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the data item must be omitted, * * *.’’

A similar modification is made at

General Instruction 5(B).

In the instruction manual for the

Index of Customers, the last sentence of

the Purpose section is revised to clarify

that the electronic file must be

downloadable from the pipeline’s EBB.

Minor Changes Common to Both Sets of

Instructions

Staff desires to make several minor

modifications to correct typographical

errors and make other corrections. Due

to experience gained from the filing of

the Index of Customers and discount

rate reports in April, several

instructions are added or clarified to

avoid confusion.

The section, What to Submit, now

instructs the pipeline on the proper

contents of a revised filing. The

instructions applicable to the Report

Date are clarified. The Report Date is the

date the pipeline expects to file the

report with the Secretary of the

Commission. In other words, the Report

Date is the anticipated filing date.

The instructions concerning the

footnote record are revised. The data

item, Footnote ID, is renamed Footnote

Number to avoid confusion with a data

item of the same name on the detail

record. The format of this data item is

changed to numeric. The instruction is

rewritten to ensure that only the number

of the footnote is reported on the

footnote record. The proper format for

the footnote record is displayed at page

10 of the instructions.

Recently issued pipeline ID codes are

added to the pipeline ID code listing.

Erroneous pipeline ID codes are

corrected. Several pipeline names are

also corrected.

In the appendix containing the file

creation hints, instructions for saving a

tab delimited file in Wordperfect 6.0 are

added.

Modifications Unique to the Index of

Customers

In the instructions concerning the

detail record, the definition of the data

item, Max Storage Quantity, is clarified.

There has been some confusion over

which storage contract quantity the

Commission requires to be reported.

The Max Storage Quantity is the largest

quantity of natural gas the pipeline is

obligated to store for the shipper under

the reported contract. The commission

does not want a daily injection or

withdrawal quantity reported in this

field. Similarly, a pipeline must not

report the daily injection or withdrawal

quantity in the field reserved for the

data item, Max Daily Transportation

Quantity.

Staff would also like to bring to the

pipelines’ attention two instructions to

which some pipelines are not adhering.

First, the regulation at 18 CFR

284.106(c)(3)(i) requires the pipeline to

report the full legal name of the

customer. Some of the indices received

to date do not reflect the full legal name

of the customers.

Several guidelines should be followed

when recording a customer’s name.

Take care to check the correct spelling

of the name. TransCanada Pipelines

Limited was spelled also TransCanada

PipeLines Limited. Do not leave words

out of a customer’s name. The name,

Washington Gas Light Company, was

submitted correctly in some instances

but also incorrectly as, Washington Gas

Light, and Washington Gas.

Pay attention to punctuation and do

not abbreviate words within the name.

NGC Transportation, Inc. was spelled:

NGC Transportation Inc.

NGC Transportation, Inc.

NGC TRANSPORTATION, INC.

NGC TRANS., INC.

By far, however, the most common error

is the omission of the words company,

corporation, or Inc. The pipeline must

report the full legal name of the shipper.

The regulation at 18 CFR

284.106(c)(3) requires the pipeline to

report all firm transportation or storage

service contracts. Individually

certificated contracts appearing in

Volume No. 2 of the pipeline’s FERC

Gas Tariff must be included. Several

pipelines appear to have excluded these

contracts from their indices. All firm

transportation and storage contracts

must be reported in the Index of

Customers, including individually

certificated transactions.

Modifications Unique to the Discount

Rate Report

The Commission received several

discount rate reports in April which did

not contain a paper copy of the report.

The Commission requires a paper copy

filing of the discount rate report. To

avoid any further confusion, an

instruction is added in the section,

What to Submit, requiring an original

and at least five paper copies of the

letter of transmittal and of the data

items required by 18 CFR 284.7(c)(6) to

accompany the electronic filing.

The section, When to Submit, is

modified to clarify that all reports

submitted subsequent to the report due

for March must comply with the

electronic filing instructions. All

resubmissions filed after April 15, 1996,

therefore, no matter to what billing

periods they apply, must be filed

electronically.

General Instruction 3 clarifies the file

naming convention. Resubmissions for

prior months must be segregated into

separate files. However, they may be

filed on a single diskette if submitted

under the cover of a single letter of

transmittal.

General Instruction 5(C) is revised to

refer to the measurement basis to be

used when reporting the maximum and

discounted rates. All of the rates must

be reported on the same measurement

basis as the rates reported in the

pipeline’s FERC Gas Tariff. General

Instruction 5(E) is modified to remind

pipelines not to include dollar signs

when reporting rates. General

Instruction 7(B) is deleted since no rate

schedules are reported in the discount

rate report.

The format for the paper copy of the

discount rate report is unspecified.

Several pipelines have simply printed

on paper the contents of the electronic

file. This is an acceptable format with

the following modifications:

(a) The pipeline must add column

headers to the data to explain the

contents of each column.

(b) The Item ID must appear in the

column heading for each data item so

the Footnote ID can be properly

interpreted.

Conclusion

The filing requirements and

regulations have been carefully crafted

to ensure the data submitted by the

pipelines is compatible with typical

computer processing techniques. It is

imperative for pipelines to adhere

closely to the instructions to ensure the

data’s usefulness. Where a pipeline’s

data on file with the Commission does

not conform to the regulations and filing

requirements, we would expect to see a

revision filed to bring the data into

conformance.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5510–5]

Agency Information Collection

Activities Up for Renewal; Neshap for

Benzene Emissions for Benzene Waste

Operations

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
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3501 et seq.), this notice announces that

the Information Collection Request (ICR)

listed below is coming up for renewal.

Before submitting the renewal package

to the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB), EPA is soliciting comments on

specific aspects of the collection as

described below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before July 29, 1996.

ADDRESSES: United States

Environmental Protection Agency,

Office of Enforcement and Compliance

Assurance, Office of Compliance,

Manufacturing, Energy and

Transportation Division, Energy and

Transportation Branch (2223A), 401 M

Street, SW, Washington, DC. 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Ra ́fael Sanchez, United States

Environmental Protection Agency,

Office of Enforcement and Compliance

Assurance, Office of Compliance,

Manufacturing, Energy and

Transportation Division, Energy and

Transportation Branch (2223A), 401 M

Street, SW. Telephone: (202) 564–7028.

Facsimile: (202) 564–0039. Internet:

Sanchez.Rafael@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Affected entities: Entities affected by

this action are facilities which generate

wastes that contain benzene, such as

chemical manufacturing plants, coke byproduct recovery plants, and petroleum

refineries. Other affected entities are

those owners and operators of

hazardous waste treatment, storage, and

disposal facilities (TSDF) which receive

wastes from the above facilities.

Title: NESHAP for Benzene Emissions

for Benzene Waste Operations—40 CFR

part 61, subpart FF, OMB No. 2060–

0183, Expiration Date: 8/31/96.

Abstract: The National Emission

Standards for Benzene Emissions for

Benzene Waste Operations were

promulgated on March 7, 1990. Due to

widespread confusion among affected

industries concerning key provisions of

the rule, EPA issued a stay of

effectiveness of subpart FF on March 5,

1992 (57 FR 8012). The stay remained

in effect until January 7, 1993, when

EPA promulgated clarifying

amendments to Subpart FF. The

standards are codified at 40 CFR part 61,

subpart FF.

The provisions of this subpart apply

to owners and operators of chemical

manufacturing plants, coke by-product

recovery plants, and petroleum

refineries. In addition, this subpart

applies to owners and operators of

hazardous waste treatment, storage, and

disposal facilities that treat, store, or

dispose of hazardous waste generated

from the above facilities.

The calculation of total annual

benzene (TAB) quantity in all aqueous

waste streams determines whether a

facility is subject to control

requirements of the rule. A facility at or

above the TAB threshold in the rule of

10 megagram per year (Mg/yr) is

required to control each benzene waste

stream at the facility, or demonstrate

that the waste stream meets a criterion

in the rule for exemption from control.

A facility with a TAB below 10 Mg/yr

is only subject to the rule’s reporting

and record keeping provisions, unless

the facility receives a waste from offsite

that must be controlled in order to meet

Subpart FF, in which case that waste

must be controlled. A facility with a

TAB less than 1 Mg/yr is only subject

to maintain documentation of the

quantity of benzene in the waste.

Owners or operators of the affected

facilities described above must make the

following one-time-only notices or

reports: notification of anticipated

startup; notification of actual startup;

notification of an emission test, report

following an emission test; notification

of any physical/operational changes

(i.e., modification) that could increase

emissions, a monitoring system

performance test; and a report following

a monitoring system performance test.

These notifications and reports are

general provisions and required of all

sources subject to any NESHAP.

Reporting requirements specific to

benzene waste operations include

submission, within 90 days after

January 7, 1993, or by the initial startup

for a new source, of an initial report that

summarizes the regulatory status of each

waste stream containing benzene. Each

owner or operator who has no benzene

onsite in wastes, products, byproducts,

or intermediary shall submit an initial

report that is a statement to this effect.

If the TAB quantity from facility

waste is less than 1 Mg/yr, then the

owner and operator shall submit a

report that updates its regulatory status

whenever there is a change in the

process that may cause the TAB to

increase.

If the TAB is less than 10 Mg/yr, but

equal to or greater than 1 Mg/yr, then

the owner or operator shall submit a

report that updates the regulatory status

of each waste stream containing

benzene. The report shall be submitted

annually and whenever there is a

change in the process generating the

waste stream that could cause the total

annual benzene quantity from facility

waste to increase to 10 Mg/yr or more.

If the information in the annual report

does not change in the following year,

the owner or operator may submit a

statement to that effect.

If the total annual benzene quantity

from facility waste is equal to or greater

than 10 Mg/yr, then the owner or

operator shall submit the following

reports:

(1) Within 90 days after January 7,

1993, or by the date of initial startup for

a new source with an initial startup after

the effective date, a certification that the

equipment necessary to comply with

these standards has been installed, and

that the required initial inspections or

tests have been carried out in

accordance with this subpart.

(2) Beginning on the date that the

equipment necessary to comply with

these standards has been certified, the

owner or operator shall submit,

annually, a report that updates the

regulatory status of each stream.

(3) Beginning three months after the

date that the equipment necessary to

comply with these standards has been

certified, the owner or operator shall

submit, quarterly, a certification that all

the required inspections have been

carried out in accordance with the

requirements of this subpart.

(4) Beginning three months after the

date that the equipment necessary to

comply with these standards has been

certified, the owner or operator shall

submit a report, quarterly, that

summarizes all the monitoring of

operations.

(5) Beginning one year after the date

that the equipment necessary to comply

with these standards has been certified,

the owner or operator shall submit,

annually, a report that summarizes all

inspections during which detectable

emissions are measured or a problem

(such as a broken seal, gap or other

problem) that could result in benzene

emissions is identified, including

information about the repairs or

corrective action taken.

Monitoring and record keeping

requirements specific to benzene waste

operations include maintaining records

that identify each waste stream at the

facility subject to this subpart, and

indicate whether the waste stream is

controlled for benzene emissions in

accordance with this subpart. In

addition, the owner or operator shall

maintain the following records:

(1) For each waste stream not

controlled for benzene emissions in

accordance with this subpart, the

records shall include all test results,

measurements, calculations, and other

documentation used to determine the

following information for the waste

stream: waste stream identification,

water content, whether or not the waste

stream is a process wastewater stream,
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annual waste quantity, range of benzene

concentrations, annual average flowweighted benzene concentration, and

annual benzene quantity.

(2) For each process wastewater

stream not controlled for benzene

emissions, the records shall include all

measurements, calculations, and other

documentation used to determine that

the continuous flow of process

wastewater is less than 0.02 liters per

minute, or the annual waste quantity of

process wastewater is less than 10 Mg/

yr.

(3) For each facility where process

wastewater streams are controlled for

benzene emissions, the records shall

include for each treated process

wastewater stream: all measurements,

calculations, and other documentation

used to determine the annual benzene

quantity in the process wastewater

stream exiting the treatment process.

(4) For each facility where wastewater

streams are controlled for benzene

emissions, the records shall include all

measurements, calculations, and other

documentation used to determine the

annual benzene quantity in the

wastewater streams exiting wastewater

treatment systems at the facility.

(5) Owners or operators transferring

waste off-site to another facility for

treatment shall maintain documentation

for each offsite waste shipment that

includes the following information: date

waste is shipped offsite, quantity of

waste shipped offsite, name and address

of the facility receiving the waste, and

a copy of the notice sent with the waste

shipment.

(6) An owner or operator using

control equipment, shall maintain

engineering design documentation for

all control equipment installed on the

waste management unit. The

documentation shall be retained for the

life of the control equipment.

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;

(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 collection

techniques or other forms of information

technology, e.g., permitting electronic

submission of responses.

Burden Statement

Most of the industry costs associated

with the information collection activity

in the standards are labor. The current

average annual burden to industry from

these record keeping and reporting

requirements is estimated at 17,028

person-hours. The respondent costs

have been calculated based on $14.50

per hour plus 110 percent overhead.

The current average annual burden to

industry is estimated to be $518,503.

Based upon available information, it

has been estimated that 395 facilities are

subject to the standards, and 140 of

those are estimated to have more than

10 Mg/yr of benzene in the waste. In

addition, EPA estimates that these 140

facilities have a total of 2,819 waste

streams per facility for which initial

benzene concentration determination

could be made. A total of 57 facilities

are estimated to have more than 50 Mg/

yr of benzene in their wastes and are

expected to apply controls without

applying for exceptions.

No person is 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 displayed in 40

CFR part 9.

Send comments regarding these

matters, or any aspect of the information

collection, including suggestions for

reducing the burden, to the address

listed above.

Dated: May 17, 1995.

Elaine G. Stanley,

Director, Office of Compliance.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

[FRL–5511–3]

Proposed Settlement Agreement,

Determinations of Attainment of the

Ozone Standard by Pittsburgh-Beaver

Valley, Pennsylvania and Reading,

Pennsylvania Ozone Nonattainment

Areas

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of proposed settlement

agreement; request for public comment.

SUMMARY: Inaccordance with Section

113(g) of the Clean Air Act (‘‘Act’’),

notice is hereby given of a proposed

settlement agreement concerning

litigation instituted against the

Environmental Protection Agency

(‘‘EPA’’) regarding EPA’s July 19, 1995

determinations regarding the attainment

of the ozone standard by the PittsburghBeaver Valley, Pennsylvania, and

Reading, Pennsylvania ozone

nonattainment areas and the

applicability of certain pollution control

requirements, 60 Fed. Reg. 37,015 (July

19, 1995). Delaware Valley Citizens’

Council for Clean Air v. Browner, No.

95–3494 (3rd Cir.) and Delaware Valley

Citizens’ Council for Clean Air v.

Browner, No. 96–3086 (3rd Cir.).

The proposed settlement agreement

provides that, no later than June 30,

1996, the EPA Regional Administrator,

Region 3, will sign a notice of final

rulemaking concerning the proposed

Revocation of Determination of

Attainment of Ozone Standard by the

Pittsburgh-Beaver Ozone Nonattainment

and Reinstatement of Applicability of

Certain Reasonable Further Progress and

Attainment Demonstration

Requirements. 61 Fed. Reg. 5360 (Feb.

12, 1996). The proposed agreement also

provides that, no later than July 31,

1996, the EPA Regional Administrator,

Region 3, shall sign a notice of proposed

rulemaking proposing action on the

Commonwealth of Pennsylvania’s

request, submitted November 12, 1993,

for EPA to redesignate to attainment for

ozone the Reading, Pennsylvania ozone

nonattainment area; and that the EPA

Regional Administrator, Region 3 shall

sign a notice of final rulemaking

concerning the above request no later

than December 31, 1996.

For a period of thirty [30] days

following the date of publication of this

notice, the Agency will receive written

comments relating to the settlement.

EPA or the Department of Justice may

withhold or withdraw consent to the

proposed settlement agreement if the

comments disclose facts or

circumstances that indicate that such

consent is inappropriate, improper,

inadequate, or inconsistent with the

requirements of the Act.

Copies of the settlement agreement

are available from Sonja Lee, Air and

Radiation Division (2344), Office of

General Counsel, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M Street, SW.,

Washington, DC 20460 (202) 260–7606.

Written comments should be sent to

Kendra Sagoff at the above address and

must be submitted on or before June 28,

1996.

Dated: May 22, 1996.

Scott Fulton,

Acting General Counsel.

[FR Doc. 96–13433 Filed 5–28–96; 8:45 am]

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