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of reference. The Desk Officer may be 

reached by telephone at 202–395–4650. 

A copy of the comments should also be 

sent to the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, Office of the Executive 

Director, ED–30, Attention: Michael 

Miller, 888 First Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20426. Comments may 

be filed either in paper format or 

electronically. Those persons filing 

electronically do not need to make a 

paper filing. For paper filings, such 

comments should be submitted to the 

Office of the Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426 and 

should refer to Docket No. IC04–556–

001. 

Documents filed electronically via the 

Internet must be prepared in, MS Word, 

Portable Document Format, Word 

Perfect or ASCII format. To file the 

document, access the Commission’s 

Web site at http://www.ferc.gov and 

click on ‘‘Make an e-filing,’’ and then 

follow the instructions for each screen. 

First time users will have to establish a 

user name and password. The 

Commission will send an automatic 

acknowledgment to the sender’s e-mail 

address upon receipt of comments. User 

assistance for electronic filings is 

available at 202–502–8258 or by e-mail 

to efiling@ferc.gov. Comments should 

not be submitted to the e-mail address. 

All comments are available for review 

at the Commission or may be viewed on 

the Commission’s Web site at http://

www.ferc.gov, using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. 

Enter the docket number excluding the 

last three digits in the docket number 

field to access the document. For 

assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or tollfree at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, 

contact (202) 502–8659.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Michael Miller may be reached by 

telephone at (202) 502–8415, by fax at 

(202) 273–0873, and by e-mail at 

michael.miller@ferc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Description 

The information collection submitted 

for OMB review contains the following: 

1. Collection of Information: FERC 

Form 556 ‘‘Application for 

Authorization of Issuance of Securities.’’

2. Sponsor: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission. 

3. Control No.: 1902–0075. 

The Commission is now requesting 

that OMB approve with a three-year 

extension of the expiration date, with no 

changes to the existing collection. The 

information filed with the Commission 

is mandatory. 

4. Necessity of the Collection of 

Information: Submission of the 

information is necessary to enable the 

Commission to carry out its 

responsibilities in implementing the 

statutory provisions of section 3 of the 

Federal Power Act (FPA) (16 U.S.C. 

792–828c) and sections 201 and 210 of 

the Public Utility Regulatory Policies 

Act of 1978 (PURPA). The reporting 

requirements associated with FERC 

Form 556 require owners or operators of 

small power production or cogeneration 

facilities, who seek qualifying status for 

their facilities, to file the information 

requested in Form 556 for Commission 

certification as a qualifying facility (QF). 

A primary objective of PURPA is the 

conservation of energy through efficient 

use of energy resources in the 

generation of electric power. One means 

of achieving this objective is to 

encourage electric power production by 

cogeneration facilities which make use 

of reject heat associated with 

commercial or industrial processes, and 

by small power production facilities 

which use waste and renewable 

resources as fuel. PURPA through the 

establishment of various regulatory 

benefits, encourages the development of 

small power production facilities and 

cogeneration facilities which meet 

certain technical and corporate criteria. 

Facilities that meet these criteria are 

called QF’s. 

Owners and operators of small power 

production and cogeneration facilities 

desiring QF certification for their 

facilities must file the information 

prescribed in FERC Form 556 with the 

Commission. (A copy of the form can be 

obtained from the Commission’s Web 

site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/

hard-fil-elec.asp#556.) In addition to 

identifying the required filing 

information, FERC Form 556 also 

outlines the QF certification procedure, 

and specifies the criteria that must be 

met for QF certification. Respondents 

who comply with the FERC Form 556 

criteria and are granted QF certification 

by the Commission are exempt from 

certain sections of the FPA and the 

Public Utility Holding Company Act of 

1935 as listed in 18 CFR 292.601 and 

292.602. The Commission implements 

these filing requirements in the Code of 

Federal Regulations (CFR) under 18 CFR 

part 292. 

5. Respondent Description: The 

respondent universe currently 

comprises 297 respondents (on average 

per year) subject to the Commission’s 

jurisdiction. 

6. Estimated Burden: 10,368 total 

hours, 297 respondents (average per 

year), 1 response(s) per respondent, and 

4 hours per response (using FERC Form 

556) and 38 hours per response (using 

self certification) (average). 

7. Estimated Cost Burden to 

Respondents: 10,368 hours / 2080 hours 

per years × $107,185 per year = 

$534,276.

Statutory Authority: Sections 3 of the 

Federal Power Act (FPA) (16 U.S.C. 792–

828c) and Sections 201 and 210 of the Public 

Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 (16 

U.S.C § 2601).

Magalie R. Salas, 

Secretary.

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[OAR–2004–0073; FRL–7833–9] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Submission for OMB 

Review; Comment Request; Control 

Technology Determinations for 

Constructed and Reconstructed Major 

Sources of Hazardous Air Pollutants 

(Renewal)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act, this 

document announces that an 

Information Collection Request (ICR) 

has been forwarded to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval. This is a request 

to renew an existing approved 

collection. This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on October 31, 2004. Under OMB 

regulations, the Agency may continue to 

conduct or sponsor the collection of 

information while this submission is 

pending at OMB. This ICR describes the 

nature of the information collection and 

its estimated burden and cost.

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before December 6, 

2004.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID number OAR–

2004–0073, to (1) EPA online using 

EDOCKET (our preferred method), by email to a-and-r-docket@epa.gov, or by 

mail to: Environmental Protection 

Agency, EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), 

Air and Radiation Docket and 

Information Center, EPA West, Mail 

Code 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460, 

and (2) OMB at: Office of Information 

and Regulatory Affairs, Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), 

Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 

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17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Maria Noell, Office of Air Quality 

Planning and Standards, Mail Code 

C339–03, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Research Triangle Park, NC 

27711; telephone number: (919) 541–

5607; fax number (919) 541–5509; Email address: noell.maria@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has 

submitted the following ICR to OMB for 

review and approval according to the 

procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12. 

On May 19, 2004 (69 FR 28885), EPA 

sought comments on this ICR pursuant 

to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no 

comments. 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID Number 

OAR–2004–0073, which is available for 

public viewing at the Air and Radiation 

Docket and Information Center, in the 

EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA 

West, Room B102, 1301 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. The 

EPA Docket Center Public Reading 

Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 

p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding 

legal holidays. The telephone number 

for the Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, 

and the telephone number for the Air 

and Radiation Docket and Information 

Center is: (202) 566–1742. An electronic 

version of the public docket is available 

through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at 

http://www.epa.gov/edocket. Use 

EDOCKET to submit or to view public 

comments, to access the index listing of 

the contents of the public docket, and to 

access those documents in the public 

docket that are available electronically. 

When in the system, select ‘‘search,’’

then key in the docket ID number 

identified above. 

Any comments related to this ICR 

should be submitted to EPA and OMB 

within 30 days of this notice. EPA’s 

policy is that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing in EDOCKET as EPA receives 

them and without change, unless the 

comment contains copyrighted material, 

confidential business information (CBI), 

or other information whose public 

disclosure is restricted by statute. When 

EPA identifies a comment containing 

copyrighted material, EPA will provide 

a reference to that material in the 

version of the comment that is placed in 

EDOCKET. The entire printed comment, 

including the copyrighted material, will 

be available in the public docket. 

Although identified as an item in the 

official docket, information claimed as 

CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise 

restricted by statute, is not included in 

the official public docket, and will not 

be available for public viewing in 

EDOCKET. For further information 

about the electronic docket, see EPA’s 

Federal Register notice describing the 

electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 

31, 2002), or go to http://www.epa.gov/

edocket.

Title: Control Technology 

Determinations for Constructed and 

Reconstructed Major Sources of 

Hazardous Air Pollutants (40 CFR part 

63, subpart B) (Renewal). 

Abstract: Section 112(g)(2)(B) of the 

Clean Air Act as amended in 1990 

requires that maximum achievable 

control technology (MACT), determined 

on a case-by-case basis, be met by 

constructed or reconstructed major 

sources of hazardous air pollutants. In 

order to receive a permit to construct or 

reconstruct a major source, the 

applicant must conduct the necessary 

research, perform the appropriate 

analyses and prepare the permit 

application with documentation to 

demonstrate that their project meets all 

applicable statutory and regulatory 

requirements. Permitting agencies, 

either State, local or Federal, review and 

approve or disapprove the permit 

application. Specific activities and 

requirements are listed and described in 

the Supporting Statement for the ICR.

The information collected in the 

section 112(g) applications provides (for 

the purposes of compliance 

determination) documentation of the 

selection of a particular control 

technology for case-by-case MACT. 

Applications are reviewed by a state or 

local agency for which authority has 

been delegated by EPA to make the 

requisite determinations. In addition, 

EPA will review some applications as 

an oversight function. 

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 are listed 

in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 CFR chapter 15, 

and are identified on the form and/or 

instrument, if applicable. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 245 hours per 

response. 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. 

Respondents/Affected Entities:

Entities potentially affected by this 

action are those who must submit an 

application for a permit to construct or 

reconstruct a major source of hazardous 

air pollution, permitting agencies who 

review the permit applications, and EPA 

staff who review some permitting 

authority decisions. 

Estimated Number of Respondents:

150. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

36,800. 

Estimated Total Annual Costs:

$2,419,100, which includes $0 

annualized capital/startup costs, $3,930 

annual O&M costs, and $2,415,170 

annual labor costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is a 

decrease of 55,410 hours in the total 

estimated burden currently identified in 

the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 

Burdens. This decrease is due to a 

reduction in annual burden due to an 

improved estimate of the number of 

facilities and a decrease in annual per 

person training burden.

Dated: October 27, 2004. 

Joseph A. Sierra, 

Acting Director, Collection Strategies 

Division.

[FR Doc. 04–24661 Filed 11–3–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Change in Bank Control Notices; 

Acquisition of Shares of Bank or Bank 

Holding Companies

The notificants listed below have 

applied under the Change in Bank 

Control Act (12 U.S.C. 1817(j)) and 

§ 225.41 of the Board’s Regulation Y (12 

CFR 225.41) to acquire a bank or bank 

holding company. The factors that are 

considered in acting on the notices are 

set forth in paragraph 7 of the Act (12 

U.S.C. 1817(j)(7)).

The notices are available for 

immediate inspection at the Federal 

Reserve Bank indicated. The notices 

also will be available for inspection at 

the office of the Board of Governors. 

Interested persons may express their 

views in writing to the Reserve Bank