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taken, but will not serve to make

protestants parties to the proceeding.

Any person wishing to become a party

must file a motion to intervene. Copies

of this filing are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

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FEDERAL ENERGY REGULATORY

COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meeting

AGENCY HOLDING MEETING: Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission.

FEDERAL REGISTER CITATION OF PREVIOUS

ANNOUNCEMENT: March 21, 1997, 62 FR

13609.

PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED TIME AND DATE OF

MEETING: March 25, 1997, 10:00 a.m.

CHANGE IN THE MEETING: The following

Docket Number and Company have

been added to the Agenda scheduled for

the March 25, 1997 meeting.

Item No. Docket No. and company

CAG–4 ..... RP97–260–000, ANR Pipeline

Company.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5804–1]

Collection of Quality Assurance Data

on Acid Precipitation Sample

Collection Sites in the NADP/NTN

Networks; Agency Information

Collection Activities: Proposed

Collection of Environmental Data;

Comment Request

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

proposed Information Collection

Request (ICR) to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB):

Collection of Quality Assurance Data on

Acid Precipitation Sample Collection

Sites in the NADP/NTN Networks for

the EPA funded project entitled:

Conduct Systems and Performance

Surveys of Acid Precipitation Collection

Sites in the NADP/NTN Networks (EPA

ICR Number: 1798.01). Before

submitting the ICR to OMB for review

and approval, EPA is soliciting

comments on specific aspects of the

proposed information collection as

described below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before May 27, 1997.

ADDRESSES: U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Air Exposure

Research Division/Field Operations

Branch, Mail Drop 76, Research Triangle

Park, NC 27711. Interested persons may

obtain a copy of the ICR without charge

by contacting the hereinafter named

person.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Thomas A. Lumpkin, 919–541–3611;

facsimile number: 919–541–3451; E–

Mail: LUMPKIN.THOMAS@

EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Affected entities: Entities potentially

affected by this action are those agencies

or organizations which operate sample

collection sites or sponsor operation of

the sites in the NADP/NTN.

Title: Collection of Quality Assurance

Data on Acid Precipitation Sample

Collection Sites in the National

Atmospheric Deposition Program/

National Trends Network (NADP/NTN)

(EPA ICR No. 1798.01).

Abstract: The following three reports

will be used to gather and report

information on site operations. 1) The

Site Survey Report Form addresses the

following eight areas of site operation:

Site information, siting criteria, sample

handling at the field site, the sample

collector, the rain gauge, sample

processing and documentation,

conductivity and pH measurements, and

recommendations and actions taken. 2)

The Exit Report summarizes the areas

listed for item 1, but in a much more

concise form, and is left with the site

operator. 3) The Systems and

Performance Survey Questionnaire

collects information about the area

surrounding the site and the sample

handling and maintenance procedures

used by the operator. The information

gathered on these forms will be

provided to the NADP/NTN Quality

Assurance Coordinator to document that

network protocols are being followed.

The information will also be used to

produce an annual summary quality

assurance report. Responses to the

collection of information are voluntary.

An agency may not conduct or sponsor,

and a person is not required to respond

to, a collection of information unless it

displays a current 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 would like to solicit

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 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.

Burden Statement: The effort is

estimated to cost $200,000 per year to

cover labor costs (initiate survey, gather

information, and equipment QA),

capital/startup costs (purchase

monitoring equipment and training),

and operating and maintenance costs

(reports, maintain records, equipment

up-keep, and travel expenses). An

average annual reporting burden of 2000

hours will be required. Approximately

100 responses per year are anticipated

with an average burden of 20 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.

Dated: March 5, 1997.

Gary J. Foley,

Director, National Exposure Research

Laboratory.

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