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ADDRESSES: Address comments to the

Department of Energy Desk Officer,

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, 726 Jackson Place, NW,

Washington, DC 20503. (Comments

should also be addressed to the

Statistics and Methods Group at the

address below.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information

should be directed to Herbert Miller,

Statistics and Methods Group, (EI–70),

Forrestal Building, U.S. Department of

Energy, Washington, DC 20585. Mr.

Miller may be contacted by telephone at

(202) 426–1103, FAX at (202) 426–1081,

or e-mail at Herbert.Miller@eia.doe.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

energy information collection submitted

to OMB for review was:

1. EIA–902, ‘‘Annual Geothermal Heat

Pump Manufacturers Survey.’’

2. Energy Efficiency and Renewable

Energy; OMB Number 1901–0303;

Three-Year Extension; Mandatory.

3. EIA–902 is designed to collect

information on the emerging domestic

geothermal heat pump industry. The

economics of geothermal heat pumps

have improved in recent years and the

pumps are more competitive with

conventional heating, cooling, and

water heating systems. Data collected

will be from U.S. geothermal heat pump

manufacturers. The data will be used by

DOE, the heat pump industry, and the

public. The data will also be published.

4. Business or other for-profit.

5. 160 hours (4 hours × 1 response per

year × 40 respondents).

Statutory Authority: Sections

3507(h)(1) and 3506(c) of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. No. 104–

13).

Issued in Washington, DC, May 1, 2000.

Stanley R. Freedman,

Acting Director, Statistics and Methods

Group, Energy Information Administration.

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Agency Information Collection

Activities: Continuing Collection;

Comment Request; Hazardous Waste

Specific Unit Requirements, and

Special Waste Processes and Types

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.), this notice announces that

EPA is planning to submit the following

or continuing Information Collection

Request (ICR) to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB):

Hazardous Waste Specific Unit

Requirements, and Special Waste

Processes and Types, EPA ICR Number

1572.04, OMB Control Number 2050–

0050, expires June 30, 2000. Before

submitting the ICR to OMB for review

and approval, EPA is soliciting

comments on specific aspects of the

proposed information collection as

described below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before July 5, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Commenters must send an

original and two copies of their

comments referencing docket number

F–2000–SUIP–FFFFF to: (1) If using

regular US Postal Service mail: RCRA

Docket Information Center, Office of

Solid Waste (5305G), U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency

Headquarters (EPA, HQ), 1200

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20460–0002, or (2) if using special

delivery, such as overnight express

service: RCRA Docket Information

Center (RIC), Crystal Gateway One, 1235

Jefferson Davis Highway, First Floor,

Arlington, VA 22202. Comments may

also be submitted electronically through

the Internet to: rcra-docket@epa.gov.

Comments in electronic format should

also be identified by the docket number

F–2000–SUIP–FFFFF and must be

submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the

use of special characters and any form

of encryption.

Commenters should not submit

electronically any confidential business

information (CBI). An original and two

copies of CBI must be submitted under

separate cover to: RCRA CBI Document

Control Officer, Office of Solid Waste

(5305W), U.S. EPA, 1200 Pennsylvania

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20460–

0002.

Public comments and supporting

materials are available for viewing in

the RCRA Information Center (RIC),

located at Crystal Gateway I, First Floor,

1235 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, VA. The RIC is open from 9

a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday,

excluding federal holidays. To review

docket materials, it is recommended

that the public make an appointment by

calling 703–603–9230. The public may

copy a maximum of 100 pages from any

regulatory docket at no charge.

Additional copies cost $0.15/page. The

index and some supporting materials

are available electronically. See the

‘‘Supplementary Information’’ section

for information on accessing them.

The ICR is available on the Internet at

<http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/

hazwaste/tsds/specific/index.htm>.

The official record for this action will

be kept in paper form. Accordingly, EPA

will transfer all comments received

electronically into paper form and place

them in the official record, which will

also include all comments submitted

directly in writing. EPA responses to

comments, whether the comments are

written or electronic, will be in a notice

in the Federal Register. EPA will not

immediately reply to commenters

electronically other than to seek

clarification of electronic comments that

may be garbled in transmission or

during conversion to paper form, as

discussed above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

general information, contact the RCRA

Hotline at 800 424–9346 or TDD 800

553–7672 (hearing impaired). In the

Washington, DC, metropolitan area, call

703 412–9810 or TDD 703 412–3323.

For more detailed information on

specific aspects of this rulemaking,

contact David Eberly, Office of Solid

Waste (5303W), U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20460–

0002, by phone at 703–308–8645, or by

e-mail at eberly.david@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Affected entities: Entities potentially

affected by this action are owners and

operators of hazardous waste treatment,

storage, and disposal facilities.

Title: Hazardous Waste Specific Unit

Requirements, and Special Waste

Processes and Types, EPA ICR Number

1572.04, OMB Control Number 2050–

0050, expiration date June 30, 2000.

Abstract: Section 3004 of the

Resource Conservation and Recovery

Act (RCRA) of 1976, as amended,

requires that the U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency develop standards for

hazardous waste treatment, storage, and

disposal facilities (TSDFs), as may be

necessary, to protect human health and

the environment. Section 3004,

Subsections (1), (3), (4), (5), and (6)

specify that these standards include, but

not be limited to, the following

requirements:

(1) Maintaining records of all

hazardous wastes identified or listed

under this title which are treated,

stored, or disposed of, *** and the

manner in which such wastes were

treated, stored, or disposed of;

(3) Treatment, storage, or disposal of

all such waste received by the unit

pursuant to such operating methods,

techniques, and practices as may be

satisfactory to the Administrator;

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(4) The location, design, and

construction of such hazardous waste

treatment, disposal, or storage facilities;

(5) Contingency plans for effective

action to minimize unanticipated

damage from any treatment, storage, or

disposal of any such hazardous waste;

and

(6) The maintenance or operation of

such facilities and requiring such

additional qualifications as to

ownership, continuity of operation,

training for personnel, and financial

responsibility as may be necessary or

desirable.

All of the collection requirements

covered in this ICR have been published

in 40 CFR parts 261, 264 and 265,

subparts J through DD, and 40 CFR part

266, subpart F. With each collection

covered in this ICR, EPA is aiding the

goal of complying with its statutory

mandate under RCRA to develop

standards for hazardous waste TSDFs,

as may be necessary, to protect human

health and the environment.

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 EPA would like to solicit

comments to:

(i) Evaluate whether the proposed

collection of information is necessary

for the proper performance of the

functions of the agency, including

whether the information will have

practical utility;

(ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information,

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used;

(iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and

(iv) Minimize the burden of the

collection of information on those who

are to respond, including through the

use of appropriate automated electronic,

mechanical, or other technological

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology, e.g., permitting

electronic submission of responses.

Burden Statement: EPA estimates that

the total annual respondent cost for all

activities covered in this ICR is

$11,934,785. This cost includes annual

labor, capital, and operation and

maintenance (O&M) costs to be incurred

by respondents affected by the

information collection requirements

covered in this ICR. EPA estimates an

average hourly respondent labor cost

(including overhead) of $90.00 for legal

staff, $69.30 for managerial staff, $54.33

for technical staff, and $24.29 for

clerical staff. As shown in the table,

EPA estimates that, each year, a total of

3,187 units will be subject to the

information collection requirements

covered in this ICR. Of these 3,187

units, 375 units are existing interim

status units that will remain in the

interim status universe, 100 units are

interim status units that will enter the

permitted universe, 2,688 units are

existing permitted units, and 24 units

are new permitted units. The number of

respondents varies depending upon the

category of each unit and the required

activity.

This ICR is an exhaustive description

of the total respondent burden for all

activities related to specific unit

requirements and special waste

processes and types. From 1996 to 2000,

total respondent hourly burden

decreased by 42 percent and total

respondent financial burden decreased

by 37 percent. The burden decreased for

a number of reasons. First, in revising

this ICR, EPA significantly improved its

estimated number of specific units in

the interim status and permitted

universes. In addition, labor rates were

adjusted in this ICR. In the 1996 ICR,

EPA had overestimated the overhead

factor and thus, the labor rates of the

respondents conducting the activities

covered in this ICR. In addition, EPA

removed all federally owned or operated

units from the respondent universe.

Thus, EPA’s estimates of the overall

total respondent burden and cost has

decreased. EPA believes that the burden

and cost reflects a more comprehensive

and, therefore, a more accurate portrait

of the existing hourly and financial

burden on the regulated community.

For tank systems, the public reporting

burden is estimated to average six hours

per respondent per year. The record

keeping burden is estimated to average

155 hours per respondent per year.

For surface impoundments, the public

reporting burden is estimated to average

two hours per respondent per year. The

record keeping burden is estimated to

average 152 hours per respondent per

year.

For waste piles, there is no public

reporting burden associated with the

requirements covered in this ICR. The

record keeping burden is estimated to

average 20 hours per respondent per

year.

For land treatment units, the public

reporting burden is estimated to average

one hour per respondent per year. The

record keeping burden is estimated to

average one hour per respondent per

year.

For landfills, the public reporting

burden is estimated to average seven

hours per respondent per year. The

record keeping burden is estimated to

average 80 hours per respondent per

year.

For incinerators, the public reporting

burden is estimated to average two

hours per respondent per year. The

record keeping burden is estimated to

average three hours per respondent per

year.

For thermal treatment units, there is

no public reporting or record keeping

burden associated with the

requirements covered in this ICR.

For chemical, physical, and biological

treatment units, there is no public

reporting or record keeping burden

associated with the requirements

covered in this ICR.

For drip pads, there is no public

reporting or record keeping burden

associated with the requirements

covered in this ICR.

For miscellaneous units, there is no

public reporting or record keeping

burden associated with the

requirements covered in this ICR.

For process vents, the public

reporting burden is estimated to average

ten hours per respondent per year. The

record keeping burden is estimated to

average 1,072 hours per respondent per

year.

For equipment leaks, the public

reporting burden is estimated to average

seven hours per respondent per year.

The record keeping burden is estimated

to average 83 hours per respondent per

year.

For containment buildings, the public

reporting burden is estimated to average

six hours per respondent per year. The

record keeping burden is estimated to

average 56 hours per respondent per

year.

For specific hazardous waste recovery

and recycling units, there is no public

reporting burden associated with these

requirements. The record keeping

burden is estimated to average four

hours per respondent per year.

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

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information; search data sources;

complete and review the collection of

information; and transmit or otherwise

disclose the information.

Dated: April 21, 2000.

Matthew Hale,

Acting Director, Office of Solid Waste.

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AGENCY

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Acid Rain Program; Notice of the Filing

of Petition for Administrative Review

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of the filing of petition

for administrative review.

SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is

to announce the filing, with EPA’s

Environmental Appeals Board (EAB), of

a petition for review by UtiliCorp

United, Inc. (UCU) of a decision issued

by EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation,

Clean Air Markets Division. This

decision and petition for review concern

a request submitted by UCU for

approval of methods for apportionment

of the nitrogen oxide (NOX) emissions

from a common stack at UCU’s Sibley,

Missouri facility.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Dwight C. Alpern, Attorney-Advisor,

Clean Air Markets Division (6204J), U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, Ariel

Rios Building, 1200 Pennsylvania

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20460 at

(202) 564–9151.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On April

5, 2000, UCU filed, with the EAB, a

petition for review (Appeal No. CAA–

004) of a decision by EPA’s Office of Air

and Radiation, Clean Air Markets

Division, dated March 6, 2000,

disapproving UCU’s petition for

approval of methods for apportionment

of the NOX emissions from a common

stack at UCU’s facility located at Sibley,

Missouri. The appeal raises issues

regarding the requirements of 40 CFR

75.17(a)(2)(iii). The appeals was filed

under 40 CFR part 78 of the Acid Rain

regulations and requested an

evidentiary hearing. Motions for leave to

intervene in Appeal No. CAA–004

under 40 CFR 78.11 must be filed by

May 22, 2000 with the EAB.

Dated: May 1, 2000.

Brian J. McLean,

Director, Clean Air Markets Division.

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Environmental Impact Statements and

Regulations; Availability of EPA

Comments

Availability of EPA comments

prepared April 17, 2000 through April

21, 2000 pursuant to the Environmental

Review Process (ERP), under Section

309 of the Clean Air Act and section

102(2)(c) of the National Environmental

Policy Act as amended. Requests for

copies of EPA comments can be directed

to the Office of Federal Activities at

(202) 564–7167.

An explanation of the ratings assigned

to draft environmental impact

statements (EISs) was published in FR

dated April 09, 1999 (63 FR 17856).

Draft EISs

ERP No. D–DOE–E09806–TN Rating

EC2, Treating Transuranic (TRU)/Alpha

Low-Level Waste at the Oak Ridge

National Laboratory, Construct, Operate,

and Decontaminate/Decommission of

Waste Treatment Facility, Oak Ridge,

TN.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns regarding the

issue of process releases and the

resulting risk to humans. EPA requested

that additional information be provide

on the risk issue and the preferred

alternative.

ERP No. D–TVA–E65054–TN Rating

EC2, Tellico Reservoir Land

Management Plan, Implementation of

Seven Mainstream and Two Tributary

Reservoirs, Blount, Loudon and Monroe,

TN.

Summary: EPA expressed concerns

with aspects of some of the proposed

zones, such as planned timber

harvesting and certain commercial/

industrial development. EPA suggested

that the Plan be revised to eliminate or

minimize timber harvesting of

circumferential reservoir lands and

islands and eliminate incompatible

forms of commercial and industrial

development.

Final EISs

ERP No. F–BIA–A65165–00

Programmatic EIS—Navajo Ten Year

Forest Management Plan Alternatives,

Implementation and Funding, AZ and

NM.

Summary: No formal comment letter

was sent to the preparing agency.

Dated: May 2, 2000

Joseph C. Montgomery,

Director, NEPA Compliance Director, Office

of Federal Activities.

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Environmental Impact Statements;

Notice of Availability

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal

Activities, General Information (202)

564–7167 or www.epa.gov/oeca/ofa.

Weekly receipt of Environmental

Impact Statements filed April 24, 2000

through April 28, 2000 pursuant to 40

CFR 1506.9.

EIS No. 000129, Final EIS, AFS, CO,

Uncompahgre National Forest Travel

Plans Revision, Implementation,

Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and

Gunnison National Forests, Garrison,

Hinsdale Mesa, Montrose, Ouray and

San Juan Counties, CO, Due: June 5,

2000, Contact: Jeff Burch (970) 874–

6600.

EIS No. 000130, Draft EIS, FHW, MO,

New Mississippi River Crossing,

Relocated I–70 and I–64 Connector,

Funding, COE Section 404 and 10

Permits and NPDES Permit, St. Louis

County, MO, Due: June 20, 2000,

Contact: Ronald C. Marshall (217)

492–4600.

EIS No. 000131, Draft EIS, AFS, ID, Box

Canyon Timber Sale, Vegetative

Management, Implementation,

Palisades Ranger District, CaribouTarghee National Forest, Bonneville

County, ID, Due: June 19, 2000,

Contact: Jerry B. Reese (208) 624–

3151.

EIS No. 000132, Draft EIS, AFS, CA, NV,

Sierra Nevada Forest Plan

Amendment Project, Implementation,

several counties, CA and NV, Due:

August 11, 2000, Contact: John

Bradford (916) 498–5075.

EIS No. 000133, Draft Supplement, FTA,

NY, Buffalo Inner Harbor

Development Project, Waterfront

Redevelopment, Funding and COE

Section 10 and 404 Permit Issuance,

New Information in Response to a

Court Order concerning Historic

Preservation, Erie County, NY, Due:

May 31, 2000, Contact: Anthony G.

Carr (212) 668–2170. Under Federal

Court Decision and Order No. 99–CV–

745S a SDEIS was to be prepared to

consider archaeological investigations

conducted after the FEIS. The Federal

court order establishes a public