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FERCOnlineSupport.gov; call toll-free at 

(866) 208–3676; or, for TTY, contact 

(202) 502–8659. Although the 

Commission strongly recommends 

electronic filing, documents may also be 

paper-filed. To paper-file, an original 

and eight copies should be mailed to: 

Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

For more information on how to submit 

these types of filings please go to the 

Commission’s Web site located at 

http://www.ferc.gov/filingcomments.asp. 

More information about this project, 

including a copy of the application can 

be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’ 

link of Commission’s Web site at 

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

elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number 

(P–14153) in the docket number field to 

access the document. For assistance, 

contact FERC Online Support. 

Dated: June 23, 2011. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–16474 Filed 6–29–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. RM98–1–000] 

Records Governing Off-the-Record 

Communications; Public Notice 

This constitutes notice, in accordance 

with 18 CFR 385.2201(b), of the receipt 

of prohibited and exempt off-the-record 

communications. 

Order No. 607 (64 FR 51222, 

September 22, 1999) requires 

Commission decisional employees, who 

make or receive a prohibited or exempt 

off-the-record communication relevant 

to the merits of a contested proceeding, 

to deliver to the Secretary of the 

Commission, a copy of the 

communication, if written, or a 

summary of the substance of any oral 

communication. 

Prohibited communications are 

included in a public, non-decisional file 

associated with, but not a part of, the 

decisional record of the proceeding. 

Unless the Commission determines that 

the prohibited communication and any 

responses thereto should become a part 

of the decisional record, the prohibited 

off-the-record communication will not 

be considered by the Commission in 

reaching its decision. Parties to a 

proceeding may seek the opportunity to 

respond to any facts or contentions 

made in a prohibited off-the-record 

communication, and may request that 

the Commission place the prohibited 

communication and responses thereto 

in the decisional record. The 

Commission will grant such a request 

only when it determines that fairness so 

requires. Any person identified below as 

having made a prohibited off-the-record 

communication shall serve the 

document on all parties listed on the 

official service list for the applicable 

proceeding in accordance with Rule 

2010, 18 CFR 385.2010. 

Exempt off-the-record 

communications are included in the 

decisional record of the proceeding, 

unless the communication was with a 

cooperating agency as described by 40 

CFR 1501.6, made under 18 CFR 

385.2201(e)(1)(v). 

The following is a list of off-therecord communications recently 

received by the Secretary of the 

Commission. The communications 

listed are grouped by docket numbers in 

ascending order. These filings are 

available for review at the Commission 

in the Public Reference Room 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, please contact 

FERC, Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll 

free at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, 

contact (202) 502–8659. 

Docket No. File date Presenter or requester 

Prohibited: 

1. EC11–60–000 .................................................................................................................................. 6–17–11 Perchrista Boone. 

Exempt: 

1. CP95–35–001 .................................................................................................................................. 6–16–11 

Hon. 

Luis G. Fort ̃no. 

2. CP11–46–000 .................................................................................................................................. 6–16–11 Raymond Bransfield. 

3. CP11–128–000 ................................................................................................................................ 6–22–11 Kevin Bowman.1

4. P–2299–000 ..................................................................................................................................... 6–8–11 Hon. Anthony Cannella. 

5. P–2299–000 ..................................................................................................................................... 6–8–11 Hob. Kristin Olsen. 

6. P–2299–000 ..................................................................................................................................... 6–9–11 Hon. Tom Berryhill. 

7. P–2299–000 ..................................................................................................................................... 6–17–11 Hon. Jim Ridenour. 

1 Record of telephone conversation. 

Dated: June 23, 2011. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–16468 Filed 6–29–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2011–0465; FRL–9427–2] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Water Quality 

Standards (Renewal) 

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 EPA is planning to 

submit a request to renew an existing 

approved Information Collection 

Request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). This 

ICR is scheduled to expire on December 

31, 2011. Before submitting the ICR to 

OMB for review and approval, EPA is 

soliciting comments on specific aspects 

of the proposed information collection 

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DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before August 29, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket ID number EPA– 

HQ–OW–2011–0465 by one of the 

following methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• E-mail: ow-docket@epa.gov. 

• Mail: ‘‘EPA Docket Center, Water 

Docket, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460]. 

• Hand Delivery: Docket in the EPA 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., 

NW., Washington DC. Such deliveries 

are only accepted during the Docket’s 

normal hours of operation, and special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OW–2011– 

0465. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through http:// 

www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The 

http://www.regulations.gov Web site is 

an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means EPA will not know your identity 

or contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

If you send an e-mail comment directly 

to EPA without going through http:// 

www.regulations.gov your e-mail 

address will be automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the public docket and 

made available on the Internet. If you 

submit an electronic comment, EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD–ROM you submit. If EPA 

cannot read your comment due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, EPA may not be 

able to consider your comment. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of 

special characters, any form of 

encryption, and be free of any defects or 

viruses. For additional information 

about EPA’s public docket visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at http:// 

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Beth 

LeaMond, Office of Water, (4305T), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number: 202–566– 

0444; fax number: 202–566–0409; email address: leamond.beth@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

How can I access the docket and/or 

submit comments? 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–OW–2011–0465 which is available 

for online viewing at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the 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 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 http://www.regulations.gov to 

obtain a copy of the draft collection of 

information, submit or view public 

comments, access the index listing of 

the contents of the 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 in this 

document. 

What information is EPA particularly 

interested in? 

Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the PRA, EPA specifically solicits 

comments and information to enable it 

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. In 

particular, EPA is requesting comments 

from very small businesses (those that 

employ less than 25) on examples of 

specific additional efforts that EPA 

could make to reduce the paperwork 

burden for very small businesses 

affected by this collection. 

What should I consider when I prepare 

my comments for EPA? 

You may find the following 

suggestions helpful for preparing your 

comments: 

1. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible and provide specific examples. 

2. Describe any assumptions that you 

used. 

3. Provide copies of any technical 

information and/or data you used that 

support your views. 

4. If you estimate potential burden or 

costs, explain how you arrived at the 

estimate that you provide. 

5. Offer alternative ways to improve 

the collection activity. 

6. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the deadline identified 

under DATES. 

7. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, 

be sure to identify the docket ID number 

assigned to this action in the subject 

line on the first page of your response. 

You may also provide the name, date, 

and Federal Register citation. 

What information collection activity or 

ICR does this apply to? 

Affected entities: Entities potentially 

affected by this action are all States and 

certain authorized Indian Tribes that 

adopt water quality standards under the 

Clean Water Act; and water dischargers 

subject to certain requirements related 

to water quality standards in the Great 

Lakes system, including dischargers in 

the following SIC categories: Mining 

(SIC codes 10, 14); Food (20); Pulp and 

Paper (26); Inorganic Chemical 

Manufacturing (281); Organic Chemical 

Manufacturing (28); Petroleum Refining 

(29); Metal Manufacturing (33), Metal 

Finishing (34–37); Steam Electric 

(4911), and Publically Owned 

Treatment Works (4952). For the 

purposes of the Regulation, the term 

‘‘State’’ means the 50 States, the District 

of Columbia, Guam, the Commonwealth 

of Puerto Rico, the Virgin Islands, 

American Samoa, and the 

Commonwealth of the Northern Mariana 

Islands. 

Title: Water Quality Standards 

Regulation (Renewal). 

ICR Number: EPA ICR No. 988.11, 

OMB Control No. 2040–0049. 

ICR status: This ICR is currently 

scheduled to expire on December 31, 

2011. 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 


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1Note: EPA estimates that of the estimated total 

number of potential respondents there will likely be 

only 264 responses. 

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: Water quality standards are 

provisions of State, Tribal, and Federal 

law that consist of designated uses for 

waters of the United States, water 

quality criteria to protect the designated 

uses, and an antidegradation policy. 

Section 303(c) of the Clean Water Act 

requires States and authorized Tribes to 

establish water quality standards, and to 

review and, if appropriate, revise their 

water quality standards once every three 

years. The Act also requires EPA to 

review and either approve or disapprove 

the new or revised standards, and to 

promulgate replacement Federal 

standards if necessary. Section 118(c)(2) 

of the Act specifies additional water 

quality standards requirements for 

waters of the Great Lakes system. 

The Water Quality Standards 

Regulation (40 CFR part 131 and 

portions of part 132) governs national 

implementation of the water quality 

standards program. The Regulation 

describes requirements and procedures 

for States and authorized Tribes to 

develop, review, and revise their water 

quality standards, and EPA procedures 

for reviewing and approving the water 

quality standards. The regulation 

requires the development and 

submission of information to EPA, 

including: 

—The minimum elements in water 

quality standards that each State or 

Tribe must submit to EPA for 

review, including any new or 

revised water quality standards 

resulting from the jurisdiction’s 

triennial review (40 CFR 131.6 and 

131.20). The elements include use 

designations for specific water 

bodies; methods used and analyses 

conducted to support water quality 

standards revisions; supporting 

analysis for use attainability 

analyses; water quality criteria 

sufficient to protect the designated 

uses; methodologies for site-specific 

criteria development; an 

antidegradation policy; certification 

by the jurisdiction’s Attorney 

General or other appropriate legal 

authority that the water quality 

standards were duly adopted 

pursuant to State or Tribal law; 

information that will aid EPA in 

determining the adequacy of the 

scientific basis for the standards; 

and information on general policies 

that may affect the implementation 

of the standards. 

—Information that an Indian Tribe must 

submit to EPA in order to determine 

whether a Tribe is qualified to 

administer the water quality 

standards program (40 CFR 131.8). 

—Information a State or Tribe must 

submit if it chooses to exercise a 

dispute resolution mechanism for 

disputes between States and Tribes 

over water quality standards on 

common water bodies (40 CFR 

131.7). 

—Information related to public 

participation requirements during 

State and Tribal review and 

revision of water quality standards 

(40 CFR 131.20). States and Tribes 

must hold public hearings as part of 

their triennial reviews, and make 

any proposed standards and 

supporting analyses available to the 

public before the hearing. 

The Regulation establishes specific 

additional requirements for water 

quality standards and their 

implementation in the waters of the 

Great Lakes system, contained in the 

Water Quality Guidance for the Great 

Lakes System (40 CFR part 132). This 

portion of the Regulation includes the 

following requirements for information 

collection: bioassay tests to support the 

development of water quality criteria; 

studies to identify and provide 

information on antidegradation control 

measures that will guard against the 

reduction of water quality in the Great 

Lakes system; and information 

collection and record keeping activities 

associated with analyses and reporting 

to request regulatory relief from 

Guidance requirements. The Guidance 

includes additional information 

collections that are addressed in 

separate Information Collection 

Requests for the National Pollutant 

Discharge Elimination System program. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 1060 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 following estimates are based on 

estimates from the previous ICR renewal 

and will be revised prior to OMB 

submission. The public will have a 

second opportunity to comment before 

then. The ICR provides a detailed 

explanation of the Agency’s estimate, 

which is only briefly summarized here: 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 1 2,809 (56 States and 

Territories, 43 Tribes; 2,710 Great Lakes 

dischargers). 

Frequency of response: On occasion. 

Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: 0.095. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

293,214 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$14,866,862 with no annualized capital 

or O&M cost. 

Are there changes in the estimates from 

the last approval? 

This FR Notice shows the burden 

estimate from the ICR renewal in 2008. 

EPA will be revising the burden 

estimate to include adjustments for 

changes in the number of tribes 

authorized to administer a water quality 

standards program, adjustments for the 

number of permits expected to be 

subject to requirements of the Water 

Quality Guidance for the Great Lakes 

System (40 CFR part 132), and 

adjustments for changes in labor cost. 

EPA is not aware of any programmatic 

changes needed to the burden estimate. 

These revisions will be reported in the 

second FR Notice. Changes from 2008 

are not expected to be large. If you know 

of significant changes to the burden that 

are not listed in this notice, EPA asks 

you to submit comments containing that 

information, or contact the person listed 

under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

What is the next step in the process for 

this ICR? 

EPA will consider the comments 

received and amend the ICR as 

appropriate. The final ICR package will 

then be submitted to OMB for review 

and approval pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.12. At that time, EPA will issue 

another Federal Register notice 

pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to 

announce the submission of the ICR to 


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OMB and the opportunity to submit 

additional comments to OMB. If you 

have any questions about this ICR or the 

approval process, please contact the 

technical person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Dated: June 23, 2011. 

Ephraim King, 

Director, Office of Science and Technology. 

[FR Doc. 2011–16508 Filed 6–29–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9427–8; Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD– 

2009–0204] 

Draft Toxicological Review of 

Acrylonitrile: In Support of Summary 

Information on the Integrated Risk 

Information System (IRIS) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of public comment 

period and listening session. 

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing a 60-day 

public comment period and a public 

listening session for the external review 

draft human health assessment titled, 

‘‘Toxicological Review of Acrylonitrile: 

In Support of Summary Information on 

the Integrated Risk Information System 

(IRIS)’’ (EPA/635/R–08/013A). The draft 

assessment was prepared by the 

National Center for Environmental 

Assessment (NCEA) within the EPA’s 

Office of Research and Development 

(ORD). EPA is releasing this draft 

assessment for the purposes of peer 

review and public comment. This draft 

assessment is not final as described in 

EPA’s information quality guidelines, 

and it does not represent and should not 

be construed to represent Agency policy 

or views. 

After public review and comment, an 

EPA contractor will convene an expert 

panel for independent external peer 

review of this draft assessment. The 

public comment period and external 

peer review meeting are separate 

processes that provide opportunities for 

all interested parties to comment on the 

assessment. The external peer review 

meeting will be scheduled at a later date 

and announced in the Federal Register. 

Public comments submitted during the 

public comment period will be provided 

to the external peer reviewers before the 

panel meeting and considered by EPA 

in the revision of the draft document. 

Public comments received after the 

public comment period closes will not 

be submitted to the external peer 

reviewers and will only be considered 

by EPA if time permits. The listening 

session will be held on August 10, 2011, 

during the public comment period for 

this draft assessment. The purpose of 

the listening session is to allow all 

interested parties to present scientific 

and technical comments on draft IRIS 

health assessments to EPA and other 

interested parties attending the listening 

session. EPA welcomes the comments 

that will be provided to the Agency by 

the listening session participants. The 

comments will be considered by the 

Agency as it revises the draft assessment 

after the independent external peer 

review. If listening session participants 

would like EPA to share their comments 

with the external peer reviewers, they 

should also submit written comments 

during the public comment period using 

the detailed and established procedures 

described in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this notice. 

DATES: The public comment period 

begins June 30, 2011, and ends August 

29, 2011. Comments should be in 

writing and must be received by EPA by 

August 29, 2011. 

The listening session on the draft 

assessment for acrylonitrile will be held 

on August 10, 2011, beginning at 9 a.m. 

and ending at 4 p.m., Eastern Daylight 

Time, or when the last presentation has 

been completed. To attend the listening 

session, interested parties should 

register no later than August 3, 2011. To 

present at the listening session, indicate 

in your registration that you would like 

to make oral comments at the session 

and provide the length of your 

presentation. The following are 

instructions for registering: To attend 

the listening session, register by August 

3, 2011 online at https:// 

www2.ergweb.com/projects/ 

conferences/peerreview/registeracryl.htm, via e-mail at 

meetings@erg.com (subject line: 

Acrylonitrile Listening Session), by 

phone: 781–674–7374 or toll free at 

800–803–2833, or by faxing a 

registration request to 781–674–2906 

(please reference the ‘‘Acrylonitrile 

Listening Session’’ and include your 

name, title, affiliation, full address and 

contact information). When you register, 

please indicate if you will need audiovisual equipment (e.g., laptop computer 

and slide projector). In general, each 

presentation should be no more than 30 

minutes. If, however, there are more 

requests for presentations than the 

allotted time allows, then the time limit 

for each presentation will be adjusted. A 

copy of the agenda for the listening 

session will be available at the meeting. 

If no speakers have registered by August 

3, 2011, the listening session will be 

cancelled, and EPA will notify those 

registered, as observers, of the 

cancellation. 

ADDRESSES: The draft ‘‘Toxicological 

Review of Acrylonitrile: In Support of 

Summary Information on the Integrated 

Risk Information System (IRIS)’’ is 

available primarily via the Internet on 

the NCEA home page under the Recent 

Additions and Publications menus at 

http://www.epa.gov/ncea. A limited 

number of paper copies are available 

from the Information Management Team 

(Address: Information Management 

Team, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment (Mail Code: 

8601P), U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone: 

703–347–8561; facsimile: 703–347– 

8691). If you request a paper copy, 

please provide your name, mailing 

address, and the assessment title. 

Comments may be submitted 

electronically via http:// 

www.regulations.gov, by e-mail, by mail, 

by facsimile, or by hand delivery/ 

courier. Please follow the detailed 

instructions provided in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of 

this notice. 

The listening session on the draft 

acrylonitrile assessment will be held at 

the EPA offices at Potomac Yard (North 

Building), 7th Floor, Room 7100, 2733 

South Crystal Drive, Arlington, Virginia 

22202. Please note that to gain entrance 

to this EPA building to attend the 

meeting, attendees must have photo 

identification with them and must 

register at the guard’s desk in the lobby. 

The guard will retain your photo 

identification and will provide you with 

a visitor’s badge. At the guard’s desk, 

attendees should give the name 

Christine Ross and the telephone 

number 703–347–8592 to the guard on 

duty. The guard will contact Ms. Ross 

who will meet you in the reception area 

to escort you to the meeting room. When 

you leave the building, please return 

your visitor’s badge to the guard and 

you will receive your photo 

identification. 

A teleconference line will also be 

available for registered attendees/ 

speakers. The teleconference number is 

866–299–3188 and the access code is 

926–378–7897, followed by the pound 

sign (#). The teleconference line will be 

activated at 8:45 a.m., and you will be 

asked to identify yourself and your 

affiliation at the beginning of the call. 

Information on Services for 

Individuals with Disabilities: EPA 

welcomes public attendance at the 

acrylonitrile listening session and will 

make every effort to accommodate 


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