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1 65 FR 809 (January 6, 2000).

2 Id. at 942–43.

3 Id. at 943.

37. Cinergy Services, Inc.

[Docket No. ER00–1216–000]

Take notice that on January 24, 2000,

Cinergy Services, Inc., on behalf of its

Operating Company affiliates, The

Cincinnati Gas & Electric Company and

PSI Energy, Inc. (COC), tendered for

filing an executed service agreement

between COC and Engage Energy US, L.

P. (Engage), replacing the unexecuted

service agreement filed in April 1999

under Docket No. ER99–2511–000 per

COC FERC Electric Market-Based Power

Sales Tariff, Original Volume No. 7–MB.

Cinergy is requesting an effective date

of May 1, 1999 and the same Rate

Designation as per the original filing.

Comment date: February 11, 2000, in

accordance with Standard Paragraph E

at the end of this notice.

Standard Paragraphs

E. Any person desiring to be heard or

to protest such filing should file a

motion to intervene or protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C.

20426, in accordance with Rules 211

and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211

and 385.214). All such motions or

protests should be filed on or before the

comment date. Protests will be

considered by the Commission in

determining the appropriate action to be

taken, but will not serve to make

protestants parties to the proceeding.

Any person wishing to become a party

must file a motion to intervene. Copies

of these filings are on file with the

Commission and are available for public

inspection. This filing may also be

viewed on the Internet at http://

www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call

202–208–2222 for assistance).

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–2457 Filed 2–3–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RM99–2–000]

Regional Transmission Organizations;

Notice of Dates and Locations for

Regional Collaborative Workshops

January 31, 2000.

On December 20, 1999, the

Commission issued Order No. 2000 1 to

advance the formation of Regional

Transmission Organizations (RTOs).

Order No. 2000 announced the

initiation of a regional collaborative

process 2 to aid in the formation of

RTOs. To initiate the collaborative

process, the Commission is organizing a

series of regional workshops. The

following five locations are designated

for the Spring 2000 workshops and, as

stated in order No. 2000, ‘‘* * * the

selection of locations for initial

workshops is not to indicate a

preference for specific RTO boundaries,

but to provide convenient workshop

locations.’’ 3 The workshops are open to

all interested parties and attendance at

more than one workshop is permitted.

The Commission expects that all

transmission owners will attend at least

one workshop.

The dates and locations for the Spring

2000 regional workshops are as follows:

March 1–2, 2000 in Cincinnati, OH

March 15–16, 2000 in Philadelphia, PA

March 23–24, 2000 in Las Vegas, NV

March 29–30, 2000 in Kansas City, MO

April 5–6, 2000 in Atlanta, GA

Agendas, procedural rules and

specific meeting locations will be

provided in advance of the workshops

on the Commission’s website (http://

www.ferc.fed.us/). The Commission

contact person for these workshops is

James Apperson, (202) 219–2962.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–2488 Filed 2–3–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6532–4]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request; IAQ Practices in

Large Buildings Survey

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.), this notice announces that

EPA is planning to submit the following

proposed Information Collection

Request (ICR) to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB): IAQ

Practices in Large Buildings Survey,

EPA ICR Number 1917.01. 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 April 4, 2000.

ADDRESSES: To obtain a copy of the ICR

without charge, contact: Mr. Lee

Salmon, Indoor Environments Division,

Office of Radiation and Indoor Air,

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

Ariel Rios Building, 1200 Pennsylvania

Avenue, N.W., (6609J), Washington,

D.C. 20460. A copy of the ICR can also

be downloaded off the Internet at http:/

/www.epa.gov/icr; refer to EPA ICR No.

1917.01.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Lee Salmon by telephone at (202) 564–

9451 or by e-mail at

salmon.lee@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Affected

entities: Entities potentially affected by

this action are selected owners and

managers of office buildings over 50,000

square feet. Survey recipients were

selected from the membership lists of

the Building Owners and Managers

Association (BOMA) and the

International Facilities Management

Association (IFMA), as well as a list of

commercial office buildings greater than

50,000 square feet generated from

electronically-available tax records.

Federally-owned properties were

selected by EPA in consultation with

the General Services Administration

(GSA).

Title: IAQ Practices in Large Buildings

Survey (EPA ICR No. 1917.01).

Abstract: EPA is currently working

with other Federal agencies and the

public, as well as with other nations, to

promote effective approaches for

identifying and solving indoor air

quality (IAQ) problems. As part of this

effort, EPA has developed a guide which

addresses indoor air quality in large

office buildings entitled ‘‘Building Air

Quality: A Guide for Building Owners

and Facility Managers’’ (BAQ). This

document provides an extensive

discussion of a wide range of potential

indoor air pollutants and suggests ways

in which building owners and managers

can improve the indoor air quality of

their buildings. As a complement to the

Guide, EPA has also developed a

comprehensive BAQ Action Plan, which

describes an eight-step process for

improving a building’s indoor air

quality. The BAQ Action Plan can be

used to determine the current condition

of an office building’s indoor air quality,

as well as to successfully implement

good IAQ management practices.

Using a seven-page survey, EPA

proposes to collect data from building

owners and managers. This survey will

allow EPA to determine the extent to

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which elements of the BAQ guidance

have been incorporated into building

management practices throughout the

United States. The Agency also wishes

to determine what barriers to

implementation, if any, have been

incurred by building owners and

managers. These data are essential for

measuring the effectiveness of EPA’s

efforts to encourage good IAQ

management practices in large office

buildings against the Agency’s

established Government Performance

and Results Act or 1993 (GPRA) goal. By

the year 2005, EPA wishes to

demonstrate a five-percent increase in

the number of large office buildings (i.e.,

over 50,000 square feet) that use good

IAQ management practices.

To determine its success in achieving

this goal, EPA intends to survey owners

and managers of commercial and

Federally-owned office buildings greater

than 50,000 square feet on a variety of

IAQ practices. The Agency will mail a

survey and instructions for completing

it to approximately 4,150 building

owners and managers. Building owners/

managers will be given up to 30 days to

respond. At the end of this period, a

follow-up letter will be sent to building

owners/ managers to remind them of the

survey and to encourage them to

respond. The initial survey will

establish a baseline for the use rate of

IAQ-related practices recommended in

EPA’s guidance. After its completion,

EPA will continue efforts to encourage

large office building owners and

managers to adopt the IAQ practices

outlined in BAQ. EPA intends to

conduct another survey in 2005 to

assess changes in the use of these

practices.

EPA does not expect to receive

confidential information from the

building owners and managers

voluntarily participating in the IAQ

Practices in Large Buildings Survey.

However, if a respondent does consider

the information submitted to be of a

proprietary nature, EPA will assure its

confidentiality based on the provisions

of 40 CFR Part 2, Subpart B,

‘‘Confidentiality of Business

Information.’’

A Federal 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 are listed

in 40 CFR Part 9 and 48 CFR Chapter

15.

The EPA would like to solicit

comments 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.

(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.

Burden Statement: EPA expects to

mail surveys to approximately 4,150

building owners and managers. EPA

expects approximately 43 percent of

those surveyed to respond to this

information collection request. Over

three years, EPA estimates that the

burden to building owners and

managers who respond to the survey

will be approximately 3,233 hours.

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; 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.

This survey effort is expected to cost

the respondents approximately $67,890.

Respondents will incur no capital or

start-up costs and the only operation

and maintenance component of the

survey will be the cost to photocopy the

survey once completed (if desired).

Burden and cost estimates for the future

administration of the IAQ Practices in

Large Buildings Survey will be provided

at the time this ICR is renewed, but they

are expected to be similar to those

provided in this Federal Register notice.

Dated: January 21, 2000.

Mary T. Smith,

Director, Indoor Environments Division.

[FR Doc. 00–2481 Filed 2–3–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–U

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[ER–FRL–6250–8]

Environmental Impact Statements and

Regulations; Availability of EPA

Comments

Availability of EPA comments

prepared January 17, 2000 Through

January 21, 2000 pursuant to the

Environmental Review Process (ERP),

under Section 309 of the Clean Air Act

and Section 102(2)(c) of the National

Environmental Policy Act as amended.

Requests for copies of EPA comments

can be directed to the Office of Federal

Activities at (202) 564–7167. An

explanation of the ratings assigned to

draft environmental impact

statements(EISs) was published in FR

dated April 09, 1999 (63 FR 17856).

Draft EISs

ERP No. D–COE–E32079–SC Rating

EO2, Daniel Island Marine Cargo

Terminal Development, Permits and

Approvals, South Caroline State

PortsAuthority, (SCSPA), Charleston,

Berkeley County, SC.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental objections due to

significant indirect and induced impacts

related to wetlands, environmental

justice, waste treatment, air quality,

dredge material disposal and discharge

permit issues. EPA requested additional

information and mitigation measures.

ERP No. D–COE–E39049–FL Rating

EC2, Southwest Florida Improvement to

the RegulatoryProcess for Rapid Growth

and Development,Alternatives

Development Group (ADG), Lee and

Collier Counties, FL.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns about finalizing

this regulatory process given its scope/

complexity.Additional information

about future development trends will

need to be evaluated in the context of

an improved review process to avoid

unacceptable losses to the natural

environment.

ERP No. D–FAA–G51015–TX Rating

EC2, George Bush Intercontinental

Airport Houston,Construction and

Operation, Runway 8L–26R and

Associated Near Term Master Plan

Project,City of Houston, Harris County,

TX.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns due to potential

noise and air related impacts. The FEIS

should clarify and demonstrate air

conformity requirements including

implication to the State Implementation

Plan and mitigation measures should be

included in the ROD.