Federal Register / Vol. 62, No. 65 / Friday, April 4, 1997 / Notices 16153

Washington, D.C. 20426. A copy of a

notice of intent, competing application,

or motion to intervene must also be

served upon each representative of the

Applicant specified in the particular

application.

D2. Agency Comments—Federal,

state, and local agencies are invited to

file comments on the described

application. A copy of the application

may be obtained by agencies directly

from the Applicant. If an agency does

not file comments within the time

specified for filing comments, it will be

presumed to have no comments. One

copy of an agency’s comments must also

be sent to the Applicant’s

representatives.

Dated: April 1, 1997, Washington, D.C.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 97–8631 Filed 4–3–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5806–9]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request;

Information Collection Request for

Drinking Water State Revolving Fund

Programs

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:

Information Collection Request for

Drinking Water State Revolving Fund

Programs; OMB Control Number 2040–

0185. 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 May 5, 1997.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY

CALL: Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260–

2740, and refer to EPA ICR No. 1803.02.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Information Collection Request

for Drinking Water State Revolving

Fund Programs (OMB Control No. 2040–

0185; EPA ICR No. 1803.02). This is a

request for a currently approved

collection.

Abstract: The Safe Drinking Water Act

(SDWA) Amendments of 1996 authorize

the creation of State Revolving Fund

(DWSRF) programs in each state and

Puerto Rico to assist public water

systems to finance the costs of

infrastructure needed to achieve or

maintain compliance with the SDWA

requirements and to protect public

health. SDWA authorizes the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

to award capitalization grants to the

States and Puerto Rico which, in turn,

provide low-cost loans and other types

of assistance to eligible drinking water

systems.

The information collection activities

will occur primarily at the program

level through the Capitalization Grant

Application/Intended Use Plan,

Biennial Report, Annual Audit and

Assistance Application Review.

The State must prepare a

Capitalization Grant Application that

includes an Intended Use Plan (IUP)

outlining in detail how it will use the

program funds. The agreement is an

instrument by which the State commits

to manage its revolving fund program.

The State must agree to complete and

submit a Biennial Report on the uses of

the fund. The report indicates how

activities financed contribute toward

meeting the goals and objectives and

provides information on loan recipients,

loan amounts, loan terms, project

categories of eligible costs, and similar

data on other forms of assistance.

The State must also agree to conduct

or have conducted a separate audit of its

DWSRF. The audit report will contain

an opinion on the financial statements

of the DWSRF, a report on its internal

controls, and a report regarding whether

the compliance requirements have been

met.

Also, since States provide assistance

to local applicants, the States must

review completed loan applications and

verify that proposed projects meet all

applicable federal and state

requirements.

EPA will use the Capitalization Grant

Application/Intended Use Plan,

Biennial Report and Annual Audit to

conduct its oversight responsibilities as

mandated by the SDWA.

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

12/31/96 (FRL–5672–7); 3 comments

were received.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and record keeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 1095 hours per

State response and 80 hours per local

community 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.

Respondents/Affected Entities: State,

local, and tribal governments.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

714.

Frequency of Response: Annually.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

108,885 hours.

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. 1803.02 and

OMB Control No. 2040–0185 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

Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for

EPA, 725 17th Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: March 31, 1997.

Richard T. Westlund,

Acting Director, Regulatory Information

Division.

[FR Doc. 97–8673 Filed 4–3–97; 8:45 am]

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