76 Federal Register / Vol. 67, No. 1 / Wednesday, January 2, 2002 / Notices 

wish to make a brief statement not to 

exceed five minutes. 

Document Availability: The external 

review draft of the perchlorate 

document will be available by January 

9, 2002, on EPA’s National Center for 

Environmental Assessment (NCEA) Web 

site at http://www.epa.gov/ncea. In 

addition, a compact disk (CD) 

containing documents cited in the 

‘‘Perchlorate Environmental 

Contamination: Toxicological Review 

and Risk Characterization’’ report that 

cannot be readily obtained from the 

open literature will be available by 

request as of January 9, 2002. To obtain 

a copy of the CD, you may contact the 

EPA Superfund Records Center in San 

Francisco, California. A shipping and 

handling fee may apply. The circulation 

desk phone number for the Superfund 

Records Center is 415–536–2000. Copies 

of the perchlorate document and CD are 

not available from ERG. 

Comment Submission: Written 

comments should be submitted to ERG, 

Inc., 110 Hartwell Avenue, Lexington, 

Massachusetts 02421. Comments under 

50 pages may be sent via e-mail 

attachment (in Word, Word Perfect, or 

PDF) to www.meetings@erg.com.

Written comments must be postmarked 

by the end of the public comment 

period (February 11, 2002). Please note 

that all technical comments received in 

response to this notice will be placed in 

a public record. For that reason, 

commentors should not submit personal 

information (such as medical data or 

home address), Confidential Business 

Information, or information protected by 

copyright. Due to limited resources, 

acknowledgments will not be sent.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Questions regarding registration and 

logistics should be directed to EPA’s 

contractor, ERG, Inc., at 781–674–7374. 

For technical inquiries, please contact: 

Annie Jarabek, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (MD 52), USEPA 

Mailroom, Research Triangle Park, NC 

27711; telephone 919–541–4847; 

facsimile 919–541–1818; e-mail 

jarabek.annie@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Perchlorate (ClO4) is an anion that 

originates as a contaminant in 

groundwater and surface waters from 

the dissolution of ammonium, 

potassium, magnesium, or sodium salts. 

Perchlorate is exceedingly mobile in 

aqueous systems and can persist for 

many decades under typical 

groundwater and surface water 

conditions. A major source of 

perchlorate contamination is the 

manufacture of ammonium perchlorate 

for use as the oxidizer component and 

primary ingredient in solid propellant 

for rockets, missiles, and fireworks. 

EPA’s Superfund Technical Support 

Center issued a provisional reference 

dose (RfD) for perchlorate in 1992 and 

a revised provisional RfD in 1995 based 

on the effects of potassium perchlorate 

in patients with Graves’ disease (an 

autoimmune disease that results in 

hyperthyroidism). (An RfD is an 

estimate of a daily oral human exposure 

that is anticipated to be without adverse 

noncancer health effects over a lifetime.) 

In March 1997, the existing toxicologic 

database on perchlorate was determined 

to be inadequate for quantitative human 

health risk assessment by an external 

peer review panel. A lack of data on the 

ecotoxicological effects was also noted. 

In May 1997, a testing strategy was 

developed based on the known mode-ofaction for perchlorate toxicity (the 

inhibition of iodide uptake in the 

thyroid and subsequent perturbations of 

thyroid hormone homeostasis), and an 

accelerated research program was 

initiated to gain a better understanding 

of the human health effects of 

perchlorate, examine possible ecological 

impacts, refine analytical methods, 

develop treatment technologies, and 

better characterize the occurrence of 

perchlorate in groundwater and surface 

waters. 

In December 1998, the National 

Center for Environmental Assessment 

(NCEA) developed an external peer 

review draft document that assessed the 

human health and ecological risk of 

perchlorate (‘‘Perchlorate 

Environmental Contamination: 

Toxicology Review and Risk 

Characterization Based on Emerging 

Information,’’ NCEA–I–0503). This 

document presented an updated human 

health risk assessment that incorporated 

results of the newly performed health 

effects studies available as of November 

1998 and a screening-level ecological 

assessment. The human health risk 

assessment model utilized a mode-ofaction approach that harmonized 

noncancer and cancer approaches to 

derive a single oral risk benchmark 

based on precursor effects for both 

neurodevelopmental and thyroid 

neoplasia. A workshop was convened in 

February 1999 in San Bernardino, 

California, to provide external peer 

review of that document. Peer reviewers 

endorsed the conceptual approach 

proposed by NCEA, but recommended 

that new analyses be conducted and that 

several additional studies be planned 

and performed. NCEA has prepared a 

revised perchlorate assessment that 

addresses comments from the 1999 

external peer review workshop and 

incorporates data from additional 

studies that were either nearing 

completion at the time of the 1999 

review or were recommended at that 

time. This revised draft document is the 

subject of the external peer review 

workshop announced in today’s Federal 

Register notice. 

The external peer review panel will 

consist of a panel of independent 

scientists selected by EPA’s contractor, 

ERG, from the fields of developmental 

toxicology, reproductive toxicology, 

neurotoxicology, immunotoxicology, 

pharmacokinetics, genetic toxicology, 

endocrinology, pathology, 

epidemiology, statistics, ecotoxicology, 

and environmental transport and 

biotransformation. Peer reviewers will 

review the revised human health and 

ecological risk assessment for 

perchlorate as well as new studies 

performed since the 1999 external peer 

review. Following the external peer 

review workshop, ERG will prepare a 

report summarizing the workshop. EPA 

will address the comments of the 

external peer reviewers in finalizing the 

perchlorate risk assessment document 

and in developing revised toxicity 

values. The human health and 

ecological risk assessment may be used 

in the future to support development of 

a health advisory or possible drinking 

water regulations and cleanup decisions 

at hazardous waste sites. However, any 

such future decisions would be subject 

to all applicable statutory and regulatory 

requirements and policy considerations 

for use of the assessments under those 

programs.

Dated: December 20, 2001. 

George W. Alapas, 

Acting Director, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment.

[FR Doc. 01–32088 Filed 12–31–01; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Public Information 

Collection(s) being Reviewed by the 

Federal Communications Commission 

December 19, 2001.

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications 

Commission, 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 information collection(s), 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 

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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 Commission’s 

burden estimate; (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 February 1, 2002. 

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.

ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to Judy 

Boley, Federal Communications 

Commission, Room 1–C804, 445 12th 

Street, SW, DC 20554 or via the Internet 

to jboley@fcc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information or copies of the 

information collection(s), contact Judy 

Boley at 202–418–0214 or via the 

Internet at jboley@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control No.: 3060–0519. 

Title: Rules and Regulations 

Implementing the Telephone Consumer 

Protection Act of 1991 (CC Docket No. 

92–06). 

Form No.: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Businesses or other forprofit. 

Number of Respondents: 30,000. 

Estimated Time Per Response: 31.2 

hours per response (avg.). 

Frequency of Response:

Recordkeeping requirement, third party 

disclosure requirement, on occasion 

reporting requirement. 

Total Annual Burden: 936,000 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: N/A. 

Needs and Uses: Parts 64 and 68 of 

the Commission’s rules contain 

procedures for avoiding unwanted 

telephone solicitations to residences, 

and to regulate the use of automatic 

telephone dialing systems, artificial or 

pre-recorded voice messages, and 

telephone facsimile machines. The 

Commission believes that the 

recordkeeping requirement is the best 

means of preventing unwanted 

telephone solicitations.

OMB Control No.: 3060–0837. 

Title: Application for DTV Broadcast 

Station License. 

Form No.: FCC Form 302–DTV. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Businesses or other forprofit, not-for-profit institutions. 

Number of Respondents: 600. 

Estimated Time Per Response: 1.5–6 

hours per response (avg.). 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement. 

Total Annual Burden: 950 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: $245,000. 

Needs and Uses: FCC Form 302–DTV 

is used by licensees and permittees of 

DTV broadcast stations to obtain a new 

or modified station license, and/or to 

notify the Commission of certain 

changes in the licensed facilities. The 

data is used by FCC staff to confirm that 

the station has been built to terms 

specified in the outstanding 

construction permit and to ensure that 

any changes to the station’s authorized 

facilities, made without prior 

Commission approval, will not have any 

impact on other stations and the public. 

Data is extracted from FCC 302–DTV for 

inclusion in the license to operate the 

station.

Federal Communications Commission. 

Magalie Roman Salas, 

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–32249 Filed 12–31–01; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6712–01–P

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE 

CORPORATION 

Policy Statement Regarding MinorityOwned Depository Institutions

AGENCY: Federal Deposit Insurance 

Corporation (FDIC).

ACTION: Policy statement.

SUMMARY: The FDIC is proposing to 

revise its Policy Statement Regarding 

Minority-Owned Depository 

Institutions. Section 308 of the 

Financial Institutions Reform, Recovery 

and Enforcement Act of 1989 

(‘‘FIRREA’’) requires the Secretary of the 

Treasury to consult with the Director of 

the Office of Thrift Supervision and the 

Chairperson of the Board of Directors of 

the FDIC to determine the best methods 

for preserving and encouraging minority 

ownership of depository institutions. 

The FDIC has long recognized the 

unique role and importance of minorityowned depository institutions and has 

historically taken steps to preserve and 

encourage minority ownership of 

financial institutions. The revised 

Policy Statement updates, expands, and 

clarifies the agency’s policies and 

procedures related to minority-owned 

institutions.

DATES: Written comments must be 

received on or before March 4, 2002.

ADDRESSES: All comments should be 

addressed to Robert E. Feldman, 

Executive Secretary, Attention: 

Comments/OES, Federal Deposit 

Insurance Corporation, 550 17th Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20429. Comments 

may be hand delivered to the guard 

station at the rear of the 550 17th Street 

Building (located on F Street) on 

business days between 7 a.m. and 5 p.m. 

(fax number (202) 898–3838; Internet 

address: comments@fdic.gov). 

Comments may be posted on the FDIC 

Internet site at http://www.fdic.gov/

regulations/laws/federal/propose.html

and may be inspected and photocopied 

in the FDIC Public Information Center, 

Room 100, 801 17th Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20429, between 9 a.m. 

and 4:30 p.m. on business days.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Brett A. McCallister, Risk Management 

and Applications Section, Division of 

Supervision (202) 898–3803 or Grovetta 

N. Gardineer, Counsel, Legal Division, 

(202) 898–3728, Federal Deposit 

Insurance Corporation, 550 17th Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20429.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April 

3, 1990, the Board of Directors of the 

FDIC adopted a Policy Statement on 

Encouragement and Preservation of 

Minority Ownership of Financial 

Institutions. The framework for the 

original Policy Statement resulted from 

several key provisions contained in 

Section 308 of FIRREA, which 

enumerated several goals as follows: (1) 

Preserving the number of minority 

depository institutions; (2) preserving 

the minority character in cases of 

merger or acquisition; (3) providing 

technical assistance to prevent 

insolvency of institutions not now 

insolvent; (4) promoting and 

encouraging creation of new minority 

depository institutions; and (5) 

providing for training, technical 

assistance, and education programs. 

The original Policy Statement 

provided guidance to the industry 

regarding the agency’s efforts in 

achieving the goals of Section 308. The 

revised Policy Statement attempts to 

provide a more structured framework 

that sets forth initiatives of the FDIC to 

promote the preservation of, as well as 

to provide technical assistance, training 

and educational programs to, minorityowned institutions by working with