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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.

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**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.

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**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 Section3(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: