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existing 43,756 kW project plus a 15,000

kW expansion at the Hadley Falls

Station; (8) transmission line

connections; and (9) appurtenant

facilities. The estimated average annual

generation is about 212,000 megawatthours (MWh), which would increase to

about 257,600 MWh after completing

the expansion in 2006.

m. Purpose of Project: The power

generated by the project would be used

within Holyoke Gas & Electric

Department’s distribution system, with

a portion sold to the Massachusetts

Municipal Wholesale Electric Company.

n. This notice also consists of the

following standard paragraphs: A4, B1,

and E1.

o. Available Locations of Application:

A copy of the application is available for

inspection and reproduction at the

Commission’s Public Reference and

Files and Maintenance Branch, located

at 888 First Street, N.E., Room 2A–1,

Washington, D.C. 20426, or by calling

(202) 208–2326. Copies are also

available for inspection and

reproduction at (1) the Ashburnham

Municipal Light Plant, 78 Central Street,

Ashburnham, Massachusetts 01430, and

(2) the Holyoke Gas & Electric

Department, 99 Suffolk Street, Holyoke,

Massachusetts 01040.

A4. Development Application—

Public notice of the filing of the initial

development application, which has

already been given, established the due

date for filing competing applications or

notices of intent. Under the

Commission’s regulations, any

competing development application

must be filed in response to and in

compliance with public notice of the

initial development application. No

competing applications or notices of

intent may be filed in response to this

notice.

B1. Protests or Motions to Intervene—

Anyone may submit a protest or a

motion to intervene in accordance with

requirements of Rules of Practice and

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, 385.211,

and 385.214. In determining the

appropriate action to take, the

Commission will consider all protests

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 protests or

motions to intervene must be received

on or before the specified deadline date

for the particular application.

E1. Filing and Service of Responsive

Documents—The application is not

ready for environmental analysis at this

time; therefore, the Commission is not

now requesting comments,

recommendations, terms and

conditions, or prescriptions.

When the application is ready for

environmental analysis, the

Commission will issue a public notice

requesting comments,

recommendations, terms and

conditions, or prescriptions.

All filings must (1) bear in all capital

letters the title ‘‘PROTEST’’ or

‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE’’; (2) set

forth in the heading the name of the

applicant and the project number of the

application to which the filing

responds; (3) furnish the name, address,

and telephone number of the person

protesting or intervening; and (4)

otherwise comply with the requirements

of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005.

Agencies may obtain copies of the

application directly from the applicant.

Any of these documents must be filed

by providing the original and the

number of copies required by the

Commission’s regulations to: The

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, N.E.,

Washington, D.C. 20426. An additional

copy must be sent to Director, Division

of Project Review, Office of Hydropower

Licensing, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, at the above address. A

copy of any protest or motion to

intervene must be served upon each

representative of the applicant specified

in the particular application.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6122–6]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request; Outer Continental

Shelf Air Regulations

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

proposed and/or continuing Information

Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB): Air

Pollution Regulations for the Outer

Continental Shelf (OCS) Activities:

Reporting, Recordkeeping and Testing

Requirements, OMB Control Number

2060–0249, ICR number 1601.03,

expiration date: August 31, 1998. 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 September 8, 1998.

ADDRESSES: A copy of the supporting

statement may be obtained from the

Ozone Policy and Strategies Group, Air

Quality Strategies and Standards

Division, Office of Air Quality Planning

and Standards, MD–15, Research

Triangle Park, NC 27711 or is available

at http://www.epa.gov/ttn/oarpg/t1/

frlnotice/ocs-icr.wpd. Comments must

be mailed to David H. Stonefield, Ozone

Policy and Strategies Group, Air Quality

Strategies and Standards Division, MD–

15, Environmental Protection Agency,

Research Triangle Park, NC 27711.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David Stonefield, telephone: 919–541–

5350, Facsimile: 919–541–0824, EMAIL: stonefield.dave@epamail.epa.gov

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Affected entities: Entities potentially

affected by this action are air pollution

sources which are located on the outer

continental shelf along the Arctic,

Atlantic, and Pacific Oceans and in the

Gulf of Mexico east of longitude 87°30′.

Title: Air Pollution Regulations for the

Outer Continental Shelf (OCS)

Activities: Reporting, Recordkeeping

and Testing Requirements, OMB Control

Number 2060–0249, ICR number

1601.03, expiration date: August 31,

1998.

Abstract: Section 328 (Air Pollution

From Outer Continental Shelf

Activities) of the Clean Air Act (CAA)

as amended in 1990, gives EPA

responsibility for regulating air

pollution from OCS sources located

offshore of the States along the Arctic,

Atlantic and Pacific coasts, and along

the eastern Gulf of Mexico coast (off the

coast of Florida).

The U.S. Department of Interior’s

Minerals Management Service (MMS)

retained the responsibility for regulating

air pollution from sources located in the

western Gulf of Mexico. To comply with

the requirements of section 328 of the

CAA, EPA, on September 4, 1992 at 57

FR 40792, promulgated regulations to

control air pollution from OCS sources

in order to attain and maintain Federal

and State ambient air quality standards

and to meet other air quality goals.

Sources located within 25 miles of a

State’s seaward boundary must comply

with the same State/local air pollution

control requirements as would be

applicable if the source were located in

the corresponding onshore area (COA).

Sources located more than 25 miles

from a State’s seaward boundary (25-

mile limit) must comply with EPA air
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pollution control regulations. The

regulations are codified as part 55 of

chapter I of title 40 of the Code of

Federal Regulations (CFR).

The proposed ICR addresses the

information collection burden to

industry respondents who are subject to

the reporting, recordkeeping, and testing

requirements of the OCS air regulations.

Industry respondents include owners or

operators of existing and new or

modified stationary sources. The

proposed ICR also addresses the burden

to the agencies who are responsible for

implementing and enforcing the OCS

regulations. The EPA has delegated the

authority to implement and enforce the

OCS regulations for sources located off

the coast of California to four local air

pollution control agencies. The EPA

implements and enforces the regulations

for all other sources under its

jurisdiction. All burden estimates are

calculated for the 3-year period

beginning September 1, 1998 and

ending August 31, 2001.

The type, quantity and submission

requirements of information will

depend on the type and location of the

source. Exploration facilities are

generally smaller sources which operate

for a short period of time (2 to 6

months), are required to submit an

application to operate and are required

to submit a copy of their log book to

document their operation. Development

and production facilities are generally

larger sources which operate for periods

up to 30 years, are required to obtain

new source review and operating

permits, conduct initial and periodic

emission tests, and submit compliance

information on a routine basis.

The requirements for sources located

or locating within 25 miles of the States’

seaward boundaries are essentially the

same as the requirements for the sources

located in the COA. These requirements

will depend upon whether the area is

attaining the air quality standards and

the local regulatory requirements. For

example, a new source locating off the

coast of a nonattainment area would

have to meet the stringent requirements

of the nonattainment area, such as

smaller size cut-offs for new source

review requirements and control

requirements for the lowest achievable

emission rate. While sources locating off

an area which is attaining the standards

would have higher cut-off requirements

and control requirements for the best

available control technology.

In addition, since EPA has delegated

authority to implement and enforce the

regulations to four southern California

air pollution control districts, sources

locating off the coast of those districts

would be submitting their applications

and data to the local districts.

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: There are two

types of respondents affected by this

proposed ICR: new and existing sources.

New sources must submit adequate

information to determine if the sources

will meet the appropriate new source

review requirements. The annual

average of these one-time-only burdens

for the respondents is estimated to be

16,742 hours. Existing sources must

submit information to obtain an

operating permit and information on the

sources’ emissions. The annual burden

for the existing sources is 16,308 hours.

The total estimate annual burden for the

respondents is 33,050 hours and an

annualized cost of $1,775,646. The

burden for the State and local agencies

to implement and enforce the

regulations is estimated to be 4,109

hours and an annualized cost of

$158,476. The burden for the EPA to

implement and enforce the regulations

is estimated to be 4,114 hours and an

annualized cost of $177,099. 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: June 18, 1998.

John S. Seitz,

Director, Office of Air Quality Planning and

Standards.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6122–1]

Notice of Shrimp Virus Management

Work Shop

AGENCY: U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency (USEPA).

ACTION: Notice of shrimp virus

management workshop.

SUMMARY: The Gulf of Mexico Program

will jointly sponsor a Shrimp Virus

Management Workshop. This workshop

is a continuation of the shrimp virus

work of the Joint Subcommittee on

Aquaculture (JSA) of the President’s

Council on Science and Policy. This

workshop is jointly sponsored by: the

U.S. Department of Commerce, National

Oceanic and Atmospheric

Administration, National Marine

Fisheries Service (DOC/NOAA/NMFS);

U.S. Department of Agriculture,

Cooperative State Research, Education

and Extension Service (DOA/CREES)

and Agricultural Research Service

(DOA/ARS); and U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency (USEPA) Gulf of

Mexico Program. The purpose of the

workshop is to utilize all of the data and

input gathered from the June 1996

Shrimp Pathogen Workshop, the Report

of the JSA Shrimp Virus Work Group

from June 1997, the Stakeholder

Meetings held in Summer 1997 and the

Expert Workshop held in January 1998

to develop Management Options/

Strategies for managing the threat of

shrimp viruses to cultured and wild

stocks of shrimp in the Gulf of Mexico

and Southeastern U.S. Atlantic Waters.

DATES: The workshop will be held on

July 28 & 29, 1998.

ADDRESSES: The workshop will be held

at the Radisson Inn New Orleans

Airport, 2150 Veterans Blvd., Kenner,

LA. (504) 467–3111.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

William D. Holland, Gulf of Mexico