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• Vegetation and wildlife.

• Endangered and threatened species.

• Cultural resources.

• Land use.

We will also evaluate possible

alternatives to the proposed project or

portions of the project, and make

recommendations on how to lessen or

avoid impacts on the various resource

areas.

Our independent analysis of the

issues will be in the EA. Depending on

the comments received during the

scoping process, the EA may be

published and mailed to Federal, state,

and local agencies, public interest

groups, interested individuals, affected

landowners, newspapers, libraries, and

the Commission’s official service list for

this proceeding. A comment period will

be allotted for review if the EA is

published. We will consider all

comments on the EA before we

recommend that the Commission

approve or not approve the project.

Currently Identified Environmental

Issues

We have already identified several

issues that we think deserve attention in

the EA based on a preliminary review of

the proposed facilities and information

provided by Great Lakes. Keep in mind

that this is a preliminary list.

• Loop Segment 1 would cross lands

managed by the Escanaba River State

Forest. Loop Segments 1 and 2 would

cross lands managed by the Hiawatha

National Forest. Loop Segment 3 would

cross lands managed by the Lake

Superior State Forest.

• Loop Segment 2 would cross the

Bay de Noc—Grand Island recreational

trail and the Nahma snowmobile trail.

• The three loop segments combined

would cross about 12.2 miles of forested

land, and about 1.1 mile of agricultural

land.

• One residence is located within 50

feet of the proposed construction rightof-way for Loop Segment 1.

• Loop Segment 2 would cross the

Whitefish River, which is federally

listed as a Wild and Scenic River. The

three loops combined would cross 17

other perennial streams, 13 of which

have been classified as cold water

fisheries.

• The three loops combined would

cross 32 wetlands, totalling about 10.6

miles.

• A total of 12 cultural resource sites

have been identified along all three

loops segments combined, of which 9

have been recommended for additional

investigation.

The list of issues may be added to,

subtracted from, or changed based on

your comments and our analysis.

Public Participation

You can make a difference by sending

a letter addressing your specific

comments or concerns about the project.

You should focus on the potential

environmental effects of the proposal,

alternatives to the proposal (including

alternative routes), and measures to

avoid or lessen environmental impact.

The more specific your comments, the

more useful they will be. Please follow

the instructions below to ensure that

your comments are received and

properly recorded:

• Address your letter to: Lois Cashell,

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First St., N.E.,

Washington, D.C. 20426;

• Reference Docket No. CP96–297–

000;

• Send a copy of your letter to: Paul

Friedman, EA Project Manager, Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, OPR/

DEER/ERCI—PR11.1, 888 First St., N.E.,

Washington, D.C. 20426; and

• Mail your comments so that they

will be received in Washington, D.C. on

or before June 17, 1996.

Additional information about the

proposed project is available from Paul

Friedman, EA Project Manager, at (202)

208–1108. If you wish to receive a copy

of the EA, you should request one from

Mr. Friedman at the above address.

Becoming an Intervenor

In addition to involvement in the EA

scoping process, you may want to

become an official party to the

proceeding or become an ‘‘intervenor.’’

Among other things, intervenors have

the right to receive copies of caserelated Commission documents and

filings by other intervenors. Likewise,

each intervenor must provide copies of

its filings to all other parties. If you

want to become an intervenor you must

file a motion to intervene according to

Rule 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR

385.214) (see appendix 2).

The date for filing timely motions to

intervene in this proceeding has passed.

Therefore, parties seeking to file late

interventions must show good cause, as

required by section 385.214(b)(3), why

this time limitation should be waived.

Environmental issues have been viewed

as good cause for later intervention. You

do not need intervenor status to have

your scoping comments considered.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5508–1]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review, Comment Request; PreCertification and Testing Exemptions

Reporting and Recordkeeping

Requirements for Motor Vehicles and

Motor Vehicle Engines

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3506(c)(2)), this notice announces that

the following Information Collection

Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for review and approval: PreCertification and Testing Exemptions

Reporting and Recordkeeping

Requirements for motor vehicles and

motor vehicle engines (OMB Control

No. 2060–0007, approved through 5/31/

96). The ICR describes the nature of the

information collection and its expected

burden and cost.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before June 19, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY

CALL:

Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260–2740,

and refer to EPA ICR No. 95.0.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

Title: Pre-Certification and Testing

Exemptions Reporting and

Recordkeeping Requirements, OMB No.

2060–0007, Expiration date 5/31/96.

This ICR is requesting a revision of a

currently approved collection activity.

Abstract: Manufacturers of new motor

vehicles or engines, manufacturers of

vehicle or engine parts, fuel refiners,

manufacturers in the business of

importing, modifying, or testing

uncertified vehicles for resale, and

Independent Commercial Importers

(ICIs) will report and keep records of

applications for pre-certification and

testing exemptions. Upon EPA request,

they will submit this information to

EPA. EPA will use this information to

ensure that uncertified vehicles or

engines from the pre-certification

program and testing exemption program

are introduced into commerce only on

a temporary basis for legitimate

purposes.

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
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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 3/4/96

(61 FR 8271); no comments were

received.

Burden Statement: 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;

adjusting the existing ways to comply

with previously applicable instructions

and requirements; training personnel to

be able to respond to a collection of

information; searching data sources;

completing and reviewing the collection

of information, and transmitting or

otherwise disclosing the information.

The following table represents the

estimated annual burden for this ICR.

Activity Burden hours Cost per response Frequency Number of

respondents

A. Pre-certification exemptions:

1. Manufacturers ..................................................................................................... 3 $180.00 1 40

2. ICI ........................................................................................................................ 3 180.00 1 25

B. Testing exemptions:

1. Manufacturers/No Importation ............................................................................. 40 2,400.00 1 15

2. NonManufacturers/No Importation ...................................................................... 5.25 315.50 1 5

3. All/Importation ..................................................................................................... 3 180.00 1 55

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. 95.08 and

OMB Control No. 2060–0007 in any

correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, OPPE Regulatory

Information Division (2137), 401 M

Street SW., Washington, D.C. 20460

and

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for

EPA, 725 17th Street NW.,

Washington, D.C. 20503.

Dated: May 14, 1996.

Joseph Retzer,

Director, Regulatory Information Division.

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Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request; Emission

Defect Information and Voluntary

Emissions Recall Reports

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3507(a)(1)(D)), this notice announces

that the following Information

Collection Request (ICR) has been

forwarded to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review and

approval: Emission Defect Information

and Voluntary Emissions Recall Reports

(OMB Control No. 2060–0048, approved

through 5/31/96). 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 19, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY

CALL: Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260–

2740, and refer to EPA ICR No. 282.08.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Emission Defect Information

and Voluntary Emissions Recall Reports

(OMB Control No. 2060–0048; EPA ICR

No. 282.08) expiring 5/31/96. This ICR

is requesting an extension of a currently

approved collection activity.

Abstract: Some manufacturers of

motor vehicles and certain engines are

required to submit two different reports

under 40 CFR Part 85, Subpart T, Part

89, Subpart I and Part 90, Subpart I.

These reports are only required where

certain conditions involving emission

defects or voluntary recalls occur.

The ‘‘defect information report’’ (DIR)

contains data regarding the class or

engine family and number of vehicles or

engines on which a defect has been

found, and a description of the defect

and its effects on vehicle or engine

performance and emissions. The Agency

uses the DIR to help identify emissionrelated defects or classes of vehicles or

engines which may not comply with

federal emissions standards.

The ‘‘voluntary emission recall’’

(VER) report contains data on voluntary

recall campaigns conducted by

manufacturers, including the

procedures used by the manufacturers

to conduct voluntary recall campaigns,

the identification of vehicles or engines

affected by the campaign, and the repair

to be completed on recalled vehicles or

engines; progress or quarterly updates of

the VER reports track the number of

vehicles or engines repaired. The

Agency uses the VER report and

progress reports to ensure that

manufacturers are following acceptable

procedures when conducting recalls and

to track the progress and effectiveness of

voluntary recall campaigns.

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 3/4/96

(61 FR 8273); no comments were

received.

Burden Statement: 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;

adjusting the existing ways to comply

with any previously applicable

instructions and requirements; training

personnel to be able to respond to a

collection of information; searching data

sources, completing and reviewing the

collection of information; and

transmitting or otherwise disclosing the

information.