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1 73 FR 42,565 (July 22, 2008). 

2See U.S. Dept. of Energy, Western Area Power 

Admin., Docket No. EF08–5161–000, 127 FERC 

¶ 62,043 (2009). 

received by the Secretary of the 

Commission. The communications 

listed are grouped chronologically, in 

ascending order. These filings are 

available for review at the Commission 

in the Public Reference Room or may be 

viewed on the Commission’s Web site at 

http://www.ferc.gov using the eLibrary 

link. Enter the docket number, 

excluding the last three digits, in the 

docket number field to access the 

document. For assistance, please contact 

FERC, Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll 

free at (866)208–3676, or for TTY, 

contact (202)502–8659. 

Docket No. Filed date Presenter or 

requester 

Prohibited: 

1. P– 

12690– 

000.

02–13–13 Robert Wargo. 

2. RP12– 

479– 

000.

02–14–13 Bob White.1

1Phone record. 

Dated: February 15, 2013. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2013–04079 Filed 2–21–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Western Area Power Administration 

Washoe Project-Rate Order No. 

WAPA–160 

AGENCY: Western Area Power 

Administration, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Extension of 

Non-Firm Power Formula Rate. 

SUMMARY: This action is a proposal to 

extend the existing Washoe Project, 

Stampede Powerplant (Stampede) nonfirm power formula rate, Schedule SNF– 

7, through September 30, 2017. The 

existing formula rate will expire July 31, 

2013. 

DATES: By July 31, 2013, Western Area 

Power Administration (Western) will 

publish in the Federal Register the final 

Notice of Extension and Rate Order. 

ADDRESSES: All documents that Western 

used to develop the proposed Stampede 

non-firm power formula rate extension 

are available for inspection and copying 

at the Sierra Nevada Customer Service 

Region, located at 114 Parkshore Drive, 

Folsom, CA 95630–4710. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Regina Rieger, Rates Manager, Sierra 

Nevada Customer Service Region, 

Western Area Power Administration, 

114 Parkshore Drive, Folsom, CA 

95630–4710, (916) 353–4629, email: 

rieger@wapa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By 

Delegation Order No. 00–037.00, 

effective December 6, 2001, the 

Secretary of Energy delegated: (1) The 

authority to develop power and 

transmission rates to Western’s 

Administrator; (2) the authority to 

confirm, approve, and place such rates 

into effect on an interim basis to the 

Deputy Secretary of Energy; and (3) the 

authority to confirm, approve, and place 

into effect on a final basis, to remand or 

to disapprove such rates to the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC). 

FERC confirmed and approved the 

existing formula rate, contained in Rate 

Order No. WAPA–136,1 on a final basis 

for 5 years through July 31, 2013.2 In 

accordance with 10 CFR 903.23(a), 

Western proposes to extend the existing 

Stampede non-firm power formula rate 

without an adjustment. The formula rate 

is applied annually after determining 

Stampede’s reimbursable expenses and 

revenue collected in accordance with 

the Stampede Energy Exchange Services 

contract. Since the project has no 

Federally-owned transmission, the 

contractor accepts delivery of Stampede 

generation to serve project use 

obligations and pays Western for energy 

received in excess of project use loads. 

Pursuant to Rate Order No. WAPA–136, 

any remaining reimbursable expenses 

are transferred to the Central Valley 

Project (CVP) for incorporation into the 

CVP power revenue requirement. The 

existing formula rate methodology 

collects annual revenue sufficient to 

recover annual expenses, including 

interest, capital requirements, and 

timely deficit recovery, thus ensuring 

repayment of the project within the cost 

recovery criteria set forth in DOE Order 

RA 6120.2. 

The formula rate provides sufficient 

revenue to recover all appropriate costs 

and the affiliated contract remains in 

effect through December 31, 2024. 

Western proposes to extend the current 

rate schedule through September 30, 

2017, and will consider further 

extension as determined necessary. 

Consistent with 10 CFR 903.23(a) for 

proposals to extend but not otherwise 

change existing rates, Western will not 

hold a consultation and comment 

period. 

Thirty days after this notice is 

published, Western will take further 

action on the proposed formula rate 

extension consistent with 10 CFR part 

903. 

Dated: February 12, 2013. 

Anita J. Decker, 

Acting Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2013–04115 Filed 2–21–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OECA–2005–0062; FRL 9007–7] 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request; Comment Request: 

Procedures for Implementing the 

National Environmental Policy Act and 

Assessing the Environmental Effects 

Abroad of EPA Actions (Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency is planning to submit an 

information collection request (ICR), 

‘‘40 CFR Part 6: Procedures for 

Implementing the National 

Environmental Policy Act and Assessing 

the Environmental Effects Abroad of 

EPA Actions’’ (EPA ICR No. 2243.06, 

OMB Control No. 2020–0033) to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for review and approval in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.). 

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 August 31, 2013. 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 Tuesday, April 23, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OECA–2005–0062 online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method) 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 

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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; 

email address: trice.jessica@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, 

EPA 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 http:// 

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: The National Environmental 

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

4321–4347 establishes a national policy 

for the environment. The Council on 

Environmental Quality (CEQ) oversees 

the NEPA implementation. CEQ’s 

Regulations at 40 CFR parts 1500 

through 1508 set the standard for NEPA 

compliance. They also require agencies 

to establish their own NEPA 

implementing procedures. EPA’s 

procedures for implementing NEPA are 

found in 40 CFR Part 6. Through this 

part, EPA adopted the CEQ Regulations 

and supplemented those regulations for 

actions by EPA that are subject to NEPA 

requirements. EPA actions subject to 

NEPA include the award of wastewater 

treatment construction grants under 

Title II of the Clean Water Act, EPA’s 

issuance of new source National 

Pollutant Discharge Elimination System 

(NPDES) permits under section 402 of 

the Clean Water Act, certain research 

and development projects, development 

and issuance of regulations, EPA actions 

involving renovations or new 

construction of facilities, and certain 

grants awarded for projects authorized 

by Congress through the Agency’s 

annual Appropriations Act. EPA is 

collecting information from certain 

applicants as part of the process of 

complying with either NEPA or 

Executive Order 12114 (‘‘Environmental 

Effects Abroad of Major Federal 

Actions’’). 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 decision-makers and the 

public before decisions are made and 

before actions are taken. When EPA 

conducts an environmental assessment 

pursuant to its Executive Order 12114 

procedures, the Agency generally 

follows its NEPA procedures. 

Compliance with the procedures is the 

responsibility of EPA’s Responsible 

Officials, and for applicant proposed 

actions applicants may be required to 

provide environmental information to 

EPA as part of the environmental review 

process. For this Information Collection 

Request (ICR), applicant-proposed 

projects subject to either NEPA or 

Executive Order 12114 (and that are not 

addressed in other EPA programs’ ICRs) 

are addressed through the NEPA 

process. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/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, including Wastewater 

Treatment Construction Grants Program 

facilities, State and Tribal Assistance 

Grant recipients and new source 

National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System permittees. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Voluntary. 

Estimated number of respondents: 

312. 

Frequency of response: On occasion 

Total estimated burden: 38,472 hours 

Total estimated cost: $3,503,245, 

includes $7,638 annualized capital or 

operation & maintenance costs. 

Changes in Estimates: The above 

estimates are based on information and 

data available through the current ICR 

supporting documentation. However, it 

is anticipated that there will be slight 

decrease in hours in the total estimated 

respondent burden compared with the 

ICR currently approved by OMB. This 

slight decrease is due to changes in the 

number of respondents and their 

associated EPA actions eligible for 

categorical exclusions which results in 

a reduction in total hours and burden. 

Dated: February 15, 2013. 

Cliff Rader, 

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office 

of Federal Activities. 

[FR Doc. 2013–04149 Filed 2–21–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[ER–FRL–9007–8] 

Environmental Impacts Statements; 

Notice of Availability 

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal 

Activities, General Information (202) 

564–7146 or http://www.epa.gov/ 

compliance/nepa/. 

Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact 

Statements 

Filed 02/11/2013 Through 02/15/2013 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9. 

Notice 

Section 309(a) of the Clean Air Act 

requires that EPA make public its 

comments on EISs issued by other 

Federal agencies. EPA’s comment letters 

on EISs are available at: http:// 

www.epa.gov/compliance/nepa/ 

eisdata.html. 

EIS No. 20130034, Final EIS, BLM, WY, 

Lander Field Office Planning Area 

Project, Proposed Resource 

Management Plan, Review Period 

Ends: 03/25/2013, Contact: Kristen 

Yannone 307–332–8400. 

EIS No. 20130035, Draft Supplement, 

FHWA, WA, SR–167 Puyallup to SR 

509, SR 167 Puyallup River Bridge 

Replacement, Comment Period Ends: 

04/08/2013, Contact: Dean Moberg 

360–534–9344. 

EIS No. 20130036, Final EIS, NNSA, 

NV, Site-Wide EIS—Continued 

Operation of the Department of 

Energy/National Nuclear Security 

Administration, Nevada National 

Security Site and Off-Site Location in 

Nevada, Review Period Ends: 03/25/ 

2013, Contact: Linda Cohn 702–295– 

0077. 

EIS No. 20130037, Draft EIS, FHWA, 

VA, Tier 1—Interstate 66 Corridor, 


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