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Comments Filed

EPA ICR No. 0916.09; Consolidated

Emissions Reporting (Revision); in 40

CFR parts 51.321, 51.322 and, 51.323;

on 01/30/2001 OMB filed comment;

OMB comment number No. 2060–0088.

EPA ICR No. 1844.02; Recordkeeping

and Reporting Requirements for

Petroleum Refinery NESHAP; on 01/30/

2001 OMB determined that the

Information Collection Request was

improperly submitted and should be

resubmitted when the final rule is sent

to the Office of the Federal Register for

publication.

EPA ICR No. 1982.01; Recordkeeping

and Reporting Requirements for

NESHAP from Rubber Tire

Manufacturing; on 01/29/2001 OMB

filed comment; OMB comment number

2060–0449.

EPA ICR No. 1850.02; NESHAP for

Primary Copper Smelters; in 40 CFR

part 63, subparts A and QQQ; on 01/29/

2001 OMB filed comment; OMB

comment number 2060–0438.

EPA ICR No. 1985.01; NESHAP for

Leather Finishing Operations; on 02/02/

2001 OMB filed comment; OMB

comment number 2060–0448.

Short Term Extension

EPA ICR No. 1761.02; Regulations for

a Voluntary Emissions Standards

Program Applicable to Manufacturers of

Light-Duty Vehicles and Trucks

Beginning in Model Year 1977; in 40

CFR part 86; OMB No. 2060–0345; on

01/31/2001 OMB extended the

expiration date through 04/30/2001.

Dated: February 9, 2001.

Oscar Morales,

Director, Collection Strategies Division.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–U

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6945–6]

Annual Conference on Analysis of

Pollutants in the Environment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Announcement of conference.

SUMMARY: The Office of Science and

Technology and Battelle, co-sponsors,

will hold the ‘‘24th Annual Conference

on Analysis of Pollutants in the

Environment’’ to discuss all aspects of

environmental measurement. The

conference is open to the public.

DATES: The annual conference will be

held on May 8–10, 2001. On May 8,

2001, the conference will begin at 8:30

a.m. and adjourn at 5 p.m. On May 9,

2001, the conference will begin at 8:45

a.m. and adjourn at 5 p.m.

On May 10, 2001, a workshop on

detection/quantitation will begin at 8:30

a.m. and adjourn at 12 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The conference will be held

at the Renaissance Portsmouth Hotel,

425 Water Street, Portsmouth, Virginia

23704.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Conference and workshop arrangements

are being conducted by Battelle. For

information on registration, hotel rates,

transportation, social events, and

reservations call Chantal Keleher,

Battelle, at (781) 952–5303. If you have

technical questions regarding the

conference or workshop programs,

please contact Marion Kelly, e-mail:

kelly.marion@epa.gov or by facsimile at

(202) 260–7185.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 24th

Annual Conference on Analysis of

Pollutants in the Environment is

designed to bring together

representatives of regulated industries,

commercial environmental laboratories,

State and Federal regulators, municipal

water and wastewater laboratories, and

environmental consultants and

contractors to discuss all aspects of

environmental measurement with a

particular focus on environmental water

regulations, compliance monitoring, and

related issues.

The draft program for the conference

follows:

Tuesday, May 8, 2001

Welcome and Status of Office of Water

Activities

8:45 a.m. Welcome—Robert G. Beimer,

Battelle-Duxbury Operations

9 a.m. Opening Remarks—William

Telliard, U.S. EPA Office of Science

& Technology, Engineering and

Analysis Division

9:15 a.m. Office of Water Activities—

James Hanlon, Acting Deputy

Assistant Administrator, U.S. EPA

Office of Water

Performance-Based Measurements

9:45 a.m. Implementation of

Performance-based Measurements

by the Environmental Laboratory

Advisory Board within the National

Environmental Laboratory

Accreditation Conference—Harry I.

Gearhart, DuPont

10:15 a.m. Break

Trace Metals

10:30 a.m. Water Column Complexation

and Speciation of Copper, Zinc, and

Cadmium and Their Benthic Fluxes

in the Elizabeth River, Virginia—

John R. Donat and David J. Burdige,

Old Dominion University

11 a.m. A Comparison of Modified EPA

Method 245.6 (CVAA) and EPA

Method 1631B, Attachment 1

(CVAF) for Determination of

Mercury in Tissue—Brenda Lasorsa,

MaryAnn Deuth, and Eric Crecelius,

Battelle—Marine Sciences

Laboratory

11:30 a.m. Effects of Bottle Material

(Glass or Teflon) and Sample

Holding Time on Determination of

Mercury at Low Part-per-trillion

Levels using EPA Method 1631—

Beverly H. van Buuren, Nicolas S.

Bloom, and Philip I. Kilner,

Frontier Geosciences

12 p.m. Lunch

Workshop

1:30 p.m. ‘‘Hands-on’’ Workshop for

Sampling Trace Metals, Including

Mercury—U.S. EPA Office of

Science & Technology Staff and

DynCorp Information & Enterprise

Technology Staff. Presentations and

a training video will be followed by

a ‘‘hands-on’’ demo

3 p.m. ‘‘Hands-on’’ Demo for Sampling

Trace Metals, Including Mercury

Workshop participants will collect

an aqueous sample using the ‘‘clean

hands/dirty hands’’ technique and

an operational continuous-flow

sampler as described in EPA’s trace

metals methods. Please bring

appropriate clothing and be

prepared to get dirty. Participants

will be divided into groups of 12 for

the 30 minute ‘‘hands-on’’ demo.

The demo sessions will continue on

Wednesday, May 9, from 1:30 p.m.

until 5 p.m. Participants registering

for May 8 sessions only, will be

accommodated in a ‘‘hands-on’’

demo session on this date

5:30 p.m. Conference Reception

Wednesday, May 9, 2001

Microbiologicals

8:45 a.m. Validation of Methods for

Cryptosporidium, Giardia,

Coliphages, Aeromonas, and

Salmonella to Support Regulations

for Water and Biosolids—Kevin

Connell, Misty Pope, Jennifer

Scheller, and Jessica Pulz, DynCorp

Information & Enterprise

Technology

9:15 a.m. New Methods for Protozoa in

Wastewater—Jennifer Clancy, CEC

9:45 a.m. The Influence of Extended

Sample Holding Times on Fecal

Coliform Bacteria Counts—Donald

H. Smith, Roger E. Stewart, II; and

Deborah C. Paul; Virginia

Department of Environmental

Quality

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10 a.m. Break

Organics

10:15 a.m. High Resolution Mass

Spectrometry Method for

Determination of Organo-chlorine

and Organo-phosphate Pesticides in

Water at the Part-per-quadrillion

Level—Brian Fowler, Steve

Kennedy, and Coreen Hamilton,

Axys Analytical Services

10:45 a.m. Field Analyses for Rapid

Sediment Characterization: XRF for

Metal Contaminants, UVF and

Immunoassays for Organic

Contaminants, and QwikSed as a

Screening Bioassay—J. Leather, D.

Lapota, V. Kirtay, G. Rosen, J.

Guerrero, B. Ayers, and S. Apitz,

Space and Naval Warfare Systems

Center

New Developments

11:15 a.m. Determination of

Perfluorooctanyl Sulfonates at

Trace Levels in Water—Kirsten J.

Hansen, Lisa A. Dick, and Harold O.

Johnson, 3M

11:45 a.m. Lunch

Concurrent Workshops

1 p.m. Whole Effluent Toxicity (WET)

Testing Workshop—U.S. EPA Office

of Science & Technology Staff and

DynCorp Information & Enterprise

Technology Staff The WET

workshop will address recent

developments in WET testing,

including overviews of new EPA

guidance documents and the results

of EPA’s WET Inter-laboratory

Variability Studies. The workshop

also will present perspectives on

the WET program from State and

Regional permitting authorities,

commercial laboratories, and

permittees

1:30 p.m. ‘‘Hands-on’’ Demo for

Sampling Trace Metals, Including

Mercury—U.S. EPA Office of

Science & Technology Staff and

DynCorp Information & Enterprise

Technology Staff

5 p.m. Adjourn

Thursday, May 10, 2001

Workshop

8:30 a.m. Detection/Quantitation

Workshop—U.S. EPA Office of

Science & Technology Staff. This

workshop will address alternate

approaches to detection and

quantitation. Speakers will include

representatives from EPA, Standard

Methods, the Association of Official

Analytical Chemists (AOAC

International), and the American

Society for Testing and Materials

(ASTM)

12 p.m. Adjourn

Dated: February 12, 2001.

Geoffrey Grubbs,

Director, Office of Science and Technology.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

Farm Credit Administration Board;

Special Meeting; Sunshine Act

AGENCY: Farm Credit Administration.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given,

pursuant to the Government in the

Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b(e)(3)), of

the forthcoming special meeting of the

Farm Credit Administration Board

(Board).

DATE AND TIME: The special meeting of

the Board will be held at the offices of

the Farm Credit Administration in

McLean, Virginia, on February 21, 2001,

from 9 a.m. until such time as the Board

concludes its business.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kelly Mikel Williams, Secretary to the

Farm Credit Administration Board,

(703) 883–4025, TDD (703) 883–4444.

ADDRESSES: Farm Credit

Administration, 1501 Farm Credit Drive,

McLean, Virginia 22102–5090.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Parts of

this meeting of the Board will be open

to the public (limited space available),

and parts of this meeting will be closed

to the public. In order to increase the

accessibility to Board meetings, persons

requiring assistance should make

arrangements in advance. The matters to

be considered at the meeting are:

Open Session

A. Approval of Minutes

• January 11, 2001 (Open)

B. Reports

• Corporate Approvals Report

C. New Business

• Regulations

1. Disclosure—Annual Report—Final

Rule

2. FAMC Risk-Based Capital—Final

Rule

Closed Session *

D. Report

• OSMO Report

Dated: February 14, 2001.

Kelly Mikel Williams,

Secretary, Farm Credit Administration Board.

[FR Doc. 01–4183 Filed 2–14–01; 4:58 pm]

BILLING CODE 6705–01–P

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

[EB Docket No. 00–156, FCC 00–314]

Designation for Hearing

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: On August 23, 2000, (released

August 29, 2000) the Commission

designated the licenses and pending

applications held by Ronald Brasher,

Patricia Brasher, O.C Brasher, David

Brasher, Metroplex Two-Way Radio

Service (‘‘Metroplex’’), DLB Enterprises,

Inc. (‘‘DLB’’), Jim Sumpter, Norma

Sumpter, Melissa Sumpter, and Carolyn

Lutz for hearing to determine if one or

all of the licensees misrepresented facts

or lacked candor with the Commission;

engaged in unauthorized transfers of

control in violation of 47 USC 310(d),

and/or abused Commission processes.

Ultimately, the hearing is to determine

if the licensees are basically qualified to

be Commission licensees; whether the

designated licenses should be revoked;

whether the designated applications

should be granted; and, whether a

forfeiture should issue.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judy

Lancaster, Attorney at (202) 418–1420,

FCC, Washington, DC 20554.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

following is a synopsis of the

Commission’s order. The full text of the

order is available for inspection and

copying at the FCC, 445 12th Street SW.,

Washington, DC 20554. The text of the

order is available online at the

Enforcement Bureau’s website:

www.fcc.gov/eb/orders. The text of the

order may also be purchased by calling

ITS at (202) 857–3800.

The Commission’s pre-designation

investigation indicates that Ronald

Brasher, Patricia Brasher, David (aka

D.L.) Brasher and Diane Brasher (‘‘the

Brashers’’) are officers of DLB and

Metroplex. Carolyn Lutz is the sister of

Patricia Brasher and the former office

manager of DLB and Metroplex. In July

1996, Ronald Brasher, on behalf of DLB,

submitted applications to the frequency

coordinator, PCIA, in the name of, and

appearing to bear the signatures of, O.C.

Brasher, Ruth Bearden, Norma Sumpter,

Jim Sumpter, Melissa Sumpter and

Jennifer Hill. PCIA, in turn, submitted

these applications to the Commission

and Commission staff subsequently

granted each of the applications. Ron

Brasher, on behalf of DLB, managed the

licenses issued by the FCC on behalf of

the licensees. However, both O.C.

Brasher and Ruth Bearden had died