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questions that respondents may have

about the survey.

EPA will perform quality assurance

checks on completed surveys and enter

the information into an electronic

database that shall be accessible to

researchers. The information will be

used by the EPA and research

organizations to establish a baseline of

information about research activities

and encourage coordination among

various research institutions.

Burden Statement: Public reporting

burden for this collection of information

is estimated to average 30 minutes for

mail surveys, including time for

reviewing instructions, gathering and

compiling the information, and

completing and reviewing the response.

Respondents: Researchers at federal,

State and university institutions that

maintain ecological research programs

in the Pacific Northwest.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

500.

Estimated Number of Responses Per

Respondent: 1.

Frequency of Collection: One time.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 250 hours.

Send comments regarding the burden

estimate, or any other aspect of this

collection of information, including

suggestions for reducing the burden to:

Sandy Farmer, EPA ICR #, 1747.01, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Information Policy Branch (2136), 401

M St., SW, Washington, DC 20460

and

Timothy Hunt, Office of Management

and Budget, Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs, 725 17th St., NW.,

Washington, DC 20503

Dated: March 30, 1995.

Joseph Retzer,

Director, Regulatory Information Division.

[FR Doc. 95–8211 Filed 4–3–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–M

Office of Research and Development

[FRL–5183–4]

Ambient Air Monitoring Reference and

Equivalent Methods; Equivalent

Method Designation

Notice is hereby given that EPA, in

accordance with 40 CFR part 53, has

designated another equivalent method

for the measurement of ambient

concentrations of sulfur dioxide. The

new equivalent method is an automated

method (analyzer) that utilizes a

measurement principle based on UV

fluorescence. The new designated

method is identified as follows:

EQSA–0495–100, ‘‘Advanced

Pollution Instrumentation, Inc. Model

100A Sulfur Dioxide Analyzer,’’

operated on any full scale range

between 0–50 ppb* and 0–1000 ppb, at

any temperature in the range of 5 to 40

degrees C, with a 5-micron TFE filter

element installed in the filter assembly,

with either the vendor-supplied internal

pump or a user- or vender-supplied

external vacuum pump capable of

maintaining an absolute pressure of 35

cm (14 inches) of mercury (or less) at 1.0

standard liter per minute flow rate, with

the following software settings:

Dynamic zero: OFF; Dynamic span:

OFF; AutoCal: ON or OFF; Dual range:

ON or OFF; Autorange: ON or OFF;

Temp/pressure compensation: ON;

dilution factor: 1.0; and with or without

any of the following options:

Rack mount with chassis slides

Rack mount without slides, ears only

Fluorocarbon zero/span valves

Internal zero/span (IZS)

SO2 Permeation tube, uncertified, 0.4

ppm @ 0.7 L/min

SO2 Permeation tube, certified, 0.4 ppm

@ 0.7 L/min

SO2 Permeation tube, uncertified, 0.8

ppm @ 0.7 L/min

SO2 Permeation tube, certified, 0.8 ppm

@ 0.7 L/min

4–20 mA, isolated outputs

External pump

Rack mount for external pump with tray

Status outputs

RS–232 output

*Users should be aware that designation

of this analyzer for operation on ranges

less than 500 ppb is based on meeting

the same absolute performance

specifications required for the 0–500

ppb range. Thus, designation of lower

ranges does not imply commensurably

better performance than that obtained

on the 0–500 ppb range.

Note: In addition to the U.S. electrical

power voltage and frequency, this analyzer is

approved for use, with proper factory

configuration, on 50 Hertz line frequency and

any of the following voltage ranges: 200–242

Vac (220 volts nominal); 216–264 Vac (240

volts nominal).

This method is available from

Advanced Pollution Instrumentation,

Inc., 8815 Production Avenue, San

Diego, California 92121–2219. A notice

of receipt of application for this method

appeared in the Federal Register,

Volume 60, January 9, 1995, page 2386.

A test analyzer representative of this

method has been tested by the

applicant, in accordance with the test

procedures specified in 40 CFR part 53.

After reviewing the results of these tests

and other information submitted by the

applicant, EPA has determined, in

accordance with part 53, that this

method should be designated as an

equivalent method. The information

submitted by the applicant will be kept

on file at EPA’s Atmospheric Research

and Exposure Assessment Laboratory,

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

27711, and will be available for

inspection to the extent consistent with

40 CFR part 2 (EPA’s regulations

implementing the Freedom of

Information Act).

As a designated equivalent method,

this method is acceptable for use by

States and other air monitoring agencies

under the requirements of 40 CFR part

58, Ambient Air Quality Surveillance.

For such purposes, the method must be

used in strict accordance with the

operation or instruction manual

associated with the method and subject

to any limitations (e.g., operating range)

specified in the applicable designation

(see description of the method above).

Vendor modifications of a designated

method used for purposes of part 58 are

permitted only with prior approval of

EPA, as provided in part 53. Provisions

concerning modification of such

methods by users are specified under

section 2.8 of appendix C to 40 CFR part

58 (Modifications of Methods by Users).

In general, this designation applies to

any analyzer which is identical to the

analyzer described in the designation. In

some cases, similar analyzers

manufactured prior to the designation

may be upgraded (e.g., by minor

modification or by substitution of a new

operation or instruction manual) so as to

be identical to the designated method

and thus achieve designation status at a

modest cost. The manufacturer should

be consulted to determine the feasibility

of such upgrading.

Part 53 requires that sellers of

designated methods comply with

certain conditions. These conditions are

given in 40 CFR 53.9 and are

summarized below:

(1) A copy of the approved operation

or instruction manual must accompany

the analyzer when it is delivered to the

ultimate purchaser.

(2) The analyzer must not generate

any unreasonable hazard to operators or

to the environment.

(3) The analyzer must function within

the limits of the performance

specifications given in table B–1 of part

53 for at least one year after delivery

when maintained and operated in

accordance with the operation manual.

(4) Any analyzer offered for sale as a

reference or equivalent method must

bear a label or sticker indicating that it

has been designated as a reference or

equivalent method in accordance with

part 53.

(5) If such a analyzer has two or more

selectable ranges, the label or sticker
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must be placed in close proximity to the

range selector and indicate which range

or ranges have been included in the

reference or equivalent method

designation.

(6) An applicant who offers analyzers

for sale as reference or equivalent

methods is required to maintain a list of

ultimate purchasers of such analyzers

and to notify them within 30 days if a

reference or equivalent method

designation applicable to the analyzers

has been canceled or if adjustment of

the analyzers is necessary under 40 CFR

53.11(b) to avoid a cancellation.

(7) An applicant who modifies an

analyzer previously designated as a

reference or equivalent method is not

permitted to sell the analyzer (as

modified) as a reference or equivalent

method (although he may choose to sell

it without such representation), nor to

attach a label or sticker to the analyzer

(as modified) under the provisions

described above, until he has received

notice under 40 CFR 53.14(c) that the

original designation or a new

designation applies to the method as

modified or until he has applied for and

received notice under 40 CFR 53.8(b) of

a new reference or equivalent method

determination for the analyzer as

modified.

Aside from occasional breakdowns or

malfunctions, consistent or repeated

noncompliance with any of these

conditions should be reported to:

Director, Atmospheric Research and

Exposure Assessment Laboratory,

Department E (MD–77), U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

27711.

Designation of this equivalent method

will provide assistance to the States in

establishing and operating their air

quality surveillance systems under part

58. Technical questions concerning the

method should be directed to the

manufacturer. Additional information

concerning this action may be obtained

from Frank F. McElroy, Methods

Research and Development Division

(MD–77), Atmospheric Research and

Exposure Assessment Laboratory, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

27711, (919) 541–2622.

Joseph K. Alexander,

Acting Assistant Administrator for Research

and Development.

[FR Doc. 95–8208 Filed 4–3–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–M

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Agency Forms Under Review

AGENCY: Board of Governors of the

Federal Reserve System.

ACTION: Request for comment; extension

of comment period.

SUMMARY: On February 21, 1995, the

Board requested comment on proposed

revisions to the Country Exposure

Report (FFIEC 009). The Federal

Financial Institutions Examination

Council (FFIEC) proposed to implement

the report as of March 31, 1995. The

Secretary of the Board, as requested by

the FFIEC, has extended the comment

period by 30 days to give the public

additional time to provide comment. In

addition the implementation date of the

proposed revisions to the reporting form

will be delayed until not earlier than

September 30, 1995, to provide

institutions with additional time to

modify their systems and to resolve

conceptual issues related to the report.

DATES: Comments must be received by

April 21, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be mailed to

Mr. William W. Wiles, Secretary, Board

of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, 20th and C Streets, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20551, or delivered to

the Board’s mail room between 8:45

a.m. and 5:15 p.m., and to the security

control room outside of those hours.

Both the mail room and the security

control room are accessible from the

courtyard entrance on 20th Street

between Constitution Avenue and C

Street, N.W. Comments received may be

inspected in room MP-500 between 9:00

a.m. and 5:00 p.m., except as provided

in section 261.8 of the Board’s Rules

Regarding Availability of Information,

12 CFR 261.8(a).

A copy of the comments may also be

submitted to the OMB desk officer for

the Board: Milo Sunderhauf, Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget, New

Executive Office Building, Room 3208,

Washington, D.C. 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A

copy of the proposed form, the request

for clearance (OMB 83-I), supporting

statement, instructions, and other

documents that have been submitted to

OMB for approval may be requested

from the agency clearance officer, Mary

M. McLaughlin, Federal Reserve Board

Clearance Officer (202-452-3829),

Division of Research and Statistics,

Board of Governors of the Federal

Reserve System, Washington, D.C.

20551. For the hearing impaired only,

Telecommunications Device for the Deaf

(TTD) Dorothea Thompson (202-452-

3544), Board of Governors of the Federal

Reserve System, Washington, D.C.

20551.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The FFIEC

has received a request to extend the

comment period and delay the

implementation date of the proposed

revisions to the Country Exposure

Report (FFIEC 009). In view of the

significance of the new items that are

proposed in the reports, the Board is

extending the comment period to April

21, 1995, and delaying the proposed

implementation date to not earlier than

September 30, 1995.

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve

System, March 29, 1995.

William W. Wiles,

Secretary of the Board.

[FR Doc. 95–8159 Filed 4–3–95; 8:45am]

BILLING CODE 6210–01–F

Richard Lee Brown, et al.; Change in

Bank Control Notices; Acquisitions of

Shares of Banks 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. Once the

notices have been accepted for

processing, they will also be available

for inspection at the offices 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 April 15, 1995.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Dallas

(Genie D. Short, Vice President) 2200

North Pearl Street, Dallas, Texas 75201-

2272:

1. Richard Lee Brown, Fort Worth,

Texas; Trustee of the M.L. Rhea Estate,

Fort Worth, Texas, Trustee of the Fred

D. Thompson, Jr. Trust, Fort Worth,

Texas, Trustee of the John A. Thompson

Trust, Fort Worth, Texas; to acquire an

additional 20.94 percent, for a total of

24.86 percent, of the voting shares of

Texas Security Bancshares, Inc., Fort

Worth, Texas, and thereby indirectly

acquire Central Bank and Trust, Fort

Worth, Texas.

Frederick Dickson Thompson, Fort

Worth, Texas, Trustee of the Cleaves

Rhea Thompson Trust under will Louise

R. & Floore, Fort Worth, Texas; Trustee