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data, EPA gives the motor vehicle

manufacturer the opportunity to review

and verify that EPA has selected the

correct parameters and procedures for

vehicle emission testing. Providing part

numbers gives the manufacturer the

opportunity to help ensure that

defective or incorrect parts will be

replaced by those which the

manufacturer feels are necessary to

correctly evaluate the emissions

performance of the vehicles tested.

Though this information request is

voluntary, EPA uses the manufacturers’

input as part of the verification of our

work. If this information is not reviewed

and provided by the manufacturers,

EPA and the manufacturers may waste

resources on tests that were performed

improperly and the manufacturers may

not have as much opportunity to

participate in a compliance program

that has the potential to adversely affect

them.

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.

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 the appropriate automated

electronic, mechanical, or other

technological collection techniques or

other forms of information technology,

e.g., permitting electronic submission of

responses.

Burden Statement: The annual burden

for this collection of information is

estimated to average 150 hours and

$4950 for the manufacturers and 150

hours and $5400 for the government.

Approximately 75 requests may be

made annually with an average of 2

hours spent on each request by both

entities. The total costs are attributed to

labor hours and overhead since there is

no capital investment required for this

collection of information. 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 30, 1998.

Richard Wilson,

Acting Deputy Assistant Administrator for Air

and Radiation.

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Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request; Industry

Screener Questionnaire: Phase I

Cooling Water Intake Structures

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

the following Information Collection

Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for review and approval:

Industry Screener Questionnaire: Phase

I Cooling Water Intake Structures (EPA

ICR number 1828.01). The ICR describes

the nature of the information collection

activities and its expected burden and

cost. In particular, the ICR describes the

collection methodology EPA will use to

distribute the data collection instrument

and includes a representative sample of

the data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before June 8, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY:

Contact Sandy Farmer by phone at (202)

260–2740, e-mail at

farmer.sandy@epamail.epa.gov or

download off the Internet at http://

www.epa.gov/ICR. In all requests, refer

to EPA ICR No. 1828.01.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Industry Screener

Questionnaire: Phase I Cooling Water

Intake Structures (EPA ICR No.

1828.01). This is a new collection.

Abstract: The U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency (‘‘EPA’’) is currently

developing regulations under section

316(b) of the Clean Water Act (‘‘CWA’’),

33 U.S.C. Section 1326(b). Section

316(b) provides that any standard

established pursuant to sections 301 or

306 of the Clean Water Act and

applicable to a point source shall

require that the location, design,

construction, and capacity of cooling

water intake structures reflect the best

technology available for minimizing

adverse environmental impact. Section

316(b) is unique in that it applies to the

intake of water and not the discharge.

The intent is to minimize the

impingement and entrainment of fish

and other aquatic organisms as they are

drawn into an industrial facility’s

cooling water intake. As the result of a

lawsuit by a coalition of environmental

groups headed by the Hudson

Riverkeeper (Cronin, et al. v. Reilly, 93

Civ. 0314 (AGS)), the United States

District Court, Southern District of New

York entered a Consent Decree on

October 10, 1995. The Consent Decree

established a seven year schedule for

EPA to take final action with respect to

regulations addressing impacts from

cooling water intake structures.

The screener questionnaire contains

three types of questions. These

questions are either scoping, stratifying,

or characterizing in nature. EPA intends

to use data from the scoping questions

to determine who is potentially in scope

of Section 316(b). EPA intends to use

data from stratifying questions to

support the subsequent survey sample

frame development for the detailed

industry questionnaire. EPA intends to

use data from the characterizing

questions to assist EPA in structuring

the subsequent detailed questionnaire

and to support the Agency’s

development of Section 316(b)

regulations. The screener questionnaire

collects information on such topics as

cooling water use within industry

groups; cooling water intake structure

location, design configurations,

construction, and capacity; and types of

intake water sources. In addition, EPA

is requesting facility and firm level

economic data. This economic data will

enable EPA to consider cooling water

use across a broad variety of facility and

firm sizes. The subsequent detailed

questionnaire is structured to seek more

in-depth information on the unique

features of cooling water use and other
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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,