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important intake structure and

environmental characteristics.

EPA has the authority to collect this

information under Section 308 of the

CWA (33 U.S.C. Section 1318). All

recipients of the screener questionnaire

are required to complete and return the

questionnaire to EPA. The survey

instrument will be mailed after OMB

approves the ICR. 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 September 18, 1997. EPA received

six sets of comments (75 comments in

all). EPA’s response to these comments

are presented in Attachment 4 of the

ICR.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and recordkeeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 50 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: Nonutility

Power Producers (SIC 49 and all other

Industrial Self-Generators), Paper and Allied

Products (SIC 2611, 2621, and 2631),

Chemical and Allied Products (SIC 28 except

2895, 2893, 2851, and 2879), Petroleum and

Coal Products (SIC 2911), and Primary Metals

(SIC 3312, 3315, 3316, 3317, 3353, 3363,

3365, and 3366).

Estimated number of respondents: 2,600.

Frequency of Response: This is a one time

collection.

Estimated total Annual Hour Burden:

130,000 hours.

Estimated total annualized cost burden:

$7,125,300.

As a result of the insights gained from

the public comment and pretest

activities, EPA reduced the burden on

respondents by simplifying and

shortening the screener questionnaire.

In particular, EPA moved several

financial questions back so that only

those facilities that are within the scope

of CWA Section 316(b) will have to

answer those questions. In addition,

EPA reduced the level of detail of the

questions in the electricity generation

section. EPA has also lengthened the

response time from 30 to 60 days.

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. 1828.01 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: May 4, 1998.

Joseph Retzer,

Director, Regulatory Information Division.

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Contractor Access to Confidential

Business Information Under the Clean

Air Act

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The United States

Environmental Protection Agency has

authorized the following subcontractor

to access information that has been, or

will be, submitted to the EPA under

section 114 of the Clean Air Act (CAA)

as amended: Caldwell Environmental,

Inc., 6205 Winthrop Drive, Raleigh, NC

27612. Some of this information may be

claimed to be confidential business

information (CBI) by the submitter. This

subcontractor will be providing support

to the EPA under contracts 68–D6–0008

and 68–D6–0010. The prime contractor

on this contract is EC/R, Incorporated,

2327 Englert Drive, Suite 100, Durham,

North Carolina, 27713.

DATES: Access to confidential data

submitted to EPA will occur no sooner

than May 18, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Melva Toomer, Document Control

Officer, Office of Air Quality Planning

and Standards (MD–11), U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina

27711, (919) 541–0880.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EPA

is issuing this notice to inform all

submitters of information under section

114 of the CAA that the EPA may

provide the above mentioned

subcontractor access to these materials

on a need-to-know basis. Under the

direction of the prime contractor, this

subcontractor will provide technical

support to the Office of Air Quality

Planning and Standards (OAQPS) in

developing Federal Air Pollution

Control Regulations.

In accordance with 40 CFR 2.301(h),

the EPA has determined that the above

subcontractor requires access to CBI

submitted to the EPA under sections

112 and 114 of the CAA in order to

perform work satisfactorily under the

above noted contract. The

subcontractor’s personnel will be given

access to information submitted under

section 114 of the CAA. The

subcontractor’s personnel will be

required to sign nondisclosure

agreements and will receive training on

appropriate security procedures before

they are permitted access to CBI.

Clearance for access to CAA CBI is

scheduled to expire on September 30,

2001 under contract 68–D6–0008 and

contract 68–D6–0010.

Dated: May 1, 1998.

Robert Brenner,

Acting Assistant Administrator for Air and

Radiation.

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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 April 27, 1998

Through May 01, 1998 Pursuant to 40

CFR 1506.9.

EIS No. 980149, Draft Supplement,

BLM, MT, Judith-Valley-Phillips

Comprehensive Resource

Management Plan, New Information

Addressing Oil and Gas Leasing on

Federal Minerals, Implementation,

Lewistown District, Judith Basin,
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Fergus, Petroleum, Phillips and

Valley Counties, MT, Due: August 06,

1998, Contact: Jerry Majerus (406)

538–7461.

EIS No. 980150, Final EIS, COE, AZ, Rio

Salado Environmental Restoration of

two Sites along the Salt River; (1)

Phoenix Reach and (2) Tempe Reach,

Feasibility Report, in the Cities of

Phoenix and Tempe, Maricopa

County, AZ, Due: June 08, 1998,

Contact: Alex Watt (213) 452–3860.

EIS No. 980151, Final EIS, AFS, KY,

Daniel Boone National Forest OffHighway Vehicle (OHV) Management

Policy, Modification, Several

Counties, KY, Due: June 08, 1998,

Contact: Benjamin T. Worthington

(606) 745–3100.

EIS No. 980152, Draft EIS, USA,

Stratford Army Engine Plant (SAEP)

Disposal and Reuse, Implementation,

City of Stratford, Fairfield and New

Haven Counties, CT, Due: June 22,

1998, Contact: Leslie Sullivan (703)

697–0153.

EIS No. 980153, Draft EIS, NPS, MS,

Natchez Trace Parkway, Construction

of Section 3X Southern Terminus,

Adam Counties, MS, Due: July 07,

1998, Contact: Wendell Simpson (601)

680–4003.

EIS No. 980154, Final EIS, FHW, CA,

CA–101/Cuesta Grade Highway

Improvements, 1.1 Miles north of

Reservoir Canyon Road to the Cuesta

Grade Overhead, Funding and Permit

Issuance, San Luis Obispo County,

CA, Due: June 08, 1998, Contact: John

R. Schultz (916) 498–5041.

EIS No. 980155, Draft EIS, DOE, SC,

Tritium Extraction Facility (TEF),

Construction and Operation near the

Center of Savannah River Site at H

Area, (DOE/EIS–0271D), Aiken and

Barnwell Counties, SC, Due: June 22,

1998, Contact: Andrew R. Grainger

(800) 881–7292.

EIS No. 980156, Draft EIS, COE, GA, SC,

Savannah Harbor Section 203

Expansion Project, Channel

Deepening and Harbor Improvements,

Georgia Ports Authority, Federal

Navigation Project, Chatham County,

Ga and Jasper County, SC, Due: June

22, 1998, Contact: William Bailey

(912) 652–5781.

EIS No. 980157, Draft EIS, AFS, OR,

Moose Subwatershed Timber Harvest

and Other Vegetation Management

Actions, Central Cascade Adaptive

Management (CCAMA), Willamette

National Forest, Sweet Home Ranger

District, Linn County, OR, Due: June

22, 1998, Contact: Donna Short (541)

367–5168.

EIS No. 980159, Final EIS, UAF, FL, CA,

Evolved Expandable Launch Vehicle

(EELV) Program, Development,

Operation and Deployment, Proposed

Launch Locations are Cape Canaveral

Air Station (AS), Florida and

Vandenberg Air Force Base (AFB),

California, Federal Permits and

Licenses, FL and CA, Due: June 08,

1998, Contact: Patty Vaught (703)

604–0561.

EIS No. 980160, Final EIS, NSF,

Amundsen-Scott South Pole Station,

Proposal to Modernize through

Reconstruction and Replacement of

Key Facilities, Antarctica, Due: June

08, 1998, Contact: Joyce A. Jatko (703)

306–1032.

EIS No. 980161, Draft EIS, BLM, AZ,

Hualapai Mountain Land Exchange/

Plan Amendment, Implementation,

Kingman and Dutch Flat, Mohave

County, AZ, Due: July 27, 1998,

Contact: Don McClure (520) 692–

4400.

This EIS was inadvertently omitted

from the 04–24–98 Federal Register.

The official 45 days NEPA review

period is calculated from 04–24–98.

Dated: May 5, 1998

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 April 20, 1998 Through April

24, 1998 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 the

FR dated April 10, 1998 (63 FR 17856).

Draft EISs

ERP No. D–AFS–K65203–CA Rating

EC2, Sirretta Peak Motorcycle Trail

Construction, Approval and

Implementation, Sirretta Peak/Machine

Creek Area, Kern Plateau, Sequoia

National Forest, Cannell Meadow

Ranger District, Tulare County, CA.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns about potential

adverse impacts to the watershed and

wildlife habitat from the construction

and use of a motorized trail in a roadless

area.

ERP No. D–BLM–K67047–NV Rating

EC2, Trenton Canyon Mining Project,

Construction, Operation and Expansion,

Plan of Operation, Valma and North

Peak Deposits, Humboldt and Lander

Counties, NV.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns to the proposed

project, based on a lack of analysis of a

reasonable range to project alternatives,

and potential environmental

degradation to waters of the United

States. EPA asked for additional

information, including information on a

sequential backfilling alternative, waste

rock and pit wall rock characterization,

cumulative impact, project description,

comprehensive mitigation and

monitoring plan.

ERP No. D–COE–E39042–GA Rating

EC2, Latham River/Jekyll Creek

Environmental Restoration Project

(Section 1135), To Establish the Without

Project Condition, Atlantic Intracoastal

Waterway (AIWW), Glynn County, GA.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns over the longterm impacts to wetlands resources in

the project and the potential for

increased development on Jekyll Island.

ERP No. D–COE–K32049–CA Rating

EO2, San Francisco Bay to Stockton

Phase III (John F. Baldwin) Navigation

Channel Project, Construction and

Operation, For Deliver of Petroleum to

Refineries, Storage Terminals and Other

Facilities, COE Section 10 and 404

Permits, US Coast Guard Permit, Contra

Costa County, CA.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental objectives with two

action alternatives because, according to

the DEIS, deepening 16 miles of

navigation channel would result in

adverse water quality impacts,

specifically intrusion of salt water into

the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta that

would exceed salinity standards. This

increased salinity intrusion would have

adverse effects on municipal drinking

water supplies, fish and wildlife

resources. EPA also expressed concerns

on Clean Water Act Section 404 issues

associated with a pipeline system

alternative and noted that all three

action alternatives may require a

conformity determination for oxides of

nitrogen (an ozone precursor) due to the

San Francisco Bay Area’s ozone

maintenance status.

ERP No. D–FRC–B03009–ME Rating

EC2, Maritimes Phase II Project,

Construct and Operate an Interstate

Natural Gas Pipeline, COE Section 10

and 404 Permits, Endangered Species

Act (ESA) and NPDE’s permits, US