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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:

Manufacturers, distributors, retailers,

importers, and recyclers/reclaimers of

class I and class II ozone-depleting

substances.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

48.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

3024 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. 1757.02 and

OMB Control No. 2060–0342 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 23, 1997.

Joseph Retzer,

Director, Regulatory Information Division.

[FR Doc. 97–25651 Filed 9–25–97; 8:45 am]

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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 15, 1997

through September 19, 1997, pursuant

to 40 CFR 1506.9.

EIS No. 970365, Draft EIS, FHW, NM,

New Mexico Highway 126 (NM–126),

Cuba-La Cueva Road (also Known as

Forest Highway 12) Improvement,

COE Section 404 Permit and NPDES

Permit, Sandoval and Rio Arriba

Counties, NM, Due: November 14,

1997, Contact: Richard J. Cushing

(303) 969–5910.

EIS No. 970366, Final EIS, AFS, AK,

Swan Lake-Lake Tyee Intertie Project,

Electrical Transmission Line and

Associated Facilities Construction

and Operation, Northwestern Portion

of Revillagigedo Island from Upper

Carroll Inlet to Behm Canal and the

Northeastern Portion of Cleveland

Peninsula from Spacious Bay to

Bradfield Canal, Special-Use-Permit

Issuance, Tongass, AK, Due: October

27, 1997, Contact: Bill Angelus (907)

225–2148.

EIS No. 970367, Final EIS, BLM, CA,

Soledad Mountain Open Pit Leap

Leach Gold Mine Project,

Construction and Operation, Plan-ofOperations Approval, Mojave, Kern

County, CA, Due: October 27, 1997,

Contact: Ahmed Mohsen (760) 384–

5421.

EIS No. 970368, Final EIS, BLM, NM,

Little Rock Open-Pit Mine Project,

Construction and Operation, Plan of

Operations Approval, and Several

Permits Issuance, Grant County, NM,

Due: October 27, 1997, Contact: Juan

Padilla (505) 525–4376.

EIS No. 970369, Draft EIS, AFS, MT,

Wayup Mine/Fourth of July Road

Access, Right-of-Way Grant, Kootenai

National Forest, Libby Ranger District,

Lincoln County, MT, Due: November

10, 1997, Contact: Jon Jeresek (406)

293–7773.

EIS No. 970370, Draft EIS, AFS, MT,

Meadow Timber Sales,

Implementation, Timber Harvesting,

Road Construction and Prescribed

Burning, Fortine Ranger District,

Kootenai National Forest, Lincoln

County, MT, Due: November 25, 1997,

Contact: Joleen Dunham (406) 882–

4451.

EIS No. 970371, Final EIS, USN, PR,

VA, Relocatable over the Horizon

Radar (ROTHR) System Construction

and Operation, New and Updated

Information on Fort Allen as Potential

Site, Commonwealth of Puerto Rico

and Chesapeake, VA, Due: October 27,

1997, Contact: Ms. Linda Blount (757)

322–4892.

Dated: September 23, 1997.

B. Katherine Biggs,

Associate Director, NEPA Compliance

Division, Office of Federal Activities.

[FR Doc. 97–25638 Filed 9–25–97; 8:45 am]

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Environmental Impact Statements and

Regulations; Availability of EPA

Comments

Availability of EPA comments

prepared August 25, 1997 through

August 29, 1997 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 11, 1997 (62 FR 16154).

Draft EISs

ERP No. D–FRC–E02006–MS Rating

EC2, Destin Natural Gas Pipeline

Project, Construction and Operation, Six

Major Interstate Pipelines in the Gulf of

Mexico, Southern Natural Gas, COE

Section 10 and 404 Permits, Right-ofWay and Special-Use Permits.

Summary: EPA expressed concerns

over the loss of forested wetlands, the

need for numerous water body

crossings, the need to address potential

environmental justice concerns, and the

need for documentation of annual

nitrogen oxide emissions of the

proposed new compressors.

ERP No. D–MMS–E02009–00 Rating

EC2, Central Planning Area, Gulf of

Mexico Outer Continental Shelf Oil and

Gas Lease Sales 169, 172, 175, 178 and

182, Lease Offering, Offshore Marine

Environment and Coastal Counties/

Parishes of AL, MS, LA and TX.

Summary: EPA expressed concerns

regarding inadequate protection of

benthic marine habitats and MMS

allowing pipeline projects to be

reviewed independent of production

projects. EPA preferrers the Alternative

B.

ERP No. DS–COE–K67020–CA Rating

EO2, Syar Mining Operation and

Reclamation Plan, Six Sites Selected

along the Russian River, New and

Updated Information, Construction,

Mining-Use-Permit and COE Section

404 Permit, City of Healdsburg, Sonoma

County, CA.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental objections with the

proposed Project because it appears to

be the alternative which is most

damaging to the aquatic environment,

especially in terms of adverse impacts to

riffle-pool complexes and anadromous

fisheries, including Federally-listed