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cases may file written comments on the

application within ten days of

publication of this Notice or the date of

receipt of actual notice, whichever

occurs first. All such comments shall be

filed with the Office of Hearings and

Appeals, Department of Energy,

Washington, D.C. 20585–0107.

Dated: January 15, 1998.

George B. Breznay,

Director, Office of Hearings and Appeals.

LIST OF CASES RECEIVED BY THE OFFICE OF HEARINGS AND APPEALS

[Week of November 17 through November 21, 1997]

Date Name and location of applicant Case No. Type of submission

11/17/97 ..... Tod Rockefeller Carlsbad, New Mexico.VFA–0351 Appeal of an Information Request Denial. IF GRANTED: The October 14,

1997 Freedom of Information Request Denial issued by the Albuquerque

Operations Office would be rescinded, and Tod Rockefeller would receive

access to certain DOE information.

11/18/97 ..... INEEL Research Bureau, Troy, Idaho VFA–0352 Appeal of an Information Request Denial. IF GRANTED: The October 24,

1997 Freedom of Information Request Denial issued by the Richland Operations Office would be rescinded, and INEEL Research Bureau would

receive access to certain DOE information.

11/18/97 ..... Personnel Security Hearing ................ VSO–0184 Request for Hearing under 10 CFR Part 710. IF GRANTED: An individual

employed by a contractor of the Department of Energy would receive a

hearing under 10 CFR Part 710.

11/18/97 ..... Thomas T. Tiller, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.VWA–

0018

Request for Hearing under DOE Contractor Employee Protection Program.

IF GRANTED: A hearing under 10 CFR Part 708 would be held on the

complaint of an individual that reprisals were taken against him by management officials of Wackenhut Services, Inc. as a consequence of having disclosed safety/health concerns.

11/20/97 ..... Information Focus on Energy,

Gaithersburg, Maryland.

VFA–0353 Appeal of an Information Request Denial. IF GRANTED: The November 3,

1997 Freedom of Information Request Denial issued by the Office of the

Inspector General would be rescinded, and Information Focus on Energy,

Inc. would receive access to certain DOE information.

11/20/97 ..... Personnel Security Hearing ................ VSO–0185 Request for Hearing under 10 CFR Part 710. IF GRANTED: An individual

employed by a contractor of the Department of Energy would receive a

hearing under 10 CFR Part 710.

11/20/97 ..... William H. Payne, Albuquerque, New

Mexico.

VFA–0354 Appeal of an Information Request Denial. IF GRANTED: The Albuquerque

Operations Office would be required to issue a determination under the

Freedom of Information Act and William H. Payne would receive access

to certain DOE information.

11/21/97 ..... Homesteaders ASC/Pajarito Plat, Los

Alamos, New Mexico.

VFA–0355 Appeal of an Information Request Denial. IF GRANTED: The October 20,

1997 Freedom of Information Request Denial issued by Albuquerque Operations Office would be rescinded, and Homesteaders Association of the

Pajarito Plateau would receive access to certain DOE information.

[FR Doc. 98–1796 Filed 1–23–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5953–9]

Agency Information Collection

Activities up for Renewal: Facility

Ground-Water Monitoring

Requirements; Proposed Collection;

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

EPA is planning to submit the following

continuing Information Collection

Request (ICR) to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB):

Facility Ground-Water Monitoring

Requirements, EPA ICR #959.09; OMB

Control Number 2050–0033; expiration

5/31/98. 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 March 27, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Commenters must send an

original and two copies of their

comments referencing docket number

F–98–GWIP–FFFFF to: RCRA Docket

Information Center, Office of Solid

Waste (5305G), U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency Headquarters (EPA,

HQ), 401 M Street, SW, Washington, DC

20460. Hand deliveries of comments

should be made to the Arlington, VA,

address below. Comments may also be

submitted electronically through the

Internet to: rcradocket@epamail.epa.gov.

Comments in electronic format should

also be identified by the docket number

F–98–GWIP–FFFFF. All electronic

comments must be submitted as an

ASCII file avoiding the use of special

characters and any form of encryption.

Commenters should not submit

electronically any confidential business

information (CBI). An original and two

copies of CBI must be submitted under

separate cover to: RCRA CBI Document

Control Officer, Office of Solid Waste

(5305W), U.S. EPA, 401 M Street, SW,

Washington, DC 20460.

Public comments and supporting

materials are available for viewing in

the RCRA Information Center (RIC),

located at Crystal Gateway I, First Floor,

1235 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, VA. The RIC is open from 9

a.m. to 4 p.m., 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

regulatory docket at no charge.

Additional copies cost $0.15/page. The

index and some supporting materials

are available electronically.

The ICR is available on the Internet.

Follow these instructions to access the

information electronically:

WWW: http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/

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The official record for this action will

be kept in paper form. Accordingly, EPA

will transfer all comments received

electronically into paper form and place

them in the official record, which will

also include all comments submitted

directly in writing.

EPA responses to comments, whether

the comments are written or electronic,

will be in a notice in the Federal

Register. EPA will not immediately

reply to commenters electronically other

than to seek clarification of electronic

comments that may be garbled in

transmission or during conversion to

paper form, as discussed above.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

general information, contact the RCRA

Hotline at 800 424–9346 or TDD 800

553–7672 (hearing impaired). In the

Washington, DC, metropolitan area, call

703 412–9810 or TDD 703 412–3323.

For more detailed information on

specific aspects of this rulemaking,

contact Hugh Davis, Office of Solid

Waste 5303W, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M Street, SW,

Washington, DC 20460, (703) 308–8633,

or davis.hugh@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Affected entities: Entities potentially

affected by this action are those which

own or operate surface impoundments,

waste piles, land treatment units, and

landfills which manage hazardous waste

regulated under the Resource

Conversation and Recovery Act.

Title: Facility Ground-Water

Monitoring Requirements, EPA ICR

#959.09; OMB Control Number 2050–

0033; expiration date 5/31/98.

Abstract: Subtitle C of the Resource

Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976

(RCRA) creates a comprehensive

program for the safe management of

hazardous waste. Section 3004 of RCRA

requires owners and operators of

facilities that treat, store, or dispose of

hazardous waste to comply with

standards established by EPA that are

‘‘necessary to protect human health and

the environment.’’ Section 3005

provides for implementation of these

standards under permits issued to

owners and operators by EPA or

authorized States. Section 3005 also

allows owners and operators of facilities

in existence when the regulations came

into effect to comply with applicable

notice requirements to operate until a

permit is issued or denied. This

statutory authorization to operate prior

to permit determination is commonly

known as ‘‘interim status.’’ Owners and

operators of interim status facilities also

must comply with standards set under

Section 3004.

EPA promulgated ground-water

monitoring standards for interim status

facilities in 1980 (45 FR 33154 May 19,

1980), codified in 40 CFR Part 265,

Subpart F, and for permitted facilities in

1982 (47 FR 32274 July 26, 1982),

codified in 40 CFR Part 264, Subpart F.

Both sets of standards establish

programs for protecting ground water

from releases of hazardous wastes from

land disposal facilities with regulated

units (these include surface

impoundments, waste piles, land

treatment units, and landfills).

The ground-water monitoring

requirements for regulated units follow

a tiered approach whereby releases of

hazardous contaminants are first

detected, then confirmed, and, if

necessary, are required to be cleaned up.

Each of these tiers requires collection

and analysis of groundwater samples.

Owners or operators that conduct

groundwater monitoring are required to

report information to the oversight

agencies on releases of contaminants

and to maintain records of ground-water

monitoring data at their facilities. The

goal of the ground-water monitoring

program is to prevent and quickly detect

releases of hazardous contaminants to

groundwater, and to establish a program

whereby any contamination is

expeditiously cleaned up.

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: For both permitted

and interim status land disposal

facilities, the estimated total annual

hour burden for this information

collection is 196,363 hours. The

estimated total annual cost burden for

this information collection is

$67,303,862, which includes labor,

capital, operations and maintenance,

and purchased service costs. For 623

permitted land disposal facilities, the

annual reporting hour burden is

estimated to average 112.4 hours per

response, and the annual record keeping

hour burden is estimated to average 26.0

hours per response, regardless of

whether the facility is performing

detection monitoring, compliance

monitoring or corrective action. For

1,024 interim status land disposal

facilities, the annual reporting hour

burden is estimated to average 74.7

hours per response, and the annual

record keeping hour burden is estimated

to average 32.8 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.

Dated: January 20, 1998.

Matthew Hale,

Acting Director, Office of Solid Waste.

[FR Doc. 98–1759 Filed 1–23–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5953–8]

Notice of Information Collection

Activities; Detailed Industry

Questionnaire: Phase II Cooling Water

Intake Structures

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of information collection

activities.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.