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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 (62 FR

33074); no comments were received.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and recordkeeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 77 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:

Owners and operators of facilities that

treat, store or dispose hazardous wastes

in tanks, surface impoundments and

containers.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

9,393.

Frequency of Response: 1 plus on

occasion.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

726,022 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Cost

Burden: $2,925,000.

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. 1593.03 and

OMB Control No. 2060–0318 in any

correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, OPPE Regulatory

Information Division (2137), 401 M

Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460.

(or E-Mail

Farmer.Sandy@epamail.epa.gov)

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 10, 1997.

Joseph Retzer,

Director, Regulatory Information Division.

[FR Doc. 97–27852 Filed 10–20–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5911–9]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request; EPA’s

Transportation Partners

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: EPA’s

Transportation Partners Program, EPA

ICR No. 1818.01. 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 November 20, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

a copy of the ICR, call Sandy Farmer at

EPA, (202) 260–2740, or download off

the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr/

icr.htm and refer to EPA ICR No.

1818.01.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: EPA’s Transportation Partners

Program, EPA ICR No. 1818.01. This is

a new collection.

Abstract: The Transportation Partners

program is a new, cooperative,

voluntary program that seeks to reduce

the growth of vehicle miles traveled

(VMT) through the adoption of

measures that provide or promote the

use of non-single occupancy vehicle

transportation choices for citizens. As

part of the Climate Change Action Plan,

Transportation Partners will play an

important role in the nation’s

commitment to reduce U.S. greenhouse

gas emissions.

The Transportation Partners program

is designed to work around two types of

members: Principal Partners and Project

Partners. Principal Partners have

substantive areas of expertise and will

provide direct assistance to VMTreducing projects across the country.

Project Partners, on the other hand,

administer the individual programs and

actions designed to reduce VMT. Local

governments, regional governments,

local non-governmental organizations,

and private businesses may become

Project Partners.

As voluntary participants in the

Transportation Partners program,

Project Partners may be asked to

complete an annual Partner Profile that

requests general project information.

Project-related information requested

may include background data about the

sponsoring entity, a description (and, to

the extent possible, quantification) of

project effects on travel, other project

effects, and comments regarding

program participation and technical

assistance. As EPA may request

additional information from the Project

Partners about their projects,

organizations may be requested to

periodically submit supplementary

information to the Agency.

In addition, EPA sponsors the Way to

Go! Awards, which honor local

innovators who are enhancing their

communities and the environment

through transportation improvements.

Project Partners will receive an

application for the Way to Go! awards.

Some Project Partners may choose to

complete and submit the application to

EPA. The application asks for the

following information: the name and

focus of the project; a description of

project management; a description of

the end user(s) of the project; and a

project summary and narrative.

Principal Partners have a number of

responsibilities, which include: First,

they will provide EPA with contact lists

of prospective Project Partners. Second,

they will disseminate information to

partners. Third, Principal Partners will

review, sign, and forward Project

Partner agreements to EPA. Fourth,

Principal Partners will assist EPA in

reviewing and compiling Partner

Profiles and supplemental information

from Project Partners.

Participation in the Transportation

Partners program is voluntary. If

requested, EPA will treat information as

confidential business information and

will not make the partner-specific

information collected under the

program available to the general public,

unless the partner’s approval is

obtained.

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
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15. The Federal Register Notice

required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d),

soliciting comments on this collection

of information was published on 8/8/97

( FR Doc. 97–20977 ); Zero (0)

comments were received.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and recordkeeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 11.7 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:

Entities potentially affected by this

action may include local and suburban

transit providers, business associations,

civic organizations, air and water

resource and solid waste management

agencies, local and regional government

agencies and other transportationrelated organizations. Additionally, EPA

expects to enroll private businesses

from a wide range of industries in the

Transportation Partners program.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

195.

Frequency of Response: Annually.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

8,371 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. 1818.01 in

any correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, OPPE Regulatory

Information Division (2137), 401 M

Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460 (or

E-Mail

Farmer.Sandy@epamail.epa.gov)

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 14, 1997.

Joseph Retzer,

Director, Regulatory Information Division.

[FR Doc. 97–27853 Filed 10–20–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPP–00511; FRL–5752–7]

State FIFRA Issues Research and

Evaluation Group (SFIREG) Pesticide

Operations Management Working

Committee; Open Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The State FIFRA Issues

Research and Evaluation Group

(SFIREG) Pesticide Operations

Management Working Committee will

hold a 2-day meeting, October 27, and

October 28, 1997. This notice

announces the location and times for

the meeting and sets forth the tentative

agenda topics. The meetings are open to

the public.

DATES: The SFIREG Working Committee

on Pesticide and Operations

Management will meet on Monday,

October 27, 1997, from 8:30 a.m. to 5

p.m. and Tuesday, October 28, 1997,

from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at:

the National Airport Doubletree Hotel,

300 Army Navy Drive, Arlington-Crystal

City, VA, 22202.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: Elaine Y. Lyon, Office of Pesticide

Programs (7506C), Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW.,

Washington, DC 20460. Office location

and telephone number: (703) 305–5306;

(703) 308–1850 (fax); e-mail:

lyon.elaine@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

tentative agenda of the SFIREG Working

Committee on Pesticide Operations

Management includes the following:

1. Policy regarding pesticides used

in greenhouses.

2. Worker protection standard/

restricted-entry interval exception for

BRAVO (chlorothalonil).

3. Worker protection standard

language on AZTEC insecticide.

4. Enforcement of pesticide laws on

federal and tribal lands.

5. Pesticide exposure from use of

plant parts - Are cultural-ethnic

subgroups considered in risk

assessments.

6. Clarification of EPA policy on the

usurpation of state 24(c) authority.

7. Update on quality assurance

project plans vs. Quality management

plans vs. National Environmental

Laboratory Accreditation Program.

8. Data quality issues:

a. Reference files system vs.

Pesticide product information system.

b. How do states report errors

detected in EPA’s data.

c. Time frame for posting

corrections

9. Labeling issues with the use of

commodity fumigant methyl bromide

for structural fumigation.

10. Indoor structural pest control

concerns.

11. Further review of 24(c)

indemnification/waiver of liability

language - Mandatory vs. Advisory.

12. Office of Enforcement and

Compliance Topics:

a. Enforceability of postapplication operations on pesticide

labels.

b. Custom dilution/blending.

c. Antimicrobial efficacy testing.

d. Worker protection compliance

monitoring/enforcement.

e. Cancellation of section 3 for

changed active ingredient source.

13. Reports from committee

members and introduction of issue

papers.

14. Other topics as appropriate.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection.

Dated: October 16, 1997.

Jay Ellenberger,

Director, Field and External Affairs Division,

Office of Pesticide Programs.

[FR Doc. 97–27975 Filed 10–20–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION

Privacy Act of 1974; Amendment of a

System of Records

AGENCY: Farm Credit Administration.

ACTION: Notice of amendment of a

system of records maintained on

individuals; request for comments.

SUMMARY: In accordance with the

Privacy Act (5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(11)), the

Farm Credit Administration is issuing

notice of our intent to amend the system

of records entitled Employee

Attendance, Leave, and Payroll

Records—FCA (Employee Record

System) to reflect the addition of several

new routine uses and the inclusion of

machine readable records, paper