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17. Minnesota Power & Light Company

[Docket No. ER98–130–000]

Take notice that on October 10, 1997,

Minnesota Power & Light Company,

tendered for filing a signed Service

Agreement with Central Minnesota

Municipal Power Agency and Union

Electric Company, under its marketbased Wholesale Coordination Sales

Tariff (WCS–2) to satisfy its filing

requirements under this tariff.

Comment date: November 12, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

18. UtiliCorp United Inc.

[Docket No. ES98–3–000]

Take notice that on October 24, 1997,

UtiliCorp United Inc. (UtiliCorp), filed

an application seeking authorization to

enter into five-year corporate guaranties

in support of borrowings to be made by

a UtiliCorp subsidiary or subsidiaries in

connection with the acquisition of

interests in an Australian electric

distribution company. The sum of the

amount guaranteed pursuant to the

request in this docket plus previous

guaranties shall not exceed $270

million, at any one time.

Comment date: November 24, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

Standard Paragraph

E. Any person desiring to be heard or

to protest said filing should file a

motion to intervene or protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

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

20426, in accordance with Rules 211

and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211

and 18 CFR 385.214). All such motions

or protests should be filed on or before

the comment date. Protests will be

considered by the Commission in

determining the appropriate action to be

taken, but will not serve to make

protestants parties to the proceeding.

Any person wishing to become a party

must file a motion to intervene. Copies

of this filing are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5916–8]

Agency Information Collection

Activities Under OMB Review; NSPS

for Petroleum Refinery Wastewater

Systems

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.), this document announces

that the following Information

Collection Request (ICR) has been

forwarded to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review and

approval: NSPS for Petroleum Refinery

Wastewater Systems,OMB Control

Number 2060–0172, 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 December 4, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

information or 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. 1136.05

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: NSPS Petroleum Refinery

Wastewater Systems (OMB Number

2060–0172; EPA ICR Number

1136.05,expiring 12/31/97). This is a

request for extension of a currently

approved collection.

Abstract: The promulgated standards

require record keeping to document

information relating to equipment

specifications, work practices, and

design criteria. Information must be

recorded in sufficient detail to enable

owners or operators to demonstrate

compliance with the standards. Owners

or operators are required to keep records

of design and operating specifications of

all equipment installed to comply with

the promulgated standards, such as

traps, covers, roof seals, control devices,

and other equipment. This information

is used to ensure that equipment design

and operating specifications are

attained. Generally, this information

will be readily available because it is

needed for construction purposes. As a

result, there should be no specific

burden from this requirement.

The standards also require the owner

or operator to design and operate the

closed vent and control device systems

in a manner which will ensure at least

an overall 95 percent control efficiency.

Owners or operators will ensure

compliance by monitoring operational

or process parameters associated with

the control devices. A semiannual

report must be submitted to document

compliance with the standards. This

requirement results in a small burden to

the plant, but this requirement is the

minimum needed to ensure compliance

with the standards. For refineries using

a flare as a control device, an initial

performance test is required, which

includes notification of the test date and

reporting of test results to EPA. Apart

from flares, no performance tests are

required under these standards.

The standards do not include control

requirements for air flotation systems.

As a result, no inspections or associated

record keeping must be performed for

these facilities. The standards do require

semiannual visual inspections of the

roofs and access doors for oil-water

separators. Semiannual visual

inspection of junction box covers must

also be conducted. A portable

hydrocarbon analyzer is required to

detect VOC emission where an oil-water

separator or closed drain system is

vented to a control device. The

standards require records of these

inspections. In addition, process drains

must be periodically inspected for the

presence of water in p-leg traps and seal

pots. The standards require monthly

inspections of drains in active service,

and weekly inspections of inactive

drains, or alternatively, semiannual

inspections of inactive drains that are

tightly capped or plugged. Records of

these inspections are required where a

water seal is dry or otherwise breached

or a problem is identified. These records

are needed to ensure continuing proper

use of the required equipment (Clean

Air Act section 111(h)(1)).

Additional reports are required by the

General Provisions of 40 CFR 60.7.

These initial reports include notification

of construction or modification,

reconstruction, and start-up, shutdown,

or malfunction.

The standards also require a

semiannual certification that all of the

required inspections are being carried

out in accordance with the installation

of the equipment required by the

standards. Semiannual reports include a

summary of the information required by

the record keeping requirements, such

as inspection dates, inspection results,

and remedial action taken.

Under the rule, the data collected by

the affected industry is retained at the

facility for a minimum of 2 years and

made available for inspection as

requested by the Administrator. Owners
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or operators are also required to submit

semiannual certification reports to

enforcement personnel indicating that

all emission detection tests and visual

inspections are carried out. When

excess emissions are detected or a

problem is identified, the appropriate

corrective action taken by the plant

must be documented in the report.

The information generated by the

monitoring, record keeping and

reporting requirements described above

is used by the Agency to ensure that

facilities affected by the NSPS continue

to implement their work practices and

procedures used to achieve compliance

with the NSPS. Specifically, after startup, a certification that the equipment

necessary to comply with the standards

has been installed will ensure the use of

best demonstrated technology.

Notification of construction and start-up

will indicate to enforcement personnel

when a new affected facility has been

constructed and is therefore subject to

the standards.

The semiannual summary of visual

inspections and emission detection tests

will be used as an indication that the

work practices and procedures called

for by these standards are being

followed on a regular basis. This is

especially important in the case of water

seal controls where a drop in water

levels can result in increased emissions

unless checked regularly.

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 document

required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d),

soliciting comments on this collection

of information was published on June

18, 1997 (62 FR 33069).

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and recordkeeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 47 hours per

response including a performance test

and 18 hours per response not including

the performance test. 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 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/Operators of Petroleum

Refinery Wastewater Systems

Estimated Number of Respondents:

114.

Frequency of Response: Semiannual.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

14,269 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Cost

Burden: $65,000.

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. 1136.05 and

OMB Control No. 2060–0172 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 29, 1997.

Richard T. Westlund,

Acting Director, Regulatory Information

Division.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPPTS–00227; FRL–5753–9]

Armstrong Data Services; Access to

Confidential Business Information

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: EPA has authorized its

contractor, Armstrong Data Services

(ADS), of Vienna, VA to retain

temporary employees, via a temporary

employment agency, to perform an audit

of EPA’s collection of Confidential

Business Information submitted to EPA

under all sections of the Toxic

Substances Control Act located in EPA’s

Confidential Business Information

Center. ADS has retained Telesec

Incorporated of Wheaton, MD to

identify these temporary employees. All

temporary employees have been TSCA

CBI cleared in accordance with the

provisions of EPA’s ‘‘TSCA Confidential

Business Information Security Manual.’’

DATES: Access to TSCA CBI occurred on

October 23, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Susan B. Hazen, Director,

Environmental Assistance Division

(7408), Office of Pollution Prevention

and Toxics, Environmental Protection

Agency, Rm. E–545, 401 M St., SW.,

Washington, DC 20460, Telephone:

(202) 554–1404, TDD: (202) 554–0551,

e-mail: TSCA-Hotline@epa.mail.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under

contract number 68–W5–0025, ADS was

retained to maintain EPA’s collection of

Confidential Business Information (CBI)

submitted to EPA under all sections of

the Toxic Substances Control Act

(TSCA) located in EPA’s Confidential

Business Information Center (60 FR

50579, September 29, 1995) (FRL–4980–

4). The ‘‘TSCA Confidential Business

Information Security Manual’’ (Manual)

provides that the TSCA CBI collection

will be audited on an annual basis. In

accordance with its contract with EPA,

ADS sought the approval of EPA to

retain temporary employees to perform

the required audit. Subsequently, ADS

retained Telesec Incorporated of

Wheaton, MD to identify temporary

employees. These persons have been

cleared for access to TSCA CBI in

accordance with the provisions of the

Manual. The Manual provisions require

that contractor employees, including

temporary employees, sign

nondisclosure agreements, be subject to

background checks and be briefed on

appropriate security procedures before

they are permitted access to TSCA CBI.

EPA is issuing this notice to inform

all submitters of information under all

sections of TSCA that ADS’s temporary

employees may have access to these CBI

materials on a need-to-know basis only.

All access to TSCA CBI for the

performance of the audit is taking place

at EPA Headquarters. It is expected that

the audit will be completed no later

than March of 1998.

Dated: October 29, 1997.

Allan S. Abramson,

Director, Information Management Division,

Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics.

[FR Doc. 97–29154 Filed 11–3–97; 8:45 am]

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