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Elberton, Georgia 30635, (706) 213–

3800.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Jim

Woodruff Project, with 36,000 kilowatts

of installed capacity, is on the

Apalachicola River two tenths of a mile

below the confluence of the

Chattahoochee and Flint Rivers and

approximately on the Georgia-Florida

border. The project is a run-of-the-river

project subject to reduced generation

during periods of high or low

streamflow conditions. Southeastern

executed a contract with Florida Power

Corporation (Florida Power) on July 19,

1957 that provided for, among other

things, transmission of project power to

the preference customers, support

capacity and energy necessary to insure

the dependability of the project

capacity, and project integration.

Capacity and energy from the project are

sold to two municipal and four electric

cooperative preference customers in the

panhandle of Florida. Excess energy is

sold to Florida Power. The proposed

policy establishes the marketing area for

project power and deals with the

allocation of power among or for the

benefit of area customers. The proposed

policy will also deal with utilization of

area utility systems for essential

purposes, wholesale rates, resale rates,

and energy and economic efficiency

measures.

Under Section 5 of the Flood Control

Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s),

Southeastern is responsible for the

transmission and disposition of electric

power and energy from reservoir

projects operated by the Department of

Army. Southeastern has negotiated a

contract with Florida Power under this

authority. To pay the transmission,

support capacity and firming, and

integration fees under this contract to

Florida Power Southeastern must obtain

an appropriation each year in a budget

approved by Congress and the

President. Because of budget

constraints, Southeastern has had

difficulty in obtaining these

appropriations. This difficulty has

compelled Southeastern to consider

selling the government power at the bus

bar of the project. Southeastern requests

comments on this change in its

marketing practices. Current practices

do not contemplate such a disposition

of the power from the project.

Issued in Elberton, Georgia, February 28,

1997.

Charles A. Borchardt,

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 97–6178 Filed 3–11–97; 8:45 am]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

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Agency Information Collection

Activities Under OMB Review

Standards of Performance for Electric

Arc Furnaces and Argon-Oxygen

Decarburization Vessels

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 following Information Collection

Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for review and approval: NSPS

for Electric Arc Furnaces and ArgonOxygen Decarburization Vessels,

Subparts AA and AAa, OMB Control

Number 2060–0038, expiration date 4/

30/97. 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 April 11, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY

CALL: Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260–

2740, and refer to EPA ICR No. 1060.08.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: New Source Performance

Standards (NSPS) for Electric Arc

Furnaces and Argon-Oxygen

Decarburization Vessels, Subparts AA

and AAa; OMB No. 2060–0038; Agency

ICR No. 1060.08, expiration date 4/30/

97. This is a request for extension of a

currently approved collection.

Abstract: The Administrator may

require owners and operators subject to

Section 111 of the Clean Air Act (CAA)

to comply with recordkeeping and

reporting requirements, as specified in

Section 114(a) of CAA.

In order to ensure compliance with

these standards, adequate recordkeeping

is necessary. In the absence of such

information enforcement personnel

would be unable to determine whether

the standards are being met on a

continuous basis, as required by the

Clean Air Act.

The information collected is used for

inspection purposes to determine if the

pollution control devices used by the

affected industries are properly installed

and operated and the standards are

being met. Performance test reports are

needed as these are the Agency’s

records of a source initial capability to

comply with the emission standard, and

note the operating conditions under

which compliance was achieved.

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 (FR 45960). No comments were

received.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and recordkeeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 18.70 hours.

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:

Owner/operators of Electric Arc

Furnaces & Argon-Oxygen

Decarbarization Vessels.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

65.

Frequency of Response: initial reports

and semiannual reports.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

34,082 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Cost

Burden: $536,100.

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. 1060.08 and

OMB Control No. 2060–0038 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
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Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for

EPA 725 17th Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: March 5, 1997.

Joseph Retzer,

Director, Regulatory Information Division.

[FR Doc. 97–6211 Filed 3–11–97; 8:45 am]

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National Guidance on Source Water

Protection; Notice of Public Meetings

The Environmental Protection Agency

(EPA) Regional Offices are holding

public meetings for the purpose of

information exchange on various issues

related to the development of guidance

for State source water assessment and

protection programs. Under the new

provisions of the Safe Drinking Water

Act of 1996, States are required to

delineate the sources of all public water

supplies and identify potential sources

of contamination. States may allocate up

to 10% of monies available under the

Drinking Water State Revolving Fund

(SRF) for this purpose. Additional

monies from the Drinking Water SRF

can be allocated for non-mandatory

protection programs and support for

local protection efforts.

The protection of drinking water

supplies will require the active

participation of a great number of

stakeholders who have not traditionally

been directly involved with the public

water supply program. These include

various State agencies, local

governments, other Federal agencies,

environmental advocates, public health

professionals, the agricultural

community, watershed activists,

developers and many others. EPA is

inviting all interested members of the

public to attend these meetings and

actively provide viewpoints, ideas and

suggestions to EPA on its drinking water

protection activities. EPA encourages

the public’s response to EPA’s Source

Water Assessment and Protection

Guidance draft guidance which will be

issued in final by August 1996.

We hope you can join us and share

your experience and perspectives. We

also hope that your early involvement

will support the development of strong

State assessment and protection

programs. Space will be limited so we

encourage you to pre-register by calling

the Safe Drinking Water Hotline at 1–

800–426–4791 (9:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m.,

Monday–Friday) or send an e-mail

message to Hotlinesdwa@epamail.epa.gov.

The meetings are scheduled as

follows:

EPA region Location Date

1 .................. Worcester,

MA.

May 28,

1997.

Concord, NH May 29,

1997.

2 .................. Suffern, NY .. April 29,

1997.

3 and 4 ........ Raleigh, NC .. May 28 & 29,

1997.

3 .................. Pittsburgh,

PA.

May 21 & 22,

1997.

4 .................. Atlanta, GA ... May 6 & 7,

1997.

Raleigh, NC .. May 6, 1997.

5 .................. Lansing, MI .. April 1, 1997.

Springfield, IL April 11,

1997.

St. Cloud, MN April 22,

1997.

Indianapolis,

IN.

April 28,

1997.

Fond Du Lac,

WI.

To be scheduled.

6 .................. Dallas, TX .... April 2 & 3,

1997.

7 .................. Lenexa, KS .. May 14,

1997.

8 .................. Denver, CO .. April 22 & 23,

1997.

9 .................. Las Vegas,

NV.

April 16,

1997.

Los Angeles,

CA.

May 21,

1997.

10 ................ Salem, OR ... April 30,

1997.

Anchorage,

AK.

To be scheduled.

Boise, ID ...... To be scheduled.

Lacey, WA .... May 6, 1997.

Please call the Safe Drinking Water

Hotline 1–800–426–4791 ( 9:00 a.m.–

5:30 p.m. Monday–Friday) for updated

information.

For more information about EPA’s

Source Water Protection efforts and the

Regional Stakeholder meetings please

visit the Office of Ground Water and

Drinking Water home page at http://

www.epa.gov/OGWDW/swp.html. If

you are interested in receiving a copy of

the draft guidance and/or attending one

of the meetings, please call the EPA

Drinking Water Hotline at 1–800–426–

4791 (9:00 a.m.–5:30 p.m. Monday–

Friday) or send an e-mail message to

hotline-sdwa@epamail.epa.gov.

Written comments on the guidance

are requested to be sent by June 15, 1997

to EPA’s Office of Ground Water and

Drinking Water, Implementation and

Assistance Division, Prevention and

Support Branch, 401 M St. SW., Mail

Code 4606, Washington, DC. 20460.

Dated: March 4, 1997.

Cynthia C. Dougherty,

Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking

Water.

[FR Doc. 97–6212 Filed 3–11–97; 8:45 am]

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Scientific Counselors Board Executive

Committee Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal

Advisory Committee Act, Public Law

92–463, as amended (5 U.S.C., App. 2),

notice is hereby given that the

Environmental Protection Agency

(EPA), Office of Research and

Development’s (ORD), Board of

Scientific Counselors (BOSC), will hold

its Executive Committee Meeting, April

7–8, 1997, at the Hyatt Arlington Hotel,

1325 Wilson Boulevard, Arlington,

Virginia. On Monday, April 7, the

meeting will begin at 1:00 pm and will

recess at 5:00 pm, and on Tuesday,

April 8, the meeting will begin at 8:00

am and will adjourn at 4:30 pm. All

times noted are Eastern time. Agenda

items include, but are not limited to,

BOSC Operating Principles, Laboratory

Peer Review Discussion, ORD Research

Plan Evaluation: Methods Development,

Use of Peer Review in ORD, and

Research Plan for Arsenic in Drinking

Water. Anyone desiring a draft BOSC

agenda may fax their request to Shirley

R. Hamilton (202) 260–0929. The

meeting is open to the public. Any

Member of the public wishing to make

comments at the meeting, should

contact Shirley Hamilton, Designated

Federal Officer, Office of Research and

Development (8701), 401 M Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20460; by telephone at

(202) 260–0468. In general, each

individual making an oral presentation

will be limited to a total time of three

minutes.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Shirley R. Hamilton, Designated Federal

Officer, U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, Office of Research and

Development, NCERQA (MC8701), 401

M Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460,

202–260–0468.

Dated March 5, 1997.

Henry L. Longest II,

Acting Assistant Administrator for Research

and Development.

[FR Doc. 97–6214 Filed 3–11–97; 8:45 am]

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AgrEvo USA Company; Pesticide

Tolerance Petition Filing

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of filing.