Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 118 / Tuesday, June 18, 1996 / Notices 30867

A limited number of copies of the EA

are available from: Ms. Lauren

O’Donnell, Environmental Project

Manager, Environmental Review and

Compliance Branch I, Office of Pipeline

Regulation, PR–11.1, 888 First Street,

N.E., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 208–

0325.

Any person wishing to comment on

the EA may do so. Written comments

must reference Docket Nos. CP94–29–

000, ¥001, and ¥002 and be addressed

to: Office of the Secretary, Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.

20426.

Comments should be filed as soon as

possible, but must be received no later

than July 12, 1996, to ensure

consideration prior to a Commission

decision on this proposal. A copy of any

comments should also be sent to Ms.

Lauren O’ Donnell, Environmental

Project Manager, PR–11.1 at the above

address.

Comments will be considered by the

Commission but will not serve to make

the commentor a party to the

proceeding. Any person seeking to

become a party to the proceeding must

file a motion to intervene pursuant to

Rule 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedures (18 CFR

385.214).

The date for filing timely motions to

intervene in this proceeding has passed.

Therefore, parties now 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 late

intervention. You do not need

intervenor status to have your

comments considered.

Additional information about this

project is available from Ms. Lauren

O’Donnell.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–15354 Filed 6–17–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5522–4]

Agency Information Collection

Activities Under OMB Review

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

the Information Collection Request (ICR)

abstracted below has been forwarded to

the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for review and comment. The

ICR describes the nature of the

information collection and its expected

cost and burden; where appropriate, it

includes the actual data collection

instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before July 18, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY

CALL: Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260–

2740, and refer to EPA ICR No. 0998.05.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: NSPS for Synthetic Organic

Chemical Manufacturing Industry

(SOCMI), Air Oxidation Unit Processes

and Distillation Operations (Subparts III

and NNN) OMB Control No. 2060–0197;

EPA ICR No. 998.05. This is a request

for an extension of a currently approved

collection.

Abstract: This ICR contains

recordkeeping and reporting

requirements that are mandatory for

compliance with 40 CFR Part 60.610,

Subpart III, Standards of Performance

for VOC Emissions from SOCMI Air

Oxidation Unit Processes and 40 CFR

Part 60.660, Subpart NNN, Standards of

Performance for VOC from SOCMI

Distillation Operations. This

information is used by the Agency to

identify sources subject to the standards

and to insure that the best demonstrated

technology is being properly applied.

The standards require periodic

recordkeeping to document process

information relating to the sources’

ability to meet the requirements of the

standard and to note the operation

conditions under which compliance

was achieved.

In the Administrator’s judgment, VOC

emissions from SOCMI air oxidation

unit processes and distillation

operations cause or contribute to air

pollution that may reasonably be

anticipated to endanger public health or

welfare. Therefore, NSPS were

promulgated for this source category.

Owners or operators of the affected

facilities described must make the

following one-time-only reports:

notification of the date of construction

or reconstruction; notification of the

anticipated and actual dates of startup;

notification of any physical or

operational change to an existing facility

which may increase the regulated

pollutant emission rate; notification of

the date of the initial performance test;

and the results of the initial

performance test. Owners or operators

are also required to maintain records of

the occurrence and duration of any

startup, shutdown, or malfunction in

the operation of an affected facility, or

any period during which the monitoring

system is inoperative. These

notifications, reports and records are

required, in general, of all sources

subject to NSPS.

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. The Federal Register

Notice with a 60-day comment period

soliciting comments on this collection

of information was published on 03/26/

96 (FR 13183).

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and recordkeeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 62 hours per

response. This estimate 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:

Owners and operators of air oxidation

processes or distillation operations.

Estimated No. of Respondents: 1491.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 185,853 hours.

Frequency of Collection: Semiannual.

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. 0998.05 and

OMB Control No. 2060–0197 in any

correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, OPPE Regulatory

Information Division (2137), 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.
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Dated: June 12, 1996.

Joseph Retzer,

Director, Regulatory Information Division.

[FR Doc. 96–15446 Filed 6–17–96; 8:45 am]

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Determination Pursuant to the Clean

Water Act; Lower St. Croix River in

Minnesota and Wisconsin

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (USEPA).

ACTION: Notice of determination.

SUMMARY: Today’s notice announces

that, by letter dated April 5, 1995, the

United States Environmental Protection

Agency (U.S. EPA) determined that

there is a reasonable availability of

adequate facilities for the safe and

sanitary removal and treatment of

sewage from all vessels on the Lower St.

Croix River in the States of Minnesota

and Wisconsin.

DATES: Pursuant to 40 CFR 23.2,

USEPA’s April 5, 1996, determination

was considered issued for purposes of

judicial review at 1:00 p.m. Eastern time

on April 19, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Irvin J. Dzikowski (WN–16J), Water

Division, U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, Region 5, 77 West Jackson

Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604,

(312) 886–6100.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On

January 26, 1996, the States of

Minnesota and Wisconsin jointly

submitted an ‘‘Application for

Designation of a No Discharge Area on

the Lower St. Croix National Scenic

Riverway.’’ In their application, the

States requested that U.S. EPA make a

determination, pursuant to Section

312(f)(3) of the Clean Water Act (CWA),

33 U.S.C. § 1322(f)(3), and 40 CFR

140.4(a) that there is a reasonable

availability of adequate facilities for the

safe and sanitary removal and treatment

of sewage from all vessels on the Lower

St. Croix River in the States of

Minnesota and Wisconsin. On March

28, 1996, the States supplemented their

application with a ‘‘Greater Protection

and Enhancement Certification.’’ U.S.

EPA made the requested determination

on April 5, 1996. U.S. EPA is publishing

this notice to notify the public that, in

light of this determination, the States of

Minnesota and Wisconsin have

authority pursuant to Section 312(f)(3)

of the CWA and 40 CFR 140.4(a), to

completely prohibit the discharge from

all vessels of any sewage, whether

treated or not, into the portions of the

Lower St. Croix River located in their

states.

Dated: June 3, 1996.

David A. Ullrich,

Acting Regional Administrator.

[FR Doc. 96–15283 Filed 6–17–96; 8:45 am]

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Technical Workshop Report on WTI

Incinerator Risk Issues

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of availability of

workshop report.

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing the

availability of the ‘‘Report on the U.S.

EPA Technical Workshop on WTI

Incinerator Risk Assessment Issues.’’

This is a workshop report for the

scientific peer review of a draft risk

assessment, prepared by EPA Region V,

for the Waste Technologies Industries

(WTI) hazardous waste incinerator in

East Liverpool, Ohio. The report

contains the peer review panel’s

recommendations and premeeting

comments addressing various aspects of

the draft risk assessment. The peer

review was conducted by scientists from

outside EPA. The workshop was held in

Washington, DC, at the Holiday Inn

Georgetown on January 11, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Interested parties can obtain

a single copy of the workshop report by

contacting: The Office of Research and

Development (ORD) Publications Office,

Technology Transfer Division, National

Risk Management Research Laboratory,

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

26 W. Martin Luther King Drive,

Cincinnati, OH 45268; telephone (513)

569–7562; facsimile (513) 569–7566.

Please provide your name and mailing

address, and request the document by

the title and EPA document number

(EPA/630/R–96/001). There will be a

limited number of paper copies

available from the above source.

Requests will be filled on a first-comefirst-served basis. After the supply is

exhausted, copies of the workshop

report can be purchased from the

National Technical Information Service

(NTIS) by calling (703) 487–4650 or

sending a facsimile to (703) 321–8547.

The NTIS order number for this

document is PB96–177763.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

William Wood, Risk Assessment Forum

(8103), U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, 401 M Street, S.W.,

Washington, DC, 20460, Telephone

(202) 260–6743.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Previously, several preliminary risk

assessments were conducted by EPA’s

Region V, working with the Office of

Solid Waste and Emergency Response

and the Office of Research and

Development, concerning the WTI

incinerator. To prepare for a final,

detailed risk assessment the EPA

decided, in July 1993, that the Agency

would arrange independent scientific

peer reviews of both the project plan

and the draft risk assessment. The first

peer review was held in December 1993

(59 FR 60628–60629, 17 Nov. 1993) and

concerned the EPA Region V draft

project plan for the risk assessment. For

this first workshop, EPA convened a

peer review panel of 13 independent

scientists from the fields of toxicology,

environmental fate and transport,

combustion engineering, atmospheric

modeling, and exposure assessment.

The comments and recommendations

provided during this workshop are

published in ‘‘Report on the Technical

Workshop on WTI Incinerator Risk

Issues’’ (EPA/630/R–94/001). This

document is available from the ORD

Publications Office (Phone 513–569–

7562). Major recommendations from

this workshop included: (1) using

additional incinerator performance test

data; (2) refining computer models used

to simulate airborne dispersions; (3)

conducting a screening level ecological

risk assessment; and (4) performing an

evaluation of accident scenarios.

For the EPA Region V draft risk

assessment review, a second workshop

was held on January 11, 1996 (60 FR

61552–61553, 30 Nov. 1995). This

meeting was originally planned for two

days but was compressed due to severe

weather conditions. For this workshop,

EPA convened many of the original

panelists, and six additional experts in

the areas of ecological risk assessment

and accident analysis. These scientists

focused on the scientific data, methods,

and analyses, along with the

assumptions and uncertainties that are

associated with the risk estimates at the

site. The comments and

recommendations provided during this

workshop are presented in the report

entitled ‘‘Report on the U.S. EPA

Technical Workshop on WTI Incinerator

Risk Assessment Issues’’ (EPA/630/R–

96/001). EPA Region V will consider the

workshop recommendations presented

in this report in completing the risk

assessment.