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is not ready for environmental analysis

at this time—see attached paragraph D7.

l. Description of Project: The existing

run-of river project utilizes flows

diverted by the upstream Lawrence

Hydro Project and consisting of: (1) A

trashrack structure; (2) manually

operated headgate and penstock; (3)

three generating units of an installed

total capacity of 1250–kW; and (4)

appurtenant facilities. There is no dam

and reservoir associated with the

project. The applicant estimates that the

total average annual generation would

be 7,300 Mwh.

m. Purpose of Project: All generated

power is used by the applicant for its

paper manufacturing processes.

n. This notice also consists of the

following standard paragraphs: A2, A9,

B1, and D7.

o. Available Locations of Application:

A copy of the application, as amended

and supplemented, is available for

inspection and reproduction at the

Commission’s Public Reference and

Files and Maintenance Branch, located

at 888 First Street, N.E., Room 2A–1,

Washington, D.C. 20426, or by calling

(202) 208–2326. A copy is also available

for inspection and reproduction at

Merrimac Paper Company, Inc., 9 South

Canal St., Lawrence, Massachusetts

30246, (508) 656–0342.

A2. Development Application—Any

qualified applicant desiring to file a

competing application must submit to

the Commission, on or before the

specified deadline date for the

particular application, a competing

development application, or a notice of

intent to file such an application.

Submission of a timely notice of intent

allows an interested person to file the

competing development application no

later than 120 days after the specified

deadline date for the particular

application. Applications for

preliminary permits will not be

accepted in response to this notice.

A9. Notice of intent—A notice of

intent must specify the exact name,

business address, and telephone number

of the prospective applicant, and must

include an unequivocal statement of

intent to submit, if such an application

may be filed, either a preliminary

permit application or a development

application (specify which type of

application). A notice of intent must be

serve don the applicant(s) named in this

public notice.

B1. Protests or Motions to Intervene—

Anyone may submit a protest or a

motion to intervene in accordance with

the requirements of Rules of Practice

and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210,

385.211, and 385.214. In determining

the appropriate action to take, the

Commission will consider all protests

filed, but only those who file a motion

to intervene in accordance with the

Commission’s Rules may become a

party to the proceeding. Any protests or

motions to intervene must be received

on or before the specified deadline date

for the particular application.

D7. Filing and Service of Responsive

Documents—The application is not

ready for environmental analysis at this

time; therefore, the Commission is not

now requesting comments,

recommendations, terms and

conditions, or prescriptions.

When the application is ready for

environmental analysis, the

Commission will issue a public notice

requesting comments,

recommendations, terms and

conditions, or prescriptions.

All filings must (1) bear in all capital

letters the title ‘‘PROTEST’’ or

‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE,’’ ‘‘NOTICE

OF INTENT TO FILE COMPETING

APPLICATION,’’ or ‘‘COMPETING

APPLICATION;’’ (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 protesting or

intervening; and (4) otherwise comply

with the requirements of 18 CFR

385.2001 through 385.2005. 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. A copy of any

protest or motion to intervene must be

served upon each representative of the

applicant specified in the particular

application.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–11705 Filed 5–1–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Application Ready for

Environmental Analysis

April 28, 1998.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric application has been filed

with the Commission and is available

for public inspection:

a. Type of application: Minor License.

b. Project No.: P–11574–000.

c. Date Filed: February 23, 1996.

d. Applicant: City of Norwich,

Department of Public Utilities.

e. Name of Project: Occum Hydro

Project.

f. Location: On the Shetucket River,

near the City of Norwich, New London

County, Connecticut.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act 16 USC 791(a)—825(r).

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Peter

Polubiatko, Electric Division Manager,

City of Norwich Department of Utilities,

16 Golden Street, Norwich, CT 06360,

(203) 823–4153.

i. FERC Contact: Ed Lee (202) 219–

2809.

j. Deadline for Comments,

Recommendations, Terms and

Conditions, and Prescriptions: See

paragraph D9.

k. Status of Environmental Analysis:

This application is now ready for

environmental analysis—see attached

paragraph D9.

l. Description of Project: The existing

project consists of: (1) A 605-foot-long,

28-foot-high dam with masonry and

concrete spillway sections, an earth

embankment section and intake

structure; (2) a reservoir with a 90 acre

surface area and a 600 acre-foot gross

storage capacity at normal pool

elevation 66.1 feet NGVD; (3) a

powerhouse containing one generation

unit with a capacity of 800 kW and an

average annual generation of 3.75 GWh;

(4) a 125-foot-long, 4.8–kV transmission

line; and (5) appurtenant facilities.

m. Purpose of Project: All project

power would be used by the applicant.

n. This notice also consists of the

following standard paragraphs: A4 and

D9.

o. Available Locations of Application:

A copy of the application is available for

inspection and reproduction at the

Commission’s Public Reference and

Files Maintenance Branch, located at

888 First Street N.W., Washington, DC

20426, or by calling (202) 208–1371. A

copy is also available for inspection and

reproduction at the address shown in

Item h.

A4. Development Application—

Public notice of the filing of the initial

development application, which has

already been given, established the due

date for filing competing applications or

notices of intent. Under the

Commission’s regulations, any

competing development application

must be filed in response to and in

compliance with public notice of the

initial development application. No

competing applications or notices of
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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;