24194 Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 80 / Tuesday, April 25, 2000 / Notices

www.ferc.fed.us/ online/rims.htm (call

202–208–2222 for assistance).

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–10224 Filed 4–24–00; 8:45 am]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6584–5]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request;

Environmental Radiation Ambient

Monitoring System (ERAMS)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.), this document announces

that the following Information

Collection Request (ICR) has been

forwarded to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review and

approval: Environmental Radiation

Ambient Monitoring System (ERAMS);

OMB Control Number 2060–0015; EPA

ICR Number 0877.07; expiration date,

June 30, 2000. The ICR describes the

nature of the information collection and

its expected burden and cost; where

appropriate, it includes the actual data

collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before May 25, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

a copy of the ICR contact Sandy Farmer

at EPA by phone at (202) 260–2740, by

E-Mail at

Farmer.Sandy@epamail.epa.gov or

download off the Internet at http://

www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR

No. 0877.07. For technical questions

about the ICR contact Charles M. Petko,

(334) 270–3411.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title:

Environmental Radiation Ambient

Monitoring System; OMB Control

Number 2060–0015; EPA ICR Number

0877.07; expiration date, June 30, 2000.

This is a request for extension of a

currently approved collection.

Abstract: The Environmental

Radiation Ambient Monitoring System

(ERAMS) consists of a national network

of sample collection stations for air,

milk, precipitation, and drinking water.

On prescribed schedules, all collected

samples are shipped to the National Air

and Radiation Environmental

Laboratory (NAREL) in Montgomery,

Alabama, which is an EPA facility

operating under EPA’s Office of

Radiation and Indoor Air. NAREL

analyzes all samples for levels of

radiation, and the resultant data are

then made available online at the EPA

website and in printed format. The data

are used to fulfill the Agency’s

commitment to public information, but

they are also used by scientists and

radiation professionals in a number of

ways, including comparison with data

developed by other agencies and

commercial groups, such as the nuclear

power industry. In the event of national

radiation emergency, especially when

EPA is the lead federal agency, ERAMS

data collections and analyses are

accelerated as necessary and the

resultant data are used to support

decisions for protecting the public

health and the environment. Frequently,

sample collectors are employed by state

health departments or environmental

agencies.

An agency may not conduct or

sponsor, and a person is not required to

respond to, a collection of information

unless it displays a currently valid OMB

control number. The OMB control

numbers for EPA’s regulations are listed

in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter

15. The Federal Register document

required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d),

soliciting comments on this collection

of information was published on

October 28, 1999; 1 set of comments

were received.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and recordkeeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 0.37 hours per

response. Burden means the total time,

effort, or financial resources expended

by persons to generate, maintain, retain,

or disclose or provide information to or

for a Federal agency. This includes the

time needed to review instructions;

develop, acquire, install, and utilize

technology and systems for the purposes

of collecting, validating, and verifying

information, processing and

maintaining information, and disclosing

and providing information; adjust the

existing ways to comply with any

previously applicable instructions and

requirements; train personnel to be able

to respond to a collection of

information; search data sources;

complete and review the collection of

information; and transmit or otherwise

disclose the information.

Respondents/Affected: Typically State

& sometimes Local Government Sample

Collectors.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

249.

Frequency of Response: from twice

weekly to four times annually.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

8,363 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Capital

and Operating & Maintenance Cost

Burden: $0.

Send comments on the Agency’s need

for this information, the accuracy of the

provided burden estimates, and any

suggested methods for minimizing

respondent burden, including through

the use of automated collection

techniques to the following addresses.

Please refer to EPA ICR No. 0877.07 and

OMB Control No. 2060–0015 in any

correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Office of

Environmental Information,

Collection Strategies Division (2822),

1200 Pennsylvania Ave, NW,

Washington, DC 20460; and

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for

EPA, 725 17th Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: April 18, 2000.

Oscar Morales,

Director, Collection Strategies Division.

[FR Doc. 00–10282 Filed 4–24–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6584–6]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request, New

Source Performance Standards (NSPS)

for Electric Arc Furnaces and ArgonOxygen Decarburization Vessels

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.), this document announces

that the following Information

Collection Request (ICR) has been

forwarded to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review and

approval: NSPS for Steel Plants: Electric

Arc Furnaces and Argon Oxygen

Decarburization Vessels OMB No. 2060–

0038 and EPA ICR No. 1060.10;

expiration date is May 31, 2000. The

ICR describes the nature of the

information collection and its expected

burden and cost; where appropriate, it

includes the actual data collection

instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before May 25, 2000.

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

a copy of the ICR contact Sandy Farmer

at EPA by phone at (202) 260–2740, by

E-Mail at

Farmer.Sandy@epamail.epa.gov or

download off the Internet at http://

www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR

No. 1060.10. For technical questions

about the ICR, please contact: Maria T.

Malave, 202–564–7027.

Title: New Source Performance

Standards (NSPS) for Electric Arc

Furnaces and Argon-Oxygen

Decarburization Vessels; OMB No.

2060–0038; Agency No. 1060.10;

expiration date is May 31, 2000. This is

a request for a revision of a currently

approved collection.

Abstract: Subpart AAa applies to

electric arc furnaces, AOD vessels, and

dust handling systems at steel plants

that produce carbon, alloy, or specialty

steels: and commenced construction,

modification, or reconstruction after

August 17, 1983. This information is

being collected to assure compliance

with 40 CFR part 60, subparts AA and

AAa.

Subparts AA and AAa require: (1)

Monitoring and recordkeeping of

operations data and opacity levels; (2)

semiannual reports of excess emissions

and unacceptable; and (3) notifications

of procedures to be followed and CEMs

performance during performance tests.

Owners or operators are also required to

maintain records of the occurrence and

duration of any startup, shutdown, or

malfunction in the operation of an

affected facility, or any period during

which the monitoring system is

inoperative.

All reports are sent to the delegated

State or local authority. Notifications are

used to inform the Agency or delegated

authority when a source becomes

subject to the standard. The reviewing

authority may then inspect the source to

check if the pollution control devices

are properly installed and operated.

An agency may not conduct or

sponsor, and a person is not required to

respond to, a collection of information

unless it displays a currently valid OMB

control number. The OMB control

numbers for EPA’s regulations are listed

in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter

15. The Federal Register document

required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d),

soliciting comments on this collection

of information was published on

January 21, 2000; no comments were

received.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and recordkeeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 266 hours per

response. Burden means the total time,

effort, or financial resources expended

by persons to generate, maintain, retain,

or disclose or provide information to or

for a Federal agency. This includes the

time needed to review instructions;

develop, acquire, install, and utilize

technology and systems for the purposes

of collecting, validating, and verifying

information, processing and

maintaining information, and disclosing

and providing information; adjust the

existing ways to comply with any

previously applicable instructions and

requirements; train personnel to be able

to respond to a collection of

information; search data sources;

complete and disclose the information.

Respondents/Affected Entities: Steel

Plants.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

90.

Frequency of Response: semiannual.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

48,413 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Capital

and O&M Cost Burden: $94,350.

Send comments on the Agency’s need

for this information, the accuracy of the

provided burden estimates, and any

suggested methods for minimizing

respondent burden, including through

the use of automated collection

techniques to the following addresses.

Please refer to OMB No. 2060–0038 and

EPA ICR No. 1060.10 in any

correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Office of

Environmental Information,

Collection Strategies Division (2822),

1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW,

Washington, DC 20460; and

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for

EPA, 725 17th Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: April 17, 2000.

Oscar Morales,

Director, Collection Strategies Division.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[Docket No. FRL–6584–2]

Final NPDES General Permits for NonContact Cooling Water Discharges in

the States of Maine, Massachusetts,

and New Hampshire

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of Final NPDES General

Permits—MEG250000, MAG250000,

and NHG250000.

SUMMARY: The Director of the Office of

Ecosystem Protection, EPA-New

England, is issuing Notice of Final

National Pollutant Discharge

Elimination System (NPDES) general

permits for non-contact cooling water

discharges to certain waters of the States

of Maine, Massachusetts, and New

Hampshire for the purpose of reissuing

the current permit which expired on

May 31, 1999. These general NPDES

permits establish notice of intent (NOI)

requirements, effluent limitations,

standards, prohibitions and

management practices for the noncontact cooling water discharges.

Owners and/or operators of facilities

discharging non-contact cooling water

including those currently authorized to

discharge under the expired general

permit will be required to submit to

EPA-New England, a notice of intent to

be covered by the appropriate general

permit and will receive a written

notification from EPA of permit

coverage and authorization to discharge

under one of the general permits. The

eligibility requirements are discussed in

detail under part I. D.3.b and the reader

is strongly urged to go to that section

before reading further. This general

permit does not cover new sources as

defined under 40 CFR 122.2.

DATES: The general permit shall be

effective on the date specified in the

final general permit published in the

Federal Register and will expire April

25, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Notices of intent to be

authorized to discharge under these

permits should be sent to:

Environmental Protection Agency, 1

Congress Street, Suite 1100 (CMU),

Boston, Massachusetts 02114–2023.

The submittal of other information

required under these permits or

individual permit applications should

also be sent to the above address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Additional information concerning the

final permit may be obtained between

the hours of 9:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.

Monday through Friday excluding

holidays from: Suprokash Sarker, Office

of Ecosystem Protection, Environmental

Protection Agency, 1 Congress Street,

Suite 1100 (CMA), Boston, MA 02114–

2023, telephone: 617–918–1693.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Table of Contents

Fact Sheet and Supplemental Information

I. Introduction

II. Coverage of General Permits

III. Exclusions

IV. Permit Basis and Other Conditions of the

General NPDES Permit

A. Effluent Limitations

B. Antidegradation Provisions