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application). A notice of intent must be

served on the applicant(s) named in this

public notice.

A10. Proposed Scope of Studies under

Permit—A preliminary permit, if issued,

does not authorize construction. The

term of the proposed preliminary permit

would be 36 months. The work

proposed under the preliminary permit

would include economic analysis,

preparation of preliminary engineering

plans, and a study of environmental

impacts. Based on the results of these

studies, the Applicant would decide

whether to proceed with the preparation

of a development application to

construct and operate the project.

B. Comments, Protests, or Motions to

Intervene—Anyone may submit

comments, a protest, or a motion to

intervene in accordance with the

requirements of Rules of Practice and

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, .214.

In determining the appropriate action to

take, the Commission will consider all

protests or other comments filed, but

only those who file a motion to

intervene in accordance with the

Commission’s Rules may become a

party to the proceeding. Any comments,

protests, or motions to intervene must

be received on or before the specified

comment date for the particular

application.

C. Filing and Service of Responsive

Documents—Any filings must bear in

all capital letters the title

‘‘COMMENTS’’, ‘‘NOTICE OF INTENT

TO FILE COMPETING APPLICATION’’,

‘‘COMPETING APPLICATION’’,

‘‘PROTEST’’, ‘‘MOTION TO

INTERVENE’’, as applicable, and the

Project Number of the particular

application to which the filing refers.

Any of the above-named documents

must be filed by providing the original

and the number of copies provided by

the Commission’s regulations to: The

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, N.E.,

Washington, D.C. 20426. An additional

copy must be sent to Director, Division

of Project Review, Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, at the abovementioned address. A copy of any

notice of intent, competing application

or motion to intervene must also be

served upon each representative of the

Applicant specified in the particular

application.

C1. Filing and Service of Responsive

Documents—Any filings must bear in

all capital letters the title

‘‘COMMENTS’’,

‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TERMS

AND CONDITIONS’’, ‘‘PROTEST’’, OR

‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE’’, as

applicable, and the Project Number of

the particular application to which the

filing refers. Any of the above-named

documents must be filed by providing

the original and the number of copies

provided by the Commission’s

regulations to: The Secretary, Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

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

20426. A copy of any motion to

intervene must also be served upon each

representative of the Applicant

specified in the particular application.

D2. Agency Comments—Federal,

state, and local agencies are invited to

file comments on the described

application. A copy of the application

may be obtained by agencies directly

from the Applicant. If an agency does

not file comments within the time

specified for filing comments, it will be

presumed to have no comments. One

copy of an agency’s comments must also

be sent to the Applicant’s

representatives.

Dated: June 10, 1996, Washington, D.C.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–15254 Filed 6–14–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

[Docket No. CP96–213–001, et al.]

Columbia Gas Transmission

Corporation, et al.; Natural Gas

Certificate Filings

June 11, 1996.

Take notice that the following filings

have been made with the Commission:

1. Columbia Gas Transmission

Corporation

[Docket No. CP96–213–001]

Take notice that on June 7, 1996,

Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation

(Columbia), a Delaware corporation,

having its principal place of business at

1700 MacCorkle Avenue, S.E.,

Charleston, West Virginia 25314–1599,

filed an abbreviated application

pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural

Gas Act, to amend its application for a

certificate of public convenience and

necessity previously filed with the

Commission on February 28, 1996, in

Docket No. CP96–213–000, for its

Market Expansion Project as

supplemented on March 18, 1996 and

April 30, 1996.

Columbia’s February 28, 1996

application sought a certificate of public

convenience and necessity authorizing

construction to provide 506,795

dekatherms per day (dth/d) of

additional daily firm entitlements to its

customers over a three-year period

beginning in 1997. Specifically,

Columbia sought authority to: (i)

increase the performance capabilities of

certain existing storage fields; (ii)

construct and operate, upgrade, and

replace certain natural gas facilities; (iii)

abandon certain natural gas facilities

and certain base storage gas; and (iv)

such other authorizations and/or

waivers as may be deemed necessary to

implement Columbia’s Project.

By this amendment, Columbia now

proposes to withdraw certain proposed

facility projects including 45.5 miles of

pipeline and 14,130 horsepower of

compression located in southern

Pennsylvania, and in lieu of such

projects, to lease firm capacity from

Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation

(Texas Eastern).

After the filing of Columbia’s

application, Texas Eastern proposed to

Columbia that Texas Eastern expand a

portion of its pipeline system in

Pennsylvania in order to make available

to Columbia an amount of firm capacity

(141,500 dekatherms (Dth) per day)

pursuant to a Lease at less cost to

Columbia and its customers than

Columbia’s cost to expand its southern

Pennsylvania Line 1804 system, which

construction has been previously

identified in Columbia’s application as

Projects 4.3, 4.4, 4.5, 4.12, 4.13, 4.15,

4.16, 5.2, 5.3, 5.11, 5.12, 5.13 and 5.14.

Columbia requests Commission

approval of the lease arrangement with

Texas Eastern to treat the lease as an

operating lease, and to recover its costs

pursuant to its TCRA. The lease costs to

be paid by Columbia to Texas Eastern

are proposed to be recovered by

Columbia as an operating cost under

Account 858.

Under the terms of a lease agreement

entered into by Texas Eastern and

Columbia, Texas Eastern will: i)

construct, own, operate, and maintain

certain facilities on its pipeline system

in southern Pennsylvania and make

available the resulting 141,500 Dth/d of

capacity to Columbia on a firm basis.

The lease provides that Texas Eastern

will lease capacity to Columbia on a

phased-in basis commencing November

1, 1997, consistent with the phased

implementation of Columbia’s Project,

up to a total of 141,500 Dth/d of firm

transportation capacity, plus such

additional capacity as needed to

accommodate retainage, as follows:

Phase-in date of capacity in (Dth/d)

and monthly charge

1. November 1, 1997 36,000 $242,310

2. November 1, 1998 85,800 540,750

3. November 1, 1999 141,500 807,670

and continuing through the remainder

of the term of the Lease.

In addition, Columbia will reimburse

Texas Eastern for its monthly operation

and maintenance costs associated with
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the Texas Eastern incremental facilities

being constructed to provide the above

phased-in amounts of capacity under

the lease (‘‘O&M Payment’’). Such

operation and maintenance costs

include a stipulated monthly charge for

operation and maintenance expenses,

excluding fuel, electric power, and

property taxes, which expenses will be

adjusted based on the Gross National

Product Implicit Price Deflator as

specified in the Lease Agreement

attached to the application. Charges for

fuel, electric power and property taxes

are based on actual incurred costs as

detailed in the Lease Agreement.

Columbia will utilize the leased

capacity on Texas Eastern’s system,

along with the capacity to be created on

its own system, to render the firm

transportation and storage service for

which Columbia’s expansion customers

have entered into 15-year service

agreements. Columbia will deliver gas

into Texas Eastern’s facilities at its

Waynesburg Compressor Station and

will receive gas out of Texas Eastern’s

facilities at its Eagle Compressor Station

also in Pennsylvania. The details of

Texas Eastern’s proposal are set forth in

its application which is being filed

concurrently in Docket No. CP96–559–

000.

Comment date: June 28, 1996, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph F

at the end of this notice.

2. Great Lakes Gas Transmission

Limited Partnership

[Docket No. CP96–553–000]

Take notice that on May 31, 1996,

Great Lakes Gas Transmission Limited

Partnership (Great Lakes), One

Woodward Avenue, Suite 1600, Detroit,

Michigan 48226, filed in Docket No.

CP96–553–000 a request pursuant to

Sections 157.205 and 157.211 of the

Commission’s Regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.205,

157.211) for authorization to construct

and operate a meter station and dual

line taps in Itasca County, Minnesota,

under Great Lakes’ blanket certificate

issued in Docket No. CP90–2053–000

pursuant to Section 7 of the Natural Gas

Act, all as more fully set forth in the

request that is on file with the

Commission and open to public

inspection.

Great Lakes states that it will deliver

up to 500 Mcf of natural gas per day for

the account of the City of Cohasset,

Minnesota (Cohasset). Natural gas will

be received at existing receipt points

located in Great Lakes’ Eastern Zone

and an equivalent quantity will be

redelivered upstream through the new

meter station and line taps, to be located

in Great Lakes’ Western Zone. This

transportation for Cohasset’s account

will not impact Great Lakes’ existing

peak day and annual delivery

capability, can be provided without

detriment or disadvantage to any other

shipper on Great Lakes’ system, is not

prohibited by its existing tariff, and the

total volumes delivered will not exceed

total volumes authorized prior to this

request.

In addition, Great Lakes states that the

proposed new meter station and line

taps will be constructed adjacent to its

main line proximate to the City of

Cohasset, in Itasca County, Minnesota.

Great Lakes further states that Cohasset

will utilize Great Lakes’ service in

connection with providing new natural

gas service within the City of Cohasset.

Great Lakes estimates that the cost of

constructing its proposed facilities will

be approximately $300,000.

Comment date: July 26, 1996, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph G

at the end of this notice.

3. Green Canyon Gathering Company

[Docket No. CP96–557–000]

Take notice that on June 4, 1996,

Green Canyon Gathering Company

(Green Canyon), P.O. Box 2511,

Houston, Texas 77252–2511, filed in

Docket No. CP96–557–000 a petition

under Rule 207 of the Commission’s

Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR

385.207) for a declaratory order stating

that a proposed pipeline project, known

as the Green Canyon Gathering System

(Gathering System), which Green

Canyon proposes to construct and

operate on the Outer Continental Shelf

(OCS) in the Gulf of Mexico, will be

exempt from the Commission’s

jurisdiction under Section 1(b) of the

Natural Gas Act (NGA), all as more fully

set forth in the petition which is on file

with the Commission and open to

public inspection.

It is stated that the proposed Green

Canyon Gathering System is designed to

gather gas produced from new and

existing platforms on the OCS and to

deliver the production to interstate and

intrastate pipelines that connect to the

Gathering System at the outlet side of an

onshore processing plant. Green Canyon

states that the Gathering System will

extend to the edge of the OCS, will be

able to connect to platforms throughout

its entire length (including beyond the

OCS and near the shore), and will have

no compression. It is further stated that,

upon being placed in service, the

Gathering System will provide gas

producers on the OCS and their

shippers with a means by which to

deliver their supplies to the interstate

and intrastate networks. Green Canyon

contends that the increased competition

that this will provide for services on the

OCS will lead to reduced costs and will

further the Commission’s policy to

promote market oriented services in the

natural gas industry.

Green Canyon states that the

Gathering System will be 133 miles long

and 24 inches in diameter throughout

its length. It will extend into water

depths of approximately 630 feet and

will be capable of receiving production

from platforms located in deep waters

well in excess of 200 meters in the

Green Canyon, Ewing Bank and

Mississippi Canyon Areas of the OCS. It

is stated that the Gathering System will

be constructed in an inverted ‘‘Y’’

configuration, with the three legs of the

system interconnecting in South

Timbalier Block 193. It is stated that the

east leg will be 36.5 miles long, the west

leg will be 32 miles long and the north

leg will be 55 miles to the onshore

Leeville liquids separation facility in La

Fourche Parish, Louisiana and an

additional 9.82 miles to the Golden

Meadows processing plant.

It is stated that the Gathering System

is designed to gather gas produced along

its length, including gas produced near

the shore along the north leg in the Ship

Shoal, South Timbalier and Grand Isle

Areas of the OCS, as well as in deep

waters well beyond the Continental

Shelf. Green Canyon projects that the

Gathering System will be capable of

accessing approximately 505 Bcf of

estimated reserves along the north leg,

approximately 1,227 Bcf along the east

leg and 1,685 Bcf along the west leg.

Green Canyon anticipates that laterals of

various lengths and diameters will be

built by the producers from their

production platforms to the Gathering

System, allowing the system to operate

as a ‘‘spine’’ system.

It is stated that at this developmental

stage of the proposed project, no

production has been committed to the

Gathering System. However, based on

exploration and development drilling

activity in the Gathering System’s

service area, it is stated that future

deliverability is expected to greatly

outpace the ability of the existing

pipeline and gathering infrastructure in

the region to deliver gas onshore for

processing.

Green Canyon contends that the OCS

is characterized by a mix of pipeline

systems; some of which have been

functionalized as interstate transmission

and others are considered to involve

nonjurisdictional gathering. It is stated

that the owners of these facilities

include interstate and unregulated

pipelines as well as natural gas

producers who have constructed

gathering systems to access their own
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production in addition to the

production of others. It is stated that

OCS facilities owned by interstate

pipelines are mostly functionalized as

transmission subject to the

Commission’s jurisdiction under

Section 1(b) of the NGA, while those

owned by the producers have largely

been determined to be gathering systems

exempt from the Commission’s

jurisdiction under the NGA. It is averred

that this has given the producers an

artificial advantage in competing for the

gathering business in the OCS, since

they are free of the restraints to which

the regulated systems are subject.

Green Canyon believes that a pressing

need exists for gathering services on the

OCS, which it hopes to fulfill with its

proposed facilities. In order for an

investment in this project to be justified,

however, Green Canyon states that it

must be able to compete on an equal

footing with the unregulated producers

on the OCS for gathering services. Thus,

Green Canyon seeks for the Commission

to declare its Green Canyon Gathering

System a nonjurisdictional gathering

system.

In order to meet a projected in-service

date of November 1997, Green Canyon

will need to enter into binding

commitments by the last quarter of 1996

for materials related to the construction

of the Gathering System. It is stated that

construction must begin by the spring of

1997 if the Gathering System is to come

on line by the fourth quarter of 1997.

Accordingly, Green Canyon requests

that the Commission issue a declaratory

order of nonjurisdictional status no later

than September 1996.

Comment date: July 2, 1996, in

accordance with the first paragraph of

Standard Paragraph F at the end of this

notice.

4. Texas Eastern Transmission

Corporation

[Docket No. CP96–559–000]

Take notice that on June 7, 1996,

Texas Eastern Transmission Corporation

(‘‘Texas Eastern’’), 5400 Westheimer

Court, Houston, Texas 77056–5310,

filed in the above docket an application

with the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission (‘‘Commission’’) pursuant

to Section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act for

a certificate of public convenience and

necessity and related authorizations

permitting Texas Eastern to:

(1) Construct, install, own, operate

and maintain the incremental pipeline

facilities and associated ancillary aboveground facilities to comply with

applicable Department of

Transportation requirements, install one

new gas turbine compressor unit,

modify six (6) existing reciprocating

units, upgrade two existing compressor

units and modify an existing M&R

Station, all as more fully described in

the application;

(2) Lease to Columbia Gas

Transmission Corporation (‘‘Columbia’’)

141,500 Dth/d of firm transportation

capacity, plus fuel, on a phased basis

(Columbia filed its proposal to lease

these facilities from Texas Eastern

concurrently in Docket No. CP96–213–

001);

(3) Charge and collect, over the term

of the capacity lease agreement between

Texas Eastern and Columbia (‘‘Capacity

Lease Agreement’’), all monthly charges

as provided for in the Capacity Lease

Agreement;

(4) Pregranted abandonment of the

certificate of public convenience and

necessity and related authorizations

granted herein, upon the termination of

the Capacity Lease Agreement or any

reduction in leased capacity quantities

after completion of the primary term;

and

(5) Such other authority and/or

waivers as may be deemed necessary by

the Commission to facilitate

implementation of the proposal

contained herein.

Specifically, Texas Eastern proposes

to construct the following Expansion

Facilities:

(a) Replace approximately 6.15 miles

of idled 20-inch pipeline with new 24-

inch pipeline connecting existing M&R

Station 70012 at milepost 1140.38 to the

24-inch Crayne Farm Pipeline at

milepost 1146.50 in Greene County,

Pennsylvania;

(b) Replace approximately 10.97 miles

of idled 24-inch pipeline with new 36-

inch pipeline from approximate

milepost 1060.67 to approximate

milepost 1071.64 in Somerset County,

Pennsylvania between Texas Eastern’s

existing Uniontown (Station 21–A) and

Bedford (Station 22–A) Compressor

Stations;

(c) Replace approximately 9.12 miles

of idled 24-inch pipeline with new 36-

inch pipeline from approximate

milepost 1114.61 to approximate

milepost 1123.73 in Fulton County,

Pennsylvania between Texas Eastern’s

existing Bedford (Station 22–A) and

Chambersburg (Station 23) Compressor

Stations;

(d) Upgrade by 4500 HP to 11,000 HP

the existing 6500 HP electric

compressor at the Uniontown (Station

21–A) Compressor Station;

(e) Add 13,400 gas turbine HP and

compressor cylinder modifications at

Texas Eastern’s Marietta (Station 24)

Compressor Station, with cylinder

modifications to be performed on six

existing reciprocating units;

(f) Upgrade the existing 3500 HP gas

turbine unit at Texas Eastern’s

Waynesburg Compressor Station by

1,500 HP in 1999;

(g) Upgrade Texas Eastern’s existing

interconnection with Columbia at

Waynesburg, M&R Station 70012

located in Greene County, Pennsylvania,

to accommodate 141,500 Dth/d of

natural gas plus fuel; and

(h) Install ancillary above-ground

appurtenant facilities, including but not

limited to mainline, crossover and

blowoff piping and valving, pressure

regulating devices, launchers and

receivers for internal inspection

instruments and cleaning devices, and

associated piping and valves for

operating and maintenance purposes

associated with each of the referenced

pipeline replacements.

As indicated in Exhibits F–I through

F–IV of its application, the Expansion

Facilities are proposed to be installed

within Texas Eastern’s existing pipeline

corridor.

In order to provide the Expansion

Capacity as scheduled on November 1,

1997, Texas Eastern desires to

commence construction of the

Expansion Facilities by May 1, 1997.

Assuming commencement of

construction on May 1, 1997, the

estimated total cost of the proposed

facilities in current year dollars is

approximately $63.2 million.

The Lease provides that Texas Eastern

will lease capacity to Columbia on a

phased-in basis commencing November

1, 1997, consistent with the phased

implementation of Columbia’s Project,

up to a total of 141,500 Dth/d of firm

transportation capacity, plus such

additional capacity as needed to

accommodate retainage, and charge for

such capacity as follows:

Phase-in date of capacity in (Dth/d)

and monthly charge

1. November 1, 1997 36,000 $242,310

2. November 1, 1998 85,800 540,750

3. November 1, 1999 141,500 807,670

and continuing through the remainder

of the term of the Lease.

In addition, Columbia will reimburse

Texas Eastern for its monthly operation

and maintenance costs associated with

the Texas Eastern incremental facilities

being constructed to provide the above

phased-in amounts of capacity under

the Lease (‘‘O&M Payment’’). Such

operation and maintenance costs

include a stipulated monthly charge for

operation and maintenance expenses,

excluding fuel, electric power, and

property taxes, which expenses will be

adjusted based on the Gross National

Product Implicit Price Deflator as

specified in the Lease Agreement
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attached to the Application. Charges for

fuel, electric power and property taxes

are based on actual incurred costs as

detailed in the Lease Agreement.

Comment date: June 28, 1996, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph F

at the end of this notice.

Standard Paragraphs

F. Any person desiring to be heard or

make any protest with reference to said

filing should on or before the comment

date file with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426, a

motion to intervene or a protest in

accordance with the requirements of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and

385.214) and the Regulations under the

Natural Gas Act (18 CFR 157.10). All

protests filed with the Commission will

be considered by it in determining the

appropriate action to be taken but will

not serve to make the protestants parties

to the proceeding. Any person wishing

to become a party to a proceeding or to

participate as a party in any hearing

therein must file a motion to intervene

in accordance with the Commission’s

Rules.

Take further notice that, pursuant to

the authority contained in and subject to

jurisdiction conferred upon the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission by

Sections 7 and 15 of the Natural Gas Act

and the Commission’s Rules of Practice

and Procedure, a hearing will be held

without further notice before the

Commission or its designee on this

filing if no motion to intervene is filed

within the time required herein, if the

Commission on its own review of the

matter finds that a grant of the

certificate is required by the public

convenience and necessity. If a motion

for leave to intervene is timely filed, or

if the Commission on its own motion

believes that a formal hearing is

required, further notice of such hearing

will be duly given.

Under the procedure herein provided

for, unless otherwise advised, it will be

unnecessary for the applicant to appear

or be represented at the hearing.

G. Any person or the Commission’s

staff may, within 45 days after the

issuance of the instant notice by the

Commission, file pursuant to Rule 214

of the Commission’s Procedural Rules

(18 CFR 385.214) a motion to intervene

or notice of intervention and pursuant

to Section 157.205 of the Regulations

under the Natural Gas Act (18 CFR

157.205) a protest to the request. If no

protest is filed within the time allowed

therefore, the proposed activity shall be

deemed to be authorized effective the

day after the time allowed for filing a

protest. If a protest is filed and not

withdrawn within 30 days after the time

allowed for filing a protest, the instant

request shall be treated as an

application for authorization pursuant

to Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–15252 Filed 6–14–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5521–9]

Agency Information Collection

Activities Up for Renewal; Reporting

Requirements Under EPA’s Water

Alliances for Voluntary Efficiency

(WAVE) Program

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):

Reporting Requirements Under EPA’s

Water Alliances for Voluntary Efficiency

(WAVE) Program. OMB Control Number

2040–0164. Expiration Date November

30, 1996. 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 16, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Environmental Protection

Agency, Office of Wastewater

Management (Mail Code 4204), 401 M

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

Interested persons may obtain a copy of

the ICR amendment and supporting

analysis without charge by contacting

the individual listed below.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Valerie Martin, Telephone: (202) 260–

7259. FAX: (202) 260–1827. E-Mail:

wave@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Affected Entities: Entities potentially

affected by this action are commercial

businesses, hospitals, educational

institutions, and multi-family housing

units that voluntarily join EPA’s WAVE

Program. Major respondents are hotels

and motels.

Title: Renewal—Reporting

Requirements Under EPA’s Water

Alliances for Voluntary Efficiency

(WAVE) Program. OMB Control Number

2040–0164. Expiration Date November

30, 1996.

Abstract: EPA will annually collect

water, energy, and cost savings

information from ‘‘Partners’’ in the

WAVE program. Partners can be

commercial businesses, governments, or

institutions that voluntarily agree to

implement cost-effective water

efficiency measures in their facilities.

Initially the WAVE Program will target

the lodging industry. Another type of

participant, ‘‘Supporters,’’ will work

with EPA to promote water efficiency

and provide information on products

and services. Supporters could be

equipment manufacturers, water

management companies, utilities, local

governments, or the like.

The purpose of the WAVE Program is

pollution prevention. As defined by

EPA, pollution prevention means

‘‘source reduction’’ as defined under the

Pollution Prevention Act, and other

practices that reduce or eliminate the

creation of pollutants through increased

efficiency in the use of raw materials,

energy, water, or other resources, or

through protection of natural resources

by conservation. By promoting water

efficiency, WAVE prevents pollution in

two basic ways. First, wastewater flows

are reduced which in turn, increases

treatment efficiency at wastewater

treatment plants resulting in reduced

pollutant loads. Second, less water used

means that less energy will be used to

treat, transport, and heat drinking water

and to transport and treat wastewater.

To the extent that the reduced energy

use so achieved is electrical energy,

power plant emissions are reduced.

Water efficiency also causes less water

to be withdrawn and preserves

streamflow to maintain a healthy

aquatic environment. Less pumping of

groundwater lowers the chance that

pollutants will be drained into a water

supply well.

EPA will use this information to

monitor the success of the program, to

demonstrate that pollution prevention

can be accomplished with a nonregulatory approach, and to promote the

program to potential partners.

Participation in the WAVE Program is

voluntary; however, once a participant

joins the program, it is required to sign

and submit a Memorandum of

Understanding (MOU), an annual

Results Report, and information on

miscellaneous additional activities to

EPA to receive and retain program

benefits, such as software and publicity.

No participant will be required to

submit confidential business

information. EPA will present

aggregated data only in its program