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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]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

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.

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Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

575,033 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Capital,

O&M Cost Burden: $25,955,000.

Send comments on the Agency’s need

for this information, the accuracy of the

provided burden estimates, and any

suggested methods for minimizing

respondent burden, including through

the use of automated collection

techniques to the following addresses.

Please refer to EPA ICR No. 1088.09 and

OMB Control No. 2060–0072 in any

correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Office of

Environmental Information,

Collection Strategies Division (2822),

1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW,

Washington, DC 20460;

and

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, Attention: Desk Officer for

EPA, 725 17th Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: January 11, 2000.

Oscar Morales,

Director, Collection Strategies Division.

[FR Doc. 00–1059 Filed 1–14–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL 6525–7]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request, Standards

of Performance of Volatile Organic

Compound Emissions from the

Synthetic Organic Chemical

Manufacturing Industry Reactor

Processes

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 RRR, SOCMI

Reactor Processes, EPA ICR Number

1178.05 and OMB Control Number

2060–0269; expires March 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. 1178.05. For technical questions

about the ICR, contact Darlene M.

Williams at 202–564–7031.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title:

Standards of Performance of Volatile

Organic Compound (VOC) Emissions

from the Synthetic Organic Chemical

Manufacturing Industry (SOCMI),

Reactor Processes, Subpart RRR; OMB

Control No. 2060–0269; EPA ICR No.

1178.05, expiring 3/31/2000. This is a

request for extension of a currently

approved collection.

Abstract: This ICR contains

recordkeeping and reporting

requirements that are mandatory for

compliance with 40 CFR 6.700, subpart

RRR, Standards of Performance for VOC

Emissions from SOCMI Reactor

Processes. This information is used by

the Agency to identify sources subject to

the standards and to insure that the best

demonstrated technology is being

properly applied. The standards require

periodic recordkeeping to document

process information relating to the

sources’ ability to meet the requirements

of the standard and to note the

operation conditions under which

compliance was achieved. These

standards rely on the reduction of VOC

emissions by installation of controls.

The required notifications are used to

inform the Agency or delegated

authority when a source becomes

subject to the standard. The reviewing

authority may then inspect the source to

check if the pollution control devices

are properly installed and operated and

the standard is being met. 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

semiannual reports are used for problem

identification, as a check on source

operation and maintenance, and for

compliance determinations.

The EPA is charged under section 111

of the Clean Air Act, as amended, to

establish standards of performance for

new stationary sources that reflect:

* * * application of the best

technological system of continuous

emissions reduction which (taking into

consideration the cost of achieving such

emissions reduction, or any non-air

quality health and environmental

impact and energy requirements) the

Administrator determines has been

adequately demonstrated (section

111(a)(1)).

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 30011); no comments were

received.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and recordkeeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 47 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:

Synthetic Organic Chemical

Manufacturing Industry.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

285.

Frequency of Response: Semiannual

and initial.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

30,842.

Estimated Total Annualized Capital,

O&M Cost Burden: $1,147,000.

Send comments on the Agency’s need

for this information, the accuracy of the

provided burden estimates, and any

suggested methods for minimizing

respondent burden, including through

the use of automated collection

techniques to the following addresses.

Please refer to EPA ICR No. 1178.05 and

OMB Control No. 2060–0269 in any

correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Office of

Environmental Information,

Collection Strategies Division (2822),

1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW,

Washington, DC 20460;

and