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concrete non-overflow section and gated

spillway; (2) the 45-foot-high, 6,200-

foot-long Salina dike; (3) a reservoir at

a normal power pool elevation of 619

feet msl; (4) a powerhouse integral with

the dam containing four generating

units with a total installed capacity of

100 MW, and (5) other appurtenances.

m. Each application for a new license

and any competing license applications

must be filed with the Commission at

least 24 months prior to the expiration

of the existing license. All applications

for license for this project must be filed

by May 31, 2003.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

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AGENCY

[FRL–6714–8]

Information Collection Request for the

State Source Water Assessment and

Protection Programs 1997 Guidance

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 EPA is planning to submit the

following continuing Information

Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB): The

1997 State Source Water Assessment

and Protection Programs Guidance; EPA

ICR #1816.01; OMB Control #2040–

0197; expiration date August 31, 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 in the supplementary

information.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before August 15, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons may

obtain a copy by requesting EPA ICR#

1816.01 from Edward Heath; US

Environmental Protection Agency; Ariel

Rios Building; 1200 Pennsylvania

Avenue, NW.; MC 4606; Washington,

DC 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Edward Heath (202) 260–9865; FAX

(202) 401–3041; E-mail:

heath.edward@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Affected Entities: Entities (hereinafter

referred to as ‘‘States’’) potentially

affected by this action are the 50 States,

Puerto Rico, and the District of

Columbia.

Title: The 1997 State Source Water

Assessment and Protection Programs

Guidance; OMB Control #2040–0197;

EPA ICR #1816.01; expiring 8/31/2000.

Section 1453 of the Safe Drinking

Water Act(SDWA)Amendments of 1996

authorizes State Source Water

Assessment Programs (SWAPs) to

achieve or maintain compliance with

SDWA requirements and to protect

public health.

Abstract: Section 1453(a)(3) of the

Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments

of 1996 required States to submit a

Source Water Assessment Program

within 18 months after the guidance

was issued on August 6, 1997. These

SWAP’s describe the process by which

a State delineates source water

protection areas, conducts

contamination source inventories and

susceptibility determinations, and

indicates whether or not it plans to

implement a source water protection

program. A State must develop a SWAP

program with public participation, and

release assessment results to the public.

Once a State program is approved by

EPA, the State has two years to

complete the source water assessment

for the public water systems within

their borders. Section 1453(a)(4) of the

SDWA Amendments of 1996 allows a

State to request an extension of up to 18

months to complete the assessments.

The final phase of this ICR will focus on

the years 2000–2003 of the SWAP

program, including completing the

assessments, and State reporting of data

on the required assessments to EPA.

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: The annual public

reporting and record keeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 50,256 hours per

State response.

Estimated Number of Likely

Respondents: 52.

Frequency of Response: Once per

year.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

2,613,349 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Cost

Burden: $82,031,139.00

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 implement the source water

assessments; 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 Entities: States,

Puerto Rico and the District of

Columbia.

Dated: June 2, 2000.

Cynthia C. Dougherty,

Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking

Water.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[CT–044–7171, FRL–6717–7]

Adequacy Status of the VOC and NOX

Budgets for Connecticut Submitted for

Transportation Conformity Purposes

as Part of Their Addenda to the Ozone

Attainment Demonstrations for the

Southwest Connecticut Severe Ozone

Nonattainment Area and the Greater

Connecticut Serious Ozone

Nonattainment Area

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of adequacy.

SUMMARY: In this document EPA is

notifying the public that we have found

that the 2007 budgets received from

Connecticut on February 15, 2000

adequate for conformity purposes. This

includes VOC and NOX motor vehicle

emission budgets for the Southwest

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Connecticut severe ozone

nonattainment area and the Greater

Connecticut serious ozone

nonattainment area. On March 2, 1999,

the D.C. Circuit Court ruled that

submitted SIPs cannot be used for

conformity determinations until EPA

has affirmatively found them adequate.

As a result of our finding, Connecticut

can use the motor vehicle emissions

budgets from the submitted SIP addenda

for future conformity determinations.

DATES: These budgets are effective July

3, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The

finding and the response to comments

are available at EPA’s conformity

website: http://www.epa.gov/oms/traq

(once there, click on the ‘‘Conformity’’

button, then look for ‘‘Adequacy Review

of SIP Submissions for Conformity’’).

You may also contact Jeff Butensky,

Environmental Planner, One Congress

Street, Suite 1100 (CAQ), Boston, MA

02114–2023; (617) 918–1665;

butensky.jeff@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Today’s document publishes the

Region’s finding that the motor vehicle

emissions budgets for the Southwest

Connecticut severe ozone

nonattainment area and the Greater

Connecticut serious ozone

nonattainment area for 2007 for VOC

and NOX are adequate for transportation

conformity purposes. This finding has

also been announced on EPA’s

conformity website: http://

www.epa.gov/oms/traq (once there,

click on the ‘‘Conformity’’ button, then

look for ‘‘Adequacy Review of SIP

Submissions for Conformity’’).

Transportation conformity is required

by section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act.

EPA’s conformity rule requires that

transportation plans, programs, and

projects conform to state air quality

implementation plans (SIPs) and

establishes the criteria and procedures

for determining whether or not they do.

Conformity to a SIP means that

transportation activities will not

produce new air quality violations,

worsen existing violations, or delay

timely attainment of the national

ambient air quality standards.

The criteria by which we determine

whether a SIP’s motor vehicle emission

budgets are adequate for conformity

purposes are outlined in 40 CFR

93.118(e)(4). Please note that an

adequacy review is separate from EPA’s

completeness review, and it also should

not be used to prejudge EPA’s ultimate

approval of the SIP. Even if we find a

budget adequate, the SIP could later be

disapproved.

We have described our process for

determining the adequacy of submitted

SIP budgets in guidance (May 14, 1999

memo titled ‘‘Conformity Guidance on

Implementation of March 2, 1999

Conformity Court Decision’’). We

followed this guidance in making and

publishing our adequacy determination.

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401–7671q.

Dated: June 1, 2000.

Mindy S. Lubber,

Regional Administrator, EPA New England.

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AGENCY

[ER–FRL–6608–3]

Environmental Impact Statements and

Regulations; Availability of EPA

Comments

Availability of EPA comments

prepared May 29, 2000 through June 02,

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 14, 2000 (65 FR 20157).

Draft EISs

ERP No. RD–FRA–A53055–00 Rating

EC2, Proposed Rule for the Use of

Locomotive Horns at Highway-Rail

Grade Crossings in the United States.

Summary: EPA expressed concern

regarding the lack of information on

funding the quiet zones and requested

that more flexibility be provided to

those communities that have existing

quiet zones.

Final EISs

ERP No. F–UAF–E11046–FL Tyndall

Air Force Base, Implementation,

Proposed Conversion of Two F–15

Fighter Squadrons to F–22 Fighter

Squadrons, FL.

Summary: EPA believes that the

proposed action will not pose

significant and/or long-term adverse

environmental consequences.

Dated: June 13, 2000.

Ken Mittelholtz,

Environmental Protection Specialist, Office

of Federal Activities.

[FR Doc. 00–15302 Filed 6–15–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–U

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[ER–FRL–6608–2]

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 June 05, 2000 through

June 09, 2000 pursuant to 40 CFR

1506.9.

EIS No. 000178, DRAFT EIS, COE, NE,

Sand Creek Watershed Restoration

Project, To Develop Environmental

Restoration, City of Wahoo, Saunders

County, NE, Due: July 31, 2000,

Contact: Kevin Mayberry (402) 221–

4020.

EIS No. 000179, FINAL EIS, AFS, UT,

South Manti Timber Salvage, To

address Ecological and Economic

Values affected by Spruce Beetle

Activity in the South Manti Project,

Manti-La National Forest, FerronPrice and Sanpete Ranger Districts,

Sanpete and Sevier Counties, UT,

Due: July 17, 2000, Contact: Don

Fullmer (435) 637–2817.

EIS No. 000180, DRAFT EIS, NRC, MS,

New Porters Bayou Watershed Plan,

Reducing Flood and Drainage Damage

To Cropland, Improvements to

Watershed Channels, City of Shaw,

Bolivar and Sunflower Counties, MS,

Due: July 31, 2000, Contact: Homer L.

Wilkes (601) 965–5205.

EIS No. 000181, FINAL EIS, IBR, CA,

Lower Mokelumne River Restoration

Program, Implementation, Resource

Management Plan, San Joaquin

County, CA, Due: July 17, 2000,

Contact: Buford Holt (530) 275–1554.

EIS No. 000182, FINAL EIS, AFS, AK,

Skipping Cow Timber Sale,

Harvesting Timber, South half of

Zarembo Island, Tongass National

Forest, Wrangell Ranger District, Due:

July 17, 2000, Contact: Jerry Jordan

(907) 874–2323.

EIS No. 000183, DRAFT EIS, NPS, LA,

Cane River Creole National Historical

Park, General Management Plan,

Natchitoches Parish, LA, Due: August

15, 2000, Contact: Jerry Belson (318)

352–0383.

EIS No. 000184, DRAFT EIS, COE, MS,

TN, Wolf River, Memphis and