Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 37 / Tuesday, February 25, 1997 / Notices 8445

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. 97–4603 Filed 2–24–97; 8:45 am]

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[Docket No. CP96–610–000]

Granite State Gas Transmission, Inc.;

Notice of Public Meetings on the

Alternative Sites Supplement to the

Draft Environmental Impact Statement

for the Granite State LNG Project

February 19, 1997.

The Office of Pipeline Regulation

environmental staff will conduct public

meetings on the Alternative Sites

Supplement to the Draft Environmental

Impact Statement (Supplement). This

Supplement focuses solely on an

expanded alternative siting analysis for

the liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities

proposed in Wells, Maine by Granite

State Gas Transmission, Inc.

Public meetings to receive comments

on the Supplement will be held at the

following times and locations:

March 10, 1997, 6:00 p.m.—WellsOgunquit High School Auditorium

March 11, 1997, 6:00 p.m.—South

Berwick Town Hall

Interested groups and individuals are

encouraged to attend and present oral

comments on the alternative sites

described in the Supplement. Anyone

who would like to speak may sign up on

a speakers list at the meetings.

Transcripts will be made of each of the

meetings. For further information, call

Paul McKee in the Commission’s Office

of External Affairs at (202) 208–1088.

Warren C. Edmunds,

Acting Director, Office of Pipeline Regulation.

[FR Doc. 97–4544 Filed 2–24–97; 8:45 am]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5694–1]

Agency Information Collection:

Proposed and Continuing Collection;

Comment Request; Combined Sewer

Overflow Information Collection

Activities Being Proposed and

Continued (OMB Control Number

2040–0170)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.), this notice announces that

EPA plans to submit the following

continued Information Collection

Request (ICR) to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB):

Combined Sewer Overflow Information

Collection Activities (OMB Control

Number 2040–0170, EPA ICR number

1680.02, current expiration date 4/30/

97). Before submitting the ICR to OMB

for review and approval, EPA is

soliciting comments on specific aspects

of the amended information collection

as described below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before April 28, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Environmental Protection

Agency, Office of Wastewater

Management (Mail Code 4203), 401 M

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

Interested persons may obtain a copy of

the ICR amendment and supporting

analysis without charge by contacting

the individual listed below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Timothy Dwyer, EPA Office of

Wastewater Management (Mail Code

4203), 401 M Street S.W., Washington,

D.C. 20460. Telephone: (202) 260–6064.

Fax: (202) 260–1460.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Affected entities: Entities affected by

this action are municipalities with

combined sewer systems, which are

covered by EPA’s Combined Sewer

Overflow (CSO) Control Policy.

Title: ICR for the Combined Sewer

Overflow Control Policy (OMB Control

Number 2040–0170; EPA ICR Number

1680.02) expiring on April 30, 1997.

Abstract: EPA is proposing to

continue its ICR for the Combined

Sewer Overflow (CSO) Control Policy

that was approved in April 1994 and to

amend that ICR to include the burden

associated with third-party notification

provisions under the Policy. That

amendment was proposed in the

Federal Register on January 31, 1996

(61 FR 3396) and was prepared to reflect

changes to ICR requirements identified

in the Paperwork Reduction Act of

1995. Specifically, it addresses the

expanded scope of the Act in redefining

‘‘collection of information’’ to include

‘‘disclosure to third parties or the

public.’’ Information collection burden

other than third-party notification is

reflected in the existing ICR for the CSO

Control Policy. This ICR will also

include the estimated burden for the

reporting and recordkeeping associated

with monitoring CSOs during wet

weather events. This monitoring is

necessary to determine the effectiveness

of selected CSO control measures to

comply with CWA requirements and to

achieve compliance with applicable

State water quality standards.

Combined sewer systems (CSSs) serve

approximately 950 municipalities,

primarily in the Northeast and Great

Lakes regions. This number is smaller

than that in the initial ICR largely

because the Agency has better data on

the number of municipalities with

combined sewer systems nationwide.

CSOs occur when these systems

overflow and discharge to receiving

waters prior to treatment in a publicly

owned treatment works (POTW).

The CSO Control Policy, published on

April 19, 1994 (59 FR 18688), is a

national framework for controlling CSOs

through the National Pollutant

Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)

permitting program. The Policy

represents a comprehensive national

strategy to ensure that municipalities

with CSSs, NPDES permitting

authorities, water quality standards

authorities, and the public engage in a

comprehensive and coordinated

planning effort to achieve cost-effective

CSO controls that ultimately meet

appropriate health and environmental

objectives, including compliance with

water quality standards.

Among the provisions in the CSO

Policy are the ‘‘nine minimum controls’’

(NMC), which are technology-based

actions or measures designed to reduce

the magnitude, frequency, and duration

of CSOs and their effects on receiving

water quality. The CSO Control Policy

provided for implementation of the

NMC by January 1, 1997.

One of the NMC is public notification

of CSO occurrences and impacts. Public

notification is of particular concern at

beach and recreation areas directly or

indirectly affected by CSOs, where

public exposure is likely to be

significant. Although the information

collection burden associated with

implementing and documenting the

NMC is included in the ICR for the CSO

Control Policy, that ICR does not

include any burden associated with

third-party notification. That burden is

included in this renewal.

The CSO Control Policy also contains

a provision for the development of longterm control plans. The policy

recommends that permit writers require

permittees to develop a long-term plan

within two years of the issuance of an

NPDES permit or other enforceable

mechanism containing such a

requirement. The core of the plan is the

development and evaluation of longterm control alternatives. One of the

elements of the long-term plan is the

development of a post-construction