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Web site that enables subscribers to 

receive e-mail notification when a 

document is added to a subscribed 

docket(s). For assistance with any FERC 

Online service, please e-mail 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call 

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call 

(202) 502–8659. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. eastern time on 

November 29, 2004.

Linda Mitry, 

Deputy Secretary.

[FR Doc. E4–3303 Filed 11–22–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket Nos. ER00–744–002, ER00–1712–

004, ER00–1703–001] 

PPL Brunner Island, LLC, PPL 

Holtwood, LLC, PPL Martins Creek, 

LLC, PPL Montour, LLC, PPL 

Susquehanna, LLC, PPL Electric 

Utilities Corporation, PPL EnergyPlus, 

LLC; Notice of Filing 

November 17, 2004. 

Take notice that on November 9, 

2004, PPL Brunner Island, LLC, PPL 

Holtwood, LLC, PPL Martins Creek, 

LLC, PPL Montour, LLC and PPL 

Susquehanna, LLC (collectively, the PPL 

Generating Companies), PPL Electric 

Utilities Corporation (PPL Electric) and 

PPL EnergyPlus, LLC (PPL EnergyPlus), 

tendered for filing amendments to their 

pending triennial market power updates 

pursuant to Acadia Power Partners, LLC,

107 FERC ¶ 61,168 (2004). The PPL 

Generating Companies, PPL Electric and 

PPL EnergyPlus also submitted 

amendments to each of their marketbased rate tariffs to incorporate the 

Market Behavior Rules adopted by the 

Commission in Investigation of Terms 

and Conditions of Public Utility MarketBased Rate Authorizations, 105 FERC 

¶ 61,218 (2003). 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest this filing must file in 

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). 

Protests will be considered by the 

Commission in determining the 

appropriate action to be taken, but will 

not serve to make protestants parties to 

the proceeding. Any person wishing to 

become a party must file a notice of 

intervention or motion to intervene, as 

appropriate. Such notices, motions, or 

protests must be filed on or before the 

comment date. Anyone filing a motion 

to intervene or protest must serve a copy 

of that document on the Applicant and 

all the parties in this proceeding. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper using the 

‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov.

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 14 copies 

of the protest or intervention to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

This filing is accessible on-line at 

http://www.ferc.gov, using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for 

review in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room in Washington, DC. 

There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the 

Web site that enables subscribers to 

receive e-mail notification when a 

document is added to a subscribed 

docket(s). For assistance with any FERC 

Online service, please e-mail 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call 

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call 

(202) 502–8659. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. eastern time on 

November 30, 2004.

Linda Mitry, 

Deputy Secretary.

[FR Doc. E4–3304 Filed 11–22–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[OW–2004–0020, FRL–7840–4] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Willingness To Pay 

Survey: Phase III Cooling Water Intake 

Structures, EPA ICR Number 2155.01

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.), this document announces 

that EPA is planning to submit a 

proposed Information Collection 

Request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). This is 

a request for a new collection. Before 

submitting the ICR to OMB for review 

and approval, EPA is soliciting 

comments on specific aspects of the 

proposed information collection as 

described below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before January 24, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID number OW–

2004–0020, to EPA online using 

EDOCKET (our preferred method), by email to ow-docket@epa.gov, or by mail 

to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, EPA Docket Center, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Water Docket, EPA West, 4101T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erik 

Helm, Office of Science and 

Technology, 4303T, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: 202–566–1066; fax 

number: 202–566–1054; e-mail address: 

helm.erik@epa.gov

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has 

established a public docket for this ICR 

under Docket ID number OW–2004–

0020, which is available for public 

viewing at the Water Docket in the EPA 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, 

Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., 

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 Water 

Docket is (202) 566–2426. An electronic 

version of the public docket is available 

through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at 

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

EDOCKET to obtain a copy of the draft 

collection of information, submit or 

view public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the public 

docket, and to access those documents 

in the public docket that are available 

electronically. Once 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 within 60 

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, 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 

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1For detail see ‘‘Phase II—Large Existing Electric 

Generating Plants Response to Public Comment,’’

U.S. EPA, 2004. Available at: http://www.epa.gov/

waterscience/316b/commentph2.htm.

Federal Register notice describing the 

electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 

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

edocket.

Affected entities: Entities potentially 

affected by this action are individuals/

households. 

Title: Willingness to Pay Survey: 

Phase III Cooling Water Intake 

Structures. 

Abstract: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) is in the 

process of developing new regulations 

to provide national performance 

standards for controlling impacts from 

cooling water intake structures (CWIS) 

for Phase III facilities under section 

316(b) of the Clean Water Act (CWA). 

The facilities considered Phase III 

facilities under Clean Water Act section 

316(b) regulations include existing 

electrical generators with cooling water 

intake structures that are designed to 

withdraw 50 million gallons of water 

per day or less, as well as existing 

manufacturing and industrial facilities 

with cooling water intake structures, 

that withdraw water from rivers, 

streams, lakes, reservoirs, estuaries, 

oceans, or other waters of the United 

States for cooling purposes. The 

regulation also establishes section 

316(b) requirements for new offshore oil 

and gas extraction facilities. 

EPA has previously published final 

section 316(b) regulations that address 

new facilities (Phase I) on December 18, 

2001 (66 FR 65256) and existing large 

power producers (Phase II) on July 9, 

2004 (69 FR 41576). See 40 CFR part 

125, subparts I and J, respectively. 

As required under executive Order 

12866, EPA performs economic impact 

and cost/benefit analyses of the section 

316(b) regulation for Phase III facilities. 

Comprehensive, appropriate estimates 

of total resource value include both use 

and non-use values, such that the 

resulting total social benefit estimates 

may be compared to total social cost. 

Developing comprehensive quantified 

benefit estimates for the section 316(b) 

regulation requires consideration of 

non-use values because nearly all (96 

percent) of impingement and 

entrainment losses at CWIS consist of 

either forage species, or non-landed 

recreational and commercial species 

that do not have direct uses or, as a 

result, direct use values. Although 

individuals do not use these resources 

directly they may nevertheless be 

affected by changes in resource status or 

quality, such that they would be willing 

to pay to maintain these resources. It is 

generally accepted that non-use values 

may be substantial in some cases, and 

that failure to recognize such values 

may lead to improper inferences 

regarding policy benefits and costs. 

Many public comments on the proposed 

section 316(b) regulation for Phase II 

facilities and the Phase II Notice of Data 

Availability suggested that a properly 

designed and conducted stated 

preference, or contingent valuation 

(CV), survey would be the most 

appropriate and acceptable method to 

estimate the non-use benefits of the 

rule.1 Stated preference survey 

methodology is the generally accepted 

means to estimate non-use values. 

Stated preference surveys use carefully 

designed questions to elicit 

respondents’ willingness to pay (WTP) 

for particular ecological improvements, 

based on their responses to either 

discrete choice or open-ended questions 

regarding hypothetical resource 

improvements or programs. Such 

improvements may include increased 

protection of aquatic habitats or species 

with particular attributes.

To assess public policy significance or 

importance of the ecological gains from 

the section 316(b) regulation for Phase 

III facilities, EPA proposes to develop a 

stated preference study to measure nonuse benefits of reduced fish losses at 

CWIS due to the section 316(b) 

regulation. The study would focus on a 

broad range of aquatic species, 

including forage fish and a variety of 

fish species harvested by commercial 

and recreational fisherman. The 

estimated values of reducing 

impingement and entrainment losses of 

a variety of fish species are also of 

academic interest since past studies 

focused only on a few selected fish 

species such as salmon and striped bass. 

The findings from this study would be 

used in developing estimates of the 

economic benefits of the section 316(b) 

regulation for Phase III facilities. These 

findings would also be pertinent to 

economists and policy makers studying 

changes in fish populations and aquatic 

habitat improvements. 

The purpose of this information 

collection is to assist in the 

development of a stated preference 

survey that would allow estimation of 

non-use benefits from reduced 

impingement and entrainment 

attributable to the section 316(b) 

regulation for Phase III facilities. To 

assist in the development of a stated 

preference survey, EPA will conduct a 

series of focus groups. Such use of focus 

groups to assist in the design of stated 

preference surveys is well-established, 

as is the capacity of focus groups to 

provide insight into motivations 

underlying respondents’ stated WTP 

values (Mitchell and Carson 1989; 

Desvousges et al. 1984; Desvousges and 

Smith 1988; Johnston et al. 1995). Focus 

groups are often described as ‘‘informal 

sessions in which a skilled moderator 

leads a group of individuals through a 

discussion of specific topics to discover 

their attitudes and opinions’’

(Desvousges et al. 1984, p. 2–1, cited in 

Johnston et al. 1995 p. 56). Following 

standard practice, EPA will use focus 

groups to better understand the public’s 

perceptions and attitude concerning 

fishery resources, to frame and define 

[CV] survey questions and to pretest 

draft survey questions. Focus groups 

will also be used, following advice of 

Mitchell and Carson (1989), Desvousges 

et al. (1984), Johnston et al. (1995), to 

test for and eliminate or reduce 

potential biases which may be 

associated with stated preference 

methodology, and to ensure that both 

researchers and respondents share 

interpretations of survey language and 

scenarios. 

EPA proposes to conduct 12 focus 

groups at different locations across the 

United States. The number of planned 

focus groups is based on an average 

number of focus groups used in prior 

stated preference studies to design a 

draft survey. Following generally 

accepted practice (e.g., Desvousges et al.

1984), EPA would recruit seven to nine 

individuals for each focus group. These 

individuals will be randomly selected 

by commercial marketing research firms 

from panels of focus group participants 

maintained by each firm. Participants 

will be asked to attend a focus group 

session and participate in a discussion 

of specific topics led by a moderator. 

Participation in the focus group sessions 

is voluntary. Participants will have to 

expend time, effort, and travel to 

participate in the focus group sessions. 

Following standard practice in 

marketing research, participants will be 

compensated for their time and effort. 

The offered compensation would also 

help to avoid the self selection bias that 

otherwise may result. To maximize the 

research value of the focus group 

sessions for stated preference survey 

design, EPA will proceed iteratively. 

The version of the focus group script 

available now in the ICR package will 

undergo several modifications based on 

findings from initial focus groups. The 

goal of subsequent modifications is to 

develop and refine survey questions to 

ensure greater clarity of survey 

questions and, as a result, validity of the 

survey responses. Modifications will 

also be tested in terms of their ability to 

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eliminate or reduce biases that may 

occur in surveys that have undergone 

insufficient testing and development 

(Mitchell and Carson 1989). Based on 

the planned iterative modification of 

survey questions, the structure of 

subsequent draft survey instruments 

will depend on how people respond to 

surveys and questions in previous focus 

groups.

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 40 

CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9. 

The EPA would like to solicit 

comments 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. 

Burden Statement: EPA estimates that 

the public reporting and recordkeeping 

burden associated with the focus groups 

will average 160 minutes per 

respondent. The estimated total number 

of respondents is 96, producing an 

approximated 256 hours of total burden 

at a projected cost of $4,883. EPA 

estimates that there will be no capital 

and operating and maintenance cost 

burden. 

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: November 2, 2004. 

Geoffrey H. Grubbs, 

Director, Office of Science and Technology.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[OW–2004–0031, FRL–7840–6] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Information 

Collection Request for National 

Pollutant Discharge Elimination 

System (NPDES) and Sewage Sludge 

Monitoring Reports; OMB Control 

Number 2040–0004, EPA ICR Number 

0229.16

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.), this document announces 

that EPA is planning to submit a 

continuing Information Collection 

Request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). This is 

a request to renew an existing approved 

collection. This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on February 28, 2005. Before 

submitting the ICR to OMB for review 

and approval, EPA is soliciting 

comments on specific aspects of the 

proposed information collection as 

described below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before January 24, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID number OW–

2004–0031, to EPA online using 

EDOCKET (our preferred method), by email to ow-docket@epa.gov, or by mail 

to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Water Docket, Mail 

Code 4101T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., 

NW., Washington, DC 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Direct questions on this ICR to: Jack 

Faulk, Industrial Branch, Water Permits 

Division, Office of Wastewater 

Management; tel.: (202) 564–0768, fax: 

(202) 564–6431; or e-mail: 

faulk.jack@epa.gov. Or see Section I.C of 

the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has 

established a public docket for this ICR 

under Docket ID number OW–2004–

0031, which is available for public 

viewing at the Water Docket in the EPA 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, 

Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., 

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 Water 

Docket is (202) 566–2426. An electronic 

version of the public docket is available 

through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at 

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

EDOCKET to obtain a copy of the draft 

collection of information, submit or 

view public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the public 

docket, and to access those documents 

in the public docket that are available 

electronically. Once 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 within 60 

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, 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.

Affected Entities: Entities potentially 

affected by this action are those covered 

by an NPDES permit and have 

monitoring and reporting requirements 

as a condition of the permit. States 

responsible for reviewing and following 

up to these reports are also affected. 

Title: Information Collection Request 

for National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System (NPDES) and 

Sewage Sludge Monitoring Reports; 

OMB Control Number 2040–0004; EPA 

ICR Number 0229.16. 

Abstract: This ICR estimates the 

current monitoring, recordkeeping and 

costs associated with submitting and 

reviewing Discharge Monitoring Reports