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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. 

[FR Doc. E8–24175 Filed 10–14–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

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. 

[FR Doc. E8–24609 Filed 10–10–08; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6570–01–P 

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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approval under OMB delegated 

authority. Comments are invited on the 

following: 

a. Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the Federal Reserve’s 

functions; including whether the 

information has practical utility; 

b. The accuracy of the Federal 

Reserve’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed information collection, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

c. Ways to enhance the quality, 

utility, and clarity of the information to 

be collected; and 

d. Ways to minimize the burden of 

information collection on respondents, 

including through the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before December 15, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Reg B or Reg E, by any of 

the following methods: 

• Agency Web site: http:// 

www.federalreserve.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments at 

http://www.federalreserve.gov/ 

generalinfo/foia/ProposedRegs.cfm. 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• E-mail: 

regs.comments@federalreserve.gov. 

Include docket number in the subject 

line of the message. 

• Fax: 202/452–3819 or 202/452– 

3102. 

• Mail: Jennifer J. Johnson, Secretary, 

Board of Governors of the Federal 

Reserve System, 20th Street and 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC 20551. 

All public comments are available 

from the Board’s Web site at http:// 

www.federalreserve.gov/generalinfo/ 

foia/ProposedRegs.cfm as submitted, 

unless modified for technical reasons. 

Accordingly, your comments will not be 

edited to remove any identifying or 

contact information. Public comments 

may also be viewed electronically or in 

paper form in Room MP–500 of the 

Board’s Martin Building (20th and C 

Streets, NW.) between 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. 

on weekdays. 

Additionally, commenters should 

send a copy of their comments to the 

OMB Desk Officer by mail to the Office 

of Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

U.S. Office of Management and Budget, 

New Executive Office Building, Room 

10235, 725 17th Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20503 or by fax to 202– 

395–6974. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A 

copy of the PRA OMB submission 

including the proposed reporting form 

and instructions, supporting statement, 

and other documentation will be placed 

into OMB’s public docket files once 

approved. These documents will also be 

made available on the Federal Reserve 

Board’s public Web site at: http:// 

www.federalreserve.gov/boarddocs/ 

reportforms/review.cfm or may be 

requested from the agency clearance 

officer, whose name appears below. 

Michelle Shore, Federal Reserve 

Board Clearance Officer (202–452– 

3829), Division of Research and 

Statistics, Board of Governors of the 

Federal Reserve System, Washington, 

DC 20551. Telecommunications Device 

for the Deaf (TDD) users may contact 

(202–263–4869), Board of Governors of 

the Federal Reserve System, 

Washington, DC 20551. 

Proposals To Approve Under OMB 

Delegated Authority the Extension for 

Three Years, Without Revision, of the 

Following Reports 

1. Report title: Recordkeeping and 

Disclosure Requirements in Connection 

with Regulation B (Equal Credit 

Opportunity). 

Agency form number: Reg B. 

OMB control number: 7100–0201. 

Frequency: Event-generated. 

Reporters: State member banks, 

branches and agencies of foreign banks 

(other than federal branches, federal 

agencies, and insured state branches of 

foreign banks), commercial lending 

companies owned or controlled by 

foreign banks, and Edge and agreement 

corporations. 

Annual reporting hours: 170,000 

hours. 

Estimated average hours per response: 

Notice of action, 2.5 minutes; credit 

history reporting, 2 minutes; 

recordkeeping for applications & 

actions, 8 hours; monitoring data, 0.50 

minutes; appraisal report upon request, 

5 minutes; notice of right to appraisal, 

0.25 minutes; recordkeeping of self test, 

2 hours; recordkeeping of self corrective 

action, 8 hours; and disclosure of 

optional self-test, 1 minute. 

Number of respondents: 1,205. 

General description of report: This 

information collection is mandatory (15 

U.S.C. 1691 (b)(a)(1)). The adverse 

action disclosure is confidential 

between the institution and the 

consumer involved. Since the Federal 

Reserve does not collect any 

information, no issue of confidentiality 

normally arises. However, the 

information may be protected from 

disclosure under the exemptions (b)(4), 

(6), and (8) of the Freedom of 

Information Act (5 U.S.C. 522 (b)). 

Abstract: The Equal Credit 

Opportunity Act and Regulation B 

prohibit discrimination in any aspect of 

a credit transaction because of race, 

color, religion, national origin, sex, 

marital status, age, or other specified 

bases. To aid in implementation of this 

prohibition, the statute and regulation 

also subject creditors to various 

mandatory disclosure requirements, 

notification provisions, credit history 

reporting, monitoring rules, and 

recordkeeping requirements. These 

requirements are triggered by specific 

events and disclosures must be 

provided within the time periods 

established by the Act and regulation. 

2. Report title: Recordkeeping and 

Disclosure Requirements in Connection 

with Regulation E (Electronic Funds 

Transfer). 

Agency form number: Reg E. 

OMB control number: 7100–0200. 

Frequency: Event-generated. 

Reporters: State member banks, 

branches and agencies of foreign banks 

(other than federal branches, federal 

agencies, and insured state branches of 

foreign banks), commercial lending 

companies owned or controlled by 

foreign banks, and Edge and agreement 

corporations. 

Annual reporting hours: 59,902 hours. 

Estimated average hours per response: 

Initial terms disclosure, 1.5 minutes; 

change in terms disclosure, 1 minute; 

periodic disclosure, 7 hours; and error 

resolution rules, 30 minutes. 

Number of respondents: 1,205. 

General description of report: This 

information collection is mandatory (15 

U.S.C. 1693 et seq.). The disclosures 

required by the rule and information 

about error allegations and their 

resolution are confidential between the 

institution and the consumer. Since the 

Federal Reserve does not collect any 

information, no issue of confidentiality 

arises. However, the information, if 

made available to the Federal Reserve, 

may be protected from disclosure under 

exemptions (b)(4), (6), and (8) of the 

Freedom of Information Act (5 U.S.C. 

552 (b)(4), (6), and (8)). 

Abstract: The Electronic Funds 

Transfer Act and Regulation E are 

designed to ensure adequate disclosure 

of basic terms, costs, and rights relating 

to electronic fund transfer (EFT) 

services provided to consumers. 

Institutions offering EFT services must 

disclose to consumers certain 

information, including: Initial and 

updated EFT terms, transaction 

information, periodic statements of 

activity, the consumer’s potential 

liability for unauthorized transfers, and 

error resolution rights and procedures. 

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machines, telephone bill payment; 

point-of-sale transfers in retail stores, 

fund transfers initiated through the 

Internet, and preauthorized transfers to 

or from a consumer’s account. 

Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, October 8, 2008. 

Jennifer J. Johnson, 

Secretary of the Board. 

[FR Doc. E8–24348 Filed 10–14–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6210–01–P 

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Announcement of Board 

Approval Under Delegated Authority 

and Submission to OMB 

SUMMARY: Background. Notice is hereby 

given of the final approval of proposed 

information collections by the Board of 

Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System (Board) under OMB delegated 

authority, as per 5 CFR 1320.16 (OMB 

Regulations on Controlling Paperwork 

Burdens on the Public). 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 instrument(s) 

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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Federal Reserve Board Clearance 

Officer—Michelle Shore—Division of 

Research and Statistics, Board of 

Governors of the Federal Reserve 

System, Washington, DC 20551 (202– 

452–3829). OMB Desk Officer— 

Kimberly P. Nelson—Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget, New 

Executive Office Building, Room 10235, 

Washington, DC 20503. 

Final Approval Under OMB Delegated 

Authority of the Extension for Three 

Years, With Revision, of the Following 

Reports 

1. Report title: Survey of Terms of 

Lending. 

Agency form number: FR 2028A, FR 

2028B, and FR 2028S. 

OMB control number: 7100–0061. 

Frequency: Quarterly. 

Reporters: Commercial banks; and 

U.S. branches and agencies of foreign 

banks (FR 2028A and FR 2028S only). 

Annual reporting hours: 6,840 hours. 

Estimated average hours per response: 

FR 2028A, 3.4 hours; FR 2028B, 1.2 

hours; and FR 2028S, 0.1 hours. 

Number of respondents: FR 2028A, 

398; FR 2028B, 250; and FR 2028S, 567. 

General description of report: This 

information collection is authorized by 

section 11(a)(2) of the Federal Reserve 

Act [12 U.S.C. 248(a)(2)] and is 

voluntary. Individual responses are 

regarded as confidential under the 

Freedom of Information Act [5 U.S.C. 

552(b)(4)]. 

Abstract: The Survey of Terms of 

Lending provides unique information 

concerning both price and certain 

nonprice terms of loans made to 

businesses and farmers during the first 

full business week of the mid-month of 

each quarter (February, May, August, 

and November). The survey comprises 

three reporting forms: The FR 2028A, 

Survey of Terms of Business Lending; 

the FR 2028B, Survey of Terms of Bank 

Lending to Farmers; and the FR 2028S, 

Prime Rate Supplement to the Survey of 

Terms of Lending. The FR 2028A and 

FR 2028B collect detailed data on 

individual loans made during the 

survey week, and the FR 2028S collects 

the prime interest rate for each day of 

the survey from both FR 2028A and FR 

2028B respondents. From these sample 

data, estimates of the terms of business 

loans and farm loans extended during 

the reporting week are constructed. The 

aggregate estimates for business loans 

are published in the quarterly E.2 

release, Survey of Terms of Business 

Lending, and aggregate estimates for 

farm loans are published in the 

quarterly E.15 release, Agricultural 

Finance Databook. 

Current Actions: On August 4, 2008, 

the Federal Reserve published a notice 

in the Federal Register (73 FR 45222) 

requesting public comment for 60 days 

on the extension, with revision, of the 

FR 2028. The comment period for this 

notice expired on October 3, 2008. The 

Federal Reserve did not receive any 

comments on the proposed revisions. 

The revisions will be implemented as 

proposed. 

2. Report title: Report of Terms of 

Credit Card Plans. 

Agency form number: FR 2572. 

OMB control number: 7100–0239. 

Frequency: Semi-annual. 

Reporters: Commercial banks, savings 

banks, industrial banks, and savings and 

loans associations. 

Annual reporting hours: 75 hours. 

Estimated average hours per response: 

0.25 hours. 

Number of respondents: 150. 

General description of report: This 

information collection is voluntary (15 

U.S.C. 1646(b)) and is not given 

confidential treatment. 

Abstract: This report collects data on 

credit card pricing and availability from 

a sample of at least 150 financial 

institutions that offer credit cards to the 

general public. The information is 

reported to the Congress and made 

available to the public in order to 

promote competition within the 

industry. 

Current Actions: On August 4, 2008, 

the Federal Reserve published a notice 

in the Federal Register (73 FR 45222) 

requesting public comment for 60 days 

on the extension, with revision, of this 

information collection. The comment 

period for this notice expired on 

October 3, 2008. The Federal Reserve 

did not receive any comments. The 

revisions will be implemented as 

proposed. 

3. Report title: The Report of 

Transaction Accounts, Other Deposits 

and Vault Cash. 

Agency form number: FR 2900. 

OMB control number: 7100–0087. 

Frequency: Weekly, quarterly. 

Reporters: Depository institutions. 

Annual reporting hours: 615,902 

hours. 

Estimated average hours per response: 

3.50 hours. 

Number of respondents: 2,996 weekly 

and 5,045 quarterly. 

General description of report: This 

information collection is mandatory (12 

U.S.C. 248(a), 461, 603, and 615) and is 

given confidential treatment (5 U.S.C. 

552(b)(4)). 

Abstract: Nonexempt institutions— 

defined as those with net transaction 

accounts greater than the exemption 

amount or with the sum of total 

transaction accounts, savings deposits, 

and small time deposits equal to or 

greater than the reduced reporting 

limit—file the fifteen-item FR 2900 

weekly if the sum of their total 

transaction accounts, savings deposits, 

and small time deposits is equal to or 

greater than the nonexempt deposit 

cutoff and quarterly if the sum of their 

total transaction accounts, savings 

deposits, and small time deposits is less 

than the nonexempt deposit cutoff. U.S. 

branches and agencies of foreign banks 

and banking Edge and agreement 

corporations are required to submit FR 

2900 data weekly regardless of their 

deposit size. These mandatory data are 

used by the Federal Reserve for 

administering Regulation D (Reserve 

Requirements of Depository Institutions) 

and for constructing, analyzing, and 

monitoring the monetary and reserve 

aggregates. 

Current Actions: On August 4, 2008, 

the Federal Reserve published a notice 


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