48086 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 177 / Friday, September 12, 1997 / Notices

in support of the Resource Conservation

and Recovery Act (RCRA) rulemaking

actions. RCRA , as amended by the

Hazardous and Solid Waste

Amendments, requires EPA to establish

a national regulatory program to ensure

that hazardous waste is managed in a

manner protective of human health and

the environment. EPA is authorized

under section 2002 and 3007 of RCRA

to collect information from industry and

other parties when necessary to carry

out its regulatory responsibilities. The

information collected will be used to

assess the costs and benefits of various

potential regulatory and nonregulatory

actions. Executive Order 12866 specifies

that all administrative decisions shall be

based on adequate information

concerning the need for and

consequences of proposed government

action. To this end, Executive Order No.

12866 requires the preparation and

evaluation of an assessment of costs and

benefits for all proposed regulatory

actions determined to be significant.

This generic clearance simplifies the

authorization process to develop and

administer surveys, interviews and

focus group meetings and provides

OSW with the flexibility needed to

conduct information collection in a

rapid and efficient manner. An

important element in preparing an

Economic Impact Analysis (EIA) may

include the administration of surveys,

interview and focus group meetings to

obtain data from the regulated

community and other interested parties.

OSW often needs to collect such

information and perform analysis over a

short time frame. It is for this reason

that the Agency is currently requesting

renewal of this Information Collection

Request (ICR).

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 4/30/

97 (FRL–5819–2); no comments were

received.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and recordkeeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 12 hours 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

information; and transmit or otherwise

disclose the information.

Respondents/Affected Entities:

Hazardous waste generators, scientists,

industry experts, and treatment storage

and disposal facilities.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

1000.

Frequency of Response: 1 .

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

12,000 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Cost

Burden: $0.

Send comments on the Agency’s need

for this information, the accuracy of the

provided burden estimates, and any

suggested methods for minimizing

respondent burden, including through

the use of automated collection

techniques to the following addresses.

Please refer to EPA ICR No. 1641.02 and

OMB Control No. 2050–0136 in any

correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, OPPE Regulatory

Information Division (2137), 401 M

Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460

and

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for

EPA 725 17th Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: September 8, 1997.

Joseph Retzer,

Director, Regulatory Information Division.

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Fort Peck Assiniboine and Sioux

Tribes in Montana; Underground

Injection Control; Primacy Application

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of public comment

period and of public hearing.

SUMMARY: The purpose of this notice is

to announce that: the Environmental

Protection Agency (‘‘EPA’’) has received

a submission of a proposed

underground injection control (‘‘UIC’’)

program for Class II (oil and gas related)

injection wells from the Fort Peck

Assiniboine and Sioux Tribes (‘‘Tribes’’)

in Montana; the EPA has determined

that the Tribes’ submission is complete;

the submission is available to the public

for inspection and copying; the EPA

requests public comment on the Tribes’

application; and the EPA has scheduled

a public hearing regarding the Tribes’

application.

DATES: The public hearing will be held

on Thursday, October 16, 1997. The

EPA asks that any requests to speak at

this hearing be submitted by

Wednesday, October 8, 1997. All

written comments on this application

must be received by Friday, October 24,

1997.

ADDRESSES: The hearing will be held on

the Fort Peck Indian Reservation in the

Cultural Center, Highway 2, Poplar,

Montana, at 7 p.m. Written comments

regarding the Tribes’ application and

requests to speak at the hearing should

be mailed to Douglas K. Minter, Ground

Water Unit (8P2–W–GW),

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region VIII, 999 18th Street, Suite 500,

Denver, Colorado, 80202–2466, by the

deadlines provided above. Copies of the

application and pertinent materials are

available between 8:30 a.m. and 4:00

p.m. Monday through Friday at the

following locations:

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region VIII, Ground Water Unit, 4th

Floor Terrace, 999 18th Street,

Denver, CO 80202–2466, PH: 303

312–6079.

Fort Peck Tribal Offices, 605 Indian

Avenue, Poplar, MT 59255, PH: 406–

768–5155.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region VIII, Montana Office Building,

Federal Office Building, 301 S. Park,

Helena, MT 59626–0096, PH: 406–

441–1140.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Douglas K. Minter, Ground Water Unit

(8P2–W–GW), Environmental Protection

Agency, Region VIII, 999 18th Street,

Suite 500, Denver, CO 80202–2466,

(303) 312–6079.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The UIC

program was implemented to prevent

contamination of all underground

sources of drinking water (USDWs).

These are aquifers capable of yielding a

significant amount of water containing

less than 10,000 mg/liter of total

dissolved solids, that have not been

exempted under the provisions of 40

CFR 146.4. (See 40 CFR 144.3.)

One potential source of USDW

contamination is a type of injection well

known as a Class II underground
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injection well. Class II wells dispose

(via injection) of fluids that are brought

to the surface in connection with

natural gas storage operations or

primary oil or natural gas development

and production. These fluids may be

commingled with waste waters from gas

plants which are an integral part of

production operations, unless these

fluids are classified as a hazardous

waste at the time of production. Class II

wells also may inject fluids for

enhanced recovery of oil or natural gas

or for storage of hydrocarbons which are

liquid at standard temperature and

pressure. (See 40 CFR Section 144.6.)

If the application by the Fort Peck

Tribes is approved, the Tribes would be

responsible for regulating injection into

Class II wells. The program described in

the Tribes’ application would require

that any injection into Class II wells be

done in compliance with Triballyissued permits, which will include

technical requirements for the

protection of USDWs. These

requirements include criteria for

construction, testing, operation,

monitoring, and abandonment of Class

II injection wells. At present, there are

approximately 28 Class II injection

wells on the Fort Peck Indian

Reservation.

The EPA has held primary

enforcement authority for the UIC

program on the Fort Peck Indian

Reservation in Montana since the

program was implemented in 1984. If

the Tribes’ application is approved, the

Tribes would assume primary

enforcement authority (except for the

authority to take criminal actions

against non-Indians, which the EPA

would retain) for the regulation of all

Class II injection wells on all lands

within the exterior boundaries of the

Fort Peck Indian Reservation. The EPA

would retain regulatory and

enforcement authority for all other

classes of injection wells. However, the

Tribes would not be prevented from

implementing any more stringent

enforcement program of their own for

any type of injection wells.

The Tribes’ submission includes a

proposed Tribal Code, a program

description, copies of all applicable

rules and forms, statements from Tribal

counsel, and a proposed memorandum

of agreement between the EPA and the

Tribes.

Dated: September 4, 1997.

Kerrigan G. Clough,

Assistant Regional Administrator, Office of

Pollution Prevention, State and Tribal

Assistance, Region VIII, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency.

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AGENCY

[ER–FRL–5484–3]

Environmental Impact Statements;

Notice of Availability

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal

Activities, General Information (202)

564–7167 or (202) 564–7153. Weekly

receipt of Environmental Impact

Statements filed September 2, 1997

through September 5, 1997 pursuant to

40 CFR 1506.9.

EIS No. 970350, Draft EIS, COE, CA,

Upper Guadalupe River Feasibility

Study, Flood Control Protection,

Construction, National Economic

Development Plan (NED), Santa Clara

Valley Water District, City of San Jose,

Santa Clara County, CA, Due: October

27, 1997, Contact: William DeJager

(415) 977–8670.

EIS No. 970351, Draft EIS, BLM, NV,

Olinghouse Mine Project,

Construction of Two Open Pits, Waste

Dump, Haul Road and Cyanide Heap

Leach Pads, Plan-of-Operation, Carson

City, Washoe County, NV, Due:

November 14, 1997, Contact: Terri

Knutson (702) 885–6156.

EIS No. 970352, Draft EIS, FHW, WA,

NE 8TH/I–405 Interchange Project,

Construction, Funding, Right-of-Way

Use Permit and NPDES Stormwater

Permit, City of Bellevue, King County,

WA, Due: October 27, 1997, Contact:

Gene Fong (425) 452–6827.

EIS No. 970353, Draft Supplement, COE,

CA, Sacramento River Bank

Protection Project, Implemention of

Streambank Protection for the Lower

American River between RM–0 and

13.7, Updated Information, City of

Sacramento, Sacramento County, CA,

Due: October 27, 1997, Contact: Matt

Davis (916) 557–1534.

EIS No. 970354, Final EIS, AFS, WA,

Long Draw Salvage Sale,

Implementation, Okanogan National

Forest, Tonasket Ranger District,

Okanogan County, WA, Due: October

14, 1997, Contact: John Townsley

(509) 826–3568.

EIS No. 970355, Final EIS, AFS, AZ,

Eastern Roosevelt Lake Watershed

Analysis Area Grazing Strategy and

Associated Range Improvements

Management Plan, Development and

Implementation, Tonto National

Forest, Tonto Basin Ranger District,

Gila County, AZ, Due: October 14,

1997, Contact: Linny Warren (520)

467–3200.

EIS No. 970356, Final EIS, FHW, VA,

DC, MD, Woodrow Wilson Bridge

Improvement, I–95 from the

Telegraph Road/Capital Beltway

Interchange in Alexandria, VA to the

MD–210/Capital Beltway Interchange

in Oxon Hill, MD, Funding, Section

10 and 404 Permits and CGD Bridge

Permit, Fairfax County, VA; Prince

George’s County, MD, and DC, Due:

October 14, 1997, Contact: David C.

Lawton (410) 962–0077.

Amended Notices

EIS No. 970290, Final EIS, FHW, CO,

CO–82 Highway Transportation Project,

Improvements to ‘‘Entrance to Aspen’’,

Funding and COE Section 404 Permit,

City of Aspen, Pitkin County, CO, Due:

October 6, 1997, Contact: Ron Speral

(303) 969–6737. Published FR–09–12–

97—Review Period Reestablished.

Dated: September 9, 1997.

William D. Dickerson,

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office

of Federal Activities.

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AGENCY

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National Drinking Water Advisory

Council Operator Certification Working

Group; Notice of Open Meeting

Under section 10(a)(2) of Public Law

92–423, ‘‘The Federal Advisory

Committee Act,’’ notice is hereby given

that a meeting of the Operator

Certification Working Group of the

National Drinking Water Advisory

Council, established under the Safe

Drinking Water Act, as amended (42

U.S.C. S300f et seq.), will be held on

September 22, 1997, from 10 a.m. to 5

p.m., and on September 23, 1997, from

9 a.m. to 5 p.m. in Meeting Room 4, at

the Renaissance Washington D.C. Hotel,

999 9th Street, NW, Washington, DC.

The meeting is open to the public to

observe, but due to past experience,

seating will be limited.

The purpose of this meeting is to

discuss the key standards for a State

operator certification program. The

working group members are meeting to

discuss and comment on proposed issue

papers for deliberation by the advisory

council. Statements from the public will