Federal Register / Vol. 63, No. 148 / Monday, August 3, 1998 / Notices 41251

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.

[FR Doc. 98–20724 Filed 7–30–98; 10:52 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

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.

[FR Doc. 98–20606 Filed 7–31–98; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

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.