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12. Wisconsin Public Service Corp.,

WPS Energy Services, Inc. WPS Power

Development, Inc.

[Docket No. ER96–1088–001]

Take notice that on May 1, 1996,

Wisconsin Public Service Corporation

(WPSC) tendered for filing a revised

Tariff for selling power at market-based

rates and a supplemental Code of

Conduct, and WPS Energy Services, Inc.

and WPS Power Development, Inc.,

tendered for filing a revised Rate

Schedule No. 1 and revised Codes of

Conduct with respect to the relationship

between WPSC and its affiliates in

compliance with the Commission’s

order of April 16, 1996 in the captioned

docket.

Comment date: May 23, 1996, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

13. MidAmerican Energy Company

[Docket No. ER96–1549–000]

Take notice that on April 9, 1996,

MidAmerican Energy Company

tendered for filing revised tariff sheets

to reflect an index of customers under

its point to point transmission tariff.

Comment date: May 20, 1996, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

14. Southern California Edison

Company

[Docket No. ER96–1677–000]

Take notice that on April 29, 1996,

Southern California Edison Company

(Edison) tendered for filing the

following Supplemental Agreement

(Supplemental Agreement) to the 1990

Integrated Operations Agreement (1990

IOA) with the City of Riverside

(Riverside), FERC Rate Schedule No.

250, and associated Firm Transmission

Service Agreements (FTS Agreement):

Supplemental Agreement Between

Southern California Edison Company

and City of Riverside for the Integration

of the Bonneville Power

Administration-Riverside 1996 Diversity

Exchange Agreement

Edison-Riverside 1996 BPA Firm

Transmission Service Agreement

Between Southern California Edison

Company and City of Riverside

The Supplemental Agreement sets

forth the terms and conditions by which

Edison will integrate capacity and

associated energy under Riverside’s

1996 Diversity Exchange Agreement

with Bonneville Power Administration

(BPA Agreement). The FTS Agreement

sets forth the terms and conditions by

which Edison, among other things, will

provide firm bi-directional transmission

service for the BPA Agreement. Edison

seeks waiver of the 60-day prior notice

requirement and requests the

Commission assign an effective date of

April 30, 1996, to the Supplemental and

FTS Agreement.

Copies of this filing were served upon

the Public Utilities Commission of the

State of California and all interested

parties.

Comment date: May 23, 1996, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

Standard Paragraph

E. Any person desiring to be heard or

to protest said filing should file a

motion to intervene or protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

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

20426, in accordance with Rules 211

and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211

and 18 CFR 385.214). All such motions

or protests should be filed on or before

the comment date. 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 proceeding.

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.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–12170 Filed 5–14–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPP–00435; FRL–5368–9]

Renewal of Agency Information

Collection Activities

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces that

the following Information Collection

Request (ICR) is coming up for renewal.

This ICR, Compliance Requirements for

Child Resistant Packaging, OMB No.

2070-0052, expires on October 31, 1996.

Before submitting the renewal package

to the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB), EPA is soliciting comments on

the specific aspects of the collection

described below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before July 15, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments

identified by the docket control number

OPP–00435 and the ICR number by mail

to: Public Response Section, Field

Operations Division (7506C), Office of

Pesticide Programs, Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW.,

Washington, DC 20460. In person, bring

comments directly to the OPP docket

which is located in Rm. 1132 of Crystal

Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Highway,

Arlington, VA. Comments and data may

also be submitted electronically by

sending electronic mail (e-mail) to: oppdocket@epamail.epa.gov. Electronic

comments must be submitted as a ASCII

file avoiding the use of special

characters and any form or encryption.

Comments and data will also be

accepted on disks in WordPerfect in 5.1

file format or ASCII file format. All

comments and data in electronic form

must be identified by the docket number

‘‘OPP–00435’’ and the ICR number. No

Confidential Business Information (CBI)

should be submitted through e-mail.

Electronic comments on this document

may be filed online at many Federal

Depository Libraries. Additional

information on electronic submissions

can be found in Unit III. of this

document.

Information submitted as a comment

concerning this document may be

claimed confidential by marking any

part or all of that information as CBI.

Information so marked will not be

disclosed except in accordance with

procedures set forth in 40 CFR part 2.

A copy of the comment that does not

contain CBI must be submitted for

inclusion in the public record.

Information not marked confidential

may be disclosed publicly by EPA

without prior notice. All written

comments will be available for public

inspection in Rm. 1132 at the Virginia

address given above from 8 a.m. to 4:30

p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding

legal holidays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Ellen Kramer, Policy and Special

Projects Staff, Office of Pesticide

Programs, Environmental Protection

Agency, Mail Code (7501C), 401 M St.,

SW., Washington, DC 20460, Telephone:

(703) 305-6475, e-mail:

kramer.ellen@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Copies of

the complete ICR and accompanying

appendices may be obtained from the

OPP docket at the above address or by

contacting the person whose name

appears under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT.

Electronic Availability: Electronic

copies of each ICR are available from the

EPA Public Access gopher

(gopher.epa.gov) at the Environmental

Sub-Set entry for this document under

‘‘Rules and Regulations.’’
Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 95 / Wednesday, May 15, 1996 / Notices 24487

I. Information Collection Requests

EPA is seeking comments on the

following Information Collection

Request (ICR) renewal.

Title: Compliance Requirement for the

Child Resistant Packaging Act. ICR No.

0616.06. OMB No. 2070-0052.

Expiration date: October 31, 1996.

Affected entities: This is a

recertification of all registrants to ensure

they are in compliance with the revised

effectiveness standards and protocol test

procedures by January 21, 1998. All

registrants subject to child-resistant

packaging (CRP) (unless exempted

under 40 CFR 157.24), including those

whose products are currently registered

with certifications on file, must submit

a new certification. After January 21,

1998, CRP certification will usually be

conducted only when a registrant

notifies EPA by application of their

intention to either change packaging,

enter the residential market, or

otherwise become subject to CRP

regulations.

Abstract: Section 25(c)(3) of the

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) establishes

standards for the packaging of pesticides

or devices to protect children and adults

from serious illness or injury resulting

from accidental ingestion or contact

with these pesticides or devices. These

standards are designed to be consistent

with those under the Poison Prevention

Packaging Act, administered by the

Consumer Product Safety Commission

(CPSC). The Poison Prevention

Packaging Act previously included the

packaging of pesticides, but was

amended in 1976 to exclude them and

that responsibility now rests with EPA.

EPA’s CRP regulations reference the

CPSC packaging standards and protocol

testing procedures for CRP to avoid

duplicative testing of packages for

pesticidal and nonpesticidal purposes.

To ensure that all pesticide registrants

are in compliance with the revised

effectiveness standards and protocol test

procedures, by January 21, 1998, all

registrants subject to CRP (unless

exempted under 40 CFR 157.24) must

submit (1) a new certification and (2) a

description of the type of package used

and its designation using the American

Society for Testing and Materials

(ASTM) Standard D3475-95 ‘‘Standard

Classification of Child-Resistant

Packages.’’ The ASTM Standard D3475-

95 provides uniform terminology and

universal descriptions of various types

of CRPs. The statements ‘‘I certify that

the packaging used for this product

meets the standards of 40 CFR 157.32,

including the revised effectiveness

standards in 16 CFR 1700.15(b), when

tested by the revised testing procedures

in 16 CFR 1700.20, as published in 60

FR 37710 (July 21, 1995),’’ and ‘‘the type

of package is a (describe closure) with

(describe method of using closure),

ASTM Type llll with a (describe

container),’’ will suffice for this

purpose.

Burden statement: This is a

recertification required for all pesticide

products subject to CRP regulations or

first time certification for products

which are under CRP requirements. The

annual respondent burden for this

program is estimated to average 1.7

hours per response, including time for:

reading instructions, planning activities,

creating information, processing,

compiling, and reviewing information

for reliability and appropriateness,

completing written compliance

documents, and storing, filing, and

maintaining the data.

The total number of registrants

affected by this ICR is estimated to be

449 per year. Total cost per respondent

to comply with the CRP, including

capital costs, labor costs, and other

operating and maintenance costs is

estimated at approximately $109.90 per

response.

The change in the Agency activities,

which require 30 minutes maximum,

relate to the screening of the CRP

certifications to ensure they reference

the new effectiveness standards and

protocol testing procedures. Incomplete/

incorrect certifications will be returned

to registrants. Complete certifications

including the description of the package

used will be acknowledged, entered into

the Office of Pesticide Programs Data

Systems (OPUS), and filed in the

pesticide product registration jacket.

The self-certification will demonstrate

to the Agency that the respondents are

aware of the revised effectiveness

standards and protocol testing

procedures regarding CRP, and are in

compliance with them. In turn, the

Agency will know the type of CRP being

used, and thus, be able to review CRP

exemption requests more rapidly.

Any 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

contained in 40 CFR part 9.

II. Request for Comments

EPA solicits comments to:

(i) Evaluate whether the proposed

collections of information described

above are 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 estimates of the burdens of the

proposed collections of information.

(iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected.

(iv) Minimize the burden of the

collections of information on those who

are to respond, including through the

use of appropriate automated or

electronic collection technologies or

other forms of information technology,

e.g., permitting electronic submission of

responses.

Send comments regarding these

matters, or any other aspect of these

information collections, including

suggestions for reducing the burdens, to

the docket under ADDRESSES listed

above.

III. Public Record

A record has been established for this

action under docket number ‘‘OPP–

00435’’ (including comments and data

submitted electronically as described

below). A public version of this record,

including printed, paper versions of

electronic comments, which does not

include any information claimed as CBI,

is available for inspection from 8 a.m. to

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,

excluding legal holidays. The public

record is located in Rm. 1132 of the

Public Response and Program Resources

Branch, Field Operations Division

(7506C), Office of Pesticide Programs,

Environmental Protection Agency,

Crystal Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson Davis

Highway, Arlington, VA.

Electronic comments can be sent

directly to EPA at:

opp-docket@epamail.epa.gov

Electronic comments must be

submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the

use of special characters and any form

of encryption.

The official record for this action, as

well as the public version, as described

above will be kept in paper form.

Accordingly, EPA will transfer all

comments received electronically into

printed, paper form as they are received

and will place the paper copies in the

official rulemaking record which will

also include all comments submitted

directly in writing. The official

rulemaking record is the paper record

maintained at the address in

‘‘ADDRESSES’’ at the beginning of this

document.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection and

Information collection requests.
24488 Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 95 / Wednesday, May 15, 1996 / Notices

Dated: May 8, 1996.

Susan H. Wayland,

Acting Assistant Administrator, Office of

Prevention, Pesticides, and Toxic Substances.

[FR Doc. 96–12189 Filed 5–14–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

[OPPTS–00184; FRL–5366–1]

Agency Information Collection

Activities

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

continuing Information Collection

Request (ICR) to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB). Before

submitting the ICR to OMB for review

and approval, EPA is soliciting

comments on specific aspects of the

information collection as described

below. The ICR is a continuing ICR

entitled Alternate Threshold for Low

Annual Reportable Amounts, EPA ICR

No. 1704, OMB No. 2070-0143. 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.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before July 15, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Submit three copies of all

written comments to: TSCA Document

Receipts (7407), Room NE-G99, Office of

Pollution Prevention and Toxics,

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460,

Telephone: 202-260-7099. All comments

should reference administrative record

number AR-156. This ICR is available

for public review at, and copies may be

requested from, the docket address and

phone number listed above. Comments

and data may also be submitted

electronically by sending electronic

mail (e-mail) to: ncic@epamail.epa.gov.

Electronic comments must be submitted

as an ASCII file avoiding the use of

special characters and any form of

encryption. Comments and data will

also be accepted on disks in

WordPerfect in 5.1 file format or ASCII

file format. All comments and data in

electronic form must be identified by

the administrative record number AR156’’ and ICR number 1704. No CBI

should be submitted through e-mail.

Electronic comments on this document

may be filed online at many Federal

Depository Libraries. Additional

information on electronic submissions

can be found in Unit III. of this

document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

general information contact: Susan B.

Hazen, Director, Environmental

Assistance Division (7408), Office of

Pollution Prevention and Toxics,

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460,

Telephone: 202-554-1404, TDD: 202-

554-0551, e-mail: TSCAHotline@epamail.epa.gov. For technical

information contact: Brian Symmes,

Environmental Assistance Division

(7408), Office of Pollution Prevention

and Toxics, Environmental Protection

Agency, 401 M St., SW., Washington,

DC 20460, Telephone: 202-260-9121;

Fax: 202-401-8142; e-mail:

symmes.brian@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

Entities potentially affected by this

action are those chemical facilities that

manufacture, process, or otherwise use

certain toxic chemicals and which are

required, under section 313 of the

Emergency Planning and Community

Right-to-Know Act of 1986 (EPCRA), to

report annually to EPA their

environmental releases of such

chemicals. For the collection of

information addressed in this notice,

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.

(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.

II. Information Collection

EPA is seeking comments on the

following Information Collection

Request.

Title: Alternate Threshold for Low

Amounts in Waste, EPA ICR No. 1704,

OMB No. 2070-0143, expires September

30, 1996.

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. EPA has authority to revise

the threshold amounts.

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 total 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

an annual certification statement in lieu

of a complete report form. The annual

certification certifies that the sum of the

amount of the EPCRA section 313

chemical in wastes did not exceed 500

pounds for the reporting year, and that

the chemical was manufactured,

processed, or otherwise used in an

amount not exceeding 1 million pounds

during the reporting year. Use of the

certification, rather than submitting a

complete reporting form, represents a

substantial savings to respondents, both

in burden hours and in labor costs.

The primary function served by the

certification statement is to satisfy the

statutory requirement to maintain

reporting on a substantial majority of

releases for all listed chemicals. Without

the certification statement, users of TRI

data would not have access to any

information on these chemicals. The

certification statement is also a de facto

range report, which is useful to any

party interested in amounts being

handled at a particular facility or for

broader statistical purposes.

Additionally, the certification statement

provides compliance monitoring and

enforcement programs and other

interested parties a means to track

chemical management activities and

verify overall compliance with the rule.

Responses to the collection of

information are mandatory (see 40 CFR

part 372). Respondents may claim all or

part of a notice confidential. EPA will

disclose information that is covered by

a claim of confidentiality only to the

extent permitted by, and in accordance

with, the procedures in TSCA section 14

and 40 CFR part 2.