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f. Location: Pacolet River, Spartanburg

County, South Carolina.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).

h. Applicant Contact: Victoria J.

Miller, Bluestone Energy Design, P.O.

Box 181, Converse, SC 29329, (864)

579–4640.

i. FERC Contact: J.W. Flint, (202) 219–

2667.

j. Comment Date: August 15, 1998.

k. Description of Amendment:

Bluestone Energy Design proposes to

remove the 4-foot-high flashboards from

the dam.

l. This notice also consists of the

following standard paragraphs: B, C1,

and D2.

B. Comments, Protests, or Motions to

Intervene—Anyone may submit

comments, a protest, or a motion to

intervene in accordance with the

requirements of Rules of Practice and

Procedure, 18 CFR sections 385.210,

.211, .214. In determining the

appropriate action to take, the

Commission will consider all protests or

other comments filed, but only those

who file a motion to intervene in

accordance with the Commission’s

Rules may become a party to the

proceeding. Any comments, protests, or

motions to intervene must be received

on or before the specified comment date

for the particular application.

C1. Filing and Service of Responsive

Documents—Any filings must bear in

all capital letters the title

‘‘COMMENTS,’’

‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TERMS

AND CONDITIONS,’’ ‘‘PROTEST’’ OR

‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE,’’ as

applicable, and the project number of

the particular application to which the

filing is in response. Any of these

documents must be filed by providing

the original and 8 copies to: The

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, N.E.,

Washington, DC 20426. Motions to

intervene must also be served upon each

representative of the applicant specified

in the particular application.

D2. Agency Comments—The

Commission invites federal, state, and

local agencies to file comments on the

described application. (Agencies may

obtain a copy of the application directly

from the applicant.) If an agency does

not file comments within the time

specified for filing comments, the

Commission will presume that the

agency has none. One copy of an

agency’s comments must also be sent to

the applicant’s representatives.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–17754 Filed 7–2–98; 8:45 am]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6121–1]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request; Regional

Compliance Assistance Program

Evaluation

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: Agency Generic Information

Collection Request: Regional

Compliance Assistance Program

Evaluation, EPA ICR No. 1860.01. 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 August 5, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Contact 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 and refer to EPA ICR

No. 1860.01.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Agency Generic Information

Collection Request: Regional

Compliance Assistance Program, (EPA

ICR No. 1860.01). This is a new

collection.

Abstract: Since EPA’s Office of

Enforcement and Compliance Assurance

(OECA) was formed three years ago,

there has been an increased focus on the

use of compliance assistance as an

appropriate tool to assist the regulated

community in improving its

compliance. In particular, OECA has

focussed its compliance assistance on

small business and small communities

that have not had much exposure to

traditional enforcement and therefore

may not be fully aware of their

compliance obligations. Compliance

assistance consists of information and

technical assistance provided to the

regulated community to help it meet the

requirements of environmental law.

First and foremost, compliance

assistance ensures that the regulated

community understands its obligations

by providing clear and consistent

descriptions of regulatory requirements.

The bulk of OECA’s compliance

assistance activities are undertaken in

our regional offices. Regional

compliance assistance activities

commonly include: hotlines,

workshops/seminar/trainings,

compliance guides (e.g., plain language

explanations of regulations, videos), and

on-site visits. Since compliance

assistance is a rather new tool for OECA,

we are very interested in learning about

its effectiveness. In particular, we are

interested in learning about the

‘‘outcome’’ of compliance assistance on

a continuum of potential outcomes. The

continuum includes determining the

‘‘reach’’ of activity within the intended

audience; determining their

‘‘satisfaction’’ with the activity; and

determining what ‘‘behavioral changes’’

they make as a result of the activity. The

purpose of this generic ICR is to enable

OECA to collect data on the program

effectiveness of their compliance

assistance program so that we can begin

to understand which of our various

types of compliance assistance activities

are most effective as well as to obtain

anecdotal information on the outcomes

of these assistance efforts. Moreover,

since measuring the impact of

compliance assistance is a new activity

for OECA, we are also interested in

experimenting with different types of

measurement methods (e.g., comment

cards, mailed surveys, phone surveys) to

better direct our program evaluation

program. Moreover, we are interested in

learning if this data can be obtained

using generalizable methods and will be

supporting our measurement activities

with analysis in this area.

In each instance we will be measuring

whether or not the compliance

assistance activity is meeting its

intended goal. Typical goals for

compliance assistance activities

include: informing the regulated

community of their compliance

obligations (e.g., plain-language guides);

assisting the regulated community in

their understanding of complex federal

and/or state requirements (e.g., section

215 of the Small Business Regulatory

Enforcement Fairness Act asks EPA to

undertake demonstration projects with

states to develop compliance assistance

tools that integrate state and federal

rules); and motivating behavioral

change (e.g., pollutants reduced, permits

adopted) from on-site visits, and indepth workshops/trainings. This

activity is being undertaken to assist

EPA in its implementation of the

National Performance Measures Strategy

that was finalized on December 22,

1997.

None of the information collected by

this action results in or requests
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sensitive information of any nature from

the states.

An agency may not conduct or

sponsor, and a person is not required to

respond to, a collection of information

unless it display 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 April

21, 1998. No comments were received.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and recordkeeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average .125 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:

Businesses receiving compliance

assistance from EPA.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

465,489.

Frequency of Response: Sporadic.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

19,470 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Cost

Burden: $218,090.

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. 1860.01 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 25, 1998.

Joseph Retzer,

Director, Regulatory Information Division.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6120–8]

Proposed Settlement Under Section

122(h) of the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation and Liability Act of 1980

(CERCLA), as Amended, 42 U.S.C.

9622(h), Jones Trucklines Superfund

Site, St. Louis, MO

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice; request for public

comment.

SUMMARY: The United States

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

is proposing to enter into an

administrative settlement to resolve

claims under the Comprehensive

Environmental Response, Compensation

and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as

amended, 42 U.S.C. 9622(h). This

settlement is intended to resolve the

liability of Triad Carriers, Inc. for

response costs incurred at the Jones

Trucklines Superfund Site, 5401 Hall

Street, St. Louis, Missouri.

DATES: Written comments must be

provided on or before August 5, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be

addressed to Cheryle Micinski, Deputy

Regional Counsel, Office of Regional

Counsel, United States Environmental

Protection Agency, Region VII, 726

Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas

66101 and should refer to: In the Matter

of Jones Trucklines Superfund Site, EPA

Docket No. VII–98–F–0010.

The proposed administrative cost

recovery settlement may be examined in

person at the United States

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region VII, 726 Minnesota Avenue,

Kansas City, Kansas 66101. A copy of

the proposed settlement may be

obtained from Venessa Cobbs, Regional

Docket Clerk, EPA Region VII, 726

Minnesota Avenue, Kansas City, Kansas

66101, telephone (913) 551–7630.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Cheryle Micinski, Deputy Regional

Counsel, Office of Regional Counsel,

EPA Region VII, 726 Minnesota Avenue,

Kansas City, Kansas 66101, telephone

(913) 551–7010.

Dated: June 25, 1998.

Michael J. Sanderson,

Director, Superfund Division, Region VII.

[FR Doc. 98–17809 Filed 7–2–98; 8:45 am]

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AGENCY

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Proposed Settlement Agreement;

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania;

Enhanced Motor Vehicle Inspection

and Maintenance Program

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of proposed settlement

agreement.

SUMMARY: In accordance with section

113(g) of the Clean Air Act (‘‘Act’’), as

amended, 42 U.S.C. 7413(g), notice is

hereby given of a proposed settlement

agreement concerning litigation

instituted against the Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA) by the

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The

lawsuit concerns EPA’s conditional

interim approval of the

Commonwealth’s enhanced vehicle

inspection and maintenance (I/M)

program under section 182(c)(3) of the

Act. The parties have agreed to settle

this matter without litigation. The

proposed settlement agreement obligates

Pennsylvania to make certain additional

State Implementation Plan (SIP)

submissions, which EPA agrees to

propose to approve. The agreement

further obligates EPA to work with

Pennsylvania to develop an alternative

program evaluation methodology that

does not require the use of mass

emission testing technology, or in the

alternative to conditionally approve a

subsequent Pennsylvania I/M program

evaluation SIP submission if the parties

can not develop such a methodology

For a period of thirty (30) days

following the date of publication of this

notice, the Agency will receive written

comments relating to modified

settlement agreement. EPA or the

Department of Justice may withhold or

withdraw consent to the proposed

settlement agreement if the comments

disclose facts or circumstances that

indicate that such consent is

inappropriate, improper, inadequate, or

inconsistent with the requirements of

the Act.

Copies of the settlement agreement

are available from Phyllis Cochran, Air

and Radiation Law Office (2344), Office

of General Counsel, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M Street, SW,

Washington, DC 20460, (202) 260–7606.