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Regulatory Commission at (317) 249– 

5936 or christopher.miller@ferc.gov. 

Dated: April 17, 2012. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9782 Filed 4–23–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Notice of Commission Staff 

Attendance 

The Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission hereby gives notice that 

members of the Commission’s staff may 

attend the following meetings related to 

the transmission planning activities of 

the New York Independent System 

Operator, Inc. (NYISO): 

Joint Inter-Regional Planning Task 

Force/Electric System Planning 

Working Group 

April 23, 2012, 11 a.m.–3 p.m., Local 

Time; 

May 31, 2012, 10 a.m.–4 p.m., Local 

Time; 

June 26, 2012, 10 a.m.–4 p.m., Local 

Time; 

July 10, 2012, 10 a.m.–4 p.m., Local 

Time; 

July 24, 2012, 10 a.m.–4 p.m., Local 

Time; 

August 6, 2012, 10 a.m.–4 p.m., Local 

Time; 

August 28, 2012, 10 a.m.–4 p.m., Local 

Time; 

September 24, 2012, 10 a.m.–4 p.m., 

Local Time. 

The above-referenced meetings will 

be held at: NYISO’s offices, Rensselaer, 

NY. 

The above-referenced meetings are 

open to stakeholders. 

Further information may be found at 

www.nyiso.com. 

The discussions at the meetings 

described above may address matters at 

issue in the following proceeding: 

Docket No. ER08–1281, New York 

Independent System Operator, Inc. 

For more information, contact James 

Eason, Office of Energy Market 

Regulation, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission at (202) 502–8622 or 

James.Eason@ferc.gov. 

Dated: April 17, 2012. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9766 Filed 4–23–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OARM–2011–0795; FRL–9516–3] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; General Administrative 

Requirements for Assistance 

Programs (Renewal); EPA 

ICR No. 0938.18 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

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 to renew an 

existing approved 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 May 24, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OARM–2011–0795, to (1) EPA online 

using www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), by email to 

oei.docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Office of 

Environmental Information 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: 

Alexandra Raver, Office of Grants and 

Debarment, National Policy, Training 

and Compliance Division, Mail Code: 

3903R, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: (202) 564–5296; fax number: 

(202) 565–2470; email address: 

Raver.Alexandra@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 October 19, 2011 (76 FR 64942), EPA 

sought comments on this ICR pursuant 

to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received one 

comment during the comment period, 

which is addressed in the ICR. 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–OARM–2011–0795, which is 

available for online viewing at 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the Office of Environmental 

Information 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 Office of Environmental Information 

Docket is 202–566–1752. 

Use EPA’s electronic docket and 

comment system at 

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 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 www.regulations.gov. 

Title: General Administrative 

Requirements for Assistance Programs 

(Renewal). 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 0938.18, 

OMB Control Number 2030–0020. 

ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on April 30, 2012. Under OMB 

regulations, the Agency may continue to 

conduct or sponsor the collection of 

information while this submission is 

pending at OMB. 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 information is collected 

from applicants/recipients of EPA 

assistance to monitor adherence to the 

programmatic and administrative 

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requirements of the Agency’s financial 

assistance program. It is used to make 

awards, pay recipients, and collect 

information on how Federal funds are 

being spent. EPA needs this information 

to meet its Federal stewardship 

responsibilities. This ICR renewal 

requests authorization for the collection 

of information under EPA’s General 

Regulation for Assistance Programs, 

which establishes minimum 

management requirements for all 

recipients of EPA grants or cooperative 

agreements (assistance agreements). 

Recipients must respond to these 

information requests to obtain and/or 

retain a benefit (Federal funds). 40 CFR 

part 30, ‘‘Grants and Agreements with 

Institutions of Higher Education, 

Hospitals and Other Non-profit 

Organizations,’’ includes the 

management requirements for potential 

grantees from non-profit organizations. 

40 CFR part 31, ‘‘Uniform 

Administrative Requirements for Grants 

and Cooperative Agreements to State 

and Local Governments,’’ includes the 

management responsibilities for 

potential State and local government 

grantees. These regulations include only 

those provisions mandated by statute, 

required by OMB Circulars, or added by 

EPA to ensure sound and effective 

financial assistance management. This 

renewal request also incorporates 

reporting and audit requirements 

associated with assistance programs 

funded under the American Recovery 

and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009 

(previously approved under Emergency 

ICR Number 2351.01). This ICR 

combines all of these requirements 

under OMB Control Number 2030–0020. 

The information required by these 

regulations will be used by EPA award 

officials to make assistance awards and 

assistance payments and to verify that 

the recipient is using Federal funds 

appropriately to comply with OMB 

Circulars A–21, A–87, A–102, A–110, 

A–122, and A–133, which set forth the 

pre-award, post-award, and after-thegrant requirements. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 24 hours per 

respondent. 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. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 

Applicants and recipients of EPA 

assistance agreements. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

8,391. 

Frequency of Response: On occasion, 

quarterly or semiannually, and 

annually. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

205,365. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$11,071,840. This includes an estimated 

labor cost of $11,071,840 and $0 for 

annualized capital or O&M costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is an 

increase of 70,768 hours in the total 

estimated burden currently identified in 

the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 

Burdens. This increase resulted from the 

incorporation of reporting and audit 

requirements for program areas under 

which grants were funded for the 

ARRA, addition and elimination of 

some grant forms as well as updates to 

the estimated number of respondents, 

the annual submissions per respondent, 

and the burden hours for completion of 

the grant forms under the ICR. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9798 Filed 4–23–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2003–0034; FRL 9516–4] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Voluntary Aluminum 

Industrial Partnership (VAIP) (Renewal) 

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 to renew an 

existing approved 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 May 24, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2003–0034, to (1) EPA online 

using www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), by email to a-and-rDocket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Air and Radiation 

Docket Information Center, 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: 

Sally Rand, Climate Change Division, 

Office of Atmospheric Programs (6207J), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number: 202–343– 

9739; fax number: 202–343–2202; email 

address: rand.sally@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 February 16, 2012 (77 FR 9233), EPA 

sought comments on this ICR pursuant 

to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no 

comments during the comment period. 

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–2003–0034, which is 

available for online viewing at 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the Air and Radiation 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 and 

Radiation Docket is 202–566–1742. 

Use EPA’s electronic docket and 

comment system at 

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 

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