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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 EPA would like to solicit

comments:

(i) to 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) to evaluate the accuracy of the

Agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information,

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used;

(iii) to enhance the quality, utility,

and clarity of the information to be

collected; and

(iv) to minimize the burden of the

collection of information on those who

are to respond, including through the

use of appropriate automated electronic,

mechanical, or other technological

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology, e.g., permitting

electronic submission of responses.

Burden Statement: The annual burden

for this collection is estimated to

average 516 hours for each Agency

contract. This represents an average of

43 hours for each monthly progress

report. Since EPA currently has 398

contracts requiring monthly progress

reports , the total annual burden for all

respondents is estimated at 205,368

hours (398 contracts x 516 hours per

contract). The total number of responses

is estimated at 4,776 (398 contracts x 12

months). The annual cost of this

collection for each contract is estimated

at $34,308 ($2,859 per report x 12

months). The annual costs for all

respondents is estimated at $13,654,584

($34,308 per contract x 398 contracts).

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; to

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; to adjust the

existing ways to comply with any

previously applicable instructions and

requirements; to train personnel to be

able to respond to a collection of

information; to search data sources; to

complete and review the collection of

information; and to transmit or

otherwise disclose the information.

Dated: May 31, 1996.

Susan Kantrowitz,

Acting Director, Policy, Training and

Oversight Division.

[FR Doc. 96–14459 Filed 6–6–96; 8:45 am]

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Agency Information Collection

Activities Up for Renewal; Oral and

Written Purchase Orders

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

EPA is planning to submit the following

continuing Information Collection

Request (ICR) to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB): Oral

and Written Purchase Orders, OMB

Control No. 2030–0007. Before

submitting the ICR to OMB for review

and approval, EPA is soliciting

comments on specific aspects of the

proposed information collection as

described below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before August 6, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Environmental Protection

Agency Office of Acquisition

Management (3802F) 401 M. Street

S.W., Washington, D.C. 20460.

Attention: Edward N. Chambers.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Edward N. Chambers. (202) 260–6028/

FAX: (202) 260–1203/

CHAMBERS.ED@EPAMAIL.EPA.GOV

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Affected entities: Entities potentially

affected by this action are vendors

responding to oral requests for

quotations.

Title: Oral and Written Purchase

Orders, OMB Control No. 2030–0007,

expiration date 11–30–96.

Abstract: Vendors responding to an

oral request for quotation will report

item title, unit cost, delivery

destination, delivery time, company

name, small business status, address,

phone number, and a point of contact.

They will submit this information by

telephone when an Agency need for

their products or services arises. EPA

will use this information to award a

purchase order.

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 EPA would like to solicit

comments:

(i) to 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) to evaluate the accuracy of the

Agency’s estimate of the burden of the

proposed collection of information,

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used;

(iii) to enhance the quality, utility,

and clarity of the information to be

collected; and

(iv) to minimize the burden of the

collection of information on those who

are to respond, including through the

use of appropriate automated electronic,

mechanical, or other technological

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology, e.g., permitting

electronic submission of responses.

Burden Statement: The annual burden

for this collection on respondents is

3,823 hours. This represents an average

of 15 minutes for each of the 15,292 oral

purchase orders issued in fiscal year

1995. The total number of responses is

estimated at 15,292 (1 response per

order x 15,292 oral purchase orders).

The annual cost of this collection for

respondents is estimated at $54,134

($3.54 per order×15,292 oral purchase

orders).

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; to

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; to adjust the

existing ways to comply with any

previously applicable instructions and

requirements; to train personnel to be

able to respond to a collection of

information; to search data sources; to

complete and review the collection of

information; and to transmit or

otherwise disclose the information.

Dated: May 31, 1996.

Susan Kantrowitz,

Acting Director, Policy Training and

Oversight Division.

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National Advisory Council for

Environmental Policy and Technology;

Notice of Charter Renewal

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of charter renewal.

The Charter for the Environmental

Protection Agency’s (EPA) National

Advisory Council for Environmental

Policy and Technology (NACEPT) will

be renewed for an additional two-year

period, as a necessary committee which

is in the public interest, in accordance

with the provisions of the Federal

Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5

U.S.C. appl.2 section 9(c). The purpose

of NACEPT is to provide advice and

counsel to the Administrator of EPA on

issues associated with environmental

management and policy. It is

determined that NACEPT is in the

public interest in connection with the

performance of duties imposed on the

Agency by law.

Inquiries may be directed to Gordon

Schisler, Designated Federal Official,

NACEPT, U.S. EPA, Acting Director of

the Office of Cooperative Environmental

Management (1601), 401 M Street, S.W.,

Washington, D.C. 20460.

Dated: May 23, 1996.

Gordon Schisler,

Designated Federal Official.

[FR Doc. 96–14456 Filed 6–6–96; 8:45 am]

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Environmental Impact Statements and

Regulations; Availability of EPA

Comments

Availability of EPA comments

prepared May 20, 1996 Through May

24, 1996 pursuant to the Environmental

Review Process (ERP), under Section

309 of the Clean Air Act and Section

102(2)(c) of the National Environmental

Policy Act as amended. Requests for

copies of EPA comments can be directed

to the Office of Federal Activities at

(202) 564–7167.

An explanation of the ratings assigned

to draft environmental impact

statements (EISs) was published in FR

dated April 05, 1996 (61 FR 15251).

Draft EISs

ERP No. D–BLM–G67002–NM Rating

LO, Copper Flat Mining Project,

Construction and Operation of New Ore

Facilities, Hillsboro Mining District,

Sierra County, NM.

SUMMARY: EPA had no objection to

BLM’s preferred alternative as described

in the draft EIS.

ERP No. D–FHW–E40359–SC Rating

EO2, Carolina Bays Parkway (better

known as Grand Strand), Funding,

NPDES Permit, COE Section 10 and 404

Permits, Horry and Georgetown

Counties, SC.

SUMMARY: EPA expressed environmental

objections to both proposed highway

alternatives due to the severity of

impacts to wetland and upland

resources.

EPA requested that the final EIS

include additional wetland avoidance

methods and provide more information

on upland resources. ERP No. D–GSA–

E81036–GA Rating EC2, Savannah

Federal Building—United States

Courthouse, Site Selection and

Construction of Annex within the

existing Federal Building Courthouse,

Savannah, GA.

SUMMARY: EPA expressed environmental

concern regarding solid waste and

economic impacts and requested that

additional analysis of these issues be

included in the FEIS. EPA also

requested that information be provided

on the adaptive reuse of the building.

ERP No. D–NOA–E91000–NC Rating

LO, Black Sea Bass (Centropristis

striata) Fishery Management Plan

(FMP), Implementation, in the western

Altantic Ocean, from Cape Hatteras, NC

northward to the US-Canadian Border.

SUMMARY: EPA had no objections to the

proposed action.

ERP No. D–NPS–K61142–CA Rating

EC2, Manzanar National Historic Site

(NHS), General Management Plan,

Implementation, Inyo County, CA.

SUMMARY: EPA expressed environmental

concerns and requested NPS to provide

additional information on air quality

modeling, emissions, and conformity,

impacts to wetlands and groundwater

resources, and an inventory of

endangered species, along with

potential impacts analysis.

ERP No. DR–NPS–L61196–AK Rating

LO, Denali (South Slope) National Park

and Preserve Development Concept

Plan, Implementation, Additional

Information, Mantanuska-Susitna

Borough, AK.

SUMMARY: EPA had no objection to the

action as proposed.

Final EISs

ERP No. F–DOE–L39052–OR,

Columbia River System Operation

Review (SOR), Multiple Use

Management, Long-Term System

Planning By Interested Parties Other

than Management Agencies, Canadian

Entitlement Allocation Agreement

Renewal or Modification and Pacific

NW Coordination Agreement Renewal

or Renegotiation, OR.

SUMMARY: EPA continued to have

concerns regarding water temperature,

total dissolved gas levels the lack of

baseline data and the need for

additional monitoring.

ERP No. F–FAA–L51016–WA,

Seattle—Tacoma (Sea-Tac) International

Airport Master Plan Update for

Development Actions, Funding, Airport

Layout Plan Approval and COE Section

404 Permit, King County, WA.

SUMMARY: EPA continued to have

concerns regarding noise and air issues.

EPA’s air quality comments will be sent

in a subsequent letter, due to the

extension of the air quality comment

period by the FAA.

ERP No. F–FHW–E40325–NC,

Winston-Salem Northern Beltway

(Western Section), Construction, from

US 158 Northward to US 52, Funding

and COE Section 404 Permit, Forsyth

County, NC.

SUMMARY: EPA continued to express

concern regarding floodplain wildlife

habitat impacts of the preferred

alternative, since other alternatives have

few impacts.

ERP No. F–UAF–K11063–CA, March

Air Force Base, Disposal of Portions,

NPDES and COE Section 404 Permits,

Riverside County, CA.

SUMMARY: While most of EPA’s prior

issues have been resolved. EPA

continued to express concern regarding

possible air quality environmental

justice impact.

Dated: June 04, 1996

William D. Dickerson,

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office

of Federal Activities.

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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 May 27, 1996 Through

May 31, 1996 Pursuant to 40 CFR

1506.9.

EIS No. 960253, FINAL EIS, AFS, ID,

Packsaddle Timber Sale and Road

Construction Project, Implementation,

Idaho Panhandle National Forests,

Sandpoint Ranger District, Bonner

County, ID, Due: July 08, 1996, Contact:

Joni Urbanski (208) 263–5111.

EIS No. 960254, FINAL

SUPPLEMENT, BLM, MT, Big Dry Land