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Docket No. ER11–3967, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER11–4405, Southwest 

Power Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER12–5, Southwest Power 

Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER12–16, Southwest Power 

Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER12–25, Southwest Power 

Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER12–74, Southwest Power 

Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER12–140. Southwest Power 

Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER12–149, Southwest Power 

Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER12–227, Southwest Power 

Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER12–235, Southwest Power 

Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER12–277, Southwest Power 

Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER12–430, Southwest Power 

Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER12–443, Southwest Power 

Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER12–444, Southwest Power 

Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER12–455, Southwest Power 

Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER12–457, Southwest Power 

Pool, Inc. 

Docket No. ER11–3728, Midwest 

Independent System Operator, Inc. 

Docket No. EL11–34, Midwest 

Independent System Operator, Inc. 

These meetings are open to the 

public. 

For more information, contact Patrick 

Clarey, Office of Energy Market 

Regulation, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission at (317) 249–5937 or 

patrick.clarey@ferc.gov. 

Dated: December 1, 2011. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. ER11–4580–000] 

California Independent System 

Operator Corporation; Notice of 

Technical Conference 

By order dated November 25, 2011, in 

Docket No. ER11–4580–000, the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission 

(Commission) directed staff to convene 

a technical conference regarding 

California Independent System Operator 

Corporation’s (CAISO) proposal to 

eliminate convergence bidding at 

intertie scheduling points. Take notice 

that such conference will be held on 

February 2, 2012 at the Commission’s 

headquarters at 888 First Street NE., 

Washington, DC 20426, beginning at 9 

a.m. (Eastern Time) in Hearing Room 1. 

The technical conference will be led by 

Commission staff. 

The purpose of the technical 

conference is to discuss the issues 

raised by CAISO’s proposal to eliminate 

convergence bidding at intertie 

scheduling points. A subsequent notice 

detailing the topics to be discussed and 

agenda will be issued in advance of the 

conference. 

Parties will have an opportunity to 

listen to the conference by telephone. 

Further call-in information will be 

provided in a subsequent notice. 

FERC conferences are accessible 

under section 508 of the Rehabilitation 

Act of 1973. For accessibility 

accommodations please send an email 

to accessibility@ferc.gov or call toll free 

1 (866) 208–3372 (voice) or (202) 208– 

8659 (TTY); or send a fax to (202) 208– 

2106 with the required 

accommodations. 

For more information on this 

conference, please contact Moon Athwal 

at moon.athwal@ferc.gov or (202) 502– 

6272, or Colleen Farrell at 

colleen.farrell@ferc.gov or (202) 502– 

6751. 

Dated: December 2, 2011. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2011–0901; FRL–9503–1] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collections; 

Comment Request; Prevention of 

Significant Deterioration and 

Nonattainment Area New Source 

Review (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 EPA is planning to 

submit a request to renew an existing 

approved Information Collection 

Request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). This 

ICR is scheduled to expire on April 30, 

2012. Before submitting this 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 February 6, 2012. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2011–0901, by one of the 

following methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• Email: a-and-r-docket@epa.gov. 

• Fax: (202) 566–9744. 

• Mail: Agency Information 

Collection Activities; Proposed 

Collection; Comment Request; 

Prevention of Significant Deterioration 

and Nonattainment Area New Source 

Review (Renewal) Docket, 

Environmental Protection Agency, Air 

and Radiation Docket and Information 

Center, Mailcode: 2822T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460. Please include a total of two 

copies. 

• Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center, 

Public Reading Room, EPA West, Room 

3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. Such deliveries 

are only accepted during the Docket’s 

normal hours of operation, and special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2011– 

0901. The EPA’s policy is that all 

comments received will be included in 

the public docket without change and 

may be made available online at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through http:// 

www.regulations.gov or email. The 

http://www.regulations.gov Web site is 

an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means the EPA will not know your 

identity or contact information unless 

you provide it in the body of your 

comment. If you send an email 

comment directly to the EPA without 

going through http:// 

www.regulations.gov, your email 

address will be automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the public docket and 

made available on the Internet. If you 

submit an electronic comment, the EPA 

recommends that you include your 

name and other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

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disk or CD–ROM you submit. If the EPA 

cannot read your comment due to 

technical difficulties and cannot contact 

you for clarification, the EPA may not 

be able to consider your comment. 

Electronic files should avoid the use of 

special characters, any form of 

encryption and be free of any defects or 

viruses. For additional information 

about the EPA’s public docket visit the 

EPA Docket Center homepage at http:// 

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

David Painter, Air Quality Policy 

Division, Office of Air Quality Planning 

and Standards (C504–03), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Research Triangle Park, North Carolina 

27711; telephone number: (919) 541– 

5515; fax number: (919) 541–5509; 

email address: painter.david@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

How can I access the docket and/or 

submit comments? 

The EPA has established a public 

docket for this ICR under Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–OAR–2011–0901, which is 

available for online viewing at http:// 

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 

Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744. 

Use http://www.regulations.gov to 

obtain a copy of the draft collection of 

information, submit or view public 

comments, access the index listing of 

the contents of the docket and access 

those documents in the public docket 

that are available electronically. Once in 

the system, select ‘‘search,’’ then key in 

the docket ID number identified in this 

document. 

What information is EPA particularly 

interested in? 

Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the PRA, the EPA specifically solicits 

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. In 

particular, the EPA is requesting 

comments from very small businesses 

(those that employ less than 25) on 

examples of specific additional efforts 

that the EPA could make to reduce the 

paperwork burden for very small 

businesses affected by this collection. 

What should I consider when I prepare 

my comments for EPA? 

You may find the following 

suggestions helpful for preparing your 

comments: 

1. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible and provide specific examples. 

2. Describe any assumptions that you 

used. 

3. Provide copies of any technical 

information and/or data you used that 

support your views. 

4. If you estimate potential burden or 

costs, explain how you arrived at the 

estimate that you provide. 

5. Offer alternative ways to improve 

the collection activity. 

6. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the deadline identified 

under DATES. 

7. To ensure proper receipt by the 

EPA, be sure to identify the docket ID 

number assigned to this action in the 

subject line on the first page of your 

response. You may also provide the 

name, date, and Federal Register 

citation. 

What information collection activity 

does this apply to? 

Affected entities: Entities potentially 

affected by this action are those which 

must apply for and obtain a 

preconstruction permit under part C or 

D or section 110(a)(2)(C) of title I of the 

Clean Air Act (Act). 

Title: Prevention of Significant 

Deterioration and Nonattainment Area 

New Source Review (Renewal). 

ICR number: EPA ICR No. 1230.29, 

OMB Control No. 2060–0003. 

ICR status: This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on April 30, 2012. 

Abstract: Part C of the Clean Air Act 

(Act)—‘‘Prevention of Significant 

Deterioration,’’ and Part D—‘‘Plan 

Requirements for Nonattainment 

Areas,’’ require all states to adopt 

preconstruction review programs for 

new or modified stationary sources of 

air pollution. In addition, the provisions 

of section 110 of the Act include a 

requirement for states to have a 

preconstruction review program to 

manage the emissions from the 

construction and modification of any 

stationary source of air pollution to 

assure that the National Ambient Air 

Quality Standards (NAAQS) are 

achieved and maintained. An agency 

may not conduct or sponsor, and a 

person is not required to respond to, a 

collection of information request unless 

it displays a currently valid OMB 

control number. The OMB control 

numbers for the EPA’s regulations in 40 

CFR are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and 48 

CFR chapter 15. Section 176(c) of the 

Clean Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) 

requires that all federal actions conform 

with the state implementation plans 

(SIPs) to attain and maintain the 

NAAQS. Depending on the type of 

action, the federal entities must collect 

information themselves, hire 

consultants to collect the information, 

or require applicants/sponsors of the 

federal action to provide the 

information. 

Implementing regulations for these 

three programs are promulgated at 40 

CFR 51.160 through 51.166; 40 CFR part 

51, Appendix S; and 40 CFR 52.21 and 

52.24. In order to receive a construction 

permit for a major new source or major 

modification, the applicant must 

conduct the necessary research, perform 

the appropriate analyses and prepare 

the permit application with 

documentation to demonstrate that their 

project meets all applicable statutory 

and regulatory New Source Review 

requirements. Specific activities and 

requirements are listed and described in 

the Supporting Statement for the ICR. 

State, local, or federal reviewing 

authorities review permit applications 

and provide for public review of 

proposed projects and issue permits 

based on their consideration of all 

technical factors and public input. The 

EPA, more broadly, reviews a fraction of 

the total applications and audits the 

state and local programs for their 

effectiveness. Consequently, 

information prepared and submitted by 

sources is essential for sources to 

receive permits, and for federal, state, 

and local environmental agencies to 

adequately review the permit 

applications and thereby properly 

administer and manage the NSR 

programs. 

Since the previous renewal of this 

ICR, the EPA has filled regulatory voids 

that existed in Indian country (where 

state NSR programs do not apply) by 

promulgating a Part D program and a 

minor NSR program for Indian country. 

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(The EPA was already implementing a 

Part C program in Indian country.) The 

implementing regulations for these 

programs are at 40 CFR 49.151 through 

49.173. The EPA acts as the reviewing 

authority for these programs. 

Information that is collected is 

handled according to EPA’s policies set 

forth in title 40, chapter 1, part 2, 

subpart B—Confidentiality of Business 

Information (see 40 CFR part 2). See also 

section 114(c) of the Act. 

Burden Statement: 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. 

The annual public reporting and 

recordkeeping burden for this collection 

of information is broken down as 

follows: 

Type of permit action Major PSD Major Part D Minor 

State Programs: 

Number of Sources .............................................................................................................. 1,610 486 72,841 

Burden Hours per Response: 

Industry .......................................................................................................................... 1,006 642 39 

Reviewing Authorities .................................................................................................... 336 128 29 

Total Annual Burden Hours 

Industry .......................................................................................................................... 1,619,660 312,012 2,822,885 

Reviewing Authorities .................................................................................................... 540,960 62,208 2,095,140 

Indian Country Program 

Number of Sources .............................................................................................................. ( a) ( a) 12,432 

Industry Burden Hours per Response .................................................................................. ( a) ( a) 39 

Industry Total Annual Burden Hours .................................................................................... ( a) ( a) 479,435 

Any minor discrepencies are due to rounding. 

aThe PSD and Part D programs in Indian country are included in the state program figures. 

In addition, we estimate that the 112 

state and local reviewing authorities 

will prepare and submit an average of 

51 SIP revisions per year to conform to 

changes in the NSR regulations, for a 

total annual burden of 2,040 hours. 

Besides the burden hours tallied above 

for permitting and SIP revisions, we 

estimate that 34 of the sources subject 

to PSD permitting are required to 

conduct pre-construction monitoring 

which they outsource, representing 

start-up costs totaling $12,444,204. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 

Industrial plants; state and local 

reviewing authorities. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

87,481, including 87,369 industry 

sources and 112 state and local 

reviewing authorities generating a total 

of 162,357 responses. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden: 

7,934,340 hours and $12,444,204. 

Are there changes in the estimates from 

the last approval? 

Since the last renewal of this ICR 

(October 2008), the estimated number of 

responses has increased by 11,536 due 

primarily to the addition of the minor 

NSR program for Indian country which 

requires all existing minor sources to 

register within the first 3 years of the 

program. In addition, actions under the 

Act unrelated to NSR rule changes 

brought greenhouse gases into the 

prevention of significant deterioration 

(PSD) program, but the potentially 

overwhelming increase in permit 

actions that this might have caused was 

limited to a manageable level (fewer 

than 1,350 sources) by the Greenhouse 

Gas Tailoring Rule. Partially 

counteracting these increases, the 

Flexible Air Permitting Rule had the 

effect of reducing the number of 

respondents under the PSD, Part D, and 

minor NSR programs. 

The burden per PSD permit has 

increased due to the addition of 

greenhouse gases to the program. In 

addition, provisions were added to the 

PSD regulations that allow for full 

implementation of the program for 

particulate matter less than 2.5 

micrograms (PM2.5), which has resulted 

in an increase in the modeling required 

for PSD permits and, thus, an increase 

in the per-permit burden. The Flexible 

Air Permitting Rule marginally 

increased the per-permit burden for the 

PSD and Part D programs, although the 

overall effect of the rule was to reduce 

total burden because of the reduction in 

the number of permit actions. The 

Flexible Air Permitting Rule also 

slightly reduced the burden per minor 

NSR permit. 

As a result of all these changes to the 

NSR program, the total burden for the 

program has increased by 1,983,272 

hours. 

What is the next step in the process for 

this ICR? 

The 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 pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.12. At that time, EPA will issue 

another Federal Register notice 

pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to 

announce the submission of the ICRs to 

OMB and the opportunity to submit 

additional comments to OMB. If you 

have any questions about this ICR or the 

approval process, please contact the 

technical person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Dated: December 5, 2011. 

Mary E Henigin, 

Acting Director, Office of Air Quality Planning 

and Standards. 

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