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footgear. Participants must provide their

own sack lunches.

To plan on helicopter use in advance

of the visit, the City must identify the

number of individuals interested in the

site visit. Therefore, if you intend on

visiting the proposed project site, you

must register with Ms. Christy Jamieson

at (907) 874–2381, no later than May 20,

1998. If inclement weather prevents a

site visit on May 28, the alternative date

will be May 29 at the same time and

location.

Meeting Procedures

The meetings will be conducted

according to the procedures used at

Commission scoping meetings. Because

this meeting will be a NEPA scoping

meeting under the APEA process, the

Commission will not conduct a NEPA

scoping meeting after the application

and draft EA are filed with the

Commission.

Both scoping meetings will be

recorded by a stenographer or tape

recorder, and will become part of the

formal record of the proceedings for this

project.

Those who choose not to speak during

the scoping meetings may instead

submit written comments on the project.

Written comments must be submitted by

June 26, 1998, and should be mailed to:

Mr. Stephen M. Hart, P.E., R.W. Beck,

Inc., 1001 Fourth Avenue, Suite 2500,

Seattle, Washington 98154–1004. All

correspondence should show the

following caption on the first page:

Scoping Comments, Sunrise Lake Water

Supply and Hydroelectric Project,

Project No. 11591, Alaska.

For further information please contact

Stephen M. Hart at (206) 695–4720, or

Nick Jayjack of the Commission at (202)

219–2825.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–12781 Filed 5–13–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPPTS–00239; FRL–5785–3]

Toxic Substances; Generic Collection

of Economic and Program Support

Data; Agency Information Collection

Activities; Proposed Renewal and

Request for Comment

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)

pursuant to the procedures described in

5 CFR 1320.12. Before submitting the

following ICR to OMB for review and

reapproval, EPA is soliciting comments

on specific aspects of the information

collection, which is briefly described

under Unit I. and Unit II. of this

document. The ICR is a continuing ICR

entitled ‘‘Collection of Economic and

Program Support Data; Request for

Generic Clearance,’’ EPA ICR No.

1170.06, OMB No. 2070–0034. This ICR

covers the reporting of economic or

other data that EPA may use in

developing regulatory or voluntary

actions. 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.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before July 18, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Each comment must bear

the docket control number ‘‘OPPTS–

00239’’ and administrative record

number 196. All comments should be

sent in triplicate to: OPPT Document

Control Officer (7407), Office of

Pollution Prevention and Toxics,

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

M St., SW., Rm. G–099, East Tower,

Washington, DC 20460.

Comments and data may also be

submitted electronically to:

oppt.ncic@epamail.epa.gov. Follow the

instructions under Unit III. of this

document. No TSCA Confidential

Business Information (CBI) should be

submitted through e-mail.

All comments that contain

information claimed as CBI must be

clearly marked as such. Three sanitized

copies of any comments containing

information claimed as CBI must also be

submitted and will be placed in the

public record for this document.

Persons submitting information on any

portion of which they believe is entitled

to treatment as CBI by EPA must assert

a business confidentiality claim in

accordance with 40 CFR 2.203(b) for

each such portion. This claim must be

made at the time that the information is

submitted to EPA. If a submitter does

not assert a confidentiality claim at the

time of submission, EPA will consider

this as a waiver of any confidentiality

claim and the information may be made

available to the public by EPA without

further notice to the submitter.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

general information contact: Susan B.

Hazen, Director, Environmental

Assistance Division (7408), Office of

Pollution Prevention and Toxics,

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460,

Telephone: (202) 554–1404, TDD: (202)

554–0551, e-mail: TSCAHotline@epamail.epa.gov. For technical

information contact: Robert Lenahan,

Economics, Exposure, and Technology

Division (7406), Office of Pollution

Prevention and Toxics, Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW.,

Washington, DC 20460, Telephone:

(202) 260–1672; Fax: (202) 260–0981; email: lenahan.robert@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Electronic Availability:

Internet

Electronic copies of the ICR are

available from the EPA Home Page at

the Federal Register - Environmental

Documents entry for this document

under ‘‘Laws and Regulations’’ (http://

www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/).

Fax-on-Demand

Using a faxphone call (202) 401–0527

and select item 4061 for a copy of the

ICR.

I. Background

Affected entities: Entities potentially

affected by this action are persons in the

United States who manufacture,

distribute, process, import, use or

dispose of chemical substances or

mixtures.

For the collection of information

addressed in this notice, EPA would

like to solicit comments to:

1. 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.

2. 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.

3. Enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected.

4. 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.
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II. Information Collection

EPA is seeking comments on the

following ICR, as well as the Agency’s

intention to renew the corresponding

OMB approval, which is currently

scheduled to expire on August 31, 1998.

Title: Collection of Economic and

Program Support Data; Request for

Generic Clearance.

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1170.06,

OMB No. 2070–0032.

Abstract: Staff of EPA’s Office of

Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT)

are obliged to provide a wide array of

analyses in support of Agency activities.

These analyses allow OPPT staff to

provide statistically valid information to

assist in the development of regulations

and voluntary activities that minimize

costs and maximize net societal

benefits. While some questions can be

answered satisfactorily through

information that EPA has in its

possession or through existing

secondary sources of data, there are

others for which no relevant sources

exist. Moreover, much of the work

OPPT does requires information in a

timely manner. Because of various

pressures, the Agency often has to make

decisions quickly. The ability for OPPT

to collect information in relatively short

periods to support such decisions is

essential in ensuring that EPA makes

sound decisions.

OPPT is required, through statute, to

consider the economic impacts of

actions taken to control the

manufacture, distribution, processing,

use, or disposal of chemical substances

or mixtures that present unreasonable

risks of injury to human health or the

environment. OPPT uses cost-benefit

analyses to determine that a proposed

regulatory action maximizes the net

benefits to society when compared to

the alternatives. Given the record

regarding the lack of publicly available

information on many chemicals, and

other situations that arise during the

course of determining regulatory

options, an information collection

activity often is required to collect the

needed data. OPPT and other EPA staff

then use these data to evaluate the

regulatory options available, to

determine the impact of a specific

program, or to develop non-regulatory,

voluntary options.

Responses to this collection of

information are voluntary.

Burden statement: The burden to

respondents for complying with this ICR

is estimated to total 6,000 hours per year

with an annual cost of $490,000. These

totals are based on an average burden of

1.5 hour per response for an estimated

4,000 respondents making one or more

responses annually. These estimates

include the time needed to determine

applicability; 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.

III. Public Record and Electronic

Submissions

The official record for this document,

as well as the public version, has been

established for this document under

docket control number ‘‘OPPTS–00239’’

(including comments and data

submitted electronically as described

below). A public version of this record,

including printed, paper versions of

electronic comments, which does not

include any information claimed as CBI,

is available for inspection from 12 noon

to 4 p.m., Monday through Friday,

excluding legal holidays. The official

rulemaking record is located in the

TSCA Nonconfidential Information

Center, Rm. NE–B607, 401 M St., SW.,

Washington, DC.

Electronic comments can be sent

directly to EPA at:

oppt.ncic@epamail.epa.gov

Electronic comments must be

submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the

use of special characters and any form

of encryption. Comments and data will

also be accepted on disks in

WordPerfect 5.1/6.1 or ASCII file

format. All comments and data in

electronic form must be identified by

the docket control number ‘‘OPPTS–

00239’’ and administrative record

number 196. Electronic comments on

this document may be filed online at

many Federal Depository Libraries.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection,

Information collection requests,

Reporting and recordkeeping.

Dated: May 6, 1998.

Lynn R. Goldman,

Assistant Administrator for Prevention,

Pesticides and Toxic Substances.

[FR Doc. 98–12854 Filed 5–13–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6013–7]

Retrofit/Rebuild Requirements for 1993

and Earlier Model Year Urban Buses;

Public Review of a Notification of

Intent To Certify Equipment

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of Agency receipt of a

notification of intent to certify

equipment and initiation of 45-day

public review and comment period.

SUMMARY: Johnson Matthey

Incorporated (JM) has submitted to EPA

a notification of intent to certify urban

bus retrofit/rebuild equipment pursuant

to 40 CFR Part 85, Subpart O. The

equipment, referred to by JM as the Cam

Converter Technology (CCTTM) upgrade

kit, consists of proprietary cam shafts, a

CEM IITM catalytic exhaust muffler

containing an oxidation catalyst,

specified engine rebuild parts, and a set

of instructions. The candidate kit is

applicable to all Detroit Diesel

Corporation (DDC) 6V92TA DDEC twocycle urban bus diesel engines from

model years 1985 to 1993 with power

ratings of 253 and 277 horsepower (hp).

JM intends this equipment to be

certified to the particulate matter

standard of 0.10 grams per brakehorsepower-hour (g/bhp-hr). JM has not

submitted life cycle cost information

and does not intend that certification of

the equipment trigger (initiate) any new

program requirements for urban bus

operators.

Pursuant to § 85.1407(a)(7), today’s

Federal Register notice summarizes the

notification, announces that the

notification is available for public

review and comment, and initiates a 45-

day period during which comments can

be submitted. EPA will review this

notification of intent to certify, as well

as any comments it receives, to

determine whether the equipment

described in the notification of intent to

certify should be certified. If certified,

the equipment can be used by urban bus

operators to reduce the particulate

matter of urban bus engines.

The notification of intent to certify, as

well as other materials specifically

relevant to it, are contained in Category

XXI–A of Public Docket A–93–42,

entitled ‘‘Certification of Urban Bus

Retrofit/Rebuild Equipment’’. This

docket is located at the address listed

below.

Today’s notice initiates a 45-day

period during which EPA will accept

written comments relevant to whether

or not the equipment included in this