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Treatment alternatives for this option

will include: wetlands application

followed by land application (spray

irrigation) of the effluent; wetlands

application followed by disinfection

and surface water discharge; and

wetlands application followed by

subsurface discharge.

Other Alternatives Presented in the

PEIS

The following project alternatives

were identified in feasibility studies

conducted for the LaGrange County

Sewer District and analyzed in this

PEIS. Even though they are creditable

technical alternatives, they were not

selected as the preferred alternative.

Continued Use of On-Site Waste

Disposal Systems (No Action

Alternative): This alternative would not

address the present public health

concerns or the continued degradation

of the County’s surface and ground

water.

Centralized Wastewater Collection

and Treatment for all County Residents

Using Conventional Wastewater

Treatment: This alternative would

provide wastewater collection and

treatment service for all county

residents. This option would use either

gravity, or pressure sewers to convey

wastewater to a centralized facility.

Collection and conveyance alternatives

that were analyzed for this option

include: small diameter gravity systems;

small diameter pressure systems using

single connection effluent grinder

pumps; and conventional gravity

collector lines connected to pressure

lines for conveyance to the treatment

facility. Activated sludge process

alternatives that were considered for

this option included: oxidation ditches,

and extended aeration.

Centralized Wastewater Collection

and Treatment for All County Residents

Except for Residents in Remote

Locations Using Conventional Activated

Sludge Waste Treatment Processes: This

alternative involves providing water

waste collection and treatment services

for all of the County’s residents except

those located in isolated regions. This

option would use the same collection

and treatment technologies as the option

providing wastewater treatment for the

entire County. Cost savings over serving

the entire county would be realized

because of the high unit cost of serving

remote residences.

ADDRESSES/FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT: For more information, contact

or for transmittal of written comments

send to: Paul Neumann, State

Environmental Coordinator, USDA,

Rural Development, RUS, 5975 Lakeside

Blvd., Indianapolis, IN 46278, (219)

290–3109, and FAX (219) 290–3011.

Copies of the final PEIS will be available

for public inspection, during normal

business hours at the following

locations:

LaGrange Town Clerk, 107 S. High

Street, LaGrange, IN 46761

Town of Topeka, Attn: Duane Bontrager,

101 Main Street, Topeka, IN 46571

Town of Shipshewana, Attn: Ruth Ann

Downey, P.O. Box 486, 345 N. Morton

Street, Shipshewana, IN 46565

Town of Wolcottville, Attn: Elizabeth

Hodge, P.O. Box 325, 101 W. Race

Street, Wolcottville, IN 46795.

The draft final PEIS will be

distributed to various Federal, State,

and local agencies, and elected officials.

Dated: May 13, 1996.

Wally Beyer,

Administrator.

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COMMISSION ON CIVIL RIGHTS

Agenda and Notice of Public Meeting

of the Georgia Advisory Committee

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to

the provisions of the rules and

regulations of the U.S. Commission on

Civil Rights, that a meeting of the

Georgia Advisory Committee to the

Commission will convene at 3:00 p.m.

and adjourn at 5:00 p.m. on Friday, June

21, 1996, at the Ponce de Leon branch,

Atlanta-Fulton Public Library, 980

Ponce de Leon Avenue, NE, Atlanta,

Georgia 30306. The purpose of the

meeting is to meet with Joy Berry,

Executive Director, Georgia Human

Relations Commission; to discuss a civil

rights conference proposal; to review

the project on programs of the Atlanta

Committee on the Olympic Games; and

to discuss civil rights problems and/or

progress in Georgia and the United

States.

Persons desiring additional

information, or planning a presentation

to the Committee, should contact

Committee Chairperson Elaine

Alexander, 404–233–8414, or Bobby D.

Doctor, Director of the Southern

Regional Office, 404–730–2476 (TDD

404–730–2481). Hearing-impaired

persons who will attend the meeting

and require the services of a sign

language interpreter should contact the

Regional Office at least five (5) working

days before the scheduled date of the

meeting.

The meeting will be conducted

pursuant to the provisions of the rules

and regulations of the Commission.

Dated at Washington, DC, May 22, 1996.

Carol-Lee Hurley,

Chief, Regional Programs Coordination Unit.

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DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE

Submission For OMB Review;

Comment Request

DOC has submitted to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

clearance the following proposal for

collection of information under the

provisions of the Paperwork Reduction

Act (44 U.S.C. chapter 35).

Agency: Bureau of the Census.

Title: Survey of Environmental

Products and Services.

Form Number(s): EPS–1(M), 2(M),

3(M), 1(S), 1(C).

Agency Approval Number: None.

Type of Request: New collection.

Burden: 20,000 hours.

Number of Respondents: 10,000.

Avg Hours Per Response: 2 hours.

Needs and Uses: Currently, there are

no reliable data on the output and

export of goods and services that

control, reduce, and remediate

pollution. Representatives of industry,

state governments, and environmental

organizations have called for the

development of these data as they are

critical to the implementation of the

Environmental Technologies Exports

Initiative, the Environmental

Technology Initiative, the Clean Air Act,

the Clean Water Act and other

environmental statutes. Further, a study

is necessary to meet the requirements of

the 1990 Clean Air Act Amendment, the

Exports Enhancement Act of 1988 and

the Jobs Through Trade Expansion Act

of 1988. The Census Bureau plans to

conduct, on a test basis, a survey of

manufacturing and service

establishments to collect total value of

shipments of goods and revenues for

services in 1995 defined for

environmental use. The survey will also

ask for value of shipments and revenues

for services which were exported. The

survey will provide information on the

size and scope of activity generated

from environmental protection. The

survey will also provide a benchmark

measure of the extent of the

environmental industry, its export

potential, and the implication for

employment in a potential growth

industry. Government classification

specialists will use the information to

determine how industry and product

classification systems can be refined

and modified to improve the

identification of products and services
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considered for environmental use.

Changes and modifications to detailed

classifications will be introduced with

the 1997 Economic Censuses. We expect

to revise the survey for future data

collections to incorporate improvements

learned from this test.

Affected Public: Businesses or other

for–profit.

Frequency: One–time test.

Respondent’s Obligation: Mandatory.

OMB Desk Officer: Jerry Coffey, (202)

395–7314.

Copies of the above information

collection proposal can be obtained by

calling or writing Linda Engelmeier,

Acting DOC Forms Clearance Officer,

(202) 482–3272, Department of

Commerce, room 5312, 14th and

Constitution Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20230.

Written comments and

recommendations for the proposed

information collection should be sent

within 30 days of publication of this

notice to Jerry Coffey, OMB Desk

Officer, room 10201, New Executive

Office Building, Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: May 24, 1996.

Linda Engelmeier,

Acting Departmental Forms Clearance

Officer, Office of Management and

Organization.

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Bureau of the Census

Annual Survey of State and Local

Government Finance

ACTION: Proposed agency information

collection activity; comment request.

SUMMARY: The Department of

Commerce, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork and

respondent burden, invites the general

public and other Federal agencies to

take this opportunity to comment on

proposed and/or continuing information

collections, as required by the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

Public Law 104–13 (44 U.S.C.

3506(c)(2)(A)).

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before July 30, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Direct all written comments

to Linda Engelmeier, Acting

Departmental Forms Clearance Officer,

Department of Commerce, Room 5327,

14th and Constitution Avenue NW.,

Washington, DC 20230.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information or

copies of the information collection

instrument(s) and instructions should

be directed to Henry S. Wulf, Bureau of

the Census, Governments Division,

Washington, DC 20233–6800, (301)–

457–1523.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Abstract

This annual survey provides state

government finance data and estimates

of local government revenue,

expenditure, debt and assets by type of

local government, nationally and within

state areas. The data are used to

calculate the gross domestic product

(GDP), to monitor the government sector

of the economy, and to formulate,

develop, and review public policy.

The revenue category subdivides into

the three parts of general revenue,

utility and liquor store revenue and

insurance trust revenue. Examples of

general revenue are taxes, monies from

other governments, non-utility charges

and interest earnings. Utility charges

and investment earnings are examples

of other types of government income.

The statistics show expenditure

classified by character and object

(current operations, capital outlay, etc.)

and by function (education, highways,

police, welfare, and sanitation, for

example). The indebtedness data

include all long- and short-term (less

than one year) credit obligations

incurred in the name of government.

Asset information—dominated generally

by pension system assets—includes

only cash and securities of governments,

but excludes any other type of asset

such as real property or fixed assets.

Included within this review request

are the Forms F–5, F–5a, F–5L1, and F–

5L2 from the Annual Survey of State

Tax Collections. This survey was

approved separately in the past under

the OMB number 0067–0046. We are

combining these two collections

because the tax portion of the data will

no longer be released separately.

Although the data will be collected in

the same manner by the Forms F–5 and

F–5a, the data collected will be

included as part of the annual survey

releases.

II. Method of Collection

Canvass methodology consists of a

questionnaire mailout/mail-back.

Responses will be screened manually,

then entered on a microcomputer. Other

methods used to collect data and

maximize response include central data

collection, solicitation of printed reports

in lieu of a completed questionnaire,

and use of the Census Bureau’s Federal

Single Audit Clearinghouse.

III. Data

OMB Number: 0607–0585 (Forms F–

5, F–5A, F–5L1, F–5–L2 were

previously cleared under the OMB

Number 0607–0046).

Form Number: F–5, F–5A, F–5L1, F–

5–L2, F–11, F–12, F–13, F–21, F–22, F–

25, F–28, F–29, F–32, F–42.

Type of Review: Regular.

Affected Public: State, local or tribal

government.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

7,425.

Estimated Time Per Response: 2.8

hours.

Estimated Total Annual Burden

Hours: 22,798 hours.

Estimated Total Annual Cost: The

estimated cost to the respondents is

$303,213.00. The estimated cost to the

Federal Government is contained in the

Surveys of Government Finance. In

total, these cost about $3.2 million

during FY 1996.

IV. Request for Comments

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether

the proposed collection of information

is necessary for the proper performance

of the functions of the agency, including

whether the information shall have

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the

agency’s estimate of the burden

(including hours and cost) of the

proposed collection of information; (c)

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the

burden of the collection of information

on respondents, including through the

use of automated collection techniques

or other forms of information

technology.

Comments submitted in response to

this notice will be summarized and/or

included in the request for OMB

approval of this information collection;

they also will become a matter of public

record.

Dated: May 28, 1996.

Linda Engelmeier,

Acting Departmental Forms Clearance

Officer, Office of Management and

Organization.

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