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Congress. U.S. Washington, DC December.

USEPA (U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency). 1997b. Final Rule for Hazardous

Air Pollutants for Hospital/Medical/

Infectious Waste Incinerators. Federal

Register 62:48379.

USEPA (U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency). 1998. National recommended

water quality criteria; Notice;

Republication. Federal Register 63:68354,

December 10, 1998.

USEPA (U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency). 1999a. National Recommended

Water Quality Criteria—Correction.

Federal Register 64:19781, April 22, 1999.

Office of Water. Washington, DC EPA–822–

Z–99–001. April.

USEPA (U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency). 1999b. Method 1631, Revision B:

Mercury in Water by Oxidation, Purge and

Trap, and Cold Vapor Atomic Fluorescence

Spectrometry. Office of Water. Washington,

DC EPA–821–R–99–005. May.

USEPA (U.S. Environmental Protection

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Protection of Human Health (2000). Office

of Water. Washington DC EPA–822–B–00–

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USEPA (U.S. Environmental Protection

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Ambient Water Quality Criteria for the

Protection of Human Health (2000).

Technical Support Document. Volume 1:

Risk Assessment. Office of Water. EPA–

822–B–00–005. October.

USEPA (U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency). 2000c. Revisions to the

Methodology for Deriving Ambient Water

Quality Criteria for the Protection of

Human Health (2000). Federal Register

65:66444, November 3, 2000.

USEPA (U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency). 2000d. Review and approval of

State and Tribal water quality standards.

Federal Register 65:24642.

USEPA (U.S. Environmental Protection

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Chemical Contaminant Data for Use in Fish

Advisories. Volume 2: Risk Assessment

and Fish Consumption Limits. Office of

Water. Washington, DC EPA–823–B–00–

008.

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Consumption in the United States: Based

on Data Collected by the United States

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EPA–823–B–00–007.

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Dated: December 21, 2000.

J. Charles Fox,

Assistant Administrator for Water.

[FR Doc. 01–217 Filed 1–5–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE

CORPORATION

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request

AGENCY: Federal Deposit Insurance

Corporation (FDIC).

ACTION: Notice and request for comment.

SUMMARY: The FDIC, as part of its

continuing effort to reduce paperwork

and respondent burden, invites the

general public and other Federal

agencies to take this opportunity to

comment on proposed and/or

continuing information collections, as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).

Currently, the FDIC is soliciting

comments concerning an information

collection titled ‘‘Occasional Qualitative

Surveys.’’

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before March 9, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties are

invited to submit written comments to

Tamara R. Manly, Management Analyst

(Regulatory Analysis), (202) 898–7453,

Office of the Executive Secretary, Room

F–4058, Attention: Comments/OES,

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation,

550 17th Street NW., Washington, DC

20429. All comments should refer to

‘‘Occasional Qualitative Surveys.’’

Comments may be hand-delivered to the

guard station at the rear of the 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 also be submitted to the

OMB desk officer for the FDIC:

Alexander Hunt, Office of Information

and Regulatory Affairs, Office of

Management and Budget, New

Executive Office Building, Room 3208,

Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Tamara R. Manly, at the address

identified above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Proposal to renew the following

currently approved collection of

information:

Title: Occasional Qualitative Surveys.

OMB Number: 3064–0127.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Affected Public: All financial

institutions.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

5,000.

Estimated Time per Response: 1 hour.

Estimated Total Annual Burden:

5,000 hours.

General Description of Collection: The

collection involves the occasional use of

qualitative surveys to gather anecdotal

information about regulatory burden,

problems or successes in the bank

supervisory process (including both

safety-and-soundness and consumerrelated exams), and similar concerns.

Request for Comment

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the collection of information is

necessary for the proper performance of

the FDIC’s functions, including whether

the information has practical utility; (b)

the accuracy of the estimates of the

burden of the 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 the information collection on

respondents, including through the use

of automated collection techniques or

other forms of information technology.

At the end of the comment period, the

comments and recommendations

received will be analyzed to determine

the extent to which the collection

should be modified prior to submission

to OMB for review and approval.

Comments submitted in response to this

notice also will be summarized or

included in the FDIC’s requests to OMB

for renewal of this collection. All

comments will become a matter of

public record.

Dated at Washington, DC, this 2nd day of

January, 2001.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation

Robert E. Feldman,

Executive Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–437 Filed 1–5–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6714–01–P