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of this proposed action and encourage

them to comment on their areas of

concern.

The EA will discuss impacts that

could occur as a result of the

construction and operation of the

proposed project under these general

headings:

• Air and noise quality

• Land use

• Geology and soils

• Public safety

• Endangered and threatened species

• Cultural resources

We will also evaluate possible

alternatives to the proposed project or

portions of the project, and make

recommendations on how to lessen or

avoid impacts on the various resource

areas.

PG&E has proposed a system

alternative, known as the Pipeline

Looping Alternative, which would

involve the looping of PG&E’s existing

mainline with a third, 42-inch-diameter

pipeline located between Mainline

valve (MV) 5–1 in Kootenai County,

Idaho and MV 5–2 in Spokane County,

Washington. The pipeline loop would

be about 10.7 miles in length. See

appendix 2 for an approximate location

of this system alternative.

Our independent analysis of the

issues will be in the EA. Depending on

the comments received during the

scoping process, the EA may be

published and mailed to Federal, state,

and local agencies, public interest

groups, interested individuals, affected

landowners, newspapers, libraries, and

the Commission’s official service list for

this proceeding. A comment period will

be allotted for review if the EA is

published. We will consider all

comments on the EA before we make

our recommendations to the

Commission.

Currently Identified Environmental

Issues

We have already identified several

issues that we think deserve attention

based on a preliminary review of the

proposed facilities and the

environmental information provide by

PG&E. This preliminary list of issues

may be changed based on your

comments and our analysis.

• Four noise-sensitive areas (NSAs)

have been identified in close proximity

to Station 4.

• One NSA has been identified in

close proximity to Station 7.

• One NSA has been identified in

close proximity to Station 9.

• Possible consideration of the

Pipeline Looping Alternative in lieu of

expanding the three existing compressor

stations.

No nonjurisdictional facilities have

been identified for this project.

Public Participation

You can make a difference by sending

a letter addressing your specific

comments or concerns about the project.

You should focus on the potential

environmental effects of the proposal,

alternatives to the proposal (including

alternative routes, and measures to

avoid or lessen environmental impact.

The more specific your comments, the

more useful they will be. Please

carefully follow these instructions to

ensure that your comments are received

in time and properly recorded:

• Send two copies of your letter to:

Mr. David P. Boergers, Acting Secretary,

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First St., N.E., Room 1A,

Washington, DC 20426;

• Label one copy of the comments for

the attention of the Environmental

Review and Compliance Branch, PR–

11.1;

• Reference Docket No. CP98–167–

000; and

• Mail your comments so that they

will be received in Washington, DC on

or before February 17, 1998.

Notice of Site Visit

On January 22, 1998, the staff of the

Office of Pipeline Regulation will be

conducting an environmental site visit

of PG&E’s Pipeline Looping Alternative.

All parties may attend. Those planning

to attend must provide their own

transportation.

For further information about where

the site inspection will begin, please

contact Paul McKee at (202) 208–1088.

Becoming an Intervenor

In addition to involvement in the EA

scoping process, you may want to

become an official party to the

proceeding or become an ‘‘intervenor’’.

Among other things, intervenors have

the right to receive copies of caserelated Commission documents and

filings by other intervenors. Likewise,

each intervenor must provide copies of

its filings to all other parties. If you

want to become an intervenor you must

files a motion to intervene according to

Rule 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR

385.214) (see appendix 3).

You do not need intervenor status to

have your environmental comments

considered.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5951–8]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Cooperative Agreements

and Superfund State Contracts for

Superfund Response Actions;

Submissions for OMB Review,

Comment Request

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:

Cooperative Agreements and State

Contracts for Superfund Response

Actions (OMB Control #2010–0020,

εχπιρατιον δατε—02/28/98).

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before February 23, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY:

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/icr.htm and refer to

EPA ICR No. 1487.06.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Cooperative Agreements and

Superfund contracts for Superfund

Response Actions (OMB Control No.

2010–0020; EPA–ICR No. 1487.06)

expiring 02/28/98. This is a request for

an extension of a currently approved

Information Collection Request (ICR).

Abstract

This ICR authorizes the collection of

information under EPA’s Superfund

Rule (40 CFR, part 35, subpart O) that

establishes the administrative

requirements for the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation

and Liability Act (CERCLA)—funded

cooperative agreements for State, local

and Federally recognized Indian tribal

government response actions. The

regulation also codifies the

administrative requirements for

Superfund State Contracts for non-State

lead remedial responses. This regulation

includes only those provisions as

mandated by CERCLA, required by

OMB Circulars, or added by EPA to

ensure sound and effective financial

assistance management. The

information is collected from

applicants/recipients of EPA assistance

and used to make awards, pay recipients
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and collect information on how Federal

funds are being spent. EPA needs the

information to meet its Federal

stewardship responsibilities. Recipient

responses are required to obtain a

benefit (federal funds) under 40 CFR

part 31, ‘‘Uniform Administrative

Requirements for Grants and

Cooperative Agreements to State and

Local Governments.’’ 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 49 CFR Chapter 15. The Federal

Register Notice required under 5 CFR

1320.8(d), soliciting comments on this

collection of information was published

on 07/02/97 (vol. 62, No. 127, pg. 35803;

no comments were received).

Burden Statement

The annual reporting and record

keeping burden for this collection of

information is estimated to average [10]

hours per response. Burden means the

total time, effort, or financial resources

expended by persons to generate,

maintain, retain, 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 purpose of collecting, validating,

and verifying information, processing

and maintaining information, and

disclosing information, processing 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: State,

Local or Tribal Governments.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

500.

Frequency of Response: As required.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

5,000.

Estimated Total Annualized Cost

Burden: 5,000$36/hr=$180,000.00.

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. 1487.06 and

OMB Control No. 2010–0020—in any

correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, OPPE Regulatory

Information Division (2137), 401 M

Street, S.W. Washington, D.C. 20460

and

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, 727 17th Street, N.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20502

Dated: January 15, 1998.

Joseph Retzer,

Director, Regulatory Information Division.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

Privacy Act of 1974: Systems of

Records

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission (FCC).

ACTION: Notice of a new system of

records.

SUMMARY: This notice meets the

requirements of the Privacy Act of 1974

regarding the publication of an agency’s

notice of systems of records. It

documents a new FCC system of

records.

DATES: Written comments on the

proposed altered system should be

received by February 23, 1998. Office of

Management and Budget, which has

oversight responsibility under the

Privacy Act to review the system may

submit comments on or before March 3,

1998. The proposed system shall be

effective without further notice on

March 3, 1998 unless the FCC receives

comments that would require a contrary

determination. As required by 5 U.S.C.

552a(o) of the Privacy Act, the FCC

submitted reports on this new system to

both Houses of Congress.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be

mailed to Judy Boley, Privacy Act

Officer, Performance Evaluation and

Records Management, Room 234, FCC,

1919 M Street, NW., Washington, DC

20554. Written comments will be

available for inspection at the above

address between 9:00 a.m. and 4:00

p.m., Monday through Friday.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Judy

Boley, Privacy Act Officer, Performance

Evaluation and Records Management,

Room 234, FCC, 1919 M Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20554, (202) 418–0214

or via internet at jboley@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As

required by the Privacy Act of 1974, 5

U.S.C. 552a(e)(4), this document sets

forth notice of the proposed system of

records maintained by the FCC. This

notice is a summary of more detailed

information which may be viewed at the

location and hours given in the

ADDRESSES section above.

The proposed system of records is as

follows:

FCC/Central-10, ‘‘FCC Access Control

System.’’ This system will be used by

the FCC Security Officer and the

Personnel Security Specialist of the

Security Office to control and account

for all persons entering the facility and

by which the FCC may ascertain the

times persons were in the facility.

FCC/Central-10

SYSTEM NAME:

FCC Access Control System.

SYSTEM LOCATION:

Federal Communications Commission

(FCC), Office of Managing Director,

Security Operations Staff, 1919 M

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20554.

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM:

Current FCC employees, current

contractors, special visitors and visitors.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

The system consists of a computer

database, with all records containing the

last and first name, filed alphabetically

by last name, with a corresponding

Badge Number. FCC employee database

will include first and last name,

telephone number, Bureau/Office,

supervisor, room number, date of

issuance, and parking permit number, if

applicable. Contractor database will

include first and last name, contractor

company name, telephone number, FCC

point of contact and telephone number,

and date of issuance. Proof of identity

required through photographic

identification is necessary prior to

issuance of contractor badge.

Special visitor’s database will include

first and last name, employer’s name,

address, telephone number, point of

contact at the employer, and date of

issuance. Proof of identity required

through photographic identification is

necessary prior to issuance of special

visitor badge.

Visitor database will include first and

last name, telephone number,

destination, agency or firm name,

photographic identification along with

numerical identifier.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:

Presidential Directive based on

Department of Justice Report entitled

Vulnerability Assessment of Federal

Facilities.

PURPOSE(S):

This system provides a method by

which the FCC can control and account