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• Geology and Soils

—Crossing about 20 miles of prime

farm land.

—Crossing about 15 miles of erosion

prone soils.

•Water Resources and Wetlands

—Crossing 103 perennial and 113

intermittent streams, and 2 ponds.

—Crossing 276 wetlands, including

81 acres of forested wetlands.

• Vegetation and Wildlife

—Crossing about 34.3 miles of upland

forest.

—Potential impacts on federally listed

threatened gopher tortoise.

• Cultural Resources

—Potential impacts on 30 cultural

resources.

—Portion of the project would be

adjacent to the Mississippi Band of

Choctaw Indians Reservation.

• Land use

—Crossing about 8.5 miles of

agricultural land, including one

pecan plantation;

—Crossing two Conservation Reserve

Program parcels, and one private

hunting ranch.

• Air and Noise Quality

—Impacts on local quality and noise

environment as a result of the new

compressor station.

Public Participation

You can make a difference by

providing us with your specific

comments or concerns about the project.

By becoming a commentor, your

concerns will be addressed in the EA

and considered by the Commission. You

should focus on the potential

environmental effects of the proposal,

alternatives to the proposal (including

alternative locations or routes), and

measures to avoid or lessen

environmental impact. The more

specific your comments, the more useful

they will be. Please carefully follow

these instructions to ensure that your

comments are received in time and

properly recorded:

• Send an original and two copies of

your letter to: David P. Boergers,

Secretary Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First St., NE., Room

1A Washington, DC 20426;

• Label one copy of the comments for

the attention of the Gas/Hydro Group,

PJ–11.3;

• Reference Docket No. CP01–69–000;

and

• Mail your comments so that they will

be received in Washington, DC on or

before March 30, 2001.

Comments and protests may be filed

electronically via the Internet in lieu of

paper. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii)

and the instructions on the

Commission’s web site at http://

www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.

[If you do not want to send comments

at this time but still want to remain on

our mailing list, please return the

Information Request (appendix 3). If you

do not return the Information Request,

you will be removed from the

environmental mailing list.]

Becoming an Intervenor

In addition to involvement in the EA

scoping process, you may want to

become an official party to the

proceeding known as an ‘‘intervenor.’’

Intervenors play a more formal role in

the process. Among other things,

intervenors have the right to receive

copies of case-related Commission

documents and filings by other

intervenors. Likewise, each intervenor

must provide 14 copies of its filings to

the Secretary of the Commission and

must send a copy of its filings to all

other parties on the Commission’s

service list for this proceeding. If you

want to become an intervenor you must

file a motion to intervene according to

Rule 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR

385.214) (see appendix 2). Only

intervenors have the right to seek

rehearing of the Commission’s decision.

Affected landowners and parties with

environmental concerns may be granted

intervenor status upon showing good

cause by stating that they have a clear

and direct interest in this proceeding

which would not be adequately

represented by any other parties. You do

not need intervenor status to have your

environmental comments considered.

Additional information about the

proposed project is available from the

Commission’s Office of External Affairs

at (202) 208–0004 or on the FERC

website (www.ferc.fed.us) using the

‘‘RIMS’’ link to information in this

docket number. Click on the ‘‘RIMS’’

link, select ‘‘Docket #’’ from the RIMS

menu, and follow the instructions. For

assistance with access to RIMS, the

RIMS helpline can be reached at (202)

208–2222.

Similarly, the ‘‘CIPS’’ link on the

FERC Internet website provides access

to the texts of formal documents issued

by the Commission, such as orders,

notices, and rulemakings. From the

FERC Internet website, click on the

‘‘CIPS’’ link, select ‘‘Docket #’’ from the

CIPS menu, and follow the instructions.

For assistance with access to CIPS, the

CIPS helpline can be reached at (202)

208–2474.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6948–1]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request, Air

Emission Standards for Tanks, Surface

Impoundments and Containers, RCRA

Subpart CC

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 Information

Collection Request (ICR) has been

forwarded to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review and

approval: Title: Air Emission Standards

for Tanks, Surface Impoundments and

Containers, RCRA subpart CC; OMB

number 2060–0318; expiration date

February 28, 2001. 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 March 30, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing

EPA ICR No. 1593.05 and OMB Control

No. 2060–0318, to the following

addresses: Sandy Farmer, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Collection Strategies Division (Mail

Code 2822), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,

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

at EPA by phone at (202) 260–2740, by

E-Mail at

Farmer.Sandy@epamail.epa.gov or

download off the Internet at http://

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

No. 1593.05. For technical questions

about the ICR contact Everett Bishop at

202–564–7032 or by E-mail at

bishop.everett@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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Title: Air Emission Standards for

Tanks, Surface Impoundments and

Containers, RCRA subpart CC; OMB

number 2060–0318; EPA ICR Number

1593.05; expiring on February 28, 2001.

This is a request for extension of a

currently approved collection.

Abstract: This ICR contains

recordkeeping and reporting

requirements that are mandatory for

compliance with 40 CFR part 264,

subpart CC and 40 CFR part 265,

subpart CC. RCRA subpart CC requires

controls for minimizing release of

volatile organic air emissions from

tanks, surface impoundments and

containers holding hazardous waste.

Records and reports are necessary in

order for the EPA to determine that the

standards are implemented and

maintained to protect human health and

the environment.

Organic air emissions from hazardous

waste Treatment, Storage and Disposal

Facilities (TSDFs) can contain toxic

chemical compounds. Cancer and other

adverse noncancerous human health

effects can result from exposure to these

emissions. Organic emissions from

TSDFs react photochemically with other

compounds in the atmosphere to form

ground level ozone. Excessive ambient

ozone concentrations are a major air

quality problem in many cities

throughout the United States.

Nationwide organic emissions from

TSDFs are estimated to be

approximately one million megagrams

per year. These organic emissions are

estimated to result in 48 excess

incidences of cancer per year

nationwide and a 3 × 10¥2 maximum

individual risk (MIR). The experience of

the EPA in implementing and enforcing

New Source Performance Standards

(NSPS) and National Emission

Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants

(NESHAP) promulgated under authority

of the Clean Air Act has demonstrated

that certain information must be

collected to ensure compliance with air

emission standards. Information

collection is needed by the EPA to

determine: (a) Whether a hazardous

waste contains sufficiently low

concentrations of volatile organics to

allow the waste to be managed in a tank,

surface impoundment, or container

without the use of emission controls,

and (b) for units requiring emission

controls, whether the controls are being

properly operated and maintained. The

collected information will be used by

the EPA enforcement personnel to

ensure that the requirements of the

recommended rules are being properly

applied and that emission control

devices are being properly operated and

maintained on a continuous basis.

In addition, records and reports are

necessary to enable the EPA to identify

TSDF owners or operators that may not

be operating in compliance with the

standards. The reported information is

used by the EPA to target TSDFs for

inspection and identify what records or

waste management units should be

inspected at the TSDF. The information

that TSDF owners or operators are

required to maintain is recorded in

sufficient detail to enable owners or

operators to demonstrate their means of

complying with the applicable

standards. The data collected by the

affected facility is retained at the facility

for a minimum of three years.

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 August

17, 2000; no comments were received.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and recordkeeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 106 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; 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:

Hazardous waste treatment, storage and

disposal facilities and large quantity

generators.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

6,318.

Frequency of Response: On occasion.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

672,640.

Estimated Total Annualized Capital,

O&M Cost Burden: $1,460,333.

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. 1593.05 and

OMB Control No. 2060–0318 in any

correspondence.

Dated: February 13, 2001.

Oscar Morales,

Director, Collection Strategies Division.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6948–3]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request; Operator

Certification Guidelines and Operator

Certification Expense Reimbursement

Grants 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

the following Information Collection

Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for review and approval:

Operator Certification Guidelines and

Operator Certification Expense

Reimbursement Grants Program, EPA

ICR #1955.01. The ICR describes the

nature of the information collection and

its expected burden and cost; where

appropriate, it includes the actual data

collections instrument.

EPA is requesting emergency

clearance from OMB for this ICR to

allow the collection of documentation

on operator certification programs from

states so that we may make a decision

on whether or not a state’s program

meets our Operator Certification

Guidelines. The ICR also covers the

collection of material that states must

submit to EPA before we can award

Operator Certification Expense

Reimbursement Grants. 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.

EPA is requesting a valid control

number from OMB through the

emergency clearance process. The OMB

control number for this ICR will be

listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR

chapter 15.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before March 30, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing

EPA ICR #1955.01, to the following: