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data collected from IUs includes the

mass, frequency, and content of their

discharges, their schedules for installing

pretreatment equipment, and actual or

anticipated discharges of wastes that

violate pretreatment standards, have the

potential to cause problems at the

POTW, or are considered hazardous

under the Resource Conservation and

Recovery Act (RCRA). States and

POTWs applying for approval of

pretreatment programs submit data

concerning their legal, procedural, and

administrative bases for establishing

such programs. This information may

include surveys of IUs, local limits for

pollutant concentration, and schedules

for completion of major project

requirements. IUs and POTWs submit

written reports. These data may then be

entered into the NPDES databases by the

approved State or EPA.

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 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 information

collection will involve an estimated

33,526 respondents at an annual cost of

$91,332,981 to those respondents. The

total annual cost to both respondents

and government (excluding Federal

government) is estimated at

$95,859,696. The annual number of

responses will be 203,518 or 6.07

responses per respondent. The time

required for a response ranges from 15

minutes to 400 hours, with an average

response time of 6.600 hours. An

estimated 33,526 respondents are

required to keep records at an average

annual burden of 6.853 hours per record

keeper. The pretreatment program will

entail 229,741 hours of record keeping

and 1,343,215 hours of reporting for a

total of 1,572,957 burden hours. The

pretreatment program will also entail

218,168 burden hours for municipal and

State governments as users of the data.

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 5, 1996.

Michael B. Cook,

Director, Office of Wastewater Management.

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Technical Workshop on Monte Carlo

Analysis in Exposure Assessment

AGENCY: U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: Responding to broad Agency

interest in Monte Carlo analysis, the

EPA’s Risk Assessment Forum is

organizing a workshop on the use of this

methodology in exposure assessments

for human health risk assessment. A

panel consisting of experts from

industry and academia as well as

practitioners from state and federal

agencies will discuss general principles

related to this application of Monte

Carlo analysis. The workshop will be

open to members of the public as

observers. The plans for this workshop

will be finalized only after the EPA’s

FY96 funding situation is clarified

either through another continuing

resolution or receipt of an

appropriation.

DATES: The meeting will begin on

Tuesday, May 14, 1996, at 8:00 a.m. and

end on Thursday, May 16, at 1:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the EPA Region II Headquarters offices,

290 Broadway, New York, NY 10007.

Eastern Research Group, Inc., an EPA

contractor, is providing logistical

support for the workshop. To attend the

workshop as an observer, contact

Eastern Research Group, Inc., Tel: (617)

674–7374 by May 7, 1996. Space is

limited so please register early.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

For further information concerning the

Monte Carlo analysis workshop, please

contact Marina Olsen, U.S. EPA Region

II, 290 Broadway, New York, NY 10007,

Telephone (212) 637–4313 or Steven

Knott, U.S. EPA Office of Research and

Development (8103), 401 M St. SW.,

Washington, D.C. 20460, Telephone

(202) 260–2231.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Monte

Carlo analysis can be applied to

improve risk characterization through

analysis of variability and uncertainty as

recommended by the National Academy

of Science and other advisory bodies.

Increasingly, EPA program and regional

risk assessors must make decisions

concerning the use of probabilistic

techniques in exposure assessment.

However, guidance for agency risk

assessors on the use of techniques such

as Monte Carlo analysis has been

lacking. The May workshop is being

organized in response to this need.

Many of the technical issues that arise

during the application or review of

Monte Carlo analyses occur during the

following steps in the exposure

assessment process: Selecting input

data/distributions for model parameters;

evaluating variability and uncertainty;

presenting results. These issues will be

the focal points for the discussion

during the May workshop. A panel

consisting of experts from industry and

academia as well as experts and

practitioners from EPA, state agencies,

and other federal agencies will lead

discussions on the application of Monte

Carlo techniques. Case studies will be

used to illustrate the issues and to

provide possible solutions for technical

problems. The goal of the Workshop is

to develop recommendations to assist

assessors in the preparation and/or

evaluation of Monte Carlo analyses. The

workshop will also serve as the

foundation for later Agency guidance on

the use of Monte Carlo analysis in

exposure assessment.

Dated: April 17, 1996.

Joseph K. Alexander,

Deputy Assistant Administrator for Science,

Office of Research and Development.

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National Drinking Water Advisory

Council; Notice of Open Meetings

Under Section 10(a)(2) of Public Law

92–423, ‘‘The Federal Advisory

Committee Act,’’ notice is hereby given

that a meeting of the National Drinking

Water Advisory Council established

under the Safe Drinking Water Act, as

amended (42 U.S.C. § 300f et seq.), will

be held on May 14, 1996, from 2:30 p.m.

until 6:00 p.m. and on May 15, 1996,

from 9:00 a.m. until 5:00 p.m. at the

Concord Hilton Hotel, 1970 Diamond

Boulevard, Concord, California 94520.

The purpose of this meeting is two fold.

The Council will receive a status on the

development of the Proposed

Groundwater Disinfection Rule and an

update on the Redirection of the

Drinking Water Program. The Agency

will seek Council advice on consumer

awareness as it relates to public

drinking water supplies and conduct a

general discussion on the

implementation issues of a State

Revolving Fund.

These meetings are open to the

public. The Council encourages the

hearing of outside statements and will

allocate one hour on May 14, 1996, for

this purpose. Oral statements will be

limited to ten minutes, and it is

preferred that only one person present

the statement. Any outside parties

interested in presenting an oral

statement should petition the Council

by telephone at (202) 260–2285 before

May 9, 1996.

Any person who wishes to file a

written statement can do so before or

after a Council meeting. Written

statements received prior to the meeting

will be distributed to all members of the

Council before any final discussion or

vote is completed. Any statements

received after the meeting will become

part of the permanent meeting file and

will be forwarded to the Council

members for their information.

Members of the public that would like

to attend the meeting, present an oral

statement, or submit a written

statement, should contact Ms. Charlene

Shaw, Designated Federal Officer,

National Drinking Water Advisory

Council, U.S. EPA, Office of Ground

Water and Drinking Water (4601), 401 M

Street SW., Washington, DC 20460. The

telephone number is Area Code (202)

260–2285.

Dated: April 16, 1996.

William R. Diamond,

Acting Director, Office of Ground Water and

Drinking Water.

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Public Meeting of the Urban Wet

Weather Flows Advisory Committee’s

Sanitary Sewer Overflows Advisory

Subcommittee

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Environmental Protection Agency

(EPA) is convening a public meeting on

May 9–10, 1996. This meeting is open

to the public without need for advance

registration. The Sanitary Sewer

Overflows (SSO) Advisory

Subcommittee will discuss: (1)

identification of approaches for key

issues; (2) the overall SSO strategy; (3)

permit and compliance priorities; and,

(4) the draft SSO framework.

DATES: The SSO meeting will be held on

May 9–10, 1996. The May 9 meeting

will begin promptly at 8:30 a.m. EST

and end at approximately 5:00 p.m. On

May 10, the meeting will begin at 8:30

a.m. and end at approximately 4:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Holiday Inn Historic-District, 625

First Street, Alexandria, Virginia. The

Holiday Inn’s telephone number is (703)

548–6300.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Charles Vanderlyn, Office of Wastewater

Management, at (202) 260–7277.

Dated: April 16, 1996.

Michael B. Cook,

Director, Office of Wastewater Management,

Designated Federal Official.

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Public Meetings of the Urban Wet

Weather Flows Advisory Committee,

the Storm Water Phase II Advisory

Subcommittee, and the Sanitary Sewer

Overflows Advisory Subcommittee

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the Environmental Protection Agency

(EPA) is convening separate public

meetings beginning in June and

extending through September 1996:

Urban Wet Weather Flows (UWWF)

Advisory Committee

UWWF meetings will be held on

August 1–2, 1996, at the Latham Hotel

Georgetown, 3000 M Street, N.W.,

Washington, DC 20007, telephone (202)

726–5000; and September 26–27 at the

Holiday Inn Hotel & Suites, 625 First

Street, Alexandria, VA. 22314,

telephone (703) 548–6300. The UWWF

Advisory Committee will continue

discussions of issues related to

watersheds, storm water, and water

quality standards in a wet weather

context.

Storm Water Phase II Advisory

Subcommittee

Storm Water Phase II Advisory

Subcomittee meetings will be held on

June 13–14, 1996, at the Holiday Inn

Hotel & Suites, 625 First Street,

Alexandria, VA. 22314, telephone (703)

548–6300; and August 5–6, 1996, at the

Latham Hotel Georgetown, 3000 M

Street, N.W., Washington, DC 20007,

telephone (202) 726–5000. The Storm

Water Phase II Advisory Subcommittee

will continue discussions on issues

concerning the framework for Phase II

implementation.

Sanitary Sewer Overflows (SSO)

Advisory Subcommittee

SSO Advisory Subcommittee meeting

will be held on July 8–9, 1996, at the

Crystal Gateway Marriott, 1700 Jefferson

Davis Highway, Arlington, VA. The

Crystal Gateway Marriott’s telephone is

(703) 920–3230. The SSO Subcommittee

will continue discussions on the overall

SSO strategy, permit and compliance

priorities, and the draft SSO framework.

These meetings are open to the public

without need for advance registration.

DATES:

June 13–14: Storm Water Phase II

meeting. On June 13, the Storm Water

Phase II meeting will begin promptly at

9:00 a.m. EST and end at approximately

5:30 p.m. On June 14, the meeting will

begin at 9:00 a.m. and end at

approximately 4:30 p.m.

July 8–9, 1996: SSO meeting. On July

8, the SSO meeting will begin

approximately 8:30 a.m. EST and run

until approximately 5:00 p.m. On July 9,

the meeting will run from

approximately 8:30 a.m. until 4:00 p.m.

August 1–2: UWWF meeting. On

August 1, the UWWF meeting will begin

at 10:00 a.m. and end at approximately

5:30 p.m. EST. On August 2, the UWWF

meeting will begin at 8:00 a.m. and run

until 4:30 p.m. EST.

August 5–6: Storm Water Phase II. On

August 5, the Storm Water Phase II

meeting will begin promptly at 9:00 a.m.

and end at 5:30 p.m. EST. On August 6,

the Storm Water Phase II meeting will

begin promptly at 9:00 a.m. and end at

4:00 p.m.

September 26–27: UWWF meeting.

On September 26, the UWWF meeting