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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 section 5 of the 

Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 

825s); and other acts specifically 

applicable to the projects involved. 

By Delegation Order No. 00–037.00A, 

effective October 25, 2013, 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 

FERC. 

Availability of Information 

All brochures, studies, comments, 

letters, memorandums, or other 

documents Western initiates or uses to 

develop the proposed formula rates are 

available for inspection and copying at 

the Rocky Mountain Regional Office, 

located at 5555 East Crossroads 

Boulevard, Loveland Colorado 80538– 

8986. Many of these documents and 

supporting information are also 

available on Western’s RMR Web site 

under the 2017 Rate Adjustment— 

Transmission and Ancillary Services 

section located at http://www.wapa.gov/ 

regions/RM/rates/Pages/rates.aspx. 

Ratemaking Procedure Requirements 

Environmental Compliance 

In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 

1969, 42 U.S.C. 4321–4347; the Council 

on Environmental Quality Regulations 

for implementing NEPA (40 CFR parts 

1500–1508); and DOE NEPA 

Implementing Procedures and 

Guidelines (10 CFR part 1021), Western 

is in the process of determining whether 

an environmental assessment or an 

environmental impact statement should 

be prepared or if this action can be 

categorically excluded from those 

requirements. 

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. 

Dated: January 20, 2016. 

Mark A. Gabriel, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2016–02035 Filed 2–2–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–ORD–2016–0010; FRL–9941–88– 

OEI] 

Information Collection Request 

Submitted to OMB for Review and 

Approval; Comment Request; 

Recordkeeping for Institutional Dual 

Use Research of Concern (iDURC) 

Policy Compliance 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency has submitted an information 

collection request (ICR), 

‘‘Recordkeeping for Institutional Dual 

Use Research of Concern (iDURC) Policy 

Compliance’’ (EPA ICR No. 2530.01, 

OMB Control No. 2080–NEW) to the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) for emergency processing in 

accordance with the Paperwork 

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

This is a request for approval of a new 

collection, for which EPA requests 

approval by February 29, 2016. A fuller 

description of the ICR is given below, 

including its estimated burden and cost 

to the public. 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: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before March 4, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID Number EPA– 

HQ–ORD–2016–0010, to (1) EPA online 

using www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), by email to 

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

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB via 

email to oira_submission@omb.eop.gov. 

Address comments to OMB Desk Officer 

for EPA. 

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 

restricted by statute. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Brendan Doyle, Office of Research and 

Development, Mail Code: 8801R, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number: 202–564– 

4584; email address: doyle.brendan@

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, 

WJC 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. 

Abstract: To comply with the U.S. 

Government Policy for Institutional 

Oversight of Life Sciences Dual Use 

Research of Concern (Policy) (http://

www.phe.gov/s3/dualuse/Pages/

default.aspx), EPA must ensure that the 

institutions that are subject to the Policy 

train their laboratory personnel and 

maintain records of that training. This 

training is specific to ‘‘dual use research 

of concern,’’ and should include 

information on how to properly identify 

DURC and appropriate methods for 

ensuring research that is determined to 

be DURC is conducted and 

communicated responsibly. 

EPA is requesting emergency 

clearance of this ICR under 5 CFR 

1320.13(a)(2)(i) because the iDURC 

policy’s effective date has passed, but 

without PRA approval the 

recordkeeping provisions cannot yet be 

implemented. Standard processing of 

this ICR would further delay full 

implementation of the policy, which 

seeks to mitigate the risk of public harm 

from life sciences research being 

misapplied. 

EPA requests that OMB authorize this 

ICR by February 29, 2016, for the 

maximum of 180 days. 

Form Numbers: None. 

Respondents/affected entities: Private 

sector and the federal-owned/

contractor-operated labs. 

Respondent’s obligation to respond: 

Mandatory (per EPA Order on Policy 

and Procedures for Managing Dual Use 

Research of Concern). 

Estimated number of respondents: 

Eighteen (total). 

Frequency of response: Only once 

and/or as necessary. 

Total estimated burden: 72 hours (per 

year). Burden is defined at 5 CFR 

1320.03(b). 

Total estimated cost: $4,320 (per 

year), includes $0 annualized capital or 

operation & maintenance costs. 

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Changes in the Estimates: There is no 

currently approved burden as this is a 

new information collection request. 

Courtney Kerwin, 

Acting Director, Collection Strategies 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 2016–01971 Filed 2–2–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9941–89–OA] 

Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities 

Advisory Committee; Notice of Charter 

Renewal 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

Notice is hereby given that the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

has determined that, in accordance with 

the provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App. 2, 

the Farm, Ranch, and Rural 

Communities Advisory Committee 

(FRRCC) is a necessary committee 

which is in the public interest. 

Accordingly, the FRRCC will be 

renewed for an additional two-year 

period. The purpose of the FRRCC is to 

provide advice and recommendations to 

the EPA Administrator on 

environmental issues and policies that 

are of importance to agriculture and 

rural communities. Inquiries may be 

directed to Donna Perla, Designated 

Federal Officer for FRRCC, U.S. EPA 

(Mail Code 8101R), 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460, or 

perla.donna@epa.gov. 

Dated: January 11, 2016. 

Ron Carleton, 

Agricultural Counselor to the Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2016–01995 Filed 2–2–16; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OECA–2011–0824; FRL–9941– 

90–OECA] 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request; Comment Request; 

Application for Registration and 

Pesticide Report for PesticideProducing and Device-Producing 

Establishments 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is planning to submit an 

information collection request (ICR), 

‘‘Application for Registration and 

Pesticide Report for Pesticide-Producing 

and Device-Producing Establishments’’ 

(EPA ICR No. 0160.11, OMB Control No. 

2070–0078) 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 

ICR is scheduled to expire on March 31, 

2016. 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 April 4, 2016. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OECA–2011–0824, online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method), by email to docket.oeca@

epa.gov 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 

restricted by statute. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michelle Stevenson, Office of 

Compliance, Monitoring, Assistance, 

and Media Programs Division, 

Pesticides, Waste & Toxics Branch 

(2225A), Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: (202) 564–4203; email: 

stevenson.michelle@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, 

WJC 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 Federal Insecticide, 

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) 

Section 7(a) requires that any person 

who produces pesticides, active 

ingredients or devices subject to the Act 

must register with the Administrator of 

EPA the establishment in which the 

pesticide, active ingredient or device is 

produced. This section further requires 

that application for registration of any 

establishment shall include the name 

and address of the establishment and of 

the producer who operates such an 

establishment. EPA Form 3540–8, 

Application for Registration of 

Pesticide-Producing and DeviceProducing Establishments, is used to 

collect the establishment registration 

information required by this section. 

FIFRA Section 7(c) requires that any 

producer operating an establishment 

registered under Section 7 report to the 

Administrator within 30 days after it is 

registered, and annually thereafter by 

March 1st for certain pesticide or device 

production and sales or distribution 

information. The producers must report 

which types and amounts of pesticides, 

active ingredients, or devices are 

currently being produced, were 

produced during the past year, sold or 

distributed in the past year. The 

supporting regulations at 40 CFR part 

167 provide the requirements and time 

schedules for submitting production 

information. EPA Form 3540–16, 

Pesticide Report for Pesticide-Producing 

and Device-Producing Establishments, 

is used to collect the pesticide 

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