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20426, in accordance with Rules 211

and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211

and 18 CFR 385.214). All such motions

or protests should be filed on or before

the comment date. Protests will be

considered by the Commission in

determining the appropriate action to be

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 these filings are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–10319 Filed 4–17–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 11561 Alaska]

Alaska Village Electric Cooperative;

Notice of Intent To Conduct

Environmental Scoping Meetings and a

Site Visit

April 14, 1998.

The Energy Policy Act of 1992 allows

applicants to prepare their own

Environmental Assessment (EA) for

hydropower projects and file it with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

(Commission) along with their license

application as part of the applicantprepared EA (APEA) process. The

Alaska Village Electric Cooperative

(AVEC) intends to prepare an EA to file

with the Commission for the proposed

Old Harbor Hydroelectric Project, No.

11561. AVEC will hold two scoping

meetings, pursuant to the National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of

1969, to identify the scope of

environmental issues that should be

analyzed in the EA.

Scoping Meetings

The times and locations of the two

scoping meetings are:

Public meeting Agency meeting

Date: Tuesday, May

12, 1998.

Place: City Hall, Old

Harbor, Alaska.

Time: 7:00 p.m.

Thursday, May 14,

1998, Division of

Seniors Conference

Room, 3601 C

Street, Suite 310A,

(Frontier Building),

Anchorage, Alaska,

9:00 a.m.

At the scoping meetings, AVEC will:

(1) summarize the environmental issues

tentatively identified for analysis in the

EA; (2) outline any resources they

believe would not require a detailed

analysis; (3) identify reasonable

alternatives to be addressed in the EA;

(4) solicit from the meeting participants

all available information, especially

quantitative data, on the resources at

issues; and (5) encourage statements

from experts and the public on issues

that should be analyzed in the EA.

All interested individuals,

organizations, and agencies are invited

and encouraged to attend either or both

meetings to assist in identifying and

clarifying the scope of environmental

issues that should be analyzed in the

EA.

To help focus discussions at the

meetings, AVEC prepared and

distributed an Initial State Consultation

Document (ISCD) on November 13,

1997, and a Scoping Document on April

10, 1998. Copies of the ISCD and the

Scoping Document can be obtained by

calling Daniel Hertrich of Polarconsult

Alaska, Inc., AVEC’s agent, at (907) 258–

2420. Copies of both documents will

also be available at both scoping

meetings.

Site Visit

For those who intend to participate in

scoping, AVEC will also conduct a site

visit to the proposed Old Harbor Project

on Tuesday, May 12, 1998. Those

attending must meet at the Sitkalidak

Lodge in Old Harbor, Alaska at 10:00

A.M. We will promptly leave for the

project site, via helicopter. Those being

shuttled by helicopter to the project site

may need to sign a waiver of liability

regarding helicopter use. Because of the

remoteness and difficulty of ground

access at the project site, those attending

the site visit should be physically fit

and must wear appropriate clothing and

footgear. The site visit should be

completed by 4:30 P.M. Participants

must provide their own sack lunches.

To plan on helicopter use in advance

of the visit, AVEC must identify the

number of individuals interested in the

site visit. Therefore, if you intend on

visiting the proposed project site, you

must register with Daniel Hertrich at

(907) 258–2420, no later than April 24,

1998. If inclement weather prevents a

site visit on May 12, the alternate date

will be May 13 at the same time and

location.

Meeting Procedures

The meetings will be conducted

according to the procedures used at

Commission scoping meetings. Because

this meeting will be a NEPA scoping

meeting under the APEA process, the

Commission will not conduct a NEPA

scoping meeting after the application

and draft EA are filed with the

Commission.

Both scoping meetings will be

recorded by a stenographer or tape

recorder, and will become part of the

formal record of the proceedings for this

project.

Those who choose not to speak during

the scoping meetings may instead

submit written comments on the project.

Written comments must be submitted by

June 15, 1998, and should be mailed to:

Mr. Daniel Hertrich, Polarconsult

Alaska, Inc., 1503 West 33rd Avenue,

Suite 310, Anchorage, Alaska 99503. All

correspondence should show the

following caption on the first page:

Scoping Comments, Old Harbor

Hydroelectric Project, No. 11561,

Alaska

For further information please contact

Daniel Hertrich at (907) 258–2420, or Email at Dan Hertrich

<polarak@Alaska.NET>, or Nan Allen of

the Commission at (202) 219–2938, or Email at nan.allen@ferc.fed.us.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–10294 Filed 4–17–98; 8:45 am]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5999–4]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request; Reporting

and Recordkeeping Requirements

Under EPA’s AgSTAR Program

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.), this document announces