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• The accuracy of OSHA’s estimate of

the burden (time and cost) of the

information-collection requirements,

including the validity of the

methodology and assumptions used;

• The quality, utility, and clarity of

the information collected; and

• Ways to minimize the burden on

employers who must comply; for

example, by using automated or other

technological information-collection

and -transmission techniques.

III. Proposed Actions

OSHA is requesting to decrease the

existing burden-hour estimate, and to

extend OMB approval, of the collectionof-information requirements in the

Standard. In this regard, the Agency is

requesting to decrease the current

burden-hour estimate from 8,926,558

hours to 6,502,811 hours, a total

reduction of 2,423,747 hours. The

Agency will summarize the comments

submitted in response to this notice,

and will include this summary in its

request to OMB to extend the approval

of this information-collection

requirements.

Type of Review: Extension of

currently approved informationcollection requirements.

Title: Respiratory Protection (29 CFR

1910.134).

OMB Number: 1218–0099.

Affected Public: Business or other forprofit; not-for-profit institutions; Federal

government; State, local or tribal

governments.

Number of Respondents: 1,300,000.

Frequency of Response: Annually;

monthly; occasionally.

Average Time per Response: Time per

response varied from 8 hours for large

facilities to develop a written

respiratory program to 5 minutes for

employers to maintain employee

medical-evaluation records.

Estimated Total Burden Hours:

6,502,811 hours.

Estimated Cost (Operation and

Maintenance): $72,900,680.

IV. Authority and Signature

R. Davis Layne, Acting Assistant

Secretary of Labor for Occupational

Safety and Health, directed the

preparation of this notice. The authority

for this notice is the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. 3506),

Secretary of Labor’s Order No. 3–2000

(65 FR 50017).

Signed at Washington, DC on April 27th,

2001.

R. Davis Layne,

Acting Assistant Secretary of Labor.

[FR Doc. 01–11024 Filed 5–1–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 4510–26–M

NATIONAL INDIAN GAMING

COMMISSION

Paperwork Reduction Act

AGENCY: National Indian Gaming

Commission.

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The National Indian Gaming

Commission (NIGC), in accordance with

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995,

intends to submit to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) a

request to review and extend approval

for information collection activities

prescribed by the following NIGC

regulations: (1) Annual Fees; (2)

Issuance of Certificates of Self

Regulation to Tribes for Class II Gaming.

As to each information collection

activity, the NIGC solicits public

comment on: the need for the

information, the practical utility of the

information and whether the

information is necessary for the proper

performance of NIGC functions; the

accuracy of the burden estimate; and

ways that the NIGC might minimize this

burden including the use of automated

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology. When

providing comment, a respondent

should specify the particular collection

activity to which the comment pertains.

DATES AND ADDRESSES: Comments for

the NIGC’s evaluation of the information

collection activities and its request to

OMB to extend or approve the

information collections must be

received by June 29, 2001. Send

comments to Ms. Cindy Altimus,

National Indian Gaming Commission,

1441 L Street, NW, Suite 9100,

Washington, DC 20005. The NIGC

regulations to which the information

collections pertain are available on the

NIGC website, www.nigc.gov, by

written request to the NIGC (Attn: Ms.

Cindy Altimus), 1441 L Street NW,

Suite 9100, Washington, DC, 20005, or

by telephone request at (202) 632–7003.

There are no toll-free numbers. All other

requests for information should be

submitted to Ms. Altimus at the above

address for the NIGC.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Annual Fees Payable by Indian

Gaming Operations.

OMB Number: 3141–0007.

Abstract: The Indian Gaming

Regulatory Act, 25 U.S.C. § 2701 et seq.,

authorizes the NIGC to establish a

schedule of fees to be paid to the NIGC

by each gaming operation under the

jurisdiction of the NIGC. Fees are

computed using rates set by the NIGC

and the assessable gross revenues of

each gaming operation. The total of all

fees assessed annually cannot exceed

$8,000,000. Under its implementing

regulation for the fee payment program,

25 C.F.R. Part 514, the NIGC relies on

a quarterly statement of gross gaming

revenues provided by each gaming

operation that is subject to the fee

requirement. The required information

is needed for the NIGC to both set and

adjust fee rates and to support the

computation of fees paid by each

gaming operation.

Respondents: Indian tribal gaming

operations.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

320.

Estimated Annual Responses: 1280.

Estimated Annual Burden Hours per

Respondent: 8.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 10,240 hours.

Title: Petitions for Certificates of SelfRegulation for Class II Gaming

Operations.

OMB Number: 3141–0008.

Abstract: The Indian Gaming

Regulatory Act, 25 U.S.C. § 2701 et seq.,

allows any Indian tribe that has

conducted class II gaming for at least

three years to petition the NIGC for a

certificate of self-regulation for its class

II gaming operations. The NIGC will

issue the certificate if it determines from

available information that the tribe has

conducted its gaming activity in a

manner which has resulted in an

effective and honest accounting of all

revenues, a reputation for safe, fair, and

honest operation of the activity, and an

enterprise free of evidence of criminal

or dishonest activity. The tribe must

also have adopted and implemented

proper accounting, licensing, and

enforcement systems and conducted the

gaming operation on a fiscally and

economically sound basis. The

implementing regulation of the NIGC,

25 CFR Part 518, requires a tribe

interested in receiving the certificate to

file a petition with the NIGC describing

the tribe’s gaming operations, its

regulatory process, its tribal revenue

allocation plan, and its accounting and

record keeping systems for the gaming

operation. The tribe must also provide

copies of various documents in support

of the petition. Submission of the

petition and supporting documentation

is voluntary. The NIGC will use the

information submitted by the

respondent tribe in making a

determination on whether to issue the

certificate of self-regulation.

Respondents: Indian tribes

conducting class II gaming.

Estimated Number of Potential

Respondents: 200.

Estimated Annual Voluntary

Responses: 5.

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Estimated Annual Burden Per

Voluntary Respondent: 30 hours.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 150 hours.

Jacqueline Agtuca,

Chief of Staff.

[FR Doc. 01–10917 Filed 5–1–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 7565–01–P

NORTHEAST DAIRY COMPACT

COMMISSION

Notice of Meeting

AGENCY: Northeast Dairy Compact

Commission.

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: The Compact Commission

will hold its regular monthly meeting to

consider matters relating to

administration and enforcement of the

price regulation. This meeting will be

held in Rhode Island, continuing the

Commission’s program of holding a

meeting in each of the Compact states.

In addition to receiving reports and

recommendations of its standing

Committees, the Commission will

receive a number of informational

reports, including reports on the

operation of the wholesale and retail

markets and about the impact of the

price regulation on the Rhode Island

WIC Program.

DATES: The meeting will begin at 10 a.m.

on Friday, May 11, 2001.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Newport Marriott Hotel, 25

America’s Cup Avenue, Newport, Rhode

Island.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Daniel Smith, Executive Director,

Northeast Dairy Compact Commission,

64 Main Street, Room 21, Montpelier,

VT 05602. Telephone (802) 229–1941.

Authority: 7 U.S.C. 7256.

Dated: April 25, 2001.

Daniel Smith,

Executive Director.

[FR Doc. 01–10888 Filed 5–1–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 1650–01–P

NUCLEAR REGULATORY

COMMISSION

[Docket Nos. 50–338 and 50–339]

Virginia Electric and Power Company,

North Anna Power Station, Units 1 and

2; Environmental Assessment and

Finding of No Significant Impact

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory

Commission (NRC) is considering

issuance of an exemption from the

requirements of Title 10 of the Code of

Federal Regulations (10 CFR) part 50,

appendix G, for Facility Operating

License Nos. NPF–4 and NPF–7, issued

to Virginia Electric and Power Company

(the licensee), for operation of the North

Anna Power Station, Units 1 and 2,

located in Louisa County, Virginia.

Environmental Assessment

Identification of the Proposed Action

10 CFR Part 50, Appendix G, requires

that the pressure-temperature (P–T)

limits be established for reactor pressure

vessels (RPVs) during normal operating

and hydrostatic or leak testing

conditions. Specifically, 10 CFR part 50,

Appendix G, states that ‘‘[t]he

appropriate requirements on both the

pressure-temperature limits and the

minimum permissible temperature must

be met for all conditions.’’ Appendix G

of 10 CFR part 50 specifies that the

requirements for these limits are

contained in the American Society of

Mechanical Engineers (ASME) Boiler

and Pressure Vessel Code (Code),

Section XI, Appendix G.

To address provisions of an

amendment to the Technical

Specifications P–T limits and lowtemperature overpressure protection

(LTOP) system setpoints, the licensee

requested in its submittal dated June 22,

2000, as supplemented on January 4,

February 14, March 13, and March 22,

2001, that the NRC staff exempt North

Anna Power Station from the

requirements of 10 CFR Part 50,

Appendix G, to allow the use of ASME

Code Case N–641.

Code Case N–641 permits the use of

an alternate reference fracture toughness

(KIC fracture toughness curve instead of

the KIA fracture toughness curve) for

reactor vessel materials in determining

the P–T limits, LTOP system setpoints

and Tenable, and provides for plantspecific evaluation of Tenable. Since the

KIC fracture toughness curve shown in

ASME Section XI, Appendix A, Figure

A–2200–1 (the KIC fracture toughness

curve) provides greater allowable

fracture toughness than the

corresponding KIa fracture toughness

curve of ASME Section XI, Appendix G,

Figure G–2210–1 (the KIa fracture

toughness curve), and a plant-specific

evaluation of Tenable would give lower

values of Tenable than use of a generic

bounding evaluation for Tenable, use of

Code Case N–641 for establishing the P–

T limits, LTOP system setpoints and

Tenable would be less conservative than

the methodology currently endorsed by

10 CFR Part 50, Appendix G. Although

the use of the KIC fracture toughness

curve in ASME Code Case N–641 was

recently incorporated into Appendix G

to Section XI of the ASME Code, an

exemption is still needed because 10

CFR Part 50, Appendix G requires a

licensee’s analysis to use an edition and

addenda of Section XI of the ASME

Code incorporated by reference into 10

CFR Part 50, section 50.55a, i.e., the

editions through 1995 and addenda

through the 1996 addenda (which do

not include the provisions of Code Case

N–641). Therefore, an exemption to

apply the Code case is required by 10

CFR Part 50, section 50.60. The

proposed action is in accordance with

the licensee’s application for exemption

dated June 22, 2000, as supplemented

by letters dated January 4, February 14,

March 13, and March 22, 2001.

The Need for the Proposed Action

ASME Code Case N–641 is needed to

revise the method used to determine the

reactor coolant system (RCS) P–T limits,

LTOP setpoints, and Tenable.

The purpose of 10 CFR part 50,

Section 50.60(a), and 10 CFR part 50,

appendix G, is to protect the integrity of

the reactor coolant pressure boundary in

nuclear power plants. This is

accomplished through these regulations

that, in part, specify fracture toughness

requirements for ferritic materials of the

reactor coolant pressure boundary.

Pursuant to 10 CFR part 50, appendix G,

it is required that P–T limits for the RCS

be at least as conservative as those

obtained by applying the methodology

of the ASME Code, Section XI,

Appendix G.

Current overpressure protection

system (OPPS) setpoints produce

operational constraints by limiting the

P–T range available to the operator to

heat up or cool down the plant. The

operating window through which the

operator heats up and cools down the

RCS becomes more restrictive with

continued reactor vessel service.

Reducing this operating window could

potentially have an adverse safety

impact by increasing the possibility of

inadvertent OPPS actuation due to

pressure surges associated with normal

plant evolutions such as reactor coolant

pump start and swapping operating

charging pumps with the RCS in a

water-solid condition. The impact on

the P–T limits and OPPS setpoints has

been evaluated for an increased service

period for operation to 32.3 effective

full-power years (EFPYs) for Unit 1 and

34.3 EFPYs for Unit 2, based on ASME

Code, Section XI, Appendix G

requirements. The results indicate that

these OPPS setpoints would

significantly restrict the ability to

perform plant heatup and cooldown,