1124 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 4 / Friday, January 5, 2001 / Notices

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6930–1]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request;

Information Collection Request for the

State Source Water Assessment and

Protection Programs 1997 Guidance

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.), this document announces

that the following continuing

Information Collection Request (ICR)

has been forwarded to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

review and approval: The State Source

Water Assessment and Protection

Programs 1997 Guidance; EPA ICR

#1816.02; OMB Control #2040–0197;

expiration December 31, 2000. The ICR

describes the nature of the information

collection and its expected burden and

cost; where appropriate, it includes the

actual data collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before February 5, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing

EPA ICR No. 1816.02 and OMB Control

Number 2040–0197, to the following

addresses: Sandy Farmer, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency

Collection Strategies Division (2822),

1200 Pennsylvania Ave, NW,

Washington, DC 20460; and to Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA,

725 17th Street, NW, Washington, DC

20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

a copy of the ICR contact Sandy Farmer

EPA by phone at (202) 260–2740, by Email at farmer.sandy@epamail.epa.gov,

or download off the Internet at http://

www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR

No. 1816.02. For technical questions

about the ICR contact Roy Simon, (202)

260–7777.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: State Source Water Assessment

and Protection Programs 1997

Guidance; OMB Control #2040–0197;

EPA ICR #1816.02; expiring December

31, 2000. This renewal is a request for

extension of a currently approved

collection.

Abstract: Section 1453(a)(3) of the

Safe Drinking Water Act Amendments

of 1996 required States to submit a

Source Water Assessment Program

(SWAP) within 18 months after the

guidance was issued, on or before

August 6, 1997. These SWAP’s describe

how a State will delineate source water

protection areas, conduct contamination

source inventories and susceptibility

determinations, makes the assessments

available to the public, implement a

Source Water Protection Program. A

State must develop a SWAP program

with public participation.

Once a State program is approved by

EPA, the State has two years to

complete the source water assessment

for the public water systems within

their borders. Section 1453(a)(4) of the

SDWA Amendments of 1996 allows a

State to request an extension of up to 18

months to complete the assessments.

This final phase of this ICR will focus

on the years 2000–2002 of the SWAP

program, including completing the

assessments, and State reporting of data

on the required assessments to EPA.

The 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; and,

(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.

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 Federal Register document

required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d),

soliciting comments on this collection

of information was published on June

16, 2000; No comments were received.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and recordkeeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 50,169 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 implement the source

water assessments; 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: States,

Puerto Rico and District of Columbia.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

52.

Frequency of Response: Annually.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

2,608,787 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Capital

and Operating & Maintenance Cost

Burden: $7,101,564.00.

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 addresses listed above.

Please refer to EPA ICR No. 1816.02 and

OMB Control No. 2040–0197 in any

correspondence.

Dated: December 29, 2000.

Oscar Morales,

Director, Collection Strategies Division.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6929–7]

Acid Rain NOX Emission Reduction

Program—Permit Modification for

Alternative Emission Limitation

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of permit modification

adopting Alternative Emission

Limitation.

SUMMARY: Under Title IV of the Clean

Air Act, EPA established the Acid Rain

NOX Emission Reduction Program to

reduce the adverse effects of acidic

deposition. EPA adopted nitrogen

oxides ( NOX) emission limits and

issued permits to affected sources. EPA

is issuing Acid Rain permit

modifications for two units at a source.

Each permit modification adds a new

NOX emission limitation, i.e.,

Alternative Emission Limitation for