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discussions with the Maine Tribes

regarding any issues related to historic

properties of interest to the Tribes prior

to reaching a final decision on Maine’s

application within Indian country.

Coastal Zone Management Act

Pursuant to section 307(c)(1)(C) of the

Coastal Zone Management Act, Federal

agencies carrying out an activity which

affects any land or water use or natural

resource within the Coastal Zone of a

state with an approved Coastal Zone

Management Plan must determine

whether that activity is, to the

maximum extent practicable, consistent

with the enforceable requirements of the

Plan and provide its determination to

the State agency responsible for

implementation of the Plan for review.

Maine’s approved Coastal Zone

Management Plan is administered by

the Maine Office of State Planning.

Maine’s permit actions are themselves

subject to consistency review under

State law; thus approval of the MEPDES

program would not affect Maine’s

coastal zone and would be consistent

with the enforceable requirements of

Maine’s Coastal Zone Management Plan.

Regulatory Flexibility Act

Based on General Counsel Opinion

78–7 (April 18, 1978), EPA has long

considered a determination to approve

or deny a State NPDES program

submission to constitute an adjudication

because an ‘‘approval,’’ within the

meaning of the APA, constitutes a

‘‘license,’’ which, in turn, is the product

of an ‘‘adjudication.’’ For this reason,

the statutes and Executive Orders that

apply to rulemaking action are not

applicable here. Among these are

provisions of the Regulatory Flexibility

Act (RFA), 5 U.S.C. 601 et seq. Under

the RFA, whenever a Federal agency

proposes or promulgates a rule under

section 553 of the Administrative

Procedure Act (APA), after being

required by that section or any other law

to publish a general notice of proposed

rulemaking, the Agency must prepare a

regulatory flexibility analysis for the

rule, unless the Agency certifies that the

rule will not have a significant

economic impact on a substantial

number of small entities. If the Agency

does not certify the rule, the regulatory

flexibility analysis must describe and

assess the impact of a rule on small

entities affected by the rule.

Even if the NPDES program approval

were a rule subject to the RFA, the

Agency would certify that approval of

the State’s proposed MEPDES program

would not have a significant economic

impact on a substantial number of small

entities. EPA’s action to approve an

NPDES program merely recognizes that

the necessary elements of an NPDES

program have already been enacted as a

matter of State law; it would, therefore,

impose no additional obligations upon

those subject to the State’s program.

Accordingly, the Regional

Administrator would certify that this

program, even if a rule, would not have

a significant economic impact on a

substantial number of small entities.

E. Notice of Decision

I hereby provide public notice that

EPA has taken final action authorizing

Maine to implement the NPDES

program in the areas outside disputed

Indian territory to the extent described

in this notice, and review of the issues

related to this action is available as

provided in CWA section 509(b)(1)(D).

EPA has not taken final action on the

issues related to the State’s jurisdiction

and the applicability of State law in

Indian country for the purposes of

implementing the NPDES program in

those areas, and review of those issues

is not available until EPA takes final

action on Maine’s program as it applies

in those areas.

Authority: This action is taken under the

authority of section 402 of the Clean Water

Act as amended, 42 U.S.C. 1342.

Dated: January 12, 2001.

Mindy S. Lubber,

Regional Administrator, Region I.

Appendix 1—Permitted Facilities in

Areas of Indian Country, Where EPA Is

Not Acting on Maine’s Program (NPDES

Permit Numbers/State Discharge

License Numbers)

Penobscot River Basin

Main Stem of the Penobscot River From

Indian Island to Fork

Howland (Municipal) (ME0101788/2632)

Mattawamkeag (Municipal) (ME0102245/

7568)

Lincoln (Municipal) (ME0101796/1479)

Lincoln Pulp and Paper (ME0002003/0381)

Bangor Hydro in West Enfield (ME0023388/

7529)

Beaver Wood Joint Venture (ME0023078/

6436)

Penobscot Indian Nation Indian Island

(ME0101311/2672)

Indeck Maine Energy (ME0023213/6116)

West Branch of the River Above the Fork

Bowater Great Northern in Millinocket

ME0000167/2227

Bowater Great Northern in East Millinocket

ME0000175/2228

Millinocket (Municipal) ME0100803/2680

East Millinocket (Municipal) ME0100196/

2683

Piscataquis Tributary

Guilford-Sangerville POTW ME0102032/

6792

Dover-Foxcroft POTW ME0100501/2633

Dover-Foxcroft Water District ME0102229/

7330

Milo POTW ME0100439/0865

Brownville POTW (Pleasant River)

ME0100099/0829

Unity College Inc. (Pleasant River)

ME0110167/1718

Mattawamkeag Tributary

Danforth (Municipal) ME0100161

Wheelabrator—Sherman Energy ME0023191

St. Croix River Basin

Passamaquoddy Tribal Council (ME0100773/

2561)

Passamaquoddy Water District (ME0102211/

7568)

[FR Doc. 01–4872 Filed 2–27–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6941–6]

Public Water System Supervision

Program Revision for the State of

North Carolina

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the State of North Carolina is revising its

approved Public Water System

Supervision Program. North Carolina

has adopted drinking water regulations

requiring consumer confidence reports

from all community water systems. EPA

has determined that this revision is no

less stringent than the corresponding

federal regulations. Therefore, EPA has

tentatively decided to approve this State

program revision.

DATES: All interested parties may

request a public hearing. A request for

a public hearing must be submitted by

March 30, 2001 to the Regional

Administrator at the address shown

below. Frivolous or insubstantial

requests for a hearing may be denied by

the Regional Administrator. However, if

a substantial request for a public hearing

is made by March 30, 2001, a public

hearing will be held. If no timely and

appropriate request for a hearing is

received and the Regional Administrator

does not elect to hold a hearing on his

own motion, this determination shall

become final and effective on March 30,

2001. Any request for a public hearing

shall include the following information:

(1) The name, address, and telephone

number of the individual organization,

or other entity requesting a hearing; (2)

A brief statement of the requesting

person’s interest in the Regional

Administrator’s determination and a

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brief statement of the information that

the requesting person intends to submit

at such hearing; (3) The signature of the

individual making the request, or, if the

request is made on behalf of an

organization or other entity, the

signature of a responsible official of the

organization or other entity.

ADDRESSES: All documents relating to

this determination are available for

inspection between the hours of 8:00

a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through

Friday, at the following offices: North

Carolina Department of Environment

and Natural Resources, Public Water

Supply Section, Parker-Lincoln

Building, 2728 Capital Boulevard,

Raleigh, North Carolina 27604.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region 4, Drinking Water Section, 61

Forsyth Street Southwest, Atlanta,

Georgia 30303.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dale

Froneberger, EPA Region 4, Drinking

Water Section at the Atlanta address

given above (telephone 404–562–9446).

Authority: (Section 1413 and section 1414

of the Safe Drinking Water Act, as amended

(1996), and 40 CFR part 142).

Dated: January 10, 2001.

A. Stanley Meiburg,

Acting Regional Administrator, EPA Region

4.

[FR Doc. 01–4873 Filed 2–27–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

Notice of Agreement(s) Filed

The Commission hereby gives notice

of the filing of the following

agreement(s) under the Shipping Act of

1984. Interested parties can review or

obtain copies of agreements at the

Washington, DC offices of the

Commission, 800 North Capitol Street,

N.W., Room 940. Interested parties may

submit comments on an agreement to

the Secretary, Federal Maritime

Commission, Washington, DC 20573,

within 10 days of the date this notice

appears in the Federal Register.

Agreement No.: 011741–001.

Title: U.S. Pacific Coast-Oceania

Agreement.

Parties: Australia-New Zealand Direct

Line, FESCO Ocean Management

Limited, Hamburg Sud, P&O Nedlloyd

Limited, P&O Nedlloyd B.V.

Synopsis: The proposed agreement

modification makes technical changes

in the agreement to reflect applicable

Australian legal requirements.

Agreement No.: 011750.

Title: FOML/BHP IMT Slot Charter

Agreement.

Parties: FESCO Ocean Management

Ltd., BHP International Marine

Transport.

Synopsis: Under the proposed

agreement, FESCO will charter space

from BHP for the carriage of empty nonoperating reefer containers from the U.S.

Pacific Coast to Australia.

Agreement No.: 011751.

Title: Braztrans Joint Service

Agreement.

Parties: Companhia Libra de

Navegacao, Compania Sud Americana

de Vapores S.A.

Synopsis: The proposed agreement

authorizes the parties to operate a joint

service in the trade between U.S.

Atlantic Coast ports and ports in Brazil.

The parties request expedited review.

Agreement No.: 200809–001.

Title: Port Manatee Cruise Facilities

and Operations Agreement.

Parties: Manatee County Port

Authority, Regal Enterprises, Inc.

Synopsis: The proposed amendment

extends the agreement through the

spring cruise season of 2003.

Agreement No.: 201073–001.

Title: New Orleans/Cosco/K-Line/

Yang Ming Crane Agreement.

Parties: Port of New Orleans, Cosco

North America, Inc., ‘‘K’’ Line America,

Inc., Yang Ming Line.

Synopsis: The proposed agreement

amendment revises the rate schedule for

the rental of cranes used by the carriers

at the port.

Dated: February 23, 2001.

By Order of the Federal Maritime

Commission.

Bryant L. VanBrakle,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–4881 Filed 2–27–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6730–01–P

FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

Ocean Transportation Intermediary

License; Revocations

The Federal Maritime Commission

hereby gives notice that the following

ocean transportation intermediary

licenses have been revoked pursuant to

section 19 of the Shipping Act of 1984

(46 U.S.C. app. 1718) and the

regulations of the Commission

pertaining to the licensing of Ocean

Transportation Intermediaries, effective

on the corresponding dates shown

below:

License Number: 14829N

Name: Alkahest Logistics, Inc.

Address: 40 South 1st Street, New

Hyde Park, NY 11040

Date Revoked: January 10, 2001.

Reason: Surrendered license

voluntarily.

License Number: 14701N

Name: August Jackson International,

Inc.

Address: 8311 Pat Blvd., Tampa, FL

33615

Date Revoked: January 18, 2001.

Reason: Failed to maintain a valid

bond.

License Number: 15917N

Name: Golden Jet-L.A., Inc. d/b/a

Golden Jet Freight Forwarders

Address: 12333 S. Van Ness, Suite

#201, Hawthorne, CA 90250

Date Revoked: January 14, 2001.

Reason: Failed to maintain a valid

bond.

License Number: 14502N

Name: Hudson Transport Line Inc.

Address: 200 Livingston Avenue, New

Brunswick, NJ 08901

Date Revoked: January 3, 2001.

Reason: Failed to maintain a valid

bond.

License Number: 4065F

Name: Lynx International, Inc.

Address: 1942 Shawnee Road

Date Revoked: January 18, 2001.

Reason: Surrendered license

voluntarily.

License Number: 15693N

Name: Mega Transport, Inc.

Address: 11222 S. La Cienega Blvd.,

Suite 620, Inglewood, CA 90304

Date Revoked: January 26, 2001.

Reason: Failed to maintain a valid

bond.

License Number: 4067F

Name: Summit Trade Specialists

(U.S.), Inc.

Address: 4621 Gruman Drive,

Medford, OR 97504

Date Revoked: January 10, 2001.

Reason: Surrendered license

voluntarily.

License Number: 16562N

Name: U.S. Brokers (BOS) Inc.

Address: 331–333 Northern Avenue,

Boston, MA 02210

Date Revoked: January 18, 2001.

Reason: Failed to maintain a valid

bond.

Ronald D. Murphy,

Deputy Director, Bureau of Consumer

Complaints and Licensing.

[FR Doc. 01–4882 Filed 2–27–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6730–01–P

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Announcement of Board

Approval Under Delegated Authority

and Submission to OMB

Background

Notice is hereby given of the final

approval of proposed information