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solicitations and contracts for supplies 

or services other than commercial items 

that contain the clause at DFARS 

252.246–7003. DFARS 252.244–7000 

requires that contractors include DFARS 

252.246–7003 when applicable in 

subcontracts for commercial items or 

commercial components awarded at any 

tier under the contract. 

Ynette R. Shelkin, 

Editor, Defense Acquisition Regulations 

System. 

[FR Doc. 2010–4990 Filed 3–8–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–08–P 

ELECTION ASSISTANCE COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Notice 

AGENCY: U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice of Public Meeting 

Agenda. 

DATE AND TIME: Thursday, March 11, 

2010, 10 a.m.–12 p.m. EST. 

PLACE: U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission, 1225 New York Ave, NW., 

Suite 150, Washington, DC 20005 

(Metro Stop: Metro Center). 

Agenda 

The Commission will hold a public 

meeting to discuss identifying and 

mitigating risk in elections operations. 

Commissioners will receive an update 

on re-accrediting Wyle Laboratories, Inc. 

Commissioners will consider other 

administrative matters. 

Members of the public may observe 

but not participate in EAC meetings 

unless this notice provides otherwise. 

Members of the public may use small 

electronic audio recording devices to 

record the proceedings. The use of other 

recording equipment and cameras 

requires advance notice to and 

coordination with the Commission’s 

Communications Office.* 

* View EAC Regulations 

Implementing Government in the 

Sunshine Act. 

This meeting and hearing will be 

open to the public. 

PERSON TO CONTACT FOR INFORMATION: 

Bryan Whitener, Telephone: (202) 566– 

3100. 

Thomas R. Wilkey, 

Executive Director, U.S. Election Assistance 

Commission. 

[FR Doc. 2010–5052 Filed 3–5–10; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 6820–KF–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Blue Ribbon Commission on 

America’s Nuclear Future 

AGENCY: Department of Energy, Office of 

Nuclear Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces an 

open meeting of the Blue Ribbon 

Commission on America’s Nuclear 

Future (the Commission). The 

Commission was organized pursuant to 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. 94–463, 86 Stat. 770) (the Act). 

The Act requires that agencies publish 

these notices in the Federal Register. 

The Charter of the Commission can be 

found at http://www.energy.gov/news/ 

documents/BRC_Charter.pdf. 

DATES: Thursday, March 25, 2010, 

1 p.m.–5 p.m.; Friday, March 26, 2010, 

8:30 a.m.–12 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Willard Intercontinental, 

1401 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

Washington, DC 20004, (202) 628–9100. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Timothy A. Frazier, Designated Federal 

Officer, U.S. Department of Energy, 

1000 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585; telephone (202) 

586–4243 or facsimile (202) 586–0544; 

e-mail CommissionDFO 

@nuclear.energy.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The President directed 

that the Blue Ribbon Commission on 

America’s Nuclear Future (the 

Commission) be established to conduct 

a comprehensive review of policies for 

managing the back end of the nuclear 

fuel cycle. The Commission will 

provide advice and make 

recommendations on issues including 

alternatives for the storage, processing, 

and disposal of civilian and defense 

spent nuclear fuel and nuclear waste. 

The Commission is composed of 

individuals of diverse backgrounds 

selected for their technical expertise and 

experience, established records of 

distinguished professional and pubic 

service, and their knowledge of issues 

pertaining to nuclear energy. 

Purpose of the Meeting: Inform the 

Commission members about the history 

and current status of spent nuclear fuel 

and high-level waste disposal in the 

United States and projections of 

disposal needs in the future. 

Tentative Agenda: The initial meeting 

is expected to include presentations on 

the history of efforts to dispose of 

civilian light-water reactor spent 

nuclear fuel (SNF) and defense highlevel waste (HLW) in the United States. 

Presentations are also expected that will 

provide the status of the SNF and HLW 

(quantities and locations), projected 

generation rates for SNF associated with 

new nuclear plants, and projected 

quantities of defense HLW. 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. Individuals and 

representatives of organizations who 

would like to offer comments and 

suggestions may do so at the end of the 

meeting on Friday, March 26, 2010. 

Approximately 15 minutes will be 

reserved for public comments. Time 

allotted per speaker will depend on the 

number who wish to speak but will not 

exceed 5 minutes. The Designated 

Federal Officer is empowered to 

conduct the meeting in a fashion that 

will facilitate the orderly conduct of 

business. Those not able to attend the 

meeting or have insufficient time to 

address the committee are invited to 

send a written statement to Timothy A. 

Frazier, U.S. Department of Energy 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585, or e-mail 

CommissionDFO@nuclear.energy.gov. 

Minutes: The minutes of the meeting 

will be available by contacting Mr. 

Frazier. He may be reached at the postal 

address or email address above. 

Issued in Washington, DC on March 3, 

2010. 

Rachel Samuel, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–4987 Filed 3–8–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2009–0819; FRL–9124–7] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Questionnaire for Steam 

Electric Power Generating Effluent 

Guidelines (New); EPA ICR No. 

2368.01, OMB Control No. 2040–NEW 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (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. The ICR, which is abstracted 

below, describes the nature of the 

information collection and its estimated 

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DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before April 8, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OW–2009–0819, to (1) EPA online using 

http://www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), by e-mail to owdocket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Water Docket, 

Mailcode 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460, and 

(2) OMB by mail to: 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: Ms. 

Jezebele Alicea-Virella, Engineering and 

Analysis Division (4303T), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW, Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number: 202–566– 

1755; e-mail address: 

Alicea.Jezebele@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 October 29, 2009 (74 FR 55837– 

55839), EPA sought comments on this 

ICR pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA 

received comments from electric power 

companies, industry trade associations, 

and an environmental group. The topics 

raised in these comments address both 

general matters related to the ICR, such 

as format and timing, and suggested 

revisions to specific questions that 

request technical information in various 

sections of the questionnaire. The 

comments are summarized in the 

supporting statement for this ICR. Any 

additional comments on this proposed 

ICR should be submitted to EPA and 

OMB within 30 days of this notice. 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–OW–2009–0819, which is available 

for online viewing at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the Water Docket in the EPA 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., 

NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC 

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. 

Use EPA’s electronic docket and 

comment system at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, to submit or view 

public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the docket, and 

to access those documents in the docket 

that are available electronically. Once in 

the system, select ‘‘docket search,’’ then 

key in the docket ID number identified 

above. Please note that EPA’s policy is 

that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing at http://www.regulations.gov 

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. For further 

information about the electronic docket, 

go to http://www.regulations.gov. 

Title: Questionnaire for Steam Electric 

Power Generating Effluent Guidelines 

(New). 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2368.01, 

OMB Control No. 2040–NEW. 

ICR Status: This ICR is for a new 

information collection activity. 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 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 in certain EPA 

regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR 

part 9. 

Abstract: The Clean Water Act (CWA) 

directs EPA to develop regulations, 

called effluent guidelines, to limit the 

amount of pollutants that are discharged 

to surface waters or to sewage treatment 

plants. The effluent guidelines for the 

steam electric power generating point 

source category apply to steam electric 

generating units at establishments that 

are primarily engaged in the generation 

of electricity for distribution and sale, 

resulting primarily from a process using 

nuclear or fossil-type fuels, such as coal, 

oil and natural gas. 

EPA first identified the industry 

during its 2005 annual review of 

discharges from categories with existing 

effluent guidelines regulations, when 

publicly available data indicated that 

this industry ranked high in discharges 

of toxic and nonconventional 

pollutants. Because of these findings, 

EPA initiated a more detailed study of 

the industry and collected data through 

site visits, wastewater sampling, a 

limited data request, and secondary 

sources of data. EPA determined that 

steam electric power plants are 

responsible for a significant amount of 

the toxic pollutant loadings discharged 

to surface waters by point sources. 

Further information regarding these 

conclusions can be found in EPA’s 

study, Steam Electric Power Generating 

Point Source Category: Final Detailed 

Study Report (EPA 821–R–09–008). This 

ICR will support the review and 

revision of the Steam Electric ELGs. 

EPA is requesting the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) to 

review and approve the ICR for Steam 

Electric Power Generating Effluent 

Guidelines. The ICR will aid in the 

collection of information from a wide 

range of steam electric power generating 

industry operations to characterize 

waste streams, understand the processes 

that generate the wastes, gather 

environmental data, and assess the 

availability and affordability of 

treatment technologies. These data will 

be used to perform detailed technical 

and economic analyses that will support 

EPA’s rulemaking. 

EPA has identified approximately 

1,200 fossil- and nuclear-fueled steam 

electric power plants that are potentially 

within scope of the data collection 

objectives of the questionnaire. To 

reduce burden on the industry, EPA 

intends to distribute the questionnaire 

to a statistically-sampled subset of these 

facilities. After addressing comments 

provided during the first FRN 

publication comment period, which 

ended on December 28, 2009, EPA 

estimates that approximately 734 fossilor nuclear-fueled steam electric plants 

will be required to complete Parts A and 

I of the questionnaire. This is a decrease 

in the number of respondents, from 760 

to 734. The questionnaire consists of 

multiple sections which have been 

tailored to address specific processes, 

specific data needs, or types of power 

plants. Parts A and I of the 

questionnaire will be sent to all 

questionnaire recipients (734 plants); 

the remaining sections will be sent to 

discrete subpopulations of 

questionnaire recipients. Overall, EPA 

estimates a reduction of 11,640 hours in 

respondent burden as a result of the 

revisions of the questionnaire. 

The questionnaire will collect general 

plant information and selected technical 

information about the plant processes 

and the electric generating units. The 

information that will be collected 

includes economic data and technical 

information about flue gas 

desulfurization (FGD) wastewater, ash 

handling, process equipment cleaning 

operations, wastewater treatment, 

surface impoundment and landfill 

operations, and nuclear operations. The 

questionnaire will also require certain 

power plants to collect and analyze 


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samples of leachate from surface 

impoundments and landfills containing 

coal combustion residues. More details 

about information requested in each 

section of the questionnaire are 

provided in the ICR supporting 

statement. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 197 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 which have subsequently 

changed; 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. 

The ICR provides a detailed 

explanation of the Agency’s estimate, 

which is only briefly summarized here: 

Respondents/Affected Entities: Steam 

electric power plants. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

734. 

Frequency of Response: Once. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

48,150 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$3,076,316. This includes an estimated 

annual burden cost of $2,670,633 for 

labor and $405,683 million for 

operations and maintenance. 

Changes in the Estimates: This is a 

new collection and thus represents a 

one-time increase to the Agency’s 

overall burden. 

Dated: March 4, 2010. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2010–4962 Filed 3–8–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9124–3] 

FY2010 Supplemental Funding for 

Brownfields Revolving Loan Fund 

(RLF) Grantees 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of the Availability of 

Funds. 

SUMMARY: EPA’s Office of Brownfields 

and Land Revitalization (OBLR) plans to 

make available approximately $8 

million to supplementally fund 

Revolving Loan Fund capitalization 

grants previously awarded 

competitively under section 104(k)(3) of 

the Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation and Liability 

Act (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9604(k)(3). 

Brownfields Cleanup Revolving Loan 

Fund (BCRLF) pilots awarded under 

section 104(d)(1) of CERCLA that have 

not transitioned to section 104(k)(3) 

grants are not eligible to apply for these 

funds. EPA will consider awarding 

supplemental funding only to RLF 

grantees who have demonstrated an 

ability to deliver programmatic results 

by making at least one loan or subgrant. 

The award of these funds is based on 

the criteria described at CERCLA 

104(k)(4)(A)(ii). 

The Agency is now accepting requests 

for supplemental funding from RLF 

grantees. Requests for funding must be 

submitted to the appropriate EPA 

Regional Brownfields Coordinator 

(listed below) by [insert date 30 days 

from date of publication]. Funding 

requests for hazardous substances and/ 

or petroleum funding will be accepted. 

Specific information on submitting a 

request for RLF supplemental funding is 

described below and additional 

information may be obtained by 

contacting the EPA Regional 

Brownfields Coordinator. 

DATES: This action is effective March 9, 

2010. 

ADDRESSES: A request for supplemental 

funding must be in the form of a letter 

addressed to the appropriate Regional 

Brownfields Coordinator with a copy to 

Diane Kelley, USEPA Region I, 5 Post 

Office Square, Suite 100, Boston, MA 

02109–3912. See listing below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Diane Kelley, U.S. EPA, Region I, (617) 

918–1424 or the appropriate 

Brownfields Regional Coordinator. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Small Business Liability Relief 

and Brownfields Revitalization Act 

added section 104(k) to CERCLA to 

authorize federal financial assistance for 

brownfields revitalization, including 

grants for assessment, cleanup and job 

training. Section 104(k) includes a 

provision for the EPA to, among other 

things, award grants to eligible entities 

to capitalize Revolving Loan Funds and 

to provide loans and subgrants for 

brownfields cleanup. Section 

104(k)(4)(A)(ii)o authorizes EPA to make 

additional grant funds available to RLF 

grantees for any year after the year for 

which the initial grant is made 

(noncompetitive RLF supplemental 

funding) taking into consideration: 

(I) The number of sites and number of 

communities that are addressed by the 

revolving loan fund; 

(II) The demand for funding by 

eligible entities that have not previously 

received a grant under this subsection; 

(III) The demonstrated ability of the 

eligible entity to use the revolving loan 

fund to enhance remediation and 

provide funds on a continuing basis; 

and 

(IV) such other similar factors as the 

[Agency] considers appropriate to carry 

out this subsection. 

Eligibility 

In order to be considered for 

supplemental funding, RLF recipients 

must have made at least one loan or 

subgrant prior to applying for this 

supplemental funding. Additionally, the 

RLF recipient must have significantly 

depleted existing available funds; 

demonstrated a need for supplemental 

funding based on, among other factors, 

the number of sites that will be 

addressed; demonstrated the ability to 

administer and revolve the 

capitalization funding in the RLF grant; 

demonstrated an ability to use the RLF 

grant to address funding gaps for 

cleanup; and demonstrated that they 

have provided a community benefit 

from past and potential loan(s) and/or 

subgrant(s). Additional consideration 

will be given to RLF recipients who will 

use the funds to address areas severely 

impacted by economic disruptions. 

Applicants for supplemental funding 

must contact the appropriate Regional 

Brownfields Coordinator below to 

obtain information on the format for 

supplemental funding applications for 

their region. When requesting 

supplemental funding, applicants must 

specify whether they are seeking 

funding for sites contaminated by 

hazardous substances or petroleum. 

Applicants may request both types of 

funding. 


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