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their filing to the parties on the

Commission’s service list.

For further information, please

contact John Costello at (202) 219–2914.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–11458 Filed 4–29–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 11072–001 New York]

Trenton Falls Hydroelectric Company,

Inc.; Notice of Availability of Final

Environmental Assessment

April 24, 1998.

In accordance with the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and

the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission’s (Commission)

regulations, 18 CFR Part 380 (Order No.

486, 52 FR 47897), the Office of

Hydropower Licensing has reviewed the

application for original license for the

Boyd Dam Hydroelectric Project, located

on the East Branch of the Fish Creek in

Lewis County, New York, and has

prepared a Final Environmental

Assessment (FEA) for the project.

Copies of the FEA are available in the

Public Reference Branch, Room 2–A, of

the Commission’s offices at 888 First

Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426.

For further information, contact

William Diehl at (202) 219–2813 or Ed

Lee at (202) 219–2809.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–11460 Filed 4–29–98; 8:45 am]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6006–3]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request; NPDES

Modification and Variance Requests

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

continuing Information Collection

Request (ICR) to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB):

National Pollutant Discharge

Elimination System (NPDES)

Modification and Variance Requests,

EPA ICR No. 0029.07, OMB No. 2040–

0068, expires August 31, 1998. 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 June 29, 1998.

ADDRESSES: A copy of the ICR will be

available at the Water Docket (W–98–

11), Mail Code–4101, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

M. Street, S.W., Washington, D.C.

20460. Copies of the ICR can be

obtained free of charge by writing to this

address. All public comments shall be

submitted to: ATTN: NPDES

Modification and Variance ICR Renewal

Comment Clerk, W–98–11, Water

Docket MC–4101, U.S. EPA, 401 M

Street SW, Washington, DC 20460.

Please submit the original and three

copies of your comments and enclosures

(including references). Commenters who

want EPA to acknowledge receipt of

their comments should enclose a selfaddressed stamped envelope. No

facsimiles (faxes) will be accepted.

Comments may also be submitted

electronically to: owdocket@epamail.epa.gov

Electronic comments must be

submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the

use of special characters and forms of

encryption. Electronic comments must

be identified by the docket number W–

98–11. No Confidential Business

Information (CBI) should be submitted

through e-mail. Comments and data will

also be accepted on disks in

WordPerfect 5.1 format or ASCII file

format. Electronic comments on this

notice may be filed online at many

Federal Depository Libraries. The record

for this proposed ICR revision has been

established under docket number W–

98–11, and includes supporting

documentation as well as printed, paper

versions of electronic comments. It does

not include any information claimed as

CBI. The record is available for

inspection from 9 am to 4 pm, Monday

through Friday, excluding legal

holidays, at the Water Docket, Room

M2616, Washington, DC 20460. For

access to the docket materials, please

call (202) 260–3027 to schedule an

appointment.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Angela Lee, Phone: (202) 260–6814, Fax:

(202) 260–9544, E-mail:

Lee.Angela@EPAmail.EPA.gov

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Affected entities: Entities potentially

affected by this action are NPDES

permit applicants that request a

variance from the conditions that would

normally be imposed on the applicant’s

discharge or NPDES permittees that

request a modification of the NPDES or

sewage sludge management permit

conditions.

Title: NPDES Modification and

Variance Requests (OMB Control No.

2040–0068, EPA ICR No. 0029.07)

expiring 8/31/98.

Abstract: This ICR calculates the

burden and costs associated with

modifications and variances made to

NPDES permits and to the National

Sewage Sludge Management Program

permit requirements. The regulations

specified at 40 CFR 122.62 and 122.63

specify information a facility must

report in order for the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

to determine whether a permit

modification is warranted. A NPDES

permit applicant may request a variance

from the conditions that would

normally be imposed on the applicant’s

discharge. An applicant must submit

information so the permitting authority

can assess whether the facility is eligible

for a variance, and what deviation from

Clean Water Act (CWA) provisions is

necessary. In general, EPA and

authorized States use the information to

determine whether: (1) the condi-tions

or requirements that would warrant a

modification or variance exist, and (2)

the progress toward achieving the goals

of the Clean Water Act will continue if

the modification or variance is granted.

Other uses for the information provided

include: Updating records on permitted

facilities, supporting enforcement

actions, and overall program

management, including policy and

budget development and responding to

Congressional inquiries. 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 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 accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collec-tion 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