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ENGLAND POWER COMPANY,

NARRAGANSETT ELECTRIC

COMPANY, ALLENERGY

MARKETING COMPANY, L.L.C.

AND USGEN NEW ENGLAND, INC.

OTHER#S ER98–6, 001, NEW

ENGLAND POWER COMPANY,

NARRAGANSETT ELECTRIC

COMPANY, ALLENERGY

MARKETING COMPANY, L.L.C.

AND USGEN NEW ENGLAND, INC.

CAE–13.

OMITTED

CAE–14.

DOCKET# NJ98–3, 000, SALT RIVER

PROJECT AGRICULTURAL

IMPROVEMENT AND POWER

DISTRICT

CAE–15.

DOCKET# ER96–2367, 001,

COMMONWEALTH EDISON

COMPANY AND

COMMONWEALTH EDISON

COMPANY OF INDIANA, INC.

CAE–16.

OMITTED

Consent Agenda—Gas and Oil

CAG–1.

DOCKET# RP98–206, 000, ATLANTA

GAS LIGHT COMPANY

CAG–2.

DOCKET# RP98–215, 000, NATURAL

GAS PIPELINE COMPANY OF

AMERICA

CAG–3.

DOCKET# RP98–218, 000,

COLORADO INTERSTATE GAS

COMPANY

CAG–4.

DOCKET# PR98–3, 000,

SOUTHEASTERN NATURAL GAS

COMPANY

OTHER#S PR98–3, 001,

SOUTHEASTERN NATURAL GAS

COMPANY

CAG–5.

DOCKET# RP97–71, 008,

TRANSCONTINENTAL GAS PIPE

LINE CORPORATION

OTHER#S RP97–71, 009,

TRANSCONTINENTAL GAS PIPE

LINE CORPORATION

RP97–312, 003,

TRANSCONTINENTAL GAS PIPE

LINE CORPORATION

CAG–6.

DOCKET# RP97–287, 010, EL PASO

NATURAL GAS COMPANY

OTHER#S RP97–287, 014, EL PASO

NATURAL GAS COMPANY

CAG–7.

OMITTED

CAG–8.

DOCKET# RP93–206, 020,

NORTHERN NATURAL GAS

COMPANY

OTHER#S RP96–347, 012,

NORTHERN NATURAL GAS

COMPANY

CAG–9.

DOCKET# OR98–3, 000, OXY USA,

INC. V. AMERADA HESS PIPELINE

CORPORATION, ARCO

TRANSPORTATION ALASKA,

INC., BP PIPELINES (ALASKA)

INC., ET AL.

CAG–10.

DOCKET# MG98–9, 000, WARREN

TRANSPORTATION, INC.

CAG–11.

DOCKET# MG98–7, 000, MIDCOAST

INTERSTATE TRANSMISSION,

INC.

CAG–12.

OMITTED

CAG–13.

DOCKET# CP98–121, 000,

TENNESSEE GAS PIPELINE

COMPANY

CAG–14.

DOCKET# CP98–220, 000,

TENNESSEE GAS PIPELINE

COMPANY

CAG–15.

DOCKET# CP96–15, 000, TEXAS

EASTERN TRANSMISSION

CORPORATION

CAG–16.

DOCKET# CP98–271, 000, KN

WATTENBERG TRANSMISSION

LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY V.

PUBLIC SERVICE COMPANY OF

COLORADO, ET AL.

CAG–17.

OMITTED

CAG–18.

DOCKET# CP98–249, 001, FLORIDA

GAS TRANSMISSION COMPANY

HYDRO AGENDA

H–1.

RESERVED

ELECTRIC AGENDA

E–1.

RESERVED

OIL AND GAS AGENDA

I. PIPELINE RATE MATTERS

PR–1.

RESERVED

II. PIPELINE CERTIFICATE MATTERS

PC–1. RESERVED

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–15275 Filed 6–4–98; 11:36 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6108–5]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request; Secondary

Lead Smelters MACT

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: MACT, Subpart X—Secondary

Lead Smelters (OMB # 2060–0296,

expiration 6/30/98). 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 July 8, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

a copy of the ICR, call Sandy Farmer at

EPA, by phone at (202) 260–2740, by EMail 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. 1686.03.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title:

MACT Subpart X—Secondary Lead

Smelters (OMB Control No. 2060–0296;

EPA ICR No. 1686.03) expiring 6/30/98.

This is a request for extension of a

currently approved collection.

Abstract: The EPA is required under

section 112(d) of the 1990 Clean Air

Act, to regulate emissions of 189

hazardous air pollutants (HAPs).

Secondary lead smelters have been

identified by the EPA as significant

emitters of several chemicals identified

as HAPs, including but not limited to

lead compounds, arsenic compounds,

and 1,3-butadiene. In the

Administrator’s judgment, such

emissions cause or contribute

significantly to air pollution that may

reasonably be anticipated to endanger

public health. Chronic exposure to lead

compounds results in adverse effects on

the blood, central nervous system, blood

pressure, kidneys, and vitamin D

metabolism. Children are particularly

sensitive and exposure can also result in

reduced cognitive development and

reduced growth. Lead compounds can

be persistent in the environment and

have the potential to accumulate in food

chains. Chronic inhalation exposure to

arsenic compounds is strongly
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associated with lung cancer, while

organic HAP emissions from secondary

lead smelting may lead to increases in

cardiovascular disease, as well as

developmental and reproductive effects.

In order to reduce HAP emissions

from secondary lead smelting, the EPA

developed the National Emission

Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants

(NESHAP) for Secondary Lead Smelters,

which were proposed on June 9, 1994

(59 FR 29750) and promulgated on June

23, 1995 (60 FR 32587). In response to

industry petitions to reconsider, the

final rule was amended on June 13,

1997 (62 FR 32209). Entities potentially

affected by this rule are owners or

operators of secondary lead smelters

that operate furnaces to reduce scrap

lead metal and lead compounds to

elemental lead. The rule applies to

secondary lead smelters that use blast,

reverberatory, rotary, or electric

smelting furnaces to recover lead metal

from scrap lead, primarily from used

lead-acid automotive-type batteries. The

rule provides protection to the public by

requiring all secondary lead smelters to

meet emission standards reflecting the

application of the maximum achievable

control technology (MACT). This

information is being collected to assure

compliance with 40 CFR part 63,

subpart X.

Owners or operators of the affected

facilities described must make one-timeonly notifications including:

notification of any physical or

operational change to an existing facility

which may increase the regulated

pollutant emission rate, notification of

the initial performance test, including

information necessary to determine the

conditions of the performance test, and

performance test measurements and

results. All reports are sent to the

delegated State or local authority. In the

event that there is no such delegated

authority, the reports are sent directly to

the EPA Regional Office. Owners or

operators must maintain records of

initial and subsequent compliance tests

for lead compounds, and identify the

date, time, cause and corrective actions

taken for all bag leak detection alarms.

Records of continuous monitoring

devices, including parametric

monitoring, must be maintained and

reported semi-annually. Owners or

operators are also required to maintain

records of the occurrence and duration

of any startup, shutdown, or

malfunction in the operation of an

affected facility, or any period during

which the monitoring system is

inoperative. Any owner or operator

subject to the provisions of this part

shall maintain a file of these

measurements, and retain the records

for at least five years following the date

of such measurements and records. At a

minimum, records of the previous two

years must be maintained on site.

Industry and EPA records indicate

that 23 sources are subject to the

standard, and no additional sources are

expected to become subject to the

standard over the next three years. 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 December

2, 1997 (62 FR 63711). No comments

were received.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and recordkeeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 334 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:

Owners/Operators of secondary lead

smelters.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

23.

Frequency of Response: daily records/

semi-annual reports.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

16,033 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Cost

Burden: $150,000.

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. 1686.03 and

OMB Control No. 2060–0296 in any

correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, OPPE 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: June 1, 1998.

Joseph Retzer,

Director, Regulatory Information Division.

[FR Doc. 98–15171 Filed 6–5–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–U

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[SWH–FRL–6108–8]

Paper Products Recovered Materials

Advisory Notice II

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of availability of

document.

SUMMARY: EPA is providing notice of the

availability of the Paper Products

Recovered Materials Advisory Notice II

(Paper RMAN II), which revises EPA’s

1996 recommendations for purchasing

specified printing and writing papers

containing postconsumer fiber. Under

section 6002 of the Resource

Conservation and Recovery Act, which

establishes a buy-recycled program for

federal agencies, EPA designates items

that are or can be made with recovered

materials and provides

recommendations for government

procurement of these items. Under

Executive Order 12873, Federal

executive agencies are required to

purchase specified printing and writing

papers containing 30% postconsumer

fiber beginning on December 31, 1998.

Paper RMAN II incorporates this 30%

postconsumer fiber content level. This

action will promote paper recycling by

using government purchasing to expand

and maintain markets for recovered

paper.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 31, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Supporting materials are

available for viewing in the RCRA

Information Center (RIC), located in

Crystal Gateway I, 1235 Jefferson Davis

Highway, First Floor, Arlington,

Virginia. The Docket Identification

Number is F–98–PPRA–FFFFF. The RIC

is open from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm,

Monday through Friday, excluding

federal holidays. To review docket

materials, it is recommended that the

public make an appointment by calling

(703) 603–9230. The public may copy a

maximum of 100 pages from any