38828 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 138 / Monday, July 20, 1998 / Notices

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Review

Requested: This is a request to renew a

currently approved information

collection pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.12.

ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 1741.02;

OMB Control No. 2070–0145.

Current Expiration Date: Current

OMB approval expires on August 31,

1998.

Title: Correction of Misreported

Chemical Substances on the TSCA

Inventory Abstract: Section 8(b) of the Toxic

Substances Control Act (TSCA) requires

EPA to compile and keep current an

Inventory of Chemical Substances in

Commerce, which is a listing of

chemical substances manufactured,

imported, and processed for commercial

purposes in the United States. The

purpose of the Inventory is to define, for

the purpose of TSCA, what chemical

substances exist in U.S. commerce.

Since the Inventory thereby performs a

regulatory function by distinguishing

between existing chemicals and new

chemicals, which TSCA regulates in

different ways, it is imperative that the

Inventory be accurate. However, from time to time, EPA or

respondents discover that substances

have been incorrectly described by

reporting companies. Reported

substances have been unintentionally

misidentified as a result of simple

typographical errors, the

misidentification of substances, or the

lack of sufficient technical or analytical

capabilities to characterize fully the

exact chemical substances. EPA has

developed guidelines (45 FR 50544, July

29, 1980) under which incorrectly

described substances listed in the

Inventory can be corrected. This information collection request

pertains to the use of the TSCA

Chemical Substance Inventory

Reporting Form C (EPA Form 7710–3C),

which is used by the chemical industry

in submitting requests to EPA to correct

misreported chemical identities of

substances listed on the Inventory. The

correction mechanism ensures the

accuracy of the Inventory without

imposing an unreasonable burden on

the chemical industry. Without the

Inventory correction mechanism, a

company that submitted incorrect

information would have to file a

premanufacture notification (PMN)

under TSCA section 5 to place the

correct chemical substance on the

Inventory whenever the previously

reported substance is found to be

misidentified. This would impose a

much greater burden on both EPA and

the submitter than the existing

correction mechanism.

Responses to the collection of

information are voluntary.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting burden for this collection of

information is estimated to average 1.0

hour per response for an estimated 200

respondents making one or more

submissions of information. These

estimates include 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. No person is

required to respond to a collection of

information unless it displays a

currently valid OMB control number.

The OMB control numbers for these

regulations are displayed in 40 CFR part

9.

Respondents/Affected Entities:

Entities potentially affected by this

action are persons who manufacture,

process or import chemical substances

in the United States.

Estimated No. of Respondents: 200.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 200 hours.

Frequency of Collection: On occasion.

Changes in Burden Estimates:

There is no change in the total

estimated respondent burden as

compared with that identified in the

information collection request most

recently approved by OMB. According to the procedures

prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12, EPA has

submitted this ICR to OMB for review

and approval. Any comments related to

the renewal of this ICR should be

submitted within 30 days of this

document, as described above.

Dated: July 14, 1998.

Richard T. Westlund,

Acting Director, Regulatory Information

Division.

[FR Doc. 98–19259 Filed 7–17–98; 8:45 am]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6126–4]

National Drinking Water Advisory

Council Operator Certification Working

Group; Notice of Open Meeting

Under Section 10(a)(2) of Public Law

92–423, ‘‘The Federal Advisory

Committee Act,’’ notice is hereby given

that a meeting of the Operator

Certification Working Group of the

National Drinking Water Advisory

Council (NDWAC), established under

the Safe Drinking Water Act, as

amended (42 U.S.C. S300f et seq.), will

be held on Thursday, August 13, 1998,

from 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. and Friday,

August 14, 1998, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30

p.m. at the Hotel Washington, 515 15th

Street, NW, Washington, DC, 20004. The

meeting is open to the public to observe,

but due to past experience, seating will

be limited.

The primary purpose of this meeting

is for the working group to discuss the

public’s comments that EPA received on

the Public Review Draft Guidelines for

the Certification and Recertification of

Community and Nontransient

Noncommunity Public Water Systems.

Also, the working group members will

develop recommendations on

appropriate changes to the guidelines,

based on the public comments, for

transmittal to the NDWAC. Statements

from the public will be taken at the end

of the meeting if time allows.

For more information, please contact

Richard Naylor, Designated Federal

Officer, Operator Certification Working

Group, U.S. EPA, Office of Ground

Water and Drinking Water (4606), 401 M

Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460. The

telephone number is (202) 260–5135

and the e-mail address is

naylor.richard@epamail.epa.gov.

Dated: July 14, 1998.

Charlene Shaw,

Designated Federal Officer, National Drinking

Water Advisory Council.

[FR Doc. 98–19260 Filed 7–17–98; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA–1223–DR]

Florida; Amendment No. 6 to Notice of

a Major Disaster Declaration

AGENCY: Federal Emergency

Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice

of a major disaster for the State of

Florida, (FEMA–1223–DR), dated June

18, 1998, and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: July 3, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Madge Dale, Response and Recovery

Directorate, Federal Emergency

Management Agency, Washington, DC

20472, (202) 646–3260.