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CP96–248, 002, PORTLAND NATURAL

GAS TRANSMISSION SYSTEM

CP96–248, 003, PORTLAND NATURAL

GAS TRANSMISSION SYSTEM

CP96–248, 004, PORTLAND NATURAL

GAS TRANSMISSION SYSTEM

CP96–249, 000, PORTLAND NATURAL

GAS TRANSMISSION SYSTEM

CP96–249, 001, PORTLAND NATURAL

GAS TRANSMISSION SYSTEM

CP96–249, 002, PORTLAND NATURAL

GAS TRANSMISSION SYSTEM

CP96–249, 003, PORTLAND NATURAL

GAS TRANSMISSION SYSTEM

CP96–249, 004, PORTLAND NATURAL

GAS TRANSMISSION SYSTEM;

PROPOSAL TO CONSTRUCT AND

OPERATE NEW PIPELINE SYSTEM.

PC–4.

DOCKET# CP96–178, 001, MARITIMES &

NORTHEAST PIPELINE, L.L.C.

OTHER#S CP96–178, 000, MARITIMES &

NORTHEAST PIPELINE, L.L.C.

CP96–178, 002, MARITIMES &

NORTHEAST PIPELINE, L.L.C.

CP96–178, 003, MARITIMES &

NORTHEAST PIPELINE, L.L.C.

CP97–238, 000, PORTLAND NATURAL

GAS TRANSMISSION SYSTEM AND

MARITIMES & NORTHEAST PIPELINE,

L.L.C.; PROPOSALS (INCLUDING JOINT

PROPOSAL) TO CONSTRUCT NEW

PIPELINE SYSTEMS.

PC–5.

DOCKET# CP97–168, 000, ALLIANCE

PIPELINE L.P.

OTHER#S CP97–169, 000, ALLIANCE

PIPELINE L.P.

CP97–177, 000, ALLIANCE PIPELINE L.P.

CP97–178, 000, ALLIANCE PIPELINE L.P.;

PROPOSAL TO CONSTRUCT AND

OPERATE NEW PIPELINE SYSTEM.

PC–6.

DOCKET# CP95–194, 002, NORTHERN

BORDER PIPELINE COMPANY

OTHER#S CP95–194, 000, NORTHERN

BORDER PIPELINE COMPANY

CP95–194, 001, NORTHERN BORDER

PIPELINE COMPANY

CP95–194, 003, NORTHERN BORDER

PIPELINE COMPANY; PROPOSED

EXPANSION AND EXTENSION OF

NORTHERN BORDER SYSTEM.

PC–7.

DOCKET# CP96–27, 000, NATURAL GAS

PIPELINE COMPANY OF AMERICA

OTHER#S CP96–27, 001, NATURAL GAS

PIPELINE COMPANY OF AMERICA;

PROPOSED EXPANSION OF SYSTEM;

ALTERNATIVE TO PC–6.

PC–8.

DOCKET# CP97–294, 000, NATURAL GAS

PIPELINE COMPANY OF AMERICA;

PROPOSAL TO CONSTRUCT AND

OPERATE EXPANSION FACILITIES.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–19980 Filed 7–24–97; 4:22 pm]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5864–7]

Pesticides; OMB Review of Information

Collection Activities

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

the Information Collection Requests

(ICR) abstracted below have been

forwarded to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review and

comment pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.12.

The ICRs describe the nature of the

information collection and expected

cost and burden; where appropriate,

they include the actual data collection

instrument. A Federal Register notice

requesting public comment on the

renewals of these ICRs was published

on April 16, 1997 (62 FR 18600). EPA

did not receive any comments.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before August 28, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY

CALL: Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260–

2740, or e-mail:

farmer.sandy@epamail.epa.gov. Please

refer to the appropriate EPA and OMB

ICR number as indicated below.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has

forwarded the following three ICRs to

OMB for review pursuant to 5 CFR

1320.12, requesting an extension of the

currently approved information

collection activities contained in each

ICR.

1. Title: Notice of Supplemental

Distribution of a Registered Pesticide

Product.

ICR No.: OMB Control No. 2070–0044;

EPA ICR No. 0278.06.

Current Expiration Date: August 31,

1997.

Abstract: Under section 3(e) of the

Federal, Insecticide, Fungicide, and

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), as amended,

products which ‘‘have the same

formulation, are manufactured by the

same person, the labeling of which

contains the same claims, and the labels

of which bear a designation identifying

the product as the same pesticide may

be registered as a single pesticide, and

additional names and labels shall be

added to the registration by

supplemental statements.’’ This

information collection activity is the

completion and submission of the

supplemental statements referred to in

FIFRA section 3(e). A standard form

(EPA Form 8570–5) is provided for the

applicant’s convenience in providing

the necessary information (name and

address of the basic product registrant

and of the distributor, and the name and

EPA Registration Number of the product

involved in the distributorship

agreement) to the EPA. The pesticide

registrant notifies EPA, with the use of

this form, that it has entered into an

agreement with a second company

which will distribute the registrant’s

product under the second company’s

name and product name.

Burden Statement: The annual

respondent burden for the supplemental

registration of a pesticide product is

estimated to average 15 minutes per

response. This estimate includes the

time needed for: planning activities,

creating information, gathering

information, processing, compiling, and

reviewing information for accuracy,

recording, disclosing or displaying the

information, and storing, filing, and

maintaining the data. There is no third

party notification included in this ICR.

Respondents/Affected Entities: Parties

affected by this information collection

are registrants of pesticide products.

Estimated No. of Respondents: 6,000.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 1,500 hours.

Frequency of Collection: Once per

event.

2. Title: FIFRA Reregistration Fees.

ICR No.: OMB Control No. 2070–0101;

EPA ICR No. 1495.04.

Expiration Date: August 31, 1997.

Abstract: This reporting and

recordkeeping activity, mandated by

FIFRA, authorizes the collection of

reregistration fees from pesticide

registrants. These fees (with waivers and

exemptions) apply to the pesticide

active ingredients registered under

FIFRA before November 1, 1984, which

are subject to reregistration. The 1988

amendments to FIFRA established onetime reregistration fees and required

EPA to apportion those fees on the basis

of market share. Without information on

market share, exempt status of

registrants, and eligibility for small

business waivers, the Agency would not

be able to fully implement the statutory

requirements of FIFRA or to collect the

total amount of required fees, and thus

could encounter a shortfall in budget

projections.

A small portion of the registrant

population (those maintaining

registrations for certain biological

pesticides) was granted reregistration

fee deferrals extending the time for

payment of reregistration fees to up to

five years (1994–1999). These registrants

will be involved only in the

reregistration fee deferral information

collection process. This renewal is for
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the few remaining biological pesticide

cases.

The data required under this

information collection will be generated

through the use of three forms: the

Reregistration Fee Apportionment Form,

the Small Business Waiver Certification

Form, and the Biological Active

Ingredient Sales Reporting Form.

Burden Statement: The annual

respondent burden for the FIFRA

Reregistration Fees information

collection activity is estimated to

average 3.7 hours per response. This

estimate includes the time needed for:

planning activities, creating

information, gathering information,

processing, compiling, and reviewing

information for accuracy, recording,

disclosing or displaying the

information, and storing, filing, and

maintaining the data. A Small Business

Waiver Certification Form was

developed out of a concern for the

burden on small entities. Thus, eligible

small entities will qualify for fee

waivers. There is no third party

notification included in this ICR.

Respondents/Affected Entities: Parties

affected by this information collection

activity are manufacturers of pesticide

chemicals who have not previously paid

these reregistration fees.

Estimated No. of Respondents: 50.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 185 hours.

Frequency of Collection: Once per

event.

3. Title: Pesticide Product Registration

Maintenance Fees.

ICR No.: OMB Control No. 2070–0100;

EPA ICR No. 1214.04.

Expiration Date: September 30, 1997.

Abstract: The Federal Insecticide,

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA)

as amended in 1988 makes provisions

for registration maintenance fees under

section 4(I)(5). These fees apply to all

products registered under section 3 and

section 24(c) of FIFRA. The fees are to

be paid annually for each product

registered and are payable on January 15

of each year.

The information collected is used by

the Agency to ensure that the fees

prescribed by FIFRA have been paid by

each registrant. The information is also

used to adjust OPP’s computer files to

reflect changes in the status of

registrations resulting from registrant

responses. In order to provide an

efficient system to bill, collect, and

account for registration maintenance

fees, the Agency has used a filing form

which is sent to all registrants of

currently active products.

Burden Statement: The annual

respondent burden for Pesticide Product

Registration Maintenance Fees is

estimated to average 0.94 hours per

response. This estimate includes the

time needed for: planning activities,

creating information, gathering

information, processing, compiling, and

reviewing information for accuracy,

recording, disclosing or displaying the

information, and storing, filing, and

maintaining the data. There is no third

party notification included in this ICR.

Respondents/Affected Entities: Parties

affected by this information collection

activity are registrants of pesticide

products holding currently active

registrations under FIFRA section 3 and

section 24(c).

Estimated No. of Respondents: 2,117

respondents.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 1,990 hours.

Frequency of Collection: Once per

year.

No person is required to respond to a

collection of information unless it

displays a currently valid OMB control

number. The OMB control numbers for

any regulations related to these ICRs are

displayed in 40 CFR part 9.

Send comments regarding the burden

estimate, or any other aspect of the

information collection, including

suggestions for reducing the burden, to

the following addresses: Ms. Sandy

Farmer, U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, Regulatory Information

Division (2137), 401 M Street, S.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20460; and Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget,

Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725

17th Street, N.W., Washington, D.C.

20503. Please be sure to refer to the

appropriate EPA and OMB numbers

referenced for the ICRs in any

correspondence.

Dated: July 23, 1997.

Joseph Retzer,

Director, Regulatory Information Division.

[FR Doc. 97–19882 Filed 7–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5864–6]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request;

Performance Evaluation Studies on

Water and Wastewater Laboratories

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

the following Information Collection

Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for review and approval:

Performance Evaluation Studies on

Water and Wastewater Laboratories,

OMB #2080–0021, to expire on October

31, 1997. 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 August 28, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY

CALL: Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260–

2740, and refer to EPA ICR No. 234.06.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Performance Evaluation Studies

on Water and Wastewater Laboratories

(OMB Control No. 2080–0021; EPA ICR

No. 234.06 ) expiring 10/31/97. This is

a request for extension of a currently

approved collection.

Abstract: The U.S.EPA receives

analytical results on drinking waters

and wastewaters from a variety of

laboratories and must rely on these data

as a primary basis for many of its

regulatory decisions. As a consequence,

it has become very important to have an

objective demonstration that the

contributing laboratories are capable of

producing valid data. The Laboratory

Performance Evaluation Studies are

designed to fulfill this need to

document and improve the quality of

analytical data for certain critical

analyses within drinking water, major

point-source discharge and ambient

water quality samples. Participation in

Water Pollution (WP) studies that relate

to wastewater analyses, and Water

Supply (WS) studies that relate to

drinking water analyses, is only

mandated by the U.S.EPA for those

laboratories that are receiving federal

funds to do such analyses, however

successful participation in these studies

is often required by states that certify

laboratories for water and wastewater

analyses. Participation in the Discharge

Monitoring Report—Quality Assurance

(DMR–QA) studies is mandatory for

those designated wastewater dischargers

who are doing self-monitoring analyses

required under a National Pollutant

Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)

permit. 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 notice required