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intent may be filed in response to this

notice.

D9. Filing and Service of Responsive

Documents—The application is ready

for environmental analysis at this time,

and the Commission is requesting

comments, reply comments,

recommendations, terms and

conditions, and prescriptions.

The Commission directs, pursuant to

Section 4.34(b) of the Regulations (see

Order No. 533 issued May 8, 1991, 56

FR 23108, May 20, 1991) that all

comments, recommendations, terms and

conditions and prescriptions concerning

the application be filed with the

Commission within 60 days from the

issuance date of this notice. All reply

comments must be filed with the

Commission within 105 days from the

date of this notice.

Anyone may obtain an extension of

time for these deadlines from the

Commission only upon a showing of

good cause or extraordinary

circumstances in accordance with 18

CFR 385.2008.

All filings must (1) bear in all capital

letters the title ‘‘COMMENTS’’, ‘‘REPLY

COMMENTS‘‘,

‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS,’’ ‘‘TERMS

AND CONDITIONS,’’ or

‘‘PRESCRIPTIONS;’’ (2) set forth in the

heading the name of the applicant and

the project number of the application to

which the filing responds; (3) furnish

the name, address, and telephone

number of the person submitting the

filing; and (4) otherwise comply with

the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001

through 385.2005. All comments,

recommendations, terms and conditions

or prescriptions must set forth their

evidentiary basis and otherwise comply

with the requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b).

Any of these documents must be filed

by providing the original and the

number of copies required by the

Commission’s regulations to: The

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, N.E.,

Washington, D.C. 20426. An additional

copy must be sent to Director, Division

of Project Review, Office of Hydropower

Licensing, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, at the above address. Each

filing must be accompanied by proof of

service on all persons listed on the

service list prepared by the Commission

in this proceeding, in accordance with

18 CFR 4.34(b), and 385.2010.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–11706 Filed 5–1–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6008–3]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request; National

Pollutant Discharge Elimination

System (NPDES)/Sewage Sludge

Monitoring Reports

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

that the following Information

Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review and

approval: National Pollutant Discharge

Elimination System (NPDES)/Sewage

Sludge Monitoring Reports, EPA ICR

No. 229.11, and OMB Control No. 2040–

0004, expiring May 31, 1998. The ICR

describes the nature of the information

collection and its expected burden and

cost; where appropriate, it includes the

actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before June 3, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Contact Sandy Farmer at EPA by phone

at (202) 260–2740, by e-mail at

farmer.sandy@epamail.epa.gov, or

download off the Internet at http://

www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR

No. 229.11.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: The Discharge Monitoring

Report for the National Pollutant

Discharge Elimination System (NPDES)/

Sewage Sludge Monitoring Reports

(OMB Control No. 2040–0004; EPA ICR

No. 229.11) expiring 5/31/98. This is a

request for extension of a currently

approved collection.

Abstract: This ICR estimates the

current monitoring, reporting, and

record keeping burden and costs

associated with submitting and

reviewing Discharge Monitoring Reports

(DMRs), sewage sludge monitoring

reports, and other monitoring reports

under the Environmental Protection

Agency’s (EPA) NPDES program. The

NPDES program regulations, codified at

40 CFR parts 122 through 125, require

permitted municipal and non-municipal

point source discharges to collect,

analyze, and submit data on their

wastewater discharges. Under these

regulations, the permittee is required to

collect and analyze wastewater samples

or have the analysis performed at an

outside laboratory and report the results

to the permitting authority (EPA or an

authorized NPDES State) using DMRs, a

pre-printed form used for reporting

pollutant discharge information. Sample

monitoring, analysis, and reporting

frequencies vary by permit, but must be

performed at least annually for all

permitted discharges except for certain

storm water discharges.

Upon renewal of this ICR, the

permitting authority will continue to

require NPDES and sewage sludge

facilities to report pollutant discharge

monitoring data. The permitting

authority will use the data from these

forms to assess permittee compliance,

modify/add new permit requirements,

and revise effluent guidelines. The

monitoring data required of NPDES and

sewage sludge facilities represents the

minimum information necessary to

achieve the Agency’s goals and satisfy

regulatory standards.

Due to the re-estimation of burden for

this collection, the burden hours

associated with this new ICR have been

greatly reduced from the hours of the

current ICR. This decrease is due to

more accurate estimates, which reflect

the general practice of using outside

laboratory services. The change in

burden is reflected in higher operation

and maintenance costs, due to the cost

associated with using the services of

outside laboratories.

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 document

required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d),

soliciting comments on this collection

of information was published on 11/24/

97 (62 FR 62590); one comment was

received.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and recordkeeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 10.7 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;
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complete and review the collection of

information; and transmit or otherwise

disclose the information.

Respondents/Affected Entities:

NPDES permittees including publicly

owned treatment works, privately

owned treatment works industrial

facilities, and storm water permittees.

The sewage sludge record keeping and

reporting requirements identified in this

ICR apply to treatment works (public

and private) treating domestic sewage

and to domestic septage haulers.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

130,380.

Frequency of Response: Varies

depending on nature and effect of the

discharge, but, except for storm water

discharge, is not less than annually.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

6,540,416 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Cost

Burden: $278,450,948.

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. 0229.11 and

OMB Control No.2040–0004 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: April 28, 1998.

Joseph Retzer,

Director, Regulatory Information Division.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6008–2]

Agency Information Collection

Activities Under OMB Review;

Comment Requests; Identification,

Listing and Rulemaking Petitions

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

that the following Information

Collection Request (ICR) has been

forwarded to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review and

approval: Identification, Listing and

Rulemaking Petitions, expiring 06/30/

98. The ICR describes the nature of the

information collection and its expected

burden and cost; where appropriate, it

includes the actual data collection

instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before June 3, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

a copy of the ICR, call Sandy Farmer at

EPA, (202) 260–2740, or download off

the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr/

icr.htm and refer to EPA ICR No.

1189.06.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Identification, Listing and

Rulemaking Petitions, OMB Control No.

2050–0053; EPA ICR No. 1189.06. This

is a request for extension of a currently

approved collection.

Abstract: Under 40 CFR 260.20(b), all

rulemaking petitioners must submit

basic information with their

demonstrations, including name,

address, and statement of interest in the

proposed action. Under section 260.21,

all petitioners for equivalent testing or

analytical methods must include

specific information in their petitions

and demonstrate to the satisfaction of

the Administrator that the proposed

method is equal to or superior to the

corresponding method in terms of its

sensitivity, accuracy, and

reproducibility. Under section 260.22,

petitions to amend part 261 to exclude

a waste produced at a particular facility

(more simply, to delist a waste) must

meet extensive informational

requirements. When a petition is

submitted, the Agency reviews

materials, deliberates, publishes its

tentative decision in the Federal

Register, and requests public comment.

EPA also may hold informal public

hearings (if requested by an interested

person or at the discretion of the

Administrator) to hear oral comments

on its tentative decision. After

evaluating all comments, EPA publishes

its final decision in the Federal

Register.

40 CFR 260.30, 260.31, and 260.33

comprise the standards, criteria, and

procedures for variances from

classification as a solid waste for three

types of materials: materials that are

collected speculatively without

sufficient amounts being recycled;

materials that are reclaimed and then

reused within the original primary

production process in which they were

generated; and materials which have

been reclaimed, but must be reclaimed

further before the materials are

completely recovered. This variance is

available to owners or operators of

enclosed flame combustion devices.

40 CFR 261.33 and 261.4 contain

provisions that allow generators to

obtain a hazardous waste exclusion for

certain types of wastes. Facilities

applying for these exclusions must

either submit supporting information or

keep detailed records. Under section

261.3(a)(2)(iv), generators may obtain a

hazardous waste exclusion for

wastewater mixtures subject to Clean

Water Act regulation. Under section

261.3(c)(2)(ii)(C), generators may obtain

an exclusion for certain non-wastewater

residues resulting from high metals

recovery processing (HTMR) or K061,

K062 and F006 waste. In addition,

under section 261.4(b)(6), generators of

chromium-containing waste may obtain

a hazardous waste exclusion under

certain conditions.

Also addressed under this section is

the shipment of samples between

generators and laboratories for the

purpose of testing to determine its

characteristics or composition. Sample

handlers who are not subject to DOT or

USPS shipping requirements must

comply with the information

requirements of section 261.4(d)(2).

When intended for treatability

studies, hazardous waste otherwise

subject to regulation under Subtitle C of

RCRA is exempted from these

regulations, provided that the

requirements in section 261.4(e)-(f) are

met, including the following

information requests: Initial

notification, recordkeeping, reporting,

and final notification. In addition,

generators and collectors of treatability

study samples also may request quantity

limit increases and time extensions, as

specified in section 261.4(e)(3).

40 CFR 261.31(b)(2)(ii) governs

procedures and informational

requirements for generators and

treatment, storage and disposal facilities

to obtain exemptions from listing as

F037 and F038 wastes. Also under this

section are regulations promulgated in

1990 under section 261.35(b) and

governing procedures and information

requirements for the cleaning or

replacement of all process equipment

that may have come into contact with

chlorophenolic formulations or

constituents thereof, including, but not

limited to, treatment cylinders, sumps,

tanks, piping systems, drip pads, fork

lifts, and trams.

EPA anticipates that some data

provided by respondents will be

claimed as Confidential Business

Information (CBI). Respondents may

make a business confidentiality claim

by marking the appropriate data as CBI.