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Permit for storm water discharges

associated with construction activities.

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

Federal Register Notice required under

5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting comments on

this collection of information was

published on June 2, 1997 (62 FR

29826); no comments were received.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and recordkeeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 3.7 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:

Owners/Operators of construction

activities.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

13,632.

Frequency of Response: For each

construction start.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

3.7 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Cost

Burden: $3,646,741.

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.1842.01 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: December 30, 1997.

Joseph Retzer,

Director, Regulatory Information Division.

[FR Doc. 98–243 Filed 1–5–98; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

Notice of Public Information

Collection(s) Submitted to OMB for

Review and Approval

December 30, 1997.

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications

Commission, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork burden

invites the general public and other

Federal agencies to take this

opportunity to comment on the

following information collection(s), as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13. An

agency may not conduct or sponsor a

collection of information unless it

displays a currently valid control

number. No person shall be subject to

any penalty for failing to comply with

a collection of information subject to the

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that

does not display a valid control number.

Comments are requested concerning (a)

whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

Commission, including whether the

information shall have practical utility;

(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s

burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance

the quality, utility, and clarity of the

information collected; and (d) ways to

minimize the burden of the collection of

information on the respondents,

including the use of automated

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology.

DATES: Written comments should be

submitted on or before February 5, 1998.

If you anticipate that you will be

submitting comments, but find it

difficult to do so within the period of

time allowed by this notice, you should

advise the contact listed below as soon

as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to Judy

Boley, Federal Communications

Commission, Room 234, 1919 M St.,

N.W., Washington, DC 20554 or via

Internet to jboley@fcc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

additional information or copies of the

information collection(s), contact Judy

Boley at 202–418–0214 or via Internet at

jboley@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Control No.: 3060–0349.

Title: Sections 76.73/76.75, Cable TV

EEO Policy and Programs.

Form No.: N/A.

Type of Review: Extension of a

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Businesses or other for

profit.

Number of Respondents: 5,600.

Estimated Time Per Response: Of the

5,600 Cable/MVPD employment units,

2,125 will have 6 or more employees

and will take an average of 52 hours per

year to maintain an EEO program; 3,475

cable/MVPD employment units will

have fewer than 6 employees and will

take an average of 8 hours per year to

maintain an EEO program.

Frequency of Response:

Recordkeeping requirement.

Cost to Respondents: N/A.

Total Annual Burden: 138,300 hours.

Needs and Uses: Section 76.73

provides that equal opportunity in

employment shall be afforded by all

cable entities and multichannel video

program distributors (MVPD) to all

qualified persons and no person shall be

discriminated against in employment by

such entities because of race, color,

religion, national origin, age or sex.

Sections 76.73 and 76.75 require that

each cable/MVPD employment unit

shall establish, maintain and carry out

a program to ensure equal opportunity

in every aspect of a cable entity’s policy

and practice.

The data is used by cable entities/

MVPD in the preparation of the Cable

Television/MVPD Annual Employment

Report (FCC 395–A/395–M). The data is

also used by FCC staff or in-house or

field investigations involving equal

employment opportunity. If this

program was not maintained there could

be no assurance that efforts are being

made to afford equal opportunity in

employment.

Federal Communications Commission.

Magalie Roman Salas,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–190 Filed 1–5–98; 8:45 am]

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Public Information Collection(s)

Approved by Office of Management

and Budget

December 29, 1997.

The Federal Communications

Commission (FCC) has received Office

of Management and Budget (OMB)

approval for the following public