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l. Locations of the application: A copy

of the application is available for

inspection and reproduction at the

Commission’s Public Reference and

Files Maintenance Branch, located at

888 First Street, N.E., Room 2A,

Washington, D.C. 20426, or by calling

(202) 219–1371. This filing may be

viewed on the web at http://

www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (Call

(202) 208–2222 for assistance). A copy

is available for inspection and

reproduction at the address in item h

above.

Preliminary Permit—Anyone desiring

to file a competing application for

preliminary permit for a proposed

project must submit the competing

application itself, or a notice of intent to

file such an application, to the

Commission on or before the specified

comment date for the particular

application (see 18 CFR 4.36).

Submission of a timely notice of intent

allows an interested person to file the

competing preliminary permit

application no later than 30 days after

the specified comment date for the

particular application. A competing

preliminary permit application must

conform with 18 CFR 4.30(b) and 4.36.

Preliminary Permit—Any qualified

development applicant desiring to file a

competing development application

must submit to the Commission, on or

before a specified comment date for the

particular application, either a

competing development application or a

notice of intent to file such an

application. Submission of a timely

notice of intent to file a development

application allows an interested person

to file the competing application no

later than 120 days after the specified

comment date for the particular

application. A competing license

application must conform with 18 CFR

4.30(b) and 4.36.

Notice of intent—A notice of intent

must specify the exact name, business

address, and telephone number of the

prospective applicant, and must include

an unequivocal statement of intent to

submit, if such an application may be

filed, either a preliminary permit

application or a development

application (specify which type of

application). A notice of intent must be

served on the applicant(s) name in this

public notice.

Proposed Scope of Studies under

Permit—A preliminary permit, if issued,

does not authorize construction. The

term of the proposed preliminary permit

would be 36 months. The work

proposed under the preliminary permit

would include economic analysis,

preparation of preliminary engineering

plans, and a study of environmental

impacts. Based on the results of these

studies, the Applicant would decide

whether to proceed with the preparation

of a development application to

construct and operate the project.

Comments, Protests, or Motions to

Intervene—Anyone may submit

comments, a protest, or a motion to

intervene in accordance with the

requirements of Rules of Practice and

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, .214.

In determining the appropriate action to

take, the Commission will consider all

protests or other comments filed, but

only those who file a motion to

intervene in accordance with the

Commission’s Rules may become a

party to the proceeding. Any comments,

protests, or motions to intervene must

be received on or before the specified

comment date for the particular

application.

Filing and Service of Responsive

Documents—Any filings must bear in

all capital letters the title

‘‘COMMENTS’’, ‘‘NOTICE OF INTENT

TO FILE COMPETING APPLICATION’’,

‘‘COMPETING APPLICATION’’,

‘‘PROTEST’’, ‘‘MOTION TO

INTERVENE’’, as applicable, and the

Project Number of the particular

application to which the filing refers.

Any of the above-named documents

must be filed by providing the original

and the number of copies provided by

the Commission’s regulations to: The

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, N.E.,

Washington, D.C. 20426. An additional

copy must be sent to Director, Division

of Project Review, Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, at the abovementioned address. A copy of any

notice of intent, competing application

or motion to intervene must also be

served upon each representative of the

Applicant specified in the particular

application.

Agency Comments—Federal, state,

and local agencies are invited to file

comments on the described application.

A copy of the application may be

obtained by agencies directly from the

Applicant. If an agency does not file

comments within the time specified for

filing comments, it will be presumed to

have no comments. One copy of an

agency’s comments must also be sent to

the Applicant’s representatives.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–1013 Filed 1–14–00; 8:45am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Application Tendered for

Filing With the Commission and

Soliciting Additional Study Requests

January 11, 2000.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric application has been filed

with the Commission and is available

for public inspection:

a. Type of Application: New Major

License.

b. Project No.: P–2142–031.

c. Date filed: December 28, 1999.

d. Applicant: FPL Energy Maine

Hydro, LLC.

e. Name of Project: Indian Pond

Hydroelectric Project.

f. Location: On the Kennebec River,

near the town of The Forks, Somerset

and Piscataquis counties, Maine. The

project would not utilize federal lands.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act, 16 U.S.C. §§ 791(a)—825(r).

h. Applicant Contact: Kenneth P.

Hoffman, Vice President, FPL Energy

Maine Hydro, LLC, 700 Universe

Boulevard, Juno Beach, FL 33408, (561)

694–4000

Robert C. Richter III, Senior

Environmental Coordinator, FPL Energy

Maine Hydro, LLC, 100 Middle Street,

Portland, ME 04101, (207) 771–3536.

i. FERC Contact: Kevin Whalen (202)

219–2790, kevin.whalen@ferc.fed.us

j. Deadline for filing additional study

requests: February 28, 2000.

All documents (original and eight

copies) should be filed with: David P.

Boergers, Secretary, Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, NE, Washington, DC 20426.

The Commission’s Rules of Practice

and Procedure require all intervenors

filing documents with the Commission

to serve a copy of that document on

each person whose name appears on the

official service list for the project.

Further, if an intervenor files comments

or documents with the Commission

relating to the merits of an issue that

may affect the responsibilities of a

particular resource agency, they must

also serve a copy of the document on

that resource agency.

k. Status of environmental analysis:

This application is not ready for

environmental analysis at this time.

l. Description of the Project: The

proposed peaking project consists of the

following existing facilities: (1) A 2,000-

foot-long dam, consisting of: (a) A 270-

foot-long, 175-foot-high concrete

section, (b) a 200-foot-long attached

powerhouse section, and (c) an earthen

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section in excess of 1,500 feet in length;

(2) four steel penstocks ranging from 6

feet to 24 feet in diameter; (3) a concrete

powerhouse containing four generating

units, having a total rated hydraulic

capacity of 7,140 cubic feet per second

and installed generation capacity of 76.4

megawatts; (4) a 3,746-acre

impoundment varying in width from 0.9

to 1.5 miles, extending about 9 miles

upstream, that has a usable storage

capacity of 850 million cubic feet; and

(5) appurtenant facilities. The applicant

estimates the total average annual

generation would be approximately 202

million kilowatt hours.

m. Locations of the application: A

copy of the application is available for

inspection and reproduction at the

Commission’s Public Reference Room,

located at 888 First Street, NE, Room

2A, Washington, DC 20426, or by calling

(202) 208–1371. The application may be

viewed on the web at http://

www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call

(202) 208–2222 for assistance). A copy

is also available for inspection and

reproduction at the Portland, Maine,

address in item h. above.

n. With this notice, we are initiating

consultation with the State Historic

Preservation Officer as required by

§ 106, National Historic Preservation

Act, and the regulations of the Advisory

Council on Historic Preservation, 36

CFR 800.4.

o. Pursuant to Section 4.32(b)(7) of 18

CFR of the Commission’s regulations, if

any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or

person believes that an additional

scientific study should be conducted in

order to form an adequate factual basis

for a complete analysis of the

application on its merits, the resource

agency, Indian Tribe, or person must file

a request for a study with the

Commission not later than 60 days from

the filing date and serve a copy of the

request on the applicant.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–1014 Filed 1–14–00; 8:45 am]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6525–8]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request, Standards

of Performance for IndustrialCommercial-Institutional Steam

Generating Units

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 the following Information

Collection Request (ICR) has been

forwarded to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review and

approval: NSPS Subpart Db, Standards

of Performance for IndustrialCommercial-Institutional Steam

Generating Units, OMB No. 2060–0072,

expires 3/31/2000. The ICR describes

the nature of the information collection

and its expected burden and cost; where

appropriate, it includes the actual data

collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before February 17, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

a copy of the ICR contact Sandy Farmer

at EPA by phone at (202) 260–2740, by

E-Mail at

Farmer.Sandy@epamail.epa.gov or

download off the Internet at http://

www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA ICR

No. 1088.09. For technical questions

about the ICR contact Jordan Spooner at

202–564–7058.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title:

NSPS Subpart Db, Standards of

Performance for Industrial-CommercialInstitutional Steam Generating Units,

OMB No. 2060–0072; EPA ICR No.

1088.09, expiration March 31, 2000.

This is a request for extension of a

currently approved collection.

Abstract: Owners or operators of

steam generating units subject to

subpart Db must make one-time-only

notifications of construction/

reconstruction, anticipated and actual

startup, initial performance test,

physical or operational changes, and

demonstration of a continuous

monitoring system. They must also

submit reports on initial performance

test results, monitoring results, and

excess emissions. Records must be

maintained of startups, shutdowns,

malfunctions, and periods when the

continuous monitoring system is

inoperative, and of various fuel

combustion and pollutant emission

parameters.

The required notifications are used to

inform the Agency or delegated

authority when a source becomes

subject to the standard. Performance test

reports are needed as these are the

Agency’s record of a source’s initial

capability to comply with the emission

standard, and serve as a record of the

operating conditions under which

compliance was achieved. The

monitoring and excess emissions reports

are used for problem identification, as a

check on source operation and

maintenance, and for compliance

determinations. The information

collected from record keeping and

reporting requirements are used for

targeting inspections, and for other uses

in compliance and enforcement

programs.

Responses to this information

collection are deemed to be mandatory,

per section 114(a) of the Clean Air Act.

The required information consists of

emissions data and other information

that have been determined not to be

private. However, any information

submitted to the Agency for which a

claim of confidentiality is made will be

safeguarded according to the Agency

policies set forth in Title 40, Chapter 1,

part 2, subpart B—Confidentiality of

Business Information (see 40 CFR part 2;

41 FR 36902, September 1, 1976;

amended by 43 FR 40000, September 8,

1978; 43 FR 42251, September 20, 1978;

44 FR 17674, March 23, 1979).

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 Federal Register document

required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d),

soliciting comments on this collection

of information was published on June 4,

1999 (64 FR 107); no comments were

received.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and recordkeeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 191 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; 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:

Industrial Institutional Steam

Generating Units.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

957.

Frequency of Response: Quarterly and

Semi-annually.