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Until such time as meter configuration 

is accomplished, the entity will be 

responsible for charges assessed under 

the formula rate in effect. 

Rate Schedule L–AS5 

SCHEDULE 5 to OATT 

(Supersedes Rate Schedule L–AS5 

dated October 1, 2011, through 

September 30, 2016) 

United States Department of Energy 

Western Area Power Administration 

Rocky Mountain Region Loveland Area 

Projects and Western Area Colorado 

Missouri Balancing Authority 

Operating Reserve—Spinning Reserve 

Service 

(Approved Under Rate Order No. 

WAPA–174) 

Effective 

The first day of the first full billing 

period beginning on or after October 1, 

2016, and extending through September 

30, 2021, or until superseded by another 

rate schedule, whichever occurs earlier. 

[Note: This rate schedule was extended 

by Rate Order No. WAPA–196 through 

September 30, 2024.] 

Applicable 

This rate schedule applies to 

Loveland Area Projects (LAPT) as the 

Transmission Service Provider (TSP) 

and to Western Area Colorado Missouri 

Balancing Authority (WACM) as the 

Control Area operator. Spinning Reserve 

Service is needed to serve load 

immediately in the event of a system 

contingency. Spinning Reserve Service 

may be provided by generating units 

that are on-line and loaded at less than 

maximum output. 

The LAPT TSP must offer this service 

when transmission service is used to 

serve load within WACM and the 

Federal Transmission Customers must 

purchase this service from the LAPT 

TSP or make alternative comparable 

arrangements with WACM to satisfy 

their Spinning Reserve obligations. 

WACM may be willing to provide 

Spinning Reserves to other entities, 

providing the entities enter into separate 

agreements with WACM which will 

specify the terms of the Spinning 

Reserve Service. 

Formula Rate 

The LAPT TSP and WACM have no 

Spinning Reserves available for sale. At 

a customer’s request, the Rocky 

Mountain Region will purchase 

Spinning Reserves and pass through the 

cost and any activation energy, plus a 

fee for administration. The customer 

will be responsible for providing the 

transmission to deliver the Spinning 

Reserves purchased. 

Rate Schedule L–AS6 

SCHEDULE 6 to OATT 

(Supersedes Rate Schedule L–AS6 

dated October 1, 2011, through 

September 30, 2016) 

United States Department of Energy 

Western Area Power Administration 

Rocky Mountain Region Loveland Area 

Projects and Western Area Colorado 

Missouri Balancing Authority 

Operating Reserve—Supplemental 

Reserve Service 

(Approved Under Rate Order No. 

WAPA–174) 

Effective 

The first day of the first full billing 

period beginning on or after October 1, 

2016, and extending through September 

30, 2021, or until superseded by another 

rate schedule, whichever occurs earlier. 

[Note: This rate schedule was extended 

by Rate Order No. WAPA–196 through 

September 30, 2024.] 

Applicable 

This rate schedule applies to the 

Loveland Area Projects (LAPT) as the 

Transmission Service Provider (TSP) 

and the Western Area Colorado 

Missouri Balancing Authority (WACM) 

as the Control Area operator. 

Supplemental Reserve Service is needed 

to serve load in the event of a system 

contingency; however, it is not available 

immediately to serve load but rather 

within a short period of time. 

Supplemental Reserve Service may be 

provided by generating units that are 

on-line but unloaded, by quick-start 

generation, or by interruptible load. 

The LAPT TSP must offer this service 

when the transmission service is used to 

serve load within WACM and the 

Federal Transmission Customers must 

purchase this service from the LAPT 

TSP or make alternative comparable 

arrangements with WACM to satisfy 

their Supplemental Reserve obligations. 

WACM may be willing to provide 

Supplemental Reserves to other entities, 

providing the entities enter into separate 

agreements with WACM which will 

specify the terms of the Supplemental 

Reserve Service. 

Formula Rate 

The LAPT TSP and WACM have no 

Supplemental Reserves available for 

sale. At a customer’s request, the Rocky 

Mountain Region will purchase 

Supplemental Reserves and pass 

through the cost and any activation 

energy, plus a fee for administration. 

The customer will be responsible for 

providing the transmission to deliver 

the Supplemental Reserves purchased. 

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2019–0274; FRL–8736–01– 

OCSPP] 

Pesticide Experimental Use Permit; 

Receipt of Application; Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s 

receipt of an application 93167–EUP–2 

from Oxitec, Ltd. requesting an 

amendment and extension to the 

experimental use permit (EUP) for the 

OX5034 Aedes aegypti mosquitoes 

expressing tetracycline Trans-Activator 

Variant (tTAV–OX5034) protein. The 

Agency has determined that the permit 

may be of regional and national 

significance. Therefore, because of the 

potential significance, EPA is seeking 

comments on this application. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before September 30, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2019–0274., by 

one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the online 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Do not submit electronically any 

information you consider to be 

Confidential Business Information (CBI) 

or other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. 

• Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental 

Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/ 

DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. 

NW, Washington, DC 20460–0001. 

• Hand Delivery: To make special 

arrangements for hand delivery or 

delivery of boxed information, please 

follow the instructions at http://

www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html. 

Due to the public health concerns 

related to COVID–19, the EPA Docket 

Center (EPA/DC) and Reading Room is 

closed to visitors with limited 

exceptions. The staff continues to 

provide remote customer service via 

email, phone, and webform. For the 

latest status information on EPA/DC 

services and docket access, visit https:// 

www.epa.gov/dockets. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Charles Smith, Biopesticides and 


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Pollution Prevention Division (7511P), 

Office of Pesticide Programs, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 

20460–0001; main telephone number: 

(703) 305–7090; email address: 

BPPDFRNotices@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general. Although this action may be 

of particular interest to those persons 

who conduct or sponsor research on 

pesticides, the Agency has not 

attempted to describe all the specific 

entities that may be affected by this 

action. 

B. What should I consider as I prepare 

my comments for EPA? 

1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this 

information to EPA through 

regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark 

the part or all of the information that 

you claim to be CBI. For CBI 

information in a disk or CD–ROM that 

you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the 

disk or CD–ROM as CBI and then 

identify electronically within the disk or 

CD–ROM the specific information that 

is claimed as CBI. In addition to one 

complete version of the comment that 

includes information claimed as CBI, a 

copy of the comment that does not 

contain the information claimed as CBI 

must be submitted for inclusion in the 

public docket. Information so marked 

will not be disclosed except in 

accordance with procedures set forth in 

40 CFR part 2. 

2. Tips for preparing your comments. 

When preparing and submitting your 

comments, see the commenting tips at 

http://www.epa.gov/dockets/ 

comments.html. 

3. Environmental justice. EPA seeks to 

achieve environmental justice, the fair 

treatment and meaningful involvement 

of any group, including minority and/or 

low-income populations, in the 

development, implementation, and 

enforcement of environmental laws, 

regulations, and policies. To help 

address potential environmental justice 

issues, the Agency seeks information on 

any groups or segments of the 

population who, as a result of their 

location, cultural practices, or other 

factors, may have atypical or 

disproportionately high and adverse 

human health impacts or environmental 

effects from exposure to the pesticide(s) 

discussed in this document, compared 

to the general population. 

II. What action is the Agency taking? 

Under section 5 of the Federal 

Insecticide, Fungicide and Rodenticide 

Act (FIFRA), 7 U.S.C. 136c, EPA can 

allow manufacturers to field test 

pesticides under development. 

Manufacturers are required to obtain an 

EUP before testing new pesticides or 

new uses of pesticides if they conduct 

experimental field tests on 10 acres or 

more of land or one acre or more of 

water. 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 172.11(a), the 

Agency has determined that the 

following EUP amendment and 

extension application may be of regional 

and national significance, and therefore 

is seeking public comment on the EUP 

application: 

Submitter: Oxitec, Ltd., (93167–EUP– 

2). 

Pesticide Chemical: OX5034 Aedes 

aegypti mosquitoes expressing 

tetracycline Trans-Activator Variant 

(tTAV–OX5034) protein. 

Summary of Request: Oxitec Ltd. is 

proposing to extend testing of OX5034 

Aedes aegypti mosquitoes expressing 

tTAV–OX5034 protein for 2 years in the 

state of Florida up to 6,240 total acres 

at a maximum rate of 0.000082 g active 

ingredient (tTAV–OX5034), equivalent 

to 20,000 male OX5034 mosquitoes, per 

acre, per week. Additionally, Oxitec Ltd 

is proposing to expand testing of 

OX5034 Aedes aegypti mosquitoes 

expressing tTAV–OX5034 protein in the 

state of California on up to 84,600 total 

acres at a maximum rate of 0.000123 g 

active ingredient (tTAV–OX5034), 

equivalent to 30,000 male OX5034 

mosquitoes, per acre, per week. The 

proposed experiments are to evaluate 

the efficacy of OX5034 mosquitoes as a 

tool for suppression of wild Aedes 

aegypti mosquito populations. Female 

offspring of the OX5034 mosquitoes in 

the environment die before they mature 

into adults and therefore exposure to 

biting female mosquitoes is not 

anticipated. 

EPA made its decision to grant the 

already issued Oxitec OX5034 Mosquito 

Experimental Use Permit in April 2020 

after extensive evaluation of the best 

available science, and after seeking and 

addressing public input. EPA’s risk 

assessment https://

www.regulations.gov/document/EPAHQ-OPP-2019-0274-0359, and response 

to comment document https://

www.regulations.gov/document/EPAHQ-OPP-2019-0274-0354, are publicly 

available and accessible through 

regulations.gov via these links. Common 

questions and answers regarding the 

already issued EUP can be found in the 

‘‘The Experimental Use Permit for the 

Oxitec Genetically Engineered Aedes 

aegypti Mosquitoes’’ webinar available 

at https://www.epa.gov/pesticides/ 

biopesticides. 

Following the review of the 

application and any comments and data 

received in response to this solicitation, 

EPA will decide whether to issue or 

deny the EUP request, and if issued, the 

conditions under which it is to be 

conducted. Any issuance of an EUP will 

be announced in the Federal Register. 

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq. 

Dated: August 25, 2021. 

Charles Smith, 

Acting Director, Biopesticides and Pollution 

Prevention Division, Office of Pesticide 

Programs. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2021–0557; FRL–8884–01– 

OAR] 

Proposed Information Collection 

Request; Comment Request; Part 70 

State Operating Permit Program 

(Renewal) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency is planning to submit an 

information collection request (ICR), 

‘‘Part 70 State Operating Permit Program 

(Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR No. 1587.15, OMB 

Control No. 2060–0243) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA). 

Before doing so, the EPA is soliciting 

public comments on specific aspects of 

the proposed information collection. 

This is a proposed extension of the ICR, 

which is currently approved through 

April 30, 2022. 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 November 1, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OAR–2021–0557, online using https://

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method), by email to a-and-r-docket@

epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA Docket 

Center, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, 

DC 20460. 

The EPA is temporarily suspending 

its Docket Center and Reading Room for 


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