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No person is 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 displayed at 40

CFR part 9.

Send comments regarding these

matters, or any other aspects of

information collection, including

suggestions for reducing the burden, to

the address listed above under

ADDRESSES near the top of this

document.

Dated: December 11, 1997.

Elaine F. Davies,

Deputy Director, Office of Emergency and

Remedial Response.

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Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request; Class V

Underground Injection Control Study

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 EPA is planning to submit the

following proposed Information

Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB): Class V

Underground Injection Control Study,

EPA ICR #1834.01. 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 February 17, 1998.

ADDRESSES: To obtain a copy of the ICR

without charge please contact the Office

of Ground Water and Drinking Water,

EPA Headquarters, 401 M Street SW,

Washington, DC 20460 or contact the

persons listed below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Safe

Drinking Water Hotline, (800) 426–4791,

e-mail: hotline-sdwagroup@epamail.epa.gov; or Anhar

Karimjee, (202) 260–3862, fax (202)

260–0732, e-mail:

karimjee.anhar@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Affected entities: Entities potentially

affected by this action are those which

own, operate or use Class V

underground injection wells, or collect,

record, or know of information on their

existence and/or their location

including, but not limited to: State

Environmental Water Quality Agencies,

State Oil and Gas Divisions, State

Energy Divisions, State Departments of

Health, State Agricultural Agencies,

State Coastal Commissions or Oceanic

Divisions, State Mining and Minerals

Divisions, and State Hazardous Waste

Divisions.

Title: Class V Underground Injection

Control Study, EPA ICR #1834.01.

Abstract: The purpose of this

information collection is to gather data

on Class V underground injection wells.

The collection will be conducted by

EPA’s Office of Ground Water and

Drinking Water (OGWDW) as required

by section 2c of the EPA’s modified

consent decree with the Sierra Club

(Sierra Club v. Carol M. Browner, Civil

Action No. 93–2644 NHJ, 1997) in order

to comply with section 1421 of the Safe

Drinking Water Act (42 U.S.C. 300h).

These wells may pose a risk to

underground sources of drinking water

(USDWs) and therefore EPA is

collecting information necessary to

determine whether a national regulation

is appropriate.

The collection will involve two

components. First, a small number of

initial site visits for agricultural

drainage wells, storm water drainage

wells, large capacity septic systems, and

certain industrial wells will be

conducted to count the number of those

well types in certain geologic settings.

This data will then be used to create a

mathematical model that will eventually

be used to estimate the number of wells

in existence on a national scale. Once

the model is created, additional site

visits will be conducted to calibrate the

model.

The second component of the

collection, for fourteen other well

subclasses (electric power return flow

wells, direct heat return flow wells, heat

pump/AC return flow wells,

aquaculture wells, wastewater treatment

effluent, aquifer recharge wells, aquifer

storage and recovery wells, saltwater

intrusion barrier wells, subsidence

control wells, mining, sand and other

backfill wells, spent brine recovery

wells, solution mining wells, in-situ

fossil fuel recovery wells and aquifer

remediation wells), involves general

data collection from State and local

agencies on the number of wells in

existence and their location on a county

level. EPA may also, for some well

subclasses in some States, ask for

additional information such as

permitting requirements, contamination

incidents and injectate constituents. The

site visits and the data collection

component will provide EPA with an

estimation of the number of wells,

which will provide, in part, the basis for

determining whether national

regulations for the well subclasses are

necessary, and if so, the extent of the

regulations.

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 EPA would like to solicit

comments to:

(i) evaluate whether the proposed

collection of information is necessary

for the proper performance of the

functions of the agency, including

whether the information will have

practical utility;

(ii) evaluate the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information,

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used;

(iii) enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and

(iv) minimize the burden of the

collection of information on those who

are to respond, including through the

use of appropriate automated electronic,

mechanical, or other technological

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology, e.g., permitting

electronic submission of responses.

Burden Statement: It is estimated that

this information collection will involve

a total cost burden to the Respondents

of $72,073 and a total hour burden to

the Respondents of 2,019 hours. There

will be no capital, start-up or operation

and maintenance costs but the

collection will involve a one time

response, from 2,369 respondents, of

approximately 0.85 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 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
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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.

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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