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5. Preliminary Identification of 

Environmental Issues 

Western proposes to analyze potential 

short-term environmental impacts, such 

as those from construction, and 

potential long-term environmental 

impacts of operating and maintaining 

the transmission line. DOE’s guidance 

for the preparation of an EIS 

recommends the use of a sliding-scale 

approach when evaluating 

environmental impacts. This approach 

would focus the analysis and discussion 

of impacts on significant environmental 

issues in proportion to the level of the 

potential impacts. Western identified 

the following preliminary list of impact 

areas for evaluation in the EIS: 

• Land Use, Recreation, and Visual 

Resources 

• Water Use and Water Quality 

• Surface Water Features including 

Rivers, Floodplains, and Wetlands 

• Fish, Wildlife, and Vegetation, 

including Critical Habitat 

• Socioeconomics 

• Environmental Justice 

• Historic and Cultural Resources 

• Geology, Soil, and Mineral Resources 

• Human Health and Electric and 

Magnetic Fields 

• Construction-Related Impacts, 

including Access, Traffic, and Noise 

This list is not intended to be allinclusive or to imply a predetermination 

of impacts. Western invites interested 

stakeholders to suggest specific issues, 

including possible mitigation measures, 

within these general categories, or other 

categories not included above, to be 

considered in the EIS. 

6. Public Participation 

The purpose of the scoping process is 

to identify alternatives and potential 

environmental impacts that Western 

should analyze in the EIS. Western will 

hold two public scoping meetings at the 

following dates, locations, and times to 

provide the public with an opportunity 

to present comments, ask questions, and 

discuss the scope of the San Luis 

Transmission Project EIS/EIR with 

Western, Reclamation, and the 

Authority. 

• Wednesday, January 8, 2014, 5:00 

p.m.–8:00 p.m. at Tracy Transit Center, 

50 East Sixth Street, Tracy, CA 95376. 

• Thursday, January 9, 2014, 5:00 

p.m.–8:00 p.m. at Hotel Mission De Oro, 

13070 South Highway 33, Santa Nella, 

CA 95322. 

Western also will announce the 

public scoping meetings in local news 

media and by posting on the project 

environmental Web site at www.sltpeiseir.com and on the DOE NEPA Web site 

at http://energy.gov/nepa/Publiccomment-opportunities at least 15 days 

before the meeting. 

The scoping meetings will be 

conducted as informal open house 

meetings to facilitate discussions 

between project officials and the public, 

and to allow interested people to attend 

as their schedules allow. The public 

will have the opportunity to view maps 

and project information and present 

comments on the scope of the SLTP EIS. 

Representatives from Western, 

Reclamation, and the Authority will be 

available to answer questions and 

provide additional information to 

meeting attendees. 

In addition to providing comments at 

the public scoping meetings, 

stakeholders may submit written 

comments as described in the 

ADDRESSES section. Western will 

consider all comments postmarked or 

received during the public scoping 

period identified in the DATES section. 

Western will coordinate with 

appropriate federal, state, and local 

agencies, and potentially affected Native 

American tribes during the preparation 

of the EIS/EIR. Agencies with legal 

jurisdiction or special expertise are 

invited to participate as cooperating 

agencies in preparation of the EIS, as 

defined in 40 CFR 1501.6. Designated 

cooperating agencies have 

responsibilities to support the NEPA 

process, as specified in 40 CFR 

1501.6(b). Western will contact tribes 

and inform them of the planned EIS. 

Government-to-government 

consultations will be conducted in 

accordance with Executive Order 13175, 

Consultation and Coordination with 

Indian Tribal Governments (65 FR 

67249); the President’s memorandum of 

April 29, 1994, Government-toGovernment Relations with Native 

American Tribal Governments (59 FR 

22951); DOE-specific guidance on tribal 

interactions; and applicable natural and 

cultural resources laws and regulations. 

Western expects to publish the draft 

EIS by the end of 2014. The U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency will 

publish a Notice of Availability of the 

Draft EIS in the Federal Register, which 

will begin a minimum 45-day public 

comment period. Western will 

announce how to comment on the Draft 

EIS and will hold at least one public 

hearing during the comment period. 

People who would like to receive a copy 

of the Draft EIS should submit a request 

as provided in the ADDRESSES section. 

For those requesting to be added to the 

distribution list, you are encouraged to 

download the EIS and other documents 

from the above Web site; however, if 

you prefer to be mailed a copy, please 

specify the format of the EIS that you 

would like to receive (CD or printed) 

and a preference for either the complete 

EIS or the Summary only. 

Western will maintain information 

about the process including documents, 

meeting information, and important 

dates on the project Web site given 

above. The EIS and other project 

information will be available for 

download from the project Web site. 

Please visit the project Web site for 

current information. 

Dated: November 7, 2013. 

Mark A. Gabriel, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2013–28043 Filed 11–21–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPPT–2013–0458; FRL–9395–7] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), this 

document announces that EPA is 

planning to submit an Information 

Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). The 

ICR, titled: ‘‘Chemical-Specific Rules, 

TSCA Section 8(a)’’ and identified by 

EPA ICR No. 1198.10 and OMB Control 

No. 2070–0067, represents the renewal 

of an existing ICR that is scheduled to 

expire on June 30, 2014. Before 

submitting the ICR to OMB for review 

and approval, EPA is soliciting 

comments on specific aspects of the 

proposed information collection that is 

summarized in this document. The ICR 

and accompanying material are 

available in the docket for public review 

and comment. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before January 21, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2013–0458, by 

one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Document Control Office 

(7407M), Office of Pollution Prevention 

and Toxics (OPPT), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001. 

• Hand Delivery: OPPT Document 

Control Office (DCO), WJC East Bldg., 


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Rm. 6428, 1201 Constitution Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC. ATTN: Docket ID 

Number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2013–0458. 

The DCO is open from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

DCO is (202) 564–8930. Such deliveries 

are only accepted during the DCO’s 

normal hours of operation, and special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPPT– 

2013–0458. EPA’s policy is that all 

comments received will be included in 

the docket without change and may be 

made available online at http://

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through regulations.gov or 

email. The regulations.gov Web site is 

an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means EPA will not know your identity 

or contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

If you send an email comment directly 

to EPA without going through 

regulations.gov, your email address will 

be automatically captured and included 

as part of the comment that is placed in 

the docket and made available on the 

Internet. If you submit an electronic 

comment, EPA recommends that you 

include your name and other contact 

information in the body of your 

comment and with any disk or CD–ROM 

you submit. If EPA cannot read your 

comment due to technical difficulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, 

EPA may not be able to consider your 

comment. Electronic files should avoid 

the use of special characters, any form 

of encryption, and be free of any defects 

or viruses. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the docket index available 

at http://www.regulations.gov. Although 

listed in the index, some information is 

not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Certain other 

material, such as copyrighted material, 

will be publicly available only in hard 

copy. Publicly available docket 

materials are available electronically at 

http://www.regulations.gov, or, if only 

available in hard copy, at the OPPT 

Docket. The OPPT Docket is located in 

the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC) at Rm. 

3334, WJC West Bldg., 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room 

hours of operation are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding 

legal holidays. The telephone number of 

the EPA/DC Public Reading Room is 

(202) 566–1744, and the telephone 

number for the OPPT Docket is (202) 

566–0280. Docket visitors are required 

to show photographic identification, 

pass through a metal detector, and sign 

the EPA visitor log. All visitor bags are 

processed through an X-ray machine 

and subject to search. Visitors will be 

provided an EPA/DC badge that must be 

visible at all times in the building and 

returned upon departure. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

technical information contact: Mike 

Mattheisen, Chemical Control Division 

(7405M), Office of Pollution Prevention 

and Toxics, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (202) 564–3077; fax number: 

(202) 564–4755; email address: 

mattheisen.mike@epa.gov. 

For general information contact: The 

TSCA-Hotline, ABVI-Goodwill, 422 

South Clinton Ave., Rochester, NY 

14620; telephone number: (202) 554– 

1404; email address: TSCA-Hotline@

epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. What information is EPA particularly 

interested in? 

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

(44 U.S.C. 3506(c)(2)(A)), EPA 

specifically solicits comments and 

information to enable it to: 

1. 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. 

2. Evaluate the accuracy of the 

Agency’s estimates of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used. 

3. Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected. 

4. 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. In 

particular, EPA is requesting comments 

from very small businesses (those that 

employ less than 25) on examples of 

specific additional efforts that EPA 

could make to reduce the paperwork 

burden for very small businesses 

affected by this collection. 

II. What information collection activity 

or ICR does this action apply to? 

Title: Chemical-Specific Rules, TSCA 

Section 8(a). 

ICR number: 1198.10. 

OMB control number: 2070–0067. 

ICR status: This ICR is currently 

scheduled to expire on June 30, 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. The OMB control numbers for 

EPA’s regulations in title 40 of the Code 

of Federal Regulations (CFR), after 

appearing in the Federal Register when 

approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, 

are displayed either by publication in 

the Federal Register or by other 

appropriate means, such as on the 

related collection instrument or form, if 

applicable. The display of OMB control 

numbers for certain EPA regulations is 

consolidated in 40 CFR part 9. 

Abstract: Section 8(a) of the Toxic 

Substances Control Act (TSCA) 

authorizes the Administrator of EPA to 

promulgate rules that require persons 

who manufacture, import or process 

chemical substances and mixtures, or 

who propose to manufacture, import, or 

process chemical substances and 

mixtures, to maintain such records and 

submit such reports to EPA as may be 

reasonably required. Any chemical 

covered by TSCA for which EPA or 

another Federal agency has a reasonable 

need for information and which cannot 

be satisfied via other sources is a proper 

potential subject for a chemical-specific 

TSCA section 8(a) rulemaking. 

Information that may be collected under 

TSCA section 8(a) includes, but is not 

limited to, chemical names; categories 

of use; production or processing 

volume, byproducts of chemical 

production, processing, use or disposal; 

existing data concerning environmental 

and health effects; exposure data; and 

disposal information. Generally, EPA 

uses chemical-specific information 

under TSCA section 8(a) to evaluate the 

potential for adverse human health and 

environmental effects caused by the 

manufacture (including import), 

processing, use or disposal of identified 

chemical substances and mixtures. 

Additionally, EPA may use TSCA 

section 8(a) information to assess the 

need or set priorities for testing and/or 

further regulatory action. To the extent 

that reported information is not 

considered confidential, environmental 

groups, environmental justice 

advocates, state and local government 

entities and other members of the public 

will also have access to this information 

for their use. 


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Responses to the collection of 

information are mandatory (see 40 CFR 

part 704). Respondents may claim all or 

part of a response confidential. EPA will 

disclose information that is covered by 

a claim of confidentiality only to the 

extent permitted by, and in accordance 

with, the procedures in TSCA section 14 

and 40 CFR part 2. 

Burden statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 68.8 hours per 

response. Burden is defined in 5 CFR 

1320.3(b). 

The ICR, which is available in the 

docket along with other related 

materials, provides a detailed 

explanation of the collection activities 

and the burden estimate that is only 

briefly summarized here: 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 

Entities potentially affected by this ICR 

are primarily those businesses that fall 

under NAICS codes 325, Chemical 

Manufacturers and Processors, and 

324110, Petroleum Refineries. 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 4. 

Frequency of response: On occasion. 

Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: 1. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

275 hours. 

Estimated total annual costs: $16,551. 

This includes an estimated burden cost 

of $16,551 and an estimated cost of $0 

for capital investment or maintenance 

and operational costs. 

III. Are there changes in the estimates 

from the last approval? 

There is no change in the number of 

hours in the total estimated respondent 

burden compared with that identified in 

the ICR currently approved by OMB. 

IV. What is the next step in the process 

for this ICR? 

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 pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.12. EPA will issue another Federal 

Register document pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to announce the 

submission of the ICR to OMB and the 

opportunity to submit additional 

comments to OMB. If you have any 

questions about this ICR or the approval 

process, please contact the technical 

contact person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Reporting 

and recordkeeping requirements. 

Dated: November 12, 2013. 

James Jones, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical 

Safety and Pollution Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2013–28135 Filed 11–21–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OECA–2013–0331; FRL—9903– 

03–OEI] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; NSPS 

for New Residential Wood Heaters 

(Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency has submitted an information 

collection request (ICR), ‘‘NSPS for New 

Residential Wood Heaters (40 CFR Part 

60, Subpart AAA) (Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR 

No. 1176.11, OMB Control No. 2060– 

0161 to the Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB) for review and approval 

in accordance with the Paperwork 

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

This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 

which is currently approved through 

January 31, 2014. Public comments were 

previously requested via the Federal 

Register (78 FR 33409) on June 4, 2013 

during a 60-day comment period. This 

notice allows for an additional 30 days 

for public comments. A fuller 

description of the ICR is given below, 

including its estimated burden and cost 

to the public. 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: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before December 23, 

2013. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–OECA–2013–0331, to: (1) EPA 

online, using www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), by email to: 

docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; and (2) OMB via 

email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Address comments to OMB Desk Officer 

for EPA. 

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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Learia Williams, Monitoring, 

Assistance, and Media Programs 

Division, Office of Compliance, Mail 

Code 2227A, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: (202) 564–4113; fax number: 

(202) 564–0050; email address: 

williams.learia@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 EPA’s 

public docket, visit www.epa.gov/ 

dockets. 

Abstract: Manufacturers and 

accredited laboratories are required to 

make several one-time and periodic 

reports necessary for the 

implementation and enforcement of the 

rule. Also, laboratories, manufacturers, 

distributors, and retailers are required to 

retain certain records. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: New 

residential wood heaters. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory (40 CFR part 60, subpart 

AAA) 

Estimated number of respondents: 

947 (total). 

Frequency of response: Occasionally. 

Total estimated burden: 11,749 hours 

(per year). ‘‘Burden’’ is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.3(b). 

Total estimated cost: $2,885,287 (per 

year), includes $1,736,075 in both 

annualized capital/startup and 

operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is an 

increase in the total estimated 

respondent and Agency burdens as 

currently identified in the OMB 

Inventory of Approved Burdens. The 

change in burdens from the most 

recently-approved ICR is due to an 

increase in the number of sources 

subject to the standard, and is not due 

to any program changes. The number of 

sources has been increased in this ICR 

to reflect more current information 

obtained during development of 

proposed revisions to the NSPS. 

There is also an increase in both 

respondent and Agency burden costs 


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