15176 Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 61 / Monday, March 31, 1997 / Notices

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granted: The February 12, 1997, Freedom of Information Request Denial issued by Albuquerque Operations Office would be rescinded, and Glen Milner would receive access to certain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The January 21, 1997, Freedom of Information Request Denial issued by the Bonneville Power Administration would be rescinded, and Terry J. Fox would receive access to certain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.

FR Doc. 97–8051 Filed 3–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

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.
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Burden Statement: In the ICR for

1994–1996, the total burden associated

with this ICR was estimated to be

approximately 11 million hours per year

and the total cost was estimated to be

$365 million per year. We expect that

the burden for the continuing ICR for

1997–1999 will be in the same range as

the three previous years. EPA intends to

examine how SDWIS could assist in

reducing the burden on the States for

reporting requirements and will be

working with selected State officials as

we work on this renewal. Any

recommendations from the drinking

water community and the general public

on this issue will be given consideration

by the Agency.

Dated: March 25, 1997.

Cynthia C. Dougherty,

Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking

Water.

[FR Doc. 97–8090 Filed 3–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

[FRL–5805–1]

Transfer Of Confidential Business

Information To Contractors

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of transfer of data and

request for comments.

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) will transfer Confidential

Business Information (CBI) to its

contractor, Science Applications

International Corporation (SAIC), its

subsidiary GSC, and its subcontractors:

Marasco Newton Group, Ltd. (MNG),

and Computer Sciences Corporation

(CSC). These data pertain to the

quantities of hazardous waste generated

or received, the disposition of those

wastes, and where applicable, waste

minimization efforts undertaken and

reduction achieved. These data have

been or will be submitted to EPA

pursuant to the Biennial Reporting

requirements of the Resource

Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976

(RCRA), as amended. Some of the

information may have a claim of

business confidentiality. SAIC, its

subsidiary GSC, and its subcontractors

are assisting EPA in establishing

national data bases on hazardous waste

generation and management.

DATE: Transfer of confidential data

submitted to EPA will occur no sooner

than April 10, 1997.

ADDRESSEE: Comments should be sent to

Regina Magbie, Document Control

Officer, Office of Solid Waste (5305W),

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC

20460. Comments should be identified

as ‘‘Transfer of Confidential Data.’’

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Regina Magbie, Document Control

Officer, Office of Solid Waste (5305W),

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC

20460, 703–308–7909.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1. Transfer of Confidential Business

Information

The U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency is using biennial report data to

establish a national data base on

hazardous waste generation,

management, and minimization. These

data will be used to characterize the

demographics of and trends in

hazardous waste generation,

management and minimization. Under

EPA Contract No. 68–W1–0055, SAIC,

Inc., its subsidiary GSC, and its

subcontractors will assist the

Information Management Branch,

Communications, Information, and

Resources Management Division, Office

of Solid Waste, in establishing the

national data base and preparing the

national report based on those analyses.

Some of the information being

transferred may be claimed as

Confidential Business Information (CBI).

In accordance with 40 CFR 2.305(h),

EPA has determined that SAIC, Inc., its

subsidiary GSC, and its subcontractors

require access to CBI submitted to EPA

under the authority of RCRA to perform

work satisfactory under the above noted

contract.

EPA is issuing this notice to inform

all submitters of CBI on the 1989, 1991,

1993, 1995 and 1997 Hazardous Waste

Report Forms (EPA Form 8700–13 A/B),

or State developed biennial report

forms, that EPA may transfer to these

firms, on a need-to-know basis, CBI

collected under the authority of RCRA.

Upon completing their review of

materials submitted, SAIC will return

all material to EPA.

SAIC, Inc., its subsidiary GSC, and its

subcontractors have been authorized to

have access to RCRA CBI under the EPA

‘‘Contractor Requirements for the

Control and Security of RCRA

Confidential Business Information

Security Manual.’’ EPA will approve the

security plans of the contractors to

ensure that their facilities comply with

security procedures outlined in the

security manual prior to RCRA CBI

being transmitted to the contractors.

Contractor personnel will be required to

sign non-disclosure agreements and will

be briefed on appropriate security

procedures before they are permitted

access to confidential information.

Dated: March 18, 1997.

Matthew Hale,

Acting Director, Office of Solid Waste.

[FR Doc. 97–8085 Filed 3–28–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

[FRL–5804–6]

Annual Conference on Analysis of

Pollutants in the Environment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of conference.

SUMMARY: The Office of Science and

Technology and the Water Environment

Federation will co-sponsor the ‘‘20th

Annual Conference on Analysis of

Pollutants in the Environment’’ to

discuss all aspects of environmental

measurement. The conference is open to

the public.

DATES: The conference will be held on

May 7–8, 1997. On May 7, 1997, the

conference will begin at 8:30 am and

last until 5:30 pm. On May 8, 1997, the

conference will begin at 9 am and

adjourn at 5 pm.

ADDRESSES: The conference will be held

at the Omni Waterside Hotel, 77

Waterside Drive, Norfolk, Virginia

23510.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

For questions regarding the conference

program, contact Marion Thompson by

phone at (202) 260–7117 or facsimile at

(202) 260–7185. For information on

registration, hotel, and transportation,

contact the Water Environment

Federation at (800) 666–0206.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA’s

20th Annual Conference on Analysis of

Pollutants in the Environment is

designed to bring together

representatives of regulated industries,

commercial environmental laboratories,

state and Federal regulators, and

environmental consultants and

contractors to discuss all aspects of

environmental measurement with a

particular focus on analytical methods

and related issues.

Hotel reservations must be made on or

before Friday, April 4, 1997. Hotel

reservations can be made by contacting

the Omni Waterside Hotel at (804) 622–

6664. Ask for Reservations, and identify

the group as the Environmental

Protection Agency. Reservation requests

received after this date will be accepted

on a space available and a rate-available

basis.

The draft program for the conference

follows: