24174 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 84 / Friday, May 1, 1998 / Notices

DATES: The public review meeting will

be held on May 21, 1998 at the EPA

headquarter’s auditorium, 401 M Street,

S.W., Washington, D.C. The meeting

will be from 8:30 a.m. until 1:00 p.m.,

Eastern daylight savings time.

ADDRESSES: Members of the public

wishing to attend the meeting should

register by phoning Ms. Libby Bradley at

(919) 541–5578. Please note that space

is limited and registrations will be

accepted on a first-come, first-served

basis.

Copies of the draft OMB Form 83–I,

supporting statement, and questionnaire

are available from Public Docket No. A–

92–55 at the following address: U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, Air

and Radiation Docket and Information

Center (6102), 401 M Street, S.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20460. The docket is

located at the above address in Room

M–1500, Waterside Mall (ground floor),

and may be inspected from 8:00 a.m. to

4:00 p.m., Monday through Friday. The

draft materials (docket entries A–92–55,

I–J–2, I–J–3, and I–J–4) are available for

review in the docket center or copies

may be mailed on request from the Air

and Radiation Docket and Information

Center by calling (202) 260–7548 or

7549. The FAX number for the Center is

(202) 260–4400. A reasonable fee may

be charged for copying. The draft

materials are also available free of

charge from the EPA’s website listing

Federal Register notices at ‘‘http://

www.epa.gov/ttn/oarpg/t3pfpr.html’’ or

by contacting one of the people listed

below.

Docket. Docket No. A–92–55 is

available for public inspection and

copying as noted above. The docket is

an organized file of information used by

the EPA in the development of the Final

Report to Congress required by section

112(n)(1)(A) of the Clean Air Act.

Comments received on the proposed

ICR are in category I–J of the docket for

review by interested parties.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

information concerning specific aspects

of this meeting, contact Mr. William

Maxwell [telephone number (919) 541–

5430; facsimile number (919) 541–5450;

e-mail ‘‘maxwell.bill@epa.gov’’],

Combustion Group, Emission Standards

Division (MD–13); or Mr. William

Grimley [telephone number (919) 541–

1065; facsimile number (919) 541–1039;

e-mail ‘‘grimley.william@epa.gov’’],

Emission Measurement Center,

Emission Monitoring and Analysis

Division (MD–19), U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Research Triangle

Park, North Carolina 27711.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The EPA

has prepared the proposed ICR Electric

Utility Steam Generating Unit Mercury

Emissions Information Collection Effort

Information Collection Request; EPA

ICR No. 1858.01, for submittal to the

OMB.

A public meeting is being held as part

of the process of public review of the

proposed ICR required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act. The purpose

of this meeting is for the EPA to listen

to public opinion on the draft ICR and

any suggested recommendations the

public may have regarding changes the

Agency should take. Members of the

public wishing to present formal

comments at the meeting should so

indicate when registering. Individual

speaking times will be limited to 10

minutes in order to give everyone an

equal opportunity to speak.

Seating will be limited for the meeting

and advance registration is suggested.

Information about attending the meeting

and obtaining a copy of the draft

materials is provided elsewhere in this

notice.

In addition to the public meeting

announced herein, the EPA is also

willing to meet with interested

constituencies in an open exchange of

information at other times. Persons

wishing to schedule such a meeting

should contact Mr. William Maxwell at

the number noted above.

After the meeting and the close of the

public comment period on June 8, 1998,

the draft ICR will be revised based on

the comments received and then

submitted for OMB review. Another

period of public comment will

accompany this OMB review. Those

wishing to present comments on the

draft ICR and those wishing to comment

but unable to attend the public meeting

are requested to submit written

comments. Written comments on the

draft ICR must be received by the Air

and Radiation Docket and Information

Center by June 8, 1998 at the address

noted above. The EPA requests that a

separate copy of all comments also be

provided to Mr. William Maxwell at the

address noted above.

Dated: April 24, 1998.

Bruce C. Jordan,

Director, Emission Standards Division.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6007–6]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request; Construction

Grants Program

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

proposed and/or continuing Information

Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB):

Construction Grants Program

Information Collection Request, EPA

ICR No. 0827.05 and Control No. 2040–

0027, current expiration date May 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 30, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Lucille Liem, Office of

Wastewater Management, Mail Code

4204, U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, 401 M Street, SW, Washington,

DC 20460. Interested persons may

obtain a copy of the ICR without charge

by writing to the preceding address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Lucille Liem, Telephone Number: (202)

260-5844/Facsimile Number: (202) 260–

1827/E-mail:

LIEM.LUCILLE@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Affected entities: Entities potentially

affected by this action are State, Tribal,

and Local governments, including the

District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, the

Outer Pacific Islands, and the Virgin

Islands.

Title: Construction Grants Program

(OMB Control No. 2040–0027; EPA ICR

0827.05) expiring 05/31/98.

Abstract: This Information Collection

Request (ICR) extends the clearance for

the information collection activities

required under the Environmental

Protection Agency’s (EPA’s)

Construction Grants Program. The

program is authorized by Title II of the

Clean Water Act (CWA). Under this

program, municipalities and Indian

Tribes may obtain grants for wastewater

treatment construction projects.

In order to obtain a construction

grant, a municipality must submit

information describing the project and

its ability to manage it. Municipal
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managers use the information to plan,

design, build, operate, and maintain a

treatment works that protects public

health and the environment. In

addition, the appropriate State or EPA

Regional office reviews the information

to determine if the project is necessary,

reasonable, in accordance with sound

planning principles, and a prudent use

of Federal funds.

In general, Indian Tribes submit the

same type of information as

municipalities. Therefore, estimates of

the municipal burden in descriptions of

the individual information collections

include the Indian Tribes’ time, where

applicable. EPA Regions assist the

Tribes in preparing grant applications,

which decreases the burden of the

information requirements. In addition,

the Indian Health Service provides

technical assistance.

EPA collects information from the

State to meet statutory and

administrative program management

requirements. Under this ICR, the only

requirement for States is the listing of

projects for funding in priority order.

State program managers would develop

this type of list for their own

administrative needs. EPA reviews the

information to determine if the State’s

program meets CWA requirements and

evaluates the effectiveness of the State’s

program management.

Under Title II, construction grant

programs may be administered by EPA

or delegated States. The requirements

for the construction grants program are

at 40 CFR Part 35, Subpart I, and Title

II of the CWA. These provisions require

grantees to submit information to EPA

or delegated States, and also require

States that award construction grants to

submit information to EPA. Authority

for collecting this information comes

from the Construction Grants

Information Collection Request (OMB

No. 2040–0027, ICR 0827.05).

EPA is currently phasing out the

Construction Grants Program. The

program is being replaced by the State

Revolving Loan Fund (SRF) Program

(Title VI of the Clean Water Act).

Established in the 1987 amendment to

the CWA, the SRF program provides a

continuous source of funding for

publicly owned treatment works

(POTWs). Because most States are now

funding construction projects through

the SRF program rather than the

Construction Grants Program, the

burden associated with the Construction

Grants Program has decreased

significantly. (The information

collection request associated with the

SRF program are cleared under a

separate ICR, OMB No. 2040–0118, ICR

No. 1391.)

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 collection 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

(iv) minimize the burden of the

collection of information on those who

are to respond, including through the

use of appropriate automated electronic,

mechanical, or other technological

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology, e.g., permitting

electronic submission of responses.

Burden Statement:

Average Burden Hours per Response:

4.7.

Frequency of Response: 280.

Number of Likely Respondents: 60.

Average Annual Cost Burden:

$23,823.68.

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.

Dated: April 27, 1998.

Michael B. Cook,

Director, Office of Wastewater Management.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6007–1]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request;

Compliance Information Project

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: Compliance Information

Project. 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 1, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Contact Sandy Farmer at EPA by phone

at (202) 260–2740, by email at

farmer.sandy@epamail.epa.gov, or

download off the Internet at http://

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

No. 1802.01

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Compliance Information Project

(CIP); EPA ICR No. 1802.01. This is a

new collection.

Abstract: The purpose of the CIP is to

test creative new strategies for

identifying compliance information

which, to date, EPA or the States may

have failed to capture or utilize. Sources

of such information may include

unutilized studies or reports, produced

by States, private parties, or other

government agencies, and observations

by field personnel which, for one reason

or another, escape our traditional

methods for collecting and documenting

information. The CIP is designed to

channel such unidentified or unutilized

compliance information to the

personnel who design and implement

our information, targeting, and planning

systems to fill gaps in the Agency’s or

the States’ databases, guide us to

previously unidentified compliance

problems, enhance our ability to

describe our successes, or help us in

other ways.

Non-Federal respondents will be State

compliance and enforcement personnel,

especially field inspectors and persons

who manage inspectors. Through the

CIP, the Agency will conduct field

personnel roundtable interviews in each