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The filings in the above-referenced 

proceeding are accessible in the 

Commission’s eLibrary system by 

clicking on the appropriate link in the 

above list. They are also available for 

review in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room in Washington, DC. 

There is an eSubscription link on the 

Web site that enables subscribers to 

receive e-mail notification when a 

document is added to a subscribed 

docket(s). For assistance with any FERC 

Online service, please e-mail 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call 

(202) 502–8659. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OECA–2005–0062; ER–FRL– 

8990–3] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Procedures for 

Implementing the National 

Environmental Policy Act and 

Assessing the Environmental Effects 

Abroad of EPA Actions (Renewal); EPA 

ICR No. 2243.06, OMB Control No. 

2020–0033 

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 a request to renew an existing 

approved Information Collection 

Request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). This 

ICR is scheduled to expire on August 

31, 2010. Before submitting the ICR to 

OMB for review and approval, EPA is 

soliciting comments on specific aspects 

of the proposed information collection 

as described below. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before Tuesday, July 6, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OECA–2005–0062, by one of the 

following methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• E-mail: trice.jessica@epa.gov. 

• Fax: 202–564–0072. 

• Mail: Enforcement and Compliance 

Docket, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460. 

• Hand Delivery: EPA Headquarters 

West Building, Room 3334, located at 

1301 Constitution Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. Such deliveries 

are only accepted during the Docket’s 

normal hours of operation, and special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OECA–2005– 

0062. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online 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 http:// 

www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The 

http://www.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 e-mail comment directly 

to EPA without going through http:// 

www.regulations.gov your e-mail 

address will be automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the public 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. For additional information 

about EPA’s public docket visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at http:// 

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Jessica Trice, Office of Federal 

Activities, Mail Code 2252A, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 

564–6646; fax number: (202) 564–0072; 

e-mail address: trice.jessica@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

How can I access the docket and/or 

submit comments? 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–OECA–2005–0062, which is 

available for online viewing at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the Enforcement and 

Compliance 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 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 Enforcement and Compliance 

Docket is 202–566–1752. 

Use http://www.regulations.gov to 

obtain a copy of the draft collection of 

information, submit or view public 

comments, access the index listing of 

the contents of the docket, and to access 

those documents in the public docket 

that are available electronically. Once in 

the system, select ‘‘search,’’ then key in 

the docket ID number identified in this 

document. 

What information is EPA particularly 

interested in? 

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

the PRA, EPA specifically solicits 

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. 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 

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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. Offer alternative ways to improve 

the collection activity. 

6. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the deadline identified 

under DATES. 

7. 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. 

What information collection activity or 

ICR does this apply to? 

Affected entities: Entities potentially 

affected by this action are certain grant 

or permit applicants who must submit 

environmental information 

documentation to EPA for their projects 

to comply with NEPA or Executive 

Order 12114. The applicant burden for 

any EPA action subject to NEPA and/or 

Executive Order 12114 that is based on 

an applicant proposal, including 

Wastewater Treatment Construction 

Grants Program facilities, STAG actions 

subject to NEPA and new source NPDES 

permits issued by EPA, is addressed in 

this ICR. EPA’s Executive Order 12114 

implementing procedures further the 

purpose of NEPA and provide that EPA 

may be guided by the CEQ Regulations 

to the extent they are applicable. 

Therefore, when EPA conducts an 

environmental assessment pursuant to 

its Executive Order 12114 procedures, 

the Agency generally follows the CEQ 

Regulations and the procedures in 

EPA’s NEPA implementing regulations. 

Title: Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Procedures for 

Implementing the National 

Environmental Policy Act and Assessing 

the Environmental Effects Abroad of 

EPA Actions (Renewal). 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2243.06, 

OMB Control No. 2020–0033. 

ICR status: This ICR is currently 

scheduled to expire on August 31, 2010. 

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: The National Environmental 

Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 

4321–4347 establishes the Federal 

government’s national policy for 

protection of the environment. The 

Council on Environmental Quality 

Regulations (CEQ Regulations) at 40 

CFR parts 1500 through 1508 establish 

procedures implementing the national 

policy. The CEQ Regulations (40 CFR 

1505.1) require Federal agencies to 

adopt and, as needed, revise their own 

implementing procedures to 

supplement the CEQ Regulations and to 

ensure their decision-making processes 

are consistent with NEPA. 

Those subject to the final NEPA rule 

include EPA officials who must comply 

with NEPA, and certain grant or permit 

applicants who must submit 

environmental information 

documentation to EPA for their 

proposed projects. The final NEPA 

regulations consolidate and standardize 

the environmental review process 

applicable to all EPA actions subject to 

NEPA, including those actions now 

specifically addressed in the regulations 

and other actions subject to NEPA but 

not specifically addressed in the 

regulations (e.g., certain grants awarded 

for special projects authorized by 

Congress through the Agency’s annual 

Appropriations Act). 

Compliance with the final NEPA 

regulations is the responsibility of EPA’s 

Responsible Officials. For applicantproposed actions, certain procedures 

apply to applicants (that is grantees and 

permit applicants) who must submit 

environmental information to EPA as 

part of the environmental review 

process. The EPA Responsible Official is 

responsible for the environmental 

review process, including any 

categorical exclusion determination or 

the scope, accuracy, and contents of a 

final environmental assessment (EA) or 

environmental impact statement (EIS) 

and any supporting documents. 

The applicant contributes by 

submitting environmental information 

to EPA as part of the environmental 

review process. For actions subject to 

NEPA, the Responsible Official may 

determine that the proposed action does 

not individually or cumulatively have a 

significant effect on the human 

environment and may, therefore, be 

categorically excluded from further 

NEPA review. If the proposed action is 

not categorically excluded, the 

Responsible Official may prepare an EA 

in order to determine whether to 

prepare an EIS or a finding of no 

significant impact (FONSI). If necessary, 

the Responsible Official must prepare 

an EIS if the proposed action will have 

a significant effect on the human 

environment. For applicant-proposed 

actions, the applicant may submit 

information to the Responsible Official 

regarding the applicability of a 

categorical exclusion and request a 

determination by the Responsible 

Official. Unless the applicant-proposed 

action is categorically excluded, the 

Responsible Official may gather the 

information and prepare the NEPA 

documents without assistance from the 

applicant, or have the applicant prepare 

an environmental information 

document (EID) or a draft EA and 

supporting documents or implement a 

third-party contract agreement with the 

applicant. 

EPA is collecting information from 

certain applicants as part of the process 

of complying with either NEPA or 

Executive Order 12114. EPA’s NEPA 

regulations apply to the actions of EPA 

that are subject to NEPA in order to 

ensure that environmental information 

is available to the Agency’s decisionmakers and the public before decisions 

are made and before actions are taken. 

The Part 6 regulations also include 

EPA’s procedures implementing 

Executive Order 12114. These 

procedures ensure that environmental 

information is available to the Agency’s 

decision-makers and other appropriate 

Federal agencies and officials for actions 

subject to Executive Order 12114. 

Whether the NEPA documents are 

based on environmental information 

developed by the Responsible Official or 

submitted by the applicant, the NEPA 

review and resulting documents 

generally rely on the use of existing data 

and information, including data and 

information from other federal agencies, 

state or local governments, or federallyrecognized Indian tribes with 

jurisdiction by law or special expertise. 

Whether the NEPA documents are 

prepared by the Responsible Official or 

based on environmental information 

submitted by the applicant, the quality 

of the information provided by an 

applicant must be sufficient to enable 

the Responsible Official to make a 

decision. This is accomplished under 

EPA’s NEPA implementing procedures 

through: (1) Early coordination and 


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cooperation with Federal agencies, State 

and local governments, and federallyrecognized Indian tribes with 

jurisdiction by law or special expertise 

(see final rule § 6.202); and (2) the 

public participation process associated 

with actions other than those 

categorically excluded (see final rule 

§ 6.203). When the environmental 

information is provided by the 

applicant, the Responsible Official is 

responsible for the statements, analyses, 

and conclusions of the EA or EIS and 

any supporting documents. The 

information compiled is a one-time 

submission in narrative text format (see 

final rule §§ 6.205 and 6.207) rather 

than computerized compilations of data 

and information. There are no forms, 

checklists, or ongoing reporting, 

recordkeeping or file-maintenance 

requirements for applicants. EPA 

maintains file records for each action. 

The information submitted by 

applicants would be consistent with the 

guidelines of the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) in 5 CFR 1320.6. 

There are no schedule requirements or 

requirements on the number of copies of 

the documentation to be submitted or 

requirements for ongoing reporting or 

recordkeeping or to conduct statistical 

surveys. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 123 hours per 

response. 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. 

For purposes of this ICR, the total 

annual public reporting and 

recordkeeping burden for this collection 

of information is estimated at 38,472 

hours and $3,503,245 for contractor 

hours and costs, direct labor hours and 

costs, and O&M costs. This burden 

reflects the annual submission of 

documentation for an anticipated 312 

applicant-proposed project that may be 

documented with a CE, or an EA/ 

FONSI, or an EIS/ROD. For any specific 

project, only one of these levels of 

documentation is generally prepared. 

The ICR provides a detailed 

explanation of the Agency’s estimate, 

which is only briefly summarized here: 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 312. 

Frequency of response: On occasion. 

Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: 1. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

38,472 hours. 

Estimated total annual costs: 

$3,503,245. 

Are there changes in the estimates from 

the last approval? 

There is a decrease of 9,675 hours in 

the total estimated respondent burden 

compared with that identified in the ICR 

currently approved by OMB. This 

decrease reflects the increasing number 

of projects that are documented with a 

categorical exclusion (CE) rather than an 

environmental assessment (EA). Under 

the current ICR, approximately 60% of 

the annual 300 grant projects were 

documented with a CE, and 40% with 

an EA. However, we estimate that out of 

the 300 annual grant projects, 75% will 

be documented with a CE and 25% will 

be documented with an EA. Annually, 

then, the burden would shift to 10,125 

hours and $3,825 for CE documentation, 

and 19,500 hours and $3,000 for EA 

documentation. With the current ICR, 

the total annual burden is 48,147 hours 

and $8,673.34. Under the renewal ICR, 

the total annual burden is 38,472 hours 

and $7,638.34. The renewal ICR reduces 

the total annual burden by 9,675 hours 

and $1,035. This reflects EPA’s 

respondents anticipated during the 3- 

year ICR renewal period and the level of 

environmental documentation EPA 

anticipates the respondents will submit. 

What is the next step in the process for 

this ICR? 

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 pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.12. At that time, EPA will issue 

another Federal Register notice 

pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to 

announce the submission of the ICR to 

OMB and the opportunity to submit 

additional comments to OMB. If you 

have any questions about this ICR or the 

approval process, please contact the 

technical person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Dated: April 30, 2010. 

Susan E. Bromm, 

Director, Office of Federal Activities. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[ER–FRL–8990–2] 

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 04/26/2010 through 04/30/2010 

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 has 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 

been including 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, 

after March 31, 2010, EPA will 

discontinue the publication of this 

notice of availability of EPA comments 

in the Federal Register. 

EIS No. 20100157, Draft EIS, USFS, NV, 

Mountain City, Ruby Mountains, and 

Jarbidge Ranger Districts, Combined 

Travel Management Project, 

Implementation, Humboldt-Toiyabe 

National Forest, Elko and White Pine 

Counties, NV, Comment Period Ends: 

06/21/2010, Contact: James Winfrey, 

775–355–5308. 

EIS No. 20100158, Final EIS, USFS, CA, 

Sierra National Forest Travel 

Management Plan, To Prohibit 

Motorized Vehicle Travel Off 

Designated National Forest 

Transportation System (NFIS) Roads, 

Trails and Area, Fresno, Mariposa, 

Madera Counties, CA, Wait Period 

Ends: 06/07/2010, Contact: Judith 

Tapia, 559–297–0706 Ext. 4938. 

EIS No. 20100159, Draft EIS, NOAA, 

WA, Clark Springs Water Supply 

Habitat Conservation Plan, 


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