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CFR 1501.6, made under 18 CFR 

385.2201(e)(1)(v). 

The following is a list of off-therecord communications recently 

received by the Secretary of the 

Commission. The communications 

listed are grouped by docket numbers in 

ascending order. These filings are 

available for review at the Commission 

in the Public Reference Room or may be 

viewed on the Commission’s Web site at 

http://www.ferc.gov using the eLibrary 

link. Enter the docket number, 

excluding the last three digits, in the 

docket number field to access the 

document. For assistance, please contact 

FERC, Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll 

free at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, 

contact (202) 502–8659. 

Docket No. File date Presenter or requester 

Prohibited: 

1. CP11–515–000 ............................................................................................................ 11–18–11 ......... William (Ty) Lane. 

2. ER10–787–000, et al. ................................................................................................. 11–18–11 ......... Commission Staff.1

3. P–12790–001 .............................................................................................................. 11–22–11 ......... Commission Staff.2

4. P–12790–001 .............................................................................................................. 11–22–11 ......... Sean Elwell, et al. 

5. CP07–444–000 ............................................................................................................ 11–22–11 ......... Carolynn Kohout. 

6. P–2512–000 ................................................................................................................ 11–28–11 ......... Lisa LaRue. 

Exempt: 

1. P–459–212 .................................................................................................................. 11–10–11 ......... Hon. Darrell Pollock. 

2. EL11–39–000 .............................................................................................................. 11–17–11 ......... Hon. Charles E. Grassley. 

3. P–2144–000 ................................................................................................................ 11–17–11 ......... Hon. Cathy McMorris Rodgers. 

4. P–459–212 .................................................................................................................. 11–17–11 ......... Hon. Chuck Purgason. 

5. P–13338–000 .............................................................................................................. 11–17–11 ......... Hon. Charles E. Grassley. 

6. CP07–44–000 .............................................................................................................. 11–17–11 ......... Hon. Jo Bonner. 

7. P–459–212 .................................................................................................................. 11–21–11 ......... Hon. Kris Franken.3

8. P–12715–000 .............................................................................................................. 11–21–11 ......... Commission Staff.4

9. P–2232–000 ................................................................................................................ 11–22–11 ......... Hon. Patrick T. McHenry. 

10. P–1267–000 .............................................................................................................. 11–23–11 ......... Hon. Jim DeMint. 

1 Material provided in advance of Technical Conference. 

2Email record. 

3 Notice of Official Record. 

4Telephone record. 

Dated: November 30, 2011. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–31386 Filed 12–6–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9327–3] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Renewal of 

Several Currently Approved 

Collections; Comment Request 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document 

announces that EPA is planning to 

submit requests to renew several 

currently approved Information 

Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). The 

ICRs are specifically identified in this 

document by their corresponding titles, 

EPA ICR numbers, OMB Control 

numbers, and related docket 

identification (ID) numbers. Before 

submitting these ICRs to OMB for 

review and approval, EPA is soliciting 

comments on specific aspects of the 

information collection activities. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before February 6, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by the docket ID number for 

the corresponding ICR as identified in 

this document, by one of the following 

methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs 

(OPP) Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001. 

• Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public 

Docket (7502P), Environmental 

Protection Agency, Rm. S–4400, One 

Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. 

Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. Deliveries 

are only accepted during the Docket 

Facility’s normal hours of operation 

(8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, excluding legal holidays). 

Special arrangements should be made 

for deliveries of boxed information. The 

Docket Facility telephone number is 

(703) 305–5805. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

the docket ID number for the 

corresponding ICR as identified in this 

document. EPA’s policy is that all 

comments received will be included in 

the docket without change and may be 

made available on-line at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through regulations.gov or 

email. The regulations.gov Web site is 

an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means EPA will not know your identity 

or contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

If you send an email comment directly 

to EPA without going through 

regulations.gov, your email address will 

be automatically captured and included 

as part of the comment that is placed in 

the docket and made available on the 

Internet. If you submit an electronic 

comment, EPA recommends that you 

include your name and other contact 

information in the body of your 

comment and with any disk or CD–ROM 

you submit. If EPA cannot read your 

comment due to technical difficulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, 

EPA may not be able to consider your 

comment. Electronic files should avoid 

the use of special characters, any form 

of encryption, and be free of any defects 

or viruses. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the docket index available 

in http://www.regulations.gov. Although 

listed in the index, some information is 

not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other 

information whose disclosure is 


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restricted by statute. Certain other 

material, such as copyrighted material, 

is not placed on the Internet and will be 

publicly available only in hard copy 

form. Publicly available docket 

materials are available either in the 

electronic docket at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or, if only 

available in hard copy, at the OPP 

Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S– 

4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 

2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The 

hours of operation of this Docket 

Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The Docket Facility telephone 

number is (703) 305–5805. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions regarding EPA Docket ID 

Number EPA–HQ–OPP–2011–0704: Lily 

G. Negash, Field and External Affairs 

Division (7506P), Office of Pesticide 

Programs, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (703) 347–8515; fax number: 

(703) 305–5884; email address: 

negash.lily@epa.gov. 

For questions regarding EPA Docket 

ID Number EPA–HQ–OPP–2011–0902: 

Ryne Yarger, Field and External Affairs 

Division (7506P), Office of Pesticide 

Programs, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (703) 605–1193; fax number: 

(703) 305–5884; email address: 

yarger.ryne@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. What information is EPA particularly 

interested in? 

Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

PRA, EPA specifically solicits 

comments and information to enable it 

to: 

1. 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. 

2. Evaluate the accuracy of the 

Agency’s estimates of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used. 

3. Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected. 

4. 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. In 

particular, EPA is requesting comments 

from very small businesses (those that 

employ less than 25) on examples of 

specific additional efforts that EPA 

could make to reduce the paperwork 

burden for very small businesses 

affected by this collection. 

II. What should I consider when I 

prepare my comments for EPA? 

You may find the following 

suggestions helpful for preparing your 

comments: 

1. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible and provide specific examples. 

2. Describe any assumptions that you 

used. 

3. Provide copies of any technical 

information and/or data you used that 

support your views. 

4. If you estimate potential burden or 

costs, explain how you arrived at the 

estimate that you provide. 

5. Provide specific examples to 

illustrate your concerns. 

6. Offer alternative ways to improve 

the collection activity. 

7. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the deadline identified 

under DATES. 

8. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, 

be sure to identify the docket ID number 

assigned to this action in the subject 

line on the first page of your response. 

You may also provide the name, date, 

and Federal Register citation. 

III. What do I need to know about PRA? 

An Agency may not conduct or 

sponsor, and a person is not required to 

respond to, a collection of information 

subject to PRA approval unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. The OMB control numbers for 

EPA’s regulations in title 40 of the Code 

of Federal Regulations (CFR), after 

appearing in the preamble of the final 

rule, are further displayed either by 

publication in the Federal Register or 

by other appropriate means, such as on 

the related collection instruments or 

form, if applicable. The display of OMB 

control numbers for certain EPA 

regulations is consolidated in a list at 40 

CFR 9.1. 

Under PRA, 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 which have 

subsequently changed; 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. 

IV. Which ICRs are being renewed? 

EPA is planning to submit a number 

of currently approved ICRs to OMB for 

review and approval under PRA. In 

addition to specifically identifying the 

ICRs by title and corresponding ICR, 

OMB and docket ID numbers, this unit 

provides a brief summary of the 

information collection activity and the 

Agency’s estimated burden. The 

Supporting Statement for each ICR, a 

copy of which is available in the 

corresponding docket, provides a more 

detailed explanation. 

A. Docket ID Number EPA–HQ–OPP– 

2011–0704 

Title: Submission of Protocols and 

Study Reports for Environmental 

Research Involving Human Subjects. 

ICR number: EPA ICR No. 2195.04. 

OMB control number: OMB Control 

No. 2070–0169. 

ICR status: The approval for this ICR 

is scheduled to expire on August 31, 

2012. 

Affected entities: Entities potentially 

affected by this ICR include anyone who 

submits protocols and study reports for 

environmental research involving 

human subjects under FIFRA and/or 

FFDCA. Although EPA has only 

received such third-party research (i.e., 

research that is not conducted or 

supported by EPA) in conjunction with 

FIFRA from pesticide registrants, it is 

conceivable that other entities could 

submit such information in the future. 

Principal respondents to this ICR are 

employers of physical, engineering, and 

life scientists in the fields of research 

and development. 

Abstract: The Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA or the Agency) 

is responsible for the regulation of 

pesticides under the Federal Insecticide, 

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) 

and the Federal Food, Drug, and 

Cosmetic Act (FFDCA). In January 2006, 

EPA issued a final rule to amend the 

Federal Policy for the Protection of 

Human Subjects (also known as the 

Common Rule) at 40 CFR part 26. The 

information collection activity imposed 

by this final rule consists of activitydriven reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements for those who intend to 

conduct research for submission to EPA 

under the pesticide laws. 

In addition to other protections, if 

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dosing of human subjects, these 

individuals (respondents) are required 

to submit study protocols to EPA and a 

cognizant local Human Subjects IRB 

before such research is initiated so that 

the scientific design and ethical 

standards that will be employed during 

the proposed study may be reviewed 

and approved. Also, respondents are 

required to submit information about 

the ethical conduct of completed 

research that involved human subjects 

when such research is submitted to 

EPA. 

Burden statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 598 hours per 

response for research involving 

intentional exposure of human subjects, 

and 12 hours per response for all other 

submitted research with human 

subjects. 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 which have subsequently 

changed; 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. The information 

requirements identified in the final rule 

do not duplicate other federal agency 

information collections. 

The ICR, a copy of which is available 

in the docket, provides a detailed 

explanation of this estimate, which is 

only briefly summarized here: 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 54. 

Frequency of response: On occasion. 

Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: 1. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

20,572 hours. 

Estimated total annual costs: 

$1,712,833. This includes an estimated 

burden cost of $1,712,833 and no 

additional cost for non-burden hour 

paperwork costs, e.g., investment or 

maintenance and operational costs. 

Changes in the estimates from the last 

approval: The renewal of this ICR will 

not result in a change in the number of 

hours in the total estimated respondent 

burden identified in the currently 

approved ICR. 

B. Docket ID Number EPA–HQ–OPP– 

2011–0902 

Title: Consumer Research through 

Focus Groups to Develop Improved 

Labeling for Pesticide Products. 

ICR number: EPA ICR No. 2367.02. 

OMB control number: OMB Control 

No. 2070–0175. 

ICR status: The approval for this ICR 

is scheduled to expire on August 31, 

2012. 

Affected entities: Entities potentially 

affected by this ICR are members of the 

general public who volunteer to 

participate in a focus group. 

Abstract: EPA intends to renew a 

voluntary information collection for 

consumer research involving the use of 

focus groups to test various versions of 

pesticide product labels and other 

informational materials intended for the 

general public. The purpose of this 

research is to identify the consumer’s 

understanding of the information on a 

pesticide product label to assure that the 

consumer can effectively use this 

information to select the pesticide 

product most likely to meet their needs 

and can readily understand label 

instructions regarding the safe use, 

handling, and disposal of the product. 

The collected information will be used 

to inform the Agency on the need for 

and nature of potential revisions to EPA 

guidance and regulations regarding 

pesticide product labels and to create 

other user-friendly consumer 

information materials. 

Burden statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 2 hours per 

response. The ICR, a copy of which is 

available in the docket, provides a 

detailed explanation of this estimate, 

which is only briefly summarized here: 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 300. 

Frequency of response: On occasion. 

Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: 1. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

200 hours. 

Estimated total annual costs: $6,014. 

There are no capital expenditures or 

operational and maintenance costs 

associated with this collection activity. 

Changes in the estimates from the last 

approval: The renewal of this ICR will 

result in an overall decrease of 181.34 

hours in the total estimated respondent 

burden identified in the currently 

approved ICR. This decrease reflects 

EPA’s actual costs of conducting a series 

of 10 focus groups in 2010. This change 

is an adjustment. 

V. What is the next step in the process 

for these ICRs? 

EPA will consider the comments 

received and amend the individual ICRs 

as appropriate. The final ICR packages 

will then be submitted to OMB for 

review and approval pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.12. EPA will issue another Federal 

Register notice pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to announce the 

submission of these ICRs to OMB and 

the opportunity for the public to submit 

additional comments for OMB 

consideration. If you have any questions 

about any of these ICRs or the approval 

process in general, please contact the 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Reporting 

and recordkeeping requirements. 

Dated: November 21, 2011. 

Stephen A. Owens, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of Chemical 

Safety and Pollution Prevention. 

[FR Doc. 2011–31023 Filed 12–6–11; 8:45 a.m.] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OECA–2011–0216; FRL–9501–8] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; NESHAP for Cellulose 

Products Manufacturing (Renewal) 

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 an Information Collection Request 

(ICR) has been forwarded to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval. This is a request 

to renew an existing approved 

collection. The ICR which is abstracted 

below describes the nature of the 

collection and the estimated burden and 

cost. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before January 6, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID number EPA–HQ– 

OECA–2011–0216, to (1) EPA online 

using http://www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), or by email to 

docket.oeca@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), Environmental 

Protection Agency, Enforcement and 

Compliance Docket and Information 

Center, mail code 2822IT, 1200 


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