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filing a Participating Generator

Agreement between the ISO and San

Joaquin Cogen Limited for acceptance

by the Commission.

The ISO states that this filing has been

served on San Joaquin Cogen Limited

and the California Public Utilities

Commission.

The ISO is requesting waiver of the

60-day notice requirement to allow the

Participating Generator Agreement to be

made effective January 6, 2000.

Comment date: February 1, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

13. Platte-Clay Electric Cooperative,

Inc.

[Docket No. ER00–1081–000]

Take notice that on January 12, 2000,

Platte-Clay Electric Cooperative Inc.

(Platte-Clay) submitted for filing an

agreement for the Interchange of Electric

Power and Energy Between Platt-Clay

Electric Cooperative Inc. and the City of

Cameron, Missouri and various Border

Customer Agreements Between PlatteClay Electric Cooperative Inc. and

Missouri Public Service, a Division of

Utilicorp United, Inc. pursuant to § 205

of the Federal Power Act (FPA), 16

U.S.C. § 824d, and section 35.12 of the

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission’s (Commission)

Regulations (18 CFR 35.12).

Platte-Clay’s filing is available for

public inspection at its offices in

Kearney, Missouri.

Platte-Clay requests an effective date

of January 18, 2000.

Comment date: February 1, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

14. Avista Corporation

[Docket No. ER00–1082–000]

Take notice that on January 13, 2000,

Avista Corporation (AVA) tendered for

filing with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, pursuant to

Section 35.12 of the Commission’s

Regulations (18 CFR 35.12), an executed

Mutual Netting Agreement with the

Public Service Company of Colorado.

AVA requests an effective date of

January 1, 2000.

The filing has been served on the

following: Mr. Cary Oswald, Credit

Analysis Manager, Public Analysis

Manager, Public Service Company of

Colorado, 1099 18th Street, Suite 3000,

Denver, CO 80202.

Comment date: February 2, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

Standard Paragraphs

E. Any person desiring to be heard or

to protest such filing should file a

motion to intervene or protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC

20426, in accordance with Rules 211

and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211

and 385.214). All such motions or

protests should be filed on or before the

comment date. Protests will be

considered by the Commission in

determining the appropriate action to be

taken, but will not serve to make

protestants parties to the proceeding.

Any person wishing to become a party

must file a motion to intervene. Copies

of these filings are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection. This filing may also be

viewed on the Internet at http://

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

202–208–2222 for assistance).

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–1578 Filed 1–21–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6527–6]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request; Information

Collection Request for the Existing

Concentration of Analytically

Detectable Congeners of

Polychlorinated Biphenyls, Dioxins,

And Furans In Biosolids Generated By

Publicly Owned Treatment Works

(POTWs) Under the National Biosolids

Program

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):

Information Collection Request for the

existing concentration of analytically

detectable congeners of Polychlorinated

Biphenyls, Dioxins, Furans, in Biosolids

generated by POTWs under the National

Biosolids Program (40 CFR part 503),

EPA ICR 1930.01. 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 March 24, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Interested persons may

obtain a copy of this ICR without charge

by contacting Ash Sajjad, NPDES

Branch, Water Division (WN–16J), U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard,

Chicago, Illinois 60604, telephone

number (312) 886–6112, E-mail address

‘‘sajjad.ash@epa.gov’’.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ash

Sajjad, telephone number (312) 886–

6112, facsimile number (312) 886–7804,

E-mail address ‘‘sajjad.ash@epa.gov’.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Affected entities: Entities potentially

affected by this action are 25 of the 33

POTWs that generated analytically

detectable concentration of

polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in

their biosolids reported in the 1988

NSSS.

Title: Survey Of The Existing

Concentration Of Analytically

Detectable Congeners Of

Polychlorinated Biphenyls, Dioxins, and

Furans In Biosolids Generated By

POTWs Under The National Biosolids

Program (40 CFR part 503) (EPA ICR

Number 1930.01).

Abstract: EPA plans to conduct a

survey of biosolids generated by a

randomly selected subgroup of up to

twenty five POTWs from the thirty three

POTWs which tested positive for PCBs

and reported in the 1988 NSSS. Because

the management of the biosolids

program is the responsibility of the

Office of Wastewater Management

(OWM) in the Office of Water (OW),

Environmental Protection Agency

(EPA), and the Clean Water Act requires

EPA to periodically review the

regulations for the purpose of

identifying additional toxic pollutants

and promulgating regulations. The

OWM designated Region 5,

headquartered in Chicago, Illinois, to

conduct this survey to assess the

existing concentration of these

pollutants in biosolids generated by

POTWs. The specific purpose of this

survey is to evaluate the need to

develop regulations, policies, and

guidance to control these pollutants in

the environment. The USEPA will

contract the sampling, chemical analysis

of biosolids, and interpretation and

reporting of analytical data to a contract

laboratory selected through an open

bidding process. The contract laboratory

will be collecting representative grab

samples of biosolids at suitable

locations at the selected POTWs, and

will measure the analytically detectable

concentrations of the congeners of PCBs,

dioxins, and furans using EPA Methods

No. 1668 for PCBs, and Method No.1613

for dioxins and furans.

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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

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology, e.g., permitting

electronic submission of responses.

Burden Statement: The information

collection will involve an estimated 25

respondents at a cost of $1617 to those

respondents. The total annual cost to

both respondents and government

including the laboratory contract is

estimated at $38, 839. The annual

number of responses are expected to be

25 or one response per respondent. The

time required for a response ranges from

1 hour to 3 hours, with an average

response time of 2 hours. An estimated

25 respondents are required to keep

records at an average annual burden of

15 minutes per record keeper. The

biosolids survey will entail 6.3 hours of

recordkeeping, 5 hours for government

as users of the data, for a total of 11.3

burden hours.

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: January 12, 2000.

Jo Lynn Traub,

Director, Water Division, Region 5.

[FR Doc. 00–1556 Filed 1–21–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6528–2]

Science Advisory Board; Public

Advisory Committee Meetings

Pursuant to the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, Public Law 92–463,

notice is hereby given that two

committees of the Science Advisory

Board will hold public teleconference

meetings on the dates and times noted

below. All times noted are Eastern

Time. All meetings are open to the

public, however, seating and

teleconference lines are limited and

available on a first-come basis.

1. Integrated Risk Project (IRP) Peer

Review Subcommittee

The Integrated Risk Project (IRP) Peer

Review Subcommittee of the Science

Advisory Board will meet Tuesday

February 15, 2000 from 3:00 to 5:00 pm.

The meeting will be coordinated

through a conference call connection

located in Room 6013 of the Ariel Rios

Building at the U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA) located at 1200

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20004. The building entrance is

adjacent to the Federal Triangle Metro

Stop on 12th Street. For directions and

further information concerning the

meeting, please contact the individuals

given below. The public is welcome to

attend the meeting physically or

through a telephonic link.

Purpose of the Meeting

At this meeting the Integrated Risk

Project Subcommittee will review the

report of the Integrated Risk Project:

Towards Integrated Environmental

Decision-Making.

2. Research Strategies Advisory

Committee (RSAC)

The Research Strategies Advisory

Committee (RSAC) of the Science

Advisory Board (SAB) will meet

Wednesday, February 16, 2000 from

12:00 am to 2:00 pm. The meeting will

be coordinated through a conference

call connection located in Room 6013 of

the Ariel Rios Building at the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

located at 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,

NW, Washington, DC 20004. The

building entrance is adjacent to the

Federal Triangle Metro Stop on 12th

Street. For directions and further

information concerning the meeting,

please contact the individuals given

below. The public is welcome to attend

the meeting physically or through a

telephonic link.

Purpose of the Meeting

The purpose of this meeting is to plan

for ‘‘Phase 2 of the Review of EPA’s Peer

Review Program: Effectiveness

Evaluation.’’

Proposed Charge

The Subcommittee has tasked itself to

develop specific guidance for the

subsequent SAB evaluation of how peer

reviews are conducted by the Agency

Programs and Regions using specific

case studies. The Committee will work

to develop (a) an overall strategy for the

review, (b) criteria for the selection of

projects to review, and (c) options for

how the review might be conducted,

together with a recommended approach

for consideration by the SAB’s

Executive Committee.

For Further Information Concerning the

Meetings

Members of the public desiring

additional information about either

meeting should contact Dr. John R.

Fowle III, Deputy Staff Director and

Designated Federal Officer (DFO),

Science Advisory Board (1400A), U.S.

EPA, Ariel Rios Building, 1200

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20460; telephone/voice mail at (202)

564–4547; fax at (202) 501–0323; or via

e-mail at fowle.jack@epa.gov or Ms.

Wanda Fields, Management Assistant;

telephone/voice mail at (202) 564–4539;

fax at (202) 501–0256; or via email at

fields.wanda@epa.gov. A copy of the

draft agenda and copies of the

background material will be available

approximately two weeks prior to the

meeting on the SAB website

(www.epa.gov/sab) or from Ms. Wanda

Fields at the fax or address noted above.

Additional instructions about how to

participate in either conference call can

be obtained from Ms. Fields.

Making Oral Presentations During the

Meetings

Members of the public who wish to

make a brief oral presentation at either

meeting must contact Dr. Fowle in

writing (by email, by letter or by fax—

see previously stated information) no

later than 12 noon Eastern Time,

Thursday, February 10, 2000 in order to

be included on the Agenda. Public

comments will be limited to three