Federal Register / Vol. 61, No. 124 / Wednesday, June 26, 1996 / Notices 33113

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

necessary 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withdrawn within 30 days after the time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. 96–16219 Filed 6–25–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

Notice of Procedural Change in

Payment for Selected RIMS Documents

June 20, 1996.

In an effort to serve the public better

and expedite requests for doucments,

the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission today announces a

procedural change in payment for

selected RIMS documents.

Beginning July 1, 1996, the

Commission will begin assessing a

charge of 15 cents per page for all print

requests of 11 or more pages from the

Commission’s electronic Records and

Information Management System

(RIMS) III. This procedural change is

consistent with 18 CFR 388.109(a)(4).

A charge will be assessed on the

number of pages requested from RIMS

III, not the number of pages actually

selected by the user after the pages have

been printed. This change is being made

to improve the level of service and

reduce the delays and unnecessary

burden caused by requests for

documents and pages that are not

required after they have been printed.

Users now have the capability of

viewing many documents and

individual pages before they submit a

print request. RIMS III allows users to

view documents and print selected

pages. Since 1994, images of selected

documents have been available to users

for viewing and printing at the FERC’s

Washington Headquarters. All current

documents (11′′ x 17′′ and smaller) are

now being scanned and are available to

users at the Commission’s Public

Reference Room.

This does not affect the pages printed

from RIMS microfilm or aperture cards

(RIMS II). (Aperture cards are still being

made for pages larger than 11′′ x 17′′.)

Requests for RIMS pages available only

on, and printed from, microfilm and/or

aperture cards will be handled and

priced as they have been in the past,

since documents cannot be viewed prior

to being requested.

Please contact the staff at the Front

Desk (202) 208–1371 of the Public

Reference Room for further information.

Lois D. Cashell,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 96–16218 Filed 6–25–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPPTS–00189; FRL–5379–6]

Agency Information Collection

Activities

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

new Information Collection Request

(ICR) to the Office of Management and

Budget (OMB). Before submitting the

ICR to OMB for review and approval,

EPA is soliciting comments on specific

aspects of the information collection as

described below. The ICR is a new ICR

entitled ‘‘Voluntary Cover Sheet for

TSCA Submissions,’’ EPA ICR No. 1780,

OMB control number to be assigned. 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.

DATES: Written comments must be

submitted on or before August 26, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Submit three copies of all

written comments to: TSCA Document

Receipts (7407), Room NE-G99, Office of

Pollution Prevention and Toxics,

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460,

Telephone 202-260-7099. All comments

should reference administrative record

number AR-160. This ICR is available

for public review at, and copies may be

requested from, the docket address and

telephone number listed above.

Comments and data may also be

submitted electronically by sending

electronic mail (e-mail) to:

oppt.ncic@epamail.epa.gov. Electronic

comments must be submitted as an

ASCII file avoiding the use of special

characters and any form of encryption.

Comments and data will also be

accepted on disks in WordPerfect in 5.1

file format or ASCII file format. All

comments and data in electronic form

must be identified by the administrative

record number AR-160 and ICR number

1780. No CBI should be submitted

through e-mail. Electronic comments on

this document may be filed online at

many Federal Depository Libraries.

Additional information on electronic

submissions can be found in Unit III. of

this document.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

general information contact: Susan B.

Hazen, Director, Environmental

Assistance Division (7408), Office of

Pollution Prevention and Toxics,

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460,

Telephone: 202-554-1404, TDD: 202-

554-0551, e-mail:

TSCAHotline@epamail.epa.gov. For

technical information contact: Gerry

Brown, Information Management

Division (7407), Office of Pollution

Prevention and Toxics, Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW.,

Washington, DC 20460, Telephone: 202-
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260-7248; Fax: 202-260-4659; e-mail:

brown.gerry@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

Entities potentially affected by this

action are companies that manufacture,

process, use or import chemical

substances and that are subject to

reporting requirements under sections 4,

8(d) or 8(e) of the Toxic Substances

Control Act (TSCA). For the collection

of information addressed in this notice,

EPA would like to solicit comments to:

(i) 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) 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) Enhance the quality, utility, and

clarity of the information to be

collected.

(iv) 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.

II. Information Collection

EPA is seeking comments on the

following Information Collection

Request.

Title: Voluntary Cover Sheet for TSCA

Submissions, EPA ICR No. 1780;

proposed collection: OMB control

number and expiration date not

applicable.

Abstract: TSCA requires industry to

submit information and studies for

existing chemical substances under

sections 4, 6, and 8. Under normal

reporting conditions, EPA receives

approximately 1,700 submissions each

year; each submission represents on

average three studies. In addition,

specific data call-ins can be imposed on

industry.

As a follow-up to industry experience

with a 1994 TSCA data call-in, the

Chemical Manufacturers Association

(CMA), the Specialty Organics Chemical

Manufacturers Association (SOCMA),

and the Chemical Industry Data

Exchange (CIDX), in cooperation with

EPA, have taken an interest in pursuing

electronic transfer of TSCA summary

data and of full submissions to EPA. In

particular, CMA has developed a

standardized cover sheet for voluntary

use by industry as a first step to an

electronic future and to begin

familiarizing companies with standard

requirements and concepts of electronic

transfer. This form is designed for

voluntary use as a cover sheet for

submissions of information under TSCA

sections 4, 8(d), and 8(e). The cover

sheet will facilitate submission of

information by displaying certain basic

data elements, permitting EPA more

easily to identify, log, track, distribute,

review and index submissions, and to

make information publicly available

more rapidly and at reduced cost, to the

mutual benefit of both the respondents

and EPA. The information collection

request referenced in this notice applies

to the use of this form/cover sheet.

Responses to the collection of

information are voluntary. Respondents

may claim all or part of a response

confidential. EPA will disclose

information that is covered by a claim

of confidentiality only to the extent

permitted by, and in accordance with,

the procedures in TSCA section 14 and

40 CFR part 2.

Burden statement: The burden to

respondents for complying with this ICR

is estimated to total 1,348 hours per

year, based on an average burden of

approximately 0.5 hour per response for

an estimated 2,229 respondents

submitting one or more reports of

information annually. These estimates

include 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.

III. Public Record

A record has been established for this

action under docket number ‘‘OPPTS00189’’ (including comments and data

submitted electronically as described

below). A public version of this record,

including printed, paper versions of

electronic comments, which does not

include any information claimed as CBI,

is available for inspection from noon to

4 p.m., Monday through Friday,

excluding legal holidays. The public

record is located in the TSCA

Nonconfidential Information Center,

Rm. NE-B607, 401 M St., SW.,

Washington, DC 20460.

Electronic comments can be sent

directly to EPA at:

oppt.ncic@epamail.epa.gov

Electronic comments must be

submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the

use of special characters and any form

of encryption.

The official record for this action, as

well as the public version, as described

above will be kept in paper form.

Accordingly, EPA will transfer all

comments received electronically into

printed, paper form as they are received

and will place the paper copies in the

official record which will also include

all comments submitted directly in

writing. The official record is the paper

record maintained at the address in

ADDRESSES unit at the beginning of

this document.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection and

Information collection requests.

Dated: June 20, 1996.

Susan H. Wayland,

Acting Assistant Administrator for

Prevention, Pesticides and Toxic Substances.

[FR Doc. 96–16198 Filed 6–25–96; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

[OPP–00441; FRL–5379–4]

Pesticides; Renewal of Information

Collection Activities

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces and

solicits comments for the renewal of the

Information Collection Request (ICR)

titled ‘‘Application for Experimental

Use Permit (EUP) to Ship and Use a

Pesticide for Experimental Purposes

Only’’ (OMB No. 2070–0040, ICR No.

0276.08) which will expire on

November 30, 1996.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before August 26, 1996.

ADDRESSES: Submit written comments

identified by the docket control number

OPP–00441 and the appropriate ICR

number by mail to: Public Response

Section, Field Operations Division

(7506C), Office of Pesticide Programs,

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

M St., SW., Washington, DC 20460. In

person, bring comments directly to the

OPP docket which is located in Rm.

1132 of Crystal Mall #2, 1921 Jefferson

Davis Highway, Arlington, VA. Copies

of the complete ICR and accompanying

appendices may be obtained from the

OPP docket at the above address or by

contacting the person whose name

appears under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT.