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least 35 copies) received in the SAB

Staff Office sufficiently prior to a

meeting date, may be mailed to the

relevant SAB committee or

subcommittee prior to its meeting;

comments received too close to the

meeting date will normally be provided

to the committee at its meeting. Written

comments may be provided to the

relevant committee or subcommittee up

until the time of the meeting.

Dated: May 7, 1996.

John R. Fowle, III,

Acting Staff Director, Science Advisory Board.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

[FRL–5504–5]

Notice of Proposed Assessment of

Clean Water Act Class II Administrative

Penalty to Ameron, Inc. and

Opportunity to Comment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposal of a Clean Water Act

Class II administrative penalty and

notice of public comment period.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to 33 U.S.C. 1319(g),

EPA is authorized to issue orders

assessing civil penalties for various

violations of the Act. EPA may issue

such orders after the commencement of

either a Class I or Class II penalty

proceeding. EPA provides public notice

of the proposed assessment pursuant to

33 U.S.C. 1319(g)(4)(a).

Class II proceedings are conducted

under EPA’s Consolidated Rules of

Practice Governing the Administrative

Assessment of Civil Penalties and the

Revocation and Suspension of Permits,

40 CFR part 22. The procedures through

which the public may submit written

comment on a proposed Class II order

or participate in a Class II proceeding,

and the procedures by which a

Respondent may request a hearing, are

set forth in the Consolidated Rules. The

deadline for submitting public comment

on a proposed Class II order is thirty

days after publication of this notice.

On the date identified below, EPA

commenced the following Class II

proceeding for the assessment of

penalties:

In the Matter of Ameron, Inc.

(Concrete Pipe Manufacturing Facility)

Phoenix, AZ 85036, Docket No. CWAIX-FY95–17; filed on May 1, 1996 with

Steven Armsey, Regional Hearing Clerk,

U.S. EPA, Region 9, 75 Hawthorne

Street, San Francisco, California 94105,

(415) 744–1389; proposed penalty of

$30,000, for discharges of pollutants in

violation of an NPDES permit.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Persons wishing to receive a copy of

EPA’s Consolidated Rules, review the

complaint or other documents filed in

this proceeding, comment upon a

proposed assessment, or otherwise

participate in the proceeding should

contact the Regional Hearing Clerk

identified above. The administrative

record for this proceeding is located in

the EPA Regional Office identified

above, and the file will be open for

public inspection during normal

business hours. All information

submitted by the respondent is available

as part of the administrative record,

subject to provisions of law restricting

public disclosure of confidential

information.

Dated: April 25, 1996.

Ken Greenberg,

Acting Director, Water Management Division.

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

Notice of Public Information

Collections Submitted to OMB for

Review and Approval

May 9, 1996.

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications,

as part of its continuing effort to reduce

paperwork burden invites the general

public and other Federal agencies to

take this opportunity to comment on the

following proposed and/or continuing

information collections, as required by

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13. An agency may not

conduct or sponsor a collection of

information unless it displays a

currently valid control number. No

person shall be subject to any penalty

for failing to comply with a collection

of information subject to the Paperwork

Reduction Act (PRA) that does not

display a valid control number.

Comments are requested concerning (a)

whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

Commission, including whether the

information shall have practical utility;

(b) the accuracy of the Commissions

burden estimates; (c) ways to enhance

the quality, utility, and clarity of the

information collected and (d) ways to

minimize the burden of the collection of

information on the respondents,

including the use of automated

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology.

DATES: Written comments should be

submitted on or before June 17, 1996. If

you anticipate that you will be

submitting comments, but find it

difficult to do so within the period of

time allowed by this notice, you should

advise the contact listed below as soon

as possible.

ADDRESS: Direct all comments to

Dorothy Conway, Federal

Communications, Room 234, 1919 M

St., NW., Washington, DC 20554 or via

internet to dconway@fcc.gov and

Timothy Fain, OMB Desk Officer, 10236

NEOB 725 17th Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20503 or

fain_t@a1.eop.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

additional information or copies of the

information collections contact Dorothy

Conway at 202–418–0217 or via internet

at dconway@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Approval Number: 3060-0096.

Title: Application for Ship Radio

Station License.

Form No.: FCC 506.

Type of Review: Revision to an

existing collection.

Respondents: Individuals or

households; Businesses or other forprofit; State, Local or Tribal

Government; Non-profit institutions.

Number of Respondents: 106,192.

Estimated Time Per Response: 22

minutes.

Total Annual Burden: 38,653 hours.

Estimated Cost Per Respondent: There

is a combined filing and regulatory fee

of $75 for a new or renewed license and

a $45 filing fee for an application

requesting modification.

Needs and Uses: FCC Rules require

that applicants file the FCC 506 to apply

for a new or modified ship radio station

license. The form can also be used to

renew a station license. The FCC 506A

is used by the applicant as a temporary

operating authority until the ship radio

station license is received.

This form is required by the

Communications Act of 1934, as

amended; International Treaties and

FCC Rules 47 CFR Parts 1.922, 1.925

and 80.19.

Editorial changes will be made to the

instructions to include the mailing

location for feeable applications and the

addition of the toll free 800 number for

the Consumer Assistance Branch in

Gettysburg, PA. Item 24 of FCC 506 will

be revised to collect the length of ship

in meters in lieu of feet. Item 27 will be

deleted and the drug certification made

part of the certification text. These

revisions will not increase the burden

time for application completion.

OMB Approval Number: 3060–0564.

Title: 47 CFR 76.924 Cost accounting

and cost allocation requirements.