Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 99 / Monday, May 22, 2000 / Notices 32093

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6704–4]

Application From the States of Utah

and Arizona for the Prohibition of the

Discharge of Vessel Sewage Into Lake

Powell; Notice of Receipt

The States of Utah and Arizona have

submitted a joint application to the

United States Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) to prohibit the discharge

of sewage from all vessels into Lake

Powell. Section 312(f)(3) of the Clean

Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1322(f)(3), allows

States to prohibit discharges of sewage,

whether treated or not, into some or all

of their waters, except that no such

prohibition shall apply until the EPA

determines that adequate facilities are

reasonably available for the safe and

sanitary removal and treatment of

sewage from all vessels on the waters to

be covered by the prohibition.

For the reasons explained below, the

EPA proposes to make an affirmative

determination that adequate facilities

exist, meaning that the States’ complete

prohibition of sewage discharges from

vessels on Lake Powell would become

effective. The EPA officials authorized

to make this determination are the

undersigned Regional Administrators

for EPA Regions VIII and IX. (Region

VIII includes Utah, and Region IX

includes Arizona.) Before making this

determination, however, the EPA is

publishing this notice in order to

announce that it has received this

application and to provide any

interested member of the public with an

opportunity to comment on the

application and/or the EPA’s proposed

determination.

Utah and Arizona submitted their

joint application to the EPA in January

of 2000 in cooperation with the Navajo

Nation and the National Park Service,

Glen Canyon National Recreational

Area. According to the application,

jurisdictional and enforcement authority

for Lake Powell will reside with the

respective States and the National Park

Service. The Utah Department of

Environmental Quality, the Utah

Department of Natural Resources, the

Arizona Department of Environmental

Quality, the Arizona Department of Fish

and Game and the National Park

Service, Glen Canyon National

Recreation Area will all be the enforcing

agents should this application be

approved. The United States Coast

Guard also will be asked to continue its

enforcement role.

The joint application states that Lake

Powell is 186 miles long, with

approximately 2000 miles of shore line.

It receives 2.5 million visitors annually,

with 4.3 million visitor days.

Approximately 95% of the Lake is in

Utah and 5% is in Arizona. The Navajo

Nation bounds on the southeast portion

of Lake Powell, but the jurisdiction of

the Navajo Nation is not affected by the

application of Utah and Arizona.

As described in more detail in the

States’ application, there are six

authorized vessel entry/take-out points

on the Lake: Wahweap, Stateline, Hite,

Bullfrog, Hall’s Crossing, and Antelope

Point. The first five locations have major

pumpout facilities. Due to the

geomorphology of the Lake, it is nearly

impossible to remove or launch a vessel

from any other point on the Lake. A

major water accessible vessel pumpout

facility is also located at Dangling Rope.

Each major facility has multiple pumps.

In addition, eight supplemental

mechanically operated floating pump

out facilities are located at various areas

on the Lake. These pumps are: Warm

Creek Bay, located in Warm Creek Bay;

Dominiquez Butte, near Lake Powell

Channel Mile Marker 22; Rock Creek,

near Lake Powell Channel Mile Marker

35; Oak Bay, located near Lake Powell

Channel Mile Marker 51; Escalante,

located near Lake Powell Channel Mile

Marker 68A; Rincon, near Lake Powell

Channel Mile Marker 77A; Hall’s Creek

Bay, located in Hall’s Creek Bay on the

Eastside; and Forgotten Canyon, near

Lake Powell Channel Mile Marker 106.

There are sixty-nine pumpouts on the

Lake. All the facilities identified above

are operational 24 hours per day. None

of the facilities identified will exclude

any vessel because of insufficient water

depth adjacent to the facility. There are

no fees to pump out at any facility.

Treatment of all wastes from the

pumpout facilities is to be in

conformance with Federal law.

The States of Utah and Arizona, the

Navajo Nation, and the National Park

Service have stated that the complete

prohibition of discharge from all vessels

of any sewage, treated or not, into Lake

Powell is necessary. Numerous beach

closures have occurred because of fecal

coliform bacterial contamination over

the last several years. While it has not

been demonstrated that these closures

are due solely to vessel sewage, such

discharges may be the cause of the

closures. Prevention of discharge of

human wastes to the waters of the Lake

is critically important to protect public

health and water quality of this

important national resource.

The joint application also provides

the following information regarding

vessel use on Lake Powell:

VESSELS WITH INSTALLED TOILETS

Resident Transient Total No.

Peak* Day Usage (Memorial Day through Labor Day) ........................................................................... 1,800 5,600 7,400

Off Peak Day Usage ................................................................................................................................ 275 225 500

* July 4, 1999.

PEAK* PUMPING STATION USE

CALCULATIONS

Total Vessels ............................ 7,400.

Average Stay ............................ 5 days.

Pumpout Events/Day ............... 1,480.

Pumps/Hoses ........................... 69.

Pumpouts per Station per Day 22.

Estimated Pumpout time per

event.

15 minutes.

Total Time of Pumping per Station @ Peak* Day.5.5 hours.

* July 4, 1999.

For more information about the

requirements for state applications for

complete prohibitions of sewage

discharges pursuant to section 312(f)(3)

of the Clean Water Act, please see 40

CFR 140.4(a). Copies of the application

letters from the States of Utah and

Arizona are available for public

inspection and copying at the EPA’s

Denver, Colorado office. The person to

contact for information is Douglas

Johnson (8EPR-EP), U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Region VIII, 999

18th Street, Denver, CO, 80202–2466 or

by telephone at (303) 312–6834. If you

are interested in commenting on this

application, please address your

comments to Mr. Johnson and be sure

that your comments are received by the

EPA no later than July 6, 2000.

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Dated: May 12, 2000.

Jack W. McGraw,

Acting Regional Administrator, Region VIII.

Dated: May 5, 2000.

Laura Yoshii,

Deputy Regional Administrator, Region IX.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

Public Information Collections

Approved by Office of Management

and Budget

May 15, 2000.

The Federal Communications

Commission (FCC) has received Office

of Management and Budget (OMB)

approval for the following public

information collections pursuant to the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, Pub.

L. 96–511. An agency may not conduct

or sponsor a collection of information

unless it displays a currently valid

control number. Not withstanding any

other provisions of law, no person shall

be subject to any penalty for failing to

comply with a collection of information

subject to the Paperwork Reduction Act

(PRA) that does not display a valid

control number. Questions concerning

the OMB control numbers and

expiration dates should be directed to

Judy Boley, Federal Communications

Commission, (202) 418–0214.

Federal Communications Commission

OMB Control No.: 3060–0926.

Expiration Date: 05/31/2003.

Title: Transfer of the 4.9 GHz from

Federal Government Use to the Private

Sector—NPRM.

Form No.: FCC 601–605.

Estimated Annual Burden: 11,300

burden hours annually, 19 hours per

response; 600 responses.

Description: The various information

reporting and verification requirements,

and the prospective coordination

requirement will be used by the

Commission to verify licensee

compliance with Commission rules and

regulations, and to ensure that licensees

continue to fulfill their statutory

responsibilities in accordance with the

Communications Act of 1934. Such

information has been used in the past

and will continue to be used to

minimize interference, verify that

applicants are legally and technically

qualified to hold licenses, and to

determine compliance with Commission

rules.

OMB Control No.: 3060–0809.

Expiration Date: 04/30/2003.

Title: Communications Assistance for

Law Enforcement Act, Report and Order

and Order on Reconsideration.

Form No.: N/A.

Estimated Annual Burden: 36,000

burden hours annually, approximately 6

hours per response; 6,000 responses.

Description: The information

submitted to the Commission will be

used to determine whether or not

telecommunications carriers are in

conformance with the Communications

Assistance for Law Enforcement Act

requirements.

Federal Communications Commission.

Magalie Roman Salas,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–12766 Filed 5–19–00; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL DEPOSIT INSURANCE

CORPORATION

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Federal Deposit Insurance

Corporation (FDIC).

ACTION: Notice of information collection

to be submitted to OMB for review and

approval under the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995.

SUMMARY: In accordance with

requirements of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3501

et seq.), the FDIC hereby gives notice

that it plans to submit to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) a

request for OMB review and approval of

the information collection system

described below.

Type of Review: Renewal of a

currently approved collection.

Title: Procedures for Monitoring Bank

Protection Act Compliance.

OMB Number: 3064–0095.

Annual Burden:

Estimated annual number of

respondents: 5,800.

Estimated time per response: 1⁄2

hour.

Average annual burden hours: 2,900

hours.

Expiration Date of OMB Clearance:

June 30, 2000.

OMB Reviewer: Alexander T. Hunt,

(202) 395–7860, Office of Management

and Budget, Office of Information and

Regulatory Affairs, Washington, DC

20503.

FDIC Contact: Tamara R. Manly, (202)

898–7453, Office of the Executive

Secretary, Room F–4058, Federal

Deposit Insurance Corporation, 550 17th

Street NW, Washington, DC 20429.

Comments: Comments on this

collection of information are welcome

and should be submitted on or before

June 21, 2000 to both the OMB reviewer

and the FDIC contact listed above.

ADDRESSES: Information about this

submission, including copies of the

proposed collection of information, may

be obtained by calling or writing the

FDIC contact listed above.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

collection of information is used by

FDIC bank examiners to assure that

insured nonmember banks comply with

12 CFR Part 326 (Minimum Security

Devices and Procedures for Insured

Nonmember Banks), which implements

the Bank Protection Act of 1968 and to

review bank security programs.

Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation.

Robert E. Feldman,

Executive Secretary.

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FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

[Notice 2000–11]

Computerized Magnetic Media

Requirements for Presidential

Committees

AGENCY: Federal Election Commission.

ACTION: Announcement of Changes to

the Computerized Magnetic Media

Requirements for Presidential Primary,

General Election and Convention

Committees.

SUMMARY: The Commission has revised

its document entitled ‘‘Computerized

Magnetic Media Requirements for Title

26 Candidates/Committees Receiving

Federal Funding’’ (‘‘CMMR’’). The

CMMR sets forth technical standards

designed to ensure the compatibility of

magnetic media provided for

Commission use during the matching

fund submission process and mandatory

audits of these publicly-funded

campaign committees.

EFFECTIVE DATE: April 13, 2000.

FOR FURTHER NFORMATION CONTACT: Rick

Halter, Deputy Assistant Staff Director,

or Charles Ratcliff, Data Systems

Development Division; 999 E Street NW,

Washington, DC 20463; (202) 694–1200

(Mr. Halter), (202) 694–1295 (Mr.

Ratcliff), or (800) 424–9530 (toll free).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On June

21, 1990, the Federal Election

Commission adopted a document

entitled ‘‘Computerized Magnetic Media

Requirements for Title 26 Candidates/

Committees Receiving Federal Funding’’

(‘‘CMMR’’). The CMMR was revised on