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cost; where appropriate, it includes the

actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before November 10, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY

CALL: Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260–

2740, and refer to EPA ICR No. 1056.06.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Standards of Performance for

Nitric Acid Plants, Subpart G; OMB

Control No. 2060–0019; EPA ICR No.

1056.06. This is a request for an

extension of a currently approved

collection.

Abstract: This ICR contains

recordkeeping and reporting

requirements that are mandatory for

compliance with 40 CFR part 60.70,

subpart G, Standards of Performance for

Nitric Acid Plants. This information is

used by the Agency to identify sources

subject to the standards and to insure

that the best demonstrated technology is

being properly applied. The standards

require periodic recordkeeping to

document process information relating

to the sources’ ability to meet the

requirements of the standard and to note

the operation conditions under which

compliance was achieved. 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 6/18/97 62 FR 33068); no

comments were received

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and recordkeeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 42 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 include 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: Nitric

and Plants.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

32.

Frequency of Response: semi-annual

and on occasion.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

1,516 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Cost

Burden: $3,268,000.

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. 1056.06 and

OMB Control No. 2060–0019 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 20530.

Dated: October 6, 1997.

Joseph Retzer,

Director, Regulatory Information Division.

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Agency Information Collection

Activities Under OMB Review; National

Emission Standards for Magnetic Tape

Manufacturing Operations

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3507(a)(1)(D)), 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: 40 CFR part 61 Subpart EE—

Magnetic Tape Manufacturing

Operations, OMB Control Number

2060–0326, expiration date: 12/31/97.

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 November 10, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY

CALL: Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260–

2740, and refer to EPA ICR No. 1678.03.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: National Emission Standards for

Magnetic Tape Manufacturing

Operations (OMB Control No. 2060–

0326; EPA ICR No. 1678.03, expiring

12/31/97). This is a request for

extension of a currently approved

collection.

Abstract: The Administrator has

judged that Hazardous Air Pollutant

(HAP) emissions from magnetic tape

manufacturing operations cause or

contribute to air pollution that may

reasonably be anticipated to endanger

public health or welfare. Owners/

operators of affected magnetic tape

manufacturing operations must notify

EPA of construction, modification,

startups, shut downs, date and results of

initial performance test and provide

semiannual reports of excess emissions.

They must also develop startup,

shutdown, malfunction plans and

develop a quality control plan for their

continuous monitoring system. Affected

facilities also must provide notification

of compliance status and report

quarterly monitoring exceedances.

In order to ensure compliance with

the standards promulgated to protect

public health, adequate reporting and

recordkeeping is necessary. In the

absence of such information

enforcement personnel would be unable

to determine whether the standards are

being met on a continuous basis, as

required by the Clean Air Act.

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

18, 1997 and no comments were

received.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and recordkeeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 7042 person hours.

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
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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:

Magnetic Tape Manufacturing

Operations.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

13.

Frequency of Response: 2.

Estimated Number of Responses: 26.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

7042 person hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Cost

Burden: $89,400.

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. 1678.03 and

OMB Control No. 2060–0326 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: October 6, 1997.

Joseph Retzer,

Director, Regulatory Information Division.

[FR Doc. 97–27016 Filed 10–9–97; 8:45 am]

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Environmental Impact Statements and

Regulations; Availability of EPA

Comments

Availability of EPA comments

prepared September 08, 1997 Through

September 12, 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–

71653.

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–BLM–K67044–CA Rating

EC2, Soledad Mountain Open Pit Leap

Leach Gold Mine Project, Construction

and Operation, Plan-of-Operations

Approval, Mojave, Kern County, CA.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns with the lack of

full disclosure of environmental impacts

from proposed or possible future sale of

aggregate, underground mining, and

impacts to local water and air quality

from mining and processing operations.

ERP No. D–FAA–G12002–NM Rating

EC2, Southwest Regional Spaceport

(SRS) Development and Operation

Project, Commercial Space Vehicles

Launching Facility, Licensing, Sierra

and Dona Ana Counties, NM.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns and requested

additional information on land use

change, policy, and management

conflict.

ERP No. D–NPS–K61144–HI Rating

LO, Ala Kahakai ‘‘Trail By the Sea’’

National Trail Study, Implementation,

Hawaii Island, Hawaii County, HI.

Summary: EPA expressed lack of

objection on the proposed project.

ERP No. D–SFW–L64045–00 Rating

LO, Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos

horribilus) Recovery Plan in the

Bitterroot Ecosystem, Implementation,

Endangered Species Act, Proposed

Special Rule 10(j) Establishment of a

Nonessential Experimental Population

of Grizzly Bears in the Bitterroot Area,

Rocky Mountain, Blaine, Camas, Boise,

Clearwater, Custer, Elmore, Idaho,

Lemhi, Shoshone.

Summary: Based on an abbreviated

review EPA does not foresee having any

environmental objections to the

proposed project.

ERP No. DA–DOE–K03007–CA Rating

EC2, Petroleum Production at Maximum

Efficient Rate, Updated Information for

the Sale of Naval Petroleum Reserve No.

1 (NPR–1 also called ‘‘Elk Hills’’)

Amendment of Kern County General

Plan, Elk Hills, Kern County, CA.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns regarding

projected air quality impacts with the

disposition of EPA-regulated

polychlorinated biphenyls in storage or

in use at the facility, and projected

impacts to biological resources. EPA

asked to be notified of the final

disposition of regulated PCB materials

at the facility and encouraged the

Department of Energy to work with the

US Fish and Wildlife Service on

mitigation recommendations in the EIS

to reduce projected impacts to biological

resources, particularly Federally-listed

species.

Final EISs

ERP No. F–AFS–L65287–OR, Little

River (DEMO) Demonstration of

Ecosystem Management Options Timber

Sale, Implementation Umpqua National

Forest, North Umpqua Ranger District,

Douglas County, OR.

Summary: Review of the Final EIS

was not deemed necessary. No formal

comment letter was sent to the

preparing agency.

ERP No. F–NAS–E12005–00, Engine

Technology Support, Implementation,

With Emphases on Liquid Oxygen and

Kerosene, Advanced Space

Transportation Program, Test Sites:

Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) in

Huntsville, AL; Stennis Space Center

(SSC) near Bay St. Louis, MS and

Phillips Laboratory, Edward Air Force

Base, CA.

Summary: EPA continues to prefer the

SSC for rocket motor testing based on

the lesser noise impacts affecting private

property.

ERP No. FS–AFS–L65202–ID, Katka

Peak Timber Sale and Road

Construction, Implementation, New

Information from Interior Columbia

Basin Ecosystem Management Project,

to implement Ecosystem Restoration

Treatment, Bonners Ferry Ranger

District, Idaho Panhandle National

Forests, Boundary County, ID.

Summary: Review of the Final EIS

was not deemed necessary. No formal

comment letter was sent to the

preparing agency.

Dated: October 7, 1997.

B. Katherine Biggs,

Associate Director, NEPA Compliance

Division, Office of Federal Activities.

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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 29,

1997 Through October 03, 1997

Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9.

EIS No. 970378, FINAL EIS, AFS, MT,

Beaverhead Forest Plan Riparian

Amendment, Implementation,

Beaverhead—Deerlodge National

Forest, Beaverhead, Madison, Silver