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on an interim basis to the Deputy

Secretary; and (3) the authority to

confirm, approve, and place into effect

on a final basis, to remand, or to

disapprove such rates to the FERC.

Existing DOE procedures for public

participation in power rate adjustments

are found at 10 CFR part 903.

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis

Pursuant to the Regulatory Flexibility

Act of 1980 (5 U.S.C. 601, et. seq.), each

agency, when required to publish a

proposed rule, is further required to

prepare and make available for public

comment an initial regulatory flexibility

analysis to describe the impact of the

proposed rule on small entities. In this

instance the initiation of the IS

transmission rate and ancillary service

rate adjustments are related to nonregulatory services provided by Western

at particular rates. Under 5 U.S. C.

601(2), rules of particular applicability

relating to rates or services are not

considered rules within the meaning of

the act. Since the IS transmission rates

and ancillary services are of limited

applicability, no flexibility analysis is

required.

Environmental Compliance

Western will conduct an

environmental evaluation of the

proposed rates and develop the

appropriate level of environmental

documentation pursuant to the National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of

1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et. seq.); the

Council on Environmental Quality

Regulations for implementing NEPA (40

CFR parts 1500 through 1508); and the

DOE NEPA Implementing Procedures

and Guidelines (10 CFR part 1021).

Review Under the Paperwork Reduction

Act

In accordance with the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1980, (44 U.S.C. 3501

et. seq.), Western has received approval

from the Office of Management and

Budget for the collection of customer

information in this rule, under control

number 1910–0100.

Determination Under Executive Order

12866

DOE has determined that this is not

a significant regulatory action because it

does not meet the criteria of Executive

Order 12866, 58 FR 51735. Western has

an exemption from centralized

regulatory review under Executive

Order 12866; accordingly, no clearance

of this notice by Office of Management

and Budget is required.

Availability of Information

All brochures, studies, comments,

letters, memoranda, or other documents

made or kept by Western for developing

the proposed rates, will be made

available for inspection and copying at

the Upper Great Plains Regional Office,

located at 2900 4th Avenue North,

Billings, MT 59107–5800, during

normal business hours.

Dated: September 5, 1997.

Michael S. Hacskaylo,

Acting Administrator.

[FR Doc. 97–24346 Filed 9–12–97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPPTS–400116; FRL–5745–7]

Toxics Data Reporting Committee of

the National Advisory Council for

Environmental Policy and Technology;

Notice of Public Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of public meeting.

SUMMARY: Under the Federal Advisory

Committee Act, EPA gives notice of a 2–

day meeting of the Toxics Data

Reporting Committee of the National

Advisory Council for Environmental

Policy and Technology. This will be the

first meeting of the Toxics Data

Reporting (TDR) Committee, whose

mission is to provide advice to EPA

regarding the Agency’s Toxics Release

Inventory (TRI) Program.

DATES: The public meeting will take

place on September 29-30, 1997, from

8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. Written and

electronic comments in response to this

Federal Register should be received by

September 18, 1997.

ADDRESSES: For the meeting location

contact Cassandra Vail after September

18, 1997, at (202) 260–0675. Written

comments should be submitted in

triplicate to: OPPT Docket Clerk, TSCA

Document Receipt Office (7407), Office

of Pollution Prevention and Toxics,

Environmental Protection Agency, Rm.

E–G099, 401 M St., SW., Washington,

DC 20460.

Comments and data may also be

submitted electronically by following

the instructions under Unit II. of this

document. No Confidential Business

Information (CBI) should be submitted

through e-mail.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Cassandra Vail, telephone: (202) 260–

0675, fax number: (202) 401–8142, email: vail.cassandra@epamail.epa.gov.

or Michelle Price, telephone: (202) 260–

3372, fax number: (202) 410–8142, email: price.michelle@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Background

EPA is proposing that the TDR

committee discuss the following

subjects regarding the TRI reporting

forms, Forms R and Form A: (1)

Formatting of the Form R; (2)

nomenclature used in the Form R; (3)

opportunities for burden reduction in

both Form R and Form A; and (4)

additional clarification of the elements

in the Form R and EPA’s presentation of

the data in public information

documents. EPA also expects to receive

specific recommendations from the TDR

committee for changes, modifications,

deletions, and/or additions of data

elements to the Form R and Form A.

The purpose of the first meeting will be

to discuss section 5 of the Form R with

regard to the definition of release.

Oral presentations or statements by

interested parties will be limited to 5

minutes. Interested parties are

encouraged to contact Cassandra Vail, to

schedule presentations before the

committee.

II. Public Record

A record has been established for this

action under docket control number

‘‘OPPTS–400116’’ (including comments

and data submitted electronically as

described below). A public version of

this record, including printed, paper

versions of electronic comments, which

does not include any information

claimed as CBI, is available for

inspection from noon to 4 p.m., Monday

through Friday, excluding legal

holidays. The public record is located in

the TSCA Nonconfidential Information

Center, Rm. NE-B607, 401 M St., SW.,

Washington, DC 20460.

Electronic comments can be sent

directly to EPA at:

oppt.ncic@epamail.epa.gov

Electronic comments must be

submitted as an ASCII file avoiding the

use of special characters and any form

of encryption.

The official record for this action, as

well as the public version, as described

above will be kept in paper form.

Accordingly, EPA will transfer all

comments received electronically into

printed, paper form as they are received

and will place the paper copies in the

official record which will also include

all comments submitted directly in

writing. The official record is the paper

record maintained at the address in

ADDRESSES at the beginning of this

document.
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Environmental protection.

Dated: September 9, 1997

Cassandra Vail,

Acting, Designated Federal Official, Office

of Pollution Prevention and Toxics.

[FR Doc. 97–24418 Filed 9-12-97; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–F

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5888–3]

Privacy Act of 1974; Research Grant,

Cooperative Agreement, and

Fellowship Application Files System of

Records

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Proposed new Privacy Act

system of records.

SUMMARY: The United States

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

is publishing a notice for public

comment on a system of records subject

to the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C.

552a. This system is entitled ‘‘Research

Grant, Cooperative Agreement, and

Fellowship Application Files.’’

Additional information on this system is

described in the Supplementary

Information section of this notice.

EFFECTIVE DATE: This proposed action

will be effective, without further notice

on October 27, 1997, unless comments

are received which result in a contrary

determination.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be

addressed to Director, National Center

for Environmental Research and Quality

Assurance (Mail Code 8701), U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

M St., SW, Washington, DC 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr.

Robert E. Menzer, Senior Science

Advisor, National Center for

Environmental Research and Quality

Assurance (Mail Code 8701), U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

M St., SW, Washington, DC 20460.

Telephone: (202) 260–5779.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

purpose of this system of records is to

assist EPA in conducting and

documenting the receipt and review of

applications and awards of research

grants to the most meritorious

applicants in response to solicitations

issued by the Office of Research and

Development in furtherance of its

Science to Achieve Results (STAR)

program. The system includes

application files and computergenerated records developed in

connection with the review and

decision process for awarding grants

under the terms of the Federal Grant

and Cooperative Agreement Act of 1977,

41 U.S.C. 501 et seq. Application files

are comprised of (1) the submitted

application, which includes the names

and resumes of proposed investigators,

(2) peer reviewers’ comments on the

application, and (3) documentation of

the decision process on the application.

Computer-generated records include

data regarding the administrative

management of the application in the

peer review process.

This system of records contains

records retrieved by the names of the

grant principal investigators,

universities, not-for-profit research

organizations, and other organizations.

Only information retrieved by the

names of individuals is covered by this

Privacy Act notice.

Dated: August 28, 1997.

Alvin M. Pesachowitz,

Acting Assistant Adminstrator for

Administration and Resources Management

and Chief Information Officer.

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SYSTEM NAME:

Research Grant, Cooperative

Agreement, and Fellowship Application

Files System of Records, EPA/ORD.

SECURITY CLASSIFICATION:

None.

SYSTEM LOCATION:

National Center for Environmental

Research and Quality Assurance, Office

of Research and Development,

Waterside Mall, 401 M St., SW,

Washington, DC 20460.

CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE

SYSTEM:

Individuals (principal investigators)

who request or have previously

requested support from the ORD

research grants programs of the U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency,

either individually or through an

academic or other institution.

CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM:

The names of the principal

investigators, the proposals and their

identifying numbers, supporting data

from the academic institutions or other

applicants, proposal evaluations from

peer reviewers, review records, financial

data, and other material related to

evaluation of applications.

AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM:

44 U.S.C. 3101; Federal Grant and

Cooperative Agreement Act, 41 U.S.C.

501 et seq.; the Clean Air Act, as

amended, 42 U.S.C. 1857 et seq.; the

Federal Water Pollution Control Act, as

amended, 33 U.S.C. 1254 et seq.; the

Public Health Service Act, as amended,

42 U.S.C. 241 et seq.; the Solid Waste

Disposal Act, as amended by the

Resource Conservation and Recovery

Act of 1976, 42 U.S.C. 6901 et seq.; the

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and

Rodenticide Act, as amended, 7 U.S.C.

136 et seq.; and the Grant Act, 42 U.S.C.

1891 et seq.

PURPOSE(S):

The purpose of this system of records

is to assist EPA in conducting and

documenting the receipt and review of

applications and award of research

grants to the most meritorious

applicants in response to solicitations

issued by the Office of Research and

Development in furtherance of its

Science to Achieve Results (STAR)

program.

ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE

SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND

THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES:

Disclosure of information from this

system of records may be made as

follows:

1. To a Member of Congress or a

congressional office from the record of

an individual in response to an inquiry

from that Member or office made at the

request of the individual to whom the

record pertains.

2. To Federal contractors, grantees,

volunteers, and other individuals who

have been engaged to assist the Federal

Government in the performance of a

contract, grant, cooperative agreement,

or other activity related to this system

of records and who need to have access

to the records in order to perform that

activity.

3. To a Federal agency which has

requested information relevant to its

decision in connection with the hiring

or retention of an employee; the

reporting of an investigation on an

employee; the letting of a contract; or

the issuance of a security clearance,

license, grant, or other benefit.

4. To a Federal, State, or local agency

where necessary to enable EPA to obtain

information relevant to an EPA decision

concerning the hiring or retention of an

employee; the letting of a contract; or

the issuance of a security clearance,

license, grant, or other benefit.

5. To an appropriate Federal, State,

local, or foreign agency responsible for

investigating, prosecuting, enforcing, or

implementing a statute, rule, regulation,

or order, where there is an indication of

a violation or potential violation of the

statute, rule, regulation, or order and the

information disclosed is relevant to the

matter.