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not constitute a major federal action

significantly affecting the quality of the

human environment.

Copies of the EA are available for

review in the Public Reference Branch

of the Commission’s offices at 888 First

Street, N.E., Room 2A, Washington, D.C.

20426, and may also be viewed on the

web at http://www.ferc.fed.us/online/

rims.htm (please call (202) 208–2222 for

assistance).

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–16060 Filed 6–26–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–7002–1]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request; Protection of

Stratospheric Ozone—Request for

Applications for Critical Use

Exemptions From the Phaseout of

Methyl Bromide

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 EPA is planning to submit the

following proposed Information

Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB):

Request for Applications for Critical Use

Exemptions from the Phaseout of

Methyl Bromide, ICR #2031.01. Before

submitting the 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 August 27, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the material

supporting this ICR renewal notice are

available free of charge from The

Stratospheric Ozone Protection Hotline

at 1–800–269–1996 between the hours

of 10 am and 4 pm Eastern Standard

Time.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Amber Moreen, Telephone: (202) 564–

9295, Fax: (202) 564–2155, Email:

Moreen.Amber@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Affected entities: Entities potentially

affected by this action are those which

may want to request critical use

exemptions from the phaseout of methyl

bromide, such as State agencies

responsible for the regulation of

pesticides.

Title: Request for Applications for

Critical Use Exemptions from the

Phaseout of Methyl Bromide (ICR

#2031.01)

Abstract: The international treaty, The

Montreal Protocol on Substances that

Deplete the Ozone Layer (Protocol) and

Title VI of the Clean Air Act (CAA)

establish the phaseout of methyl

bromide. The Protocol and Section

604(d)(6) of the CAA, added by Section

764 of the 1999 Omnibus Consolidated

and Emergency Supplemental

Appropriations Act (Public Law No.

105–277; October 21, 1998), provide an

exemption from the phaseout of methyl

bromide that allows for the continued

import and/or production of methyl

bromide for critical uses. The critical

use exemption applies to critical methyl

bromide uses agreed to by the Parties to

the Protocol as of the complete phaseout

of methyl bromide, January 1, 2005.

Under the Montreal Protocol,

exemptions are granted for uses that are

determined by the Parties to be

‘‘critical’’ as defined by Decision IX/6.

The critical-use allowances will be

allocated to the United States entities

based on the nominations made to the

Protocol which will be decided upon by

the Parties at the 2003 meeting and at

meetings thereafter.

This data collection is designed to: (1)

Maintain consistency with the

international treaty, the Montreal

Protocol on Substances that Deplete the

Ozone Layer; (2) ensure that any critical

use exemption complies with Section

604(d) of the CAA; and (3) provide EPA

with necessary data to evaluate an

application for a critical use exemption

and to evaluate the technical and

economic feasibility of methyl bromide

alternatives in the circumstances of the

specific use. Requests for critical use

exemptions, thus submission of the

application, are at the discretion of a

State. Should one of these entities apply

for the exemption, then the information

and data herein are requested by EPA.

Pursuant to regulations 40 CFR part 2,

subpart B, you are entitled to assert a

business confidentiality claim covering

any part of the submitted business

information as defined in 40 CFR

2.201(c). 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.

The EPA would like to solicit

comments 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.

Burden Statement: The burden hours

shown below represent the hours for the

information collection request (ICR).

The ICR provides a detailed explanation

of this estimate, which is only briefly

summarized in this notice. The annual

public burden for collection of

information associated with the

exemption is estimated to average 125

hours per application, including time

for reading the request for applications,

processing, compiling and reviewing the

requested data, generating application

correspondence or summary reports,

and storing, filing, and maintaining the

data. The following is a summary of the

estimates taken from the ICR:

Respondents/affected entities: 200.

Estimated total number of potential

respondents: 200.

Frequency of response: Annual.

Estimated total/average number of

responses for each respondent: 1.

Estimated total annual burden hours:

25,000.

Estimated total annual burden costs:

$1,500,000.

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.

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Dated: June 8, 2001.

Paul Stolpman,

Director, Office of Atmospheric Programs.

[FR Doc. 01–16120 Filed 6–26–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[IN 200; FRL–7002–5]

Notice of Prevention of Significant

Deterioration (PSD) Final

Determination for Steel Dynamics, Inc.,

Whitley County, IN

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency, (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of final action.

SUMMARY: The purpose of this document

is to announce that on April 23, 2001,

the EPA Environmental Appeals Board

(Board) denied a petition for review of

a permit for the proposed Steel

Dynamics, Inc. steel mill in Whitley

County, Indiana, pursuant to the

Prevention of Significant Deterioration

(PSD) regulations under 40 CFR 52.21.

DATES: The effective date for the Board’s

decision isApril 23, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kushal Som, Air and Radiation

Division, U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency, Region 5, at (312) 353–5792.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 7,

1999, the Indiana Department of

Environmental Management (IDEM)

issued a Federal prevention of

significant deterioration (PSD) permit,

pursuant to Section 165 of the Clean Air

Act (CAA), 42 U.S.C. 7475, to Steel

Dynamics, Inc. for construction and

operation of a new steel mill in Whitley

County, Indiana. The United

Association of Plumbers and

Steamfitters, Local Union 166, and

Citizens Organized Watch (COW)

subsequently appealed IDEM’s decision

to the Board. On June 22, 2000, the

Board issued an opinion and order (see

In re Steel Dynamics, Inc., PSD Appeal

Nos. 99–4 and 99–5, 9 E.A.D. ll (EAB,

June 22, 2000), denying review in part

and granting review of several issues.

The Board remanded the permit to

IDEM for reconsideration of three

issues: the best available control

technology (BACT) determination for

nitrogen oxide emissions from the

proposed mill’s reheat furnace; the form

of the BACT limitations selected for

nitrogen oxide and carbon monoxide

emissions from the mill’s electric arc

furnace; and the analysis of the mill’s

potential to emit lead.

On September 29, 2000, following

reconsideration of the remanded issues,

IDEM issued a revised draft permit for

public comment. On January 10, 2001,

following public comment and a public

hearing, IDEM issued a revised final

permit. On February 14, 2001, COW

filed a petition for review of the revised

permit. On April 23, 2001, the EAB

issued an order, denying COW’s petition

for review.

Pursuant to 40 CFR 124.19(f)(2), for

purposes of judicial review, final

Agency action occurs when a final PSD

permit is issued and Agency review

procedures are exhausted. This notice,

published today in the Federal Register,

constitutes notice of the final Agency

action denying review of the PSD

permit. If available, judicial review of

these determinations under Section

307(b)(1) of the CAA may be sought

only by filing of a petition for review in

the United States Court of Appeals for

the appropriate circuit within 60 days

from the date on which this notice of

final Agency action appears in the

Federal Register. Under section

307(b)(2) of the CAA, final Agency

action with respect to which review

could be obtained as described above,

shall not be subject to later judicial

review in civil or criminal proceedings

for enforcement.

Dated: June 8, 2001.

David A. Ullrich,

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5.

[FR Doc. 01–16117 Filed 6–26–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–7002–2]

Access to Confidential Business

Information by Enrollees Under the

Senior Environmental Employment

Program

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: EPA has authorized grantee

organizations under the Senior

Environmental Employment (SEE)

Program, and their enrollees; access to

information which has been submitted

to EPA under the environmental statutes

administered by the Agency. Some of

this information may be claimed or

determined to be confidential business

information (CBI).

DATES: Comments concerning CBI

access will be accepted July 2, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be

submitted to Susan Street, National

Program Director, Senior Environmental

Employment Program (MC 3650),

Environmental Protection Agency, Ariel

Rios Building, 1200 Pennsylvania

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Susan Street, National Program Director,

Senior Environmental Employment

Program (MC 3650), U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, 401 M St., SW.,

Washington, DC 20460. Telephone (202)

260–2573.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

The Senior Environmental

Employment (SEE) program is

authorized by the Environmental

Programs Assistance Act of 1984 (Public

Law 98–313), which provides that the

Administrator may ‘‘make grants or

enter into cooperative agreements’’ for

the purpose of ‘‘providing technical

assistance to: Federal, State, and local

environmental agencies for projects of

pollution prevention, abatement, and

control.’’ Cooperative agreements under

the SEE program provide support for

many functions in the Agency,

including clerical support, staffing hot

lines, providing support to Agency

enforcement activities, providing library

services, compiling data, and support in

scientific, engineering, financial, and

other areas.

In performing these tasks, grantees

and cooperators under the SEE program

and their enrollees may have access to

potentially all documents submitted

under the Resource Conservation and

Recovery Act, Clean Air Act, Clean

Water Act, Safe Drinking Water Act,

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide and

Rodenticide Act, and Comprehensive

Environmental Response,

Compensation, and Liability Act, to the

extent that these statutes allow

disclosure of confidential information to

authorized representatives of the United

States (or to ‘‘contractors’’ under the

Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and

Rodenticide Act). Some of these

documents may contain information

claimed as confidential.

EPA provides confidential

information to enrollees working under

the following cooperative agreements:

Cooperative Agreement No. Organization

National Caucus and

Center on Black

Aged, Inc.

CQ–828885 ............... NCBA

CQ–828886 ............... NCBA

CQ–828890 ............... NCBA

CQ–828891 ............... NCBA

National Association

for Hispanic Elderly

CQ–828642 ............... NAHE

CQ–828947 ............... NAHE

National Asian Pacific

Center on Aging