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RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:

Information is automatically captured

when accessing an application.

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM:

None.

FERC–54

SYSTEM NAME:

Commission Employee Assistance

Program Files

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:

Unclassified

SYSTEM LOCATION:

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, Office of Strategy and

Organizational Management, Division of

Human Resources, Labor and Employee

Relations Branch, 888 First Street, NE.,

Room 3–J, Washington, DC 20426.

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM:

Commission employees who have

been counseled by or referred to the

Employee Assistance Program for

problems relating to alcoholism, drug

abuse, job stress, chronic illness, family

or relationship concerns, and emotional

and other similar issues.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

Information on employees who have

participated in the Employee Assistance

Program and the results of any

counseling or referrals which may have

taken place, and information on the

nature of each individual’s problem,

subsequent treatment, and progress.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:

42 U.S.C. 290dd–1 and 290ee.

PURPOSE(S):

To provide assistance to employees in

need of counsel.

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:

For statistical reporting purposes; any

disclosure of information pertaining to

an individual will be made in

compliance with the Confidentiality of

Alcohol and Drug Abuse Patient

Records regulation, 42 CFR part 2, as

authorized by 21 U.S.C. 1175 and 42

U.S.C. 4582, as amended.

DISCLOSURE TO CONSUMER REPORTING

AGENCIES:

None.

POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING,

RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND

DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

STORAGE:

Paper.

RETRIEVABILITY:

By employee name.

SAFEGUARDS:

Files are maintained in lockable

cabinets and under the immediate

control of the Employee Assistance

Program Counselor.

RETENTION AND DISPOSAL:

Records are maintained pursuant to

instructions authorized by the National

Archives and Records Administration.

SYSTEM MANAGER(S) AND ADDRESS:

Chief, Labor and Employee Relations

Branch, Division of Human Resources,

Office of Strategy and Organizational

Management, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,

Room 4A–05, Washington, DC 20426.

NOTIFICATION PROCEDURE:

Requests from individuals to

determine if a system of records

contains information about them should

be directed to the System Manager.

RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES:

Same as notification procedures

above.

CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES:

Same as notification procedures

above.

RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES:

Information is compiled by the

Employee Assistance Program

Counselor during the course of

counseling an employee.

EXEMPTIONS CLAIMED FOR THE SYSTEM:

None.

[FR Doc. 00–9959 Filed 4–31–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6584–1]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request; Business

Ownership Representation

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 the

following proposed Information

Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB):

Business Ownership Representation

EPA ICR No. 1962.01. 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 June 23, 2000.

ADDRESSES: 1200 Pennsylvania Ave

N.W., Ariel Rios Building, Attn: 3802R,

Washington, D.C. 20406.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Leigh Pomponio, (202) 564–4364, e-mail

pomponio.leigh@epamail.epa.gov. A

hard copy of the ICR may be obtained

by contacting the named individual.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Affected entities: Entities potentially

affected by this action are those

companies and organizations, large and

small businesses, who receive contract

awards from EPA.

Title: Business Ownership

Representation, EPA ICR No. 1962.01.

Abstract: EPA will request that

contractors selected for award reply to

the Business Ownership Representation

clause by checking the appropriate box

to indicate the ethnic affiliation of the

company ownership. EPA will use the

collected information in aggregate to

encourage full participation in the

contractor selection process by

identifying business communities that

are under-represented in Agency

awards, and sponsoring outreach efforts

in those areas. Responses to the

collection of information are voluntary.

Responses will be treated as

confidential business information in

accordance with 40 CFR 2.201 et seq.

An agency may not conduct or sponsor,

and a person is not required to respond

to, a collection of information unless it

displays a currently valid OMB control

number. The OMB control numbers for

EPA’s regulations are listed in 40 CFR

part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter 15.

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

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collection techniques or other forms of

information technology, e.g., permitting

electronic submission of responses.

Burden Statement: Estimated burden

for each response is three minutes, or a

total of 12 hours per year based upon

240 annual contract awards. The total

annual cost for all respondents is

expected to be $1,050.00 per year. There

are no contractor capital or start-up

costs associated with this collection.

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: April 18, 2000.

Thomas D. McEntegart,

Manager, Policy Service Center.

[FR Doc. 00–10187 Filed 4–21–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6584–3]

Clean Water Act Class II: Proposed

Administrative Penalty Assessment

and Opportunity to Comment

Regarding Colrich Communities, Inc.

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (‘‘EPA’’).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: EPA is providing notice of a

proposed administrative penalty

assessment for alleged violations of the

Clean Water Act (‘‘Act’’). EPA is also

providing notice of opportunity to

comment on the proposed assessment.

EPA is authorized under section

309(g) of the Act, 33 U.S.C. 1319(g), to

assess a civil penalty after providing the

person subject to the penalty notice of

the proposed penalty and the

opportunity for a hearing, and after

providing interested persons notice of

the proposed penalty and a reasonable

opportunity to comment on its issuance.

Under section 309(g), any person who

without authorization discharges a

pollutant to a navigable water, as those

terms are defined in section 502 of the

Act, 33 U.S.C. 1362, may be assessed a

penalty in a ‘‘Class II’’ administrative

penalty proceeding.

Class II proceedings under section

309(g) are conducted in accordance with

the ‘‘Consolidated Rules of Practice

Governing the Administrative

Assessment of Civil Penalties, Issuance

of Compliance or Corrective Action

Orders, and the Revocation,

Termination or Suspension of Permits,’’

40 CFR part 22 (‘‘Consolidated Rules’’),

published at 64 FR 40138, 40177 (July

23, 1999). The procedures through

which the public may submit written

comment on a proposed Class II order

or participate in a Class II proceeding,

and the procedures by which a

respondent may request a hearing, are

set forth in the Consolidated Rules. The

deadline for submitting public comment

on a proposed Class II order is thirty

(30) days after publication of this

document.

On March 7, 2000, EPA commenced

the following Class II proceeding for the

assessment of penalties by filing with

Danielle Carr, Regional Hearing Clerk,

U.S. EPA, Region IX, 75 Hawthorne

Street, San Francisco, California 94105,

(415) 744–1391, the following

Complaint:

In the Matter of Colrich Communities,

Inc., Redhawk Tracts 23064–1, 23064–2,

23064–3, Riverside County, California,

Docket No. CWA–9–2000–0005.

The Complaint proposes a penalty of

up to One Hundred Thirty Seven

Thousand, Five Hundred Dollars

($137,500) for violations of NPDES

Permit No. CAS000002 (issued by the

California State Water Resources

Control Board (Order No. 92–08–DWQ))

and Section 301(a) of the Act, 33 U.S.C.

1311(a), at the Redhawk Tracts 23064–

1, 23064–2, 23064–3, Riverside County,

California.

Procedures by which the public may

comment on a proposed Class II penalty

or participate in a Class II penalty

proceeding are set forth in the

Consolidated Rules. The deadline for

submitting public comment on a

proposed Class II penalty is thirty (30)

days after issuance of public notice. The

Regional Administrator of EPA, Region

9, may issue an order upon default if the

respondent in the proceeding fails to file

a response within the time period

specified in the Consolidated Rules.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Persons wishing to receive a copy of

EPA’s Consolidated Rules, review the

Complaint or other documents filed in

this proceeding, comment upon the

proposed assessment, or otherwise

participate in the proceeding should

contact Danielle Carr, Regional Hearing

Clerk, U.S. EPA, Region IX, 75

Hawthorne Street, San Francisco,

California 94105, (415) 744–1391. The

administrative record for this

proceeding is located in the EPA

Regional Office identified above, and

the file will be open for public

inspection during normal business

hours. All information submitted by

Colrich Communities, Inc. is available

as part of the administrative record,

subject to provisions of law restricting

public disclosure of confidential

information. In order to provide

opportunity for public comment, EPA

will issue no final order assessing a

penalty in these proceedings prior to

thirty (30) days after the date of

publication of this document.

Dated: April 7, 2000.

Alexis Strauss,

Director, Water Division.

[FR Doc. 00–10185 Filed 4–21–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

[FCC 00–105]

Maritime Communications

AGENCY: Federal Communications

Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Commission extends

forbearance from the Communications

Act of 1934, as amended, requirement

which forbids the assignment of a radio

license or transfer of control of a radio

licensee corporation without obtaining

prior Commission consent to Public

Coast Stations that are licensed and

regulated under the Commission’s Rules

because these stations provide

telecommunications for a fee directly to

the public.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Keith Fickner or Ghassan Khalek, Policy

and Rules Branch, Public Safety and

Private Wireless Division, Wireless

Telecommunications Bureau at (202)

418–0680.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a

summary of the Commission’s

Memorandum Opinion and Order, WT

Docket No. 00–48, FCC 00–105, adopted

March 17, 2000, and released on March

24, 2000. The full text of this

Memorandum Opinion and Order is

available for inspection and copying

during normal business hours in the

FCC Reference Center, Room CY–A257,

445 12th Street, SW, Washington, DC.