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become more active in defining,

promulgating, and promoting

compliance with these standards.

The Commission will also continue

discussion of other issues on which the

Commission may make

recommendations in its final report.

The Commission invites oral or

written statements from interested

parties. Lengthy statements exceeding

10 or 15 minutes of oral presentation

should be submitted in writing or via

internet to the Executive Secretary

before the meeting. Written statements

will be reviewed by Commission

Members.

Henrietta D. Hyatt-Knorr, Executive

Secretary, Commission on Research

Integrity, at Rockwall II, Suite 700, 5515

Security Lane, Rockville MD 20852;

(301) 443–5300 (phone); (301) 443–5351

(fax); and hhyatt@oasch.ssw.dhhs.gov

(internet) will furnish a preliminary

report of the Commission including the

Committee charter and roster of the

Committee members, and/or a meeting

agenda upon request. Individuals

wishing to make presentations should

contact the Executive Secretary.

Depending on the number of

presentations and other considerations,

the Executive Secretary will allocate a

reasonable timeframe for each speaker.

Henrietta D. Hyatt-Knorr,

Executive Secretary, Commission on Research

Integrity.

[FR Doc. 95–7782 Filed 3–29–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4160–17–P

Agency for Toxic Substances and

Disease Registry

[ATSDR–91]

Notice of Proposed Revised

Publication Schedule for the Priority

List of Hazardous Substances that will

be the Subject of Toxicological Profiles

AGENCY: Agency for Toxic Substances

and Disease Registry (ATSDR), Public

Health Service (PHS), Department of

Health and Human Services (HHS).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces a

proposed change in the publication

schedule for the ‘‘Priority List of

Hazardous Substances that will be the

Subject of Toxicological Profiles.’’

According to the proposal, the list

would be shifted to a 2-year publication

schedule with a yearly informal review

and revision. Therefore, the next

scheduled publication would be in late

1995 when the 1995 Priority List of

Hazardous Substances is made publicly

available from ATSDR. At that time, a

Federal Register notice would be

published announcing the availability of

the list.

DATES: Comments concerning this

notice must be received by May 1, 1995.

ADDRESSES: Comments on this notice

should bear the docket control number

ATSDR–91 and should be sent to the

attention of Dr. Jim Holler, Emergency

Response and Scientific Assessment

Branch, Division of Toxicology, Agency

for Toxic Substances and Disease

Registry, 1600 Clifton Road, NE.,

Mailstop E–29, Atlanta, Georgia 30333.

Comments on this notice will be

available for public inspection at the

Agency for Toxic Substances and

Disease Registry, Building 4, Executive

Park Drive, Atlanta, Georgia (not a

mailing address), from 8 a.m. until 4:30

p.m., Monday through Friday, except for

legal holidays. Because all public

comments are available for public

inspection, no confidential business

information should be submitted in

response to this notice.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The

Emergency Response and Scientific

Assessment Branch, Division of

Toxicology, Agency for Toxic

Substances and Disease Registry, 1600

Clifton Road, NE., Mailstop E–29,

Atlanta, Georgia 30333, telephone (404)

639–6308.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act of 1980 (CERCLA or Superfund), as

amended by the Superfund

Amendments and Reauthorization Act

of 1986 (SARA), establishes certain

requirements for ATSDR and the

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

with regard to hazardous substances

most commonly found at facilities on

the CERCLA National Priorities List

(NPL). Specifically, section 104(i)(2) of

CERCLA, as amended by SARA (42

U.S.C. 9604(i)(2)), requires that the

agencies maintain a list, in order of

priority, of the hazardous substances

found at NPL sites posing the most

significant potential threat to human

health. This listing is called the

‘‘Priority List of Hazardous Substances

that will be the Subject of Toxicological

Profiles.’’ Each substance on the Priority

List is a candidate to become the subject

of a toxicological profile prepared by

ATSDR and the subsequent

identification of priority data needs for

that substance.

The history of the Priority List is as

follows: The first 100 substances were

published in 1987 (52 FR 12866); an

additional 100 in 1988 (53 FR 41280);

25 more in 1989 (54 FR 43619); 25 more

in 1990 (55 FR 42067); and a revision

of the priority-list algorithm, including

publication of the final target of 275

substances, was published in 1991 (56

FR 52166). The list of 275 has been

reviewed annually, in 1992 (57 FR

48801) and 1993 (59 FR 9486), as called

for by the legislation.

The 1991 revision of the algorithm

represented a significant advance in the

prioritization methodology. This listing

now uses information from ATSDR’s

Hazardous Substance Release/Health

Effects Database (HazDat), an active

database of contaminants at NPL sites,

as found in ATSDR’s public health

assessments. While the algorithm’s use

of current data keeps its conclusions

contemporary, experience has shown

that with this new approach, the

Priority List has not changed

substantially from year to year,

particularly for high-priority substances.

ATSDR believes that this stability

reflects that the listing activity has fully

developed. However, the amount of staff

time needed to generate and publish the

Priority List each year is not

insignificant; substantial resources are

still required for quality assurance and

preparation and dissemination of

results. ATSDR would like to shift some

of these resources to implement

promising new ideas to enhance the

algorithm and data.

For these reasons, ATSDR and EPA

would like to shift the Priority List

activity to a 2-year publication schedule

with a yearly informal review and

revision. The informal review and

revision would result in an interim list

that would not be published or

announced in the Federal Register, but

would be made available on request.

The agencies believe that the Priority

List activity is mature enough that little

is lost by reducing the frequency of

publication and much is gained for

other activities. This schedule will

allow staffers to concentrate on

enhancing the quality of the algorithm

and its underlying data. It should also

allow enough time for (1) the underlying

data to change sufficiently so results

will be more notably affected, and (2)

adequate analysis, feedback, and insight

to have occurred in order to enact more

valuable revisions with each release.

The publicly announced list would be

used to develop toxicological profiles.

Placement on the priority list is one

factor used to determine if a substance

is to be considered for profile

development in a given year. However,

the interim list may also be reviewed to

identify candidate substances that could

be targeted for profile development.

ATSDR and EPA would retain the

option to re-publish the Priority List in

less than 2 years, if important new
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developments, insights, or resources

arise.

Dated: March 24, 1995.

Claire V. Broome,

Deputy Administrator, Agency for Toxic

Substances and Disease Registry.

[FR Doc. 95–7785 Filed 3–29–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4163–70–P

Administration for Children and

Families

Office of Community Services; State

Median Income Estimates for FourPerson Families (FY 1996); Notice of

the Fiscal Year (FY) 1996 State Median

Income Estimates for Use Under the

Low Income Home Energy Assistance

Program (LIHEAP) Administered by the

Administration for Children and

Families, Office of Community

Services, Division of Energy

Assistance

AGENCY: Administration for Children

and Families (ACF), DHHS.

ACTION: Notice of estimated state median

income for FY 1996.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

estimated median income for fourperson families in each state and the

District of Columbia for FY 1996

(October 1, 1995 to September 30, 1996).

In the past, the date for adoption of the

state median income estimates has been

the first day of the fiscal year after their

publication. The adoption date for the

state median income estimates now has

been changed to be consistent with the

adoption date for the poverty income

guidelines. Therefore, LIHEAP grantees

may adopt the state median income

estimates at any time between the date

of this publication and the first day of

FY 1996 at the LIHEAP grantee’s option.

This means that LIHEAP grantees could

also choose to implement this notice

during the period between the heating

and cooling seasons. However, by

October 1, 1995, or by the beginning of

a grantee’s fiscal year, whichever is

later, LIHEAP grantees using state

median income estimates must adjust

their income eligibility criteria to be in

accord with the FY 1996 state median

income estimates.

This listing of estimated state median

incomes concerns maximum income

levels for households to which LIHEAP

grantees may make payments under

LIHEAP or by the beginning of a

LIHEAP grantee’s fiscal year, whichever

is later.

EFFECTIVE DATE: The estimates are

effective at any time between the date of

this publication and October 1, 1995, or

by the beginning of a LIHEAP grantee’s

fiscal year, whichever is later.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Leon Litow, Administration for

Children and Families, HHS, Office of

Community Services, Division of Energy

Assistance, 5th Floor West, 370 L’Enfant

Promenade, S.W., Washington, D.C.

20447, Telephone: (202) 401–5304.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the

provisions of section 2603(7) of Title

XXVI of the Omnibus Budget

Reconciliation Act of 1981 (Pub. L. 97–

35, as amended), we are announcing the

estimated median income of a fourperson family for each state, the District

of Columbia, and the United States for

FY 1996 (the period of October 1, 1995,

through September 30, 1996).

Section 2605(b)(2)(B)(ii) of the

LIHEAP statute provides that 60 percent

of the median income for each state, as

annually established by the Secretary of

Health and Human Services, is one of

the income criteria that LIHEAP

grantees can use in determining a

household’s eligibility for LIHEAP.

LIHEAP is currently authorized

through the end of FY 1999 by the

Human Services Amendments of 1994,

Public Law 103–252, which was enacted

on May 18, 1994.

Estimates of the median income of

four-person families for each state and

the District of Columbia for FY 1996

have been developed by the Bureau of

the Census of the U.S. Department of

Commerce, using the most recent

available income data. In developing the

median income estimates for FY 1996,

the Bureau of the Census used the

following three sources of data: (1) The

March 1994 Current Population Survey;

(2) the 1990 Decennial Census of

Population; and (3) 1993 per capita

personal income estimates, by state,

from the Bureau of Economic Analysis

of the U.S. Department of Commerce.

This is the first year in which income

estimates from the March Current

Population Survey are based on

population controls from the 1990

Decennial Census of Population.

Previous income estimates from the

March Current Population Survey had

been based on population controls from

the 1980 Decennial Census of

Population. Generally, the use of 1990

population controls results in somewhat

lower estimates of income. This has

resulted in several states having lower

state median income estimates for FY

1996 than for FY 1995.

For further information on the

estimating method and data sources,

contact Edward Welniak, Chief of the

Income Statistics Branch, Housing and

Household Economic Statistics

Division, at the Bureau of the Census

(301–763–8576).

A state-by-state listing of median

income, and 60 percent of median

income, for a four-person family for FY

1996 follows. The listing describes the

method for adjusting median income for

families of different sizes as specified in

45 CFR 96.85(b), which was published

in the Federal Register on March 3,

1988 at 53 FR 6824.

Dated: March 1, 1995.

Donald Sykes,

Director, Office of Community Services.

ESTIMATED STATE MEDIAN INCOME FOR 4-PERSON FAMILIES, BY STATE, FISCAL YEAR 19961

States

Estimated

State median income

4-person

families 2

60 percent

of estimated

State median income

4-person

families

Alabama ........................................................................................................................................................................... $37,975 $22,785

Alaska .............................................................................................................................................................................. 51,181 30,709

Arizona ............................................................................................................................................................................. 39,679 23,807

Arkansas .......................................................................................................................................................................... 32,594 19,556

California .......................................................................................................................................................................... 44,643 26,786

Colorado ........................................................................................................................................................................... 47,112 28,267

Connecticut ...................................................................................................................................................................... 59,288 35,573

Delaware .......................................................................................................................................................................... 50,228 30,137

District of Col ................................................................................................................................................................... 46,943 28,166

Florida .............................................................................................................................................................................. 40,405 24,243