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1Protection from public disclosure involving this 

kind of specific information is based upon 18 CFR 

§ 4.32(b)(3)(ii) of the Commission’s regulations 

implementing the Federal Power Act.

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2064–004–WI] 

Flambeau Hydro LLC; Notice of 

Availability of Final Environmental 

Assessment 

November 19, 2004. 

In accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and 

the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission’s regulations, 18 CFR part 

380 (Order No. 486, 52 FR 47879), 

Commission staff have reviewed the 

application for a new license for the 

Winter Hydroelectric Project, located on 

the East Fork of the Chippewa River, in 

Sawyer County, Wisconsin, and have 

prepared an Environmental Assessment 

(FEA). The FEA analyzes the potential 

environmental effects of relicensing the 

project and concludes that issuing a 

new license for the project, with 

appropriate environmental measures, 

would not constitute a major Federal 

action significantly affecting the quality 

of the human environment. 

A copy of the FEA is on file with the 

Commission and is available for public 

inspection. The FEA may also 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 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY, 

(202) 502–8659. 

Any comments should be filed within 

30 days from the issuance date of this 

notice, and should be addressed to the 

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 

Room 1–A, Washington, DC 20426. 

Please affix ‘‘Winter Project No. 2064’’

to all comments. Comments may be 

filed electronically via the Internet in 

lieu of paper. The Commission strongly 

encourages electronic filings. See 18 

CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the 

instructions on the Commission’s Web 

site under the ‘‘e-Filing’’ link. For 

further information, contact Michael 

Spencer at (202) 502–6093, or e-mail 

michael.spencer@ferc.gov.

Magalie R. Salas, 

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. P–2082–027] 

Klamath Hydroelectric Project; Notice 

Of Meetings 

November 24, 2004. 

The Commission is scheduled to meet 

with representatives of the Quartz 

Valley Indian Community and the 

Resighini Rancheria regarding the 

Klamath Hydroelectric Project 

relicensing. Meetings will be held with 

those tribes at the locations and times 

listed below: 

Quartz Valley Indian Community, 

13601 Quartz Valley Road, Fort Jones, 

California, December 15, 2004, 2 p.m. 

(P.s.t.); 

Resighini Rancheria, 158 Klamath 

Beach Road, Klamath, California, 

December 16, 2004, 10 a.m. (P.s.t.). 

Members of the public and 

intervenors in the referenced 

proceedings may attend these meetings; 

however, participation will be limited to 

tribal representatives and the 

Commission representatives. If the 

Tribes decide to disclose information 

about a specific location which could 

create a risk or harm to an archeological 

site or Native American cultural 

resource, the public will be excused for 

that portion of the meeting when such 

information is disclosed.1 If you plan to 

attend any of these meetings, please 

contact John Mudre at the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission at 202–

502–8902 or john.mudre@ferc.gov. The 

meetings will be transcribed by a court 

reporter, and public transcripts will be 

made available by the Commission 

following the meetings.

Magalie R. Salas, 

Secretary.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[OARM–2004–0001; FRI–7844–5] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; General Administrative 

Requirements for Assistance 

Programs: EPA Administrative 

Capability Questionnaire, EPA ICR 

Number 0938.10, OMB Control Number 

2030–0020

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 an Information Collection Request 

(ICR) has been forwarded to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval. This is a request 

for a new collection.

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before January 3, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID number OARM–

2004–0001, to (1) EPA online using 

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

to: EPA Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Office of 

Environmental Information—Mail 

Code–28221T, 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 

17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20503.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Marguerite Pridgen, Office of Grants and 

Debarment—Mail Code 3903–R, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: (202) 564–5308; fax number: 

(202) 565–2470; e-mail address: 

pridgen.marguerite@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 August 19, 2004 (69 FR 51462), 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 No. 

OARM–2004–0001, which is available 

for public viewing at the Office of 

Environmental Information Docket in 

the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA 

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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 Office 

of Environmental Information Docket is 

(202) 566–1752. An electronic version of 

the public docket is available through 

EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://

www.epa.gov/edocket. Use EDOCKET to 

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 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, 

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: General Administrative 

Requirements For Assistance Programs: 

EPA Administrative Capability 

Questionnaire. 

Abstract: The Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) is establishing 

procedures for assessing administrative 

capability of non-profit organizations 

applying for EPA grants. Under the new 

procedures, EPA will require certain 

non-profit applicants to complete a 

checklist entitled ‘‘EPA Administrative 

Capability Questionnaire’’ and return it 

to EPA with supporting documentation. 

The responses to the form will be a basis 

for assessing administrative capability 

and deciding whether to award grants to 

the non-profit applicant. Applicants that 

provide information that demonstrates 

they are administratively capable will 

be ‘‘certified’’ for the next four years, 

and therefore, would not have to 

resubmit the questionnaire and 

supporting documents in the next four 

years unless administrative management 

issues arise before the certification 

period has ended. Note: One potentially 

significant revision since the 

publication of the first Federal Register

notice has been the inclusion of an 

additional (optional) data element. This 

data element ‘‘CPA CERTIFICATION 

(OPTIONAL),’’ at the end of the 

questionnaire, allows the applicant to 

further demonstrate that the recipient 

has established fiscal controls and 

accounting procedures which assure 

that project funds are distributed and 

accounted for properly.

In applying for a non-construction, 

discretionary grant from EPA, each 

applicant is currently required to 

complete and submit Standard Form 

(SF) series forms SF424, SF424A, and 

SF424B. By signing the SF424B, 

‘‘Assurances—Non-Construction 

Programs’’, the applicant is assuring 

compliance with various statutory and 

regulatory requirements (40 CFR part 

30—Grants and Agreements with 

Institutions of Higher Education, 

Hospitals, and other Non-Profit 

Organizations) and is assuring that it 

‘‘[h]as the legal authority to apply for 

Federal assistance and the institutional, 

managerial and financial capability 

(including funds sufficient to pay the 

non Federal share of project cost) to 

ensure proper planning, management 

and completion of the project described 

in this application’’. Despite this 

assurance, EPA’s Office of the Inspector 

General and Office of Grants and 

Debarment within EPA’s Office of 

Administration and Resources 

Management have documented 

numerous instances of non-profit 

recipients that have inadequate 

administrative systems to manage EPA 

funds or lack the capability to 

successfully perform the project scope 

of work. 

Recognizing that it is preferable to 

address such issues before, rather than 

after a grant is awarded, EPA is 

prescribing uniform pre-award 

procedures for evaluating the 

administrative and programmatic 

capability of non-profit applicants. As 

part of these procedures, EPA will 

require that non-profit applicants 

seeking funding for a new award in 

excess of $200,000 complete a checklist 

entitled ‘‘EPA Administrative Capability 

Questionnaire’’ and return it to the 

designated EPA office with supporting 

documentation. In limited cases EPA 

may also require non-profit applicants 

seeking new awards below this 

threshold to complete the same 

questionnaire, where the Agency learns 

that significant weakness/deficiencies 

may be present that could compromise 

a non-profit’s administrative capability. 

Note that much of the information to be 

collected in the proposed questionnaire 

is currently being collected from grant 

recipients during EPA’s post-award 

monitoring activities (ref.: OMB 2030—

0020, Expiration date 12/31/05). The 

information to be collected also directly 

relates to the administrative 

management systems which recipients 

are required to establish under 40 CFR 

part 30. 

For purposes of this Notice, EPA uses 

the term ‘‘administrative capability’’

interchangeably with the term 

‘‘managerial and financial capability’’. 

The term ‘‘administrative capability’’

means the capability of an applicant or 

recipient to develop and implement 

administrative systems required by 40 

CFR part 30, including systems related 

to financial management, property 

management, procurement standards 

and financial reporting and 

recordkeeping. For purposes of this 

Notice, EPA uses the term 

‘‘programmatic capability’’

interchangeably with the term 

‘‘institutional capability’’. The term 

‘‘programmatic capability’’ means the 

technical capability of an applicant or 

recipient to successfully carry out a 

project, taking into account factors such 

as past performance on similar projects, 

prior experience, timely progress 

reporting, the qualifications of key 

personnel and allocation of roles and 

responsibilities for proper project 

management, and the adequacy of 

equipment, resources and facilities. 

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 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 4.0 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 

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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: EPA 

non-profit applicants recommended for 

new assistance awards of greater than 

$200,000. 

Estimated Number of Respondents:

100. 

Frequency of Response: Once every 

four years. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

400. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost:

$16,875, includes $0 annualized capital 

or O&M costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is a 

increase of 400 hours in the total 

estimated burden currently identified in 

the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 

Burdens. This increase is due to the 

addition of a new Data Collection 

Instrument (protocol) to the others 

already utilized in EPA’s ‘‘General 

Administrative Requirements For 

Assistance Programs’’—OMB Control 

Number 2030–0020 (Expiration Date: 

12/31/2005). This new protocol is 

necessary to maintain and enhance 

EPA’s Federal stewardship 

responsibilities.

Dated: November 14, 2004. 

Oscar Morales, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division.

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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Notice of Public Information 

Collection(s) Being Submitted to OMB 

for Review and Approval 

November 19, 2004.

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications 

Commissions, as part of its continuing 

effort to reduce paperwork burden 

invites the general public and other 

Federal agencies to take this 

opportunity to comment on the 

following information collection, as 

required by the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995, Pub. L. 104–13. An agency 

may not conduct or sponsor a collection 

of information unless it displays a 

currently valid control number. No 

person shall be subject to any penalty 

for failing to comply with a collection 

of information subject to the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (PRA) that does not 

display a valid control number. 

Comments are requested concerning (a) 

Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Commission, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s 

burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance 

the quality, utility, and clarity of the 

information collected; and (d) ways to 

minimize the burden of the collection of 

information on the respondents, 

including the use of automated 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology.

DATES: Written comments should be 

submitted on or before January 3, 2005. 

If you anticipate that you will be 

submitting comments, but find it 

difficult to do so within the period of 

time allowed by this notice, you should 

advise the contact listed below as soon 

as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to Les 

Smith, Federal Communications 

Commission, Room 1–A804, 445 12th 

Street, SW., Washington, DC 20554 or 

via the Internet to Leslie.Smith@fcc.gov

or Kristy L. LaLonde, Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB), Room 

10236 NEOB, Washington, DC 20503, 

(202) 395–3087 or via the Internet at 

Kristy_L._LaLonde@omb.eop.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

additional information or copy of the 

information collection(s) contact Les 

Smith at (202) 418–0217 or via the 

Internet at Leslie.Smith@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Control Number: 3060–XXXX. 

Title: Radio Frequency Identification 

Equipment, 47 CFR 15.240. 

Type of Review: New collection. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Respondents: Not-for-profit 

institutions; business or other for-profit; 

and State, local, or tribal governments. 

Number of Respondents: 10. 

Estimated Time per Response: 2 hour. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement; Third party 

disclosure. 

Total Annual Burden: 200 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: None. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: No 

impact(s). 

Needs and Uses: On April 15, 2004, 

the FCC adopted a Third Report and 

Order, In the Matter of Review of part 

15 and other Parts of the Commission’s 

Rules, ET Docket No. 01–278, RM–9375, 

RM–10051, FCC 04–98. The Third 

Report and Order requires each grantee 

of certification for Radio Frequency 

Identification (RFID) Equipment to 

register the location of the equipment/

devices its markets with the 

Commission. The information the 

grantee must supply to the Commission 

when registering the devices shall 

include the name, address and other 

pertinent contact information of users, 

the geographic coordinates of the 

operating location, and the FCC 

identification number(s) of the 

equipment. The improved RFID 

equipment could benefit commercial 

shippers and have significant homeland 

security benefits by enabling the entire 

contents of shipping containers to be 

easily and immediately identified, and 

by allowing a determination of whether 

tampering with their contents has 

occurred during shipping. 

OMB Control Number: 3060–0004. 

Title: Guidelines for Evaluating the 

Environmental Effects of 

Radiofrequency Radiation, Second 

Memorandum Opinion and Order, ET 

Docket No. 93–62. 

Form Number: N/A. 

Type of Review: Extension of a 

currently approved collection. 

Respondents: Not-for-profit 

institutions; business or other for-profit; 

and State, local or tribal government. 

Number of Respondents: 122,985. 

Estimated Time per Response: 2.02 

hours (avg.). 

Frequency of Response: On occasion 

reporting requirement; third party 

disclosure. 

Total Annual Burden: 256,080 hours. 

Total Annual Cost: $1,193,000. 

Privacy Act Impact Assessment: N.A. 

Needs and Uses: The National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA) required Federal agencies to 

evaluate the effects of their actions on 

‘‘human environmental quality.’’ To 

comply with NEPA, the Commission 

adopted rules, 47 CFR 1.1307, which 

revised the Radio Frequency (RF) 

exposure guidelines for FCC-regulated 

facilities. The new guidelines reflect 

more recent scientific studies of RF 

electromagnetic fields and their 

biological effects and are designed to 

ensure that the public and workers 

receive adequate protection from 

exposure to potentially harmful RF 

electromagnetic fields. The FCC staff 

uses the information required under 

section 1.1307 to determine whether the 

environmental evaluation is sufficiently 

complete and in compliance with the 

FCC Rules to be acceptable for filing.

Federal Communications Commission. 

Marlene H. Dortch, 

Secretary.

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