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the pipeline over the amount of Kansas

ad valorem tax refunds owed.

Any person desiring to comment on

or make any protest with respect to the

above-referenced petition should, on or

before August 6, 1998, file with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.,

20426, a motion to intervene or protest

in accordance with the requirements of

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 and

385.211). All protests filed with the

Commission will be considered by it in

determining the appropriate action to be

taken, but will not serve to make the

protestants parties to the proceeding.

Any person wishing to become a party

to the proceeding, or to participate as a

party in any hearing therein, must file

a motion to intervene in accordance

with the Commission’s Rules.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–19446 Filed 7–21–98; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. MT98–14–000]

Warren Transportation, Inc.; Notice of

Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff

July 16, 1998.

Take notice that on July 13, 1998,

Warren Transportation, Inc. (WTI),

tendered for filing as part of its FERC

Gas Tariff, Original Volume No. 1, the

following proposed tariff sheet, with an

effective date of August 14, 1998:

First Revised Sheet No. 190

WTI states that it is submitting this

tariff sheet to clarify Section 22 of its

tariff as a result of an order issued by

the Commission in Docket No. MG98–

9–000 on June 12, 1998. WTI states that

because of the June 12 Order, it is filing

to remove nonoperating personnel from

the tariff provision that designates

shared employees.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

protest this filing should file a motion

to intervene or a protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.

20426, in accordance with Sections

385.214 and 385.211 of the

Commission’s Rules and regulations. All

such motions or protests must be filed

as provided in Section 154.210 of the

Commission’s Regulations. Protests will

be considered by the Commission in

determining the appropriate action to be

taken, but will not serve to make

protestants parties to the proceedings.

Any person wishing to become a party

must file a motion to intervene. Copies

of this filing are on file with the

commission and are available for public

inspection in the public Reference

Room.

David P. Boergers,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 98–19450 Filed 7–21–98; 8:45 am]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6127–8]

Toxic Release Inventory; Submission

of ICR No. 1704.04 to OMB; Agency

Information Collection Activities

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of Submission to OMB.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.), this notice announces that

the Information Collection Request (ICR)

entitled: Alternate Threshold for Low

Annual Reportable Amounts, Toxic

Chemical Release Reporting [EPA ICR

No. 1704.04; OMB Control No. 2070–

0143] has been forwarded to the Office

of Management and Budget (OMB) for

review and approval pursuant to the

OMB procedures in 5 CFR 1320.12. The

ICR, which is abstracted below,

describes the nature of the information

collection and its estimated cost and

burden.

The Agency is requesting that OMB

renew for 3 years the existing approval

for this ICR, which is scheduled to

expire on August 31, 1998. A Federal

Register notice announcing the

Agency’s intent to seek the renewal of

this ICR and the 60-day public comment

opportunity, requesting comments on

the request and the contents of the ICR,

was issued on December 24, 1997 (62

FR 67358). EPA received comments on

this ICR during the comment period,

and has addressed the comments in the

body of the ICR submitted to OMB.

DATES: Additional comments may be

submitted on or before August 21, 1998.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY

CONTACT: Sandy Farmer at EPA by

phone on (202) 260–2740, by e-mail:

‘‘farmer.sandy@epamail.epa.gov,’’ or

download off the Internet at http://

www.epa.gov/icr/icr.htm and refer to

EPA ICR No. 1704.04.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing

EPA ICR No. 1704.04 and OMB Control

No. 2070–0143, to the following

addresses:

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Regulatory

Information Division (Mailcode:

2137), 401 M Street, S.W.,

Washington, DC 20460; and to:

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk

Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20503.

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. 1704.04;

OMB Control No. 2070–0143.

Current Expiration Date: Current

OMB approval expires on August 31,

1998.

Title: Alternate Threshold for Low

Annual Reportable Amounts, Toxic

Chemical Release Reporting.

Abstract: EPCRA section 313 requires

certain facilities manufacturing,

processing or otherwise using certain

toxic chemicals in excess of specified

threshold quantities to report their

environmental releases of such

chemicals annually. Each such facility

must file a separate report for each such

chemical. In accordance with the

authority in EPCRA, EPA has

established an alternate threshold for

those facilities with low amounts of a

listed toxic chemical in wastes. A

facility that otherwise meets the current

reporting thresholds but estimates that

the total amount of the chemical in

production-related waste does not

exceed 500 pounds per year, and that

the chemical was manufactured,

processed or otherwise used in an

amount not exceeding 1 million pounds

during the reporting year, can take

advantage of reporting under the

alternate threshold option for that

chemical for that reporting year.

Each qualifying facility that chooses

to apply the revised threshold must file

the Form A (EPA Form 9350–2) in lieu

of a complete TRI reporting Form R

(EPA Form 9350–1). In submitting the

Form A, the facility certifies that the

sum of the amount of each EPCRA

section 313 chemical or chemicals did

not exceed 500 pounds in total

production-related waste for the

reporting year, and that each chemical

was manufactured, processed or

otherwise used in an amount not

exceeding 1 million pounds during the

reporting year. EPA estimates that using

the alternate threshold may save

reporting facilities up to 487,000 hours,

with a dollar value of $29 million,

compared to the cost of reporting on

Form R.

The primary function served by the

submission of the Form A is to satisfy