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System Operator, Inc. (Midwest ISO) 

submitted a Large Generator 

Interconnection Agreement among the 

Electric Generation Function of 

Northern States Power Company d/b/a 

Xcel Energy, the Transmission Function 

of Northern States Power Company

d/b/a Xcel and the Midwest ISO. 

Midwest ISO requests an effective date 

of January 11, 2005. 

Midwest ISO states that a copy of this 

filing was served on the parties to this 

Interconnection Agreement. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. eastern time on 

February 8, 2005. 

13. PJM Interconnection, L.L.C 

[Docket No. ER05–462–000] 

Take notice that on January 18, 2005, 

PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. (PJM) 

submitted for filing amendments to the 

PJM open access transmission tariff to 

provide that small generation 

interconnections for generator facilities 

with a maximum generating capacity of 

2 MW or less shall be subject to certain 

technical requirements and standards 

which shall be posited on PJM’s Internet 

Web site. PJM requests an effective date 

of March 19, 2005. 

PJM states that copies of this filing 

have been served on all PJM members 

and the utility regulatory commissions 

in the PJM region. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. eastern time on 

February 8, 2005. 

14. H.Q. Energy Services (U.S.) Inc 

[Docket No. ER05–464–000] 

Take notice that, on January 18, 2005, 

H.Q. Energy Services (U.S.) Inc. (HQUS) 

submitted an updated market power 

analysis and revised tariff sheets 

incorporating the Market Behavior Rules 

adopted by the Commission in the order 

issued November 17, 2003 in Docket No. 

EL01–118–000, 107 FERC ¶ 61,018 

(2004). 

HQUS states that copies of the filing 

were served on parties on the official 

service list in Docket No. ER97–851. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. eastern time on 

February 8, 2005. 

15. ISO New England Inc., et al.; 

Bangor Hydro-Electric Company, et al,; 

The Consumers of New England v. New 

England Power Pool 

[Docket Nos. RT04–2–010; ER04–116–010; 

ER04–157–012; EL01–39–010] 

Take notice that on January 14, 2005, 

ISO New England Inc., (ISO) and the 

New England transmission owners 

(consisting of Bangor Hydro-Electric 

Company; Central Maine Power 

Company; New England Power 

Company; Northeast Utilities Service 

Company on behalf of its operating 

companies: The Connecticut Light and 

Power Company, Western 

Massachusetts Electric Company, Public 

Service Company of New Hampshire, 

Holyoke Power and Electric Company, 

and Holyoke Water Power Company; 

NSTAR Electric & Gas Corporation on 

behalf of its operating affiliates: Boston 

Edison Company, Commonwealth 

Electric Company, Canal Electric 

Company, and Cambridge Electric Light 

Company; The United Illuminating 

Company; Vermont Electric Power 

Company, Inc.; Fitchburg Gas and 

Electric Light Company; and Unitil 

Energy Systems, Inc.) submitted a report 

in compliance with the November 3, 

2004 order of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 109 FERC ¶

61,147 (2004). 

ISO states that copies of the filing 

have been served on all parties to this 

proceeding, on all NEPOOL Participants 

(electronically), non-Participant 

Transmission Customers, and the 

governors and regulatory agencies of the 

six New England states. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. eastern time on 

February 4, 2005. 

Standard Paragraph 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest this filing must file in 

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214). Protests will be considered by 

the Commission in determining the 

appropriate action to be taken, but will 

not serve to make protestants parties to 

the proceeding. Any person wishing to 

become a party must file a notice of 

intervention or motion to intervene, as 

appropriate. Such notices, motions, or 

protests must be filed on or before the 

comment date. Anyone filing a motion 

to intervene or protest must serve a copy 

of that document on the Applicant and 

all parties to this proceeding. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper using the 

‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov.

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 14 copies 

of the protest or intervention to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

This filing is accessible on-line at 

http://www.ferc.gov, using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for 

review in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room in Washington, DC. 

There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the 

Web site that enables subscribers to 

receive e-mail notification when a 

document is added to a subscribed 

docket(s). For assistance with any FERC 

Online service, please e-mail 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call 

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call 

(202) 502–8659.

Linda Mitry, 

Deputy Secretary.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[OAR–2004–0491, FRL–7865–9] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; General 

Conformity of Federal Actions to State 

Implementation Plans, EPA ICR 

Number 1637.06, OMB Control Number 

2060–0279

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 a 

proposed and continuing Information 

Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). This is 

a request to renew an existing approved 

collection. This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on April 30, 2005. 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 April 4, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID number OAR–

2004–0491, to EPA online using 

EDOCKET (our preferred method), by email to a-and-r-Docket@epa.gov, or by 

mail to: EPA Docket Center, 

Environmental Protection Agency, Air 

and Radiation Docket, 6102T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Annie Nikbakht, Ozone Policy and 

Strategies Group, Mail Drop C539–02, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 109 

T.W. Alexander Drive, RTP, North 

Carolina 27711; telephone number: 

(919) 541–5246 ; fax number: (919) 541–

0824 ; e-mail address: 

nikbakht.annie@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has 

established a public docket for this ICR 

under Docket ID number OAR–2004–

0491, which is available for public 

viewing at the Air and Radiation Docket 

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in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), 

EPA West, Room B102, 1301 

Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC. The EPA Docket Center Public 

Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays. The telephone 

number for the Reading Room is (202) 

566–1744, and the telephone number for 

the Air and Radiation Docket is (202) 

566–1742. An electronic version of the 

public docket is available through EPA 

Dockets (EDOCKET) at http://

www.epa.gov/edocket. Use EDOCKET to 

obtain a copy of the draft collection of 

information, submit or view public 

comments, access the index listing of 

the contents of the public docket, and to 

access those documents in the public 

docket that are available electronically. 

Once in the system, select ‘‘search,’’

then key in the docket ID number 

identified above. 

Any comments related to this ICR 

should be submitted to EPA within 60 

days of this notice. EPA’s policy is that 

public comments, whether submitted 

electronically or in paper, will be made 

available for public viewing in 

EDOCKET as EPA receives them and 

without change, unless the comment 

contains copyrighted material, CBI, or 

other information whose public 

disclosure is restricted by statute. When 

EPA identifies a comment containing 

copyrighted material, EPA will provide 

a reference to that material in the 

version of the comment that is placed in 

EDOCKET. The entire printed comment, 

including the copyrighted material, will 

be available in the public docket. 

Although identified as an item in the 

official docket, information claimed as 

CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise 

restricted by statute, is not included in 

the official public docket, and will not 

be available for public viewing in 

EDOCKET. For further information 

about the electronic docket, see EPA’s 

Federal Register notice describing the 

electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 

31, 2002), or go to http://www.epa.gov/

edocket. 

Affected Entities: Entities potentially 

affected by this action are those which 

take Federal actions, or are subject to 

Federal actions, and emit pollutants 

above de minimis levels. 

Title: General Conformity of Federal 

Actions to State Implementation Plans. 

Abstract: Before any agency, 

department, or instrumentality of the 

Federal government engages in, 

supports in any way, provides financial 

assistance for, licenses, permits, 

approves any activity, that agency has 

the affirmative responsibility to ensure 

that such action conforms to the State 

Implementation Plan (SIP) for the 

attainment and maintenance of the 

national ambient air quality standards 

(NAAQS). 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 in 40 CFR are listed in 40 

CFR part 9. Section 176(c) of the Clean 

Air Act (42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.) requires 

that all Federal Actions conform with 

the SIPs to attain and maintain the 

NAAQS. The EPA’s implementing 

regulations require Federal entities to 

make a conformity determination for all 

actions which will impact areas 

designated as nonattainment or 

maintenance for the NAAQS and which 

will result in total direct and indirect 

emissions in excess of de minimis

levels. The Federal entities must collect 

information themselves, hire 

consultants to collect the information or 

require applicants/sponsors of the 

Federal action to provide the 

information. 

The type and quantity of information 

required will depend on the 

circumstances surrounding the action. 

First, the entity must make an 

applicability determination. If the net 

total direct and indirect emissions do 

not exceed de minimis levels 

established in the regulations or if the 

action meets certain criteria for an 

exemption, a conformity determination 

is not required. Actions requiring 

conformity determinations vary from 

straightforward, requiring minimal 

information to complex, requiring 

significant amounts of information. The 

Federal entity must determine the type 

and quantity of information on a caseby-case basis. State and local air 

pollution control agencies are usually 

requested to provide information to the 

Federal entities making a conformity 

determination and are provided 

opportunities to comment on the 

proposed determinations. The public is 

also provided an opportunity to 

comment on the proposed 

determinations. 

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 estimated 

total annual projected burden to 

respondents of Federal Agencies is 

64,174 hours, with a cost of $2,327,690. 

The estimated total annual projected 

burden to non-Federal agency 

respondents is 9,000 hours and 

$538,829. The estimated total annual 

projected burden for the EPA is 5,355 

hours and $264,480. The estimated total 

annual projected burden for States and 

local agencies is 1,246 hours and 

$61,579. The total annual burden is 

estimated to be 79,775 hours and 

$3,192,578. For the 3 years covered by 

this ICR, the total burden is estimated to 

be 239,324 hours and $9,577,734. 

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.

Dated: January 25, 2005. 

Gregory A. Green, 

Acting Director, Office of Air Quality Planning 

and Standards.

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