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1Under the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, any document received after regular 

business hours is considered filed at 8:30 a.m. on 

the next regular business day. 18 CFR 

385.2001(a)(2) (2010). 2 18 CFR 4.37 (2010). 

Dated: March 15, 2011. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–6615 Filed 3–21–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 12495–002] 

Cascade Creek, LLC; Notice of 

Preliminary Permit Application 

Accepted for Filing and Soliciting 

Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 

Competing Applications 

On February 1, 2011, Cascade Creek, 

LLC filed an application for a 

preliminary permit, pursuant to section 

4(f) of the Federal Power Act (FPA), 

proposing to study the feasibility of the 

Cascade Creek Hydroelectric Project 

(Cascade Creek project) to be located on 

Cascade Creek, Swan Lake, and Falls 

Lake in the vicinity of Petersburg, 

Alaska. The sole purpose of a 

preliminary permit, if issued, is to grant 

the permit holder priority to file a 

license application during the permit 

term. A preliminary permit does not 

authorize the permit holder to perform 

any land-disturbing activities or 

otherwise enter upon lands or waters 

owned by others without the owners’ 

express permission. 

The proposed project will consist of 

the following: (1) A low-head weir on 

Swan Lake with a 3-foot-high, 50-footlong crest gate and an intake siphon; (2) 

a 16,000-foot-long, 12 to 14-foot 

diameter unlined power conduit; (3) an 

780-foot-long, 9-foot-diameter steel 

penstock from the power conduit to the 

powerhouse; (4) a 140-foot by 80-foot 

concrete and metal powerhouse 

containing three turbines with a 

capacity of 70 megawatts (MW); (5) an 

approximately 18.7-mile-long, 138-kV 

transmission line which will tie into an 

undetermined interconnection near 

Petersburg; and (6) appurtenant 

facilities. The estimated annual 

generation of the Cascade Creek project 

would be 205 gigawatt-hours. 

Applicant Contact: Chris Spens, 

Cascade Creek, LLC, 3633 Alderwood 

Avenue, Bellingham, WA 98225. 

FERC Contact: Ryan Hansen (202) 

502–8074 or by e-mail at 

ryan.hansen@ferc.gov. 

Deadline for filing comments, motions 

to intervene, competing applications 

(without notices of intent), or notices of 

intent to file competing applications: 60 

days from the issuance of this notice. 

Competing applications and notices of 

intent must meet the requirements of 18 

CFR 4.36. Comments, motions to 

intervene, notices of intent, and 

competing applications may be filed 

electronically via the Internet. See 18 

CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the 

instructions on the Commission’s Web 

site http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

efiling.asp. Commenters can submit 

brief comments up to 6,000 characters, 

without prior registration, using the 

eComment system at http:// 

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

ecomment.asp. You must include your 

name and contact information at the end 

of your comments. For assistance, 

please contact FERC Online Support. 

Although the Commission strongly 

encourages electronic filing, documents 

may also be paper-filed. To paper-file, 

mail an original and seven copies to: 

Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

More information about this project, 

including a copy of the application, can 

be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’ 

link of Commission’s Web site at http:// 

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 

Enter the docket number (P–12495–002) 

in the docket number field to access the 

document. For assistance, contact FERC 

Online Support. 

Dated: March 15, 2011. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–6617 Filed 3–21–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Notice Announcing Preliminary Permit 

Drawing 

Project 

No. 

Lock+ Hydro Friends Fund XXXVIII 13744– 

000 

FFP Missouri 12, LLC ..................... 13755– 

000 

Allegheny 2 Hydro, LLC .................. 13774– 

000 

Three Rivers Hydro LLC ................. 13780– 

000 

The Commission has received four 

preliminary permit applications deemed 

filed on May 18, 2010, at 8:30 a.m.,1 for 

proposed projects to be located at the 

Army Corps of Engineers’ Allegheny 

River Lock and Dam No. 2 on the 

Allegheny River, in Allegheny County, 

Pennsylvania. The applications were 

filed by Lock+ Hydro Friends Fund 

XXXVIII for Project No. 13744, FFP 

Missouri 12, LLC, for Project No. 13755, 

Allegheny 2 Hydro, LLC, for Project No. 

13774, and Three Rivers Hydro LLC for 

Project No. 13780. 

On March 24, 2011, at 10 a.m. (eastern 

time), the Secretary of the Commission, 

or her designee, will conduct a random 

drawing to determine the filing priority 

of the applicants identified in this 

notice. The Commission will select 

among competing permit applications as 

provided in section 4.37 of its 

regulations.2 The priority established by 

this drawing will be used to determine 

which applicant, among those with 

identical filing times, will be considered 

to have the first-filed application. 

The drawing is open to the public and 

will be held in room 2C, the 

Commission Meeting Room, located at 

888 First St., NE., Washington, DC 

20426. A subsequent notice will be 

issued by the Secretary announcing the 

results of the drawing. 

Dated: March 15, 2011. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–6768 Filed 3–21–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2007–0482; FRL–9284–7] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; SmartWay Transport 

Partnership (New Collection) 

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 April 21, 2011. 


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ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2007–0482, to (1) EPA online 

using http://www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), by e-mail to: a-andr-Docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Air Docket, Mail 

Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., 

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. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Denise Kearns, Office of Air and 

Radiation, Office of Transportation and 

Air Quality, Transportation and 

Regional Programs Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 2000 

Traverwood Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 

48105; telephone: 734–214–4240; Fax: 

734–214–4906; e-mail: kearns.denise 

@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 April 28, 2009 (74 FR 19222), EPA 

sought comments on this ICR pursuant 

to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no 

comments. 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–OAR–2007–0482, which is 

available for online viewing at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the Air 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 Air Docket is 202–566– 

1742. 

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, confidential 

business information (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: SmartWay Transport 

Partnership (New Collection). 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2265.01, 

OMB Control No. 2060–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, and 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 EPA’s Office of Air and 

Radiation (OAR) supports the SmartWay 

Transport Partnership, an energy 

conservation deployment program that 

aims to improve fuel efficiency and curb 

greenhouse gas emissions generated by 

the freight goods movement industry. 

OAR developed the SmartWay 

Transport Partnership under directives 

outlined in Subtitle D of the Energy 

Policy Act of 2005 which calls on EPA 

to assess the energy and air quality 

impacts of activities within the freight 

industry. These activities include longduration truck idling, the development 

and promotion of strategies for reducing 

idling, fuel consumption, and negative 

air quality effects. SmartWay’s 

objectives also are consistent with the 

Federal Technology Transfer Act and 

other laws that support collaborative 

partnerships between government and 

industry. 

The partnership is open to 

organizations that either use or provide 

freight transport services for goods 

movement. ‘‘Affiliate’’ organizations that 

do not operate freight transport fleets, 

but that are working to strengthen the 

freight industry, such as industry trade 

associations, state and local 

transportation agencies and 

environmental groups, also may sign on 

as SmartWay partners. 

All organizations that join SmartWay, 

including carriers, shippers and 

affiliates are asked to provide EPA with 

information. 

Specifically, as a first step toward 

partnering with EPA, organizations that 

operate fleets, such as freight carriers, 

shippers and logistics management 

companies, commit to assessing and 

improving the environmental 

performance of their freight transport 

activities. A company joins SmartWay 

when it: (1) Conducts an assessment of 

its transportation and freight-based 

management activities and inputs its 

results into SmartWay’s online 

environmental measurement tracking 

system; and (2) provides a signed 

partnership agreement to EPA. Data 

outputs from the environmental tracking 

system are used by companies to 

establish a baseline and set goals for 

reducing fuel use and emissions. Under 

their partnership agreement, companies 

also agree to annually update the 

environmental performance tracking 

system and provide those updated 

results to EPA. 

Data outputs from the environmental 

tracking system are vital to the 

SmartWay Partnership for several 

reasons. First, the data provides 

confirmation that EPA’s SmartWay 

partners have set a baseline, established 

objectives and are meeting those 

objectives as outlined in their 

partnership agreement. The 

environmental measurement tracking 

system also makes it possible for EPA to 

assist our partners in adjusting their 

commitments, as appropriate, and to 

update them with environmental 

performance and technology 

information that will empower them to 

improve their efficiency and achieve 

their environmental goals. This 

information also improves EPA’s 

knowledge and understanding of the 

environmental and energy impacts 

associated with goods movement, and 

the effectiveness of both proven and 

emerging strategies to lessen those 

impacts. 

In addition to requesting tracking 

updates on fuel consumption and 

environmental performance, EPA may 

from time to time provide opportunities 

to encourage SmartWay partners to 

provide other kinds of information, to 

improve the program’s services. These 

opportunities may be made available to 

all SmartWay partners, including 

affiliates. Some examples of the kinds of 

information and topics that partners 

might provide input to EPA on could 

include opinions and test data on the 

effectiveness of new and emerging 

technology applications; the reach and 

value of partnering with EPA through 

the SmartWay program; and awareness 

of the SmartWay brand. In some 

instances, EPA might also query other 

freight industry representatives (not just 

SmartWay partners), including trade 

and professional associations, nonprofit 

environmental groups, energy, and 


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community organizations, and schools 

and universities, and a small sampling 

of the general public on these topics. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 3 hours per 

response. Burden means the total time, 

effort, and financial resources expended 

by persons to generate, maintain, retain, 

disclose and 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; 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. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 

Transportation carriers; retail and 

industrial shippers that contract with 

transportation carriers; logistics and 

supply chain management companies; 

and non-profit and other affiliates 

organizations. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

3,225. 

Frequency of Response: Annually. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

8,301. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$531,089, which includes $1,350 

annualized capital or O&M costs. 

Dated: March 16, 2011. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2011–6687 Filed 3–21–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9285–2] 

Office of Research and Development; 

Ambient Air Monitoring Reference and 

Equivalent Methods: Designation of 

Four New Equivalent Methods 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice of the designation of four 

new equivalent methods for monitoring 

ambient air quality. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA) has designated, in accordance 

with 40 CFR Part 53, four new 

equivalent methods: One each for 

measuring concentrations of PM2.5 and 

lead (Pb) and two for measuring 

concentrations of PM10 in the ambient 

air. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert Vanderpool, Human Exposure 

and Atmospheric Sciences Division 

(MD–D205–03), National Exposure 

Research Laboratory, U.S. EPA, 

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 

27711. E-mail: 

Vanderpool.Robert@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 

accordance with regulations at 40 CFR 

Part 53, the EPA evaluates various 

methods for monitoring the 

concentrations of those ambient air 

pollutants for which EPA has 

established National Ambient Air 

Quality Standards (NAAQSs) as set 

forth in 40 CFR Part 50. Monitoring 

methods that are determined to meet 

specific requirements for adequacy are 

designated by the EPA as either 

reference methods or equivalent 

methods (as applicable), thereby 

permitting their use under 40 CFR Part 

58 by States and other agencies for 

determining compliance with the 

NAAQSs. 

The EPA hereby announces the 

designation of four new equivalent 

methods for measuring pollutant 

concentrations in the ambient air: One 

for PM2.5, one for Pb, and two for PM10. 

These designations are made under the 

provisions of 40 CFR Part 53, as 

amended on June 22, 2010 (75 FR 

35597). 

The new PM2.5 equivalent method is 

an automated monitoring method 

(analyzer) utilizing a measurement 

principle based on active sampling of 

ambient aerosols and contemporaneous 

analysis by means of a light-scattering 

technique for determination of particle 

size and mass concentration. The newly 

designated equivalent method is 

identified as follows: 

EQPM–0311–195, ‘‘Grimm Technologies, 

Inc. Model EDM 180 PM2.5 Monitor,’’ light 

scattering continuous ambient particulate 

monitor operated for 24 hours at a volumetric 

flow rate of 1.2 L/min, configured with a 

Nafion®-type air sample dryer, complete for 

operation with firmware version 7.80 or later, 

in accordance with the Grimm Technologies, 

Inc. Model EDM 180 Operation and 

Instruction Manual. The optional graphic 

presentation can be made with the software 

model 1.177 version 3.30 or later. 

The application for an equivalent 

method determination for this candidate 

method was received by the EPA on 

April 6, 2010. The monitor is 

commercially available from the 

applicant, GRIMM Technologies, Inc., 

5833 Stewart Parkway, Suite 203, 

Douglasville, GA 30153. 

It should be noted that this Grimm 

Model EDM 180 PM2.5 Monitor is not 

only a semi-continuous PM2.5 analyzer 

but it is also the first equivalent method 

designated by EPA that is based on an 

optical measurement technique and, 

further, one that does not involve 

inertial separation of particles in the 

PM2.5 size range or collection of the 

PM2.5 on a particle filter. Because this 

new measurement approach is being 

approved for NAAQS compliance 

measurements for the first time, users 

are encouraged to consider the special 

nature of this method when introducing 

it into a SLAMS PM2.5 monitoring 

network. The EPA Regional Offices can 

offer guidance in this regard. 

The new equivalent method for Pb is 

a manual method that uses the sampling 

procedure specified in the EPA 

Reference Method for total suspended 

particulate matter (TSP) (High-Volume 

Method, 40 CFR Part 50, Appendix B), 

with a particular extraction and 

analytical procedure. The method is 

identified as follows: 

EQL–0311–196, ‘‘Heated Ultrasonic Nitric 

and Hydrochloric Acid Digestion and ICP/ 

AES Analysis for Lead (Pb) on TSP HighVolume Filters.’’ A sample of total suspended 

particulate matter (TSP) is collected on a 

glass fiber filter, using the sampler and 

procedure of the EPA Reference Method for 

the Determination of Suspended Particulate 

Matter in the Atmosphere (High-Volume 

Method) (40 CFR 50, Appendix B). The TSP 

sample is extracted with a solution of nitric 

and hydrochloric acid, heated in an 

ultrasonic bath to 80 °C for one hour, and 

brought to a final volume of 40 mL. The lead 

content of the sample extract is analyzed by 

Inductively Coupled Plasma-Atomic 

Emission Spectrometry (ICP–AES), based on 

EPA SW–846 Method 6010C. 

The application for an equivalent 

method determination for this method 

was submitted by the Office of Air 

Quality Planning and Standards, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Research Triangle Park, NC 27711 and 

was received by the Office of Research 

and Development on June 24, 2010. The 

method description is available at 

http://www.epa.gov/ttnamti1/pbmonitoring.html. 

The two new equivalent methods for 

PM10 are both manual, gravimetric 

sampling methods employing a 

particulate sampler configured for dual 

filter sampling and using a virtual 

impactor to separate the fine and coarse 

PM fractions for collection on separate 

filters. The two newly designated PM10

methods are identified as follows: 

EQPS–311–197, ‘‘Thermo Scientific 

Partisol® 2000–D Dichotomous Air Sampler,’’ 


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