67162 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 213 / Friday, November 4, 2005 / Notices 

1Notice Granting Extension of Time To Comply 

With Posting and Other Requirements, Standards of 

Conduct for Transmission Providers, Docket Nos. 

EY05–14–000, et al. (August 31, 2005); Notice 

Waiving Recordkeeping Requirements, Standards of 

Conduct for Transmission Providers, Docket Nos. 

EY05–14–001, et al. (September 7, 2005). 

2Notice Granting Extension of Time To Comply 

With Posting and Other Requirements, Standards of 

Conduct for Transmission Providers, Docket Nos. 

EY05–20–000, et al. (September 23, 2005). 3Supra notes 1 and 2. 

Hurricane Wilma. FPL requests that the 

waiver begin on October 25, 2005 and 

continue through November 30, 2005. 

Effective on the date of this notice, the 

Commission will grant FPL a waiver, 

until November 15, 2005, of the 

otherwise applicable requirements of 

section 358.4(a)(2) to record a log of 

emergency-related deviations from the 

Standards of Conduct and to post these 

deviations on its web site. 

FPL explains that Hurricane Wilma 

was a Category 3 hurricane with 

hurricane force winds that cut a 180- 

mile swath across southern Florida and 

had tropical-force winds well beyond 

that. FPL states that about 60 percent of 

its 35-county territory was affected, 

covering nearly 22,000 square miles. 

FPL states, further, that its transmission 

lines and substations have been severely 

damaged. FPL notes that approximately 

3.2 million of its 4.3 million customers 

were without power at the height of the 

damage. FPL estimates that it may take 

four to five weeks to restore power to all 

its customers. FPL explains that its 

restoration force totals over 6,000 

employees, including out-of-state crews 

and contractors, in addition to FPL 

teams. 

FPL states that the entire workforce of 

FPL Group is involved in these 

restoration efforts on FPL’s transmission 

and distribution systems. FPL 

anticipates that, due to the magnitude of 

the task, it is likely that there will be 

numerous communications among 

employees concerning the status of the 

restoration and to coordinate joint 

operations and repair work. FPL 

explains that the requirement to report 

each deviation of the Standards of 

Conduct within twenty-four hours 

would create a monumental task that 

could slow its restoration efforts. FPL 

notes that the waiver request is limited 

to those employees involved in the 

Hurricane Wilma restoration effort and 

the communications required to carry 

out the restoration. FPL concludes, 

therefore, that good cause exists to grant 

it a waiver of this requirement. 

The Commission has previously 

granted similar waivers due to 

Hurricane Katrina 1 and Hurricane Rita.2

The waivers, among other things, 

allowed affected transmission providers 

to delay for a limited period of time 

compliance with the requirement of 

section 358.4(a)(2) of the Commission’s 

regulations, 18 CFR 358.4(a)(2)(2005), to 

report to the Commission and post on 

the OASIS or Internet Web site, as 

applicable, each emergency that 

resulted in any deviation from the 

Standards of Conduct. In addition, due 

to the extreme nature of the emergency 

in each instance, the Commission also 

waived, for those limited periods, the 

requirements to record and retain a 

record of each deviation of the 

Standards of Conduct.3

The Commission grants FPL a waiver 

of the recording and posting 

requirements of section 358.4(a)(2) of 

the Commission’s regulations in these 

emergency circumstances, effective on 

the date of this notice until November 

15, 2005, without prejudice to FPL 

requesting a further extension, if 

necessary. The Commission directs FPL 

to ensure that the employees affected by 

this waiver observe the no-conduit 

prohibition in the Standards of Conduct, 

18 CFR 358.5(b)(7) (2005). 

Magalie R. Salas, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E5–6115 Filed 11–3–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[OPPT–2005–0003; FRL–7994–1; Docket ID 

# OPPT–2005–0003] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Recordkeeping and 

Reporting Requirements for 

Allegations of Significant Adverse 

Reactions to Human Health or the 

Environment (TSCA Section 8(c)); EPA 

ICR No. 1031.08, OMB No. 2070–0017 

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: Recordkeeping and Reporting 

Requirements for Allegations of 

Significant Adverse Reactions to Human 

Health or the Environment (TSCA 

Section 8(c)); EPA ICR No. 1031.08, 

OMB No. 2070–0017. The ICR, which is 

abstracted below, describes the nature of 

the information collection activity and 

its expected burden and costs. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before December 5, 

2005. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID Number OPPT–

2005–0003, to (1) EPA online using 

EDOCKET (our preferred method), by email to oppt.ncic@epa.gov or by mail to: 

Document Control Office (DCO), Office 

of Pollution Prevention and Toxics 

(OPPT), Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mail Code: 7407T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460, and (2) OMB at: Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 

725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Barbara Cunningham, Acting Director, 

Environmental Assistance Division, 

Office of Pollution Prevention and 

Toxics, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mailcode: 7408, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number: 202–554–

1404; e-mail address: TSCAHotline@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has 

submitted the following ICR to OMB for 

review and approval according to the 

procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12. 

On February 9, 2005, EPA sought 

comments on this renewal ICR (70 FR 

6857), pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA 

received one comment during the 

comment period, which is addressed in 

the Supporting Statement of the ICR. 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID No. OPPT–

2005–0003, which is available for public 

viewing at the OPPT Docket 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 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 Pollution 

Prevention and Toxics Docket is 202–

566–0280. An electronic version of the 

public docket is available through EPA 

Dockets (EDOCKET) at http:// 

www.epa.gov/edocket. Use EDOCKET to 

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. 

Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 213 / Friday, November 4, 2005 / Notices 67163 

Any comments related to this ICR 

should be submitted to EPA and OMB 

within 30 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 www.epa.gov/ 

edocket. 

ICR Title: Recordkeeping and 

Reporting Requirements for Allegations 

of Significant Adverse Reactions to 

Human Health or the Environment 

(TSCA Section 8(c)). 

ICR Status: This is a request to renew 

an existing approved collection. This 

ICR is scheduled to expire on December 

31, 2005. Under OMB regulations, the 

Agency may continue to conduct or 

sponsor the collection of information 

while this submission is pending at 

OMB. 

Abstract: TSCA section 8(c) requires 

companies that manufacture, process, or 

distribute chemicals to maintain records 

of significant adverse reactions to health 

or the environment alleged to have been 

caused by such chemicals. Since section 

8(c) includes no automatic reporting 

provision, EPA can obtain and use the 

information contained in company files 

only by inspecting those files or 

requiring reporting of records that relate 

to specific substances of concern. 

Therefore, under certain conditions, and 

using the provisions found in 40 CFR 

part 717, EPA may require companies to 

report such allegations to the Agency. 

EPA uses such information on a casespecific basis to corroborate suspected 

adverse health or environmental effects 

of chemicals already under review by 

EPA. The information is also useful to 

identify trends of adverse effects across 

the industry that may not be apparent to 

any one chemical company. 

Responses to the collection of 

information are mandatory (see 40 CFR 

717). Respondents may claim all or part 

of a notice as CBI. EPA will disclose 

information that is covered by a CBI 

claim only to the extent permitted by, 

and in accordance with, the procedures 

in 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 in title 40 

of the CFR, after appearing in the 

Federal Register, are listed in 40 CFR 

part 9 and included on the related 

collection instrument or form, if 

applicable. 

Burden Statement: The total annual 

public burden for this collection of 

information is estimated to be about 

24,550 hours, with the burden ranging 

between 15 minutes and 8 hours per 

response depending upon the type(s) of 

activity that a respondent must 

complete. Burden is 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. 

Respondents/Affected Entities: 

Entities potentially affected by this 

action are companies that manufacture, 

process, import, or distribute in 

commerce chemical substances or 

mixtures. 

Frequency of Collection: On occasion. 

Estimated total/average number of 

responses for each respondent: 1. 

Estimated No. of Respondents: 

13,445. 

Estimated Total Annual Burden on 

Respondents: 24,548 hours. 

Estimated Total Annual Labor Costs: 

$1,232,417. 

Changes in Burden Estimates: There 

is a decrease of 5,391 hours (from 

29,939 hours to 24,548 hours) in the 

total estimated respondent burden 

compared with that identified in the 

information collection request most 

recently approved by OMB. This 

decrease is an adjustment and is based 

on several factors that are described in 

detail in the ICR. 

Dated: August 9, 2005. 

Oscar Morales, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

[FR Doc. 05–22033 Filed 11–3–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[OA–2005–0004, FRL–7993–8] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Focus Groups as 

Used by EPA for Economics Projects, 

EPA ICR Number 2205.01 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

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 Information Collection 

Request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). This is 

a request for a new collection. 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 January 3, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID number OA–

2005–0004, to EPA online using 

EDOCKET (our preferred method), by email oei.docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: 

Environmental Protection Agency, EPA 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), Office of 

Environmental Information, Mail Code 

2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20460. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nathalie Simon, Office of Policy, 

Economics and Innovation, Mail Code 

1809T, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: 202–566–2347; fax 202–566–

2363; e-mail address: 

simon.nathalie@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has 

established a public docket for this ICR 

under Docket ID number OA–2005–

0004, which is available for public 

viewing at the Office of Environmental 

Information (OEI) Docket in the EPA 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, 

Room B102, 1301 Constitution Avenue, 

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