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SUBMISSION OF CASES RECEIVED BY THE OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[Week of February 24 through February 28, 1997]

Date Name and location of applicant Case No. Type of submission

Feb. 25, 1997 ......... Chemical Weapons Working Group, Inc.,

Boulder, Colorado.

VFA–0272 Appeal of an information request denial. If granted: The December 13, 1996 Freedom of Information Request Denial

issued by the DOE Federal Energy Technology Center

would be rescinded, and Chemical Weapons Working

Group, Inc. would receive access to certain DOE information.

Feb. 26, 1997 ......... Personnel Security Hearing ..................... VSO–0137 Request for hearing under 10 CFR part 710. If granted: An

individual employed by a contractor of the Department of

Energy would receive a hearing under 10 CFR part 710.

Feb. 28, 1997 ......... Personnel Security Hearing ..................... VSO–0138 Request for hearing under 10 CFR part 710. If granted: An

individual employed by a contractor of the Department of

Energy would receive a hearing under 10 CFR part 710.

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Notice of Cases Filed; Week of March

3 through March 7, 1997

During the Week of March 3 through

March 7, 1997, the appeals,

applications, petitions or other requests

listed in this Notice were filed with the

Office of Hearings and Appeals of the

Department of Energy.

Any person who will be aggrieved by

the DOE action sought in any of these

cases may file written comments on the

application within ten days of

publication of this Notice or the date of

receipt of actual notice, whichever

occurs first. All such comments shall be

filed with the Office of Hearings and

Appeals, Department of Energy,

Washington, D.C. 20585–0107.

Dated: March 21, 1997.

George B. Breznay,

Director, Office of Hearings and Appeals.

LIST OF CASES RECEIVED BY THE OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS

[Week of March 3 through March 7, 1997]

Date Name and location of applicant Case No. Type of submission

Mar. 3, 1997 ........... Burlin McKinney, Oliver Springs, TN ....... VFA–0273 Appeal of an information request denial. If granted: The February 20, 1997, Freedom of Information Request Denial issued by the Office of Inspector General would be rescinded, and Burlin McKinney would receive access to certain DOE information.

Do .................... Hampton Gas Co., Inc., Hampton, SC .... VEE–0041 Exception to the reporting requirements. If granted: Hampton

Gas Co., Inc. would not be required to file Form EIA–782B,

Resellers’/Retailer’s Monthly Petroleum Product Sales Report.

Mar. 4, 1997 ........... Personnel Security Hearing ..................... VSO–0139 Request for hearing under 10 CFR part 710. If granted: An

individual employed by the Department of Energy would receive a hearing under 10 CFR Part 710.

Do .................... Personnel Security Review ...................... VSA–0106 Request for review of opinion under 10 CFR part 710. If

granted: The Opinion of the Office of Hearings and Appeals, Case No. VSO–0106, would be reviewed at the request of an individual employed by the Department of Energy.

Mar. 5, 1997 ........... Alex German, Brooklyn, NY .................... VFA–0275 Appeal of an information request denial. If granted: The Freedom of Information Request Denial issued by Environmental Measurements Laboratory would be rescinded, and

Alex German would receive access to certain DOE information.

Do .................... Edris Oil Service, Inc., York, PA ............. VEE–0042 Exception to the reporting requirements. If granted: Edris Oil

Service, Inc. would not be required to file Form EIA–782B

Resellers’/Retailer’s Monthly Petroleum Product Sales Report.

Do .................... Personnel Security Hearing ..................... VSO–0140 Request for hearing under 10 CFR part 710. If granted: An

individual employed by a contractor of the Department of

Energy would receive a hearing under 10 CFR Part 710.

Do .................... Richard J. Levernier, Germantown, MD .. VFA–0274 Appeal of an information request denial. If granted: The February 27, 1997, Freedom of Information Request Denial issued by the Office of Inspector General would be rescinded, and Richard J. Levernier would receive access to

certain DOE information.

Mar. 7, 1997 ........... Daniel J. Bruno, Upper Marlboro, MD ..... VFA–0141 Appeal of an information request denial. If granted: The February 28, 1997, Freedom of Information Request Denial issued by the Office of the Executive Secretariat would be

rescinded, and Daniel J. Bruno would receive access to

certain DOE information.
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LIST OF CASES RECEIVED BY THE OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS—Continued

[Week of March 3 through March 7, 1997]

Date Name and location of applicant Case No. Type of submission

Do .................... Glen Milner, Seattle, WA ......................... VFA–0278 Appeal of an information request denial. If granted: The February 12, 1997, Freedom of Information Request Denial issued by Albuquerque Operations Office would be rescinded, and Glen Milner would receive access to certain

DOE information.

Do .................... Personnel Security Hearing ..................... VSO–0141 Request for hearing under 10 CFR part 710. If granted: An

individual employed by a contractor of the Department of

Energy would receive a hearing under 10 CFR Part 710.

Do .................... Personnel Security Hearing ..................... VSO–0142 Request for hearing under 10 CFR part 710. If granted: An

individual employed by a contractor of the Department

would receive a hearing under 10 CFR Part 710.

Do .................... Terry J. Fox, Lacey, WA .......................... VFA–0276 Appeal of an information request denial. If granted: The January 21, 1997, Freedom of Information Request Denial issued by the Bonneville Power Administration would be rescinded, and Terry J. Fox would receive access to certain

DOE information.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5804–8]

Agency Information Collection

Activities; Proposed Collection;

Comment Request; Public Water

Systems Supervision Program.

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): Public

Water Systems Supervision Program,

EPA No. 0270.36; OMB No.2040–0090,

which expires on 3/31/97. Before

submitting the ICR to OMB for review

and approval, EPA is soliciting

comments on specific aspects of the

existing information collection as

described below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before May 30, 1997.

ADDRESSES: Office of Ground Water and

Drinking Water. People interested in

getting information or making

comments about these ICRs should

direct inquiries or comments to the

Office of Ground Water and Drinking

Water, Mail Code 4601, 401 M Street,

SW, Washington, D.C. 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Office of Ground Water and Drinking

Water’s Public Water Systems

Supervision Program Information

Collection Request Service Line: 202-

260–2050 or through E-mail

Donaher.Clare@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Affected entities: Entities potentially

affected by this action are Public Water

Systems, primacy agents including

regulators in the States, Puerto Rico, the

U.S. Trust Territories; Indian Tribes and

Alaska Native Villages, and in some

instances, U. S. EPA Regional

Administrators and staff.

Title: Information Collection Request

for Public Water Systems Supervision

Program, expires March 31, 1997.

Abstract: This ICR contains record

keeping and reporting requirements that

are mandatory for compliance with 40

CFR Parts 141 and 142. Sections 1401

and 1412 of the Safe Drinking Water Act

(SDWA), as amended, require EPA to

establish National Primary Drinking

Water Regulations (NPDWRs) that

ensure the safety of drinking water.

These regulations guarantee that

exposure to contaminants—microbial,

organic and inorganic chemicals, and

radionuclides in finished drinking water

is below the level established by human

health risk assessments. The Act further

requires EPA to ensure compliance with

and enforce these regulations. Section

1445 of SDWA stipulates that every

supplier of water shall conduct

monitoring, maintain records, and

provide such information as is needed

for the Agency to carry out its

compliance and enforcement

responsibilities with respect to SDWA.

Implementation of these requirements is

principally a responsibility of the States,

particularly the 49 States that have

assumed primary enforcement

responsibility (primacy) for public water

systems under SDWA Section 1413. As

part of the Public Water Systems

Supervision Program, the Office of

Ground Water and Drinking Water’s

Federal Reporting Data System (FRDS)

and the newly-instituted Safe Drinking

Water Information System (SDWIS)

collect data from the States on public

water systems regulated by EPA. Data

include the public water system

inventory, violations, and Federal and

State enforcement actions. Without

comprehensive, up-to-date information

on drinking water contamination, the

Agency would not be able to ensure ‘‘a

supply of drinking water which

dependably complies with such

maximum contaminant levels’’ (SDWA,

Section 1401 (1) (d)).

An Agency may not conduct or

sponsor and a person is not required to

respond to a collection of information if

it does not display 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 solicits 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.