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Lake County, California. The

Commission previously certified the

facility as a 80 MW small power

production Electric Company.

According to the applicant, the

recertification is requested to report a

change in the ownership of the facility.

Comment date: February 28, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

Standard Paragraph

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.

[FR Doc. 97–3591 Filed 2–12–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5689–1]

Agency Information Collection

Activities Under OMB Review;

Standards of Performance for New

Stationary Sources NSPS Subpart

KK—Lead Acid Battery Manufacturing

Plants

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

the Information Collection Request (ICR)

for NSPS Subpart KK, lead acid battery

manufacturing plants, described below

has been forwarded to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

review and comment. 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 March 17, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY

CALL: Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260–

2740, and refer to EPA ICR No. 1072.05.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: NSPS Subpart KK—Lead Acid

Battery Manufacturing Plants (OMB

Control No. 2060.0081; EPA ICR No.

1072.05). This is a request for an

extension of a currently approved

collection.

Abstract: Lead acid battery

manufacturing plants emit lead

particulates in quantities that, in the

Administrator’s judgment cause or

contribute to air pollution that may

endanger public health or welfare.

Consequently, New Source Performance

Standards to limit particulate emissions

were promulgated for this source

category. The recordkeeping and

reporting requirements associated with

this rule enable the Agency to: identify

sources subject to the standard; ensure

initial compliance with the emission

limits; and verify continuous

compliance. Responses to this collection

of information are mandatory under the

authority of Section 114(a) of the Clean

Air Act. The required information

consists of emissions data and other

information that have been determined

not to be private. However, any

information submitted to the Agency for

which a claim of confidentiality is made

will be safeguarded according to the

Agency policies set forth in Title 40,

Chapter 1, Part 2, Subpart B—

Confidentiality of Business Information

(see 40 CFR 2; 41 FR 36902, September

1, 1976; amended by 43 FR 40000,

September 8, 1978; 43 FR 42251,

September 20, 1978; 44 FR 17674,

March 23, 1979).

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 Notice

required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d),

soliciting comments on this collection

of information was published on August

30, 1996 (61 FR 45959).

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and recordkeeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 1.5 hours per

response. 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. Under this

standard, reporting requirements apply

only to new sources. Since no new

facilities are expected to commence

operation over the next three years,

there is no anticipated reporting burden

to this industry. Recordkeeping is

limited to start-up, shutdown and

malfunction events.

Respondents/Affected Entities:

Owners or Operators of Lead Acid

Battery Mfg Plants.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

82.

Frequency of Response: 1 year.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

123 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Cost

Burden: $4,310.

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. 1072.05 and

OMB Control No. 2060–0081 in any

correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, OPPE Regulatory

Information Division (2137), 401 M

Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460;

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: February 10, 1997.

Joseph Retzer,

Director, Regulatory Information Division.

[FR Doc. 97–3647 Filed 2–12–97; 8:45 am]

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[OPPTS–00209; FRL–5588–7]

Forum on State and Tribal Toxics

Action (FOSTTA) Projects; Open

Meetings

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The four projects of the

Forum on State and Tribal Toxics

Action (FOSTTA) will hold meetings
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open to the public at the time and place

listed below in this notice. The public

is encouraged to attend the proceedings

as observers. However, in the interest of

time and efficiency, the meeting is

structured to provide maximum

opportunity for state, tribal, and EPA

invited participants to discuss items on

the predetermined agenda. At the

discretion of the chair of the project, an

effort will be made to accommodate

participation by observers attending the

proceedings.

DATES: The four projects will meet

March 3, 1997, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.,

with a plenary session on Endocrine

Disruptors from 8 a.m. to 9 a.m., and on

March 4, 1997, from 8 a.m. to noon.

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at

The Holiday Inn, 480 King St.,

Alexandria, VA, in Old Town.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Darlene Harrod, Designated Federal

Official (DFO), Office of Pollution

Prevention and Toxics (7408),

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460,

Telephone: (202) 260–6904, e-mail:

harrod.darlene@epamail.epa.gov. Any

observer wishing to speak should advise

the DFO at the telephone number or email address listed above no later than

4 p.m. on February 27, 1997.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: FOSTTA,

a group of state and tribal toxics

environmental managers, is intended to

foster the exchange of toxics-related

program and enforcement information

among the states/tribes and between the

states/tribes and EPA’s Office of

Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic

Substances (OPPTS) and Office of

Enforcement and Compliance Assurance

(OECA). FOSTTA currently consists of

the Coordinating Committee and four

issue-specific projects. The projects are

the: (1) Toxics Release Inventory

Project; Pollution Prevention Project; (3)

Chemical Management Project; and (4)

Lead (Pb) Project.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection.

Dated: February 5, 1997.

Susan B. Hazen,

Director, Environmental Assistance Division,

Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics.

[FR Doc. 97–3514 Filed 2–12–97; 8:45 am]

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[FRL–5687–5]

Notice of Open Meeting: State

Voluntary Cleanup Program

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of open meeting.

SUMMARY: The Agency will solicit input

from a broad array of stakeholders on

the key principles for adequate state

voluntary cleanup programs. These

principles will be used in the

development of a draft state voluntary

cleanup program guidance which will

be issued for public comment.

Approximately 25 stakeholders have

been invited by EPA to give oral

testimony at the meeting. The

stakeholders include the State and local

governments, industry, citizens,

environmental and health organizations

and members of the National

Environmental Justice Advisory

Committee (NEJAC). Additional

information about this meeting will be

made available on our World Wide Web

home page at the following address:

http://es.inel.gov/oeca/osre.html.

DATES: The meeting will take place on

Thursday, February 27, 1997, at the

Ritz-Carlton Hotel, 2100 Massachusetts

Ave. N.W., Washington, DC 20008. It

will begin at 9 a.m and end at 4:30 p.m.

An agenda will be distributed at the

meeting.

PUBLIC PARTICIPATION: The meeting will

be open to the public and, as needed,

one hour at the end of the day will be

set aside for oral comments or

questions. Approximately seventy-five

seats will be available for the public

including five seats reserved for the

media. Seats will be available on a firstcome first-served basis.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Bruce Pumphrey, Office of Enforcement

and Compliance Assurance, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

M St. S.W., 2273–A, Washington, DC

20460, Telephone: 202–564–5106, Email: Pumphrey.bruce

@epamail.epa.gov.

Dated: February 6, 1997.

Barry N. Breen,

Director, Office of Site Remediation

Enforcement.

[FR Doc. 97–3521 Filed 2–12–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

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Notice of Receipt of Request for

Amendments to Delete the use of

Flowable Carbofuran on Grapes and

Strawberries

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In accordance with section

6(f)(1) of the Federal Insecticide,

Fungicide and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA),

as amended, EPA is issuing a notice of

receipt of request for amendment by

FMC Corporation, the sole US registrant,

to delete the use of the pesticide

flowable carbofuran on grapes and

strawberries.

DATES: Unless the request is withdrawn,

the Agency will approve these use

deletions and the deletions will become

effective on May 14, 1997. FMC has

waived the 180 days allowed under the

Food Quality Protection Act of 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: Niloufar Nazmi-Glosson, Office of

Pesticide Programs (7508W),

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460.

Office location for commercial courier

delivery, telephone number, and e-mail:

Room 3–W43, Crystal Station #1, 2800

Crystal Drive, Arlington, VA, (703) 308–

8028; e-mail: nazmiglosson.niloufar@epamail.epa.gov

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Introduction

Section 6(f)(1) of FIFRA, provides that

a registrant of a pesticide product may

at any time request that any of its

pesticide registrations be amended to

delete one or more uses. The Act further

provides that, before acting on the

request, EPA must publish a notice of

receipt of any such request in the

Federal Register. Thereafter, the

Administrator may approve such a

request.

II. Background

In August of 1995, EPA advised FMC

Corporation of its concern for the acute

avian risk posed by the use of flowable

carbofuran. The Agency’s concern was

based on field reports and laboratory

evidence of bird kills due to carbofuran

use and misuse. In response to the

Agency’s concern, FMC Corporation has

agreed to implement a number of

measures intended to reduce the risk of

flowable carbofuran to birds. Among

these measures is the voluntary

cancellation of flowable carbofuran use

on grapes and strawberries.

III. Intent to Delete Uses

This notice announces receipt by the

Agency of an application from FMC

Corporation, to delete uses under

section 3 or 24(c) of FIFRA. FMC

submitted applications to amend its

granular carbofuran registrations on

June 15, 1996. These registrations are

listed by registration number (or

company number and 24(c) number) in

the following Table 1.