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E. Any person desiring to be heard or

to protest said filing should file a

motion to intervene or protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.

20426, in accordance with Rules 211

and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211

and 18 CFR 385.214). All such motions

or protests should be filed on or before

the comment date. Protests will be

considered by the Commission in

determining the appropriate action to be

taken, but will not serve to make

protestants parties to the proceeding.

Any person wishing to become a party

must file a motion to intervene. Copies

of these filings are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–13936 Filed 5–26–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6103–2]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request; 1999 Drinking

Water Infrastructure Needs Survey

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 EPA is planning to submit the

following proposed Information

Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB): 1999

Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs

Survey, EPA ICR # 1708.02. 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 July 27, 1998.

ADDRESSES: To obtain a copy of the ICR

without charge please contact the Safe

Drinking Water Hotline, (800) 426–4791.

Hours of operation are 9:00 a.m. to 5:30

p.m. (ET), Monday—Friday, excluding

Federal holidays. Copies are also

available from the Office of Water

Resource Center (RC4100), U.S. EPA

Headquarters, 401 M Street SW,

Washington, DC 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Safe

Drinking Water Hotline, (800) 426–4791,

e-mail: hotline-sdwagroup@epamail.epa.gov; or Richard

Naylor, (202) 260–5135, fax (202) 260–

0732, e-mail:

naylor.richard@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Affected

entities: Entities potentially affected by

this action are those which own, operate

or regulate community water systems

but not limited to: Owners/operators of

community water systems, State

Environmental Water Quality Agencies,

and State Departments of Health.

Title: 1999 Drinking Water

Infrastructure Needs Survey, EPA ICR #

1708.02.

Abstract: The purpose of this

information collection is to identify the

current and future infrastructure needs

of community and nonprofit

noncommunity public water systems for

the 20-year period from January 1999

through December 2018. The collection

will be conducted by EPA’s Office of

Ground Water and Drinking Water

(OGWDW) in order to comply with

Sections 1452(h) and 1452 (i)(4) of the

Safe Drinking Water Act (SDWA)

(Public Law 104–182).

The collection will involve two

methods. A questionnaire will be used

to collect information from large and

medium community water systems. For

small systems and nonprofit

noncommunity water systems, data will

be collected through a site visit by the

EPA contractor. Questionnaires and site

visit reports will be reviewed by State

Needs Survey Coordinators before

submission to EPA.

The data from the questionnaires and

the site visits will provide EPA with a

basis for estimating the drinking water

infrastructure needs of community

water systems for the 20-year period,

January 1999 through December 2018.

Furthermore, under section 1452

(a)(1)(D) of SDWA, the results of the

needs survey must be used as the basis

for allocating Drinking Water State

Revolving Loan Fund capitalization

grant funds among the States. Responses

to the collection of information are

voluntary.

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: It is estimated that

this information collection will involve

a total cost burden to the Respondents

of $1,533,029 and a total hour burden to

the Respondents of 44,096 hours. There

will be no capital, start-up or operation

and maintenance costs but the

collection will involve a one time

response, from 4,670 respondents, of

approximately 9.4 hours per

respondent. 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: May 21, 1998.

Cynthia Dougherty,

Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking

Water.

[FR Doc. 98–13985 Filed 5–26–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6102–6]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request;

Underground Injection Control

Program

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).