64828 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 236 / Tuesday, December 9, 1997 / Notices

Comment date: December 16, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

25. Central Power and Light Company,

West Texas Utilities Company, Public

Service Company of Oklahoma,

Southwestern Electric Power Co.

[Docket No. ER98–636–000]

Take notice that on November 12,

1997, Central Power and Light Company

(CPL), West Texas Utilities Company

(WTU), Public Service Company of

Oklahoma (PSO) and Southwestern

Electric Power Company (SWEPCO)

(collectively, the CSW Operating

Companies), submitted for filing service

agreements under which the CSW

Operating Companies will provide

transmission and ancillary services in

accordance with the CSW Operating

Companies’ open access transmission

service tariff.

The CSW Operating Companies state

that the filing has been served on the

affected customers and on the Public

Utility Commission of Texas.

Comment date: December 16, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

26. Louisville Gas and Electric

Company

[Docket No. ER98–637–000]

Take notice that on November 12,

1997, Louisville Gas and Electric

Company, tendered for filing copies of

a service agreement between Louisville

Gas and Electric Company and CMS

Marketing, Services and Trading, Inc.,

under Rate GSS.

Comment date: December 16, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

27. PECO Energy Company

[Docket No. ER98–638–000]

Take notice that on November 12,

1997, PECO Energy Company (PECO),

filed a Service Agreement dated October

29, 1997, with Cinergy Resources, Inc.

(CRI), under PECO’s FERC Electric

Tariff Original Volume No. 1 (Tariff).

The Service Agreement adds CRI as a

customer under the Tariff.

PECO requests an effective date of

October 29, 1997, for the Service

Agreement.

PECO states that copies of this filing

have been supplied to CRI and to the

Pennsylvania Public Utility

Commission.

Comment date: December 16, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

28. Tampa Electric Company

[Docket No. ER98–639–000]

Take notice that on November 13,

1997, Tampa Electric Company (Tampa

Electric), tendered for filing service

agreements with Auburndale Power

Partners, Limited Partnership

(Auburndale) for firm and non-firm

point-to-point transmission service

under Tampa Electric’s open access

transmission tariff.

Tampa Electric proposes an effective

date of October 17, 1997, for the service

agreements, and therefore requests

waiver of the Commission’s notice

requirement.

Copies of the filing have been served

on Auburndale and the Florida Public

Service Commission.

Comment date: December 16, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

29. PECO Energy Company

[Docket No. ER98–640–000]

Take notice that on November 13,

1997, PECO Energy Company (PECO),

filed an executed Transmission Agency

Agreement between PECO and CNG

Retail Services Corp. (hereinafter

Supplier). The terms and conditions

contained within this Agreement are

identical to the terms and conditions

contained with the Form of

Transmission Agency Agreement

submitted to the Commission on

October 3, 1997, as part of the joint

filing by the Pennsylvania Public Utility

Commission and the Pennsylvania PJM

Utilities at Docket No. ER98–64–000.

This filing merely submits an individual

executed copy of the Transmission

Agency Agreement between PECO and

an alternative supplier participating in

PECO’s Retail Access Pilot Program.

Copies of the filing were served on the

Supplier and the Pennsylvania Public

Utility Commission.

Comment date: December 21, 1997, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

Standard Paragraph

E. 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.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–32173 Filed 12–8–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5933–1]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request; Retrofit /Rebuild

Requirements for 1993 and Earlier

Model Year Urban Buses

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):

Retrofit /Rebuild Requirements for 1993

and Earlier Model Year Urban Buses,

EPA ICR Number 1702, OMB Control

Number 2060–0302, expiration date:

01–31–98. 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 9, 1998.

ADDRESSES: U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M St. SW,

Washington, D.C. 20460. Attn: Engine

Programs & Compliance Division,

Retrofit/Rebuild Program 6403J.

Interested persons may obtain a copy of

the ICR without charge upon request in

writing or by telephone or E-mail at the

appropriate number below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Anthony Erb, Telephone Number: (202)

564–9259, Facsimile Number: (202)

565–2057, E–MAIL Number:

Erb.Anthony@epamail.EPA.GOV.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Affected entities: Entities potentially

affected by this action are those which

operate urban bus fleets in regulated

areas and equipment manufacturers

who manufacture retrofit/rebuild

components for certification.

Title: Retrofit/Rebuild Requirements

for 1993 and Earlier Model Year Urban

Buses (OMB Control No. 2060–0302;
Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 236 / Tuesday, December 9, 1997 / Notices 64829

EPA ICR No. 1702.) expiring 01/31/98.

Abstract: Section 219(d) of the Clean Air

Act, as amended in 1990, requires that

the EPA promulgate regulations for

urban buses that: (a) Operate in

Metropolitan Statistical Areas (MSA) or

consolidated MSA’s with a 1980

population of 750,000 or more (the

program could be expanded in the

future to MSA’s of less than 750,000,

under section 219(c) of the CAA); (b) are

not subject to the 1994 or later urban

bus standards; and (c) have their

engines replaced or rebuilt after January

1, 1995.

The CAA Amendments require the

subject urban buses be retrofitted to

comply with an emission standard that

reflects the best retrofit technology and

maintenance practices reasonably

achievable. Under these provisions, EPA

set new requirements for pre-1994

model year urban buses effective

January 1, 1995, when urban bus

engines are rebuilt or replaced. The

program requires that the particulate

emissions level of the urban bus engines

be reduced to a level below the engines’

original particulate level through the

use of retrofit/rebuild equipment that is

certified by EPA. The program will

phase itself out as pre-1994 urban buses

are retired from fleets.

The original ICR for the urban bus

retrofit/rebuild program was approved

by OMB on 07/22/94 for use through 07/

31/97 and later approved for extension

until 01/31/97. Candidate equipment is

approved under an EPA certification

program and if it meets cost guidelines

is required to be used. If no equipment

is certified for a particular engine the

operator is required to restore the

equipment to its original or updated

configuration based on the currently

available rebuild kits on the market. As

of July 1997, seven parties have certified

ten separate equipment kits under the

program over a two year period. It is

estimated that 5 equipment certifiers

will certify equipment during a given

year at an hourly expenditure of an

average of 170 hours per certification

application including testing,

application reporting and follow-up on

issues. In addition, each certifier is

expected to spend approximately 40

hours per year on record keeping. EPA

will conduct 1 audit each year of a

certifier of equipment to review

production records and manufacturing

operations to ensure kits are built and

shipped as specified in the certification

notification. The burden associated with

each certifier audit is estimated to be 24

hours for the certifier to accompany

EPA staff, pull records and review

associated paperwork.

This regulation effects approximately

150 bus operators who operate fleets of

urban buses in areas that are affected. It

is estimated that each operator will

spend 10 hours per year reviewing

regulatory requirements. EPA will

request that up to 50 of these operators

submit information on their fleet each

year to demonstrate compliance with

program requirements. It is estimated

that each operator will require 8 hours

to summarize the requested information

for submittal. No burden hours are

associated with the record keeping of

this information as it is expected that

the required records will be kept by

operators during the normal course of

business. EPA will also conduct up to

12 audits of urban bus operator fleets to

ensure compliance with the regulations.

These on-site audits involve travel by

EPA staff to the site, a review of fleet

records and physical inspection of the

buses. The burden associated with the

audits is expected to be 40 hours for

each operator audited. This includes 12

hours preparing records, 20 hours

accompanying EPA auditors during the

audit and 8 hours to follow-up on

issues. The hourly cost associated with

the above requirements is estimated to

average $64.13 for each of the above

burden areas.

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

the annual reporting burden for this

request will amount to 6,173 hours. It is

estimated that average annual reporting

burden for affected parties will amount

to 29 hours per response, the proposed

frequency of response is annual, and it

is estimated that there will be 163

respondents with an average of 1.3

responses each per year . The cost

burden to respondents or record keepers

resulting from collection of this

information is estimated to be $366,000

per year.

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.

Dated: November 28, 1997.

Richard D. Wilson,

Acting Assistant Administrator for Air and

Radiation.

[FR Doc. 97–32187 Filed 12–8–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPPTS–140264; FRL–5757–8]

Access to Confidential Business

Information by U.S. Consumer Product

Safety Commission

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: EPA has authorized the U.S.

Consumer Product Safety Commission

(CPSC), 4340 East West Highway, Room

600–20, Bethesda, Maryland, access to

information which has been submitted

to EPA under all sections of the Toxic

Substances Control Act (TSCA). Some of

the information may be claimed or

determined to be confidential business

information (CBI).

DATES: Access to the confidential data

submitted to EPA will occur no sooner

than December 23, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Susan Hazen, Director, Environmental

Assistance Division (7408), Office of

Pollution Prevention and Toxics,

Environmental Protection Agency, Rm.