Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 234 / Tuesday, December 5, 2000 / Notices 75929

Issued in Washington, DC on November 29,

2000.

John Rodney Clark,

Associate Director of Science for Resource

Management.

[FR Doc. 00–30926 Filed 12–4–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–U

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Bonneville Power Administration

Fourmile Hill Geothermal Development

Project

AGENCY: Bonneville Power

Administration (BPA), Department of

Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice of availability of record

of decision (ROD).

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

availability of BPA’s ROD to execute

Power Purchase Agreements (PPAs) and

Transmission Services Agreements

(TSAs) with Calpine Siskiyou

Geothermal Partners, L.P. to acquire and

transmit output from the Fourmile Hill

Geothermal Development Project

(Project), relying on the Fourmile Hill

Geothermal Development Project Final

Environmental Impact Statement/

Environmental Impact Report (Project

EIS) (DOE/EIS–0266, September 1998).

ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD and

Executive Summary of the Project EIS

can be obtained by calling BPA’s tollfree document request line: 1–800–622–

4520. The ROD is also available on the

internet at www.efw.bpa.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:

Kathy Fisher—KEW–4, Environmental

Project Manager, Bonneville Power

Administration, P.O. Box 3621,

Portland, Oregon, 97208–3621;

telephone (503) 230–4375; fax (503)

230–5699; e-mail kpfisher@bpa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: These

PPAs and TSAs will allow BPA to (1)

test the ability of geothermal energy in

the Fourmile Hill area to provide a

reliable, economical, and

environmentally acceptable energy

resource in the region; (2) assure

consistency with BPA’s statutory

responsibilities; and (3) assure

consistency with BPA’s April 22, 1993,

Resource Programs ROD.

The Bureau of Land Management

(BLM) and the United States Forest

Service (Forest Service) served as joint

lead agencies under the National

Environmental Policy Act in the

preparation of the Project EIS and

issued a ROD approving the Project on

May 31, 2000. The Siskiyou County Air

Pollution Control District served as the

state lead agency under the California

Environmental Quality Act and,

similarly, posted notice of their

approval of the Project on August 9,

2000. BPA, as a cooperating agency with

BLM and the Forest Service, adopts the

Project EIS and the entire

Administrative Record, including the

aforementioned decision documents

and related post-Project EIS

documentation, in this ROD. As detailed

in the Final EIS, the proposed power

plant and related facilities will be

located in eastern Siskiyou and western

Modoc Counties, California, on the

Klamath and Modoc National Forests.

Issued in Portland, Oregon, on November

20, 2000.

Stephen J. Wright,

Acting Administrator and Chief Executive

Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–30927 Filed 12–04–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Bonneville Power Administration

Grande Ronde and Imnaha Spring

Chinook Project

AGENCY: Bonneville Power

Administration (BPA), Department of

Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Notice of floodplain and

wetlands involvement.

SUMMARY: This notice announces BPA’s

proposal to construct new facilities and

modify existing facilities for a

conservation, integrated recovery

production program for Imnaha,

Lostine, and Upper Grande Ronde

Rivers and Catherine Creek spring

chinook salmon. The new and existing

facilities would be and are located in

Wallowa County, Oregon. In accordance

with DOE regulations for compliance

with floodplain and wetlands

environmental review requirements,

BPA will prepare a floodplain and

wetlands assessment and will perform

this proposed action in a manner so as

to avoid or minimize potential harm to

or within the affected floodplain and

wetlands. The assessment will be

included in the Environmental

Assessment (EA) being prepared for the

proposed project in accordance with the

requirements of the National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). A

floodplain statement of findings will be

included in any finding of no significant

impact that may be issued following the

completion of the EA.

DATE: Comments are due to the address

below no later than December 20, 2000.

ADDRESSES: To comment, phone tollfree 1–800–622–4519, send an e-mail to

the BPA Internet address

comment@bpa.gov; or mail comments to

Communications, Bonneville Power

Administration—KC–7, P.O. Box 12999,

Portland, Oregon 97212.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT:

Patricia R. Smith, KEC–4, Bonneville

Power Administration, P.O. Box 3621,

Portland, Oregon, 97208–3621; phone

number 503–230–7349; fax number

503–230–5699; e-mail address

prsmith@bpa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

project would include the following

types of activities that may involve work

in wetlands and floodplains:

construction of various buildings,

raceways, rearing ponds, effluent

facilities, and pipelines. Wetlands and

floodplains that may be affected by the

project are in Wallowa County, Oregon;

Township 1 South, Range 48 East,

Section 10; Township 2 South, Range 43

East, Section 3; and Township 3 South,

Range 48 East, Section 22.

Maps and further information are

available from BPA at the address

above.

Issued in Portland, Oregon, on November

22, 2000.

Thomas C. McKinney,

NEPA Compliance Officer.

[FR Doc. 00–30928 Filed 12–04–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6911–9]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request; National

Emission Standards for Hazardous Air

Pollutants From Wood Furniture

Manufacturing Operations

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.), this notice announces that

the following Information Collection

Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for review and approval:

National Emissions Standards for

Hazardous Air Pollutants From Wood

Furniture Manufacturing Operations,

(40 CFR part 63, subpart JJ), OMB

number 2060–0324, Expiration Date

February 28, 2001. The ICR describes

the nature of the information collection

and its expected burden and cost; where

appropriate, it includes the actual data

collection instrument.

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DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before January 4, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing

EPA ICR number 1716.03, OMB number

2060–0324 to the following addresses:

Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Collection Strategies

Division (Mail Code 2822), 1200

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW, Washington,

DC 20460; and 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: For

a copy of the ICR contact Sandy Farmer

at EPA by phone at (202) 260–2740, by

E-Mail at

Farmer.Sandy@epamail.epa.gov or

download off the Internet at http://

www.epa.gov/icr/icr.htm and refer to

EPA ICR No. 1716.03. For Technical

questions about the ICR, contact Robert

C. Marshall, Jr. (202) 564–7021.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: National Emissions Standards

for Hazardous Air Pollutants From

Wood Furniture Manufacturing

Operations, (40 CFR part 63, subpart JJ),

OMB number 2060–0324, EPA ICR

number 1716.03, expiration date

February 28, 2001. This is a request for

extension of a currently approved

collection.

Abstract: Respondents to this

information collection request are the

owners and operators of both new and

existing wood furniture manufacturing

operations that are major sources of

hazardous air pollutants. Respondents

are required to submit both initial and

regular semiannual compliance reports

and to perform record keeping activities.

The information is used to determine

that all sources subject to the rule are

complying with the standards. The

information to be collected is mandatory

under the rule. 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 are listed in 40 CFR part 9

and 48 CFR Chapter 15. The Federal

Register document required under 5

CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting comments on

this collection of information was

published on August 17, 2000 (FR

50196); no comments were received.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and record keeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to average 2 hours per

response. 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.

Respondents/Affected Entities: Wood

Furniture Manufacturers.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

750.

Frequency of Response: On occasion,

quarterly, semi-annually and annually.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

92,071 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Capital,

O&M Cost Burden: $40,500.

Send comments on the Agency’s need

for this information, the accuracy of the

provided burden estimates, and any

suggested methods for minimizing

respondent burden, including through

the use of automated collection

techniques to the addresses listed above.

Please refer to EPA ICR number 1716.03,

OMB number 2060–0324 in any

correspondence.

Dated: November 28, 2000.

Oscar Morales,

Director, Collection Strategies Division.

[FR Doc. 00–30910 Filed 12–04–00; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6911–8]

Notification of Episodic Releases of Oil

and Hazardous Substances; Request

for Comment on Renewal Information

Collection

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.), this document announces

that EPA is planning to submit the

following continuing Information

Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB):

Notification of Episodic Releases of Oil

and Hazardous Substances (EPA ICR

No. 1049.09, OMB No. 2050–0046). This

is a request to renew an existing ICR

that is currently approved. Before

submitting the ICR to OMB for review

and approval, EPA is soliciting

comments on specific aspects of the

collection.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before February 5, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments submitted by

regular U.S. Postal Service mail should

be sent to: Docket Coordinator,

Superfund Docket Office, Mail Code

5201G, U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency Headquarters, Ariel Rios

Building, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,

NW., Washington, DC 20460. To ensure

proper receipt by EPA, it is imperative

that you identify docket control number

102RQ–ER2 in the subject line on the

first page of your comment. Comments

may also be submitted electronically or

in person. Please follow the detailed

instructions for these submission

methods as provided in unit III of the

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Lynn Beasley, (703) 603–9086.

Facsimile number: (703) 603–9104.

Electronic address:

beasley.lynn@epa.gov. Comments

should not be submitted to this contact

person.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. Does This Notice Apply to Me?

You may be affected by this notice if

you are the person in charge of a facility

or vessel that releases hazardous

substances into the environment or

discharges oil into U.S. waters as

specified in section 103(a) of the

Comprehensive Environmental

Response, Compensation, and Liability

Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended, and

section 311 of the Clean Water Act

(CWA), as amended. To determine if the

facility or vessel you are in charge of is

affected by this action, you should

carefully examine the applicability

provisions at 40 CFR parts 110, 117, and

302.

II. How Can I Get Additional

Information or Copies of This

Document or Other Support

Documents?

A. By Phone, Fax, or E-mail

If you have any questions or need

additional information about this notice

or the information collection request

(ICR) referenced, please contact Lynn

Beasley, (703) 603–9086. Facsimile

number: (703) 603–9104. Electronic

address: beasley.lynn@epa.gov.

B. In Person

The official record for this notice,

including the public version, and the

referenced ICR have been established