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training and distribution and posting of

information about pesticide hazards, as

well as pesticide application

information; arrangements for the

supply of soap, water, and towels in

case of pesticide exposure; and

provisions for emergency assistance.

Prior to September 1995, the WPS

information collection activities were

covered under OMB ICR No. 2070–0060.

In September 1995, however, OMB

approved an ICR that consolidated all

the WPS information collection

activities under a new ICR (EPA No.

1759; OMB No. 2070–0148). The

information collection activity

associated with the pesticides WPS

includes a voluntary program to verify

that training has been provided; the

WPS provisions for display of basic

pesticide safety information and

pesticide-specific treatment

(application) information at a central

location on the agricultural

establishment; the provisions requiring

that employers provide employees with

pesticide-specific treatment

(application) information in the form of

oral or written (posted) notification; the

provisions that require the actual

training for which the verification

program was established or that basic

pesticide safety information be provided

to employees who have not completed

the full WPS pesticide safety training

and before they enter a treated area; the

provisions requiring that pesticide

handler employers provide pesticidespecific information to agricultural

employers prior to treatment, that

pesticide handler employers provide

notification to handler employees

regarding the safe operation and repair

of equipment to be used in handling

activities, and that pesticide handler

employers provide emergency

information on pesticide treatments to

employees believed to be poisoned or

those treating them; and the provisions

requiring that employers provide

employees with notification when

exceptions/exemptions to the early

entry restrictions are being

implemented. (The major WPS labeling

program was a one-time collection and

is completed. Registrants of EPAregistered products may request that the

Agency amend their previously

approved label. Future requests from

registrants for label amendments are

covered as part of routine label

amendments under a separate ICR

approved by OMB under 2070–0060

(EPA ICR No. 277)).

The WPS requires that agricultural

employers assure that agricultural

workers and pesticide handlers are

trained in basic pesticide safety

practices to reduce the risk of pesticide

poisoning and other injuries. The EPA

Training Verification Program is

intended to achieve this by requiring the

issuance of safety information to

workers and handlers. Upon the

completion of the training, the WPS

provides for the issuance of ‘‘EPAApproved Worker Protection Standard

Training Certificates’’ to workers and

handlers to allow employers to verify

that workers and handlers have received

WPS safety training. The initial burden

for this collection activity (24,990

burden hours) is predicted to taper off

to a much lower annual burden.

Burden Statement: The annual

respondent burden for providing the

notifications associated with this

activity is estimated to total 3,443,705

hours, including all third party WPS

training and notification requirements,

such as provisions requiring employers

to provide employees pesticide-specific

treatment (application) information in

the form of oral or written notification,

provisions requiring that employers

assure that employees receive basic

pesticide safety information or training,

a voluntary program to verify training

and relieve duplication of training,

provisions requiring handler

notification to employers regarding

pesticide treatments (applications) and

provision for emergency information on

pesticide treatments, and provisions

requiring employers to notify employees

when an exception/exemption to the

WPS is being implemented.

II. Request for Comments

The Agency would appreciate any

comments or information that could be

used to:

(i) Evaluate whether the proposed

collections of information described

above are 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 estimates of the burdens of the

proposed collections of information.

(iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected.

(iv) Minimize the burden of the

collections of information on those who

are to respond, including through the

use of appropriate automated or

electronic collection technologies or

other forms of information technology,

e.g., permitting electronic submission of

responses.

The Agency is particularly interested

in comments and information about the

burden estimates, including examples

that could be used to reflect the burdens

imposed. Send comments regarding

these matters, or any other aspect of

these information collections, including

suggestions for reducing the burdens, to

the docket under ADDRESSES listed

above.

III. Public Record

A record has been established for this

action under docket control number

‘‘OPP-00472’’ (including comments and

data submitted electronically as

described below). A public version of

this record, including printed, paper

versions of electronic comments, which

does not include any information

claimed as CBI, is available for

inspection from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, excluding legal

holidays. The public record is located in

Rm. 1132 of the Public Response and

Program Resources Branch, Field

Operations Division (7506C), Office of

Pesticide Programs, Environmental

Protection Agency, Crystal Mall #2,

1921 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, VA.

Electronic comments can be sent

directly to EPA at:

opp-docket@epamail.epa.gov

Electronic comments must be

submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the

use of special characters and any form

of encryption.

The official record for this action, as

well as the public version, as described

above will be kept in paper form.

Accordingly, EPA will transfer all

comments received electronically into

printed, paper form as they are received

and will place the paper copies in the

official record which will also include

all comments submitted directly in

writing. The official record is the paper

record maintained at the address in

ADDRESSES at the beginning of this

document.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection,

Information collection requests,

Pesticides, and Worker protection

standards.

Dated: February 28, 1997.

Lynn R. Goldman,

Assistant Administrator for Prevention,

Pesticides and Toxic Substances.

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Environmental Impact Statements;

Notice of Availability

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal

Activities, General Information (202)

564–7167 OR (202) 564–7153.

Weekly receipt of Environmental

Impact Statements Filed February 24,
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1997 Through February 28, 1997

Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9.

EIS No. 970065, Draft EIS, BLM, CA,

Interlakes Special Recreation

Management Area Plan,

Implementation, Federal and Private

Lands Issues, Shasta County, CA, Due:

April 21, 1997, Contact: Eric A.

Morgan (916) 224–2100.

EIS No. 970066, Draft EIS, FHW, GA,

Harry S. Truman Parkway,

Construction from the Abercorn Street

Extension (GA–204) to Derenne

Avenue, COE Section 404 Permit and

U.S. Coast Guard Permit, Chatham

County, GA, Due: April 21, 1997,

Contact: Larry R. Dreihaup (404) 562–

3630.

EIS No. 970067, Draft Supplement,

BLM, MT, SD, ND, Standards for

Rangeland Health and Guidelines for

Livestock Grazing Management on

Bureau of Land Management

Administered Lands, Implementation,

MT, ND and SD, Due: May 03, 1997,

Contact: Sandy Brooks (406) 255–

2929.

EIS No. 970068, Draft EIS, GSA, CO,

Denver Federal Center Master Site

Plan, Implementation, City of

Lakewood, Jefferson County, CO, Due:

April 28, 1997, Contact: Lisa

Morpurgo (303) 236–7131.

EIS No. 970069, Final EIS, BLM, NV,

Denton-Rawhide Mine Expansion

Project, Plan of Operation Approval,

Implementation, Minerial County,

NV, Due: April 07, 1997, Contact:

Terri Knutson (702) 885–6156.

EIS No. 970070, Draft EIS, AFS, NH,

Waterville Valley Ski Resort Project,

Development of Snowmaking Water

Impoundments Project, Special-UsePermits, Dredge and Fill Permit and

COE Section 404 Permit, White

Mountain National Forest,

Pemigewasset Ranger District, Town

of Waterville Valley, Grafton County,

NH, Due: April 21, 1997, Contact:

Jerome E. Perez (802) 767–4261.

EIS No. 970071, Draft EIS, USA, CA,

Fleet and Industrial Supply Center/

Vision 2000 Maritime Development,

Disposal and Reuse, Funding, NPDES

Permit, COE Section 10 and 404

Permits, City of Oakland, Alameda

County, CA, Due: April 21, 1997,

Contact: Gary J. Munekawa (415) 244–

3022.

EIS No. 970072, Final EIS, BLM, NM,

Roswell Resource Area Management

Plan and Carlsbad Resource Area

Management Plan Amendment,

Implementation, Quay, Curry,

DeBaca, Roosevelt, Lincoln,

Guadalupe, Chaves, Eddy, and Lea

Counties, NM, Due: April 07, 1997,

Contact: David Stout (505) 627–0272.

EIS No. 970073, Draft EIS, AFS, AK,

Chasina Timber Sale, Harvesting

Timber and Road Construction,

Tongass National Forest, Craig Ranger

District, Ketchikan Administrative

Area, AK, Due: April 25, 1997,

Contact: Norm Matson (907) 228–

6273.

EIS No. 970074, Final EIS, DOE, NV,

CA, Sierra Nevada Region 2004 Power

Marketing Program, Implementation,

1,480 megawatts (MW) Power from

the Central Valley and Washoe

Project, NV and CA, Due: April 07,

1997, Contact: Jerry Toenyes (916)

353–4418.

Dated: March 4, 1997.

William D. Dickerson,

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office

of Federal Activities.

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Environmental Impact Statements and

Regulations; Availability of EPA

Comments

Availability of EPA comments

prepared February 17, 1997 Through

February 21, 1997 pursuant to the

Environmental Review Process (ERP),

under Section 309 of the Clean Air Act

and Section 102(2)(c) of the National

Environmental Policy Act as amended.

Requests for copies of EPA comments

can be directed to the Office of Federal

Activities at (202) 564–7167. An

explanation of the ratings assigned to

draft environmental impact statements

(EISs) was published in FR dated April

5, 1996 (61 FR 15251).

Draft EISs

ERP No. D–FHW–G40144–AR Rating

LO, US 71 Relocation, Construction

extending from US 70 in DeQueen to I–

40 near Alma, AR, Funding and COE

Section 404 Permit, Sevier, Polk, Scott,

Sebastian and Crawford Counties, AR.

Summary: EPA had no objection to

the selection of the preferred alternative

described in the draft EIS. ERP No. D–

FHW–G50008–00 Rating LO, Great

River Bridge, Construction, US 65 in

Arkansas to MS–8 in Mississippi,

Funding, COE Section 404 Permit and

US Coast Guard Bridge Permit, Desha

and Arkansas Counties, AR and Bolivar

County, MS.

Summary: EPA had no objection to

the proposed bridged river crossing.

EPA supports the selection of an

alternative alignment south of Big Island

as the preferred route.

ERP No. D–NPS–K65194–AS Rating

LO, National Park of American Samoa,

Implementation, General Management

Plan, Islands of Tutulla, Ta’u and Ofu,

Territory of American Samoa.

Summary: EPA had no objection to

the action, however additional

clarification was requested to be

included in the final EIS.

Dated: March 4, 1997.

William D. Dickerson,

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office

of Federal Activities.

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Meeting To Create a Successor

Organization to the Grand Canyon

Visibility Transport Commission

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The United States

Environmental Protection Agency (U.S.

EPA) is announcing an organizational

meeting of the successor organization to

the Grand Canyon Visibility Transport

Commission (Commission). The meeting

will be held on March 12–13, 1997 at

the Atlantis Hotel, 3800 South Virginia

Street, Reno, Nevada. The meeting will

begin at 9:00 am on the 12th and end

at noon on the 13th.

The Commission made

recommendations to EPA per Section

169B of the Clean Air Act in June, 1996.

At that time the Commission

determined that a successor

organization was necessary to track and

coordinate the implementation of its

recommendations. Subsequently the

Commission approved, by mail ballot,

the membership and general

characteristics of such an organization.

At the meeting in Reno, the new

organization will adopt by-laws

governing its goals, principles and

operating procedures. Whereas the

principal function of the organization

will be to foster the implementation of

the Grand Canyon Visibility Transport

Commission’s recommendations, it will

also consider additional functions

relating to air quality in the western

United States.

The Commission was established by

U.S. EPA on November 13, 1991 (see 56

FR 57522, November 12, 1991). All

meetings are open to the public. These

meetings are not subject to the

provisions of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, Pub. L. 92–463, as

amended.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Mr. John T. Leary, Project Manager for

the Grand Canyon Visibility Transport