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filing should on or before the comment

date file with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426, a

motion to intervene or a protest in

accordance with the requirements of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and

385.214) and the Regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.10). All

protests filed with the Commission will

be considered by it in determining the

appropriate action to be taken but will

not serve to make the protestants parties

to the proceeding. Any person wishing

to become a party to a proceeding or to

participate as a party in any hearing

therein must file a motion to intervene

in accordance with the Commission’s

Rules.

Take further notice that, pursuant to

the authority contained in and subject to

jurisdiction conferred upon the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission by

Sections 7 and 15 of the Natural Gas Act

and the Commission’s Rules of Practice

and Procedure, a hearing will be held

without further notice before the

Commission or its designee on this

filing if no motion to intervene is filed

within the time required herein, if the

Commission on its own review of the

matter finds that a grant of the

certificate is required by the public

convenience and necessity. If a motion

for leave to intervene is timely filed, or

if the Commission on its own motion

believes that a formal hearing is

required, further notice of such hearing

will be duly given.

Under the procedure herein provided

for, unless otherwise advised, it will be

unnecessary for the applicant to appear

or be represented at the hearing.

G. Any person or the Commission’s

staff may, within 45 days after the

issuance of the instant notice by the

Commission, file pursuant to Rule 214

of the Commission’s Procedural Rules

(18 CFR 385.214) a motion to intervene

or notice of intervention and pursuant

to Section 157.205 of the Regulations

under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR

157.205) a protest to the request. If no

protest is filed within the time allowed

therefore, the proposed activity shall be

deemed to be authorized effective the

day after the time allowed for filing a

protest. If a protest is filed and not

withdrawn within 30 days after the time

allowed for filing a protest, the instant

request shall be treated as an

application for authorization pursuant

to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–12439 Filed 5–16–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5507–2]

Agency Information Collection

Activities Under OMB Review;

Hazardous Waste Industry Studies

Information Collection Request

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

the Information Collection Request (ICR)

for the Hazardous Waste Industry

Studies Information Collection Request,

OMB Control No. 2050–0042, expiration

date: 07/31/96, has been forwarded to

the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for review and approval. The ICR

describes the nature of the information

collection and its expected burden and

cost; where appropriate, it includes the

actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before June 17, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY

CALL: Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260–

2740, and refer to EPA ICR No. 818.06.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Hazardous Waste Industry

Studies Information Collection Request,

OMB Control No. 2050–0042; EPA ICR

No. 818.06. This is a request for

extension of a currently approved

collection.

Abstract: Under the Industry Studies

Program, EPA’s Office of Solid Waste is

planning to conduct surveys of various

industries during the rest of this fiscal

year through FY 1999, primarily for the

purpose of developing hazardous waste

listing determinations as part of a

rulemaking effort under Sections 3001

and 3004 of the Resource Conservation

and Recovery Act (RCRA). Information

collected under authority of this ICR

will be used to establish and expand an

information data base with regard to

hazardous waste generation and

management by industry to support a

goal of more effective regulation under

Sections 3001 and 3004 of RCRA.

The information acquired through the

Industry Studies Program has

contributed to the effective development

and implementation of the hazardous

waste regulatory program. The ICR

renewal, once approved, will allow

continued and expanded data collection

for the following program areas:

• Listing

• Land Disposal Restrictions (LDR) and

Capacity

• Source Reduction and Recycling

• Risk Assessment

To support these hazardous waste

program areas, EPA has been

conducting surveys and site visits for

various industries over the past 12 years

under authority granted under RCRA

Section 3007 and OMB #2050–0042.

Responses to these surveys are

mandatory and required by EPA to

collect data for development of

hazardous waste rulemakings as

required by a consent decree signed

December 9, 1994, which resulted from

the EDF v. Reilly case.

The information collected will be

used primarily to determine if wastes

from specific industries should be listed

as hazardous. In addition, this

information also will be used to support

other RCRA activities including

developing engineering analyses;

conducting regulatory impact analyses,

economic analyses, and risk

assessments; and developing land

disposal restrictions treatment standards

and waste minimization programs.

Depending on the size and scope of

the industry, the information collection

will consist either of a census or a

representative sample of all the facilities

that are included in the specific

industries.

EPA anticipates that some data

provided by respondents will be

claimed as Confidential Business

Information (CBI). Respondents may

make a business confidentiality claim

by marking the appropriate data as CBI.

Respondents may not withhold

information from the Agency because

they believe it is confidential.

Information so designated will be

disclosed by EPA only to the extent set

forth in 40 CFR Part 2.

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 January

31, 1996 (61 FR 3395–6). Three

comments were received.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and recordkeeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 38.4 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
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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:

• Paint Production

• Inorganics

• Solvents (users of 21 specific

solvents)

• Petroleum Refining

• Chlorinated Aliphatics

• Dyes and Pigments

• Pulp and Paper

Estimated Number of Respondents:

2,446.

Frequency of Response: 1.14

responses for each respondent.

Estiamted Total Annual Hour Burden:

38.4 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Cost

Burden: $1,260,000.

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. 818.06 and

OMB Control No. 2050–0042 in any

correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, OPPE Regulatory

information Division (2137), 401 M

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20460

and

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for

EPA, 725 17th Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: May 14, 1996.

Joseph Retzer

Director, Regulatory Information Division.

[FR Doc. 96–12481 Filed 5–16–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–M

Agency Information Collection

Activities Under OMB Review

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

the Information Collection Request (ICR)

abstracted below has been forwarded to

the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for review and comment. The

ICR describes the nature of the

information collection and its expected

cost and burden; where appropriate, it

includes the actual data collection

instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before June 17, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY

CALL: Sandy Farmer at EPA, 202–260–

2740, and refer to EPA ICR No. 1626.03.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: ‘‘National Recycling and

Emissions Reduction Program’’ (OMB

Control Number 2060–0256; EPA

Control Number 1626.05). This is a

request for an extension of a currently

approved collection.

Abstract: In 1993, EPA promulgated

regulations under Section 608 of the

Clean Air Act Amendments of 1990

(Act) for the recycling of CFCs and

HCFCs in air-conditioning and

refrigeration equipment. These

regulations were published in 58 FR

28660, and are codified at 40 CFR Part

82, subpart F (§ 82.150 et seq.). The

reasons the information is being

collected, the way the information is to

be used, and whether the requirements

are mandatory, voluntary, or required to

obtain a benefit, are described below.

The ICR renewal does not include any

burden for third-party or public

disclosures not previously reviewed and

approved by OMB. 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.

The Federal Register Notice with a 60-

day comment period soliciting

comments on this collection of

information was published on February

13, 1996.

Equipment Testing Organizations

Equipment testing organizations must

apply to EPA to become approved.

Approved equipment testing

organizations must maintain records of

the tests performed and their results,

and must submit a list of all certified

equipment to EPA annually. Testing

organizations must notify EPA

whenever a new model of equipment is

certified or whenever an existing

certified model fails a recertification

test. Information collected from

equipment certifiers is required to

ensure that recycling and recovery

equipment meets the performance

standards of the regulation and that all

approved testing laboratories have the

equipment and expertise to test

equipment to these standards.

Servicing and Disposal Establishments

Persons maintaining, servicing,

repairing, or disposing of appliances

must certify to EPA that they have

acquired certified recycling or recovery

equipment and are complying with the

requirements of the rule. This

certification must be renewed in the

event of a change of ownership of the

service or disposal establishment. In

addition, service establishments are

required to maintain adequate

documentation of technician

certification. These requirements help

the Agency to target its enforcement

efforts.

Reclaimers

Refrigerant reclaimers must maintain

records of the names and addresses of

persons sending them material for

reclamation as well as the quantity of

the material (the combined mass of

refrigerant and contaminants) sent. In

addition, reclaimers must maintain

records of the mass of refrigerant

reclaimed and the mass of waste

products. Reclaimers must report this

information (total quantities) to the

Agency annually. This information

helps the Agency track refrigerant use to

ensure that no refrigerant is vented at

service or disposal.

Refrigerant Wholesalers

Wholesalers must maintain records

indicating the names of purchasers,

dates of sales, and quantities of

refrigerant purchased. This information

helps the Agency to track refrigerant use

and identify points of noncompliance.

The Agency believes that wholesalers

already maintain such records. In

addition to normal business records,

wholesalers have to maintain records

verifying that purchasers of refrigerant

are properly certified. These records

will be used by EPA inspectors to

ensure that refrigerants are only sold to

certified technicians. This is to

guarantee that individuals who

purchase refrigerant are aware of the

legal restrictions on its use.

Disposers

Persons disposing of small

appliances, room air conditioners, and

MVACs must maintain copies of signed

statements attesting that the refrigerant

has been removed prior to final disposal

of each appliance. This information

helps EPA to verify that refrigerant is

recovered at some point during the

disposal process even if the final

disposer does not have recovery

equipment.