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may afford flexibility to owners or 

operators in the approaches they use to 

meet federal requirements, significantly 

reducing the burden associated with 

compliance. 

In response to the statutory 

requirement in section 4005(c), EPA 

developed 40 CFR Part 239, commonly 

referred to as the State Implementation 

Rule (SIR). The SIR describes the state 

application and EPA review procedures 

and defines the elements of an adequate 

state permit program. The collection of 

information from the state during the 

permit program adequacy determination 

process allows EPA to evaluate whether 

a program for which approval is 

requested is appropriate in structure 

and authority to ensure owner or 

operator compliance with the revised 

federal criteria. 

The EPA Administrator has delegated 

the authority to make determinations of 

adequacy, as contained in the statute, to 

the EPA Regional Administrator. The 

appropriate EPA Regional Office, 

therefore, will use the information 

provided by each state to determine 

whether the state’s permit program 

satisfies the statutory test reflected in 

the requirements of 40 CFR Part 239. In 

all cases, the information will be 

analyzed to determine the adequacy of 

the state’s permit program for ensuring 

compliance with the federal revised 

criteria. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 242 hours per 

response. 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; 

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 which have subsequently 

changed; 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: State, 

Local, or Tribal Governments. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

12. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

968. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$51,545, which includes $51,545 for 

annualized labor and $0 for annualized 

capital or O&M costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is no 

change in the estimated burden 

currently identified in the OMB 

Inventory of Approved ICR Burdens. 

Dated: August 28, 2008. 

Sara Hisel-McCoy, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. E8–20601 Filed 9–4–08; 8:45 am] 

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Environmental Impact Statements and 

Regulations; Availability of EPA 

Comments 

Availability of EPA comments 

prepared 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 

202–564–7146. 

An explanation of the ratings assigned 

to draft environmental impact 

statements (EISs) was published in FR 

dated April 6, 2008 (73 FR 19833). 

Draft EISs 

EIS No. 20080234, ERP No. D–AFS–

L65556–WA, Dosewallips Road 

Washout Project, To Reestablish Road 

Access to both Forest Service Road 

(FSR) 2610 and Dosewallips Road, 

Hood Canal Ranger District Olympic 

National Forest, Olympic National 

Park, Jefferson County, WA. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about air 

quality, water quality and critical fish 

habitat impacts. EPA also recommended 

that the Final EIS include additional 

information regarding erosion and 

sediment control measures to minimize 

aquatic impacts. Rating EC2. 

EIS No. 20080259, ERP No. D–AFS–

J65521–WY, Spruce Gulch Bark 

Beetle and Fuels Reduction Project, 

Proposes to Implement Bark Beetle 

Related Salvage and Suppression 

Vegetative Treatments and Hazardous 

Fuels Abatement Treatments, Laramie 

Ranger District, Medicine Bow-Routt 

National Forests, Albany and Carbon 

Counties, WY. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about potential 

impacts to water quality and wildlife 

habitat from new road construction and 

proposed silvicultural activities. EPA 

recommended including more detailed 

implementation parameters when 

applying adaptive management 

prescriptions in the final EIS. Rating 

EC2. 

EIS No. 20080261, ERP No. D–USA–

K11121–CA, PROGRAMMATIC—

Brigade Combat Team Transformation 

Project, Restructure the 11th Armored 

Cavalry Regiment (ACR) to a MultiComponent (active duty/reserve) 

Heavy Brigade Combat Team (HBCT) 

and change/add several other 

organizations, Fort Irwin, CA. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental objections to impacts on 

water resources. Rating EO2. 

EIS No. 20080267, ERP No. DS–BLM–

K08066–CA, Sunrise Powerlink 

Transmission Line Project, New 

Information, Proposed Land Use Plan 

Amendment, Construction and 

Operation of a New 91-mile 500 

kilovolt (kV) Electric Transmission 

Line from Imperial Valley Substation 

(in Imperial Co. near the City of El 

Centro) to a New Central East 

Substation (in Central San Diego 

County) Imperial and San Diego 

Counties, CA. 

Summary: EPA continues to have 

environmental concerns about adverse 

impacts to watershed resources, air 

quality, and the Anza-Borrego Desert 

State Park. EPA recommends further 

discussion on purpose and need, and 

recommends consideration of 

alternatives with reduced 

environmental impacts. Rating EC2. 

Dated: September 2, 2008. 

Ken Mittehlholtz, 

Environmental Protection Specialist, Office 

of Federal Activities. 

[FR Doc. E8–20599 Filed 9–4–08; 8:45 am] 

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Environmental Impacts Statements; 

Notice of Availability 

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal 

Activities, General Information (202) 

564–1399 or http://www.epa.gov/ 

compliance/nepa/. 

Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact 

Statements. 

Filed 08/25/2008 through 08/29/2008. 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9. 

EIS No. 20080336, Draft EIS, AFS, OR, 

Farley Vegetation Management 

Project, To Conduct Timber Harvest 

Commercial and Non-Commercial 

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