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l. Preliminary Permit—Anyone

desiring to file a competing application

for preliminary permit for a proposed

project must submit the competing

application itself, or a notice of intent to

file such an application, to the

Commission on or before the specified

comment date for the particular

application (see 18 CFR 4.36).

Submission of a timely notice of intent

allows an interested person to file the

competing preliminary permit

application no later than 30 days after

the specified comment date for the

particular application. A competing

preliminary permit application must

conform with 18 CFR 4.30(b) and 4.36.

m. Preliminary Permit—Any qualified

development applicant desiring to file a

competing development application

must submit to the Commission, on or

before a specified comment date for the

particular application, either a

competing development application or a

notice of intent to file such an

application. Submission of a timely

notice of intent to file a development

application allows an interested person

to file the competing application no

later than 120 days after the specified

comment date for the particular

application. A competing license

application must conform with 18 CFR

4.30(b) and 4.36

n. Notice of Intent—A notice of intent

must specify the exact name, business

address, and telephone number of the

prospective applicant, and must include

an unequivocal statement of intent to

submit, if such an application may be

filed, either a preliminary permit

application or a development

application (specify which type of

application). A notice of intent must be

served on the applicant(s) named in this

public notice.

o. Proposed Scope of Studies under

Permit—A preliminary permit, if issued,

does not authorize construction. The

term of the proposed preliminary permit

would be 36 months. The work

proposed under the preliminary permit

would include economic analysis,

preparation of preliminary engineering

plans, and a study of environmental

impacts. Based on the results of these

studies, the Applicant would decide

whether to proceed with the preparation

of a development application to

construct and operate the project.

p. Comments, Protests, or Motions to

Intervene—Anyone may submit

comments, a protest, or a motion to

intervene in accordance with the

requirements of Rules of Practice and

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, 385.211,

385.214. In determining the appropriate

action to take, the Commission will

consider all protests or other comments

filed, but only those who file a motion

to intervene in accordance with the

Commission’s Rules may become a

party to the proceeding. Any comments,

protests, or motions to intervene must

be received on or before the specified

comment date for the particular

application.

q. Filing and Service of Responsive

Documents—Any filings must bear in

all capital letters the title

‘‘COMMENTS’’, ‘‘NOTICE OF INTENT

TO FILE COMPETING APPLICATION’’,

‘‘COMPETING APPLICATION’’,

‘‘PROTEST’’ or ‘‘MOTION TO

INTERVENE’’, as applicable, and the

Project Number of the particular

application to which the filing refers.

Any of the above-named documents

must be filed by providing the original

and the number of copies provided by

the Commission’s regulations to: The

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,

Washington, DC 20426. An additional

copy must be sent to Director, Division

of Hydropower Administration and

Compliance, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, at the above-mentioned

address. A copy of any notice of intent

competing application or motion to

intervene must also be served upon each

representative of the Applicant

specified in the particular application.

r. Agency Comments—Federal, state,

and local agencies are invited to file

comments on the described application.

A copy of the application may be

obtained by agencies directly from the

Applicant. If an agency does not file

comments within the time specified for

filing comments, it will be presumed to

have no comments. One copy of an

agency’s comments must also be sent to

the Applicant’s representatives.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6992–8]

Agency Information Collection

Activities; Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request; TSCA

Section 8(a) Preliminary Assessment

Information Rule

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 the following Information

Collection Request (ICR) has been

forwarded to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review and

approval: TSCA Section 8(a)

Preliminary Assessment Information

Rule [EPA ICR No. 0586.09; OMB

Control No. 2070–0054]. The ICR, which

is abstracted below, describes the nature

of the information collection and its

estimated cost and burden. The Federal

Register document required under 5

CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting comments on

this collection of information, was

published on December 8, 2000 (65 FR

77022). EPA received one comment,

which has been addressed in this ICR.

DATES: Additional comments may be

submitted on or before July 9, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Sandy Farmer by phone on (202) 260–

2740 or by e-mail:

‘‘farmer.sandy@epa.gov.’’ You may also

access the ICR via Internet at http://

www.epa.gov/icr/icr.htm. Refer to EPA

ICR No. 0586.09 and/or OMB Control

No. 2070–0054.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing

EPA ICR No. 0586.09 and OMB Control

No. 2070–0054, 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.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: TSCA Section 8(a) Preliminary

Assessment Information Rule (OMB

Control No. 2070–0054; EPA ICR No.

0586.09). This is a request for extension

of an existing approved collection that

is currently scheduled to expire on May

31, 2001. Under 5 CFR 1320.10(e)(2), the

Agency may continue to conduct or

sponsor the collection of information

while the submission is pending at

OMB.

Abstract: Section 8(a) of the Toxic

Substances Control Act (TSCA)

authorizes EPA to promulgate rules

under which manufacturers, importers

and processors of chemical substances

must maintain records and submit

reports to EPA. Promulgated under

TSCA section 8(a), EPA uses the

Preliminary Assessment Information

Rule (PAIR) (40 CFR part 712) to collect

information to identify, assess and

manage human health and

environmental risks from chemicals.

PAIR requires chemical manufacturers

and importers to complete a

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standardized reporting form to help

evaluate the potential for adverse

human health and environmental effects

caused by the manufacture or

importation of identified chemicals.

Chemicals for which a justifiable

information need for production, use or

exposure-related data can be satisfied by

the use of the PAIR, are identified

individually for one-time reporting

under PAIR. In addition to EPA, other

federal agencies may demonstrate a

justifiable information need, and EPA

will identify the chemical for reporting

under PAIR. In most instances the

information that EPA receives from a

PAIR report is sufficient to satisfy the

information need in question.

Responses to the collection of

information are mandatory.

Respondents may claim all or part of a

notice confidential. EPA will disclose

information that is covered by a claim

of confidentiality only to the extent

permitted by, and in accordance with,

the procedures in TSCA section 14 and

40 CFR part 2. 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.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting burden for this collection of

information is estimated to be 28.45

hours per report. The Agency assumes

that respondents will submit an average

of 2.44 reports annually, for a per

respondent burden of 69.41 hours.

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 following

is a summary of the estimates taken

from the ICR:

Respondents/Affected Entities:

Manufacturers, importers and

processors of chemical substances and

mixtures.

Frequency of Collection: One-time, on

occasion.

Estimated No. of Respondents: 48.

Estimated Total Annual Burden on

Respondents: 3,355 hours.

Estimated Total Annual Costs:

$609,116.

Changes in Burden Estimates: The

total burden associated with this ICR

has decreased from 3,489 hours in the

previous ICR to 3,355 hours for this ICR.

This adjustment in burden is

attributable to carrying through in the

burden hour totals the adjustment made

to the unit burden of the CBI

substantiation requirement, i.e., only 75

percent of sites or reports are expected

to make CBI claims. This adjustment

was made in the unit burden

calculations in the previous ICR but was

not carried through in the industry

totals. In addition, a few minor

mathematical corrections were made to

the estimates presented in the previous

ICR.

According to the procedures

prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12, EPA has

submitted this ICR to OMB for review

and approval. Any comments related to

the renewal of this ICR should be

submitted within 30 days of this notice,

as described above.

List of Subjects

Environmental protection, Hazardous

substances, Reporting and

recordkeeping requirements.

Dated: May 20, 2001.

Oscar Morales,

Director, Collection Strategies Division.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6993–3]

Agency Announcement of Information

Collection Activities: Submission for

OMB Review; Comment Request;

Collection of 2000 Aquatic Animal

Production Industry Data (EPA ICR

1988.01)

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 the following Information

Collection Request (ICR) has been

forwarded to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review and

approval: ‘‘Collection of 2000 Aquatic

Animal Production Industry Data’’ (EPA

ICR No. 1988.01). The ICR supporting

statement describes the nature of the

information collection and its expected

burden and cost; where appropriate, it

includes the actual data collection

instruments.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before July 9, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Send comments, referencing

EPA ICR No. 1988.01, to the following

addresses: Sandy Farmer, US

Environmental Protection Agency,

Collection Strategies Division (Mail

Code 2822), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,

NW., Washington, DC 20460; and to the

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer

for EPA, 725 17th St., 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 or

e-mail at farmer.sandy@epa.gov, or

download a copy off the Internet at

http://www.epa.gov/icr and refer to EPA

ICR No. 1988.01. For technical

questions about the ICR, contact Marta

Jordan by phone at (202) 260–0817 or by

e-mail at jordan.marta@epa.gov. For

economic questions about the ICR,

contact Kristen Strellec by phone at

(202) 260–6036 or by e-mail at

strellec.kristen@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title:

Collection of 2000 Aquatic Animal

Production Industry Data (EPA ICR

No.1988.01). This is a new collection.

Abstract: EPA is planning to survey

aquatic animal production facilities to

collect the technical and economic

information EPA will need to develop

effluent limitations guidelines and

standards. Currently, no nationally

applicable effluent limitations

guidelines and standards exist to

regulate discharges from facilities in this

point source category. EPA is

developing proposed effluent

regulations for this category due, in part,

to the concern that excess nutrients and

other chemicals may be entering the

Nation’s waters from animal production

and feeding operations (both aquatic

and land based).

EPA is required by section 304(m) of

the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1314(m),

to identify categories of sources that

discharge pollutants and to establish a

schedule for establishing effluent

limitations guidelines for these

categories. EPA is also required by the

terms of a Consent Decree with the

Natural Resources Defense Council, Inc.

(NRDC) to propose effluent limitations

guidelines and standards for the aquatic

animal production point source

category. NRDC v. EPA, (D.D.C. Civ. No.

89–2980, January 31, 1992, as modified).