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e. Name of Project: Enterprise.

f. Location: On the Augusta Canal of

the Savannah River in the City of

Augusta, Richmond County, Georgia.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act, 16 USC 791(a)–825(r).

h. Applicants Contacts: Kenneth G.

Jaffe, Esq., Richard P. Sparling, Esq.,

Swidler & Berlin, 3000 K Street N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20007–5116, (202)

424–7500. James E. Blanchard, Esq.,

1200 First Union Bank Bldg., P.O. Box

905, Augusta, GA 30903, (706) 823–

2411.

i. FERC Contact: Thomas F. Papsidero

(202) 219–2715.

j. Comment Date: February 5, 1998.

k. Description of Filing: Application

to transfer the license for the Enterprise

Project to Enterprise Mill, LLC.

l. This notice also consists of the

following standard paragraphs: B, C1 &

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 the title

‘‘COMMENTS’’ ‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS

FOR TERMS AND CONDITIONS’’,

‘‘PROTEST’’, OR ‘‘MOTION TO

INTERVENE’’, as applicable, and the

Project Number of the particular

application to which the filing refers.

Any of the above-named documents

must be filed by providing the original

and the number of copies provided by

the Commission’s regulations to: The

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, N.E.,

Washington, D.C. 20426. A copy of any

motion 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.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–33657 Filed 12–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5940–9]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request; Information

Collection Request National Pollutant

Discharge Elimination System for the

Water Quality Guidance for the Great

Lakes System

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):

Information Collection Request National

Pollutant Discharge Elimination System

Great Lakes Water Quality Guidance

(EPA ICR Number 1639.03; OMB

Control Number 2040–0180; expiration

date March 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 February 27, 1998.

ADDRESSES: An original and four copies

of comments should be submitted to

Mark Morris (4301), U.S. EPA, 401 M

Street, SW, Washington, D.C. 20460.

This ICR concerning the Water Quality

Guidance for the Great Lakes System is

available upon request by contacting

Mark Morris (4301), U.S. EPA, 401 M

Street, SW, Washington, D.C. 20460,

(202) 260–0312. The ICR is also

available for inspection and copying at

U.S. EPA Region 5, 77 West Jackson

Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604 by

appointment only. Appointments may

be made by calling Mary Willis Jackson

(telephone 312–886–3717).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mark Morris (4301), U.S. EPA, 401 M

Street, SW, Washington, D.C. 20460

(202–260–0312).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Affected entities: Entities potentially

affected by today’s action are those

discharging pollutants to waters of the

United States in the Great Lakes System.

Potentially affected categories and

entities include:

Category Examples of potentially affected entities

Industry ...................... Industries discharging toxic pollutants to waters in the Great Lakes System as defined in 40 CFR 132.2.

Municipalities ............. Publicly-owned treatment works discharging toxic pollutants to waters of the Great Lakes System as defined in 40 CFR

132.2.

This table is not intended to be

exhaustive, but rather provides a guide

for readers regarding entities likely to be

affected by the final Water Quality

Guidance for the Great Lakes System

(the Guidance). This table lists the types

of entities that EPA is now aware could

potentially be affected by this action.

Other types of entities not listed in the

table could also be affected. To

determine whether your facility may be

affected by this rule, you should

examine the definition of ‘‘Great Lakes

System’’ in 40 CFR 132.2 and examine

40 CFR 132 which describes the

purpose of water quality standards and

implementation procedures. If you have

any questions regarding the

applicability of this action to a

particular entity, consult the person

listed in the preceding FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section.

Title: Information Collection Request

National Pollutant Discharge

Elimination System Great Lakes Water

Quality Guidance (OMB Control No.

2040–0180; EPA ICR No.1639.03)

expiring March 31, 1998.

Abstract: The primary objective of the

Clean Water Act (CWA) is ‘‘to restore

and maintain the chemical, physical

and biological integrity of the nation’s

waters’’ (section 101(a)). CWA section

402 establishes the National Pollutant

Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)

permit program to regulate the discharge

of any pollutant or combination of

pollutants from point sources into the

waters of the United States. CWA
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section 402(a), as amended, authorizes

the EPA Administrator to issue permits

for the discharge of pollutants if those

discharges meet the following

requirements:

• All applicable requirements of

CWA sections 301, 302, 306, 307, 308,

and 403; and

• Any conditions the Administrator

determines are necessary to carry out

the provisions and objectives of the

CWA.

Section 101 of the Great Lakes Critical

Programs Act (CPA) amends section 118

of the CWA and directs EPA to publish

water quality guidance for the Great

Lakes System. Provisions of the

Guidance are codified in 40 CFR part

132. The Guidance establishes

minimum water quality criteria,

implementation procedures, and

antidegradation provisions for the Great

Lakes System.

EPA and delegated NPDES permitting

authorities may need point source

dischargers in the Great Lakes Basin to

collect and submit information for the

following reasons:

• To implement methodologies for

setting numerical water quality criteria

and values promulgated by States and

Tribes for pollutants in the Great Lakes.

The Great Lakes States will use the

methodologies consistent with the final

Guidance when revising existing or

promulgating new water quality criteria.

• To evaluate requests for permit

changes using antidegradation policies

and procedures consistent with the final

Guidance.

• To further the pollution prevention

policy that focuses on the virtual

elimination of toxic discharges into the

Great Lakes System.

• To translate provisions consistent

with the elements of the final Guidance

into controls for point sources of

pollutants.

• To identify the facilities that require

additional permit conditions (i.e., those

that are discharging pollutants at levels

of concern into the Great Lakes System).

• To identify new pollutants in

existing discharges.

• To evaluate water quality in the

Great Lakes.

• To determine violations of State/

Tribal provisions consistent with the

Guidance.

Although the applicants collect and

submit many types of information, this

information can be broadly categorized

as identification details (e.g., name,

location, and facility description) and as

information related to pollutant

discharges into the Great Lakes.

Permitting authorities currently

require dischargers to provide

information such as the name, location,

and description of facilities to identify

the facilities that require permits. EPA

and authorized NPDES States store

much of this basic information in the

Permit Compliance System (PCS)

database. PCS provides EPA with a

nationwide inventory of NPDES permit

holders. EPA Headquarters uses the

information contained in the PCS to

develop reports on permit issuance,

backlogs, and compliance rates. The

Agency also uses the information to

respond to public and Congressional

inquiries, develop and guide its

policies, formulate its budgets, assist

States in acquiring authority for

permitting programs, and manage its

programs to ensure national consistency

in permitting.

NPDES permit applications and

requests for supplemental information

currently require information about

wastewater treatment systems,

pollutants, discharge rates and volumes,

whole effluent toxicity testing and other

data. Additional information collection

requirements that may be necessary to

implement State, Tribal, or EPA

promulgated provisions consistent with

the final Guidance include:

• Monitoring (pollutant-specific and

whole effluent toxicity or WET);

• Pollutant minimization programs;

• Bioassays to support the

development of water quality criteria;

• Antidegradation policy/

demonstrations; and

• Regulatory relief options (e.g.,

variances from water quality criteria).

This information may be used to

ensure compliance with provisions

consistent with the Guidance and reevaluate existing permit conditions and

monitoring requirements. Data on

discharges is entered into STORET and

PCS, EPA’s databases for ambient water

quality data and NPDES permits,

respectively. Results of water quality

criteria testing will be entered into an

EPA Information Clearinghouse

database.

Permit applications may contain

confidential business information. If

this is the case, the respondent may

request that such information be treated

as confidential. All confidential data

will be handled in accordance with 40

CFR 122.7, 40 CFR part 2, and EPA’s

Security Manual Part III, Chapter 9,

dated August 9, 1976. However, CWA

section 308(b) specifically states that

effluent data may not be treated as

confidential. No questions of a sensitive

nature are associated with this

information collection.

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 continued

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

continued 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: This ICR has

estimated the burden and costs

associated with implementation of the

final Great Lakes Water Quality

Guidance. It was assumed for this ICR

that, except for WET testing, that all

analytical activities are performed

inhouse. The total annual burden to all

respondents is estimated to be 87,872

hours with an associated cost of

$4,905,550. The total annual burden to

local governments, as publicly owned

treatment works (POTW) operators, is

estimated to be 34,612 hours with an

associated cost of $2,036,646. The total

annual burden to State and Federal

governments is estimated to be 6,478

hours with an associated cost of

$205,234, of which 5,886 hours of the

burden and $186,470 fall upon the State

governments.

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.
Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 248 / Monday, December 29, 1997 / Notices 67639

Dated: December 19, 1997.

Tudor T. Davies,

Director, Office of Science and Technology.

[FR Doc. 97–33772 Filed 12–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5941–5]

Water Conservation Plan Guidelines

Subcommittee Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: On January 20–21, 1998, the

Water Conservation Plan Guidelines

Subcommittee of the Local Government

Advisory Committee will hold a

meeting in Austin, Texas. The

Subcommittee will discuss the

American Water Works Association’s

proposed guidelines and EPA’s draft

outline of the guidelines. The

Subcommittee meeting is open and all

interested persons are invited to attend

on a space-available basis.

DATES: The Subcommittee meeting will

be held from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. on

Tuesday, January 20, 1998, and from

8:30 a.m. to 12:00 noon on Wednesday,

January 21, 1998.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Waller Creek Center, 625 East 10th

Street, Austin, Texas 78701. On

Tuesday the meeting will be in Room

105, and on Wednesday the meeting

will be in the Training Room.

Requests for a summary of the

meeting can be obtained by writing to

John E. Flowers, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Office of Wastewater

Management (Mail Code 4204), 401 M

Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The

Designated Federal Official for this

Subcommittee is John E. Flowers. He is

the point of contact for information

concerning any Subcommittee matters

and can be reached by calling (202)

260–7288.

Dated: December 19, 1997.

Alfred W. Lindsey,

Deputy Director, Office of Wastewater

Management.

[FR Doc. 97–33741 Filed 12–24–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

Public Information Collections

Approved by Office of Management

and Budget

December 18, 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.: 3060–0745.

Expiration Date: 12/31/2000.

Title: Implementation of the Local

Exchange Carrier Tariff Streamlining

Provisions in the Telecommunications

Act of 1996—CC Docket No. 96–187.

Form No.: N/A.

Respondents: Business or other forprofit.

Estimated Annual Burden: 170

respondents; 25 hours per response

(avg.); 4250 total annual burden hours

for all collections.

Estimated Annual Reporting and

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: $170,000.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Description: In the Report and Order

issued in CC Docket No. 96–187, the

Commission adopts measures to

implement the specific streamlining

tariff filing requirements for local

exchange carriers (LECs) of the

Telecommunications Act of 1996 (1996

Act). a. Electronic filing requirement:

The 1996 Act provides that LECs may

file tariffs on seven and fifteen days’

notice (47 U.S.C. § 204(a)). The Common

Carrier Bureau has established an

Electronic Tariff Filing System (ETFS)

that permits incumbent LECs to submit

federal tariffs and associated documents

electronically, via the Internet. At the

present, use of EFTS by incumbent LECs

for an official filing is voluntary.

Mandatory use of ETFS by incumbent

LECS is scheduled to commence on

February 2, 1998. See Public Notice, DA

97–2491, released 11/25/97. (No. of

respondents: 50; hours per response: 72

hours; total annual burden: 3600 hours).

b. Requirement that carriers desiring

tariffs proposing rate decreases to be

effective in seven days must be filed in

separate transmittals: The 1996 Act

provides that LEC tariffs seeking rate

increases shall be effective in fifteen

days and LEC tariffs seeking rate

decreases shall be effective in seven

days. The 15 day notice period applies

to transmittals that contain both rate

increases and decreases. Carriers

wishing to take advantage of the seven

day notice period must file rate

decreases in separate transmittals. This

result will permit all of the carriers’ rate

changes will still receive streamlined

treatment. Carriers filing a rate decrease

have the opportunity to file on the

shorter seven-day notice period by

transmitting rate decrease in a separate

filing. Any other tariff filed pursuant to

section 204(a)(3) of the Communications

Act, including those that propose a rate

increase or any change in terms and

conditions of service other than a rate

charge, shall be filed on 15 days’ notice.

(No. of respondents: 10; hours per

response: 4 hours; total annual burden:

40 hours). c. Requirement that carriers

identify transmittals filed pursuant to

the streamlined provisions of the 1996

Act: Because of the short notice periods,

the Commission adopts the requirement

that carriers identify specifically

transmittals filed pursuant to Section

204(a)(3), including whether the

transmittals contain rate increases, rate

decreases or both. The Commission

requires that LECs display prominently

in the upper right hand corner of the

tariff transmittal letters a statement

indicating that the tariff is being filed on

a streamlined basis under section

204(a)(3) of the Act and whether the

tariff filing contains a proposed rate

increase, decrease or both. This

requirement will result in minimal

inconvenience to the LECs while

allowing the Commission and public to

identify quickly whether the tariff is

eligible for streamlined treatment and

the notice period to be applied to the

filing. Without such a statement, we

will treat transmittal as filed outside of

section 204(a)(3), i.e., not on a

streamlined basis. (No. of respondents:

50; hours per response: 9 hours; total

annual burden: 350 hours). d.

Requirement that price cap LECs file

their Tariff Review Plans (TRPs) prior to

filing their annual access tariffs: Under

existing Commission rules, LECs are

required to submit revisions to their

annual access tariffs on 90 days’ notice

to be effective on July 1. Because these

revisions are eligible for streamlined

treatment, we will require carriers

subject to price cap regulation to file a

TRP prior to the filing of the annual

access tariff revisions absent any

information on the carriers’ rates

proposed rates, and to make it available

to the public. Early filing of the TRPs