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Commission on or before the specified

comment date for the particular

application (see 18 CFR 4.36).

Submission of a timely notice of intent

allows an interested person to file the

competing preliminary permit

application no later than 30 days after

the specified comment date for the

particular application. A competing

preliminary permit application must

conform with 18 CFR 4.30(b) and 4.36.

A7. Preliminary Permit—Any

qualified development applicant

desiring to file a competing

development application must submit to

the Commission, on or before a

specified comment date for the

particular application, either a

competing development application or a

notice of intent to file such an

application. Submission of a timely

notice of intent to file a development

application allows an interested person

to file the competing application no

later than 120 days after the specified

comment date for the particular

application. A competing license

application must conform with 18 CFR

4.30(b) and 4.36.

A9. Notice of intent—A notice of

intent must specify the exact name,

business address, and telephone number

of the prospective applicant, and must

include an unequivocal statement of

intent to submit, if such an application

may be filed, either a preliminary

permit application or a development

application (specify which type of

application). A notice of intent must be

served on the applicant(s) named in this

public notice.

A10. Proposed Scope of Studies under

Permit—A preliminary permit, if issued,

does not authorize construction. The

term of the proposed preliminary permit

would be 36 months. The work

proposed under the preliminary permit

would include economic analysis,

preparation of preliminary engineering

plans, and a study of environmental

impacts. Based on the results of these

studies, the Applicant would decide

whether to proceed with the preparation

of a development application to

construct and operate the project.

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 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.

C. Filing and Service of Responsive

Documents—Any filings must bear in

all capital letters the title

‘‘COMMENTS’’, ‘‘NOTICE OF INTENT

TO FILE COMPETING APPLICATION’’,

‘‘COMPETING APPLICATION’’,

‘‘PROTEST’’, ‘‘MOTION TO

INTERVENE’’, as applicable, and the

Project Number of the particular

application to which the filing refers.

Any of the above-named documents

must be filed by providing the original

and the number of copies provided by

the Commission’s regulations to: The

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, NE,

Washington, DC 20426. An additional

copy must be sent to Director, Division

of Project Review, Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, at the abovementioned address. A copy of any

notice of intent, competing application

or motion to intervene must also be

served upon each representative of the

Application specified in the particular

application.

D2. Agency Comments—Federal,

state, and local agencies are invited to

file comments on the described

application. A copy of the application

may be obtained by agencies directly

from the Applicant. If an agency does

not file comments within the time

specified for filing comments, it will be

presumed to have no comments. One

copy of an agency’s comments must also

be sent to the Applicant’s

representatives.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[6127–6]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request; Land

Disposal Restrictions Surface

Impoundment Study

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: Land Disposal Restrictions

Surface Impoundment Study. 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 24, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

a copy of the ICR, call Sandy Farmer at

EPA, (202) 260–2740, e-mail at

Farmer.Sandy@epa.gov, or download off

the Internet at http://www.epa.gov/icr/

icr.htm and refer to EPA ICR No.

1841.01.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Land Disposal Restrictions

Surface Impoundment Study. This is a

new collection.

Abstract: Section 3004(g)(10) of the

Resource Conservation and Recovery

Act (RCRA) requires EPA to, among

other things, conduct a study to

characterize the risks to human health

or the environment posed by

management of formerly hazardous

wastes (characteristic wastes which

have been decharacterized) in Clean

Water Act-regulated treatment systems.

To the extent the study identifies any

risks, EPA must also evaluate whether

those risks are adequately addressed

under existing Federal or State

programs.

EPA will characterize risks based on

information aggregated from a

representative sample of actual sites

located across the country. We will first

need to administer a ‘‘screener’’ survey

to a representative sample of facilities

(approximately 2100) in order to locate

those with surface impoundments that

are within the study’s scope. Then, for

the first 345 facilities that respond

positively to the ‘‘screener’’ (i.e., they

have impoundments within the study’s

scope), we would need to collect

current, site-specific information which

will be available only from the facility

owners/operators. These 345 facilities

would be receiving a detailed

information-gathering questionnaire. In

order to reduce the burden on facilities,

EPA will also be collecting as much

information as possible from data

sources in the public domain.

EPA would like to correct several

things from the February 10, 1998

Federal Register document and the

accompanying background document

for that document. First, it was implied

that the risk assessments for this study

would be site-specific. EPA wishes to

clarify that there will be one generic risk

analysis based on the aggregation of sitespecific data. The specific analytical

approach will generate probabilities of

specific risks, based on the responses
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from the facilities to the informationgathering questionnaire. Each facility’s

weight in the analysis would dictate the

probability that its surface

impoundment characteristics would be

selected in a Monte-Carlo analytical

framework; model inputs that tend to

correlate (e.g., hydrogeological settings

and waste types) would be linked so

that each model run reflects situations

that could actually occur. With this

framework, the specific combinations of

model inputs that relate to high-risk

situations (e.g., a certain chemical

managed in a surface impoundment of

a particular design, operated in a certain

way, or located in a specific type of

setting) can be identified as ‘‘risk

drivers.’’ Facility identities will not be

part of the final results. Second, in the

background document to the February

10, 1998 Federal Register document,

EPA stated incorrectly that the

threshold for determining risks of

concern would be ‘‘if an individual’s

probability of developing cancer due to

an exposure to the constituent in

question is estimated to be in the range

of 1 in 10,000 * * *’’ In fact, EPA stated

in the April 30, 1997 peer review of the

study methodology that an individual

cancer risk in the range of 1×10¥5, or 1

in 100,000, would be of concern. The 1

in 100,000 level is the intended

threshold for which the study is

attempting to estimate risks.

Responding to both the ‘‘screener’’

questionnaire and the larger

information-gathering questionnaire

will be mandatory, under the authority

of RCRA sections 3004(g)(10) and

3007(a). Respondents can claim their

responses as RCRA Confidential

Business Information (CBI). 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 document required

under 5 CFR 1320.8(d) soliciting

comments on this collection of

information was published on February

10, 1998 (63 FR 6752); 7 comments were

received. EPA’s responses to these

comments are available in the docket for

this notice.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and recordkeeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 84.5 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: 2100.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

2100.

Frequency of Response: 1.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

14528 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Cost

Burden: $10,794.

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. 1841.01 in

any correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, OP Regulatory

Information Division (2137), 401 M

Street, SW, Washington, DC 20460 (or

E-Mail Farmer.

Sandy@epamail.epa.gov);

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: July 16, 1998.

Richard T. Westlund,

Acting Director, Regulatory Information

Division.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6128–1]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request; Evaluation

of the Burden of Waterborne Disease

Within Communities in the United

States

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: Evaluation of the burden of

waterborne disease within communities

in the United States. EPA ICR Number:

1727.02. OMB Control Number: 2080–

0050. Current expiration date: July 31,

1998. 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 24, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Contact Sandy Farmer at EPA by phone

at (202) 260–2740, by E-mail at

farmer.sandy@epamail.epa.gov, or

download off the Internet at http://

www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR

No. 1727.02.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Evaluation of the burden of

waterborne disease within communities

in the United States (OMB Control

Number: 2080–0050, EPA ICR Number:

1727.02) expiring July 31, 1998. This is

a request for extension of a currently

approved collection.

Abstract: The proposed study will be

conducted by the Epidemiology and

Biomarkers Branch, Human Studies

Division, National Health and

Environmental Effects Research

Laboratory, Office of Research and

Development, U.S. EPA. Participation in

this collection of information is strictly

voluntary. The Branch will conduct a

feasibility study of water utilities and a

health study of individuals served by

targeted drinking water utilities.

Drinking water utilities serving

populations greater than 15,000 will be

asked to provide information on the

utility and results of monitoring

activities. The information will be used

to assess the feasibility of conducting an

environmental health study to evaluate

the burden of water-borne disease in the

community it serves. A utility

representative will be interviewed to

gather information on: miles of

distribution pipe, storage capacity,

quantity of source water, the availability

of the previous year’s monitoring

records, and the utilities’ willingness to

participate. The water utility will

provide annual reports describing the

monthly mean and range: water

temperature, turbidity, particle counts,

pH, color, total and fecal coliforms,

heterotrophic plate count, total organic

carbon, chlorine residual (free and

total), total organic halides, total