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description of the quality of waters of

the State; an analysis of the extent to

which these waters provide for the

protection and propagation of a

balanced population of shellfish, fish,

and wildlife, and allow recreational

activities in and on the water;

recommendations for additional action

necessary to achieve such uses; an

estimate of the environmental impact

and economic and social costs as well

as the economic and social benefits of

such achievement; and a description of

the nature and extent of nonpoint

sources of pollutants and

recommendations as to programs

needed to control each category of such

sources.

Under the CWA Section 314(a)(2),

States must incorporate information

regarding Clean Lakes into the 305(b)

reports. States are to include the

following: an identification and

classification according to trophic

condition of all publicly owned lakes; a

description of the methods to control

sources of pollution and restore these

lakes; methods to mitigate the harmful

effects of high acidity; a list and

description of publicly owned lakes for

which uses are known to be impaired;

and an assessment of the status and

trends of water quality in lakes.

Section 303(d)(1) of the CWA requires

States to identify and rank water-quality

limited waters which will not meet

State water quality standards after

implementation of required controls,

such as, technology-based point source

controls.

Reporting under Sections 305(b) and

314 is required of the 50 States.

Reporting activities under Section

303(d) may be submitted as part of the

305(b) report or may be submitted under

separate cover. Other respondents

(Territories, River Basin Commissions,

certain Indian Tribes or Tribal Groups)

also prepare 305(b) reports to document

the quality of their waters to EPA,

Congress, and the public and, in some

cases, to meet grant conditions.

The 305(b) reporting process is an

essential component of the EPA water

pollution control program. EPA’s Office

of Water uses the 305(b) reports as the

principal information source for

assessing nationwide water quality,

progress made in maintaining and

restoring water quality, and the extent of

remaining water pollution problems.

EPA prepares the National Water

Quality Inventory Report to Congress

and evaluates impacts of EPA’s water

pollution control programs with the

information and data supplied in the

State and Tribal 305(b) reports and the

corresponding national database, the

EPA Waterbody System. The Office of

Water uses the Report to Congress to

target persistent and emerging water

quality problems with new initiatives

and to improve or eliminate ineffective

programs.

EPA uses the information submitted

under Section 314 to evaluate and to

report on trends in the status of lake

water quality reports issued by the

Section 314 Clean Lakes Program. The

Agency also uses this information for a

variety of other purposes including to

assist in the management of lake

projects funded under both the Section

314 and 319 of the Clean Water Act.

Under Section 303(d), EPA must

review and approve or disapprove the

State lists of water-quality limited

waterbodies still requiring total

maximum daily loads (TMDLs). Section

303(d) of the CWA establishes the

TMDL process to provide for more

stringent water-quality based controls

when required Federal, State or local

controls are inadequate to achieve State

water quality standards. TMDLs

encourage a holistic view of water

quality problems considering all

contributions and instream water

quality and provide a method to allocate

those contributions to meet water

quality standards.

The next 305(b) reports and 303(d)

lists are due to EPA in April 1996. Prior

to each 305(b) reporting deadline, EPA

publishes guidelines on the types of

information requested of respondents in

their 305(b) reports. The current edition

is Guidelines for the Preparation of the

1996 State Water Quality Assessments

(305(b) Reports), EPA 841–B–95–001,

May 1995. (For further information or a

copy call: Barry Burgan at EPA, (202)

260–7060).

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 10/6/

95 (60 FR 52392). No comments were

received.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and recordkeeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 3,011 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

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: States,

Territories, and River Basin

Commissions.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

58.

Frequency of Response: Reports every

5 years beginning in 1996; annual

electronic updates of water quality

assessment data beginning in 1997.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

174,638 hours.

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. 1560.04 and

OMB Control No. 2040–0071 in any

correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, OPPE Regulatory

Information Division (2136), 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: January 19, 1996.

Joseph Retzer,

Director, Regulatory Information Division.

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Notice of Transfer and Disclosure of

Confidential Business Information

Obtained Under the Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act to

EPA Contractors and Subcontractors

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice for comment.

SUMMARY: EPA Region IV hereby

complies with the requirements of 40

CFR 2.301(h) and 40 CFR 2.310(h) and

intends to authorize certain contractors

and subcontractors access to

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(‘‘CBI’’) which has been submitted to

EPA Region IV, under the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act (‘‘CERCLA’’).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region IV, Andrew N. Hey, 345

Courtland St., N.E., Atlanta, Georgia

30365, (404) 347–2641, ext. 2238.

Notice of Required Determinations,

Contract Provisions and Opportunity

To Comment

CERCLA, commonly known as

‘‘Superfund,’’ requires the establishment

of an administrative record upon which

the President shall base the selection of

a response action. CERCLA also requires

the maintenance of many other records,

including those relevant to cost recovery

and litigation support.

EPA Region IV has determined that

disclosure of CBI to its contractors and

subcontractors is necessary in order that

they may carry out the work requested

under those contracts of subcontracts

with EPA, including (1) compilation,

organization and tracking of litigation

support documents and information, (2)

review and analysis of documents and

information, and (3) provision of

computerized database systems and

customized reports. Documents include,

but are not limited to, responses to

CERCLA Section 104(e) information

requests, contractor invoices, and

progress reports. In performing these

tasks, employees of the contractors and

subcontractors listed below will be

required to sign a written agreement that

they: (1) will use the information only

for the purpose of carrying out the work

required by the contract, (2) shall refrain

from disclosing the information to

anyone other than EPA without the

prior written approval of each affected

business or of an EPA legal office, and

(3) shall return to EPA all copies of the

information and any abstracts or

extracts therefrom: (1) upon completion

of the contracts; (b) upon request of the

EPA; or (c) whenever the information is

no longer required by the contractor or

subcontractor for performance of work

requested under those contracts. These

nondisclosure statements shall be

maintained on file with the EPA Region

IV Project for CACI. CACI employees

will be provided technical direction

from their EPA contract management

staff.

EPA hereby advised affected parties

that they have ten working days to

comment pursuant to 40 CFR

2.301(h)(1)(iii) and 40 CFR 2.310(h).

Comments should be sent to

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region IV, Andrew N. Hey, 345

Courtland St., N.E., Atlanta, Georgia

30365.

Patrick M. Tobin,

Acting Regional Administrator.

Contractor, subcontractor Contract No.

CACI .................................. 3C–G–ENR–

0051

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Public Water System Supervision

Program Revision for the State of

California Public Notification

Regulations

AGENCY: U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of decision and

opportunity for hearing.

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that

the State of California is revising its

approved State Public Water System

Supervision Program. California has

adopted revised drinking water

regulations which require owners or

operators of public water systems to

notify the persons they serve when

certain violations of the National

Primary Drinking Water Regulations

(NPDWRs) or certain monitoring

requirements occur, when variance or

exemptions are in effect, and when a

system fails to comply with any

schedule prescribed pursuant to a

variance or exemption. These state

regulations correspond to National

Primary Drinking Water Regulations

promulgated by EPA on October 28,

1987 [52 FR 41534]. EPA has

determined that the State program

revisions are no less stringent than the

corresponding federal rules. Therefore,

EPA has tentatively decided to approve

the State program revision.

All interested parties are invited to

request a public hearing on EPA’s

decision to approve the State program

revisions. A request for a public hearing

must be submitted by February 26,

1996, to the Regional Administrator at

the address shown below. Insubstantial

requests for a hearing may be denied by

the Regional Administrator. If no timely

and appropriate request for a hearing is

received and the Regional Administrator

does not elect to hold a hearing on his/

her own motion, this determination

shall become effective February 26,

1996.

Any request for a public hearing shall

include the following: (1) The name,

address, and telephone number of the

individual, organization, or other entity

requesting a hearing; (2) a brief

statement of the requesting person’s

interest in the Regional Administrator’s

determination and of information that

the requesting person intends to submit

at such hearing; and (3) the signature of

the individual making the request, or, if

the request is made on behalf of an

organization or other entity, the

signature of a responsible official of the

organization or other entity.

ADDRESSES: All documents relating to

this determination are available for

inspection between the hours of 8:30

a.m. and 4:00 p.m., Monday through

Friday, at the following offices:

California Department of Health

Services, Division of Drinking Water

and Environmental Management, 601

North 7th Street, P.O. Box 942732,

Sacramento, CA 94234–7320; and EPA,

Region IX, Water Management Division,

Drinking Water Section (W–6–1), 75

Hawthorne Street, San Francisco,

California 94105.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

William M. Robberson, EPA, Region IX,

at the San Francisco address given

above or by telephone at (415) 744–

1857.

[Sec. 1413 of the Safe Drinking Water Act as

amended [1986]; and 40 CFR 142.10 of the

National Primary Drinking Water

Regulations]

Dated: December 18, 1996.

Felicia Marcus,

Regional Administrator.

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Environmental Impact Statements;

Notice of Availability

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal

Activities, General Information (202)

564–7167 OR (202) 564–7153.

Weekly receipt of Environmental

Impact Statements Filed December 11,

1995 Through December 15, 1995

Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9.

*Due to the federal government furlough

and closing in the Washington, DC area due

to inclement weather, the 45 and 30 Day

Comment Periods are Calculated from the

Intended Federal Register Date of December

22, 1995.

EIS No. 950577, DRAFT EIS, NPS,

CA, Lava Beds National Monument,

General Management Plan,

Implementation, Siskiyou and Modoc

Counties, CA, Due: February 21, 1996,

Contact: Craig Dorman (916) 667–2282.

EIS No. 950578, FINAL

SUPPLEMENT, AFS, AK, Central Prince

of Wales Ketchikan Pulp Long-Term

Time Sale, Additional Information,