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or electronically mailed to

drabkowski.ed@epa.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Persons requesting additional

information or a complete draft of the

document should contact Ed

Drabkowski at (202) 260–7009;

drabkowski.ed@epa.gov; or the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency

(4503–F), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,

NW., Washington, DC 20460. The

complete text of the draft guidance is

also available on EPA’s Internet site on

the Nonpoint Source Control Branch

homepage <http://www.epa.gov/owow/

nps/new.html>.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

In recent years, state, territory, and

tribal water quality assessments have

identified nonpoint source (NPS)

pollution as the most significant cause

of degradation in surveyed waters

nationwide. In 1987, Congress enacted

section 319 of the Clean Water Act to

establish a national program to control

nonpoint sources of water pollution.

Under section 319, states, territories,

and tribes address NPS pollution by

assessing the NPS pollution problems

within the state, territory, or tribal

lands, identifying the sources of

pollution, and implementing

management programs to control the

NPS pollution. Section 319 also

authorizes EPA to award grants to states

and tribes to assist them in

implementing management programs

which have been approved by EPA.

Program implementation includes nonregulatory and regulatory programs,

technical assistance, financial

assistance, education, training,

technology transfer, and demonstration

projects. In fiscal year 2000, Congress

appropriated and EPA awarded $200

million dollars for nonpoint source

management program grants. EPA has

awarded a total of $1 billion under

section 319 to states, territories, and

Indian tribes since 1990.

In 1993, under the authority of section

6217(g) of the Coastal Zone Act

Reauthorization Amendments, EPA

issued Guidance Specifying

Management Measures for Sources of

Nonpoint Pollution in Coastal Waters

(EPA840–B–92–002). That guidance

document details management measures

appropriate for the control of five

sources of nonpoint pollution in the

coastal zone: agriculture, forestry, urban

areas, marinas and recreational boating,

and hydromodification. The document

also includes management measures for

wetlands, riparian areas, and vegetated

treatment systems, as they are important

to the abatement of nonpoint source

pollution in coastal waters. State and

territory Coastal Nonpoint Pollution

Control Programs were required to

adopt measures ‘‘in conformity’’ with

the coastal management measures

guidance.

The 1993 management measures

guidance focused on conditions and

examples of management measure

implementation for the coastal zone. To

date, technical guidance on the best

available, economically achievable

measures for controlling nonpoint

sources with a national scope has not

been released. The draft national

management measures guidance is

intended to address this gap. While the

practices detailed in the 1993 guidance

generally apply to inland waters, EPA

has recognized the utility of developing

and publishing a technical guidance

document that explicitly addresses

nonpoint source pollution on a

nationwide basis. Moreover, additional

data and examples from inland marinas

and recreational boating facilities are

available to enrich the national

guidance. These additional data have

helped to prompt the revision and

expansion of the marinas and

recreational boating chapter of the 1993

guidance.

II. Scope of the Draft Guidance—

Sources of Marinas and Recreational

Boating Nonpoint Pollution Addressed

The draft technical guidance

continues to focus on the most

significant potential sources of pollution

from marinas and recreational boating

which were originally identified in the

1993 coastal guidance by EPA in

consultation with a number of other

federal agencies and leading national

experts, including several experts from

national marina associations and state

Sea Grant Universities. Specifically, the

guidance provides management

measures for the following:

1. Marina flushing;

2. Water quality assessment;

3. Habitat assessment;

4. Shoreline stabilization;

5. Storm water runoff;

6. Fueling station design;

7. Petroleum control;

8. Liquid material management;

9. Solid waste management;

10. Fish waste management;

11. Sewage facility management

12. Maintenance of sewage facilities;

13. Boat cleaning;

14. Boat operation; and

15. Public education.

III. Approach Used to Develop

Guidance

The draft national management

measures guidance is based in large part

on the 1993 coastal guidance. The 1993

coastal guidance was developed using a

workgroup approach to draw upon

technical expertise within other federal

agencies as well as state water quality

and coastal zone management agencies.

The 1993 text has been expanded to

include more information on marinas

and recreational boating management

practices, including boat launching

ramps. The draft guidance also

incorporates examples and data from

inland marinas in addition to improving

the coverage of unique coastal

environments. The document expands

the information on operations and the

costs of management measures at

marina facilities.

None of the management measures

from the 1993 document has been

altered in substance. However, some

editing was done on the management

measure for shoreline stabilization and

the order of some measures were

rearranged.

IV. Request for Comments

EPA is soliciting comments on the

draft guidance on management

measures to control sources of nonpoint

pollution at marinas and recreational

boating facilities. The Agency is

soliciting additional information and

supporting data on the measures

specified in this guidance and on

additional measures that may be as

effective or more effective in controlling

nonpoint source pollution at marinas

and recreational boating facilities.

Dated: November 22, 2000.

J. Charles Fox,

Assistant Administrator, Office of Water.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6911–5]

Notice of Request for Comments on

State, Regulated Community, and

Small Business Cost Resulting From

the TMDL Program

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice for solicitation of

comments.

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) is soliciting comments on

State resources required for

development and implementation of

Total Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs),

estimated annual costs to the regulated

community, and estimated costs to

small businesses resulting from

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regulatory changes to the TMDL

program. Under the Clean Water Act

(CWA), States establish water quality

standards for water bodies. The CWA

provides a range of mechanisms to

support the attainment and maintenance

of these standards (e.g. discharge

permits, financial assistance, etc.). A

TMDL is a mechanism for determining

a cost-effective combination of steps

that will result in a polluted water body

being restored and attaining water

quality standards. Congressional

Committee Reports accompanying

EPA’s appropriation for fiscal year 2001

direct EPA to conduct a comprehensive

assessment of State and regulated

community costs related to TMDLs, to

solicit comments from the States and

general public on these costs, and to

present the results of the study to

Congress within 120 days of the signing

of the appropriation bill. The

information submitted in response to

this notice will be used by EPA in the

development of the report that EPA

must send to the Congress.

DATES: EPA will consider all comments

received on or before 11:59 p.m.(Eastern

time) January 3, 2001. Comments

received after this time may be reviewed

at EPA’s discretion.

ADDRESSES: Please send electronic mail

to ow-docket@epa.gov. Please send

mailed comments to: W–00–31

Comment Clerk, Water Docket (MC

4101); U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency; 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,

NW; Washington, DC 20460. Overnight

delivery or hand delivery should be

delivered to EPA’s Water Docket at 401

M Street, SW; Room EB57; Washington,

DC, 20460. Please see SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION for other information about

comments.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael Haire by phone at (202) 260–

2734 or e-mail at

Haire.Michael@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

What Does the Appropriation Bill

Require?

On October 27, 2000, the President

signed EPA’s appropriation bill for

fiscal year 2001. The Committee Reports

for that bill require EPA to conduct

three assessments related to TMDLs, one

of which pertains to costs to States and

the regulated community. The

Conference Committee Report, House

Report 106–988 (H.R. 4635), states:

. . . Further, EPA is directed to conduct a

comprehensive assessment of the potential

State resources which will be required for the

development and implementation of TMDLs

and present the results of the study to

Congress within 120 days of enactment of

this Act. In conducting this cost assessment,

EPA must, in addition to direction included

in Senate Report 106–410, provide an

estimate of the annual costs to the regulated

community in both the private and public

sectors; address concerns regarding the

economic analysis performed by the

Administrator on regulatory changes to the

TMDL program that were identified by the

Comptroller General in a June 21, 2000,

report; and estimate the costs to small

businesses that would result from regulatory

changes to the TMDL program. In conducting

these analyses, the Administrator shall solicit

comment from the Comptroller General, each

State, and the public regarding the Agency’s

assessment.

The Senate Committee Report, Senate

Report 106–410, states:

TMDLs Cost Assessment.—To obtain better

cost information, the Committee directs EPA

to conduct a comprehensive assessment of

the potential State resources which will be

required for the development and

implementation of TMDLs and present the

results of this study to Congress within 120

days of enactment of this Act. At a minimum,

the report should (1) identify any expected

increase in State personnel needed to

develop and implement 40,000 TMDLs; (2)

specify additional data collection activities to

make listing decisions; (3) identify the cost

of conducting the needed studies to collect

high quality data on the current loads from

sources (point and nonpoint sources) of a

pollutant on 303(d) listed waters slated for

TMDL development; and (4) provide an

estimate of the annual costs to the private

sector due to TMDL implementation and

related costs.

What Is the Purpose of This Notice?

As required by the Congress, EPA is

in the process of developing the

assessment of State costs in developing

and implementing TMDLs, regulated

community costs resulting from TMDLs,

and costs to small businesses that will

result from the July 2000 regulatory

changes to the TMDL program. (See 65

FR 43585–43670, July 13, 2000, which

is available at http://www.epa.gov/

owow/tmdl/july2000.html.) EPA will

also address the concerns expressed by

the Comptroller General on EPA’s costs

assessment for the July 2000 rule. The

Comptroller General’s comments can be

found on the Internet at http://

www.gao.gov/cgi-bin/getrpt?GAO/

RCED–00–206R.

EPA solicits information on the topics

(above) that EPA is addressing. In

particular, EPA is looking for comments

and information on:

• the costs to States and Territories for

developing and implementing TMDLs;

including any savings that may be associated

with use of a TMDL to achieve the water

quality goals of the CWA, as opposed to other

provisions of the Act, and the potential need

for additional information to assess current

loads. You may want to view EPA’s

assessment model for State costs under the

current TMDL program at http://

www.asiwpca.org/policy/index.htm#WQ;

• the costs to the regulated community in

both the private and public sectors for

complying with TMDLs, including any

savings that may result from more costeffective pollution control approaches

developed through the TMDL process (e.g.

use of more cost-effective control

mechanisms, coordination of program

requirements and time lines for a water body,

and integration of pollution control planning

for multiple water bodies with common

pollution problems);

• the costs to small businesses that would

result from the July 2000 regulatory changes

to the TMDL program. You may want to

review EPA’s assessment of the potential

affect of this rule on small businesses. (See

65 FR 43654–43656, July 13, 2000, which is

available at http://www.epa.gov/owow/tmdl/

july2000.html);

• the concerns expressed by the

Comptroller General on EPA’s costs

assessment for the July 2000 rule. You may

want to review EPA’s assessment of these

costs in EPA’s docket W–98–31 located at the

Water Docket, Room EB57, 401 M Street, SW,

Washington, DC; and

• any additional data collection efforts you

believe are required by the July 2000

regulation to make listing decisions.

Due to the need to conduct and

submit the assessments within 120 days,

and the requirement to solicit

comments, EPA has decided to request

comments early in the process of

developing the assessments. EPA

believes, given the short time allowed to

submit the report and the significant

information now available, that this

process provides an opportunity for the

public to submit information that EPA

will consider in the drafting of the

report, and thus will lead to a better

report.

How Can You Submit Comments?

You may submit comments by mail, email, or delivered by hand to the

addresses shown in the ADDRESS section

of this notice. EPA will not accept

facsimiles (faxes). If you mail or hand

deliver comments, please send an

original and three copies of your

comments and enclosures (including

references). If you want receipt of your

comments acknowledged, you must

include a self-addressed, stamped

envelope.

You may also submit your comments

by sending an e-mail to owdocket@epa.gov or by disk. If you do,

you must submit electronic comments

as an ASCII file, or a WordPerfect 5.1,

WordPerfect 6.1, or WordPerfect 8 file

avoiding the use of special characters

and any form on encryption, and

identify these comments by the docket

number ‘‘W–00–31’’ on the subject line.

You may file electronic comments on

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this notice at many Federal Depository

Libraries. You should not send

confidential business information by email.

The information received in response

to this notice will be filed under docket

number W–00–31, and includes

referenced documents as well as

printed, paper versions of electronic

comments. The record is available for

inspection from 9 to 4 p.m., Monday

through Friday, excluding legal holidays

at the Water Docket, EB57, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency

Headquarters, 401 M., Washington, DC.

For access to docket materials, please

call (202) 260–3027 to schedule an

appointment.

Dated: November 28, 2000.

Robert H. Wayland III,

Director, Office of Wetlands, Oceans, and

Watersheds.

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

Notice of Public Information

Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the

Federal Communications Commission,

Comments Requested.

November 20, 2000.

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications

Commission, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork burden

invites the general public and other

Federal agencies to take this

opportunity to comment on the

following information collection, as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13. An

agency may not conduct or sponsor a

collection of information unless it

displays a currently valid control

number. No person shall be subject to

any penalty for failing to comply with

a collection of information subject to the

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that

does not display a valid control number.

Comments are requested concerning (a)

whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

Commission, including whether the

information shall have practical utility;

(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s

burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance

the quality, utility, and clarity of the

information collected; and (d) ways to

minimize the burden of the collection of

information on the respondents,

including the use of automated

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology.

DATES: Written comments should be

submitted on or before January 3, 2001.

If you anticipate that you will be

submitting comments, but find it

difficult to do so within the period of

time allowed by this notice, you should

advise the contact listed below as soon

as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to Les

Smith, Federal Communications

Commissions, 445 12th Street, S.W.,

Room 1–A804, Washington, DC 20554

or via the Internet to lesmith@fcc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

additional information or copies of the

information collections contact Les

Smith at (202) 418–0217 or via the

Internet at lesmith@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Approval No.: 3060–0032.

Title: Application for Consent to

Transfer Control of Entity Holding

Broadcast Station License Construction

Permit or License.

Form No.: FCC 315.

Type of Review: Revision of currently

approved collection.

Respondents: Businesses or other forprofit, not-for-profit institutions.

Number of Respondents: 1,591.

Estimated Hours Per Response: 12–48

hours (the burden hour time and

contracting time varies depending on

the type of application filed).

Frequency of Response: on occasion.

Cost to Respondents: $12,236,878.

Estimated Total Annual Burden:

2,546.

Needs and Uses: FCC Form 315 and

applicable exhibits/explanations are

required to be filed when applying for

transfer of control of a corporation

holding an AM, FM or TV broadcast

station construction permit or license.

In addition, the applicant must notify

the Commission when an approved

transfer of control of a broadcast station

construction permit or license has been

consummated.

This collection also includes the third

party disclosure requirement of Section

73.3580. This section requires local

public notice in a newspaper of general

circulation of the filing of all

applications for transfer of control of

license/permit. This notice must be

completed within 30 days of the

tendering of the application. This notice

must be published at least twice a week

for two consecutive weeks in a threeweek period. A copy of this notice must

be placed in the public inspection file

along with the application.

Additionally, an applicant for transfer of

control of license must broadcast the

same notice over the station at least

once daily on four days in the second

week immediately following the

tendering for filing of the application.

On April 4, 2000, the Commission

adopted a Report and Order in MM

Docket No. 95–31 in the Matter of

Reexamination of the Comparative

Standards for Noncommercial

Educational Applicants. This Report

and Order adopted new procedures to

select among competing applicants for

noncommercial educational (NCE)

broadcast channels. The new procedure

will use points to compare objective

characteristics whenever there are

competing applications for full-service

radio or television channels reserved for

NCE use. The new procedure

established a four-year holding period of

on-air operations for licenses approved

as a result of evaluation in a point

system. The FCC 315 has been revised

to reflect the new policy and to require

stations authorized under the point

system who have not operated for a

four-year period to submit with their

applications an exhibit demonstrating

compliance with Section 73.7005.

The data is used by FCC staff to

determine whether the applicants meet

basic statutory requirements to become

a Commission licensee/permittee and to

assure that the public interest would be

served by grant of the application.

OMB Approval No.: 3060–0031.

Title: Application for Consent to

Assignment of Broadcast License

Construction Permit or License.

Form No.: FCC 314.

Type of Review: Revision of currently

approved collection.

Respondents: Businesses or other forprofit, not-for-profit institutions.

Number of Respondents: 1,591.

Estimated Hours Per Response: 12–48

hours (the burden hour time and

contracting time varies depending on

the type of application filed).

Frequency of Response: on occasion.

Cost to Respondents: $12,236,878.

Estimated Total Annual Burden:

2,546.

Needs and Uses: FCC Form 314 and

applicable exhibits/explanations are

required to be filed when applying for

consent for assignment of an AM, FM or

TV broadcast station construction

permit or license, along with applicable

exhibits and explanations. In addition,

the applicant must notify the

Commission when an approved

assignment of a broadcast station

construction permit or license has been

consummated.

This collection also includes the third

party disclosure requirement of Section

73.3580. This section requires local

public notice in a newspaper of general

circulation of the filing of all

applications for assignment of license/

permit. This notice must be completed

within 30 days of the tendering of the