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2006
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Linda Mitry,
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Notice of FERC Commissioner and
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April 29, 2005.
In the matter of: RM04–7–000; PL04–6–
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that FERC Commissioners and FERC
staff may participate in the National
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discussion of issues relating to
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respect to public utility power sales
transactions and public utility
dispositions of Commissionjurisdictional facilities. That discussion
may address matters at issue in the
above-captioned proceedings. The
participation of FERC Commissioners
and FERC staff is part of the
Commission’s ongoing outreach efforts.
NARUC Resource Planning and
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9:30 a.m.–4:30 p.m. (c.s.t.); Hyatt
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1234. The NARUC Resource Planning
and Procurement Forum is open to the
public.
For more information, contact Sarah
McKinley, Office of External Affairs,
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
at (202) 502–8368 or
sarah.mckinley@ferc.gov.
Linda Mitry,
Deputy Secretary.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[Docket No. [FRL–7907–5]
Tenth Meeting of the World Trade
Center Expert Technical Review Panel
To Continue Evaluation on Issues
Relating To Impacts of the Collapse of
the World Trade Center Towers
Environmental Protection
Agency.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: The World Trade Center
Expert Technical Review Panel (or WTC
Expert Panel) will hold its tenth meeting
intended to provide for greater input on
continuing efforts to monitor the
situation for New York residents and
workers impacted by the collapse of the
World Trade Center (WTC). The panel
members will help guide the EPA’s use
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of the available exposure and health
surveillance databases and registries to
characterize any remaining exposures
and risks, identify unmet public health
needs, and recommend any steps to
further minimize the risks associated
with the aftermath of the WTC attacks.
Panel meetings will be open to the
public, except where the public interest
requires otherwise. Information on the
panel meeting agendas, documents
(except where the public interest
requires otherwise), and public
registration to attend the meetings will
be available from an Internet Web site.
EPA has established an official public
docket for this action under Docket ID
No. ORD–2004–003.
DATES: The tenth meeting of the WTC
Expert Panel will be held on Tuesday,
May 24, 2005, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.,
eastern daylight savings time. On-site
registration will begin at 8:30 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The WTC Expert Panel
meeting will be held at the Alexander
Hamilton U.S. Customs House, One
Bowling Green, New York, NY in the
Auditorium (basement level). A
government-issued identification (e.g.,
driver’s license) is required for entry.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
meeting information, registration and
logistics, please see the panel’s Web site
https://www.epa.gov/wtc/panel or
contact ERG at (781) 674–7374. The
meeting agenda and logistical
information will be posted on the Web
site and will also be available in hard
copy. For further information regarding
the WTC Expert Panel, contact Ms. Lisa
Matthews, EPA Office of the Science
Advisor, telephone (202) 564–6669 or email: matthews.lisa@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. WTC Expert Panel Meeting
Information
Eastern Research Group, Inc., (ERG),
an EPA contractor, will coordinate the
WTC Expert Panel meeting. To attend
the panel meeting as an observer, please
register by visiting the Web site at:
https://www.epa.go/wtc/panel. You may
also register for the meeting by calling
ERG’s conference registration line
between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5:30
p.m. e.s.t. at (781) 674–7374 or toll free
at 1–800–803–2833, or by facing a
registration request to (781) 674–2906
(include full address and contact
information). Pre-registration is strongly
recommended as space is limited, and
registrations are accepted on a firstcome, first-served basis. The deadline
for pre-registration is May 18, 2005.
Registrations will continue to be
accepted after this date, including onsite registration, if space allows. There
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will be a limited time at the meeting for
oral comments from the public. Oral
comments will be limited to five (5)
minutes each. If you wish to make a
statement during the observer comment
period, please check the appropriate box
when you register at the Web site.
Please bring a copy of your comments
to the meeting for the record or submit
them electronically via e-mail to
meetings@erg.com, subject line: WTC.
II. Background Information
Immediately following the September
11, 2001, terrorist attack on New York
City’s World Trade Center, many
Federal agencies, including the EPA,
were called upon to focus their
technical and scientific expertise on the
national emergency. EPA, other Federal
agencies, New York City and New York
State public health and environmental
authorities focused on numerous
cleanup, dust collection and ambient air
monitoring activities to ameliorate and
better understand the human health
impacts of the disaster. Detailed
information concerning the
environmental monitoring activities
that were conducted as part of this
response is available at the EPA
Response to 9–11 Web site at https://
www.epa.gov/wtc/.
In addition to environmental
monitoring, EPA efforts also included
toxicity testing of the dust, as well as
the development of a human exposure
and health risk assessment. This risk
assessment document, Exposure and
Human Health Evaluation of Airborne
Pollution from the World Trade Center
Disaster, is available on the Web at
https://www.epa.gov/ncea/wtc.htm.
Numerous additional studies by other
Federal and State agencies, universities
and other organizations have
documented impacts to both the
outdoor and indoor environments and
to human health.
While these monitoring and
assessment activities were ongoing and
the cleanup at Ground Zero itself was
occurring, EPA began planning for a
program to clean and monitor
residential apartments. From June until
December 2002, residents impacted by
WTC dust and debris in an area of about
1 mile by 1 mile south of Canal Street
were eligible to request either federallyfunded cleaning and monitoring for
airborne asbestos or monitoring of their
residences. The cleanup continued into
the summer of 2003 by which time the
EPA had cleaned and monitored 3,400
apartments and monitored 800
apartments. Detailed information on this
portion of the EPA response is also
available at https://www.epa.gov/wtc/.
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A critical component of
understanding long-term human health
impacts is the establishment of health
registries. The WTC Health Registry is a
comprehensive and confidential health
survey of those most directly exposed to
the contamination resulting from the
collapse of the WTC towers. It is
intended to give health professionals a
better picture of the health
consequences of 9/11. It was established
by the Agency for Toxic Substances and
Disease Registry (ATSDR) and the New
York City Department of Health and
Mental Hygiene (NYCDHMH) in
cooperation with a number of academic
institutions, public agencies and
community groups. Detailed
information about the registry can be
obtained from the registry Web site at:
https://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/htm/wtc/
index.html.
In order to obtain individual advice
on the effectiveness of these programs,
unmet needs and data gaps, the EPA has
convened a technical panel of experts
who have been involved with WTC
assessment activities. Mr. E. Timothy
Oppelt, EPA Acting Assistant
Administrator for Research and
Development, is serving as Interim
Panel Chair. Dr. Paul Lioy, Professor of
Environmental and Community
Medicine at the Environmental and
Occupational Health Sciences Institute
of the Robert Wood Johnson Medical
School—UMDNJ and Rutgers
University, serves as vice Chair. A full
list of the panel members, a charge
statement and operating principles for
the panel area available from the panel
Web site listed above. Panel meetings
typically will be one- or two-day
meetings, and they will occur over the
course of approximately a two-year
period. Panel members will provide
individual advice on issues the panel
addresses. These meetings will occur in
New York City and nearby locations. All
of the meetings will be announced on
the Web site and by a Federal Register
notice, and they will be open to the
public for attendance and brief oral
comments.
The focus of the tenth meeting of the
WTC Expert Panel is to discuss EPA’s
Final Draft Proposed Sampling Program
to Determine Extent of World Trade
Center Impacts to the Indoor
Environment, and to hear comments
from individual panel members and the
public on the final draft sampling plan.
The final draft sampling plan will be
posted on the panel Web site identified
earlier at https://www.epa.gov/wtc/panel
the week of May 9, 2005. There will also
be an update on the WTC signature
study. Additional information on
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meetings of the WTC Expert Panel can
be found at the panel Web site.
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
SUMMARY: Pursuant to 35 U.S.C. 207
(Patents) and 37 CFR part 404 (U.S.
Government patent licensing
regulations), EPA hereby gives notice of
its intent to grant a co-exclusive,
royalty-bearing, revocable license to
practice the invention described and
claimed in the U.S. patent application
entitled Method for Isolating and Using
Fungal Hemolysins, filed May 30, 2001,
U.S. Serial Number 09/866,793, and all
corresponding patents issued
throughout the world, and all
reexamined patents and reissued
patents granted in connection with such
patent application, to Roche Diagnostics
Corporation, Indianapolis, Indiana, and
to Aerotech Laboratories, Phoenix,
Arizona.
The invention was announced as
being available for licensing in the May
12, 2003 issue of the Federal Register
(68 FR 25371) as U.S. Patent
Application Number 09/866,793, filed
May 30, 2001, and claiming priority
from a provisional application filed June
1, 2000.
The proposed co-exclusive license
will contain appropriate terms,
limitations, and conditions to be
negotiated in accordance with 35 U.S.C.
209 and 37 CFR 404.5 and 404.7 of the
U.S. Government patent licensing
regulations.
EPA will negotiate the final terms and
conditions and grant the co-exclusive
license, unless within 15 days from the
date of this notice EPA receives, at the
address below, written objections to the
grant, together with supporting
documentation. The documentation
from objecting parties having an interest
in practicing the above patents should
include an application for an exclusive
or nonexclusive license with the
information set forth in 37 CFR 404.8.
The EPA Patent Attorney and other EPA
officials will review all written
responses and then make
recommendations on a final decision to
the Director or Deputy Director of the
National Exposure Research Laboratory
who have been delegated the authority
to issue patent licenses under EPA
Delegation 1–55.
[FRL–7908–2]
DATES:
III. Hot To Get Information on EDOCKET
EPA has established an official public
docket for this action under Docket ID
No. ORD–2004–0003. 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
Office of Environmental Information
(OEI) Docket in the Headquarters EPA
Docket Center, (EPA/DC) EPA West
Building, Room B102, 1301 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460.
The EPA Docket Center Public Reading
Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30
p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding
legal holidays. The telephone number
for the Public Reading Room is (202)
566–1744, and the telephone number for
the OEI Docket is (202) 566–1752;
facsimile: (202) 566–1753; or e-mail:
ORD.Docket@epa.gov.
An electronic version of the public
docket is available through EPA’s
electronic public docket and comment
system, EPA Dockets. You may use EPA
Dockets at https://www.epa.gov/edocket/
to submit or view public comments,
access the index listings 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
identification number.
Dated: April 28, 2005.
E. Timothy Oppelt,
Acting Assistant Administrator, EPA Office
of Research and Development.
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ACTION: Notice of intent to grant a coexclusive license.
AGENCY:
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Comments on this notice must be
received by EPA at the address listed
below by May 20, 2005.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Laura Scalise, Patent Attorney, Office of
General Counsel (Mail Code 2377A),
Environmental Protection Agency,
Washington, DC 20460, telephone (202)
564–8303.
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Dated: April 27, 2005.
Marla E. Diamond,
Associate General Counsel, Finance and
Operations Law Office.
[FR Doc. 05–8986 Filed 5–4–05; 8:45 am]
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EXPORT-IMPORT BANK
[Public Notice 75]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request
Export-Import Bank of the U.S.
Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
SUMMARY: The Export-Import Bank of
the United States (Ex-Im Bank) provides
working capital guarantees to lenders. In
assessing the creditworthiness of an
applicant, Ex-Im Bank reviews EIB Form
84–1. This form provides information
which allows the Bank to obtain
legislatively required reasonable
assurance of repayment, as well as to
fulfill other statutory requirements. The
form has had some minor change in
content and requires a three-year
extension.
Written comments should be
received on or before July 5, 2005 to be
assured of consideration.
ADDRESSES: Direct all comments and
requests for additional information to
Pamela Bowers, Export-Import Bank of
the U.S., 811 Vermont Avenue, NW.,
Washington, DC 20571 (202) 565–3792,
or pamela.bowers@exim.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Titles and Form Numbers: U.S. Small
Business Administration, Export-Import
Bank of the United States Joint
Application for Working Capital
Guarantee.
OMB Number: 3048–0003.
Form Number: EIB–SBA 84–1
(Revised 2/2005).
Type of Review: Revision and
extension of expiration date.
Annual Number of Respondents: 600.
Estimated Time Per Respondent: 2
Hours.
Annual Burden Hours: 1,200.
Frequency of Reporting or Use: Upon
application for guarantees or working
capital loans advanced by the lenders to
U.S. exporters.
DATES:
Dated: April 29, 2005.
Solomon Bush,
Agency Clearance Officer.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[Docket No. [FRL-7907-5]
Tenth Meeting of the World Trade Center Expert Technical Review
Panel To Continue Evaluation on Issues Relating To Impacts of the
Collapse of the World Trade Center Towers
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency.
ACTION: Notice of meeting.
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SUMMARY: The World Trade Center Expert Technical Review Panel (or WTC
Expert Panel) will hold its tenth meeting intended to provide for
greater input on continuing efforts to monitor the situation for New
York residents and workers impacted by the collapse of the World Trade
Center (WTC). The panel members will help guide the EPA's use
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of the available exposure and health surveillance databases and
registries to characterize any remaining exposures and risks, identify
unmet public health needs, and recommend any steps to further minimize
the risks associated with the aftermath of the WTC attacks. Panel
meetings will be open to the public, except where the public interest
requires otherwise. Information on the panel meeting agendas, documents
(except where the public interest requires otherwise), and public
registration to attend the meetings will be available from an Internet
Web site. EPA has established an official public docket for this action
under Docket ID No. ORD-2004-003.
DATES: The tenth meeting of the WTC Expert Panel will be held on
Tuesday, May 24, 2005, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., eastern daylight savings
time. On-site registration will begin at 8:30 a.m.
ADDRESSES: The WTC Expert Panel meeting will be held at the Alexander
Hamilton U.S. Customs House, One Bowling Green, New York, NY in the
Auditorium (basement level). A government-issued identification (e.g.,
driver's license) is required for entry.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For meeting information, registration
and logistics, please see the panel's Web site https://www.epa.gov/wtc/
panel or contact ERG at (781) 674-7374. The meeting agenda and
logistical information will be posted on the Web site and will also be
available in hard copy. For further information regarding the WTC
Expert Panel, contact Ms. Lisa Matthews, EPA Office of the Science
Advisor, telephone (202) 564-6669 or e-mail: matthews.lisa@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
I. WTC Expert Panel Meeting Information
Eastern Research Group, Inc., (ERG), an EPA contractor, will
coordinate the WTC Expert Panel meeting. To attend the panel meeting as
an observer, please register by visiting the Web site at: https://
www.epa.go/wtc/panel. You may also register for the meeting by calling
ERG's conference registration line between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5:30
p.m. e.s.t. at (781) 674-7374 or toll free at 1-800-803-2833, or by
facing a registration request to (781) 674-2906 (include full address
and contact information). Pre-registration is strongly recommended as
space is limited, and registrations are accepted on a first-come,
first-served basis. The deadline for pre-registration is May 18, 2005.
Registrations will continue to be accepted after this date, including
on-site registration, if space allows. There will be a limited time at
the meeting for oral comments from the public. Oral comments will be
limited to five (5) minutes each. If you wish to make a statement
during the observer comment period, please check the appropriate box
when you register at the Web site. Please bring a copy of your comments
to the meeting for the record or submit them electronically via e-mail
to meetings@erg.com, subject line: WTC.
II. Background Information
Immediately following the September 11, 2001, terrorist attack on
New York City's World Trade Center, many Federal agencies, including
the EPA, were called upon to focus their technical and scientific
expertise on the national emergency. EPA, other Federal agencies, New
York City and New York State public health and environmental
authorities focused on numerous cleanup, dust collection and ambient
air monitoring activities to ameliorate and better understand the human
health impacts of the disaster. Detailed information concerning the
environmental monitoring activities that were conducted as part of this
response is available at the EPA Response to 9-11 Web site at https://
www.epa.gov/wtc/.
In addition to environmental monitoring, EPA efforts also included
toxicity testing of the dust, as well as the development of a human
exposure and health risk assessment. This risk assessment document,
Exposure and Human Health Evaluation of Airborne Pollution from the
World Trade Center Disaster, is available on the Web at https://
www.epa.gov/ncea/wtc.htm. Numerous additional studies by other Federal
and State agencies, universities and other organizations have
documented impacts to both the outdoor and indoor environments and to
human health.
While these monitoring and assessment activities were ongoing and
the cleanup at Ground Zero itself was occurring, EPA began planning for
a program to clean and monitor residential apartments. From June until
December 2002, residents impacted by WTC dust and debris in an area of
about 1 mile by 1 mile south of Canal Street were eligible to request
either federally-funded cleaning and monitoring for airborne asbestos
or monitoring of their residences. The cleanup continued into the
summer of 2003 by which time the EPA had cleaned and monitored 3,400
apartments and monitored 800 apartments. Detailed information on this
portion of the EPA response is also available at https://www.epa.gov/
wtc/.
A critical component of understanding long-term human health
impacts is the establishment of health registries. The WTC Health
Registry is a comprehensive and confidential health survey of those
most directly exposed to the contamination resulting from the collapse
of the WTC towers. It is intended to give health professionals a better
picture of the health consequences of 9/11. It was established by the
Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry (ATSDR) and the New
York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (NYCDHMH) in
cooperation with a number of academic institutions, public agencies and
community groups. Detailed information about the registry can be
obtained from the registry Web site at: https://www.nyc.gov/html/doh/
htm/wtc/.
In order to obtain individual advice on the effectiveness of these
programs, unmet needs and data gaps, the EPA has convened a technical
panel of experts who have been involved with WTC assessment activities.
Mr. E. Timothy Oppelt, EPA Acting Assistant Administrator for Research
and Development, is serving as Interim Panel Chair. Dr. Paul Lioy,
Professor of Environmental and Community Medicine at the Environmental
and Occupational Health Sciences Institute of the Robert Wood Johnson
Medical School--UMDNJ and Rutgers University, serves as vice Chair. A
full list of the panel members, a charge statement and operating
principles for the panel area available from the panel Web site listed
above. Panel meetings typically will be one- or two-day meetings, and
they will occur over the course of approximately a two-year period.
Panel members will provide individual advice on issues the panel
addresses. These meetings will occur in New York City and nearby
locations. All of the meetings will be announced on the Web site and by
a Federal Register notice, and they will be open to the public for
attendance and brief oral comments.
The focus of the tenth meeting of the WTC Expert Panel is to
discuss EPA's Final Draft Proposed Sampling Program to Determine Extent
of World Trade Center Impacts to the Indoor Environment, and to hear
comments from individual panel members and the public on the final
draft sampling plan. The final draft sampling plan will be posted on
the panel Web site identified earlier at https://www.epa.gov/wtc/panel
the week of May 9, 2005. There will also be an update on the WTC
signature study. Additional information on
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meetings of the WTC Expert Panel can be found at the panel Web site.
III. Hot To Get Information on E-DOCKET
EPA has established an official public docket for this action under
Docket ID No. ORD-2004-0003. 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 Office of
Environmental Information (OEI) Docket in the Headquarters EPA Docket
Center, (EPA/DC) EPA West Building, Room B102, 1301 Constitution
Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460. The EPA Docket Center Public Reading
Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,
excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Public Reading
Room is (202) 566-1744, and the telephone number for the OEI Docket is
(202) 566-1752; facsimile: (202) 566-1753; or e-mail:
ORD.Docket@epa.gov.
An electronic version of the public docket is available through
EPA's electronic public docket and comment system, EPA Dockets. You may
use EPA Dockets at https://www.epa.gov/edocket/ to submit or view public
comments, access the index listings 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 identification number.
Dated: April 28, 2005.
E. Timothy Oppelt,
Acting Assistant Administrator, EPA Office of Research and Development.
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