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information on the location and

condition of swimming beaches and the

agencies and persons responsible for

maintaining and issuing advisories or

closings for those beaches at freshwater

sites (the Great Lakes and others) and

saltwater (estuarine and coastal) sites

around the Nation. Responses to the

questionnaire (either on paper or

electronically via the Internet) are

required to determine compliance with

water quality standards, to assess public

health risks, and to determine what

steps EPA should take next, if any.

Completion of the questionnaire and

map marking will be voluntary.

EPA will assemble the information

(maps and questionnaire responses) into

electronic database and graphic formats

that can be readily analyzed and shared

with responsible parties (e.g., EPA

program and regional offices, other

federal, state, tribal, county, and city

agencies), as well as the public. The

nationwide collection of information is

being phased in, beginning with a pilot

survey of Great Lakes and other selected

beaches in 1998. When the survey is

fully implemented, it is estimated that

2,000 respondents will be involved each

year. The estimated annual cost for the

survey per respondent is anticipated to

decrease each year, since respondents

will only be requested to provide

information that has changed during the

year.

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 5/5/97

(Federal Register vol. 62, no. 86, pp.

24442–24443); no comments were

received.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and recordkeeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 2.33 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.

Respondents/Affected Entities:

County or other entity public health and

environmental protection agencies.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

2000.

Frequency of Response: One time per

year.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

4160 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Cost

Burden: $160,000.

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. 1814.01 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: December 30, 1997.

Joseph Retzer,

Director, Regulatory Information Division.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5947–2]

Local Government Advisory

Committee; Notice of Charter Renewal

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of Charter Renewal.

SUMMARY: The Charter for the

Environmental Protection Agency’s

(EPA) Local Government Advisory

Committee (LGAC) will be renewed for

an additional two-year period, as a

necessary committee in the public

interest, in accordance with the

provisions of the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, 5 U.S.C. appl.2 section

9(c). The purpose of LGAC is to provide

advice and counsel to the Administrator

of EPA on issues associated with

enhancing the Agency’s partnership

with local governments in order to

provide more efficient and effective

environmental protection. It is

determined that LGAC is in the public

interest in connection with the

performance of duties imposed on the

Agency by law.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Denise Zabinski Ney, Designated

Federal Officer, LGAC, U.S. EPA, 401 M

Street, SW (1502), Washington, DC

20460 or via electronic mail at

<ney.denise@epamail.epa.gov>.

Dated: December 29, 1997.

Denise Zabinski Ney,

Designated Federal Officer.

[FR Doc. 98–112 Filed 1–2–98; 8:45 am]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5946–2]

EPA’s National Drinking Water

Contaminant Occurrence Data Base

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Announcement of a Joint

Requirements Planning Meeting on the

National Drinking Water Contaminant

Occurrence Data Base.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA) has scheduled

a three-day Joint Requirements Planning

(JRP) meeting on EPA’s development of

a National Drinking Water Contaminant

Occurrence Data Base (NCOD). The JRP

is a structured meeting designed to

gather requirements on a new

information system from a varied body

of stakeholders with an interest in the

system. At the upcoming meeting, EPA

is seeking review and comment from

key national, state, individual

stakeholders, and other interested

parties concerning the data elements to

be included in the development of the

NCOD.

DATES: The Joint Requirements Planning

Meeting on the National Drinking Water

Contaminant Occurrence Data Base will

be held on January 26–28, 1998 from

9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EST.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the EPA Systems Development Center

(SDC), Suite 300, conference rooms 1–

3. The SDC is located at 200 N. Glebe

Road, Arlington, VA. For additional

information, please contact Harriet

Colbert, at phone: (202) 260–2302, fax:

(202) 260–3762, or by e-mail at

colbert.harriet@epamail.epa.gov.

Members of the public wishing to attend

the meeting may register by phone by

contacting Harriet Colbert by January

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

information and logistics for the

meeting, please contact Harriet Colbert,

at phone: (202) 260–2302, fax: (202)

260–3762, or by e-mail at

colbert.harriet@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Background on the National

Drinking Water Contaminant

Occurrence Data Base

Section 126(g)(1) of the Safe Drinking

Water Act Amendments of 1996

(SDWA) requires the Administrator to

assemble and maintain a National

Drinking Water Contaminant

Occurrence Database (NCOD) by using

information on the occurrence of both

regulated and unregulated contaminants

in public water systems and reliable

information from other public and

private sources. This NCOD will be a

collection of data of documented quality

on unregulated and regulated chemical

or microbial contaminants likely to

occur in drinking water systems. The

purpose of the data system is to support

the identification and selection of

contaminants for future regulation or

other appropriate actions and to support

the review of existing regulations for

possible modification. The database

must be developed no later than three

years after the date of enactment of the

SDWA Amendments. Therefore, SDWA

requires the Office of Ground Water and

Drinking Water (OGWDW) to develop

the NCOD by August 6, 1999.

B. Request for Stakeholder Involvement

At the May 1997 NCOD Stakeholders

meeting, there was general concurrence

that the primary user of the database

will be EPA. Stakeholders such as

industry, environmental groups, states,

and the general public are secondary

users. As a result of the meeting, the

NCOD Team established a system

development strategy. The strategy will

serve as a ‘‘road map’’ over the next two

years for developing the first release of

the data base to meet the statutory

requirements. One of the major steps in

implementing the development strategy

is to determine what the needs are and

specify what types of data are required

to meet those needs. User requirements

will serve as the foundation upon which

the database will be developed.

Discussion materials will be available

at the meeting. The main issue for

discussion at the meeting will be the

review and comment on data elements

that are needed to allow sound scientific

analysis to support contaminant

identification, contaminant selection,

regulatory development, and regulatory

re-examination. The data elements were

identified at two previous JRP meetings

held in October and November, 1997.

The first was for EPA staff interested in

the NCOD. The draft baseline set of data

elements were identified at that

meeting. The second meeting was with

EPA stakeholders to review and

comment on the draft baseline data

elements. The third and final JRP will

combine the attendees of both previous

meetings and additional interested

parties.

The public is invited to provide

comments on the issue listed above or

other issues related to the National

Drinking Water Contaminant

Occurrence Data Base during the

January 26–28 meeting.

Dated: December 29, 1997.

William R. Diamond,

Acting Director, Office of Ground Water and

Drinking Water.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPP–30413B; FRL–5763–4]

U.M.I. Agrochemicals Ltd.; Approval of

a Pesticide Product Registration

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces

Agency approval of an application to

register the pesticide product Foli-R-Fos

400, containing an active ingredient not

included in any previously registered

product pursuant to the provisions of

section 3(c)(5) of the Federal Insecticide,

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act

(FIFRA), as amended.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: Rita Kumar, Biopesticides and

Pollution Prevention Division (7511W),

Office of Pesticide Programs,

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460.

Office location and telephone number:

Rm. CS51B6, Westfield Building North

Tower, 2800 Crystal Drive, Arlington,

VA 22202, (703) 308–8291; e-mail:

kumar.rita@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic Availability: Electronic

copies of this document and the Fact

Sheet are available from the EPA home

page at the Federal RegisterEnvironmental Documents entry for this

document under ‘‘Laws and

Regulations’’ (http://www.epa.gov/

fedrgstr/).

EPA issued a notice, published in the

Federal Register of June 19, 1996 (61 FR

31104; FRL–5376–2), which announced

that U.I.M. Agrochemicals (Aust.) Pty.

Ltd., 30-42 Railway Terrace, Rocklea,

Brisbane Market, Qld. 4106 Australia,

had submitted an application to register

the product Foli-R-Fos 400 (69579–R),

containing the new active ingredient

Mono-and di-potassium salts of

phosphorous acid at 45.5 percent, an

active ingredient not included in any

previously registered product.

The application was approved on

November 5, 1997, as Foli-R-Fos 400 as

a systemic fungicide for the suppression

of Phytophthora and Pythium in

ornamentals and bedding plants and for

Phytophthora in conifers and Pythium

in turf (EPA Registration Number

69579–1).

The Agency has considered all

required data on risks associated with

the proposed use of Mono-and dipotassium salts of phosphorous acid,

and information on social, economic,

and environmental benefits to be

derived from use. Specifically, the

Agency has considered the nature of the

chemical and its pattern of use,

application methods and rates, and level

and extent of potential exposure. Based

on these reviews, the Agency was able

to make basic health safety

determinations which show that use of

Mono-and di-potassium salts of

phosphorous acid when used in

accordance with widespread and

commonly recognized practice, will not

generally cause unreasonable adverse

effects to the environment.

More detailed information on this

registration is contained in an EPA

Pesticide Fact Sheet on Mono-and dipotassium salts of phosphorous acid.

A copy of the fact sheet, which

provides a summary description of the

pesticides, use patterns and

formulations, science findings, and the

Agency’s regulatory position and

rationale, may be obtained from the

National Technical Information Service

(NTIS), 5285 Port Royal Road,

Springfield, VA 22161.

In accordance with section 3(c)(2) of

FIFRA, a copy of the approved label, the

list of data references, the data and other

scientific information used to support

registration, except for material

specifically protected by section 10 of

FIFRA, are available for public

inspection in the Public Information

and Records Intregrity Branch,

Information Resources and Services

Division (7502C), Office of Pesticide

Programs, Environmental Protection

Agency, Rm. 1132, CM #2, Arlington,

VA 22202 (703-305–5805). Requests for

data must be made in accordance with

the provisions of the Freedom of

Information Act and must be addressed