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including EPA’s Science Advisory

Board and blue ribbon panels convened

by the National Academy of Public

Administration and the National

Research Council, have made many

excellent suggestions for improving

science at EPA. ORD’s Strategic Plan

incorporates and builds on these ideas

to provide the course for strong, credible

science at EPA into the next century.

This plan is the culmination of a

number of strategic changes to institute

a more effective, risk-based research

program at ORD. For example, ORD

reorganized its nationwide system of

laboratories to conform to the

fundamental components of widely

used risk assessment and risk

management processes. With this

Strategic Plan, ORD has instituted a new

system for determining research

priorities based on risk assessment and

risk management principles. This

system will be used to sharpen the focus

of research by directing resources where

they will contribute most effectively to

understanding and solving

environmental problems, while

supporting EPA in fulfilling its

mandates. The Plan served as the

blueprint for the FY ’97 budget planning

process and will provide the basis for

building the FY ’98 budget.

The goal of ORD’s research program is

to assure that EPA’s environmental

decisions are based on high quality

science, and that science is provided in

a timely and useful format to users. The

Plan also lays the foundation for more

clearly defining the next generation of

environmental problems and the

research to address those problems.

Dated: May 28, 1996.

J.K. Alexander,

Deputy Assistant Administrator, Office of

Research and Development.

[FR Doc. 96–14458 Filed 6–6–96; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

[Report No. 1]

Petition for Reconsideration of Action

in Commission Proceeding

May 31, 1996.

A petition for partial reconsideration

has been filed with respect to the

Commission’s Memorandum Opinion

and Order listed below. The full text of

this document is available for viewing

and copying in Room 610, 1919 M

Street, NW., Washington, DC, by

contacting Donna Viert ((202) 418–

1725). In addition, copies may be

purchased from the Commission’s copy

contractor, ITS, Inc. ((202) 857–3800). In

accordance with section 1.45(b) of the

Commission’s Rules (47 CFR 1.4(b)(1))

oppositions to this petition for partial

reconsideration must be filed June 24,

1996. Replies to an opposition must be

filed within 10 days after the time for

filing oppositions has expired.

Subject: Settlements in Comparative

Broadcast Proceedings–Emergency

Request for Immediate Declaratory

Ruling. FCC 96–179 released April 26,

1996.

Filed By: Gene A. Bechtel, Bechtel & Cole,

Chartered on May 28, 1996.

Action by the General Counsel.

Federal Communications Commission

LaVera F. Marshall,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–14320 Filed 6–6–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6712–01–M

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE

CORPORATION

Notice of Agency Meeting; Sunshine

Act Meeting

Pursuant to the provisions of the

‘’Government in the Sunshine Act’’ (5

U.S.C. 552b), notice is hereby given that

at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, June 4, 1996,

the Board of Directors of the Federal

Deposit Insurance Corporation met in

closed session to consider matters

relating to the Corporation’s supervisory

activities.

In calling the meeting, the Board

determined, on motion of Vice

Chairman Andrew C. Hove, Jr.,

seconded by Director Joseph H. Neely

(Appointive), concurred in by Mr. John

F. Downey, acting in the place and stead

of Director Jonathan L. Fiechter (Acting

Director, Office of Thrift Supervision),

Ms. Julie Williams, acting in the place

and stead of Director Eugene A. Ludwig

(Comptroller of the Currency), and

Chairman Ricki Helfer, that Corporation

business required its consideration of

the matters on less than seven days’

notice to the public; that no earlier

notice of the meeting was practicable;

that the public interest did not require

consideration of the matters in a

meeting open to public observation; and

that the matters could be considered in

a closed meeting by authority of

subsections (c)(4), (c)(6), (c)(8), and

(c)(9)(A)(ii) of the ‘‘Government in the

Sunshine Act’’ (5 U.S.C. 552b (c)(4),

(c)(6), (c)(8), and (c)(9)(A)(ii).

The meeting was held in the Board

Room of the FDIC Building located at

550—17th Street, N.W., Washington,

D.C.

Dated: June 4, 1996.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Robert E. Feldman,

Deputy Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–14594 Filed 6–5–96; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

Performance Review Board; Notice of

Names of Members

AGENCY: Federal Maritime Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given of the

names of the members of the

Performance Review Board.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

William J. Herron, Jr., Director of

Personnel, Federal Maritime

Commission, 800 North Capitol Street,

Washington, DC 20573.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Sec.

4314(c) (1) through (5) of title 5, U.S.C.,

requires each agency to establish, in

accordance with regulations prescribed

by the Office of Personnel Management,

one or more performance review boards.

The board shall review and evaluate the

initial appraisal of a senior executive’s

performance by the supervisor, along

with any recommendations to the

appoint authority relative to the

performance of the senior executive.

Harold J. Creel, Jr.,

Chairman.

The Members of the Performance

Review Board Are:

1. Ming Chen Hsu, Commissioner

2. Delmond J.H. Won, Commissioner

3. Joe Scroggins, Jr., Commissioner

4. Norman D. Kline, Chief

Administrative Law Judge

5. Frederick M. Dolan, Jr.,

Administrative Law Judge

6. Charles E. Morgan, Administrative

Law Judge

7. Robert D. Bourgoin, General

Counsel

8. Joseph C. Polking, Secretary

9. Edward P. Walsh, Managing

Director

10. Bruce A. Dombrowski, Deputy

Managing Director

11. Vern W. Hill, Director, Bureau of

Enforcement

12. Sandra L. Kusumoto, Director,

Bureau of Administration

13. Austin L. Schmitt, Director, Bureau

of Economics and Agreement

Analysis

14. Norman W. Littlejohn, Deputy

Director, Bureau of Enforcement