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Part 1021) and after a determination is 

made by DOE that the proposed action 

will not adversely impact on the 

reliability of the U.S. electric power 

supply system. 

Copies of this application will be 

made available, upon request, for public 

inspection and copying at the address 

provided above, by accessing the 

program Web site at http:// 

www.oe.energy.gov/ 

permits_pending.htm, or by e-mailing 

Odessa Hopkins at 

Odessa.Hopkins@hq.doe.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on December 

22, 2010. 

Anthony J. Como, 

Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of 

Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability. 

[FR Doc. 2011–1242 Filed 1–20–11; 8:45 am] 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2010–0595; FRL–9255–6; 

EPA ICR No. 2402.01; OMB Control No. 

2040–NEW] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Willingness To 

Pay Survey for § 316(b) Existing 

Facilities Cooling Water Intake 

Structures (New) 

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 an Information 

Collection Request (ICR) has been 

forwarded to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval. This is a request for a new 

collection. The ICR, which is abstracted 

below, describes the nature of the 

information collection and its estimated 

burden and cost. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before February 22, 

2011. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OW–2010–0595 to: 

(1) EPA by one of the following 

methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• E-mail: OW–Docket@epa.gov, 

Attention Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OW– 

2010–0595. 

• Mail: Water Docket, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mailcode: 28221T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, Attention 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OW–2010– 

0595. Please include a total of 3 copies. 

• Hand Delivery: Water Docket, EPA 

Docket Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 

1301 Constitution Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC, Attention Docket ID 

No. EPA–HQ–OW–2010–0595. Such 

deliveries are only accepted during the 

Docket’s normal hours of operation and 

special arrangements should be made. 

(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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Erik 

Helm, Office of Water, Office of Science 

and Technology, Engineering and 

Analysis Division, Economic and 

Environmental Assessment Branch, 

4303T, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: 202–566–1049; fax number: 

202–566–1053; e-mail address: 

Helm.Erik@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has 

submitted the following ICR to OMB for 

review and approval according to the 

procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12. 

On July 21, 2010 (74 FR 42438), EPA 

sought comments on this ICR pursuant 

to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received five 

comments during the comment period, 

which are addressed in the ICR. Any 

additional comments on this ICR should 

be submitted to EPA and OMB within 

30 days of this notice. 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–OW–2010–0595 which is available 

for online viewing at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the Water Docket in the EPA 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., 

NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC 

Public Reading Room is open from 8:30 

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

Friday, excluding legal holidays. The 

telephone number for the Reading Room 

is 202–566–1744, and the telephone 

number for the Water Docket is 202– 

566–1752. 

Use EPA’s electronic docket and 

comment system at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, to submit or view 

public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the docket, and 

to access those documents in the docket 

that are available electronically. Once in 

the system, select ‘‘docket search,’’ then 

key in the docket ID number identified 

above. Please note that EPA’s policy is 

that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing at http://www.regulations.gov 

as EPA receives them and without 

change, unless the comment contains 

copyrighted material, CBI, or other 

information whose public disclosure is 

restricted by statute. For further 

information about the electronic docket, 

go to http://www.regulations.gov. 

Title: Willingness to Pay Survey for 

Section 316(b) Existing Facilities 

Cooling Water Intake Structures: 

Instrument, Pre-test, and 

Implementation. 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2402.01, 

OMB Control No. 2040–NEW. 

ICR status: This ICR is for a new 

information collection activity. 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 in title 40 of the CFR, 

after appearing in the Federal Register 

when approved, are listed in 40 CFR 

part 9, are displayed either by 

publication in the Federal Register or 

by other appropriate means, such as on 

the related collection instrument or 

form, if applicable. The display of OMB 

control numbers in certain EPA 

regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR 

part 9. 

Abstract: Section 316(b) of the Clean 

Water Act (CWA) requires EPA to 

ensure that the location, design, 

construction, and capacity of cooling 

water intake structures (CWIS) reflect 

the best technology available (BTA) to 

protect aquatic organisms from being 

killed or injured by impingement or 

entrainment. At question here is the 

regulation of the existing steam electric 

and manufacturing facilities. 

Under Executive Order 12866, EPA is 

required to estimate the potential 

benefits and costs to society of proposed 

rule options of significant rules. To 

assess the importance of the ecological 

gains from the section 316(b) regulation, 

EPA requests approval from the OMB to 

conduct a stated preference survey. Data 

from the associated stated preference 

survey will be used to estimate values 

(willingness to pay, or WTP) derived by 

households for changes related to the 

reduction of fish losses at CWIS, and to 

provide information to assist in the 

interpretation and validation of survey 

responses. EPA has designed the survey 

to provide data to support the following 

specific objectives: [a] The estimation of 

the total values that individuals place 

on preventing losses of fish and other 

aquatic organisms caused by 316(b) 

facilities; [b] to understand how much 

individuals value preventing fish losses, 

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increasing fish populations, and 

increasing commercial and recreational 

catch rates; [c] to understand how such 

values depend on the current baseline 

level of fish populations and fish losses, 

the scope of the change in those 

measures, and the certainty level of the 

predictions; and [d] to understand how 

such values vary with respect to 

individuals’ economic and demographic 

characteristics. 

The key elicitation questions ask 

respondents whether or not they would 

vote for policies that would increase 

their cost of living, in exchange for 

specified multi-attribute changes in [a] 

impingement and entrainment losses of 

fish, [b] commercial fish populations, [c] 

long-term populations of all fish, and [d] 

condition of aquatic ecosystems. The 

respondents’ stated preferences with 

respect to levels of environmental goods 

and cost to households, when used in 

conjunction with other information 

collected in the survey on the use of the 

affected aquatic resources, household 

income, and other demographics, can be 

analyzed statistically (using a mixed 

logit framework) to estimate total WTP 

for the quantified environmental 

benefits of the 316(b) rulemaking. Data 

analysis and interpretation is grounded 

in a standard random utility model. 

The welfare values that can be 

derived from this stated preference 

survey along with those that are 

estimated apart from the survey effort 

will offer insight into the composition of 

the value people place on the 316(b) 

environmental impacts. WTP estimates 

derived from the survey may overlap— 

to a potentially substantial extent—with 

estimates that can be provided through 

some other methods. Therefore, 

particular care will be given to avoid 

any possible double counting of values 

that might be derived from alternative 

valuation methods. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 5 minutes per 

telephone screening participant and 30 

minutes per mail survey respondent 

including the time necessary to 

complete and mail back the 

questionnaire. 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 ICR provides a detailed 

explanation of the Agency’s estimate, 

which is only briefly summarized here: 

Respondents: Individuals from U.S. 

households. 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 9,533 for telephone 

screening and 2,288 for mailed 

questionnaires. 

Frequency of response: One-time 

response. 

Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: Onetime response. 

Estimated total burden hours: 1,938 

hours. 

Estimated total costs: $39,583. EPA 

estimates that there will be no capital 

and operating and maintenance cost 

burden to respondents. 

Dated: January 14, 2011. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

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AGENCY 

[ER–FRL–8994–8] 

Environmental Impacts Statements; 

Notice of Availability 

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal 

Activities, General Information (202) 

564–1399 or http://www.epa.gov/ 

compliance/nepa/. 

Weekly Receipt of Environmental 

Impact Statements Filed 01/10/2011 

Through 01/14/2011 Pursuant to 40 CFR 

1506.9 

Notice: In accordance with Section 

309(a) of the Clean Air Act, EPA is 

required to make its comments on EISs 

issued by other Federal agencies public. 

Historically, EPA met this mandate by 

publishing weekly notices of availability 

of EPA comments, which includes a 

brief summary of EPA’s comment 

letters, in the Federal Register. Since 

February 2008, EPA has included its 

comment letters on EISs on its Web site 

at: http://www.epa.gov/compliance/ 

nepa/eisdata.html. Including the entire 

EIS comment letters on the Web site 

satisfies the Section 309(a) requirement 

to make EPA’s comments on EISs 

available to the public. Accordingly, on 

March 31, 2010, EPA discontinued the 

publication of the notice of availability 

of EPA comments in the Federal 

Register. 

EIS No. 20110011, Final EIS, FHWA, 

NC, Gaston East-West Connector 

Project, Construction (from I–85 west 

Gastonia to I–485/NC 160 near the 

Charlotte-Douglas International 

Airport, Gaston and Meckleburg 

Counties, NC, Wait Period Ends: 02/ 

22/2011, Contact: Jennifer Harris, 

919–571–3004. 

EIS No. 20110012, Final EIS, NRC, AZ, 

GENERIC EIS—License Renewal of 

Nuclear Plants, Regarding Palo Verde 

Nuclear Generating Station, 

Supplement 43, NUREG–1437, 

Maricopa County, AZ, Wait Period 

Ends: 02/22/2011, Contact: David 

Drucker, 301–415–6223. 

EIS No. 20110013, Final EIS, NPS, VA, 

Cedar Creek and Belle Grove National 

Historical Park, General Management 

Plan, Implementation, Frederick, 

Shenandoah, Warren Counties, VA, 

Wait Period Ends: 02/22/2011, 

Contact: Peter Iris-Williams, 215–597– 

6479. 

EIS No. 20110014, Draft EIS, USFS, ID, 

Forest Plan Amendments Proposed to 

Facilitate Implementation of the 2011 

Plan-Scale Wildlife Conservation 

Strategy Phase 1: Forested Biological 

Community, Payette National Forest, 

Adam, Idaho, Valley and Washington 

Counties, ID, Comment Period Ends: 

04/20/2011, Contact: Sue Dixon, 208– 

634–0700. 

EIS No. 20110015, Draft EIS, USFWS, 

WA, Willapa National Wildlife Refuge 

Draft Comprehensive Conservation 

Plan, Implementation, Pacific County, 

WA, Comment Period Ends: 03/07/ 

2011, Contact: Charles Houghten, 

503–231–6207. 

Amended Notices 

EIS No. 20110009, Draft EIS, GSA, DC, 

Nebraska Avenue Complex Master 

Plan, Propose to Consolidate Over 

28,000 DHS Employees, Location 

3801 Nebraska Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC, Comment Period 

Ends: 03/01/2011, Contact: Suzanne 

Hill, 202–205–5821. Revision to FR 

Notice 01/14/2011. Correction to the 

Status from Final EIS to Draft EIS. 

Dated: January 18, 2011. 

Cliff Rader, 

Environmental Protection Specialist, NEPA 

Compliance Division, Office of Federal 

Activities. 

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