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385.214) a motion to intervene or notice

of intervention and pursuant to Section

157.205 of the Regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205) a

protest to the request. If no protest is

filed within the time allowed therefor,

the proposed activity shall be deemed to

be authorized effective the day after the

time allowed for filing a protest. If a

protest is filed and not withdrawn

within 30 days after the time allowed

for filing a protest, the instant request

shall be treated as an application for

authorization pursuant to Section 7 of

the Natural Gas Act.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–24071 Filed 9–10–97; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 7513–002]

Rockfish Corporation, Inc., Notice of

Availability of Environmental

Assessment

September 5, 1997.

In accordance with the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and

the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission’s (Commission’s)

regulations, 18 CFR part 380 (Order 486,

52 F.R. 47897), the Commission’s Office

of Hydropower Licensing has reviewed

an exemption surrender application for

the Old Mill Hydroelectric Project, No.

7513–002. The Old Mill Project is

located on the North River in

Rockingham County, Virginia. The EA

finds that approving the application

would not constitute a major federal

action significantly affecting the quality

of the human environment.

Copies of the EA are available for

review in the Commission’s Reference

and Information Center, Room 1C–1,

888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.

20426. For further information, please

contact the project manager, Ms. Hillary

Berlin, at (202) 219–0038.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–24090 Filed 9–10–97; 8:45 am]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5891–6]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request; Small

Business Compliance Assistance

Centers

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: Small

Business Compliance Assistance

Centers (EPA ICR #1815.01 ). 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 October 14, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY

CALL: Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260–

2740, and refer to EPA ICR No. 1815.01.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Small Business Compliance

Assistance Centers (EPA ICR #1815.01 ).

This is a new collection.

Abstract: This request is for a

consolidated clearance for a series of

evaluations of the Environmental

Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) Small

Business Compliance Assistance

Centers Regulatory Reinvention

Initiative. The purpose of the evaluation

is to assess the impact of the

information that this program provides.

The Small Business Compliance

Assistance Centers program, a

Presidential Regulatory Reinvention

Initiative, provides small businesses

with easy access to sector-specific and

readily understandable information on

their federal environmental regulatory

requirements. There are currently four

operating Centers for the printing, metal

finishing, auto service and repair and

agriculture sectors. Over the next year,

EPA’s Office of Compliance (OC) will

open four new Centers for the printed

wiring board manufacturing, chemical

manufacturing, local government and

transportation sectors. The Centers are

operated through cooperative

agreements with industry associations,

universities, state agencies and other

partners that are trusted sources of

information by the small business

sectors. The Centers also serve the needs

of the state and local technical

assistance community by providing

them with sector-specific compliance

and technical information.

The Centers are ‘‘communications’’

Centers rather than physical locations.

Via the Internet, toll-free numbers, email discussion groups and other

communications methods they

distribute compliance and technical

information to the small business

community and their assistance

providers.

Four types of evaluations are

proposed: (1) Phone-surveys of a

random sample of the small business

populations to determine the reach of

the Centers; (2) & (3) on-line surveys

and fax-back surveys of the users of the

Center web sites and toll-free numbers

to determine users’ satisfaction with the

Centers’ services and to determine what

users do as a next step with the

information they get from the Centers.;

and (4) phone interviews to follow-up

with on-line and fax-back survey

respondents to collect anecdotal

information on the behavioral/operation

changes that users undertake to improve

their compliance and environmental

performance as a result of Center usage.

In each instance, responses to requests

for information are voluntary. In

addition, the names of the respondents

will not be disclosed to EPA. 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 under

5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting comments on

this collection of information was

published on June 25th, 1997 and no

comments were received.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and recordkeeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 45 minutes 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