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100 percent of the average incremental 

cost; (ii) deviations greater than +/¥1.5 

percent up to 7.5 percent (or greater 

than 2 MW up to 10 MW) of the 

scheduled transaction to be applied 

hourly to any generator imbalance that 

occurs as a result of transmission 

customer’s scheduled transaction(s) will 

be settled financially, at the end of each 

month. When energy delivered in a 

schedule hour from the generation 

resource is less than the energy 

scheduled, the charge is 110 percent of 

incremental cost. When energy 

delivered from the generation resource 

is greater than the scheduled amount, 

the credit is 90 percent of the 

incremental cost; and (iii) deviations 

greater than +/¥7.5 percent (or 10 MW) 

of the scheduled transaction to be 

applied hourly to any generator 

imbalance that occurs as a result of the 

transmission customer’s scheduled 

transaction(s) will be settled at 125 

percent of Western-UGP’s highest 

incremental cost for the day when 

energy delivered in a schedule hour is 

less than the energy scheduled or 75 

percent of Western-UGP’s lowest daily 

incremental cost when energy delivered 

from the generation resource is greater 

than the scheduled amount. As an 

exception, an intermittent resource will 

be exempt from this deviation band and 

will pay the deviation band charges for 

all deviations greater than the larger of 

1.5 percent or 2 MW. 

Deviations from scheduled 

transactions in order to respond to 

directives by the transmission service 

provider, a BA or a reliability 

coordinator shall not be subject to the 

deviation bands identified above and, 

instead, shall be settled financially, at 

the end of the month, at 100 percent of 

incremental cost. Such directives may 

include instructions to correct 

frequency decay, respond to a reserve 

sharing event, or change output to 

relieve congestion. 

Western-UGP’s incremental cost will 

be based on a representative hourly 

energy index or combination of indexes. 

The index to be used will be posted on 

Western-UGP’s homepage on SPP’s 

OASIS at least 30 days prior to use for 

determining the Western-UGP 

incremental cost and will not be 

changed more often than once per year 

unless Western-UGP determines that the 

existing index is no longer a reliable 

price index. 

Legal Authority 

Since the proposed rates constitute a 

major rate adjustment as defined by 10 

CFR part 903, Western will hold both 

public information forums and public 

comment forums. After review of public 

comments, Western will take further 

action on the proposed formula rates 

consistent with 10 CFR part 903. 

Western is establishing transmission 

and ancillary services formula rates for 

the P–SMBP–ED under the DOE 

Organization Act (42 U.S.C 7152); the 

Reclamation Act of 1902 (ch. 1093, 32 

Stat. 388), as amended and 

supplemented by subsequent laws, 

particularly section 9(c) of the 

Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (43 

U.S.C. 485h(c)); section 5 of the Flood 

Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s); 

and other acts that specifically apply to 

the project involved. 

By Delegation Order No. 00–037.00A, 

effective October 25, 2013, the Secretary 

of Energy delegated: (1) The authority to 

develop power and transmission rates to 

Western’s Administrator; (2) the 

authority to confirm, approve, and place 

such rates into effect on an interim basis 

to the Deputy Secretary of Energy; and 

(3) the authority to confirm, approve, 

and place into effect on a final basis, to 

remand, or to disapprove such rates to 

FERC. Existing DOE procedures for 

public participation in power and 

transmission rate adjustments (10 CFR 

part 903) were published on September 

18, 1985 (50 FR 37837). 

Availability of Information 

All brochures, studies, comments, 

letters, memorandums, or other 

documents that Western initiates or uses 

to develop the proposed rates are 

available for inspection and copying at 

the Upper Great Plains Region, Western 

Area Power Administration, 2900 4th 

Avenue North, Billings, Montana. Many 

of these documents are also available on 

Western’s Web site at: http://

www.wapa.gov/ugp/rates/default.htm. 

Ratemaking Procedure Requirements 

Environmental Compliance 

In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 

1969, 42 U.S.C. 4321–4347; the Council 

on Environmental Quality Regulations 

for implementing NEPA (40 CFR parts 

1500–1508); and DOE NEPA 

Implementing Procedures and 

Guidelines (10 CFR part 1021), Western 

is in the process of determining whether 

an environmental assessment or an 

environmental impact statement should 

be prepared or if this action can be 

categorically excluded from those 

requirements. 

Determination Under Executive Order 

12866 

Western has an exemption from 

centralized regulatory review under 

Executive Order 12866; accordingly, no 

clearance of this notice by the Office of 

Management and Budget is required. 

Dated: October 24, 2014. 

Mark A. Gabriel, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2014–26042 Filed 10–31–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2014–0593; FRL–9918–71– 

OW] 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request; Comment Request; 2015 

Drinking Water Infrastructure Needs 

Survey and Assessment 

(Reinstatement) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) is planning to 

submit an information collection 

request (ICR), ‘‘2015 Drinking Water 

Infrastructure Needs Survey and 

Assessment (Reinstatement)’’ (EPA ICR 

No. 2234.04, OMB Control No. 2014– 

0274), to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for review and approval 

in accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et 

seq.). Before doing so, the EPA is 

soliciting comments on specific aspects 

of the proposed information collection 

as described in this request. This is a 

reinstatement of a previously approved 

information collection activity that was 

discontinued on February 28, 2014. 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. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before January 2, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OW–2014–0593, online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method), by email to ow-docket@

epa.gov or by mail to: EPA Docket 

Center, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460. 

The EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes profanity, threats, 

information claimed to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert Barles, Drinking Water 

Protection Division (Mail Code 4606M), 

Office of Ground Water and Drinking 

Water, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue 

NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: 202–564–3814; fax number: 

202–564–3754; email address: 

barles.robert@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Supporting documents which explain in 

detail the information that the EPA will 

be collecting are available in the public 

docket for this ICR. The docket can be 

viewed online at www.regulations.gov 

or in person at the EPA Docket Center, 

WJC West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC. The telephone number for the 

Docket Center is 202–566–1744. For 

additional information about the EPA’s 

public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/ 

dockets. 

Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the PRA, the EPA is soliciting comments 

and information to enable it 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. The EPA will consider the 

comments received and amend the ICR 

as appropriate. The final ICR package 

will then be submitted to OMB for 

review and approval. At that time, the 

EPA will issue another Federal Register 

notice to announce the submission of 

the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to 

submit additional comments to OMB. 

Abstract: The purpose of this 

information collection is to identify the 

infrastructure needs of public water 

systems for the 20-year period from 

January 2015 through December 2034. 

The EPA’s Office of Ground Water and 

Drinking Water will collect these data to 

comply with Sections 1452(h) and 

1452(i)(4) of the Safe Drinking Water 

Act (42 U.S.C. 300j–12). The 

EPA will use a questionnaire to 

collect capital investment need 

information from selected community 

water systems serving more than 3,300 

persons. Participation in the survey is 

voluntary. The data from the 

questionnaires will provide the EPA 

with new information from the field to 

assist in the 2015 update to the 

Agency’s assessment of the nationwide 

infrastructure needs of public water 

systems. Also, as mandated by section 

1452(a)(1)(D)(ii) of the Safe Drinking 

Water Act, the EPA uses the results of 

the latest survey to allocate Drinking 

Water State Revolving Fund (DWSRF) 

monies to the States. Under the 

allotment formula, each State receives a 

grant of the annual DWSRF 

appropriation in proportion to its share 

of the total national need, with the 

proviso that each State receives at least 

one percent of the total funds available. 

Form Numbers: 6100–02. 

Respondents/affected entities: The 

respondents for the 2015 Drinking 

Water Infrastructure Needs Survey and 

Assessment are community water 

systems and State agencies. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Voluntary. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

2,915 (total). 

Frequency of response: One time. 

Total estimated burden: 12,398 hours 

(average per year over three years). 

Burden is defined at 5 CFR 1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $578,001 

(average per year over three years), 

includes $0 annualized capital or 

operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in Estimates: This ICR does 

not modify an existing ICR. However, it 

should be noted that an ICR was 

prepared for the previous survey effort 

done in 2011, which is outside of the 

three-year window for modifying an 

existing ICR for a new effort. For 

purposes of this reinstatement, the EPA 

has provided a comparison of burden of 

the proposed, new effort to the estimates 

of the previous effort’s ICR. 

The estimated total public reporting 

burden over the entire four-year length 

of the 2011 DWINSA was 48,995 hours; 

the total burden for the 2015 Survey is 

estimated to be 37,194 hours. The 2011 

DWINS average burden per respondent 

was estimated to be 15.24 hours; 

whereas for 2015, the average is 

estimated to be 12.76 hours per 

respondent. The reduction in burden for 

the 2015 DWINSA is attributed to: 

1. The use of a modified data 

collection approach, whereby a majority 

of systems from the 2011 DWINSA are 

being resurveyed and a smaller pool of 

systems will be randomly surveyed. 

2. Existing data from the 2011 

DWINSA for Tribal systems will be 

extrapolated to 2015 needs using 

construction cost inflation calculations 

and taking into account any shifts in the 

number and size of these systems. 

These changes are further discussed 

in the Supporting Statement of the 

Information Collection Request 

available in EPA’s docket for comment. 

Dated: October 23, 2014. 

Peter Grevatt, 

Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking 

Water. 

[FR Doc. 2014–25944 Filed 10–31–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

EXPORT-IMPORT BANK OF THE 

UNITED STATES 

[Public Notice: 2014–0049] 

Application for Final Commitment for a 

Long-Term Loan or Financial 

Guarantee in Excess of $100 Million: 

AP087967XA 

AGENCY: Export-Import Bank of the 

United States. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This Notice is to inform the 

public, in accordance with Section 

3(c)(10) of the Charter of the ExportImport Bank of the United States (‘‘ExIm Bank’’), that Ex-Im Bank has received 

an application for final commitment for 

a long-term loan or financial guarantee 

in excess of $100 million (as calculated 

in accordance with Section 3(c)(10) of 

the Charter). Comments received within 

the comment period specified below 

will be presented to the Ex-Im Bank 

Board of Directors prior to final action 

on this Transaction. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before November 28, 2014 to be 

assured of consideration before final 

consideration of the transaction by the 

Board of Directors of Ex-Im Bank. 

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted through Regulations.gov at 

www.regulations.gov. To submit a 

comment, enter EIB–2014–0049 under 

the heading ‘‘Enter Keyword or ID’’ and 

select Search. Follow the instructions 

provided at the ‘‘Submit a Comment’’ 

screen. Please include your name, 

company name (if any) and EIB–2014– 

0049 on any attached document. 

Reference: AP087967XA. 

Purpose and Use: 

Brief description of the purpose of the 

transaction: 

To support the export of U.S.- 

manufactured commercial aircraft to 

Mexico. 

Brief non-proprietary description of 

the anticipated use of the items being 

exported: 

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