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number excluding the last three digits in 

the Docket Number field (i.e., CP13–8). 

Be sure you have selected an 

appropriate date range. 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. The eLibrary link also 

provides access to the texts of formal 

documents issued by the Commission, 

such as orders, notices, and 

rulemakings. 

In addition, the Commission offers a 

free service called eSubscription which 

allows you to keep track of all formal 

issuances and submittals in specific 

dockets. This can reduce the amount of 

time you spend researching proceedings 

by automatically providing you with 

notification of these filings, document 

summaries, and direct links to the 

documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/ 

esubscribenow.htm. 

Dated: April 19, 2013. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2013–09982 Filed 4–26–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Notice of Staff Attendance at 

Southwest Power Pool Regional Entity 

Trustee, Regional State Committee and 

Board of Directors Meetings 

The Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission (Commission) hereby gives 

notice that members of its staff may 

attend the meetings of the Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. (SPP) Regional Entity 

Trustee (RE), Regional State Committee 

(RSC) and Board of Directors, as noted 

below. Their attendance is part of the 

Commission’s ongoing outreach efforts. 

All meetings will be held at the Hilton 

Kansas City Airport Hotel, 8801 NW 

112th Street, Kansas City, MO 64153. 

The hotel’s phone number is (816) 891– 

8900. 

SPP RE 

April 29, 2013 (8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.) 

SPP RSC 

April 29, 2013 (1:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.) 

SPP Board of Directors 

April 30, 2013 (8:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.) 

The discussions may address matters 

at issue in the following proceedings: 

Docket No. ER06–451, Southwest Power 

Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER08–1419, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER09–659, Southwest Power 

Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER11–4105, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER12–140, Southwest Power 

Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER12–550, Southwest Power 

Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER12–891, Southwest Power 

Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER12–909, Southwest Power 

Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER12–959, Southwester 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER12–1017, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER12–1018, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER12–1179, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER12–1401, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER12–1402, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER12–1586, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER12–1772, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER12–1779, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER12–2292, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER12–2366, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. EL12–2, Southwest Power 

Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. EL12–47, Southwest Power 

Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. EL12–51, Southwest Power 

Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. EL12–60, Southwest Power 

Pool, Inc., et al. 

Docket No. ER12–1813, The Empire 

District Electric Co. 

Docket No. ER12–1071, Entergy 

Arkansas, Inc. 

Docket No. EL12–59, Golden Spread 

Electric Cooperative, Inc. 

Docket No. ER09–548, ITC Great Plains, 

LLC 

Docket No. ER12–480, Midwest 

Independent Transmission System 

Operator, Inc. 

Docket No. ER12–1577, Midwest 

Independent Transmission System 

Operator, Inc. 

Docket No. EL11–34, Midwest 

Independent Transmission System 

Operator, Inc. 

Docket No. ER09–36, Prairie Wind 

Transmission, LLC 

Docket No. ER09–35, Tallgrass 

Transmission, LLC 

Docket No. EL12–28, Xcel Energy 

Services Inc., et al. 

Docket No. EL13–15, Southwestern 

Public Service Company 

Docket No. EL13–35, Southwestern 

Public Service Company 

Docket No. ER13–301, Southwest Power 

Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER13–366, Southwest Power 

Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER13–367, Southwest Power 

Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER13–664, Southwest Power 

Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER13–989, Southwest Power 

Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER13–1013, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER13–1014, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No, ER13–1032, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER13–1061, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER13–1068, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER13–1084, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER13–1173, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER13–1264, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

These meetings are open to the 

public. 

For more information, contact Patrick 

Clarey, Office of Energy Market 

Regulation, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission at (317) 249–5937 or 

patrick.clarey@ferc.gov. 

Dated: April 22, 2013. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2013–09985 Filed 4–26–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2002–0091; FRL 9530–8] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; Ambient 

Air Quality Surveillance (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency has submitted an information 

collection request (ICR), ‘‘Nitrogen 

Oxides Ambient Air Monitoring 

(Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR No. 2358.04, OMB 

Control No. 2060–0638) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.). This is a proposed 

extension of the ICR, which is currently 

approved through April 30, 2013. This 

ICR is being submitted to OMB 

concurrently with the renewal for the 

‘‘Ambient Air Quality Surveillance’’ ICR 

(EPA ICR Number 0940.27, OMB 

Control Number 2060–0084). The 


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renewal for the Ambient Air Quality 

Surveillance ICR will incorporates the 

requirements and burden currently 

approved under the Nitrogen Oxides 

Ambient Monitoring ICR (OMB# 2060– 

0638, EPA ICR Number 2358.03) and the 

Sulfur Dioxides Ambient Monitoring 

ICR (OMB# 2060–0642, EPA ICR 

Number 2370.02). Public comments 

were previously requested via the 

Federal Register (78 FR 12052) on 

February 21, 2013 during a 60-day 

comment period. This notice allows for 

an additional 30 days for public 

comments. A fuller description of the 

ICR is given below, including its 

estimated burden and cost to the public. 

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. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before May 29, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID number EPA– 

HQ–OAR–2002–0091, to (1) EPA online 

using www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), by Email to a-and-rdocket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Air and Radiation 

Docket, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20460, and (2) OMB by mail 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. 

EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes profanity, threats, 

information claimed to be Confidential 

Business Information (CBI) or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Laurie Trinca, Air Quality Analysis 

Division (C304–06), Environmental 

Protection Agency; telephone number 

(919) 541–0520; fax number: 919–541– 

1903; email address: 

trinca.laurie@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Supporting documents which explain in 

detail the information that the EPA will 

be collecting are available in the public 

docket for this ICR. The docket can be 

viewed online at www.regulations.gov 

or in person at the EPA Docket Center, 

EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC. The telephone number for the 

Docket Center is 202–566–1744. For 

additional information about EPA’s 

public docket, visit http://www.epa.gov/ 

dockets. 

Abstract: This Information Collection 

Request (ICR) includes ambient air 

monitoring data and other supporting 

measurements reporting and 

recordkeeping activities associated with 

the 40 CFR part 58 Ambient Air Quality 

Surveillance rule. These data and 

information are collected by various 

State and local air quality management 

agencies, and Tribal entities and 

reported to the Office of Air Quality 

Planning and Standards within the 

Office of Air and Radiation, U.S. EPA. 

The data collected through this 

information collection consist of 

ambient air concentration 

measurements for the seven air 

pollutants with National Ambient Air 

Quality Standards (i.e., ozone, sulfur 

dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, lead, carbon 

monoxide, PM2.5 and PM–10), ozone 

precursors, meteorological variables at a 

select number of sites and other 

supporting measurements. 

Accompanying the pollutant 

concentration data are quality 

assurance/quality control data and air 

monitoring network design information. 

The U.S. EPA and others (e.g., State 

and local air quality management 

agencies, tribal entities, environmental 

groups, academic institutions, industrial 

groups) use the ambient air quality data 

for many purposes, including informing 

the public and other interested parties 

of an area’s air quality, judging an area’s 

(e.g., county, city, neighborhood) air 

quality in comparison with the 

established health or welfare standards 

(including both national and local 

standards), evaluating an air quality 

management agency’s progress in 

achieving or maintaining air pollutant 

levels below the national and local 

standards, developing and revising State 

Implementation Plans (SIPs) in 

accordance with 40 CFR part 51, 

evaluating air pollutant control 

strategies, developing or revising 

national control policies, providing data 

for air quality model development and 

validation, supporting enforcement 

actions, documenting episodes and 

initiating episode controls, air quality 

trends assessment, and air pollution 

research. 

The State and local agencies and 

tribal entities with responsibility for 

reporting ambient air quality data and 

information as requested in this ICR 

submit these data electronically to the 

U.S. EPA’s Air Quality System (AQS) 

database. Quality assurance/quality 

control records and monitoring network 

documentation are also maintained by 

each State and local agency, in AQS 

electronic format where possible. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: State 

and local air pollution agencies and 

Tribal entities. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

142. 

Frequency of Response: Quarterly, but 

may occur more frequently. 

Total Estimated Annual Hour Burden: 

49,474 hours. Burden is defined at 5 

CFR 1320.3(b). 

Total Estimated Annual Cost: 

$3,261,007. This includes an estimated 

labor cost of $2,737,485 and an 

estimated cost of $523,522 for 

operations and maintenance and capital 

costs. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2013–10009 Filed 4–26–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9807–1] 

Forum on Environmental 

Measurements Announcement of 

Competency Policy for Assistance 

Agreements 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Announcement of Competency 

Policy for Assistance Agreements. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency’s Forum on Environmental 

Measurements (FEM) is implementing 

an Agency-wide policy requiring 

organizations generating or using 

environmental data under certain 

Agency-funded assistance agreements to 

submit documentation of their 

competency prior to award of the 

agreement, or if that is not practicable, 

prior to beginning any work involving 

the generation or use of environmental 

data under the agreement. The Policy 

was originally approved on December 

12, 2012 by the Science Technology 

Policy Council (STPC) and will be 

effective on May 15, 2013. The Policy 

will apply to all competitive and noncompetitive assistance agreements 

expected to exceed a total maximum 

value of $200,000 (in federal funding) 

and awarded based on solicitations 

issued after May 14, 2013. The Policy 

will be reviewed against frequently 

asked questions within two years after 

its effective data and will either be 

reissued without revision, reissued with 

revisions, or rescinded. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Comments or questions should be sent 


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