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information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses. 

Burden Statement: The public 

reporting and record-keeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 2.90 hours, or 

$203.50 per response annually. 

Estimated Number of Likely 

Respondents: 41,141. 

Frequency of Response: Varies. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

1,192,512 hours. 

Estimated Total Annualized Cost 

Burden: $83,678,101. 

Burden means the total time, effort, or 

financial resources expended by persons 

to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose 

or provide information to or for a 

Federal agency. This includes the time 

needed to review instructions; develop, 

acquire, install, and utilize technology 

and systems for the purposes of 

collecting, validating, and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; adjust the 

existing ways to comply with any 

previously applicable instructions and 

requirements; train personnel to be able 

to respond to a collection of 

information; search data sources; 

complete and review the collection of 

information; and transmit or otherwise 

disclose the information.

Dated: October 18, 2004. 

Cynthia C. Dougherty, 

Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking 

Water.

[FR Doc. 04–23838 Filed 10–22–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–7829–8] 

Guide To Analyzing Environmental 

Innovations

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice on guide to analyze 

environmental innovations. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency’s National Center for 

Environmental Innovation (NCEI) 

promotes the use of innovative 

approaches to environmental problemsolving efforts that deliver improved 

environmental results. As part of this 

process, the Evaluation Support 

Division (ESD) within NCEI promotes 

and conducts rigorous evaluations to 

determine whether innovations deliver 

environmental results that surpass the 

traditional way of doing business and to 

identify lessons that can be applied 

more broadly. To guide its efforts and 

ensure consistency, NCEI developed a 

set of evaluation modules that outline 

core questions to be answered as part of 

any evaluation, either within EPA or 

outside the Agency. Because the field of 

environmental evaluation is fairly 

young, and EPA did not have one 

comprehensive method for evaluating 

innovation projects, ESD produced a 

‘‘Companion User’s Guide’’ and 

corresponding questions in a modular 

format called, ‘‘Modular Approach to 

Analyzing Environmental Innovation,’’

to help innovation practitioners analyze 

environmental innovations. The 

analysis modules include a series of 

questions that encourage critical 

thinking and assessment of successes, 

obstacles and lessons learned . The 

modules can be applied in a variety of 

scenarios, including developing an 

innovative project, informing future 

evaluation efforts, assessing 

environmental outcomes, and 

evaluating the potential transferability 

of an innovation. The following six 

modules are currently being tested on 

innovative projects: Background 

Information on the Innovation gathers 

information on project goals, purpose, 

focus, stakeholders, tools used, and 

legal/regulatory/programmatic issues; 

Environmental Outcomes evaluates 

measurement approach and project 

results and both qualitative and 

quantitative data; Costs and CostEffectiveness examines costs to the 

regulators, costs to other stakeholders, 

unintended costs, benefits of the project, 

resulting economic activity, cost 

analysis for future projects, and relative 

cost advantage; Compliance Assistance 

looks at reporting requirements, 

accountability, enforceability, and 

effectiveness compared to the 

traditional regulatory approaches; 

Transferability looks at the issue of 

whether the innovation could easily be 

transferred to other contexts and 

projects; and Public Involvement 

analyzes the degree to which the public 

was involved in the innovation, and the 

associated successes and lessons 

learned. The module questions were 

developed to be flexible enough to fit a 

variety of innovative experiments that 

are conducted both inside and outside 

EPA. The modules and user’s guide are 

available for review at http://

www.epa.gov/evaluate. If you do not 

have Internet access, please contact 

Suganthi Simon at 202–566–2199 or by 

mail, to receive hardcopies of the 

documents.

DATES: We must receive your comments 

on or before November 30, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Address all comments about 

the innovation analysis modules to 

Suganthi Simon, U.S. EPA, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, MC 1807T, 

Washington, DC 20460. If you prefer to 

send your comments by email, use the 

following address: 

simon.suganthi@epa.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Suganthi Simon at (202) 566–2199.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Invitation To Comment 

We invite you to submit comments 

regarding the draft guide to analyzing 

environmental innovations and module 

questions. Comments on whether or not 

you think this tool could be widely 

applied and is flexible enough to meet 

performance measurement and 

analytical needs of a variety of 

environmental innovations are 

welcome. Please note that this notice 

does not solicit applications nor 

mandates the use of the guide or module 

questions in innovative projects and 

programs.

Dated: October 18, 2004. 

Elizabeth A. Shaw, 

Director, Office of Environmental Policy 

Innovation.

[FR Doc. 04–23839 Filed 10–22–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

Notice of Agreements Filed 

The Commission hereby gives notice 

of the filing of the following agreements 

under the Shipping Act of 1984. 

Interested parties may obtain copies of 

agreements by contacting the 

Commission’s Office of Agreements at 

202–523–5793 or via e-mail at 

tradeanalysis@fmc.gov. Interested 

parties may submit comments on an 

agreement to the Secretary, Federal 

Maritime Commission, Washington, DC 

20573, within 10 days of the date this 

notice appears in the Federal Register.

Agreement No.: 011539–011. 

Title: Montemar/Lykes/TMM Space 

Charter and Sailing Agreement. 

Parties: Lykes Lines Limited, LLC; 

Montemar Maritima S.A., d/b/a Pan 

American Independent Line; and TMM 

Lines Limited, LLC. 

Filing Party: Walter H. Lion, Esq.; 

McLaughlin & Stern LLP; 260 Madison 

Avenue; New York, NY 10016. 

Synopsis: The modification 

substitutes Montemar for Companhia 

Libra de Navegacao as a participating 

party under the agreement. The parties 

request expedited review.

Agreement No.: 011852–013. 

Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 205 / Monday, October 25, 2004 / Notices 62269

Title: Maritime Security Discussion 

Agreement. 

Parties: China Shipping Container 

Lines, Co., Ltd.; CMA CGM, S.A.; 

COSCO Container Lines Company, Ltd.; 

Evergreen Marine Corp.; Hanjin 

Shipping Company, Ltd.; Hapag Lloyd 

Container Linie GmbH; Hyundai 

Merchant Marine Co., Ltd.; Kawasaki 

Kisen Kaisha Ltd.; Nippon Yusen 

Kaisha; Orient Overseas Container Line 

Limited; P&O Nedlloyd Limited; Yang 

Ming Marine Transport Corp.; Zim 

Integrated Shipping Services, Ltd.; 

Alabama State Port Authority; APM 

Terminals North America, Inc.; Ceres 

Terminals, Inc.; Cooper/T. Smith 

Stevedoring Co., Inc.; Eagle Marine 

Services Ltd.; Global Terminal & 

Container Services, Inc.; Howland Hook 

Container Terminal, Inc.; Husky 

Terminal & Stevedoring, Inc.; 

International Shipping Agency; 

International Transportation Service, 

Inc.; Lambert’s Point Docks Inc.; Long 

Beach Container Terminal, Inc.; Maersk 

Pacific Ltd.; Maher Terminals, Inc.; 

Marine Terminals Corp.; Maryland Port 

Administration; Massachusetts Port 

Authority; Metropolitan Stevedore Co.; 

P&O Ports North American, Inc.; Port of 

Tacoma; South Carolina State Ports 

Authority; Stevedoring Services of 

America, Inc.; Trans Bay Container 

Terminal, Inc.; TraPac Terminals; 

Universal Maritime Service Corp.; 

Virginia International Terminals; and 

Yusen Terminals, Inc. 

Filing Parties: Carol N. Lambos; 

Lambos & Junge; 29 Broadway, 9th 

Floor; New York, NY 10006 and Charles 

T. Carroll, Jr.; Carroll & Froelich, PLLC; 

2011 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.; Suite 

301; Washington, DC 20006. 

Synopsis: The amendment removes 

Australia-New Zealand Direct Line; CP 

Ships (UK) Limited; Canada Maritime; 

Contship Container Lines; Italia di 

Navigazione, LLC; Lykes Lines Limited, 

LLC; and TMM Lines Limited, LLC as 

carrier participants in the agreement.

Dated: October 19, 2004.

By Order of the Federal Maritime 

Commission. 

Bryant L. VanBrakle, 

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 04–23810 Filed 10–22–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6730–01–P

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Agency information collection 

activities: Proposed collections; 

comment request

AGENCY: Board of Governors of the 

Federal Reserve System

SUMMARY: Background

On June 15, 1984, the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) 

delegated to the Board of Governors of 

the Federal Reserve System (Board) its 

approval authority under the Paperwork 

Reduction Act, as per 5 CFR 1320.16, to 

approve of and assign OMB control 

numbers to collection of information 

requests and requirements conducted or 

sponsored by the Board under 

conditions set forth in 5 CFR 1320 

Appendix A.1. Board–approved 

collections of information are 

incorporated into the official OMB 

inventory of currently approved 

collections of information. Copies of the 

OMB 83–Is and supporting statements 

and approved collection of information 

instruments are placed into OMB’s 

public docket files. The Federal Reserve 

may not conduct or sponsor, and the 

respondent is not required to respond 

to, an information collection that has 

been extended, revised, or implemented 

on or after October 1, 1995, unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number.

Request for comment on information 

collection proposals

The following information 

collections, which are being handled 

under this delegated authority, have 

received initial Board approval and are 

hereby published for comment. At the 

end of the comment period, the 

proposed information collections, along 

with an analysis of comments and 

recommendations received, will be 

submitted to the Board for final 

approval under OMB delegated 

authority. Comments are invited on the 

following:

a. whether the proposed collections of 

information are necessary for the proper 

performance of the Federal Reserve’s 

functions; including whether the 

information has practical utility;

b. the accuracy of the Federal 

Reserve’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed information collections, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used;

c. ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and

d. ways to minimize the burden of 

information collections on respondents, 

including through the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before December 27, 2004.

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by FR 2058, FR Y–7, FR Y–

9, FR Y–11, or FR 2314 by any of the 

following methods:

• Agency Web Site: http://

www.federalreserve.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments at 

http://www.federalreserve.gov/

generalinfo/foia/ProposedRegs.cfm.

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http://

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments.

• E–mail: 

regs.comments@federalreserve.gov.

Include docket number in the subject 

line of the message.

• FAX: 202/452–3819 or 202/452–

3102.

• Mail: Jennifer J. Johnson, Secretary, 

Board of Governors of the Federal 

Reserve System, 20th Street and 

Constitution Avenue, N.W., 

Washington, DC 20551.

All public comments are available 

from the Board’s web site at 

www.federalreserve.gov/generalinfo/

foia/ProposedRegs.cfm as submitted, 

except as necessary for technical 

reasons. Accordingly, your comments 

will not be edited to remove any 

identifying or contact information. 

Public comments may also be viewed 

electronically or in paper in Room MP–

500 of the Board’s Martin Building (20th 

and C Streets, N.W.) between 9:00 a.m. 

and 5:00 p.m. on weekdays.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: A 

copy of the proposed forms and 

instructions, the Paperwork Reduction 

Act Submission (OMB 83–I), supporting 

statements, and other documents that 

will be placed into OMB’s public docket 

files once approved may be requested 

from the agency clearance officer, whose 

name appears below.

Cynthia Ayouch, Federal Reserve 

Board Clearance Officer (202–452–

3829), Division of Research and 

Statistics, Board of Governors of the 

Federal Reserve System, Washington, 

DC 20551. Telecommunications Device 

for the Deaf (TDD) users may contact 

(202–263–4869), Board of Governors of 

the Federal Reserve System, 

Washington, DC 20551.

Proposal to approve under OMB 

delegated authority the extension for 

three years, without revision, the 

following report:

Report title: Notification of Foreign 

Branch Status

Agency form number: FR 2058

OMB control number: 7100–0069

Frequency: on occasion

Reporters: Member banks, bank 

holding companies, and Edge and 

agreement corporations

Annual reporting hours: 20 hours

Estimated average hours per response:

15 minutes

Number of respondents: 79