7962 Federal Register / Vol. 60, No. 28 / Friday, February 10, 1995 / Notices

Respondents: Owners and Operators

of Municipal Solid Waste Landfills,

States.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

4,000.

Frequency of Collection: On occasion,

annually.

Estimated Number of Responses per

Respondent: 1.

Estimated Total Annual Burden:

438,100 hours.

Send comments regarding the burden

estimate, or any other aspect of this

collection of information, including

suggestions for reducing the burden, to:

Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Information Policy

Branch (2136), 401 M Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20460

and

Jonathan Gledhill, Office of

Management and Budget, Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

725 17th St., NW., Washington, DC

20503.

Dated: February 6, 1995.

Paul Lapsley,

Director, Regulatory Management Division.

[FR Doc. 95–3381 Filed 2–9–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–M

[FRL–5152–6]

Clean Air Act; Acid Rain Provisions

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of the 1995 EPA SO2

allowance auctions.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Title IV of the

Clean Air Act and 40 CFR part 73, the

EPA is responsible for implementing a

program to reduce emissions of sulfur

dioxide (SO2), a precursor of acid rain.

The centerpiece of the SO2 control

program is the allocation of transferable

allowances, or authorizations to emit

SO2, which are distributed in limited

quantities for existing utility units and

which eventually must be held by

virtually all utility units to cover their

SO2 emissions. These allowances may

be transferred among polluting sources

and others, so that market forces may

govern their ultimate use and

distribution, resulting in the most costeffective sharing of the emissions

control burden. In addition, EPA is

directed under Section 416 of the Act to

conduct annual sales and auctions of a

small portion of allowances (2.8%)

withheld from the total allowances

allocated to utilities each year. Sales

and auctions are expected to stimulate

and support such a market in

allowances and to provide a public

source of allowances, particularly to

new units for which no allowances are

allocated. Today, the Acid Rain Division

is giving notice of the third annual SO2

allowance auctions. The regulations

governing the auctions and sales were

promulgated on December 17, 1991 (40

CFR part 73, subpart E).

EPA has delegated the administration

of the EPA allowance auctions to the

Chicago Board of Trade (CBOT). The

auctions will be conducted under the

regulations cited above. Anyone can

participate in the EPA auctions and

bidders are not restricted as to the

quantity or price of their bid.

Allowances sold at the auctions will be

sold to the highest bidder until no

allowances remain. The 1995 auctions

will consist of one ‘‘spot’’ auction and

two ‘‘advance’’ auctions. Allowances

sold in the spot auction are useable for

compliance beginning in 1995.

Allowances sold in the 6-year advance

auction are useable for compliance

beginning in 2001; allowances sold in

the 7-year advance auction are useable

for compliance beginning in 2002.

25,000 allowances will be sold in the 6-

year advance auction, which are the

unsold allowances from the 1994 direct

sale. 50,000 spot allowances will be sold

in the spot auction and 100,000

allowances will be sold in the 7-year

advance auction. Bid Forms for the 1995

auctions must be received by the CBOT

by the close of business on March 21,

1995. The auctions themselves will be

conducted on March 27, 1995, with the

results announced the next day.

CBOT will also sell in the 1995

auctions any spot, 6-year advance, or 7-

year advance allowances that are offered

by others holding allowances in EPA’s

Allowance Tracking System. However,

offered allowances will be sold after the

allowances that were withheld from the

utilities, so offered allowances will

consequently be sold at a lower price

than the withheld allowances. Owners

of offered allowances may set a

minimum price for their allowances. To

offer allowances in the EPA auctions,

owners of allowances must submit a

SO2 Allowance Offer Form to EPA by

the close of business on March 3, 1995.

The auction and sale regulations require

that offer forms be received by EPA no

later than 15 business days prior to the

date of the auctions.

ADDRESSES:

U.S. EPA Acid Rain Division (6204J),

Attn: Auctions and Sales, 401 M St.,

S.W., Washington, DC 20460.

Chicago Board of Trade, Attn: EPA

Auctions, 141 W. Jackson Blvd., Suite

2240, Chicago, IL 60604.

Forms needed to participate in the

EPA auctions are available from the

Acid Rain Division. To obtain forms,

call the Acid Rain Hotline at (202) 233–

9620.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Information on bidding in the 1994 EPA

auctions can be found in the brochure

‘‘How to Bid in the EPA SO2 Allowance

Auctions, Third Annual Auctions—

March 27, 1995;’’ general information

on the EPA auctions can be found in the

‘‘Acid Rain Program Allowance

Auctions and Direct Sales’’ fact sheet.

These publications can be obtained by

calling the Acid Rain Hotline or by

writing to EPA at the address listed

above.

Dated: February 1, 1995.

Brian J. McLean,

Director, Acid Rain Division.

[FR Doc. 95–3382 Filed 2–9–95; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

[FRL–5152–4]

Public Water System Supervision

Program; Program Revision for the

State of Hawaii

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of decision and

opportunity for hearing.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the State of Hawaii is revising its

approved State Public Water System

Supervision Program. Hawaii has

adopted new regulations to address

new/revised organic and inorganic

compounds in drinking water. The state

regulations correspond to National

Primary Drinking Water Regulations

promulgated by EPA on January 30,

1991 (56 FR 3583) and on July 1, 1991

(56 FR 30277). EPA has determined that

the state program revision is no less

stringent than the corresponding

Federal rules. Therefore, EPA has

tentatively decided to approve the state

program revision.

All interested parties are invited to

request a public hearing. A request for

a public hearing must be submitted by

March 13, 1995 to the Regional

Administrator at the address shown

below. Insubstantial requests for a

hearing may be denied by the Regional

Administrator. If no timely and

appropriate request for a hearing is

received and the Regional Administrator

does not elect to hold a hearing on her

own motion, this determination shall

become effective March 13, 1995.

Any request for a public hearing shall

include the following: (1) The name,

address, and telephone number of the

individual, organization, or other entity

requesting a hearing; (2) a brief