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The standards require initial

notification reports with respect to

construction, modification,

reconstruction, startups, shutdowns,

and malfunctions. The standards also

require reports on initial performance

tests.

Under the standard, the data collected

by the affected industry is retained at

the facility for a minimum of two (2)

years and made available for inspection

by the Administrator.

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

December 2, 1997 (62 FR 63703–63712);

No comments were received.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and record keeping burden for

this collection is estimated to average 40

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:

Owners/operators Sewage Sludge

Treatment Plant Incinerators

Estimated No. of Respondents: 114

Frequency of Response: 2/year

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 9,089 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Cost

Burden: $4,690,000

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. 1063.07,

and OMB Control Number 2060–0035,

in any correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, PPE 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: April 21, 1998.

Joseph Retzer,

Director, Regulatory Information Division.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6002–9]

Peer-Review Meeting for EPA’s

Inventory of Sources of Dioxin in the

United States

AGENCY: U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of a Public Meeting for

the Scientific Peer-Review of EPA’s

revised external review draft titled,

Inventory of Sources of Dioxin in the

United States.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA) has scheduled

a public, scientific peer-review meeting

on June 3 and 4, 1998, from 8:30 a.m.

to 5:00 p.m. each day, to review the

revised external review draft, Inventory

of Sources of Dioxin in the United

States.

DATES: The scientific peer-review

meeting will be held June 3 and 4, 1998.

The public is invited to attend the peerreview meeting. There is no charge for

attending the meeting; however, seating

is limited so advance reservations are

suggested.

ADDRESSES: The scientific peer-review

meeting will be held at the Ramada

Plaza Hotel Old Town, 901 North

Fairfax Street, Alexandria, Virginia. To

make hotel reservations, please call the

hotel directly at (703) 683–6000 by May

12, 1998. Reference the ‘‘EPA Dioxin

Meeting’’ to receive the group rate. The

Ramada Plaza Hotel Old Town is

located two miles south from Ronald

Reagan National Airport, Washington,

D.C. Members of the public wishing to

register to attend the meeting may

contact EPA’s contractor, Eastern

Research Group, Inc. (ERG), by calling

the ERG conference registration line at

(781) 674–7374.

The peer-review materials will be

available on or about April 17, 1998.

These materials include a document

entitled, Inventory of Sources of Dioxin

in the United States (EPA/600/P–98/

002Aa, April 1998) and an external

review draft electronic database on

Compact Disk (CD–ROM) entitled,

Database of Sources of Environmental

Releases of Dioxin-Like Compounds in

the United States (EPA/600/P–98/

002Ab, April 1998). To obtain copies of

the revised external review draft

document and/or CD–ROM, interested

parties should contact the ORD

Publications Center, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, 26 W. Martin Luther

King Drive, Cincinnati, OH 45268;

telephone (513) 569–7562; fax (513)

569–7566. When ordering, please

provide your name, mailing address,

and the document title and EPA number

listed above.

The revised external review draft

document and CD–ROM also will be

available for public inspection at the

ORD Public Information Shelf, EPA

Headquarters Library, 401 M Street,

S.W., Washington, DC 20460, between

the hours of 8:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, except for

Federal holidays. In addition, an

electronic version of the document,

Inventory of Sources of Dioxin in the

United States (EPA/600/P–98/002Aa,

April 1998) will be posted on the

Internet on or about April 17 at the

following URL: http://www.epa.gov/

ncea/dioxin.htm. However, the CD–

ROM containing the Database of Sources

of Environmental Releases of DioxinLike Compounds in the United States

(EPA/600/P–98/002Ab, April, 1998) will

not be posted on the Internet due to the

size of the database, i.e., over 100

Megabytes.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: EPA

has contracted with Eastern Research

Group, Inc., (ERG) to manage the peer

review and prepare a summary report to

EPA. To attend the meeting, contact

ERG’s conference registration line at

(781) 674–7374, by May 20, 1998, and

reference the ‘‘EPA Dioxin Inventory

Review.’’ Members of the public who

cannot attend the meeting may submit

brief written comments for

consideration by the Panel. Written

comments should be submitted by no

later than Friday, May 29, 1998, to:

Susan Brager Murphy, Attn: Dioxin

Inventory Review, Eastern Research

Group, Inc., 110 Hartwell Ave.,

Lexington, MA 02173–3134. A limited

amount of time will be set aside for

members of the public to present brief

oral comments to the peer-review panel

on the first day of the meeting. Oral

presentations will be limited to a

maximum of 5 minutes, and the number

of people giving oral comment may be

limited by the time available.

Opportunity for making oral comment
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will be provided on a first-come, firstserved basis; therefore the public is

encouraged to register in advance to

present oral comments by contacting

ERG’s conference registration line at

(781) 674–7374.

For questions about the overall dioxin

exposure assessment, contact John

Schaum, National Center for

Environmental Assessment—

Washington Office, Office of Research

and Development, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Washington, DC

20460; telephone (202) 564–3237,

Facsimile number: (202) 565–0076; email: schaum.john@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

In 1992, EPA’s Office of Research and

Development (ORD) began an effort to

reassess the exposure and health effects

associated with dioxin. As originally

conceived and drafted, the exposure

portion of the Reassessment did not

include an emissions inventory

component. ORD was concerned that

there were inadequate test data to

construct an inventory, and that the

time and resources needed to conduct

an extensive testing program were

outside the scope of the Reassessment.

In 1992, special workshops were held to

provide expert review and comment on

early drafts of both the exposure and

health components of the Reassessment.

Reviewers of these early drafts strongly

urged EPA to attempt an emissions

inventory using the available data.

Responding to this suggestion an

inventory was developed and first

published in September 1994 as part of

the overall draft Reassessment. The draft

Reassessment underwent reviews by

both the public and EPA’s Science

Advisory Board (SAB). The SAB

supported the general approach used to

produce the draft inventory, but

suggested several changes. Most

notably, they recommended that the

inventory be specific about the time

frame it represents. The SAB did not

suggest that any of the exposure

chapters including the emissions

inventory be resubmitted for SAB

review. In addition to the SAB

comments, EPA received a number of

public comments regarding the

emissions inventory. In response to all

of these comments and the availability

of additional data, a number of changes

have been made to the inventory since

the 1994 draft. These changes have

resulted in significant revisions to both

the inventory structure and actual

emission estimates. Consequently ORD

has decided it would be prudent to

conduct an additional round of peer

review of the revised inventory before

incorporating it into the final

Reassessment.

Dated: April 10, 1998.

William H. Farland,

Director, National Center for Environmental

Assessment.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6004–4]

Announcement of Stakeholders

Meeting on Treatment Technology

Lists for Small Drinking Water Systems

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of stakeholders meeting.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA) has scheduled

a two-day public meeting on EPA’s

treatment technology lists for Small

Drinking Water Systems. The purpose of

this meeting is to have a dialogue with

stakeholders and the public at large on

the process of determining Compliance

Technologies and Variance

Technologies for Small Drinking Water

Systems. EPA published a list of small

system compliance technologies for the

Surface Water Treatment Rule (SWTR)

in August 1997. Section

1412(b)(4)(E)(iii) of the amended Safe

Drinking Water Act (SDWA) requires

EPA to publish the list of affordable

small system compliance technologies

for all other regulated contaminants by

August 6, 1998. EPA is also required to

publish a list of small system variance

technologies, for those contaminants

where appropriate, by August 6, 1998.

The first day of the stakeholder meeting

will focus on the eligibility criteria for

variance technologies, including

national-level affordability. The second

day will focus on treatment technology

performance, including an evaluation of

Point-Of-Use and Point-Of-Entry devices

as potential compliance technologies. At

the upcoming meeting, EPA is seeking

input from national, state, Tribal,

municipal, and individual stakeholders

and other interested parties on the lists

of technologies for small systems.

DATES: The stakeholders meeting on

Technologies for Small Drinking Water

Systems will be held on May 18–19,

1998. The meeting will run from 8:30

a.m to 5:00 p.m. EDT on Monday, May

18 and from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. EDT

on Tuesday, May 19.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

RESOLVE, 1255 23rd Street, N.W., Suite

275, Washington, D.C. 20037. For

additional information, please contact

the Safe Drinking Water Hotline, at

phone: (800) 426–4791, fax: (703) 285–

1101, or by e-mail at <hotlinesdwa@epamail.epa.gov>. Members of

the public wishing to attend the meeting

may register by phone by contacting the

Safe Drinking Water Hotline by May 10,

1998. Those registered for the meeting

by May 8 will receive background

materials prior to the meeting. Members

of the public who cannot attend the

meeting in person may participate via

conference call and should register with

the Safe Drinking Water Hotline by May

8 as well. Members of the public who

cannot participate via conference call or

in person may submit comments in

writing by July 15, 1998, to Tara

Cameron, at the U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M Street, S.W.

(4607), Washington, D.C. 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

general information about the meeting

logistics, please contact the Safe

Drinking Water Hotline, at phone: (800)

426–4791, fax: (703) 285–1101, or by email at: <hotlinesdwa@epamail.epa.gov>. For other

information on Technologies for Small

Drinking Water Systems, please contact

Jeffrey Kempic, at the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Phone: (202) 260–9567, Fax: (202) 260–

3762.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

A. Background

The SDWA, as amended in 1996,

required that EPA publish a Compliance

Technology List for Small Systems that

meet the SWTR. EPA published a Small

System Compliance Technology List for

the SWTR in August 1997 and will be

updating this document in August 1998.

EPA is also required to publish a list of

affordable small system compliance

technologies for all other regulated

contaminants by August 6, 1998. The

1996 Amendments specifically direct

EPA to focus on three small system

population size categories: systems

serving 10,000–3,301; 3,300–501; and

500–25. EPA is also required to publish

a list of small system variance

technologies, for those contaminants

where appropriate, by August 6, 1998.

When variance technologies are listed,

EPA will also publish any assumptions

used in determining that there were no

affordable compliance technologies for a

particular system size category and

source water quality combination.

B. Request for Stakeholder Involvement

The upcoming meeting deals

specifically with EPA’s efforts to

compile the lists of compliance and