[Federal Register Volume 62, Number 31 (Friday, February 14, 1997)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6966-6967]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 97-3776]


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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

[FRL-5689-8]


Agency Information Collection Activities: Emergency Processing of 
Proposed Collection: Safe Drinking Water Act State Revolving Fund 
Program Guidance

AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.), this notice announces that EPA is planning to submit a 
Request for Emergency Processing of its proposed Information Collection 
Request (ICR #1803.01) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) 
regarding the Drinking Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) Program 
Guidance that is being developed as the result of the Safe Drinking 
Water Act (SDWA). The SDWA Amendments of 1996 (Pub. L. 104-182) 
authorize a DWSRF program to assist public water systems to finance the 
costs of infrastructure needed to achieve or maintain compliance with 
SDWA requirements and to protect public health.
    The EPA began the ICR process with the first notice published in 
the Federal Register on December 31, 1996. This notice is in addition 
to and does not alter the comment process outlined in the December 31, 
1996 notice. We are seeking emergency processing of the ICR to allow 
the awarding of capitalization grants beginning on February 28, 1997. 
Approval of the ICR through the emergency request process will allow a 
90-day, temporary collection of the information needed to process those 
grants.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Clifford Yee (202) 260-5822; FAX: 
(202) 260-0116; E-mail: [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

    Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by this action are 
the 50 states, Puerto Rico, the District of Columbia, the Territories, 
and the recipients of assistance in each of these jurisdictions.
    The EPA published notice regarding the Information Collection 
Request on

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December 31, 1996, and we will continue the process outlined in that 
announcement according to the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 
et seq.). We will continue to accept comments during the initial 60-day 
comment period which ends March 2, 1997. The second comment period on 
the draft final ICR will begin shortly after the close of the initial 
comment period. We expect approval of the final ICR, which will allow 
for information collection for a three-year period, on approximately 
May 1, 1997.
    The EPA is currently requesting emergency processing of its 
proposed ICR to meet a commitment to the states that capitalization 
grants will begin to be processed and awarded on February 28, 1997. 
This emergency processing request does not alter the original process 
outlined in the December 31, 1996 notice but provides for a 90-day, 
temporary collection of the information required to process grants. 
During that 90-day period, we anticipate receiving approval for the ICR 
for the three-year period.

    Dated: February 6, 1997.
 Michael B. Cook,
Director, Office of Wastewater Management.
[FR Doc. 97-3776 Filed 2-13-97; 8:45 am]
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