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information; and transmit or otherwise

disclose the information.

Dated: December 12, 1997.

Elizabeth A. Fellows,

Acting Director, Office of Ground Water and

Drinking Water.

[FR Doc. 97–33081 Filed 12–17–97; 8:45 am]

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Clean Air Act Advisory Committee;

Mobile Sources Technical Review

Subcommittee; Notification of Public

Advisory Subcommittee Open Meeting

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, Public Law 92–463,

notice is hereby given that the Mobile

Sources Technical Review

Subcommittee of the Clean Air Act

Advisory Committee will meet on

January 14, 1998, from 9:30 am to 4 pm

(Eastern Standard Time) at the

Doubletree Hotel National Airport, 300

Army-Navy Drive, Arlington, VA 22202,

Ph: 703/416–4100. This is an open

meeting and seating will be on a firstcome basis. During this meeting, the

subcommittee will hear progress reports

from its workgroups and be briefed on

and discuss other current issues in the

mobile source program.

Members of the public requesting

technical information should contact:

Philip A. Lorang, Designated Federal

Officer, U.S. EPA—NVFEL, 2565

Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, MI

48105, Ph: 734/668–4374, Fax: 734/

741–7821, email:

lorang.phil@epamail.epa.gov

or

John T. White, Alternate Designated

Federal Officer, U.S. EPA—NVFEL,

2565 Plymouth Road, Ann Arbor, MI

48105, Ph: 734/668–4353, Fax: 734/

741–7821, email:

white.johnt@epamail.epa.gov.

Further information can also be

obtained by visiting the FACA website

for the Mobile Sources Technical

Review Subcommittee and its

workgroups at: http://

transaq.ce.gatech.edu/epatac/index.htm.

Members requesting administrative

information should contact:

Jennifer Criss, Management Officer, U.S.

EPA, 2565 Plymouth Road, Ann

Arbor, MI 48105, FACA Help Line:

734/668–4518, Fax: 734/741–7821,

email: criss.jennifer@epamail.epa.gov.

Written comments of any length (with

at least 20 copies provided) should be

sent to the subcommittee no later than

January 4, 1998.

The Mobile Sources Technical Review

Subcommittee expects that public

statements presented at its meetings will

not be repetitive of previously

submitted oral or written statements.

Michael Shields,

Acting Director, Office of Mobile Sources.

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Draft General NPDES Permit for ShoreBased Seafood Processors Operating

in Kodiak, Alaska (General NPDES

Permit No. AK–G52–8000)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of draft general NPDES

permit.

SUMMARY: The Director, Office of Water,

EPA Region 10, is proposing to issue a

general National Pollutant Discharge

Elimination System (NPDES) permit no.

AK–G52–8000 for shore-based seafood

processors operating in Kodiak, Alaska,

pursuant to the provisions of the Clean

Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251 et seq. The

proposed general NPDES permit

authorizes discharges to St. Paul Harbor

and Near Island Channel. The existing

ten shore-based facilities are engaged in

the processing of fresh, frozen, and

canned seafood, surimi and fish

powder. Discharges authorized by the

proposed general permit include

processing wastes, process disinfectants,

and other wastewater, including cooling

water, boiler water, freshwater pressure

relief water, refrigeration condensate,

water used to transfer seafood to a

facility, and live tank water. One facility

discharges treated domestic and sanitary

wastewater to St. Paul Harbor. The

proposed permit authorizes discharge of

wastewater to waters of the United

States in and contiguous to the State of

Alaska.

The processing facilities are required

to collect and route all seafood

processing wastes and wastewater to a

treatment system consisting of 1 mm

screens or equivalent technology. All

seafood solid wastes are collected and

transported to the by-product recovery

facility in Kodiak. One facility processes

fish wastes into fish powder at their

location.

The proposed general permit contains

the same effluent guideline limitations

as the previous individual permits.

Separate monitoring of the surimi and

fish powder waste streams are new

additions to the proposed general

permit.

The proposed general NPDES permit

for seafood processors in Kodiak,

Alaska, does not authorize discharges of

petroleum hydrocarbons, toxic

pollutants, or other pollutants not

specified in the permit.

DATES: The issuance date of this public

document is December 18, 1997. The

expiration date of this public document

is on or before January 20, 1998.

Public Comments: Interested persons

may submit written comments on the

draft general NPDES permit to the

attention of Florence Carroll at the

address below. All comments should

include the name, address, and

telephone number of the commenter

and a concise statement of comment and

the relevant facts upon which it is

based. Comments of either support or

concern which are directed at specific,

cited permit requirements are

appreciated. Comments must be

submitted to EPA on or before the

expiration date of the public document.

After the expiration date of the public

document, the Director, Office of Water,

EPA Region 10, will make a final

determination with respect to issuance

of the general permit. The tentative

requirements contained in the draft

general permit will become final

conditions if no substantive comments

are received during the public comment

period. The permit is expected to

become effective on March 12, 1998.

Persons wishing to comment on State

Certification of the proposed general

NPDES permit should submit written

comments within this 30-day comment

period to the State of Alaska, Alaska

Department of Environmental

Conservation (ADEC), 410 Willoughby

Avenue, Suite 105, Juneau, Alaska

99801–1795.

Comments should be addressed to the

attention of Alaska Water Quality

Standards Consistency Review.

Persons wishing to comment on the

State Determination of Consistency with

the Alaska Coastal Management

Program should submit written

comments within this 30-day comment

period, to the State of Alaska, Office of

Management and Budget, Division of

Governmental Coordination, P.O. Box

110030, Juneau, Alaska 99811–0030.

Comments should be addressed to the

attention of Alaska Coastal Management

Program Consistency Review.

Public Hearing: No public hearings

have been scheduled. Persons

requesting a public hearing should

submit their request to Florence Carroll

at the address below. Notice of a public
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hearing will be published in the Federal

Register. Notices will also be mailed to

all interested persons receiving copies

of the proposed general permit.

Appeal of Permit: Within 120 days

following the service of notice of EPA’s

final permit decision under 40 CFR

124.15, any interested person may

appeal the general permit in the Federal

Court of Appeal in accordance with

section 509(b)(1) of the Clean Water Act.

Persons affected by a general permit

may not challenge the conditions of the

permit as a right of further EPA

proceedings. Instead, they may either

challenge the permit in court or apply

for an individual NPDES permit and

then request a formal hearing on the

issuance or denial of an individual

permit.

Administrative Record: The complete

administrative record for the draft

general permit is available for public

review; contact Florence Carroll at the

telephone number below in the EPA

Region 10. Copies of the draft general

NPDES permit and fact sheet are

available upon request from the Region

10 Public Information Center at the

following telephone number: 1–800–

424–4EPA(4372)if calling from Idaho,

Oregon, and Washington and 1–206–

553–1200 if calling from Alaska and all

other states.

ADDRESSES: Public comments should be

sent to: Environmental Protection

Agency Region 10, NPDES Compliance

Unit (OW–133), Attn: Florence Carroll,

1200 Sixth Avenue, Seattle,

Washington, 98101.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Florence Carroll, of EPA Region 10, at

the address listed above or telephone

(206) 553–1760.

Regulatory Flexibility Act: After

review of the facts presented in the

notice printed above, I hereby certify

pursuant to the provision of 5 U.S.C.

605(b) that this general NPDES permit

will not have a significant impact on a

substantial number of small entities.

Moreover, the permit reduces a

significant administrative burden on

regulated sources.

Dated: December 5, 1997.

Roger K. Mochnick,

Assistant Director, Office of Water.

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

Public Information Collections

Approved by Office of Management

and Budget

December 12, 1997.

The Federal Communications

Commission (FCC) has received Office

of Management and Budget (OMB)

approval for the following public

information collections pursuant to the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13. 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 control number. For

further information contact Shoko B.

Hair, Federal Communications

Commission, (202) 418–1379.

Federal Communications Commission

OMB Control No.: 3060–0806.

Expiration Date: 05/31/98.

Title: Universal Service—Schools and

Libraries Universal Service Program.

Form No.: FCC Forms 470 and 471.

Respondents: Business or other for

profit.

Estimated Annual Burden: 50,000

respondents; 12 hours per response

(avg.); 600,000 total annual burden

hours.

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $0.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Description: On May 8, 1997, the

Commission adopted rules in CC Docket

96–45 providing discounts on all

telecommunications services, Internet

access, and internal connections for all

eligible schools and libraries. The

following forms will be used to

implement these requirements and

obligations: a. FCC Form 470

‘‘Description of Services Requested and

Certification.’’ Schools and libraries

ordering telecommunications services,

Internet access, and internal

connections under the universal service

discount program must submit a

description of the services desired to the

Administrator. Schools and libraries

may use the same description they use

to meet the requirement that they

generally face to solicit competitive

bids. The Administrator will then post

a description of the services sought on

a website for all potential competing

service providers to see and respond to

as if they were requests for proposals

(RFPs). 47 CFR 54.504(b)(2), 47 CFR

54.504(b)(3). Pursuant to section 254(h)

of the 1996 Act, schools and libraries

must certify under oath that: (1) The

school or library is an eligible entity

under section 254(h)(4); (2) the services

requested will be used solely for

educational purposes; (3) the services

will not be sold, resold, or transferred in

consideration for money or any other

thing of value; and (4) if the services are

being purchased as part of an aggregated

purchase with other entities, the

identities of all co-purchasers and the

portion of the services being purchased

by the school or library. 47 CFR

54.504(b)(2). For schools ordering

telecommunications services at the

individual school level (i.e. primarily

non-public schools), the person ordering

such services should certify to the

Administrator the percentage of

students eligible in that school for the

national school lunch program (or other

comparable indicator of economic

disadvantage ultimately selected by the

Commission). This requirement arises in

the context of determining which

schools are eligible for the greater

discounts being offered to economically

disadvantaged schools. For schools

ordering telecommunications services at

the school district level, the person

ordering such services for the school

district should certify to the

Administrator the number of students in

each of its schools eligible for the

national school lunch program (or other

comparable indicator of economic

disadvantage). Schools and libraries

must also certify that they have

developed a technology plan that has

been approved by an independent entity

or the Administrator. The technology

plan should demonstrate that they will

be able to deploy any necessary

hardware, software, and wiring, and to

undertake any necessary teacher

training required to use the services

ordered pursuant to the section 254(h)

discount effectively. 47 CFR

54.504(b)(2). (No. of respondents:

50,000; hours per response: 6 hours;

total annual burden: 300,000). b. FCC

Form 471 ‘‘Services Ordered and

Certification.’’ Schools and libraries that

have ordered telecommunications

services, Internet access, and internal

connections under the universal service

discount program must file FCC Form

471 with the Administrator. This form

requires schools and libraries to indicate

whether funds are being requested for

an existing contract, a master contract or

whether it wishes to terminate service.

Form 471 requires schools and libraries

to list all services that have been

ordered and the corresponding discount

to which it is entitled. The school or

library must also estimate its funding

needs for the current funding year and

for the following funding year. 47 CFR

54.504(b)(2). All schools and libraries

planning to order services eligible for