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rims.htm (call (202) 208–2222 for

assistance).

The Commission held scoping

meetings, one in the daytime and one in

the evening, to help identify the scope

of issues to be addressed in the EIS. The

daytime scoping meeting was held on

June 15, 2000 at the Holiday Inn, 1399

Bench Road, Pocatello, Idaho, and

focused on resource agency concerns.

The evening scoping meeting was held

on June 14, 2000 at the Caribou County

Senior Citizens Center, 60 South Main

Street, Soda Spring, Idaho, and was

primarily for public input. The

applicant and Commission staff also

conducted a project site visit on Friday,

June 16, 2000.

It was the Commission’s intent that all

interested individuals, organizations,

and agencies be invited to attend one or

both of the meetings and the site visit,

and to assist the staff in identifying the

scope of the environmental issues that

should be analyzed in the EIS. These

meetings and site visit were not noticed

in the Federal Register or the local

newspapers. For that reason, the subject

scoping meeting and site visit are being

scheduled. Transcripts of the June

meetings will be available shortly and

can be viewed on http://

www.ferc.fed.us/rims.htm (call (202)

208–2222 for assistance). Transcripts of

the August meeting will also become

available shortly after that meeting.

The scoping comment period will be

extended from July 16, 2000 until

September 14, 2000. Please follow

procedures in item i. above.

Objectives

Individuals, organizations, and

agencies with environmental expertise

and concerns are encouraged to attend

the meeting and to assist the staff in

defining and clarifying the issues to be

addressed in the EIS.

At the scoping meetings, the staff will:

(1) Summarize the environmental issues

tentatively identified for analysis in the

EIS; (2) solicit from the meeting

participants all available information,

especially quantifiable data, on the

resources at issue; (3) encourage

statememts from experts and the public

on issues that should be analyzed in the

EIS, including viewpoints in opposition

to, or in support of, the staff’s

preliminary views; (4) determine the

resource issues to be addressed in the

EIS; and (5) identify those issues that

require a detailed analysis, as well as

those issues that do not require a

detailed analysis.

Procedures

The meetings are recorded by a

stenographer and become part of the

formal record of the Commission

proceeding on the project.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6726–6]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request; National

Emission Standards for Air Pollutants

for Source Categories: Flexible

Polyurethane Foam Production—

MACT

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: MACT, Subpart III, National

Emission Standards for Air Pollutants

for Flexible Polyurethane Foam

Production. OMB Control Number

2060–0357, expiration date 8/31/00. 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 July 31, 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. 1783.02. For technical questions

about the ICR contact Greg Fried at EPA

by phone at (202) 564–7016 or by email

at fried.gregory@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: ICR for MACT Subpart III—

National Emission Standards for

Hazardous Air Pollutants for Flexible

Polyurethane Foam Production, OMB

Control Number 2060–0357, EPA ICR

No. 1783.02, expiration date 8/31/00.

This is a request for extension of a

currently approved collection.

Abstract: This standard applies to

owners or operators of new and existing

facilities that engage in the manufacture

of flexible polyurethane foam products.

This includes facilities making slabstock

flexible polyurethane foam

(‘‘slabstock’’), rebond flexible

polyurethane foam (‘‘rebond’’), and/or

molded flexible polyurethane foam

(‘‘molded foam’’).

For slabstock foam producers, these

requirements include an initial

notification, notification of compliance

status, and semiannual reports

thereafter. In addition, respondents are

required to submit a pre-compliance

report that describes the HAP

compliance procedures, and

recordkeeping procedures. Respondents

electing to comply with the slabstock

foam emission limitation using recovery

devices must measure and record

emissions as specified in section

63.1297 of the final rule. Molded and

rebond foam producers have only to

submit a notification of compliance

status report.

Owners or operators of slabstock

flexible polyurethane foam production

facilities must maintain a copy of all

HAP usage records onsite for a

minimum of five years. All reports are

to be submitted upon request to EPA or

the enforcement authority by EPA. The

information is used to determine

whether or not all sources subject to the

MACT are achieving the standards.

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 April

18, 2000; no comments were received.

Burden Statement: The annual burden

for this collection of information is

estimated to average 45 hours over the

next three years. 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.

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Respondents/Affected Entities:

Flexible Polyurethane Foam Production

Plants.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

143.

Frequency of Response: Initial and

semiannual.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

6,400 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Capital

O&M Cost Burden: $0.

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.1783.02 and

OMB Control No. 2060–0357 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: June 20, 2000.

Oscar Morales,

Director, Collection Strategies Division.

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Review; Comment Request; EPA ICR

#1249.06

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: Recordkeeping Requirements

For Certified Applicators Using 1080

Collars For Livestock Protection, (EPA

ICR No. 1249.06, OMB No. 2070–0074).

The ICR, which is abstracted below and

expires on June 30, 2000, describes the

nature of the information collection and

its estimated cost and burden. The

Agency is requesting that OMB renew

approval of the ICR for a three year

period. The Federal Register document

required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d),

soliciting comments on this collection

of information, published on December

29, 1999 (64 FR 73042). EPA received a

single comment, which was considered

in finalizing this ICR for submission to

OMB.

DATES: Additional comments may be

submitted on or before July 31, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sandy Farmer by phone at 202–260–

2740, or via e-mail at

‘‘farmer.sandy@epa.gov’’, or using the

address indicated below. Please refer to

EPA ICR No. 1249.06. and OMB Control

No. 2070–0074.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing

EPA ICR No. 1249.06 and OMB Control

No. 2070–0074, to the following

addresses: Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

Collection Strategies Division (2822),

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20460; and to: Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA,

725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC

20503.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Review Requested: The Agency is

requesting that OMB renew approval of

this ICR for a three year period.

ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 1249.06

and OMB Control No. 2070–0074.

Current Expiration Date: June 30,

2000.

Title: Recordkeeping Requirements

for Certified Applicators Using 1080

Collars for Livestock Protection.

Abstract: This ICR affects

approximately 75 Certified Pesticide

Applicators, who utilize 1080 toxic

collars for livestock protection. Four

states (Montana, New Mexico, South

Dakota, and Wyoming) monitor the

program, and five pesticide registrants

are required to keep records of: (a)

Number of collars purchased; (b)

number of collars placed on livestock;

(c) number of collars punctured or

ruptured; (d) apparent cause of puncture

or rupture; (e) number of collars lost or

unrecovered; (f) number of collars in use

and in storage; and (g) location and

species data on each animal poisoned as

an apparent result of the toxic collar.

Applicators maintain records, and the

registrants/lead agencies do monitoring

studies and submit the reports. These

records are monitored by either the: (a)

State lead agencies; (b) EPA regional

offices; or (c) the registrants. The

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA,

the Agency) receives annual monitoring

reports from registrants or State lead

agencies. 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.

Burden Statement: The data that

certified Livestock Protection Collar

applicators are required to record and

maintain were outlined in the Initial

Decision of the Administrative Law

Judge in the 1080 Predacide Hearings.

Pursuant to that decision, the EPA

requires certified Livestock Protection

Collar applicators to keep and report no

records other than those prescribed by

USE RESTRICTIONS 5 and 6. The ICR

provides a detailed explanation of this

estimate. The annual public burden for

the Recordkeeping Requirements for

Certified Applicators using 1080 Collars

for Livestock Protection is estimated to

average 40 hours per certified

applicator, 77 hour per state, and 9

hours per registrant. The following is a

summary of the estimates taken from the

ICR:

Respondents/Affected Entities:

Certified applicators, States and

Registrants.

Estimated Total Number of

Respondents: 84.

Frequency of Response: Annually.

Estimated total number of responses

for each respondent: 1.

Estimated Total Annual Burden:

3,353.

Estimated Total Annualized Nonlabor Costs: $0.

Changes in Burden Estimates: The

Agency reduced its estimate of the

number of certified applicators based on

the number of annual participants

during the past three years, and reduced

the number of registrants because one

registrant is no longer participating in

the program. This resulted in a total

adjustment in the total burden of –3,086

burden hours.

According to the procedures

prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12, EPA has

submitted this ICR to OMB for review

and approval. Any comments related to

the renewal of this ICR should be

submitted within 30 days of this

document, as described above.

Dated: June 20, 2000.

Oscar Morales,

Director, Collection Strategies Division.

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