21136 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 82 / Friday, April 27, 2001 / Notices

for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

a copy of the ICR, call Sandy Farmer at

EPA, (202) 260–2740, or download off

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

icr.htm and refer to EPA ICR No.

1812.02. For technical questions about

the ICR contact Kenneth Harmon on

(202) 564–7049.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Annual Public Water Systems

Compliance Report, EPA ICR number

1812.02, OMB Control Number 2020–

0020, expiring April 30, 2001. This is a

request for extension of a currently

approved collection.

Abstract: Section 1414 (c)(3)(A) of the

Safe Drinking Water Act requires that

each state that has primary enforcement

authority under the Act shall prepare,

make readily available to the public,

and submit to the Administrator of EPA,

an annual report of violations of

national primary drinking water

regulations in the state. The states’

reports are to include violations of

maximum contaminant levels, treatment

requirements, variances and

exemptions, and monitoring

requirements determined to be

significant by the Administrator after

consultation with the states. Section

1414(c)(3)(B) of the Safe Drinking Water

Act requires EPA to prepare and make

available to the public an annual report

that summarizes and evaluates the

reports submitted by the states pursuant

to section 1414(c)(3)(A). EPA’s annual

national report must also provide

specified information about

implementation of the public water

system supervision system on Indian

reservations and make

recommendations concerning the

resources necessary to improve

compliance with the Safe Drinking

Water Act. The States have already

prepared and published three annual

reports. EPA has prepared three national

reports and published two. The third

annual national report has been

prepared and its publication is pending.

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 February

5, 2001 (66 FR 8960); no comments were

received.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and recordkeeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 80 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: States,

Tribes, and territories that have primary

enforcement authority and meet the

definition of ‘‘state’’ under the Safe

Drinking Water Act.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

54.

Frequency of Response: Annually.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

4,300 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Capital,

Operating/Maintenance Cost Burden: 0.

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. 1812.02 and

OMB Control No. 2020–0020 in any

correspondence.

Dated: April 16, 2001.

Oscar Morales,

Director, Collection Strategies Division.

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Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request; General

Conformity of Federal Actions to State

Implementation Plans

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.), this notice announces that

EPA is planning to submit the following

proposed and continuing Information

Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB):

General Conformity of Federal Actions

to State Implementation Plans, ICR

number 1637.05, and OMB Control

Number 2060–0279, expiration date:

September 30, 2001. Before submitting

the ICR to OMB for review and

approval, EPA is soliciting comments on

specific aspects of the proposed

information collection as described

below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before June 26, 2001.

ADDRESSES: A copy of the supporting

statement may be obtained from the

Ozone Policy and Strategies Group, Air

Quality Strategies and Standards

Division, Office of Air Quality Planning

and Standards, MD–15, Research

Triangle Park NC 27711 or is available

electronically at http://www.epa.gov/

ttn/oarpg under ‘‘Search OAR P&G,’’

type in General Conformity.

Comments must be mailed to Annie

Nikbakht, Ozone Policy and Strategies

Group, Air Quality Strategies and

Standards Division, MD–15,

Environmental Protection Agency,

Research Triangle Park, NC 27711.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Annie Nikbakht, telephone: (919) 541–

5246, Facsimile: (919) 541–0824; EMail: nikbakht.annie@epa.gov

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Affected entities: Entities potentially

affected by this action are those which

take Federal actions, or are subject to

Federal actions, and emit pollutants

above de minimis levels.

Title: General Conformity of Federal

Actions to State Implementation Plans,

EPA ICR Number 1637.05 and OMB

Control Number 2060–0279, expiration

date: September 30, 2001.

Abstract: Before any agency,

department, or instrumentality of the

Federal government engages in,

supports in any way, provides financial

assistance for, licenses, permits,

approves any activity, that agency has

the affirmative responsibility to ensure

that such action conforms to the State

implementation plan (SIP) for the

attainment and maintenance of the

national ambient air quality standards

(NAAQS). 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. Section 176(c)

of the Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et

seq.) requires that all Federal actions

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conform with the SIPs to attain and

maintain the NAAQS. The EPA’s

implementing regulations require

Federal entities to make a conformity

determination for all actions which will

impact areas designated as

nonattainment or maintenance for the

NAAQS and which will result in total

direct and indirect emissions in excess

of de minimis levels. The Federal

entities must collect information on the

SIP requirements and the pollution

sources to make the conformity

determination. Depending on the type of

action, the Federal entities either collect

the information themselves, hire

consultants to collect the information or

require applicants/sponsors of the

Federal action to provide the

information.

The type and quantity of information

required will depend on the

circumstances surrounding the action.

First, the entity must make an

applicability determination. If the net

total direct and indirect emissions do

not exceed de minimis levels

established in the regulations or if the

action meets certain criteria for an

exemption, a conformity determination

is not required. Actions requiring

conformity determinations vary from

straightforward, requiring minimal

information, to complex, requiring

significant amounts of information. The

Federal entity must determine the type

and quantity of information on a caseby-case basis. State and local air

pollution control agencies are usually

requested to provide information to the

Federal entities making a conformity

determination and are provided

opportunities to comment on the

proposed determinations. The public is

also provided an opportunity to

comment on the proposed

determinations.

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,

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used;

(iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and

(iv) Minimize the burden of the

collection of information on those who

are to respond, including through the

use of appropriate automated electronic,

mechanical, or other technological

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology, e.g., permitting

electronic submission of responses.

Burden Statement: The estimated

total annual projected burden and cost

for respondents of Federal agencies are

175,000 hours and $8,027,000. The

estimated total annual projected burden

and cost for respondents providing

information to the Federal agencies are

5,040 hours and $223,000. The

estimated total annual projected burden

and cost for the State and local agencies

are 13,600 hours and $377,279. The

estimated total annual projected burden

and cost for EPA is 26,200 hours and

$720,934. The total annual burden is

estimated to be 219,840 hours and

$9,348,213. For the 3 years covered by

this ICR, the total burden is estimated to

be 659,520 hours and $28,044,639.

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.

Dated: April 2, 2001.

Henry C. Thomas, Jr.,

Acting Director, Office of Air Quality Planning

and Standards.

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Environmental Impact Statements;

Notice of Availability

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal

Activities, General Information (202)

564–7167 or www.epa.gov/oeca/ofa

Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact

Statements Filed April 16, 2001

Through April 20, 2001 Pursuant to 40

CFR 1506.9.

EIS No. 010127, DRAFT EIS, AFS, ID,

Caribou National Forest Land and

Resource Management Plan,

Implementation Revised Forest Plan,

Bannock, Bear Lake. Bingham,

Bonneville, Caribou, Franklin, Oneida

and Power Counties, Cache and Rich

Counties, UT, Lincoln County, WY,

Comment Period Ends: August 31,

2001, Contact: Ric Rine (208) 557–

5766.

EIS No. 010128, DRAFT EIS, FHW, MT,

Montana State Primary Route 78 (P–

78), Reconstruction, Widening and

Realignment, from the junction with

State Secondary Route 419 (S–419)

which is just South of Abarokee, to

the Southern end of the Yellowstone

River Bridge which is just south of

Columbus, MT, Comment Period

Ends: June 11, 2001, Contact: Dale W.

Paulson (406) 449–5302.

EIS No. 010129, DRAFT EIS, FHW, WI,

County Highway J/Wis 164 (I–94 to

County E) Corridor Study,

Improvements, City of Pewaukee,

Villages of Pewaukee and Sussex

Towns of Lisbon, Richfield and Polk,

Waukesha and Washington Counties,

WI, Comment Period Ends: June 18,

2001, Contact: Richard Madrzak (608)

829–7510.

EIS No. 010130, FINAL EIS, COE, CA,

Guadalupe River Flood Control and

Adjacent Streams Investigation,

Proposed Modifications to the

Guadalupe River Project, Downtown

San Jose, Santa Clara County, CA,

Wait Period Ends: May 29, 2001,

Contact: Nina Bicknese (916) 557–

7948.

EIS No. 010131, DRAFT EIS, UAF, VA,

Initial F–22 Operational Wing

Beddown Replacing the Existing F–

15C at Langley (AFB) or one of the

Four Alternative Locations, VA,

Comment Period Ends: June 11, 2001,

Contact: Brenda Cook (757) 764–5007.

EIS No. 010132, FINAL EIS, IBR, CA,

Coachella Canal Lining Water Project,

Revised and Updated Information,

Approval of the Transfers and

Exchanges of Conserved Coachella

Canal Water, Construction, Operation

and Funding, Riverside and Imperial

Counties, CA, Wait Period Ends: May

29, 2001, Contact: Don Mitchell (760)

398–2651.

EIS No. 010133, DRAFT EIS, AFS, OR,

Deep Vegetation Management Project,

Implementation, Ochoco National

Forest, Paulina Ranger District, Crook

and Wheeler Counties, OR, Comment

Period Ends: June 11, 2001, Contact:

Eugene Skrine (541) 447–6900.

EIS No. 010134, FINAL EIS, COE, CA,

Bolsa Chica Project, Construction/

Road Construction, Restoration and

Flood Control Improvement, Section

10/404 Permits and Land Use Plan,

City of Huntington Beach, Orange

County, CA, Wait Period Ends: May

29, 2001, Contact: Jack Fancher (760)

431–9440.