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BILLING CODE 3710-08-M DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Department of the Navy Meeting of the Naval Research Advisory Committee; Correction AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD. ACTION: Notice of closed meeting; correction. SUMMARY: The Department of Defense published a notice in the **Federal Register** on August 4, 2006, concerning a request for the Naval Research Advisory Committee

(NRAC)to meet and discuss classified information from government organizations. All sessions of the meeting will be devoted to briefings, discussions, and technical examination of issues related to maritime strategy and Department of the Navy plans, programs, and objectives. It is envisioned that these discussions will enable the NRAC to identify technology gaps where additional science and technology investment may be needed to satisfy current and projected Navy and Marine Corps requirements. The meeting date has been changed to a new date and time. DATES: The meeting will be held on Wednesday, October 25, 2006, from 9:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at the Pentagon, Room 4B552A, Arlington, VA 22201. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Sujata Millick, Program Director, Naval Research Advisory Committee, 875 North Randolph Street, Arlington, VA 22203-1995, 703-696-6769. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This notice is provided in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2). All sessions of the meeting will be devoted to executive sessions that will include discussion and technical examination of information related to forthcoming NRAC studies. These briefings and discussions will contain classified information that is specifically authorized under criteria established by Executive Order to remain classified in the interest of national defense and are, in fact, properly classified pursuant to such Executive Order. The classified and non-classified matters to be discussed are so inextricably intertwined as to preclude opening any portions of the meeting. In accordance with 5 U.S.C. App. 2, Sec. 10(d), the Secretary of the Navy has determined in writing that the public interest requires that all sessions of the meeting be closed to the public because they will be concerned with matters listed in 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1) and (4). Dated: October 10, 2006. M.A. Harvison, Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate General's Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register Liaison Officer. [FR Doc. E6-17088 Filed 10-13-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3810-FF-P DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests AGENCY: Department of Education. SUMMARY: The IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before December 15, 2006. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires that the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB)provide interested Federal agencies and the public an early opportunity to comment on information collection requests. OMB may amend or waive the requirement for public consultation to the extent that public participation in the approval process would defeat the purpose of the information collection, violate State or Federal law, or substantially interfere with any agency's ability to perform its statutory obligations. The IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management, publishes that notice containing proposed information collection requests prior to submission of these requests to OMB. Each proposed information collection, grouped by office, contains the following:

(1)Type of review requested, *e.g.* new, revision, extension, existing or reinstatement;

(2)Title;

(3)Summary of the collection;

(4)Description of the need for, and proposed use of, the information;

(5)Respondents and frequency of collection; and

(6)Reporting and/or Recordkeeping burden. OMB invites public comment. The Department of Education is especially interested in public comment addressing the following issues:

(1)Is this collection necessary to the proper functions of the Department;

(2)will this information be processed and used in a timely manner;

(3)is the estimate of burden accurate;

(4)how might the Department enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and

(5)how might the Department minimize the burden of this collection on the respondents, including through the use of information technology. Dated: October 10, 2006. Angela C. Arrington, IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management. Institute of Education Sciences *Type of Review:* Extension. *Title:* Social and Character Development Research Program National Evaluation. *Frequency:* On Occasion. *Affected Public:* Not-for-profit institutions; Individuals or household. *Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:* *Responses: 22,587.* *Burden Hours: 15,632.* *Abstract:* The SACD National Evaluation will evaluate seven school-based interventions designed to promote positive social and character development among elementary school children and determine, through randomized field trials, whether the interventions produce meaningful effects. The primary research questions are:

(1)Do the SACD interventions affect social-emotional competence, school climate, positive and negative behavior, and academic achievement?

(2)For whom, and under what conditions, are the interventions effective? and

(3)What is the process by which the interventions affect children's behavior? Data collection activities will include the administration of surveys to children, teachers, principals, and primary caregivers; school observations, and school record abstractions over a three year period: from 2004-05 to 2006-07. Results from the evaluation will provide education professionals with information they need to make informed choices about which intervention to adopt. Requests for copies of the proposed information collection request may be accessed from *http://edicsweb.ed.gov* , by selecting the “Browse Pending Collections” link and by clicking on link number 3214. When you access the information collection, click on “Download Attachments” to view. Written requests for information should be addressed to U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Potomac Center, 9th Floor, Washington, DC 20202-4700. Requests may also be electronically mailed to *ICDocketMgr@ed.gov* or faxed to 202-245-6623. Please specify the complete title of the information collection when making your request. Comments regarding burden and/or the collection activity requirements should be electronically mailed to *ICDocketMgr@ed.gov* . Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD)may call the Federal Information Relay Service

(FIRS)at 1-800-877-8339. [FR Doc. E6-17061 Filed 10-13-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000-01-P DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests AGENCY: Department of Education. SUMMARY: The IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before December 15, 2006. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires that the Office of Management and Budget

(1)Type of review requested, *e.g.* new, revision, extension, existing or reinstatement;

(2)Title;

(3)Summary of the collection;

(4)Description of the need for, and proposed use of, the information;

(5)Respondents and frequency of collection; and

(6)Reporting and/or Recordkeeping burden. OMB invites public comment. The Department of Education is especially interested in public comment addressing the following issues:

(1)Is this collection necessary to the proper functions of the Department;

(2)will this information be processed and used in a timely manner;

(3)is the estimate of burden accurate;

(4)how might the Department enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and

(5)how might the Department minimize the burden of this collection on the respondents, including through the use of information technology. Dated: October 10, 2006. Angela C. Arrington, IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management. Institute of Education Sciences *Type of Review:* Revision. *Title:* Follow Up to the Even Start Classroom Literacy Interventions and Outcomes Study. *Frequency:* Annually. *Affected Public:* Individuals or household; State, Local, or Tribal Gov't, SEAs or LEAs. *Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:* *Responses:* 4,015. *Burden Hours:* 967. *Abstract:* The original Follow Up to the Even Start Classroom Literacy Interventions and Outcomes

(CLIO)Study examined enhanced family literacy interventions in Even Start and impacts on parent and child outcomes during the intervention period. The CLIO follow-up study will explore whether effects from preschool are sustained through the early school years. Requests for copies of the proposed information collection request may be accessed from *http://edicsweb.ed.gov* , by selecting the “Browse Pending Collections” link and by clicking on link number 3215. When you access the information collection, click on “Download Attachments” to view. Written requests for information should be addressed to U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Potomac Center, 9th Floor, Washington, DC 20202-4700. Requests may also be electronically mailed to *ICDocketMgr@ed.gov* or faxed to 202-245-6623. Please specify the complete title of the information collection when making your request. Comments regarding burden and/or the collection activity requirements should be electronically mailed to *ICDocketMgr@ed.gov.* Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD)may call the Federal Information Relay Service

(FIRS)at 1-800-877-8339. [FR Doc. E6-17062 Filed 10-13-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000-01-P DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests AGENCY: Department of Education. SUMMARY: The IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before December 15, 2006. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires that the Office of Management and Budget

(1)Type of review requested, *e.g.* new, revision, extension, existing or reinstatement;

(2)Title;

(3)Summary of the collection;

(4)Description of the need for, and proposed use of, the information;

(5)Respondents and frequency of collection; and

(6)Reporting and/or Recordkeeping burden. OMB invites public comment. The Department of Education is especially interested in public comment addressing the following issues:

(1)Is this collection necessary to the proper functions of the Department;

(2)Will this information be processed and used in a timely manner;

(3)Is the estimate of burden accurate;

(4)How might the Department enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and

(5)How might the Department minimize the burden of this collection on the respondents, including through the use of information technology. Dated: October 10, 2006. Angela C. Arrington, IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management. Institute of Education Sciences *Type of Review:* New. *Title:* Midwest Regional Educational Laboratory Needs Assessment and Focus Groups. *Frequency:* Monthly. *Affected Public:* State, Local, or Tribal Gov't, SEAs or LEAs; Individuals or household; Businesses or other for-profit; Not-for-profit institutions; Farms; Federal Government. *Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:* *Responses:* 2,840. *Burden Hours:* 993. *Abstract:* Documentation included in this submission include data collection instruments and sample designs for gathering information about the educational needs of state departments, districts, schools, and other educational stakeholders in the Midwest region. Information regarding regional needs is gathered as part of Task 1.1 of the Midwest Regional Laboratory contract and will be used to set priorities for selecting content on particular issues, practices, and policies that warrant attention. Analyses of regional educational needs assessments will be used to identify training, technical assistance priorities and needs, to monitor such needs and activities, and to ensure that the activities respond to the region's needs. Requests for copies of the proposed information collection request may be accessed from *http://edicsweb.ed.gov,* by selecting the “Browse Pending Collections” link and by clicking on link number 3213. When you access the information collection, click on “Download Attachments” to view. Written requests for information should be addressed to U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Potomac Center, 9th Floor, Washington, DC 20202-4700. Requests may also be electronically mailed to *ICDocketMgr@ed.gov* or faxed to 202-245-6623. Please specify the complete title of the information collection when making your request. Comments regarding burden and/or the collection activity requirements should be electronically mailed to *ICDocketMgr@ed.gov.* Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD)may call the Federal Information Relay Service

(FIRS)at 1-800-877-8339. [FR Doc. E6-17076 Filed 10-13-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000-01-P DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION The Historically Black Colleges and Universities Capital Financing Advisory Board AGENCY: The Historically Black Colleges and Universities Capital Financing Board, Department of Education. ACTION: Notice of meeting. SUMMARY: This notice sets forth the schedule and proposed agenda of an upcoming meeting of the Historically Black Colleges and Universities Capital Financing Advisory Board. The notice also describes the functions of the Board. Notice of this meeting is required by section 10(a)(2) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act and is intended to notify the public of their opportunity to attend. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Pappas, Executive Director, Historically Black Colleges and Universities Capital Financing Program, 1990 K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20006; telephone: 202 502-7566; fax: 202 502-7852; e-mail: *Steven.Pappas@ed.gov.* Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD)may call the Federal Information Relay Service at 1-800-877-8339, between 8 a.m. and 8 p.m., Eastern time, Monday through Friday. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Historically Black Colleges and Universities Capital Financing Advisory Board (Board) is authorized by Title III, Part D, Section 347 of the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended in 1998 (20 U.S.C. 1066f). The Board is established within the Department of Education to provide advice and counsel to the Secretary and the designated bonding authority as to the most effective and efficient means of implementing construction financing on historically black college and university campuses and to advise Congress regarding the progress made in implementing the program. Specifically, the Board will provide advice as to the capital needs of Historically Black Colleges and Universities, how those needs can be met through the program, and what additional steps might be taken to improve the operation and implementation of the construction financing program. The meeting will be held from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m., Friday, October 27, 2006, at the Gallery Lounge, Blackburn Center, Howard University, 2400 Sixth Street, NW., Washington, DC 20059. The purpose of this meeting is to review current program activities and to make recommendations to the Secretary on the current capital needs of Historically Black Colleges and Universities. Individuals who will need accommodations for a disability in order to attend the meeting (e.g., interpreting services, assistance listening devices, or materials in alternative format) should notify Paula Hill at 202 502-7795, no later than October 23, 2006. We will attempt to meet requests for accommodations after this date but cannot guarantee their availability. The meeting site is accessible to individuals with disabilities. Records are kept of all Board proceedings and are available for public inspection at the Office of The Historically Black Colleges and Universities Capital Financing Advisory Board (Board), 1990 K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20006, from the hours of 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., Monday through Friday. James F. Manning, Acting Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary Education. [FR Doc. E6-17128 Filed 10-13-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [OE Docket No. EA-318] Application To Export Electric Energy; CSW Power Marketing AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, DOE. ACTION: Notice of application. SUMMARY: CSW Power Marketing

(CPMI)has applied for authority to transmit electric energy from the United States to Mexico pursuant to section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act. DATES: Comments, protests, or requests to intervene must be submitted on or before November 15, 2006. ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, or requests to intervene should be addressed as follows: Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, Mail Code: OE-20, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585-0350 (FAX 202-586-5860). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Russell (Program Office) 202-586-9624 or Michael Skinker (Program Attorney) 202-586-2793. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Exports of electricity from the United States to a foreign country are regulated and require authorization under section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act

(FPA)(16 U.S.C. 824a(e)). On September 18, 2006, the Department of Energy

(DOE)received an application from CPMI for authority to transmit electric energy from the United States to Mexico as a power marketer. CPMI has requested an electricity export authorization with a 5-year term. CPMI does not own or control any generation, transmission, or distribution assets, nor does it have a franchised service area. The electric energy which CPMI proposes to export to Mexico would be surplus energy purchased from electric utilities, Federal power marketing agencies, and other entities within the U.S. CPMI will arrange for the delivery of exports to Mexico over the international transmission facilities owned by San Diego Gas & Electric Company, El Paso Electric Company, Central Power & Light Company, Sharyland Utilities, and Comision Federal de Electricidad, the national electric utility of Mexico. The construction, operation, maintenance, and connection of each of the international transmission facilities to be utilized by CPMI has previously been authorized by a Presidential permit issued pursuant to Executive Order 10485, as amended. DOE notes that CPMI shall have no authority to export electricity to Mexico until the conclusion of this proceeding and the issuance of an order granting authority to export. *Procedural Matters:* Any person desiring to become a party to these proceedings or to be heard by filing comments or protests to this application should file a petition to intervene, comment or protest at the address provided above in accordance with §§ 385.211 or 385.214 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedures (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). Fifteen copies of each petition and protest should be filed with DOE on or before the dates listed above. Comments on the CPMI application to export electric energy to Mexico should be clearly marked with Docket No. EA-318. Additional copies are to be filed directly with John C. Crespo, American Electric Power, 155 W. Nationwide Blvd., Suite 500, Columbus, Ohio 43215 and John R. Lilyestrom, Geo. F. Hobday, Jr., Hogan & Hartson, LLP, 555 13th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20004. A final decision will be made on this application after the environmental impacts have been evaluated pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and a determination is made by DOE that the proposed action will not adversely impact on the reliability of the U.S. electric power supply system. Copies of this application will be made available, upon request, for public inspection and copying at the address provided above, by accessing the program Web site at *http://www.oe.energy.gov/permitting/electricity_imports_exports.htm,* or by e-mailing Odessa Hopkins at *Odessa.hopkins@hq.doe.gov.* Issued in Washington, DC, on October 10, 2006. Anthony J. Como, Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability. [FR Doc. E6-17093 Filed 10-13-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [Docket No. EA-294-A] Application To Export Electric Energy; TexMex Energy, LLC AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE. ACTION: Notice of application. SUMMARY: TexMex Energy, LLC (TexMex) has applied to renew its authorization to transmit electric energy from the United States to Mexico pursuant to section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act. DATES: Comments, protests or requests to intervene must be submitted on or before November 15, 2006. ADDRESSES: Comments, protests or requests to intervene should be addressed as follows: Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, Mail Code: OE-20, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585-0350 (FAX 202-586-5860). FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Russell (Program Office) 202-586-9624 or Michael Skinker (Program Attorney) 202-586-2793. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Exports of electricity from the United States to a foreign country are regulated and require authorization under section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act

(FPA)(16 U.S.C. 824a(e)). On August 25, 2004, the Department of Energy

(DOE)issued Order No. EA-294 authorizing TexMex to transmit electric energy from the United States to Mexico for a two-year term. That authorization expired on August 25, 2006. On September 8, 2006, TexMex filed an application with DOE for renewal of the export authority contained in Order No. EA-294. TexMex proposes to export electric energy to Mexico and to arrange for the delivery of those exports over the international transmission facilities presently owned by Central Power and Light Company, Sharyland Utilities, and Comision Federal de Electricidad, the national electric utility of Mexico. In its application TexMex states, without further explanation, that it was unable to file its renewal application prior to the expiration of its current export authorization on August 25, 2006. TexMex requests that its renewal request be granted as soon as possible. DOE notes that TexMex did not utilize its previous authority to export electricity to Mexico during the two-year term of Order No. EA-294, as verified by quarterly reports filed with DOE by TexMex and as stated in their current renewal application. TexMex's previous authorization permitted an application for renewal to be filed within six months prior to expiration of its authorization on August 25, 2006. Renewal applications must be filed at least sixty days prior to expiration in order to provide DOE with sufficient time to process an application and provide adequate opportunity for public comment. TexMex has not demonstrated sufficient good cause for DOE to expedite the processing of its renewal application by the use of a shortened public comment period. Therefore, in this notice, DOE has retained the normal thirty-day public comment period for the filing of comments, protests, or petitions to intervene. DOE notes that TexMex shall have no authority to export electricity to Mexico until the conclusion of this proceeding and the issuance of another order granting authority to export. *Procedural Matters:* Any person desiring to become a party to this proceeding or to be heard by filing comments or protests to this application should file a petition to intervene, comment or protest at the address provided above in accordance with §§ 385.211 or 385.214 of the FERC's Rules of Practice and Procedures (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). Fifteen copies of each petition and protest should be filed with the DOE on or before the date listed above. Comments on the TexMex application to export electric energy to Mexico should be clearly marked with Docket EA-294-A. Additional copies are to be filed directly with Guillermo Gonzalez G., c/o Protama S.A. de C.V., Tonala 44, Col. Roma, 06700 Mexico D.F., Mexico and Douglas F. John, John & Hengerer, 1200 12th Street, NW., Suite 600, Washington, DC 20036-3013. A final decision will be made on this application after the environmental impacts have been evaluated pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), and a determination is made by the DOE on whether the proposed action would adversely impact on the reliability of the U.S. electric power supply system. Copies of this application will be made available, upon request, for public inspection and copying at the address provided above or by accessing the program's Web site at *http://www.oe.energy.gov/permitting/electricity_imports_exports.htm.* Issued in Washington, DC, on October 10, 2006. Anthony J. Como, Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability. [FR Doc. E6-17094 Filed 10-13-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450-01-P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL-8231-2; EPA-HQ-Docket ID No. EPA-ORD-2006-0666] Approaches To Estimating the Waterborne Disease Outbreak Burden in the United States: Uses and Limitations of the Waterborne Disease Outbreak Surveillance System; External Review Draft AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of peer-review workshop. SUMMARY: EPA is announcing that Versar, Inc., an EPA contractor for external scientific peer review, will convene an independent panel of experts and organize and conduct a two-day external peer-review workshop to review the external review draft document titled, “Approaches to Estimating the Waterborne Disease Outbreak Burden in the United States: Uses and Limitations of the Waterborne Disease Outbreak Surveillance System” (EPA/600/R-06/069). On September 15, 2006 (71 FR 54481), EPA announced a 30-day public comment period for the draft document. The public comment period ends October 16, 2006. The draft document was prepared by the National Center for Environmental Assessment

(NCEA)within EPA's Office of Research and Development. The public comment period and the external peer-review workshop are separate processes that provide opportunities for all interested parties to comment on the document. In addition to consideration by EPA, all public comments submitted in accordance with this notice will also be forwarded to EPA's contractor for the external peer-review panel prior to the workshop. EPA is releasing this draft document solely for the purpose of pre-dissemination peer review under applicable information quality guidelines. This draft document has not been formally disseminated by EPA. It does not represent and should not be construed to represent any Agency policy or determination. Versar, Inc., invites the public to register to attend this workshop as observers. In addition, Versar, Inc., invites the public to give oral and/or provide written comments at the workshop regarding the draft document under review. The draft document and EPA's peer-review charge are available primarily via the Internet on NCEA's home page under the Recent Additions and the Data and Publications menus at *http://www.epa.gov/ncea.* In preparing a final report, EPA intends to consider Versar, Inc.'s report of the comments and recommendations from the external peer-review workshop and any public comments that EPA receives in accordance with this notice. DATES: The peer-review panel workshop will begin on October 26, 2006, at 9 a.m. and end on October 27, 2006, at 5 p.m. The second day of the workshop is closed to the public and to EPA so that the peer-review panel members can consider the draft document and prepare their individual comments. On September 15, 2006, EPA announced a thirty-day public comment period for the draft document, which began September 15, 2006, and ends October 16, 2006 (71 FR 54481). Technical comments should be in writing and must be received by EPA by October 16, 2006. For more information on how to submit comments, please refer to the September 15, 2006, **Federal Register** notice (71 FR 54481). ADDRESSES: The peer-review workshop will be held at the U.S. EPA, Andrew W. Breidenbach Environmental Research Center (AWBERC) Building, 26 West Martin Luther King Drive, Cincinnati, Ohio 45268. The EPA contractor, Versar, Inc., is organizing, convening, and conducting the peer-review workshop. To attend the workshop, register by October 20, 2006, by visiting *http://epa.versar.com/waterborne.* You can also register by calling Keith E. Drewes at Versar, Inc.

(386)852-8322, sending a facsimile to

(386)322-6051, or sending an e-mail to *drewekei@Versar.com.* The draft document, “Approaches to Estimating the Waterborne Disease Outbreak Burden in the United States: Uses and Limitations of the Waterborne Disease Outbreak Surveillance System,” is available primarily via the Internet on the National Center for Environmental Assessment's home page under the Recent Additions and the Data and Publications menus at *http://www.epa.gov/ncea.* A limited number of paper copies are available from the Technical Information Staff, NCEA-Cincinnati by telephone:

(513)569-7257 or by facsimile:

(513)569-7916. If you are requesting a paper copy, please provide your name, mailing address, and the document title, “Approaches to Estimating the Waterborne Disease Outbreak Burden in the United States: Uses and Limitations of the Waterborne Disease Outbreak Surveillance System.” Copies are not available from Versar, Inc. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions regarding information, registration, and logistics for the external peer-review workshop should be directed to Keith E. Drewes of Versar, Inc., via e-mail: *drewekei@versar.com,* telephone:

(386)852-8322, or facsimile:

(386)322-6051. For information on the public comment period, contact the Office of Environmental Information Docket by telephone:

(202)566-1752, facsimile:

(202)566-1753, or e-mail: *ORD.Docket@epa.gov.* If you need technical information about the document, please contact Glenn Rice, National Center for Environmental Assessment (NCEA), by telephone:

(513)569-7813, facsimile:

(513)487-2539, or e-mail: *rice.glenn@epa.gov.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Summary of Information About the Project/Document Information about waterborne disease outbreaks (WBDOs) in the United States is voluntarily reported by State, territorial and local public health agencies to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). CDC and EPA jointly maintain a WBDO database. The database describes outbreak attributes including, among other things, the drinking water system deficiency, the etiologic agent, and the number of individuals who became ill. Underreporting of such events is assumed but the magnitude of underreporting is unknown. This draft document presents an approach for estimating the epidemiologic and economic burden of disease associated with 665 WBDOs reported in the U.S. between 1971 and 2000. The term *disease burden* broadly refers to the magnitude of the impact incurred by society as a consequence of disease in the community (e.g., decrements in a population's health or the associated economic effects) and there are various metrics that can be employed by analysts to quantify burden. In order to capture some of the benefits of drinking water regulations, EPA has typically expressed waterborne disease impacts in terms of epidemiologic and monetary measures; this WBDO burden analysis employs those same measures. Because not all WBDOs in the United States and associated cases of illness are reported, the WBDO database on which this draft document is based is not comprehensive. The extent to which WBDOs are not recognized is unknown and is not examined in this analysis. This draft report develops several quantitative sensitivity analyses to characterize some of the uncertainty in the burden estimates but does not provide an evaluation of the potential impact of under- or overreporting of WBDOs or their associated severity characteristics. The draft report includes recommendations for the collection and reporting of additional outbreak information that would improve the usefulness of the WBDO database for future disease burden estimates. II. Workshop Information Members of the public may attend the workshop as observers, and there will be a limited time for comments from the public in the afternoon. Please let Versar, Inc., know if you wish to make comments during the workshop. Space is limited, and reservations will be accepted on a first-come, first-served basis. The second day of the workshop is closed to the public and to EPA so that the peer-review panel members can consider the draft document and prepare their individual comments. Dated: October 10, 2006. George Alapas, Director, National Center for Environmental Assessment. [FR Doc. E6-17098 Filed 10-13-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA-HQ-OW-2005-0039; FRL-8231-3] Request for Nominations of Drinking Water Contaminants for the Contaminant Candidate List AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency

(EPA)is requesting nominations of chemical and microbial contaminants for possible inclusion in the third drinking water Contaminant Candidate List (CCL 3). EPA is also requesting information that shows the nominated contaminant may have an adverse health effect on people and the contaminant occurs or is likely to occur in public water systems. DATES: Nominations must be received on or before December 15, 2006. ADDRESSES: Submit your nominations to the CCL3 Nominations Web site *http://www.epa.gov/safewater/ccl/ccl3.html* by following the on-line instructions for submitting nominations or mail to CCL Nominations, Environmental Protection Agency, Mail Code: 4607M, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information contact the EPA Safe Drinking Water Hotline at

(800)426-4791 or e-mail: *hotline-sdwa@epa.gov.* For technical questions about this notice contact Clifton Townsend, Standards and Risk Management Division, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number:

(202)564-1576; e-mail address: *townsend.clifton@epa.gov.* For technical inquiries regarding EPA's CCL 3 Nominations Web site, please contact Zeno Bain at

(202)564-5970 or e-mail: *bain.zeno@epa.gov.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION I. General Information A. Does This Action Apply to Me This action requests drinking water contaminant candidate nominations and provides information on how the public can submit nominations to the Agency. B. How Can I Get Copies of This Document and Other Related Information? 1. *Docket.* EPA has established a docket for this action under Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OW-2005-0039. Publicly available docket materials are available either electronically through *http://www.regulations.gov* or in hard copy at the Water Docket in the EPA Docket Center. Note: The EPA Docket Center suffered damage due to flooding during the last week of June 2006. The Docket Center is continuing to operate. However, during the cleanup, there will be temporary changes to Docket Center telephone numbers, addresses, and hours of operation for people who wish to visit the Public Reading Room to view documents. Consult EPA's **Federal Register** notice at 71 FR 54815 (September 19, 2006) or the EPA Web site at *http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm* for current information on docket status, locations and telephone numbers. 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/.* II. Background A. What Is the CCL? There are thousands of naturally occurring and man-made contaminants that have the potential to enter sources of drinking water ( *e.g.* , pesticides, pharmaceuticals, personal care products, industrial chemicals). Some of these contaminants may pose no risk to human health, but others may cause cancer or have endocrine disrupting, reproductive, or developmental effects. Naturally occurring microbial contaminants may also cause acute illness. To ensure that public health is protected, EPA must assess the universe of unregulated drinking water contaminants to determine if they may require regulation under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA). The CCL is the primary vehicle used by EPA to target and prioritize unregulated contaminants in drinking water for research and analysis to determine which new contaminants should be regulated. SDWA requires that EPA publish, every five years, a list of unregulated chemical and microbial contaminants that are known or anticipated to occur in public water systems and which may require regulation under the Safe Drinking Water Act (SWDA Section 1412(b)(1)). EPA is also required to consult with the scientific community and provide notice and opportunity for public comment prior to publication of the CCL. SDWA also requires EPA to determine whether to regulate at least five contaminants from the CCL every five years. In making regulatory determinations, the Agency must consider the following three statutory criteria: 1. Is the contaminant likely to cause an adverse effect on the health of persons? 2. Is the contaminant known or likely to occur in public water systems at a frequency and level of concern? 3. Does regulation of the contaminant present a meaningful opportunity for health risk reduction for persons served by public water systems? B. How Did EPA Develop Previous Contaminant Candidate Lists? The first CCL (CCL 1) was published on March 2, 1998 (63 FR 10273). The contaminants were categorized based on four priority areas in drinking water research: occurrence, health effects, treatment, and analytical methods. CCL 1 was developed based on a review by technical experts of readily available information and contained 50 chemicals and 10 microbial contaminants. EPA consulted with the scientific community and the National Drinking Water Advisory Council (NDWAC) on a process for developing the first CCL. Based on the NDWAC recommendations, the Agency developed and used screening and evaluation criteria to develop a list of chemical contaminants for CCL 1. For microbiological contaminants, the Agency followed NDWAC recommendations and sought external expertise to identify and select potential waterborne pathogens. The Agency convened a workshop of microbiologists and public health experts who developed criteria for screening and evaluation and subsequently developed an initial list of potential microbiological contaminants. On July 18, 2003 (68 FR 42897), EPA announced its final regulatory determination for nine contaminants from CCL 1, which concluded that sufficient data and information was available to make the determination not to regulate nine contaminants (eight chemicals and one microbial). The second CCL

(CCL2)was published on February 24, 2005 (70 FR 9071) and carried forward the remaining 51 chemical and microbial contaminants listed on CCL 1. Currently, the Agency is evaluating data and research on these chemicals and microbes to make regulatory determinations as it continues work to develop the CCL 3. C. How Is EPA Developing Future CCLs? After publication of CCL 1, the Agency recognized the need for a more robust and transparent process for identifying and narrowing the list of potential contaminants for future CCLs and sought advice from the National Academies of Science

(NAS)on how to improve the CCL process. The 2001 NAS report, *Classifying Drinking Water Contaminants for Regulatory Consideration* (NAS 2001), proposed a broader, more comprehensive screening process to assist EPA in identifying those contaminants for the CCL. The NAS recommended that EPA develop and use a process for creating future CCLs whereby a broadly defined “universe” of potential drinking water contaminants is identified, assessed, and reduced to a preliminary CCL

(PCCL)using simple screening criteria that indicate public health risk and the likelihood of occurrence in drinking water. All of the contaminants on the PCCL would then be assessed in more detail using a classification approach and tools along with expert judgment to evaluate the likelihood that specific contaminants could occur in drinking water at levels and at frequencies that pose a public health risk. The outcome of the detailed classification approach results in the draft CCL. The contaminants initially considered for the CCL ( *i.e.* CCL Universe) include naturally occurring substances, emerging waterborne pathogens, chemical agents, byproducts and degradants of chemical agents, and biological toxins. The PCCL will include contaminants that occur, or have the potential to occur, in drinking water and cause, or may cause adverse health effects. In 2002, EPA consulted with NDWAC and received advice for implementing the 2001 NAS recommendations. NDWAC recommended that EPA move forward with the NAS recommendations using an adaptive management approach. This approach provides a framework to implement recommendations in phases and refine and adjust the CCL process as more information and experience are attained. NDWAC provided specific recommendations on eliciting public participation and suggested that EPA seek contaminant nominations from the public for inclusion on the CCL. Implementing the nominations process provides a mechanism for early public participation in the CCL process and allows the Agency to obtain suggestions for contaminants that should be on the CCL (NDWAC 2004). D. How Will EPA Use Data Sources To Identify Contaminants for the CCL Universe? Based upon recommendations from NAS and NDWAC, the Agency is using the following guiding principles to construct the CCL Universe:

(1)The universe should include those contaminants that have demonstrated or have potential occurrence in drinking water, and

(2)the universe should include those contaminants that have demonstrated or have potential adverse health effects. These inclusionary principles apply to the selection of CCL contaminants for initial consideration in the CCL Universe. EPA has evaluated over 280 resources (referred to as “data sources”) to determine whether they are appropriate for use in identifying potential drinking water contaminants for the CCL. The data sources vary widely in their development and use (e.g., research, surveys, and compliance monitoring); type of data (e.g., concentrations, health effects, microbiological occurrence, and environmental fate); data format; availability; and possible applicability to the universe of contaminants for consideration. The Agency recognizes that there are significant differences in the methods and information used to characterize chemical and microbiological contaminants. Chemical contaminants tend to be characterized by toxicological and occurrence data that can be modeled or estimated if measurement is not possible. These discrete characteristics are often captured in data sources. To identify chemical contaminants, consistent with recommendations for developing the Universe, the Agency recognizes that the most appropriate data sources for use in the CCL classification process will provide information in a number of areas including concentrations, health effects, occurrence, and environmental fate. EPA has identified four factors that should be met for data sources to be considered useable. Sources are screened for relevance, completeness, redundancy (those sources with the most comprehensive sources are selected, while less comprehensive sources with the same information are rejected), and retrievability to determine use in the CCL classification process. Table 1 provides a list of the data sources that EPA will use in compiling the Chemical CCL Universe. Table 1.—Initial Classification of Chemical Data Sources Data source name Organizations ATSDR CERCLA Priority List Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. ATSDR Minimal Risk Levels

(MRLs)Agency for Toxic Substances and Disease Registry. Chemical Toxicity Database—Ministry of Health and Welfare, Japan Ministry of Health and Welfare, Japan. Chemical Update System/Inventory Update Rule (CUS/IUR) EPA. Cumulative Estimated Daily Intake/Acceptable Daily Intake (CEDI/ADI) Database U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA). Database of Sources of Environmental Releases of Dioxin-Like Compounds in the United States EPA. Distributed Structure Searchable Toxicity Public Database Network (DSSTox) EPA. Everything Added to Food in the United States (EAFUS) Database FDA. Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) List EPA. Generally Regarded As Safe

(GRAS)Substance List FDA. Guidelines for Canadian Drinking Water Quality (CADW): Summary of Guidelines Health Canada. World Health Organization

(WHO)Guidelines for Drinking Water Quality: Summary Tables WHO. Health Advisories

(HA)Summary Tables EPA. High Production Volume

(HPV)Chemical List EPA. Hazardous Substances Data Bank

(HSDB)National Library of Medicine. Indirect Additives Database FDA. International Agency for Research on Cancer

(IARC)Monographs International Agency for Research on Cancer. International Toxicity Estimates for Risk

(ITER)Database Toxicology Excellence for Risk Assessment (TERA). Integrated Risk Information System

(IRIS)EPA. Joint Meeting On Pesticide Residues (JMPR)—2001. Inventory of Pesticide Evaluations World Health Organization, Food and Agriculture Organization National Drinking Water Contaminant Occurrence Database (NCOD)—Round 1 & 2 EPA. National Drinking Water Contaminant Occurrence Database (NCOD)—Unregulated Contaminant Monitoring Rule

(UCMR)EPA. National Inorganics and Radionuclides Survey

(NIRS)EPA. National Pesticide Use Database National Center for Food and Agricultural Policy. National Reconnaissance of Emerging Contaminants (NREC)—USGS Toxic Substances Hydrology Program U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). National Toxicology Program

(NTP)Studies National Cancer Institute. National Water Quality Assessment (NAWQA) USGS. OSHA 1988 Permissible Exposure Limits

(PELs)National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH). Pesticide Data Program USDA. Pesticides Pilot Monitoring Program USGS/EPA. Risk Assessment Information System (RAIS)—Department of Energy—Chemical Factors U.S. Department of Energy. Risk Assessment Information System (RAIS)—Health Effects Data Department of Energy. State of California EPA Chemicals Known to the State to Cause Cancer or Reproductive Toxicity State of California. Storage and Retrieval (STORET) EPA. Substance Registry System

(SRS)EPA. Syracuse Research Corporation (SRC)—BIODEG Syracuse Research Corporation. The Toxics Release Inventory

(TRI)EPA. Toxic Substances Control Act

(TSCA)List EPA. Toxicity Criteria Database—California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment (OEHHA) California Office of Environmental Health Hazard Assessment. University of Maryland—Partial List of Acute Toxins/Partial List of Teratogens University of Maryland. For microbes, the adverse health effects from exposure are characterized by clinical or epidemiological data and there are few analytical methods to estimate or model the occurrence of microbes. Limited sources of tabular data for microbes may require evaluation of primary literature, technical reports, monographs and reference books to identify the universe of microbes for consideration. The Agency is using human pathogens as the starting point for identifying microorganisms considered for inclusion in the CCL Universe. The primary source of information on human pathogens is *Risk Factors for Human Disease Emergence* (Taylor *et al.* 2001), which provides a list of 1,415 human pathogens. In addition to the Taylor et al study, the Agency will use the nominations process to ensure that the CCL universe captures emerging pathogens. E. Why Is EPA Soliciting Contaminant Nominations? EPA is requesting contaminant nominations from the public to ensure that contaminants that may not be identified for consideration as part of the recommended CCL process are considered. The Agency is making significant progress in developing a contaminant classification approach and continues to implement the NAS and NDWAC recommendations. While NAS and NDWAC recommended a data driven step-wise approach to classifying contaminants, these experts also recognized the importance of providing an additional pathway for the public to identify new and emerging contaminants that may not be identified in an evaluation of the data sources. A public nominations process allows the Agency to consider new and emerging contaminants that might not otherwise be considered because new information has not been widely reported or recorded. Following the recommendations of NAS and NDWAC, the Agency has compiled a universe of contaminants and will add nominated contaminants from the public to the CCL Universe. The nominees will be considered as EPA evaluates NAS and NDWAC recommendations to screen the CCL universe and develops criteria to classify contaminants for the draft CCL. III. EPA CCL Nominations Process This contaminant nominations process is the first opportunity to make nominations to the new CCL (CCL 3). The Agency will also accept nominations during the notice and comment period following EPA's publication of the draft CCL 3. A. How can Stakeholders, Agencies, Industry, and the Public Nominate Contaminants for the CCL? EPA's preferred method for submission of contaminant nominations is through the EPA CCL 3 Nomination Web site. Interested parties can nominate chemicals, microbes, or other materials for consideration on the new CCL by sending information electronically, or in hard copy to EPA. Do not submit confidential business information

(CBI)through e-mail. If you wish to submit CBI, first contact EPA (see ADDRESSES section) for instructions on how to submit CBI. When submitting a nomination, it is preferred that the nominators include a name, affiliation, phone number, mailing address, and e-mail address; however, this information is not required and nominations can be submitted anonymously. The nominator should also address the following questions for each contaminant nominated to the CCL: 1. What is the contaminant's name, CAS number, and/or common synonym (if applicable)? 2. What factors make this contaminant a priority for the CCL 3 process (e.g., widespread occurrence; anticipated toxicity to humans; potentially harmful effects to susceptible populations (e.g., children, elderly and immunocompromised); potentially contaminated source water (surface or ground water), and/or finished water; released to air, land, and/or water; contaminants manufactured in large quantities with a potential to occur in source waters)? 3. What are the significant health effects and occurrence data available, which you believe supports the CCL requirement(s) that a contaminant may have an adverse effect on the health of persons and is known or anticipated to occur in public water systems? Please provide complete citations, including author(s), title, journal and date. Contact information for the primary investigator would also be helpful. B. How Do I Submit Nominations Through EPA's Nominations Web Site? The Web site is designed to provide key information to the Agency, as described in Section III. A of this notice, for each contaminant nominated to the CCL process. The Web address to nominate a contaminant can be found at *http://www.epa.gov/safewater/ccl/ccl3.html* . C. How do I Submit Nominations in Hard Copy? You may submit nominations by mail. To allow full Agency consideration of your nomination, please ensure that your nominations are received or postmarked by midnight December 15, 2006. The addresses for submittal of nominations by mail are listed in the ADDRESSES section of this document. D. What Will Happen to My Nominations After I Submit Them? The Agency will include nominated contaminants into the CCL Universe. EPA will evaluate the information available for the nominated contaminants to determine the appropriateness of inclusion on the PCCL and finally the CCL. While EPA does not intend to respond to the nominations directly or individually, the Agency will fully explain nominated contaminants for the CCL3. IV. References Copies of these documents are found at *http://www.regulations.gov* , Docket ID No. EPA-OW-2005-0039. NAS 2001. National Academy of Sciences, National Research Council. 2001. Classifying Drinking Water Contaminants for Regulatory Consideration. National Academy Press. Washington, DC. Available at *http://books.nap.edu/books/0309074088/html/index.html* NDWAC 2004. National Drinking Water Advisory Council. National Drinking Water Advisory Council Report on the CCL Classification Process to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, May 18, 2004. Available at *http://www.epa.gov/safewater/ndwac/pdfs/report_ccl_ndwac_07-06-04.pdf* . Taylor, Latham, and Woolhouse. 2001. Risk factors for human disease emergence (Appendix A). Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society of London Biology: 256:983-98. Dated: October 6, 2006. Benjamin H. Grumbles, Assistant Administrator, Office of Water. [FR Doc. E6-17099 Filed 10-13-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION Sunshine Act Meeting; Deletion of Agenda Items; From October 12, 2006, Open Meeting and FCC to Hold an Additional Open Meeting, Friday, October 13, 2006, at 11 a.m. October 11, 2006. The following items have been deleted from the list of Agenda items scheduled for consideration at the Thursday, October 12, 2006, open meeting and previously listed in the Commission's Notice of Thursday, October 5, 2006. These items will be considered at an additional open meeting scheduled for Friday, October 13, 2006, at 11 a.m. in the Commission Meeting Room, TW-C305, at 445 12th Street, SW., Washington, DC. Item no. Bureau Subject 4 Wireline Competition *Title:* AT&T Inc. and BellSouth Corporation Application for Transfer of Control (WC Docket No. 06-74). *Summary:* The Commission will consider a Memorandum Opinion and Order regarding the transfer of control application of AT&T and BellSouth. 5 Wireline Competition *Title:* Broadband Industry Practices. *Summary:* The Commission will consider a Notice of Inquiry regarding broadband industry practices. The prompt and orderly conduct of Commission business permits less than 7-days notice be given. Federal Communications Commission. Marlene H. Dortch, Secretary. [FR Doc. 06-8726 Filed 10-12-06; 12:05 pm]

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