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Table 2 of this unit includes the 

names and addresses of record for the 

registrants of the products listed in 

Table 1 of this unit. 

TABLE 2.—REGISTRANTS REQUESTING

VOLUNTARY CANCELLATION AND/OR

AMENDMENTS

EPA 

Company 

Number 

Company Name and Address 

769 Value Garden Supply 

9100 W. Bloomington Freeway 

Suite 113 

Bloomington, MN 55431 

5887 Value Garden Supply 

9100 W. Bloomington Freeway 

Suite 113 

Bloomington, MN 55431 

5905 Helena Chemical Company 

225 Schilling Boulevard 

Suite 300 

Collierville, TN 38017 

34704 Loveland Products, Inc. 

7251 W 4th Street (80634) 

P.O. Box 1286 

Greeley, CO 80632–1286 

IV. What is the Agency’s Authority for 

Taking this Action? 

Section 6(f)(1) of FIFRA provides that 

a registrant of a pesticide product may 

at any time request that any of its 

pesticide registrations be canceled or 

amended to terminate one or more uses. 

FIFRA further provides that, before 

acting on the request, EPA must publish 

a notice of receipt of any such request 

in the Federal Register. Thereafter, 

following the public comment period, 

the Administrator may approve such a 

request. 

V. Procedures for Withdrawal of 

Request and Considerations for 

Reregistration of Carbaryl 

Registrants who choose to withdraw a 

request for cancellation must submit 

such withdrawal in writing to the 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT, postmarked 

before November 14, 2008. This written 

withdrawal of the request for 

cancellation will apply only to the 

applicable FIFRA section 6(f)(1) request 

listed in this notice. If the products have 

been subject to a previous cancellation 

action, the effective date of cancellation 

and all other provisions of any earlier 

cancellation action are controlling. 

VI. Provisions for Disposition of 

Existing Stocks 

Existing stocks are those stocks of 

registered pesticide products which are 

currently in the United States and 

which were packaged, labeled, and 

released for shipment prior to the 

effective date of the cancellation action. 

In any order issued in response to 

these requests for cancellation of 

product registrations and for 

amendments to terminate uses, the 

Agency proposes to include the 

following provisions for the treatment of 

any existing stocks of the products 

indentified or referenced in Table 1. 

Provided that these stocks bear labels 

previously approved by EPA, registrants 

may sell and distribute existing stocks 

of the affected products for 18 months 

from the effective date of the Agency’s 

termination order. 

If the request for voluntary 

cancellation and/or use termination is 

granted as discussed in this unit, the 

Agency intends to issue a cancellation 

order that will allow persons other than 

the registrant to continue to sell and/or 

use existing stocks of canceled products 

until such stocks are exhausted, 

provided that such use is consistent 

with the terms of the previously 

approved labeling on, or that 

accompanied, the canceled product. The 

order will specifically prohibit any use 

of existing stocks that is not consistent 

with such previously approved labeling. 

EPA intends to publish the cancellation 

order in the Federal Register after the 

end of the 30–day comment period for 

this notice. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Pesticides 

and pests, Carbaryl, SEVIN. 

Dated: October 1, 2008. 

Steven Bradbury, 

Director, Special Review and Reregistration 

Division, Office of Pesticide Programs. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8728–5] 

State Program Requirements; 

Application To Administer the National 

Pollutant Discharge Elimination 

System (NPDES) Program for 

Concentrated Animal Feeding 

Operations (CAFOs); Ohio 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice: Proposed approval and 

hearing. 

SUMMARY: The State of Ohio has 

submitted a request for the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

to approve a revision to the Ohio 

National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System (NPDES) program to 

allow the Ohio Department of 

Agriculture (ODA) to administer the 

parts of the program pertaining to 

concentrated animal feeding operations 

(CAFOs) and storm water associated 

with construction activity at animal 

feeding operations (AFOs) in Ohio. The 

Ohio Environmental Protection Agency 

(Ohio EPA) currently administers the 

Ohio NPDES program in its entirety. 

Under the proposed revision, Ohio EPA 

would continue to implement all other 

aspects of the State’s approved NPDES 

program. EPA Region 5 received Ohio’s 

request in January 2007. In April and 

November 2007, EPA identified 31 

technical and legal issues that ODA 

needs to resolve before EPA would be 

able to approve the ODA program. In a 

letter dated September 4, 2008, ODA 

committed to pursue specified statutory 

and administrative rule changes to 

address the issues identified by EPA. 

The ODA letter also included proposed 

statutory and rule changes beyond the 

scope of the changes needed to resolve 

the issues raised by EPA. ODA 

subsequently provided correct versions 

of certain proposed statutory and rule 

provisions that were not included with 

the September 4 letter. On October 3, 

2008, EPA responded to ODA, stating its 

belief that enactment and adoption of 

the former changes would resolve EPA’s 

issues, and that the latter changes 

proposed by ODA will not adversely 

affect ODA’s authority to administer the 

NPDES program. The letter stated that 

EPA expects the adopted statutory and 

rule changes to be identical to those 

submitted with ODA’s September 2008 

letters. As a result, EPA proposes to 

approve Ohio’s application contingent 

on the enactment and adoption of the 

former changes, as documented in 

ODA’s September 4 letter. Today, EPA 

is requesting comment on the State’s 

application to have ODA administer the 

NPDES program for CAFOs and for 

storm water associated with 

construction activity at AFOs, and is 

providing notice of a public hearing and 

comment period on the Agency’s 

proposal to approve Ohio’s application. 

EPA will either approve or disapprove 

the State’s request after considering all 

comments it receives. A final decision 

to approve the program would be 

contingent on Ohio’s enactment and 

adoption of the statutory and rule 

changes needed to resolve EPA’s issues, 

as documented in ODA’s September 4 

letter. 

DATES: The public comment period will 

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be received or postmarked by no later 

than 11:59 p.m. on December 16, 2008. 

Open House and Public Hearing. An 

open house and public hearing will be 

held on November 18, 2008. The public 

hearing will be conducted in accordance 

with 40 CFR 124.12. It will provide 

interested parties with the opportunity 

to provide written and/or oral 

comments for the record. EPA, ODA and 

Ohio EPA staff will be available before 

the hearing to answer questions during 

the open house. The hearing and open 

house will be held on November 18, 

2008, at the following location: The 

Fawcett Center, 2400 Olentangy River 

Road, Columbus, Ohio 43210. 

The open house will be from 3–5:30 

p.m. in the Clinton Room. The Public 

Hearing will be held in the auditorium, 

from 7 p.m. until all testimony is heard 

or 9:30 p.m., whichever is earlier. 

Comments. Public comments may be 

in either paper or electronic format, 

although EPA encourages commenters 

to submit their comments electronically 

whenever possible. Send all paper copy 

comments to: Mr. Matt Gluckman, EPA 

Region 5, NPDES Programs Branch, 

WN–16J, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, 

Chicago, Illinois 60604. Call Mr. 

Gluckman at (312) 886–6089 before 

hand delivery to verify business hours. 

EPA requests that electronic comments 

include the commenter’s postal mailing 

address. No Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) should be submitted. 

Submit electronic comments at http:// 

www.epa.gov/region5/water/npdestek/ 

odacafo.htm. 

To ensure that EPA can read, 

understand and therefore properly 

respond to comments, the Agency 

would prefer that paper comments be 

typed or legibly written and that 

commenters cite the paragraph(s) or 

sections in the notice or supporting 

documents to which each comment 

refers. Commenters who want EPA to 

acknowledge receipt of their comments 

should enclose a self-addressed stamped 

envelope. 

Viewing/Obtaining Copies of 

Documents. Copies of Ohio’s 

application and all other documents in 

the official record are available for 

inspection at the following four 

locations: 

(1) EPA Region 5 office at 77 West 

Jackson Boulevard, 16th floor, Chicago, 

Illinois. The office hours are 8:45 a.m. 

to 4:45 p.m. Monday through Friday, 

except federal holidays. Call (312) 886– 

6089 to set up an appointment. 

(2) ODA’s Livestock Environmental 

Permitting Program office in 

Reynoldsburg, Ohio, weekdays from 8– 

5 p.m. Call (614) 387–0908 to set up an 

appointment. 

(3) Auglaize Soil and Water 

Conservation District Office (SWCD), 

110 Industrial Drive, Suite G, in 

Wapakoneta, Ohio. Call (419) 738–4016 

to set up an appointment. 

(4) Wayne SWCD, 428 West Liberty 

St., Wooster, Ohio. Call (330) 262–2836 

to set up an appointment. 

You may also visit http://www.epa.gov/ 

region5/water/npdestek/odacafo.htm. 

To request the application on compact 

disc, call Matt Gluckman at (800) 621– 

8431, extension 66089, or (312) 886– 

6089. See SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

for additional information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matt 

Gluckman, gluckman.matthew@epa.gov, 

at EPA Region 5, NPDES Programs 

Branch, WN–16J, 77 West Jackson 

Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604, or 

(800) 621–8431, extension 66089, or 

(312) 886–6089. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

402 of the Clean Water Act (CWA) 

established the NPDES program under 

which EPA may issue permits for the 

point source discharge of pollutants to 

waters of the United States under 

conditions required by the Act. Section 

402 also provides that EPA may approve 

a state to administer an equivalent state 

program, upon the Governor’s request, 

provided that the state has appropriate 

legal authority and a program sufficient 

to meet the Act’s requirements. The 

regulations applicable to state NPDES 

programs appear at 40 CFR part 123. 

They allow states to share 

administration of their NPDES programs 

among two or more agencies. 40 CFR 

123.1(g) and 123.62(c). The CWA and 

NPDES regulations can be found at: 

http://cfpub.epa.gov/npdes/ 

regs.cfm?program_id=0. EPA approved 

Ohio’s request to implement the NPDES 

program on March 11, 1974. That 

approval recognized Ohio EPA as the 

agency responsible for implementing 

the State’s approved program. 

Under 40 CFR 123.62(c), states with 

approved NPDES programs must notify 

EPA whenever they propose to transfer 

all or part of any program from the 

approved state agency, and must 

identify any new division of 

responsibilities among the agencies 

involved. Under this section the new 

agency is not authorized to administer 

the program until the Regional 

Administrator approves the request. In a 

letter dated December 28, 2006, Ohio 

Governor Taft requested EPA’s approval 

of Ohio’s request to transfer authority to 

ODA to run the NPDES program for 

CAFOs and storm water associated with 

construction activity at AFOs in Ohio. 

The State’s request included a program 

description, an amendment to the 

Memorandum of Agreement (MOA) 

between EPA and the State of Ohio, the 

statutes and rules ODA will use to 

implement its NPDES program for 

CAFOs, a statement of legal authority 

from the Ohio Attorney General, and 

supporting documentation. The program 

description addresses, among other 

topics, how Ohio intends to transfer 

implementation of the NPDES program 

for CAFOs from Ohio EPA to ODA. 

EPA Region 5 received Ohio’s request 

in January 2007. EPA completed its 

review of the application in the fall of 

2007. EPA communicated the outcome 

of its review in April and November 

2007 letters to ODA. The letters 

expressed concern regarding five 

provisions in ODA’s standards for land 

application of manure, litter and process 

wastewater. The letters also asked ODA 

to clarify or revise 26 provisions of its 

legal authority or NPDES permitting 

requirements. In a letter dated 

September 4, 2008, ODA committed to 

pursue specified statutory and rule 

changes to address the issues identified 

by EPA. ODA’s letter also included 

other proposed statutory and regulatory 

changes beyond the scope of the 

changes needed to resolve the issues 

raised by EPA. ODA subsequently 

provided correct versions of certain 

proposed statutory and rule provisions 

that were not included with the 

September 4 letter. On October 3, 2008, 

EPA responded to ODA, stating its belief 

that enactment and adoption of the 

changes ODA has committed to pursue 

would resolve EPA’s issues, and that the 

additional changes proposed by ODA 

will not adversely affect ODA’s 

authority to administer the NPDES 

program. 

Following consideration of public 

comments and testimony, EPA will 

make a final decision regarding the 

State’s request in accordance with 

section 402(b) of the CWA and 40 CFR 

part 123, including 123.62(b). To obtain 

EPA approval of this revision to Ohio’s 

approved program, the State must show, 

among other things, that ODA has the 

authority to: (1) Issue proper permits for 

CAFOs and storm water discharges from 

construction of AFOs, (2) impose civil 

and criminal penalties for violations, 

and (3) ensure that the public is given 

notice and an opportunity for a hearing 

on each proposed permit within the 

scope of ODA’s jurisdiction. As 

discussed above, in this case, final 

approval of the State’s request is 

contingent on Ohio’s enactment and 

adoption of the changes to Ohio law and 

administrative rules needed to resolve 

EPA’s issues, as documented in ODA’s 

September 4 letter. Upon enactment and 

adoption of these changes, the State will 


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need to provide for EPA’s review an 

Attorney General’s statement that has 

been updated to reflect the adopted 

provisions. Upon review of the adopted 

provisions, EPA will request a revised 

program description and a revised 

MOA, should they be necessary. After 

the close of the comment period, the 

Regional Administrator for EPA Region 

5 will approve or disapprove Ohio’s 

request for ODA to implement the 

NPDES program for CAFOs based on the 

requirements of section 402 of the Act 

and 40 CFR part 123. If the Regional 

Administrator approves the request, she 

will so notify the State and sign the 

proposed MOA. Notice would be 

published in the Federal Register and, 

as of the date of program approval, 

authority to issue and enforce NPDES 

permits for CAFOs and for constructionrelated stormwater from AFOs in Ohio 

would shift from Ohio EPA to ODA in 

accordance with the State’s transition 

process described in its program 

description. If the Regional 

Administrator disapproves Ohio’s 

request, the State will be notified of the 

reasons for disapproval and of any 

revisions or modifications to the 

program that are necessary to obtain 

approval. 

Open House. EPA, ODA and Ohio 

EPA staff will be available before the 

public hearing to answer questions. 

Public Hearing Procedures. The 

public hearing will be conducted in 

accordance with 40 CFR 124.12. It will 

provide interested parties with the 

opportunity to give written and/or oral 

comments for the official record. The 

following procedures will be used at the 

public hearing. (1) The Presiding Officer 

will conduct the hearing in a manner 

which will allow all interested persons 

wishing to make oral statements an 

opportunity to do so; however, the 

Presiding Officer may inform attendees 

of any time limits during the opening 

statement of the hearing. (2) Any person 

may submit written statements or 

documents for the hearing record. (3) 

The Presiding Officer may, in his or her 

discretion, exclude oral testimony if 

such testimony is overly repetitious of 

previous testimony or is not relevant to 

the proposal to approve the revision to 

the Ohio NPDES program. (4) The 

transcript taken at the hearing, together 

with copies of all submitted statements 

and documents, will become a part of 

the record submitted to the Regional 

Administrator. (5) Hearing statements 

may be oral or written. EPA encourages 

submission of written copies of oral 

statements for accuracy of the record 

and for use of the Hearing Panel and 

other interested persons. Persons 

wishing to make oral testimony 

supporting their written comments are 

encouraged to give a summary of their 

points rather than reading lengthy 

written comments verbatim into the 

record. All comments received by EPA 

Region 5 by the deadline for receipt of 

comments, or presented at the public 

hearing, will be considered by EPA 

before taking final action on Ohio’s 

request for ODA to implement the 

NPDES program for CAFOs. 

Summary of Ohio’s Submission. Ohio 

has requested to transfer the 

responsibility of regulating CAFOs and 

storm water associated with 

construction of AFOs under the NPDES 

program from Ohio EPA to ODA. This 

transfer would include, but not be 

limited to regulation of manure, litter, 

and process wastewater and 

construction and industrial storm water 

discharges from CAFOs, and 

construction-related storm water 

discharges from other AFOs. If Ohio’s 

request is approved, Ohio EPA would 

continue to be responsible for 

implementing all other aspects of the 

State’s approved NPDES program. 

ODA’s proposed program is described in 

documents the State has submitted in 

accordance with 40 CFR 123.62, which 

include the following: A letter from the 

Governor requesting approval of the 

transfer; a program description outlining 

the procedures, personnel and protocols 

that will be relied on to implement 

ODA’s permitting, compliance and 

enforcement program; a revision to the 

MOA between EPA and the State of 

Ohio; the statutes and rules ODA will 

use to implement its NPDES program; 

and a statement of legal authority signed 

by the Ohio Attorney General that 

describes ODA’s authority to implement 

a program equivalent to the federal 

NPDES program with respect to CAFOs 

and storm water associated with 

construction of AFOs. The program 

description addresses, among other 

topics, how Ohio intends to transfer 

implementation of the NPDES program 

for CAFOs and for storm water 

associated with construction at AFOs 

from Ohio EPA to ODA. The following 

is a summary of these documents: 

Governor’s Letter: Ohio’s application 

includes a letter dated December 28, 

2006, from Governor Bob Taft officially 

requesting approval to transfer from 

Ohio EPA to ODA the responsibility for 

administering and enforcing the NPDES 

program for CAFOs in Ohio pursuant to 

section 402(b) of the Act and 40 CFR 

part 123. 

Program Description: Pursuant to 40 

CFR 123.62(b), EPA may require that a 

proposed revision to a state program 

include a modified program description. 

The program description must meet the 

minimum requirements of 40 CFR 

123.22. It must provide a narrative 

description of the scope, structure, 

coverage and processes of the state 

program; a description of the 

organization and structure, staffing and 

position descriptions for the lead state 

agency; and itemized costs and funding 

sources for the program for the first two 

years after program approval. It must 

describe all applicable state procedures 

(including administrative procedures for 

the issuance of permits and 

administrative or judicial procedures for 

their review) and include copies of 

forms used in the program. It must 

further contain a complete description 

of the state’s compliance and 

enforcement tracking program. ODA’s 

program description includes the 

required information. 

Memorandum of Agreement (MOA): 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 123.62(b), EPA may 

require that a proposed revision to a 

state program also include a modified 

MOA. The MOA must meet the 

minimum requirements of 40 CFR 

123.24. An MOA is a document signed 

by each Agency, committing them to 

specific responsibilities relevant to the 

administration and enforcement of the 

state’s program. An MOA specifies these 

responsibilities and provides structure 

for the state’s program management and 

EPA’s oversight of the state program. 

The revised MOA submitted by the 

State of Ohio has been signed by the 

Directors of ODA and the Ohio EPA. 

The Regional Administrator of EPA 

Region 5 will sign the document if she 

determines that Ohio’s application is 

approvable after all comments received 

during the comment period have been 

considered. 

Attorney General’s Statement: 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 123.62(b), EPA may 

require that a proposed revision to a 

state program include an Attorney 

General’s Statement. Such statements 

must meet the minimum requirements 

of 40 CFR 123.23. The Attorney General 

must certify that the state has lawfully 

adopted statutes and regulations which 

provide the state agency with the legal 

authority to administer a permitting 

program within the scope of its 

jurisdiction in compliance with 40 CFR 

part 123. The Attorney General’s 

Statement from Ohio describes and cites 

State legal authority it believes adequate 

to authorize ODA to administer the 

NPDES program for CAFOs and storm 

water associated with construction 

activity at AFOs described in the 

program description. The Attorney 

General’s Statement will need to be 

updated to reflect the adopted revisions 

to Ohio’s laws and rules. Upon review 

of the adopted provisions, EPA will also 


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request a revised program description 

and a revised MOA, should they be 

necessary. 

Results of EPA’s Review. EPA 

completed its review of Ohio’s 

application in the fall of 2007. EPA 

communicated the results of its review 

in April and November 2007 letters to 

ODA. The letters expressed concern 

regarding five provisions in ODA’s 

standards for land application of 

manure, litter and process wastewater. 

The letters also asked ODA to clarify or 

revise 26 provisions of its legal 

authority or NPDES permitting 

requirements. 

In a letter dated September 4, 2008, 

ODA’s Director committed to pursue 

specified statutory and rule changes to 

address the issues identified by EPA. 

The Director’s letter also included other 

proposed statutory and rule changes 

beyond the scope of the changes needed 

to resolve the issues raised by EPA. In 

letters dated September 22, 2008, ODA 

provided correct versions of certain 

proposed statutory and rule provisions 

that were not included with the 

September 4 letter. EPA believes that 

the former changes ODA has committed 

to pursue will resolve EPA’s issues, and 

that the latter changes will not adversely 

affect ODA’s authority to administer the 

NPDES program. All of ODA’s proposed 

changes were included in the September 

4 and 22 letters, and are available for 

public review as part of the official 

public record. 

Status of EPA’s CAFO Rule. EPA is in 

the process of revising portions of the 

NPDES permitting requirements and 

Effluent Limitations Guidelines and 

Standards (ELGs) for CAFOs. EPA is 

acting in response to the order issued by 

the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second 

Circuit in Waterkeeper Alliance et al. v. 

EPA, 399 F.3d 486 (2nd Cir. 2005), 

vacating or remanding portions of the 

2003 rule. Ohio may need to further 

revise its NPDES program to implement 

these federal revisions when they are 

finalized. EPA will provide Ohio the 

same time period from the promulgation 

date of the revised federal rule to change 

its legal authority that EPA provides to 

other states with approved NPDES 

programs. 40 CFR 123.62(e). This rule 

gives states one year where rule changes 

are needed and two years where 

statutory changes are needed to 

incorporate new federal regulations into 

state law. This future process is separate 

from the process described above 

regarding Ohio’s request for ODA to 

administer the NPDES program for 

CAFOs and for storm water associated 

with construction of AFOs. 

Public Comment on the Described 

Program. Today, EPA is requesting 

comments on Ohio’s request, and 

providing notice of a public hearing and 

comment period on EPA’s proposal to 

approve Ohio’s application in 

accordance with 40 CFR 123.62. EPA 

wants the citizens of Ohio to understand 

the State’s application, and wants to 

encourage public participation in the 

decisionmaking process. Therefore, EPA 

requests that the public review ODA’s 

proposed NPDES program for CAFOs 

and storm water associated with 

construction activity at AFOs, and 

provide any comments they feel are 

appropriate. EPA will consider all 

comments in its decision. EPA will 

either approve or disapprove the State’s 

request after considering all comments 

it receives. EPA expects the adopted 

statutory and rule changes to be 

identical to those submitted with ODA’s 

September 2008 letters. 

Authority: This action is taken under the 

authority of section 402 of the Clean Water 

Act as amended, 33 U.S.C. 1342. I hereby 

provide public notice of the application by 

the State of Ohio for the Ohio Department of 

Agriculture to implement the NPDES 

program for CAFOs and storm water 

associated with construction activity at 

AFOs, in accordance with 40 CFR 123.62. 

Dated: October 3, 2008. 

Bharat Mathur, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5. 

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EQUAL EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY 

COMMISSION 

Meetings; Sunshine Act 

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: Equal 

Employment Opportunity Commission. 

DATE AND TIME: Thursday, October 23, 

2008, 10 a.m. Eastern Time. 

PLACE: Clarence M. Mitchell, Jr. 

Conference Room on the Ninth Floor of 

the EEOC Office Building, 1801 ‘‘L’’ 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20507. 

STATUS: The meeting will be open to the 

public. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED

Open Session 

1. Announcement of Notation Votes, 

and 

2. Issues Facing Hispanics in the 

Federal Workplace—Invited Panelists. 

Note: In accordance with the Sunshine Act, 

the meeting will be open to public 

observation of the Commission’s 

deliberations and voting. (In addition to 

publishing notices on EEOC Commission 

meetings in the Federal Register, the 

Commission also provides a recorded 

announcement a full week in advance on 

future Commission sessions.) 

Please telephone (202) 663–7100 (voice) 

and (202) 663–4074 (TTY) at any time for 

information on these meetings. The EEOC 

provides sign language interpretation at 

Commission meetings for the hearing 

impaired. Requests for other reasonable 

accommodations may be made by using the 

voice and TTY numbers listed above. Contact 

Person for More Information: Stephen 

Llewellyn, Executive Officer, on (202) 663– 

4070. 

Dated: October 9, 2008. 

Stephen Llewellyn, 

Executive Officer, Executive Secretariat. 

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FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection Activities; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Board of Governors of the 

Federal Reserve System. 

SUMMARY: 

Background 

On June 15, 1984, the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

delegated to the Board of Governors of 

the Federal Reserve System (Board) its 

approval authority under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA), as per 5 CFR 

1320.16, to approve of and assign OMB 

control numbers to collection of 

information requests and requirements 

conducted or sponsored by the Board 

under conditions set forth in 5 CFR 

1320 Appendix A.1. Board-approved 

collections of information are 

incorporated into the official OMB 

inventory of currently approved 

collections of information. Copies of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act Submission, 

supporting statements and approved 

collection of information instruments 

are placed into OMB’s public docket 

files. The Federal Reserve may not 

conduct or sponsor, and the respondent 

is not required to respond to, an 

information collection that has been 

extended, revised, or implemented on or 

after October 1, 1995, unless it displays 

a currently valid OMB control number. 

Request for Comment on Information 

Collection Proposals 

The following information 

collections, which are being handled 

under this delegated authority, have 

received initial Board approval and are 

hereby published for comment. At the 

end of the comment period, the 

proposed information collections, along 

with an analysis of comments and 

recommendations received, will be 

submitted to the Board for final 


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