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may change. WAPA plans to enter into 

contracts with customers after 

publication of the Final Allocation of 

Power Federal Register notice. 

Availability of Information 

Documents developed or retained by 

WAPA during this public process will 

be available, by appointment, for 

inspection and copying at the CRSP 

Management Center, 299 South Main 

Street, Suite 200, Salt Lake City, Utah. 

Any comments received during the 30- 

day comment period will be posted to 

WAPA’s website at the following 

address: https://www.wapa.gov/regions/ 

CRSP/PowerMarketing/Pages/powermarketing.aspx. 

Procedural Requirements 

Environmental Compliance 

In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 

1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321–4347), the Council 

on Environmental Quality Regulations 

(40 CFR parts 1500–1508), and DOE 

NEPA Regulations (10 CFR part 1021), 

WAPA issued a Finding of No 

Significant Impact (FONSI) on January 

13, 2017. The FONSI and other NEPA 

compliance documentation may be 

found at https://www.wapa.gov/regions/ 

CRSP/environment/Pages/ 

environment.aspx. 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

The Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 

(RFA), 5 U.S.C. 601, et seq., requires a 

Federal agency to perform a regulatory 

flexibility analysis whenever the agency 

is required by law to publish a general 

notice of proposed rulemaking for any 

proposed rule unless the agency can 

certify that the rule will not have a 

significant economic impact on a 

substantial number of small entities. In 

defining the term ‘‘rule,’’ the RFA 

specifies that a ‘‘rule’’ does not include 

‘‘a rule of particular applicability 

relating to rates [and] services . . . or to 

valuations, costs or accounting, or 

practices relating to such rates [and] 

services . . . .’’ 5 U.S.C. 601. WAPA 

has determined that this action relates 

to rates or services offered by WAPA 

and, therefore, is not a rule within the 

purview of the RFA. 

Determination Under Executive Order 

12866 

WAPA has an exemption from 

centralized regulatory review under 

Executive Order 12866; accordingly, no 

clearance of this Federal Register notice 

by the Office of Management and 

Budget is required. 

Dated: May 30, 2018. 

Mark A. Gabriel, 

Administrator. 

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OARM–2018–0229; FRL–9979– 

22–OARM] 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request; Comment Request; Monthly 

Progress Reports (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an 

information collection request (ICR), 

‘‘Monthly Progress Reports (Renewal)’’ 

(EPA ICR No. 1039.15, OMB Control No. 

2030–0005) to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval in accordance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act. Before doing 

so, EPA is soliciting public comments 

on specific aspects of the proposed 

information collection as described 

below. This is a proposed extension of 

the ICR, which is currently approved 

through December 31, 2018. 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: Comments must be submitted on 

or before August 13, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OARM–2018–0229 online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method), by email to oei.docket@

epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket 

Center, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460. 

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: 

Thomas Valentino, Policy Training and 

Oversight Division, Office of 

Acquisition Management (3802R), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460; telephone number: (202) 564– 

4522; email address: valentino.thomas@

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, 

WJC 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 https://www.epa.gov/dockets. 

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

the PRA, EPA is soliciting comments 

and information to enable it to: (i) 

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; (ii) evaluate the 

accuracy of the Agency’s estimate of the 

burden of the proposed collection of 

information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(iii) enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (iv) 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. EPA will consider the 

comments received and amend the ICR 

as appropriate. The final ICR package 

will then be submitted to OMB for 

review and approval. At that time, EPA 

will issue another Federal Register 

notice to announce the submission of 

the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to 

submit additional comments to OMB. 

Abstract: Appropriate Government 

surveillance of contractor performance 

is required to give reasonable assurance 

that efficient methods and effective cost 

controls are being used for various costreimbursable and fixed-rate contracts. 

Per 48 CFR 1552.211 regulations, on a 

monthly basis the Agency requires 

contractors to provide the Contracting 

Officer’s Representative (COR) with a 

report detailing: (a) What was 

accomplished on the contract for that 

period, (b) expenditures for the same 

period of time, and (c) what is expected 

to be accomplished on the contract for 

the next month. Responses to the 

information collection are mandatory 

for contractors and are required for the 

contractors to receive monthly 

payments. 

Form Numbers: EPA Form 1900–68. 


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Respondents/Affected Entities: Private 

sector. 

Respondent’s Obligation to Respond: 

Mandatory per 48 CFR 1552.211. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

337 (total). 

Frequency of Response: Monthly. 

Total Estimated Burden: 97,056 hours 

(per year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b). 

Total Estimated Cost: $9,074,736 (per 

year), includes $0 annualized capital or 

operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in Estimates: There is an 

increase of 19,650 hours 

(97,056¥77,406) in the total estimated 

respondent burden compared with the 

ICR currently approved by OMB 

because there are approximately 337 

contracts and orders requiring response 

in 2018 instead of only 266 in 2014. 

This figure has increased to 337 due in 

part to shorter-value and shorter-length 

contracts being awarded due to budget 

uncertainty; e.g., continuing funding 

resolutions, sequestration budget cuts. 

Dated: May 24, 2018. 

Pamela D. Legare, 

Deputy Director, Office of Acquisition 

Management. 

[FR Doc. 2018–12712 Filed 6–12–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES 

Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention 

[60Day–18–0728; Docket No. CDC–2018– 

0047] 

Proposed Data Collection Submitted 

for Public Comment and 

Recommendations 

AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and 

Prevention (CDC), Department of Health 

and Human Services (HHS). 

ACTION: Notice with comment period. 

SUMMARY: The Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention (CDC), as part of 

its continuing effort to reduce public 

burden and maximize the utility of 

government information, invites the 

general public and other Federal 

agencies the opportunity to comment on 

a proposed and/or continuing 

information collection, as required by 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

This notice invites comment on a 

proposed information collection project 

titled the National Notifiable Diseases 

Surveillance System (NNDSS). The 

NNDSS is the nation’s public health 

surveillance system that monitors the 

occurrence and spread of diseases and 

conditions that are nationally notifiable 

or under standard surveillance. 

DATES: CDC must receive written 

comments on or before August 13, 2018. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, 

identified by Docket No. CDC–2018– 

0047 by any of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: 

Regulations.gov. Follow the instructions 

for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Jeffrey M. Zirger, Information 

Collection Review Office, Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention, 1600 

Clifton Road NE, MS–D74, Atlanta, 

Georgia 30329. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name and 

Docket Number. CDC will post, without 

change, all relevant comments to 

Regulations.gov. 

Please note: Submit all comments 

through the Federal eRulemaking portal 

(regulations.gov) or by U.S. mail to the 

address listed above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To 

request more information on the 

proposed project or to obtain a copy of 

the information collection plan and 

instruments, contact Leroy A. 

Richardson, Information Collection 

Review Office, Centers for Disease 

Control and Prevention, 1600 Clifton 

Road NE, MS–D74, Atlanta, Georgia 

30329; phone: 404–639–7570; Email: 

omb@cdc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Under the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA) 

(44 U.S.C. 3501–3520), Federal agencies 

must obtain approval from the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for each 

collection of information they conduct 

or sponsor. In addition, the PRA also 

requires Federal agencies to provide a 

60-day notice in the Federal Register 

concerning each proposed collection of 

information, including each new 

proposed collection, each proposed 

extension of existing collection of 

information, and each reinstatement of 

previously approved information 

collection before submitting the 

collection to the OMB for approval. To 

comply with this requirement, we are 

publishing this notice of a proposed 

data collection as described below. 

The OMB is particularly interested in 

comments that will help: 

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 estimate 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; and 

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 submissions 

of responses. 

5. Assess information collection costs. 

Proposed Project 

National Notifiable Diseases 

Surveillance System—Revision—Center 

for Surveillance, Epidemiology and 

Laboratory Services (CSELS), Centers for 

Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). 

Background and Brief Description 

The Public Health Services Act (42 

U.S.C. 241) authorizes CDC to 

disseminate nationally notifiable 

condition information. The National 

Notifiable Diseases Surveillance System 

(NNDSS) is based on data collected at 

the state, territorial and local levels as 

a result of legislation and regulations in 

those jurisdictions that require health 

care providers, medical laboratories, 

and other entities to submit healthrelated data on reportable conditions to 

public health departments. These 

reportable conditions, which include 

infectious and non-infectious diseases, 

vary by jurisdiction depending upon 

each jurisdiction’s health priorities and 

needs. Each year, the Council of State 

and Territorial Disease Epidemiologists 

(CSTE), supported by CDC, determines 

which reportable conditions should be 

designated nationally notifiable or 

under standardized surveillance. 

CDC requests a three-year approval for 

a Revision for the NNDSS, OMB Control 

No. 0920–0728, Expiration Date 02/28/ 

2021. This Revision includes requests 

for approval to: (1) Receive case 

notification data for Salmonella enterica 

serotype Paratyphi (S. Paratyphi) A, B, 

or C Infections should they become 

nationally notifiable or be placed under 

standardized surveillance; (2) receive 

case notification data for 

Carbapenemase-Producing CarbapenemResistant Enterobacteriaceae (CP–CRE) 

which is now nationally notifiable; (3) 

receive case notification data for 

Candida auris (C. auris) which is now 

under standardized surveillance; and (4) 

receive disease-specific data elements 

for CP–CRE. 

The NNDSS currently facilitates the 

submission and aggregation of case 

notification data voluntarily submitted 

to CDC from 60 jurisdictions: Public 

health departments in every U.S. state, 


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