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Register
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Vol.
67,
No.
216
/
Thursday,
November
7,
2002
/
Notices
Responsible
Official:
Gregg
A.
Cooke,
Regional
Administrator.

Oscar
Ramirez,
Jr.,
Acting
Director,
Water
Quality
Protection
Division
(
6WQ).
[
FR
Doc.
02
 
28352
Filed
11
 
6
 
02;
8:
45
am]

BILLING
CODE
6560
 
50
 
P
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
FRL
 
7405
 
9]

Notification
of
the
National
Advisory
Council
for
Environmental
Policy
and
Technology
(
NACEPT)
Standing
Committee
on
Compliance
Assistance
Meeting;
Open
Meeting
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).
ACTION:
Notification
of
public
NACEPT
standing
committee
on
compliance
assistance
meeting
on
December
3,
2002.

SUMMARY:
Pursuant
to
the
Federal
Advisory
Committee
Act,
Public
Law
92
 
463,
notice
is
hereby
given
that
the
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA)
will
hold
an
open
meeting
of
the
NACEPT
Standing
Committee
on
Compliance
Assistance
(
Committee)
on
Tuesday,
December
3,
2002
from
8
a.
m.
to
4
p.
m.
The
meeting
will
be
held
at
the
Adams
Mark
Hotel
at
111
Pecan
Street
East,
San
Antonio,
Texas
78205.
Seating
at
the
meeting
will
be
on
a
first­
come
basis
and
limited
time
will
be
provided
for
public
comment.
The
meeting
will
focus
on
the
areas
of
the
Compliance
Assistance
program
on
which
the
Committee
has
been
asked
to
advise
the
EPA.
These
are:
(
1)
Strengthening
the
national
compliance
assistance
network
by
helping
identify
opportunities
to
enhance
communication
among
compliance
assistance
providers
and
by
promoting
collaboration
in
compliance
assistance
planning
and
tool
development;
(
2)
developing
and
testing
performance
measurement
systems
to
demonstrate
the
effectiveness
and
environmental
outcomes
of
compliance
assistance;
and
(
3)
acting
as
a
sounding
board
to
provide
feedback
on
compliance
assistance
policies,
strategies
or
other
related
matters.
A
formal
agenda
will
be
available
at
the
meeting.

SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:
NACEPT
is
a
federal
advisory
committee
under
the
Federal
Advisory
Committee
Act,
Public
Law
92
 
463.
NACEPT
provides
advice
and
recommendations
to
the
EPA
Administrator
and
other
EPA
officials
on
a
broad
range
of
domestic
and
international
environmental
policy
issues.
NACEPT
consists
of
a
representative
cross­
section
of
EPA's
partners
and
principal
constituents
who
provide
advice
and
recommendations
on
policy
issues
and
serve
as
a
sounding
board
for
new
strategies.
Over
the
last
two
years,
EPA
has
undertaken
a
number
of
actions
to
improve
our
compliance
assistance
activities.
To
ensure
that
the
Agency's
efforts
to
improve
compliance
assistance
are
implemented
in
a
way
that
continues
to
reflect
stakeholder
needs,
NACEPT
created
a
new
Standing
Committee
on
Compliance
Assistance.
This
will
provide
a
continuing
Federal
Advisory
Committee
forum
from
which
the
EPA
can
continue
to
receive
valuable
stakeholder
advice
and
recommendations
on
compliance
assistance
activities.
For
further
information
concerning
the
NACEPT
Standing
Committee
on
Compliance
Assistance,
including
the
upcoming
meeting,
contact
Joanne
Berman,
Designated
Federal
Officer
(
DFO),
on
(
202)
564
 
7064,
or
e­
mail:
berman.
joanne@
epa.
gov.
Inspection
of
Subcommittee
Documents:
Documents
relating
to
the
above
topics
will
be
publicly
available
at
the
meeting.

Dated:
October
31,
2002.
Frederick
F.
Stiehl,
Acting
Director,
Office
of
Compliance.
[
FR
Doc.
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28354
Filed
11
 
6
 
02;
8:
45
am]

BILLING
CODE
6560
 
50
 
P
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
OPP
 
2002
 
0301;
FRL
 
7279
 
4]

Experimental
Use
Permit;
Receipt
of
Application
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).
ACTION:
Notice.

SUMMARY:
This
notice
announces
receipt
of
an
application
67979
 
EUP
 
E
from
Syngenta
Seeds
requesting
an
experimental
use
permit
(
EUP)
for
the
plant­
incorporated
protectant
Bacillus
thuringiensis
VIP3A.
The
Agency
has
determined
that
the
application
may
be
of
regional
and
national
significance.
Therefore,
in
accordance
with
40
CFR
172.11(
a),
the
Agency
is
soliciting
comments
on
this
application.
DATES:
Comments,
identified
by
docket
ID
number
OPP
 
2002
 
0301,
must
be
received
on
or
before
December
9,
2002.
ADDRESSES:
Comments
may
be
submitted
electronically,
by
mail,
or
through
hand
delivery/
courier.
Follow
the
detailed
instructions
as
provided
in
Unit
I.
of
the
SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION.

FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Leonard
Cole,
Biopesticides
and
Pollution
Prevention
Division
(
7511C),
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460
 
0001;
telephone
number:
(
703)
305
 
5412;
e­
mail
address:
cole.
leonard@
epa.
gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:

I.
General
Information
A.
Does
this
Action
Apply
to
Me?
This
action
is
directed
to
the
public
in
general.
This
action
may,
however,
be
of
interest
to
those
persons
who
are
interested
in
agricultural
biotechnology
or
may
be
required
to
conduct
testing
of
chemical
substances
under
the
Federal
Food,
Drug,
and
Cosmetic
Act
(
FFDCA),
or
the
Federal
Insecticide,
Fungicide,
and
Rodenticide
Act
(
FIFRA).
Since
other
entities
may
also
be
interested,
the
Agency
has
not
attempted
to
describe
all
the
specific
entities
that
may
be
affected
by
this
action.
If
you
have
any
questions
regarding
the
applicability
of
this
action
to
a
particular
entity,
consult
the
person
listed
under
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT.

B.
How
Can
I
Get
Copies
of
This
Document
and
Other
Related
Information?
1.
Docket.
EPA
has
established
an
official
public
docket
for
this
action
under
docket
identification
(
ID)
number
OPP
 
2002
 
0301.
The
official
public
docket
consists
of
the
documents
specifically
referenced
in
this
action,
any
public
comments
received,
and
other
information
related
to
this
action.
Although
a
part
of
the
official
docket,
the
public
docket
does
not
include
Confidential
Business
Information
(
CBI)
or
other
information
whose
disclosure
is
restricted
by
statute.
The
official
public
docket
is
the
collection
of
materials
that
is
available
for
public
viewing
at
the
Public
Information
and
Records
Integrity
Branch
(
PIRIB),
Rm.
119,
Crystal
Mall
#
2,
1921
Jefferson
Davis
Hwy.,
Arlington,
VA.
This
docket
facility
is
open
from
8:
30
a.
m.
to
4
p.
m.,
Monday
through
Friday,
excluding
legal
holidays.
The
docket
telephone
number
is
(
703)
305
 
5805.
2.
Electronic
access.
You
may
access
this
Federal
Register
document
electronically
through
the
EPA
Internet
under
the
``
Federal
Register''
listings
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
fedrgstr/.
An
electronic
version
of
the
public
docket
is
available
through
EPA's
electronic
public
docket
and
comment
system,
EPA
Dockets.
You
may
use
EPA
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2002
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Dockets
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket/
to
submit
or
view
public
comments,
access
the
index
listing
of
the
contents
of
the
official
public
docket,
and
to
access
those
documents
in
the
public
docket
that
are
available
electronically.
Once
in
the
system,
select
``
search,''
then
key
in
the
appropriate
docket
ID
number.
Certain
types
of
information
will
not
be
placed
in
the
EPA
Dockets.
Information
claimed
as
CBI
and
other
information
whose
disclosure
is
restricted
by
statute,
which
is
not
included
in
the
official
public
docket,
will
not
be
available
for
public
viewing
in
EPA's
electronic
public
docket.
EPA's
policy
is
that
copyrighted
material
will
not
be
placed
in
EPA's
electronic
public
docket
but
will
be
available
only
in
printed,
paper
form
in
the
official
public
docket.
To
the
extent
feasible,
publicly
available
docket
materials
will
be
made
available
in
EPA's
electronic
public
docket.
When
a
document
is
selected
from
the
index
list
in
EPA
Dockets,
the
system
will
identify
whether
the
document
is
available
for
viewing
in
EPA's
electronic
public
docket.
Although
not
all
docket
materials
may
be
available
electronically,
you
may
still
access
any
of
the
publicly
available
docket
materials
through
the
docket
facility
identified
in
Unit
I.
B.
1.
EPA
intends
to
work
towards
providing
electronic
access
to
all
of
the
publicly
available
docket
materials
through
EPA's
electronic
public
docket.
For
public
commenters,
it
is
important
to
note
that
EPA's
policy
is
that
public
comments,
whether
submitted
electronically
or
in
paper,
will
be
made
available
for
public
viewing
in
EPA's
electronic
public
docket
as
EPA
receives
them
and
without
change,
unless
the
comment
contains
copyrighted
material,
CBI,
or
other
information
whose
disclosure
is
restricted
by
statute.
When
EPA
identifies
a
comment
containing
copyrighted
material,
EPA
will
provide
a
reference
to
that
material
in
the
version
of
the
comment
that
is
placed
in
EPA's
electronic
public
docket.
The
entire
printed
comment,
including
the
copyrighted
material,
will
be
available
in
the
public
docket.
Public
comments
submitted
on
computer
disks
that
are
mailed
or
delivered
to
the
docket
will
be
transferred
to
EPA's
electronic
public
docket.
Public
comments
that
are
mailed
or
delivered
to
the
Docket
will
be
scanned
and
placed
in
EPA's
electronic
public
docket.
Where
practical,
physical
objects
will
be
photographed,
and
the
photograph
will
be
placed
in
EPA's
electronic
public
docket
along
with
a
brief
description
written
by
the
docket
staff.

C.
How
and
To
Whom
Do
I
Submit
Comments?
You
may
submit
comments
electronically,
by
mail,
or
through
hand
delivery/
courier.
To
ensure
proper
receipt
by
EPA,
identify
the
appropriate
docket
ID
number
in
the
subject
line
on
the
first
page
of
your
comment.
Please
ensure
that
your
comments
are
submitted
within
the
specified
comment
period.
Comments
received
after
the
close
of
the
comment
period
will
be
marked
``
late.''
EPA
is
not
required
to
consider
these
late
comments.
If
you
wish
to
submit
CBI
or
information
that
is
otherwise
protected
by
statute,
please
follow
the
instructions
in
Unit
I.
D.
Do
not
use
EPA
Dockets
or
e­
mail
to
submit
CBI
or
information
protected
by
statute.
1.
Electronically.
If
you
submit
an
electronic
comment
as
prescribed
in
this
unit,
EPA
recommends
that
you
include
your
name,
mailing
address,
and
an
email
address
or
other
contact
information
in
the
body
of
your
comment.
Also
include
this
contact
information
on
the
outside
of
any
disk
or
CD
ROM
you
submit,
and
in
any
cover
letter
accompanying
the
disk
or
CD
ROM.
This
ensures
that
you
can
be
identified
as
the
submitter
of
the
comment
and
allows
EPA
to
contact
you
in
case
EPA
cannot
read
your
comment
due
to
technical
difficulties
or
needs
further
information
on
the
substance
of
your
comment.
EPA's
policy
is
that
EPA
will
not
edit
your
comment,
and
any
identifying
or
contact
information
provided
in
the
body
of
a
comment
will
be
included
as
part
of
the
comment
that
is
placed
in
the
official
public
docket,
and
made
available
in
EPA's
electronic
public
docket.
If
EPA
cannot
read
your
comment
due
to
technical
difficulties
and
cannot
contact
you
for
clarification,
EPA
may
not
be
able
to
consider
your
comment.
i.
EPA
Dockets.
Your
use
of
EPA's
electronic
public
docket
to
submit
comments
to
EPA
electronically
is
EPA's
preferred
method
for
receiving
comments.
Go
directly
to
EPA
Dockets
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket,
and
follow
the
online
instructions
for
submitting
comments.
Once
in
the
system,
select
``
search,''
and
then
key
in
docket
ID
number
OPP
 
2002
 
0301.
The
system
is
an
``
anonymous
access''
system,
which
means
EPA
will
not
know
your
identity,
e­
mail
address,
or
other
contact
information
unless
you
provide
it
in
the
body
of
your
comment.
ii.
E­
mail.
Comments
may
be
sent
by
e­
mail
to
opp­
docket@
epa.
gov,
Attention:
Docket
ID
Number
OPP
 
2002
 
0301.
In
contrast
to
EPA's
electronic
public
docket,
EPA's
e­
mail
system
is
not
an
``
anonymous
access''
system.
If
you
send
an
e­
mail
comment
directly
to
the
docket
without
going
through
EPA's
electronic
public
docket,
EPA's
e­
mail
system
automatically
captures
your
e­
mail
address.
E­
mail
addresses
that
are
automatically
captured
by
EPA's
e­
mail
system
are
included
as
part
of
the
comment
that
is
placed
in
the
official
public
docket,
and
made
available
in
EPA's
electronic
public
docket.
iii.
Disk
or
CD
ROM.
You
may
submit
comments
on
a
disk
or
CD
ROM
that
you
mail
to
the
mailing
address
identified
in
Unit
I.
C.
2.
These
electronic
submissions
will
be
accepted
in
WordPerfect
or
ASCII
file
format.
Avoid
the
use
of
special
characters
and
any
form
of
encryption.
2.
By
mail.
Send
your
comments
to:
Public
Information
and
Records
Integrity
Branch
(
PIRIB),
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs
(
OPP),
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
7502C),
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC,
20460
 
0001,
Attention:
Docket
ID
Number
OPP
 
2002
 
0301.
3.
By
hand
delivery
or
courier.
Deliver
your
comments
to:
Public
Information
and
Records
Integrity
Branch
(
PIRIB),
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs
(
OPP),
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
Rm.
119,
Crystal
Mall
#
2,
1921
Jefferson
Davis
Hwy.,
Arlington,
VA.,
Attention:
Docket
ID
Number
OPP
 
2002
 
0301.
Such
deliveries
are
only
accepted
during
the
docket's
normal
hours
of
operation
as
identified
in
Unit
I.
B.
1.

D.
How
Should
I
Submit
CBI
To
the
Agency?
Do
not
submit
information
that
you
consider
to
be
CBI
electronically
through
EPA's
electronic
public
docket
or
by
e­
mail.
You
may
claim
information
that
you
submit
to
EPA
as
CBI
by
marking
any
part
or
all
of
that
information
as
CBI
(
if
you
submit
CBI
on
disk
or
CD
ROM,
mark
the
outside
of
the
disk
or
CD
ROM
as
CBI
and
then
identify
electronically
within
the
disk
or
CD
ROM
the
specific
information
that
is
CBI).
Information
so
marked
will
not
be
disclosed
except
in
accordance
with
procedures
set
forth
in
40
CFR
part
2.
In
addition
to
one
complete
version
of
the
comment
that
includes
any
information
claimed
as
CBI,
a
copy
of
the
comment
that
does
not
contain
the
information
claimed
as
CBI
must
be
submitted
for
inclusion
in
the
public
docket
and
EPA's
electronic
public
docket.
If
you
submit
the
copy
that
does
not
contain
CBI
on
disk
or
CD
ROM,
mark
the
outside
of
the
disk
or
CD
ROM
clearly
that
it
does
not
contain
CBI.

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1
Imputed
costs,
such
as
taxes
that
would
have
been
paid
and
return
on
equity
that
would
have
been
provided
had
the
services
been
furnished
by
a
private
business
firm,
are
referred
to
as
the
private­
sector
adjustment
factor
(
PSAF).
The
tenyear
recovery
rate
is
based
upon
the
pro
forma
income
statements
for
Federal
Reserve
priced
services
published
in
the
Board's
Annual
Report.
Beginning
in
2000,
the
PSAF
included
additional
financing
costs
associated
with
pension
assets
attributable
to
priced
services.
This
ten­
year
cost
recovery
rate
has
been
computed
as
if
these
costs
were
not
included
in
the
PSAF
calculations
prior
to
2000.
If
these
costs
were
included
in
the
calculations,
and
assuming
that
the
Reserve
Banks
would
not
have
made
any
contemporaneous
cost
or
revenue
adjustments,
the
10­
year
recovery
rate
would
be
98.7
percent.
Information
not
marked
as
CBI
will
be
included
in
the
public
docket
and
EPA's
electronic
public
docket
without
prior
notice.
If
you
have
any
questions
about
CBI
or
the
procedures
for
claiming
CBI,
please
consult
the
person
listed
under
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT.

E.
What
Should
I
Consider
as
I
Prepare
My
Comments
for
EPA?

You
may
find
the
following
suggestions
helpful
for
preparing
your
comments:
1.
Explain
your
views
as
clearly
as
possible.
2.
Describe
any
assumptions
that
you
used.
3.
Provide
copies
of
any
technical
information
and/
or
data
you
used
that
support
your
views.
4.
If
you
estimate
potential
burden
or
costs,
explain
how
you
arrived
at
the
estimate
that
you
provide.
5.
Provide
specific
examples
to
illustrate
your
concerns.
6.
Offer
alternative
ways
to
improve
the
notice.
7.
Make
sure
to
submit
your
comments
by
the
deadline
in
this
document.
8.
To
ensure
proper
receipt
by
EPA,
be
sure
to
identify
the
docket
ID
number
assigned
to
this
action
in
the
subject
line
on
the
first
page
of
your
response.
You
may
also
provide
the
name,
date,
and
Federal
Register
citation.

II.
Background
Syngenta
Seeds,
3054
Cornwallis
Road,
Research
Triangle
Park,
North
Carolina
27709
 
2257,
has
applied
for
an
EUP
for
field
testing
of
the
plantincorporated
protectant
Bacillus
thuringiensis
VIP3A
insect
control
protein
as
expressed
in
cotton
plants.
The
proposed
states
are
Alabama,
Arizona,
Arkansas,
California,
Florida,
Georgia,
Louisiana,
Mississippi,
North
Carolina,
South
Carolina,
Tennessee,
and
Texas.
The
total
acreage
for
this
plant­
incorporated
protectant
EUP
will
be
904.5.

III.
What
Action
is
the
Agency
Taking?

Following
the
review
of
the
Syngenta
Seeds
application
and
any
comments
and
data
received
in
response
to
this
notice,
EPA
will
decide
whether
to
issue
or
deny
the
EUP
request
for
this
EUP
program,
and
if
issued,
the
conditions
under
which
it
is
to
be
conducted.
Any
issuance
of
an
EUP
will
be
announced
in
the
Federal
Register.

IV.
What
is
the
Agency's
Authority
for
Taking
this
Action?

The
Agency's
authority
for
taking
this
action
is
under
40
CFR
part
172.

List
of
Subjects
Environmental
protection,
Experimental
use
permits.

Dated:
October
29,
2002.
Janet
L.
Andersen,
Director,
Biopesticides
and
Pollution
Prevention
Division,
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs.

[
FR
Doc.
02
 
28356
Filed
11
 
6
 
02;
8:
45
am]

BILLING
CODE
6560
 
50
 
S
FEDERAL
RESERVE
SYSTEM
[
Docket
No.
R
 
1133]

Federal
Reserve
Bank
Services
AGENCY:
Board
of
Governors
of
the
Federal
Reserve
System.
ACTION:
Notice.

SUMMARY:
The
Board
has
approved
the
fee
schedules
for
Federal
Reserve
priced
services
and
electronic
connections
and
a
private­
sector
adjustment
factor
(
PSAF)
for
2003
of
$
171.7
million.
These
actions
were
taken
in
accordance
with
the
requirements
of
the
Monetary
Control
Act
of
1980,
which
requires
that,
over
the
long
run,
fees
for
Federal
Reserve
priced
services
be
established
on
the
basis
of
all
direct
and
indirect
costs,
including
the
PSAF.
DATES:
The
new
fee
schedules
become
effective
January
2,
2003.

FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
For
questions
regarding
the
fee
schedules:
Joseph
Baressi,
Financial
Services
Analyst,
(
202/
452
 
3959);
William
Driscoll,
Financial
Services
Analyst,
check
payments,
(
202/
452
 
3117);
Edwin
Lucio,
Financial
Services
Analyst,
ACH
payments,
(
202/
736
 
5636);
Gregory
Cannella,
Financial
Services
Analyst,
Fedwire
funds
transfer,
Fedwire
securities,
and
noncash
collection
services,
(
202/
530
 
6214);
Marybeth
Butkus,
Senior
Financial
Services
Analyst,
special
cash
services,
(
202/
452
 
3917);
or
Amy
Pierce,
Senior
IT
Analyst,
electronic
connections,
(
202/
736
 
5675),
Division
of
Reserve
Bank
Operations
and
Payment
Systems.
For
questions
regarding
the
PSAF:
Brenda
Richards,
Senior
Financial
Analyst,
(
202/
452
 
2753)
or
Gregory
Evans,
Manager,
Financial
Accounting,
(
202/
452
 
3945),
Division
of
Reserve
Bank
Operations
and
Payment
Systems.
For
users
of
Telecommunications
Device
for
the
Deaf
(
TDD)
only,
please
call
202/
263
 
4869.
Copies
of
the
2003
fee
schedules
for
the
check
service
are
available
from
the
Board,
the
Federal
Reserve
Banks,
or
the
Reserve
Banks'
financial
services
Web
site
at
http://
www.
frbservices.
org.

SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:

I.
Priced
Services
A.
Discussion
Over
the
period
1992
through
2001,
the
Reserve
Banks
recovered
99.8
percent
of
their
total
costs
for
providing
priced
services,
including
special
project
costs,
imputed
expenses,
and
targeted
after­
tax
profits
or
return
on
equity
(
ROE).
1
Table
1
summarizes
the
priced
services'
actual,
estimated,
and
budgeted
cost
recovery
rates
for
2001,
2002,
and
2003
respectively.
Cost
recovery
is
estimated
to
be
92.2
percent
in
2002
and
budgeted
to
be
94.4
percent
in
2003.
The
aggregate
cost­
recovery
rates
are
heavily
influenced
by
the
performance
of
the
check
service,
which
accounts
for
approximately
85
percent
of
the
total
cost
of
priced
services.
The
electronic
services
(
FedACH,
Fedwire
funds
transfer,
Fedwire
securities,
and
national
settlement)
account
for
approximately
15
percent
of
costs,
while
noncash
and
special
cash
services
represent
a
de
minimis
amount.

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