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cannot be completed in time to make

changes to the 2001 Biennial Report.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and recordkeeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 19.49 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.

Respondents/Affected Entities: Large

Quantity Generators and Treatment,

Storage, and Disposal Facilities.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

10,157.

Frequency of Response: Biennially.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

195,214 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Capital,

O&M Cost Burden: $26,000.

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

listed above.

Please refer to EPA ICR No. 0976.10

and OMB Control No. 2050–0024 in any

correspondence.

Dated: September 28, 2000.

Oscar Morales,

Director, Collection Strategies Division.

[FR Doc. 00–25605 Filed 10–4–00; 8:45 am]

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AGENCY

[FRL–6881–7]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request; Hazardous

Waste Specific Unit Requirements, and

Special Waste Processes and Types

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 the following Information

Collection Request (ICR) has been

forwarded to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review and

approval: Hazardous Waste Specific

Unit Requirements, and Special Waste

Processes and Types, OMB Control

Number 2050–0050, expiration date

December 31, 2000. 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 November 6, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing

EPA ICR No. 1572.05 and OMB Control

No. 2050–0050, to the following

addresses: Sandy Farmer, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Collection Strategies Division (Mail

Code 2822), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,

N.W., Washington, DC 20460; and to

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer

for EPA, 725 17th Street, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

a copy of the ICR contact Sandy Farmer

at EPA by phone at (202) 260–2740, by

email at farmer.sandy@epamail.epa.gov,

or download a copy of the ICR off the

Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr and

refer to EPA ICR No. 1572.05. For

technical questions about the ICR

contact David Eberly on 703–308–8645.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Hazardous Waste Specific Unit

Requirements, and Special Waste

Processes and Types (OMB Control No.

2050–0050; EPA ICR No. 1572.05)

expiring December 31, 2000. This is a

request for extension of a currently

approved collection.

Abstract: This ICR provides a

discussion of all of the information

collection requirements associated with

specific unit standards applicable to

owners and operators of facilities that

treat, store, or dispose of hazardous

wastes as defined by 40 CFR part 261.

It includes a detailed description of the

data items and respondent activities

associated with each requirement and

with each hazardous waste management

unit at a facility. The specific units and

processes included in this ICR are: Tank

Systems, Surface Impoundments, Waste

Piles, Land Treatment, Landfills,

Incinerators, Thermal Treatment,

Chemical/Physical, and Biological

Treatment, Miscellaneous (subpart X),

Drip Pads, Process Vents, Equipment

Leaks, Containment Buildings,

Recovery/Recycling.

With each information collection

covered in this ICR, EPA is aiding the

goal of complying with its statutory

mandate under RCRA to develop

standards for hazardous waste

treatment, storage, and disposal

facilities, to protect human health and

the environment. Without the

information collection, the agency

cannot assure that the facilities are

designed and operated properly.

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 document

required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d),

soliciting comments on this collection

of information was published on May 5,

2000 (65 FR 26196); no comments were

received.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and recordkeeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average the following

burden hours per response:

Subpart I: Containers ..................... 73

Subpart J: Tank Systems ............... 77–80

Subpart K: Surface Impoundments .......................................... 74–80

Subpart L: Waste Piles .................. 19

Subpart M: Land Treatment .......... 0

Subpart N: Landfills ...................... 39–43

Subpart O: Incinerators ................. 3–5

Subpart P: Thermal Treatment

Units ........................................... 2

Subpart Q: Chemical, Physical,

and Biological Treatment Units 6

Subpart W: Drip Pads .................... 0

Subpart X: Miscellaneous Units ... 0

Subpart AA: Process Vents ........... 422–660

Subpart BB: Equipment Leaks ...... 47–48

Subpart DD: Containment Buildings ............................................. 28–32

Part 266: Specific Hazardous

Waste Recovery/Recycling Facilities ......................................... 4

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.

Respondents/Affected Entities:

Business.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

6,341.

Frequency of Response: Occasional.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

287,069 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Capital,

Operating/ Maintenance Cost Burden:

$874,517.

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 addresses listed above.

Please refer to EPA ICR No. 1572.05 and

OMB Control No. 2050–0050 in any

correspondence.

Dated: September 28, 2000

Oscar Morales,

Director, Collection Strategies Division.

[FR Doc. 00–25606 Filed 10–4–00; 8:45 am]

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AGENCY

[FRL–6881–3]

National Drinking Water Advisory

Council; Request for Nominations

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice; request for nominations.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA) invites all

interested persons to nominate qualified

individuals to serve a three-year term as

members of the National Drinking Water

Advisory Council. This Advisory

Council was established to provide

practical and independent advice,

consultation and recommendations to

the Agency on the activities, functions

and policies related to the

implementation of the Safe Drinking

Water Act as amended. The Council

consists of fifteen members, including a

Chair. Five members represent the

general public; five members represent

appropriate state and local agencies

concerned with water hygiene and

public water supply; and five members

represent private organizations or

groups demonstrating an active interest

in the field of water hygiene and public

water supply. On December 15 of each

year, five members complete their

appointment. Therefore, this notice

solicits names to fill five vacancies, with

appointed terms ending on December

15, 2003.

Any interested person or organization

may nominate qualified individuals for

membership. Nominees should be

identified by name, occupation,

position, address and telephone

number. To be considered, all

nominations must include a current

resume providing the nominee’s

background, experience and

qualifications.

Persons selected for membership will

receive compensation for travel and a

nominal daily compensation while

attending meetings. The Council holds

two face to face meetings each year,

generally in the Spring and Fall.

Additionally, members may be asked to

serve on one of the Council’s working

groups that are formed each year to

assist the EPA in major program issue

development. These meetings are held

approximately four times a year, with

two meetings by conference call.

Nominations should be submitted to

Charlene E. Shaw, Designated Federal

Officer, National Drinking Water

Advisory Council, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Office of Ground

Water and Drinking Water (4601), 1200

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Ariel Rios

Building, Washington, DC 20460, no

later than October 30, 2000. The Agency

will not formally acknowledge or

respond to nominations. E-Mail your

questions to shaw.charlene@epa.gov or

call 202/260–2285.

Dated: September 28, 2000.

Charlene E. Shaw,

Designated Federal Officer, National Drinking

Water Advisory Council.

[FR Doc. 00–25603 Filed 10–4–00; 8:45 am]

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National Drinking Water Advisory

Council; Notice of Open Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Under section 10(a)(2) of

Public Law 92–423, ‘‘The Federal

Advisory Committee Act,’’ notice is

hereby given that a meeting of the

National Drinking Water Advisory

Council established under the Safe

Drinking Water Act, as amended (42

U.S.C. S3300f et seq.), will be held on

November 8, 2000, from 9:30 a.m. until

6:30 p.m. and November 9, 2000, from

8:30 a.m. until 12:30 p.m., at the

Marriott Residence Inn at Pentagon City,

550 Army Navy Drive, Arlington, VA.

Agenda items will include reports from

the Six Year Review and Research

Working Groups and an update on

regulations including MTBE, arsenic,

radon, the Ground Water and Long

Term 1/Filter Backwash Rules. Other

agenda items include a discussion on

the Safe Drinking Water Act gap

analysis, the Source Water Protection

Strategy and the status of drinking water

research initiatives.

The meeting is open to the public.

The Council encourages the hearing of

outside statements and will allocate one

hour for this purpose. Oral statements

will be limited to five minutes, and it is

preferred that only one person present

the statement. Any outside parties

interested in presenting an oral

statement should petition the Council

by telephone at (202) 260–2285 before

November 3, 2000.

Any person who wishes to file a

written statement can do so before or

after a Council meeting. Written

statements received prior to the meeting

will be distributed to all members of the

Council before any final discussion or

vote is completed. Any statements

received after the meeting will become

part of the permanent meeting file and

will be forwarded to the Council

members for their information.

Members of the public that would like

to attend the meeting, present an oral

statement, or submit a written

statement, should contact Ms. Charlene

Shaw, Designated Federal Officer,

National Drinking Water Advisory

Council, U.S. EPA, Office of Ground

Water and Drinking Water (4601), 401 M

Street SW., Washington, DC 20460. The

telephone number is Area Code (202)

260–2285 or E–Mail

shaw.charlene@epa.gov.

Dated: September 29, 2000.

Ephraim King,

Acting Director, Office of Ground Water and

Drinking Water.

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Rouse Steel Drum Superfund Site;

Notice of Proposed Settlement

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of proposed settlement.

SUMMARY: The United States

Environmental Protection Agency is

proposing to enter into a settlement

with the Rouse Group and the Rouse