs must

satisfy to be determined adequate.

EPA intends to propose in STIR to

allow partial approvals if: (1) The

Regional Administrator determines that

the State/Tribal permit program largely

meets the requirements for ensuring

compliance with Part 258; (2) changes to

a limited part(s) of the State/Tribal

permit program are needed to meet

these requirements; and (3) provisions

not included in the partially approved

portions of the State/Tribal permit

program are a clearly identifiable and

separable subset of Part 258. These

requirements when promulgated, will

address the potential problems posed by

the dual State/Tribal and Federal

regulatory controls following the

October 1993 effective dates of the

Federal rule. On that date, Federal rules

covering any portion of a State/Tribe’s

program that had not received EPA

approval became enforceable through

the citizen suit provisions of RCRA

7002. Owners and operators of MSWLFs

subject to such dual programs must

understand the applicable requirements

and comply with them. In addition,

those portions of the Federal program

that are in effect must mesh well enough

with the approved portions of the State/

Tribal program to leave no significant

gaps in regulatory control of MSWLF’s.

Partial approval would allow the EPA to

approve those provisions of the State/

Tribal permit program that meet the

requirements and provide the State/

Tribe time to make necessary changes to

the remaining portions of its program.

As a result, owners/operators will be

able to work with the State/Tribal

permitting agency to take advantage of

the Criteria’s flexibility for those

portions of the program which have

been approved.

As provided in the October 9, 1991

municipal landfill rule, EPA’s national

Subtitle D standards took effect in

October 1993 in any State/Tribe that

lacks an approved program.

Consequently, any remaining portions

of the Federal Criteria which are not

included in an approved State/Tribal

program by October 1993 would apply

directly to the owner/operator. On July

28, 1993, EPA proposed to modify the

effective date of the landfill criteria for

certain classifications of landfills (50 FR

40568).

EPA intends to approve portions of

State/Tribal MSWLF permit programs

prior to the promulgation of STIR. EPA

interprets the requirements for States or

Tribes to develop ‘‘adequate’’ programs

for permits or other forms of prior

approval to impose several minimum

requirements. First, each State/Tribe

must have enforceable standards for

new and existing MSWLFs that are

technically comparable to EPA’s revised

MSWLF criteria. Next, the State/Tribe

must have the authority to issue a

permit or other notice of prior approval

to all new and existing MSWLFs in its

jurisdiction. The State/Tribe also must

provide for public participation in

permit issuance and enforcement as

required in section 7004(b) of RCRA.

Finally, EPA believes that the State/
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Tribe must show that it has sufficient

compliance monitoring and

enforcement authorities to take specific

action against any owner or operator

that fails to comply with an approved

MSWLF program.

EPA Regions will determine whether

a State/Tribe has submitted an

‘‘adequate’’ program based on the

interpretation outlined above. EPA

plans to provide more specific criteria

for this evaluation when it proposes the

State/Tribal Implementation Rule. EPA

expects States/Tribes to meet all of these

requirements for all elements of a

MSWLF program before it gives full

approval to a MSWLF program.

EPA also is requesting States/Tribes

seeking partial program approval to

provide a schedule for the submittal of

all remaining portions of their MSWLF

permit programs. EPA notes that it

intends to propose to make submission

of a schedule mandatory in STIR.

B. State of Maryland

On August 26, 1993, MDE submitted

a complete application (dated July 15,

1993) for a partial program adequacy

determination. In response to EPA

comments on their initial application,

MDE submitted additional information,

including letters dated October 4, 1994,

and December 15, 1994. EPA reviewed

MDE’s application and this additional

information and has tentatively

determined that the following portions

of the State/Tribe’s municipal solid

waste landfill permitting program will

ensure compliance with the revised

Federal Criteria.

Subpart A—General

The existing Maryland requirements

fully comply with 40 CFR Section 258.1,

Purpose, Scope, and Applicability. MDE

permit application checklists and

internal guidance have been revised to

fully incorporate the requirements of

§ 258.2, Definitions and § 258.3,

Consideration of other Federal laws.

Subpart B—Location Restrictions

1. The existing Maryland

requirements fully comply with

§ 258.11, Floodplains.

2. MDE permit application checklists

and internal guidance have been revised

to incorporate the requirements of

§ 258.10, Airport Safety; § 258.12,

Wetlands; § 258.13, Fault areas;

§ 258.14, Seismic Impact Zones;

§ 258.15, Unstable Areas; and § 258.16,

Closure of Existing Landfill Units.

Subpart C—Operating Criteria

1. The existing Maryland

requirements fully comply with:

§ 258.20, Hazardous Waste Exclusion;

§ 258.21, Daily Cover;

§ 258.22, Disease Vectors Control;

§ 258.24, Air Criteria;

§ 258.25, Access requirements; and

§ 258.27, Surface Water Requirements.

2. MDE permit application checklists

and internal guidance have been revised

to incorporate the requirements of:

§ 258.23, Explosive Gas Control;

§ 258.26, Run-On/Run-Off Control

Systems; § 258.28, Liquids Restrictions;

and § 258.29, Record Keeping.

Subpart D—Landfill Design

1. MDE permit application checklists

and internal guidance have been revised

to incorporate the requirements of the

§ 258.40 design criteria. MDE now

requires, as a minimum, at all new

MSW landfills and expansions to

existing landfill, the bottom liner system

described in § 258.40 (b). This consists

of a composite liner composed of an

upper synthetic (plastic) component in

direct contact with a lower component

at least two feet thick made of

compacted soil (clay). MDE also allows

an alternate design that meets the

performance standards established in

§ 258.40 (a) and (c). MDE requires that

conformance be demonstrated through

the use of mathematical modeling, such

as the Hydrologic Evaluation of Landfill

Performance Model (HELP) and

Multimedia Exposure Assessment

Model (MULTIMED). MDE has to date

submitted several alternate liner

systems to EPA under the 40 CFR

258.40(e) Liner Petition Process, which

were subsequently approved, thereby

demonstrating to EPA that this process

is successfully in place. Submittal to

EPA for such alternate liner approvals

will no longer be required upon EPA

final approval of this portion of the

State’s program.

Subpart E—Groundwater Monitoring

and Corrective Action

1. The previously existing Maryland

requirements for groundwater sampling

and corrective action were in need of

substantial upgrading to meet the 40

CFR 258 requirements. Using existing

authorities, MDE is requiring all current

landfill operators to amend their

existing groundwater monitoring plans

to meet the requirements of Subpart E

in terms of monitoring frequency and

coverage, including the pollution

parameters listed in Appendices I and II

of 40 CFR 258. For proposed facilities

and changes to existing facilities, MDE

has amended their application forms

and checklists to require the preparation

and implementation of a monitoring

program which incorporates the

complete EPA requirements (§§ 258.50

thru 258.55).

2. In the assessment of corrective

measures, selection of remedies, and

implementation of corrective actions,

MDE has committed to use the EPA

regulations (§§ 258.56; 258.57; 258.58)

to guide their enforcement actions.

Subpart F—Closure and Post-Closure

Care

1. Closure Criteria (§ 258.60)—

Maryland will require flexible

membrane caps, where appropriate, in

accordance with the EPA regulations,

and is implementing the closure periods

required.

Not all existing States/Tribes permit

programs ensure compliance with all

provisions of the revised Federal

Criteria. Were EPA to restrict a State/

Tribe from submitting its application

until it could ensure compliance with

the entirety of 40 CFR Part 258, many

States/Tribes would need to postpone

obtaining approval of their permit

programs for a significant period of

time. This delay in determining the

adequacy of the State/Tribal permit

program, while the State/Tribe revises

its statutes or regulations, could impose

a substantial burden on owners and

operators of landfills because the State/

Tribe would be unable to exercise the

flexibility available to States/Tribes

with approved permit programs.

As State/Tribal regulations and

statutes are amended to comply with the

Federal MSWLF landfill regulations,

unapproved portions of a partially

approved MSWLF permit program may

be approved by the EPA. The State/

Tribe may submit an amended

application to EPA for review, and an

adequacy determination will be made

using the same criteria used for the

initial application. This adequacy

determination will be published in the

Federal Register which will summarize

the Agency’s decision and the portion(s)

of the State/Tribal MSWLF permit

program affected. It will also provide for

a minimum 30 day public comment

period. This future adequacy

determination will become effective 60

days following publication if no adverse

comments are received. If EPA receives

adverse comments on its adequacy

determination, another Federal Register

notice will be published either affirming

or reversing the initial decision while

responding to the public comments.

To ensure compliance with all of the

revised Federal Criteria and to obtain

full EPA approval, MDE must revise the

following aspects of its permit program:

(1) Post-Closure Care Requirements

(§ 258.61)—MDE must amend its

existing regulations extending the post-
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closure care period of closed landfills

from a minimum of five years to 30

years, with the flexibility to increase or

decrease that period as necessary or

demonstrated. The extension of the

period required for financial assurance

will require legislative action. The State

also needs to specifically require

leachate collection and treatment, and

gas and groundwater monitoring, as

post-closure care requirements. MDE

has committed to make these changes.

(2) Subpart G—Financial Assurance

Criteria (§§ 258.70–258.74)—Maryland’s

only existing financial assurance

requirements are limited to the posting

of a $5000 per acre closure bond, and

even this requirement exempts, by

statute, local governments, who

currently operate most MSW landfills in

Maryland. To comply with Federal

requirements, MDE has committed to

prepare a major revision to its

regulations, adopting the financial

assurance requirements in 40 CFR Part

258 for closure, post-closure care, and

corrective action. These revisions will

require an act by the Maryland

legislature to revise the statute

exempting local governments from

financial assurance requirements. MDE

has committed to submit the required

legislation for consideration at the next

General Assembly session.

MDE submitted a schedule indicating

that it will be able to complete these

revisions by September 1995. To allow

Maryland to begin exercising some of

the flexibility allowed in States with

adequate permit programs, EPA is

proposing to approve those portions of

Maryland’s program that can be

implemented today.

EPA reviewed MDE’s schedule and

believes it is reasonable, considering the

complexity of the rule changes, number

of steps in the State rulemaking process,

and the need for legislative action.

Comments are solicited on EPA’s

tentative determination until May 19,

1995. Copies of MDE’s application are

available for inspection and copying at

the locations indicated in the

ADDRESSES section of this notice.

EPA Region 3 will hold a public

hearing on its tentative decision on

Wednesday, May 17, 1995 from 10 a.m.

to 1 p.m. at 300 West Preston Street in

Baltimore, Maryland. Comments can be

submitted as transcribed from oral

comments presented at the hearing, or

in writing at the time of the hearing.

Public comment is specifically

requested on the issue of MDE’s

authority to implement and enforce

immediately the portions of 40 CFR 258

proposed for approval in this Notice,

using authorities in existing statutes and

regulations, to revise internal guidances

and permit checklists. MDE has

committed to, and EPA concurs, in MDE

also making revisions to its existing

regulations to explicitly include the 40

CFR 258 requirements.

EPA will consider all public

comments on its tentative determination

received during the public comment

period and at the public hearing. Issues

raised by those comments may be the

basis for EPA’s reconsideration of this

tentative determination of adequacy for

MDE’s program. EPA will make a final

decision on whether or not to approve

MDE’s program and will provide notice

in the Federal Register. The notice will

include a summary of the reasons for

the final determination and a response

to all major comments. Section 4005(a)

of RCRA provides that citizens may use

the citizen suit provisions of Section

7002 of RCRA to enforce the Federal

MSWLF criteria in 40 CFR Part 258

independent of any State/Tribal

enforcement program. As EPA

explained in the preamble to the final

MSWLF criteria, EPA expects that any

owner or operator complying with

provisions in a State/Tribal program

approved by EPA should be considered

to be in compliance with the Federal

Criteria. See 56 FR 50978, 50995

(October 9, 1991).

Compliance with Executive Order

12866

The Office of Management and Budget

has exempted this notice from the

requirements of section 6 of Executive

Order 12866.

Certification Under the Regulatory

Flexibility Act

Pursuant to the provisions of 5 U.S.C.

605(b), I hereby certify that according to

EPA Headquarters this tentative

approval will not have a significant

economic impact on a substantial

number of small entities. It does not

impose any new burdens on small

entities. This proposed notice, therefore,

does not require a regulatory flexibility

analysis.

Authority: This notice is issued under the

authority of Sections 2002, 4005 and 4010(c)

of the Solid Waste Disposal Act, as amended;

42 U.S.C. 6912, 6945 and 6949(a)(c).

Dated: March 9, 1995.

Peter H. Kostmayer,

Regional Administrator.

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COMMISSION

[Report No. 2063]

Petition for Reconsideration of Actions

in Rulemaking Proceedings

March 16, 1995.

Petition for reconsideration have been

filed in the Commission rulemaking

proceedings listed in this Public Notice

and published pursuant to 47 CFR

1.429(e). The full text of this document

is available for viewing and copying in

Room 239, 1919 M Street, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. or may be purchased

from the Commission’s copy contractor

ITS, Inc. (202) 857–3800. Opposition to

this petition must be filed April 5, 1995.

See § 1.4(b)(1) of the Commission’s rules

(47 CFR 1.4(b)(1)). Replies to an

opposition must be filed within 10 days

after the time for filing oppositions has

expired.

Subject: Amendment of the

Commission’s Rules with Regard to

the Establishment and Regulation of

New Digital Audio Radio Services.

(GEN Docket No. 90–357)

Number of Petition Filed: 1

Subject: Amendment of Part 90 of the

Commission’s Rules to Adopt

Regulations for Automatic Vehicle

Monitoring Systems. (PR Docket

No. 93–61)

Number of Petition Filed: 1

Federal Communications Commission.

William F. Caton,

Acting Secretary.

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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Allied Irish Banks, plc, et al.; Notice of

Applications to Engage de novo in

Permissible Nonbanking Activities

The companies listed in this notice

have filed an application under §

225.23(a)(1) of the Board’s Regulation Y

(12 CFR 225.23(a)(1)) for the Board’s

approval under section 4(c)(8) of the

Bank Holding Company Act (12 U.S.C.

1843(c)(8)) and § 225.21(a) of Regulation

Y (12 CFR 225.21(a)) to commence or to

engage de novo, either directly or

through a subsidiary, in a nonbanking

activity that is listed in § 225.25 of

Regulation Y as closely related to

banking and permissible for bank

holding companies. Unless otherwise

noted, such activities will be conducted

throughout the United States.

Each application is available for

immediate inspection at the Federal

Reserve Bank indicated. Once the