9610 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 34 / Friday, February 18, 2011 / Notices 

reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. 

Treasury. 

Maureen Katz, 

Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement 

Section, Environment and Natural Resources 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2011–3671 Filed 2–17–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–15–P 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Notice of Proposed Consent Decree 

Under the Clean Air Act 

Notice is hereby given that on 

February 14, 2011, a proposed Consent 

Decree in United States et al. v. 

Ampersand Chowchilla Biomass, LLC, 

Civil Action No. 1:11–cv–00242, was 

lodged with the United States District 

Court for the Eastern District of 

California. 

The Consent Decree in this Clean Air 

Act enforcement action resolves 

allegations by the Environmental 

Protection Agency and the San Joaquin 

Valley Unified Air Pollution Control 

District (‘‘District’’), asserted in a 

complaint filed together with the 

Consent Decree, under Section 113(b) of 

the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 7413(b), for 

alleged environmental violations at 

defendant’s biomass electric generating 

facility in Madera, California. The 

violations include, among others, a 

failure to: Comply with numerous 

conditions contained in Federally 

enforceable permits issued for the 

facility, including those related to 

emissions of pollutants; install and 

operate required pollution control 

technology; undertake periodic 

equipment testing; and to submit 

required reports. The proposed Consent 

Decree would require defendant to 

install additional emissions monitoring 

equipment at their facility, pay a total of 

$343,000 in civil penalties to the United 

States and the District, and comply with 

permit conditions or face stipulated 

penalties during approximately two 

years following court approval of the 

consent decree. 

The Department of Justice will receive 

comments relating to the proposed 

Consent Decree for a period of thirty 

(30) days from the date of this 

publication. Comments should be 

addressed to the Assistant Attorney 

General, Environment and Natural 

Resources Division, and either e-mailed 

to pubcomment-ees.enrd@usdoj.gov or 

mailed to P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 

20044–7611, and should refer to the 

matter as and United States et al. v. 

Ampersand Chowchilla Biomass LLC, 

DOJ Ref. No. 90–5–2–1–09874. 

The proposed Consent Decree may be 

examined at the following Regional 

Office of the United States 

Environmental Protection Agency: 

Region 9, 75 Hawthorne Street, San 

Francisco, California 94105. The 

Consent Decree may also be examined at 

the Office of the United States Attorney, 

501 I Street, Suite 10–100, Sacramento, 

California 95814. 

During the public comment period, 

the proposed agreement may also be 

examined on the following Department 

of Justice Web site: http:// 

www.usdoj.gov/enrd/ 

Consent_Decrees.html. Copies of the 

proposed agreement may also be 

obtained by mail from the Consent 

Decree Library, P.O. Box 7611, U.S. 

Department of Justice, Washington, DC 

20044–7611 or by faxing or e-mailing a 

request to Tonia Fleetwood 

(tonia.fleetwood@usdoj.gov), fax no. 

(202) 514–0097, phone confirmation 

number (202) 514–1547. In requesting 

from the Consent Decree Library a copy 

of the consent decree, please enclose a 

check payable to the U.S. Treasury in 

the amount of $12.00 (25 cents per page 

reproduction cost) payable to the U.S. 

Treasury. 

Maureen Katz, 

Assistant Chief, Environmental Enforcement 

Section, Environment and Natural Resources 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2011–3672 Filed 2–17–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4410–15–P 

NATIONAL FOUNDATION ON THE 

ARTS AND HUMANITIES 

National Endowment for the Arts; 

Submission of OMB Review: Comment 

Request 

The National Endowment for the Arts 

(NEA) has submitted the following 

public information collection request 

(ICR) to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for review and approval 

in accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995 [Pub. L. 104–13, 

44 U.S.C. Chapter 35]. Copies of the ICR, 

with applicable supporting 

documentation, may be obtained by 

contacting Sunil Iyengar via telephone 

at 202–682–5654 (this is not a toll-free 

number) or e-mail at 

research@arts.endow.gov. Individuals 

who use a telecommunications device 

for the deaf (TTY/TDD) may call 202– 

682–5496 between 10 a.m. and 4 p.m. 

Eastern time, Monday through Friday. 

Comments should be sent to the 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Attn: OMB Desk Officer for the 

National Endowment for the Arts, Office 

of Management and Budget, Room 

10235, Washington, DC 20503, 202– 

395–7316, within 30 days from the date 

of this publication in the Federal 

Register. 

The Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) is particularly interested in 

comments which: 

• 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; 

• 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; 

• Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

• 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. 

Agency: National Endowment for the 

Arts. 

Title: 2012 Survey of Public 

Participation in the Arts. 

OMB Number: New. 

Frequency: One Time. 

Affected Public: American adults. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

36,000. 

Estimated Time per Respondent: 10.0 

minutes. 

Total Burden Hours: 6,000 hours. 

Total Annualized Capital/Startup 

Costs: 0. 

Total Annual Costs (Operating/ 

Maintaining Systems or Purchasing 

Services): 0. 

Description: This request is for 

clearance of the 2012 Survey of Public 

Participation in the Arts (SPPA) to be 

conducted by the Census Bureau in May 

2012 as a supplement to the Bureau of 

Labor Statistic’s Current Population 

Survey. The SPPA is the field’s 

premiere repeated cross sectional survey 

of individual attendance and 

involvement in arts and cultural 

activity. The data are circulated to 

interested researchers, and they are the 

basis for a range of NEA reports and 

independent research publications. The 

SPPA provides primary knowledge on 

the extent and nature of participation in 

the arts in the United States. Earlier 

SPPA surveys were conducted in 1982, 

1985, 1992, 1997, 2002, and 2008, all of 

which were conducted by the Census 

Bureau except the 1997 study, which 

WReier-Aviles on DSKGBLS3C1PROD with NOTICES