62590 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 226 / Monday, November 24, 1997 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Application Filed With the

Commission

November 17, 1997.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric application has been filed

with the Commission and is available

for public inspection:

a. Filing: Interim Steelhead Protection

Plan.

b. Project Nos: 2145–032, 943–064.

c. Date Filed: October 9, 1997.

d. Licensee: Public Utility District No.

1 of Chelan County.

e. Name of Projects: Rocky Reach and

Rock Island Hydroelectric Projects.

f. Location: The projects are located

on the Columbia River in Chelan

County, Washington.

g. Licensee Contact: Mr. Jim Vasile,

Steptoe & Johnson, LLP, 1330

Connecticut Avenue, Washington, DC

20036, Attorney for Public Utility

District No. 1 of Chelan County.

h. FERC Contact: Jim Hastreiter (503)

326–5858.

i. Comment Date: December 18, 1997.

j. Description of Filing: The Public

Utility District No. 1 of Chelan County

(licensee) has filed, for Commission

approval, an Interim Steelhead

Protection Plan. The plan includes

modifications or additions to structures

and operations at the Rocky Reach and

Rock Island Hydroelectric Projects that

may affect migrating steelhead trout.

The National Marine Fisheries Service

has listed steelhead in the Upper

Columbia River as endangered under

the Endangered Species Act. The

principle components of the plan

include modifications to, and

continuation of, the juvenile fish bypass

development program; a squawfish

removal program; an interim spill

program; and a hatchery compensation

program.

This notice also consists of the

following standard paragraphs: B, C1,

and D2.

B. Comments, Protests, or Motions to

Intervene—Anyone may submit

comments, a protest, or a motion to

intervene in accordance with the

requirements of Rules of Practice and

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, .214.

In determining the appropriate action to

take, the Commission will consider all

protests or other comments filed, but

only those who file a motion to

intervene in accordance with the

Commission’s Rules may become a

party to the proceeding. Any comments,

protests, or motions to intervene must

be received on or before the specified

comment date for the particular

application.

C1. Filing and Service of Responsive

Documents—Any filings must bear in

all capital letters that title

‘‘COMMENTS’’,

‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TERMS

AND CONDITIONS’’, ‘‘PROTESTS’’, OR

‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE’’, as

applicable, and the project number of

the particular application to which the

filing is in response. Any of these

documents must be filed by providing is

in response. Any of these documents

must be filed by providing the original

and 8 copies to: The Secretary, Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

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

20426. Motions to intervene must also

be served upon each representative of

the applicant specified in the particular

application.

D2. Agency Comments—Federal,

state, and local agencies are invited to

file comments on the described

application. A copy of the application

may be obtained by agencies directly

from the Applicant. If an agency does

not file comments within the time

specified for filing comments, it will be

presumed to have no comments. One

copy of an agency’s comments must also

be sent to the Applicant’s

representatives.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–30745 Filed 11–21–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5927–2]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Renewal of Existing

Collection; Comment Request;

National Pollutant Discharge

Elimination System (NPDES)/Sewage

Sludge Monitoring Reports

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

EPA is planning to submit the following

continuing Information Collection

Request (ICR) to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB):

National Pollutant Discharge

Elimination System (NPDES)/Sewage

Sludge Monitoring Reports, EPA ICR

No. 229.11, and OMB Control No. 2040–

0004, expires May 31, 1998. Before

submitting the ICR to OMB for review

and approval, EPA is soliciting

comments on specific aspects of the

proposed information collection as

described below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before January 23, 1998. All public

comments shall be submitted to: ATTN:

DMR ICR Comment Clerk (W–97–19),

Water Docket MC–4101, U.S. EPA,

Room 2616 Mall, 401 M. Street, S.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20460.

Please submit the original and three

comments and enclosures (including

references). Comments must be received

or post-marked by midnight no later

than January 23, 1998. Commenters who

want EPA to acknowledge receipt of

their comments should enclose a selfaddressed stamped envelope. No

facsimiles (faxes) will be accepted.

Comments may also be submitted

electronically to: owdocket@epamail.epa.gov

Electronic comments must be submitted

as an ASCII file avoiding the use of

special characters and forms of

encryption. Electronic comments must

be identified by the docket number W–

97–19. No Confidential Business

Information (CBI) should be submitted

through e-mail. Comments and data will

also be accepted on disks in

WordPerfect 5.1 format or ASCII file

format. Electronic comments on this

notice may be filed online at many

Federal Depository Libraries. The record

for this proposed Information Collection

Request (ICR) revision has been

established under docket number W–

97–19, and includes supporting

documentation as well as printed, paper

versions of electronic comments. It does

not include any information claimed as

CBI. The record is available for

inspection from 9 am to 4 pm, Monday

through Friday, excluding legal

holidays, at the Water Docket, Room

M2616, Washington, DC 20460. For

access to the docket materials, please

call (202) 260–3027 to schedule an

appointment.

ADDRESSES: A copy of the proposed ICR

will be available at the Water Docket

(W–97–19), Mailcode 4101,

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

M. Street, S.W., Washington, D.C.

20460. Copies of the proposed ICR can

be obtained free of charge by writing to

this address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Angela Lee, Telephone: (202)260–6814,

Fax: (202) 260–9544, E-mail:

Lee.Angela@EPAmail.EPA.gov

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Affected entities: Entities potentially

affected by this action are NPDES