41250 Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 148 / Monday, August 3, 1998 / Notices

3The appendices references in this notice are not

being printed in the Federal Register. Copies are

available from the Commission’s Public Reference

and Files Maintenance Branch, 888 First Street,

NE., Washington, DC 20426, Room 2A or call (202)

208–1371. Copies of the appendices were sent to all

those receiving this notice in the mail.

areas. A number of alternatives have

been identified to date, both in filings

made by the applicants and in

comments received. We will evaluate all

feasible alternatives identified.

Our independent analysis of the

issues will be in a Draft EIS which will

be mailed to Federal, state, and local

agencies, public interest groups,

interested individuals, affected

landowners, newspapers, libraries, and

the Commission’s official service list for

these proceedings. A 45-day comment

period will be allotted for review of the

Draft EIS. We will consider all

comments on the Draft EIS and revise

the document, as necessary, before

issuing a Final EIS. The Final EIS will

treat all comments received on the Draft

EIS.

Public Participation and Scoping

Meetings

You can make a difference by

providing us with your specific

comments or concerns about the project.

By becoming a commentor, your

concerns will be addressed in the EIS

and considered by the Commission. You

should focus on the potential

environmental effects of the proposal,

alternatives to the proposal (including

alternative routes or compressor station

sites), and measure to avoid or lessen

environmental impact. The more

specific your comments, the more useful

they will be. Please follow the

instructions below to ensure that your

comments are received and properly

recorded:

• Reference Docket Nos. CP97–315–

000 et al.

• Send two copies of your comments

to: David P. Boergers, Acting Secretary

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

888 First St., NE Washington, DC 20426;

• Label one copy for the attention of

the Environmental Review and

Compliance Branch, PR–11.1.

• Please mail your comments so that

they will be received in Washington, DC

on or before September 11, 1998.

In addition to or in lieu of sending

written comments, you are invited to

attend one or more of the four public

scoping meetings being held in the

project area. Meetings will be held at the

following times and locations:

Date Time Location

September 1, 1998 ............................. 7:00 p.m. ............................ Sheraton Inn, Williamsport, 100 Pine Street, Williamsport, Pennsylvania,

(717) 327–8231.

September 2, 1998 ............................. 7:00 p.m. ............................ Hilton, Allentown, 904 East Hamilton Street, Allentown, Pennsylvania,

(610) 433–2221.

September 3, 1998 ............................. 7:00 p.m. ............................ Sheraton Hotel Tara Parsippany, 199 Smith Road, Parsippany, New Jersey, (973) 515–2000.

The purpose of the scoping meetings

is to obtain input from state and local

governments and from the public.

Federal agencies have formal channels

for input into the Federal process

(including separate meetings where

appropriate). Federal agencies are

expected to file their written comments

directly with the FERC and not use the

scoping meetings for this purpose.

Transco will be invited to present a

description of its Market Link

Expansion Project. Interested groups

and individuals are encouraged to

attend the meetings and present oral

comments on the environmental issues

which they believe should be addressed

in the Draft EIS. A transcript will be

made of the meetings and will be made

part of the Commission’s record in this

proceeding. Written comments and oral

comments will be treated equally in our

review.

We are asking a number of Federal

agencies to indicate whether they wish

to cooperate with us in the preparation

of the EIS. These agencies may choose

to participate once they have evaluated

each proposal relative to their agencies’

responsibilities. The list of agencies is

provided in appendix 3.3

On the above dates we will also be

conducting limited site visits to the

project area in the vicinity of each

scoping meeting location. Anyone

interested in participating in the site

visit may contact the Commission’s

Office of External Affairs, identified at

the end of this notice, for more details

and must provide their own

transportation.

Becoming an Intervenor

In addition to involvement in the EIS

scoping process, you may want to

become an official party to the

proceeding, known as an ‘‘intervenor’’.

Intervenors play a more formal role in

the process. Among other things,

intervenors have the right to receive

copies of case-related Commission

documents and filings by other

intervenors. Likewise, each intervenor

must provide 14 copies of its filings to

the Secretary of the Commission and

must send a copy to all other parties on

the Commission’s service lists for these

proceedings. If you want to become an

intervenor you must file a Motion to

Intervene according to Rule 214 of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.214) (see

appendix 4). Only intervenors have the

right to seek rehearing of the

Commission’s decision.

The date for filing timely motions to

intervene in this proceeding has passed,

having ended June 11, 1998. Therefore,

parties now seeking to file later

interventions must show good cause, as

required by section 385.213(b)(3), why

this time limitation should be waived.

Environmental issues have been viewed

as good cause for late intervention.

However, you do not need intervenor

status to have your comments

considered.

Environmental Mailing List

Anyone offering scoping comments

will be automatically kept on our

environmental mailing list for the

project. If you do not want to offer

comments at this time you will be taken

off the environmental mailing list.

Additional information about the

proposed project is available from Paul

McKee in the Commission’s Office of

External Affairs at (202) 208–1088.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

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FEDERAL REGISTER CITATION OF PREVIOUS

ANNOUNCEMENT: July 27, 1998, 63 FR

40116.

PREVIOUSLY ANNOUNCED TIME AND DATE OF

MEETING: July 29, 1998, 10:00 a.m.
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CHANGE IN THE MEETING: The following

docket Numbers and Companies have

been added on the Agenda scheduled

for the July 29, 1998 meeting.

Item No. Docket No. and company

CAG–44 .................... RP96–173–000, et

al., Williams Gas

Pipelines

CAG–54 .................... RP89–183–081, Williams Gas Pipelines

Central, Inc.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6134–1]

Agency Information Collection

Activities Up for Renewal

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3506 (c)(2)), this notice announces that

the Information Collection Request (ICR)

listed below is coming up for renewal.

Before submitting the renewal package

to the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB), EPA is soliciting comments on

specific aspects of the collection as

described below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before October 2, 1998.

ADDRESS: U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, Assessment and Modeling

Division, Emission Inventory Group,

2000 Traverwood Drive, Ann Arbor, MI

48105.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Carl

Fulper, Telephone: (734) 214–4400,

Facsimile: (734) 214–4939.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Affected Entities: The entity affected

by this action is the general public who

own on-road motor vehicles.

Title: Mobile Source Emission Factor

Survey—2060–0078

Abstract: The EPA Emission

Inventory Group, through contractors,

solicits the general public to voluntarily

offer their vehicle for emissions testing.

The owner is also asked to complete a

multiple choice form of nine questions

that summarize vehicle usage. There are

two methods used to solicit the general

public for participation in Emission

Factors Program (EFP):

1. Postal cards are sent to a random

selection of vehicle owners using State

motor vehicle registration lists; and

2. A random selection of motor

vehicle owners, who arrive at State

inspection stations on an annual or

biennial schedule, are solicited.

Information from the EFP provides a

basis for developing State

Implementation Plans (SIPs),

Reasonable Further Progress (RFP)

reports, are attainment status

assessments for the National Ambient

Air Quality Standards (NAAQS).

The legislative basis for the Emission

Factors Program is Section

103(a)(1)(2)(3) of the Clean Air Act,

which requires the Administrator to

‘‘conduct * * * research, investigations,

experiments, demonstrations, surveys,

and studies relating to the causes,

effects, extent, prevention, and control

of air pollution’’ and ‘‘conduct

investigations and research and make

surveys concerning any specific

problem of air pollution in cooperation

with any air pollution control agency

* * *’’

EPA uses the data from the EFP to

verify predictions of the computer

model known as MOBILE, which

calculates the contribution of mobile

source emissions to ambient air

pollution. MOBILE is used by EPA, state

and local air pollution agencies, the

automotive industry, and other parties

that are interested in estimating mobile

source emissions.

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; and

(iii) Minimize the burden of the

collection of information on those who

are to respond, including the use of

appropriate automated technology (e.g.,

permitting electronic submission of

responses).

Burden Statement: Public reporting

burden for this collection of information

is estimated to average 10 minutes to 2

hours per response, including the time

for reviewing instructions, completing

the questionnaire, and delivering the

vehicle for testing. Send comments

regarding this burden estimate or any

other aspect of this collection of

information, including suggestions for

reducing the burden, to:

Chief, Information Policy Branch, PM–

223, U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, 401 M St., S.W., Washington,

DC 20460

and the Paperwork Reduction Project

(OMB# 2060–0078),

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, Washington, D.C. 20503.

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

EPA’s regulations are displayed in 40

CFR, Part 9.

Send comments regarding these

matters, or any other aspect of the

information collection, including

suggestions for reducing the burden, to

the address listed above.

Dated: July 28, 1998.

Michael G. Shields,

Director, Policy Budget and Planning

Division.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6133–6]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request; Ambient Air

Quality Surveillance

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 EPA is planning to submit the

following continuing Information

Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB):

Ambient Air Quality Surveillance, OMB

Number (2060–0084), EPA ICR # 940.16

expires March 29, 1999. Before

submitting the ICR to OMB for review

and approval, EPA is soliciting

comments on specific aspects of the

proposed information collections as

described below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before October 2, 1998.

ADDRESSES: Office of Air Quality

Planning and Standards, Emissions,

Monitoring, and Analysis Division

(MD–14), U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC

27711. Interested parties may obtain a

copy of the ICR without change from

David Lutz, EPA, Emissions,

Monitoring, and Analysis Division, MD–

14, Research Triangle Park, NC 27711,

telephone (919) 541–5476.