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provide the SHP amounts for each

season. For the Winter Season 2001,

Western included purchased power

prices for which Western has already

contracted. For the Summer Season

2001, Western’s estimates of purchased

power prices were derived from the

New York Merchantile Exchange’s

(NYMEX) Palo Verde Electricity futures

prices at the time the analysis was

prepared.

Test Flows

Test flows at GCD are possible again

next summer, as a result of an obligation

the Bureau of Reclamation has under

the conditions of a biological opinion (a

requirement under the Endangered

Species Act). Test flows occur in

minimum-flow years. The probability of

such an occurrence in FY 2001 is 34

percent.

CRSP Basin Fund Cash Balance

The CRSP Basin Fund ended FY 2000

with a balance of about $42.5 million in

cash. The lower-than-normal balance

was mainly due to the high cost of

purchased power prices during July,

August, and September 2000. The need

to purchase additional power was

compounded by the low environmental

test flows from GCD.

Purchase arrangements for energy

needed to meet contractual obligations

have been made for the Winter Season

2001. These purchases were at much

higher costs than normal and adversely

affected the CRSP Basin Fund’s cash

flow. Monthly revenues into the CRSP

Basin Fund normally run from $10

million to $14 million per month;

expenditures for purchased power are

now at these levels. Any spending on

transmission, replacements, and

operation and maintenance costs will

result in a negative cash flow during

months when purchased energy costs

are equivalent to or greater than revenue

inflows.

In the event of another year where

hydrology conditions are significantly

below average and where low test flows

from GCD are required, the CRSP Basin

Fund working capital would be

insufficient at the present rate.

Procedural Requirements

Since the proposed rate formula adder

constitutes a major rate adjustment as

defined at 10 CFR 903.2, both public

information forums and public

comment forums will be held. However,

the consultation and comment period

has been shortened because of the

financial hardship faced by the CRSP

Basin Fund. After reviewing public

comments, Western will recommend

that the proposed rate formula adder or

a revised proposed rate formula adder

be approved on an interim basis by the

DOE Deputy Secretary.

The proposed rate formula adder to

the SLCA/IP firm power rates is being

established pursuant to the Department

of Energy Organization Act, 42 U.S.C.

7101–7352; the Reclamation Act of

1902, ch. 1093, 32 Stat. 388, as amended

and supplemented by subsequent

enactments, particularly section 9(c) of

the Reclamation Project Act of 1939, 43

U.S.C. 485h(c); and other acts

specifically applicable to the projects

involved.

By Amendment No. 3 to Delegation

Order No. 0204–108, published

November 10, 1993 (58 FR 59716), the

Secretary of DOE delegated (1) the

authority to develop long-term power

and transmission rates on a

nonexclusive basis to the Administrator

of Western; and (2) the authority to

confirm, approve, and place into effect

on a final basis, to remand, or to

disapprove such rates to FERC. In

Delegation Order No. 0204–172,

effective November 24, 1999, the

Secretary of Energy delegated the

authority to confirm, approve, and place

such rates into effect on an interim basis

to the Deputy Secretary. Existing DOE

procedures for public participation in

power rate adjustments are found at 10

CFR part 903.

Availability of Information

All studies, comments, letters,

memorandums, or other documents

made or kept by Western for developing

the proposed rates are and will be made

available for inspection and copying at

the CRSP Management Center, located

at 150 East Social Hall Avenue, Suite

300, Salt Lake City, UT 84111–1534.

Regulatory Procedural Requirements

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis

The Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980

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

agencies to perform a regulatory

flexibility analysis if a final rule is likely

to have a significant economic impact

on a substantial number of small entities

and there is a legal requirement to issue

a general notice of proposed

rulemaking. Western has determined

that this action does not require a

regulatory flexibility analysis since it is

a rulemaking of particular applicability

involving rates or services applicable to

public property.

Environmental Compliance

In compliance with the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969

(NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321, et seq.);

Council on Environmental Quality

Regulations (40 CFR parts 1500–1508);

and DOE NEPA Regulations (10 CFR

part 1021), Western determined that this

action is categorically excluded from the

preparation of an environmental

assessment or an environmental impact

statement.

Determination Under Executive Order

12866

Western has an exemption from

centralized regulatory review under

Executive Order 12866; accordingly, no

clearance of this notice by the Office of

Management and Budget is required.

Small Business Regulatory Enforcement

Fairness Act

Western has determined that this rule

is exempt from Congressional

notification requirements under 5 U.S.C.

801 because the action is a rulemaking

of particular applicability relating to

rates or services and involves matters of

procedure.

Dated: October 27, 2000.

Michael S. Hacskaylo,

Administrator.

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPP–34225A; FRL–6753–2]

Diazinon; Revised Pesticide Risk

Assessment; Notice of Public Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: EPA will hold a public

meeting to present the revised risk

assessment for the organophosphate

pesticide diazinon to interested

stakeholders. This public meeting,

called a ‘‘Technical Briefing,’’ will

provide an opportunity for stakeholders

to learn about the data, information, and

methodologies that the Agency used in

revising its risk assessment for diazinon.

In addition, representatives of the

Department of Agriculture (USDA) will

also provide ideas on possible risk

management for diazinon.

DATES: The technical briefing will be

held on, December 5, 2000, from 1:00

p.m. to 5:00 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The technical briefing will

be held at the Radisson Hotel, Old Town

Alexandria, 901 N. Fairfax St.,

Alexandria, VA 22314, (703) 683–6000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: Ben Chambliss, Special Review

and Registration Division (7508C),

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Office of Pesticide Programs,

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,

DC 20460; telephone number: (703)

308–8174; e-mail address:

chambliss.ben@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does This Action Apply to Me?

This action applies to the public in

general. As such, the Agency has not

attempted to specifically describe all the

entities potentially affected by this

action. The Agency believes that a wide

range of stakeholders will be interested

in technical briefings on

organophosphate pesticides, including

environmental, human health, and

agricultural advocates, the chemical

industry, pesticide users, and members

of the public interested in the use of

pesticides on food. If you have any

questions regarding the applicability of

this action to a particular entity, consult

the person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT.

B. How Can I Get Additional

Information, Including Copies of this

Document and Other Related

Documents?

1. Electronically. You may obtain

electronic copies of this document, and

certain other related documents that

might be available electronically, from

the EPA Internet Home Page at http://

www.epa.gov/. To access this document,

on the Home Page select ‘‘Laws and

Regulations,’’ ‘‘ Regulations and

Proposed Rules,’’ and then look up the

entry for this document under the

‘‘Federal Register—Environmental

Documents.’’ You can also go directly to

the Federal Registerlistings at http://

www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.

To access information about

organophosphate pesticides, you can

also go directly to the Home Page for the

Office of Pesticide Programs (OPP) at

http://www.epa.gov/pesticides/op/. In

addition, a brief summary of the

diazinon revised risk assessment is now

available at http://www.epa.gov/

pesticides/op/status.htm/, as well as in

paper as part of the public version of the

official record as described in Unit I.B.2.

2. In person. The Agency has

established an official record under

docket control number OPP–34225A.

The official record consists of the

documents specifically referenced in

this action, and other information

related to this action, including any

information claimed as Confidential

Business Information (CBI). This official

record includes the documents that are

physically located in the docket, as well

as the documents that are referenced in

those documents. The public version of

the official record does not include any

information claimed as CBI. The public

version of the official record, which

includes printed, paper versions of any

electronic comments submitted during

an applicable comment period is

available for inspection in the Public

Information and Records Integrity

Branch (PIRIB), Rm. 119, Crystal Mall

#2, 1921 Jefferson Davis Hwy.,

Arlington, VA, from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.,

Monday through Friday, excluding legal

holidays. The PIRIB telephone number

is (703) 305–5805.

II. What Action is the Agency Taking?

This document announces the

Agency’s intention to hold a technical

briefing for the organophosphate

pesticide, diazinon. The Agency is

presenting the revised risk assessments

for diazinon to interested stakeholders.

This technical briefing is designed to

provide stakeholders with an

opportunity to become even more

informed about an organophosphate’s

risk assessment. EPA will describe in

detail the revised risk assessment:

Including the major points (e.g.,

contributors to risk estimates); how

public comment on the preliminary risk

assessment affected the revised risk

assessment; and the pesticide use

information/data that was used in

developing the revised risk assessment.

Stakeholders will have an opportunity

to ask clarifying questions. In addition,

representatives of the USDA will

provide ideas on possible risk

management.

The technical briefing is part of the

pilot public participation process that

EPA and USDA are now using for

involving the public in the reassessment

of pesticide tolerances under the Food

Quality Protection Act (FQPA), and the

reregistration of individual

organophosphate pesticides under the

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and

Rodenticide Act (FIFRA). The pilot

public participation process was

developed as part of the EPA-USDA

Tolerance Reassessment Advisory

Committee (TRAC), which was

established in April 1998 as a

subcommittee under the auspices of

EPA’s National Advisory Council for

Environmental Policy and Technology.

A goal of the pilot public participation

process is to find a more effective way

for the public to participate at critical

junctures in the Agency’s development

of organophosphate pesticide risk

assessment and risk management

decisions. EPA and USDA began

implementing this pilot process in

August 1998 in response to Vice

President Gore’s directive to increase

transparency and opportunities for

stakeholder consultation.

On the day of the technical briefing,

in addition to making copies available at

the meeting site, the Agency will also

release for public viewing the diazinon

revised risk assessments and related

documents to the Public Information

and Records Integrity Branch and the

OPP Internet web site that are described

in Unit I.B.1. In addition, the Agency

will issue a Federal Register notice to

provide an opportunity for a 60–day

public participation period during

which the public may submit risk

management and mitigation ideas and

recommendations and proposals for

transition.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection, Chemicals,

Pesticides and pests.

Dated: October 24, 2000.

Jack E. Housenger,

Acting Director, Special Review and

Reregistration Division, Office of Pesticide

Programs.

[FR Doc. 00–28422 Filed 11–07–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–S

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[PF–980; FRL–6750–2]

Notice of Filing Pesticide Petitions to

Establish Tolerances for Certain

Pesticide Chemicals in or on Food

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

initial filing of pesticide petitions

proposing the establishment of

regulations for residues of certain

pesticide chemicals in or on various

food commodities.

DATES: Comments, identified by docket

control number PF–980, must be

received on or before December 8, 2000.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be

submitted by mail, electronically, or in

person. Please follow the detailed

instructions for each method as

provided in Unit I.C. of the

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. To ensure

proper receipt by EPA, it is imperative

that you identify docket control number

PF–980 in the subject line on the first

page of your response.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: By

mail: Linda DeLuise, Registration

Division (7505C), Office of Pesticide

Programs, Environmental Protection

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,