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claimed as confidential business

information (CBI). Respondents may

make a business confidentially claim by

marking the appropriate data as CBI.

Respondents may not withhold

information from the Agency because

they believe it is confidential.

Information so designated will be

disclosed by EPA only to the extent set

forth in 40 CFR part 2.

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 appropriate automated electronic,

mechanical, or other technological

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology; e.g., permitting

electronic submission of responses.

Burden Statement: 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.

The average annual burden imposed

by the clarification to the survey

updates is approximately 20.0 hours per

respondent. The average number of

responses for each respondent is 1. The

estimated number of likely respondents

is 25. The average annual burden

imposed by site visits is approximately

16 hours per respondent. The average

number of responses for each

respondent is 1.

The estimated number of likely

respondents is 3.

Data will be collected from the

chlorinated aliphatics industry that

generate wastes that may be listed as

hazardous.

Dated: June 2, 1998.

Elizabeth A. Cotsworth,

Acting Director, Office of Solid Waste.

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Second Public Scoping Meeting for

EPA’s Environmental Impact

Statement for the Final Rule for

Environmental Impact Assessment of

Nongovernmental Activities in

Antarctica

AGENCY: U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of second public scoping

meeting for EPA’s Environmental

Impact Statement (EIS) for the final rule

for environmental impact assessment

(EIA) of nongovernmental activities in

Antarctica.

SUMMARY: The U.S. EPA, in accordance

with Section 102(2)(c) of the National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), will

prepare a Draft EIS for proposed final

regulations that will provide for: (1)

environmental impact assessment of

nongovernmental activities, including

tourism, in Antarctica for which the

United States is required to give

advance notice under paragraph 5 of

Article VII of the Antarctic Treaty of

1959; and (2) coordination of the review

of information regarding environmental

impact assessments received by the

United States from other Parties to the

Protocol on Environmental Protection to

the Antarctic Treaty. These final

regulations will be prepared pursuant to

the Antarctic Science, Tourism, and

Conservation Act of 1996. EPA held its

first public scoping meeting on July 8,

1997, and, at the request of the

International Association of Antarctica

Tour Operators, individual Antarctica

tour operators, and The Antarctica

Project on behalf of the Antarctic and

Southern Ocean Coalition, agreed to

conduct a second scoping meeting

following the 1997–1998 Antarctic tour

season, the first such season following

promulgation of EPA’s Interim Final

Rule governing Environmental Impact

Assessment of Nongovernmental

Activities in Antarctica (Federal

Register/Vol. 62, No. 83/ Wednesday,

April 30, 1997/Rules and Regulations).

EPA invites comments and suggestions

on the scope of the rulemaking with

regard to the environmental and

regulatory issues to be addressed in the

EIS.

DATES: The public scoping meeting will

be on Tuesday, July 14, 1998, from 1:00

PM until 4:30 PM, at the Washington

Information Center—EPA Conference

Service Center, Conference Room 3

North, Waterside Mall, 4th and M Street

SW, Washington, DC. To access

Conference Room 3 North, enter

Waterside Mall through the entrance

directly in front of the Waterfront-SEU

Metro Station (green line), turn right at

the central hallway, left at the end of

this hallway, and enter the North

Conference Center through the last door

on the right. Written comments from the

public may also be sent directly to EPA

to the contacts listed below and will be

accepted by EPA through July 31, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Joseph Montgomery or Ms. Katherine

Biggs, Office of Federal Activities

(2252A), U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, 401 M Street SW, Washington,

DC 20460; telephone: (202)564–7157 or

(202)564–7144, respectively.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Please

refer to the Public Scoping Meeting

Notice for the July 8, 1997 meeting

(Federal Register/Vol. 62, No. 105/

Monday, June 2, 1997/Notices), and the

Notice of Intent to Prepare an EIS for the

final rule for EIA of nongovernmental

activities in Antarctica (Federal

Register/Vol. 62, No. 90/Friday, May 9,

1997/Notices). Copies of documents

pertinent to this project are available

from the contacts listed above and also

on the World Wide Web at: http://

www.epa.gov/oeca/ofa.

Richard E. Sanderson,

Director, Office of Federal Activities.

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ACTION: Notification of Public Advisory

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