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All documents (original and eight 

copies) should be filed with: Kimberly 

D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

Comments, protests, and interventions 

may be filed electronically via the 

Internet in lieu of paper; see 18 CFR 

385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions 

on the Commission’s Web site under the 

‘‘e-Filing’’ link. The Commission 

strongly encourages electronic filings. 

Please include the project number (P–

12895–000) on any comments or 

motions filed. 

The Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure require all intervenors 

filing documents with the Commission 

to serve a copy of that document on 

each person in the official service list 

for the project. Further, if an intervenor 

files comments or documents with the 

Commission relating to the merits of an 

issue that may affect the responsibilities 

of a particular resource agency, they 

must also serve a copy of the document 

on that resource agency. 

k. Description of Project: The 

proposed project using the U.S. Army 

Corps of Engineers’ Mississippi Lock & 

Dam No. 13 and operated in a run-ofriver mode would consist of: (1) A new 

125-foot long, 160-foot wide, 60-foot 

high concrete powerhouse; (2) a new 

intake channel and tailrace on the levee 

section of the Corps’ facility opposite 

the existing lock structure; (3) three 

turbine/generator units with a combined 

installed capacity of 11.5 megawatts; (4) 

a new 6,500-foot long above ground 

transmission line extending from the 

switchyard near the powerhouse to an 

interconnection point with an existing 

transmission line west of the 

powerhouse; and (5) appurtenant 

facilities. The proposed Mississippi 

Lock & Dam No. 13 Project would have 

an average annual generation of 86 

gigawatt-hours. 

l. This filing is available for review at 

the Commission in the Public Reference 

Room or may be viewed on the 

Commission’s Web site at http:// 

www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. 

Enter the docket number excluding the 

last three digits in the docket number 

field to access the document. For 

assistance, call toll-free 1–866–208–

3676 or e-mail 

FERCONLINESUPPORT@FERC.GOV. 

For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. A copy is 

also available for inspection and 

reproduction at the address in item h 

above. 

m. Competing 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 and 4.36. 

n. Competing Development 

Application: 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 and 4.36. 

o. 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. 

p. 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. 

q. 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. 

r. 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’’, and ‘‘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. 

s. 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. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2007–0269; FRL–8496–4] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Transportation Conformity 

Determinations for Federally Funded 

and Approved Transportation Plans, 

Programs and Projects, EPA ICR No. 

2130.03, OMB Control No. 2060–0561 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document 

announces that an Information 

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1Some projects are exempt from all or certain 

conformity requirements, see 40 CFR 93.126, 

93.217, and 93.128. 

2EPA, in consultation with DOT, concluded that 

it would be advantageous to join transportation 

conformity burden estimates for all pollutants into 

one ICR. 

Collection Request (ICR) has been 

forwarded to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval. This is a request to revise and 

renew an existing approved Information 

Collection. The ICR, which is abstracted 

below, describes the nature of the 

information collection and its estimated 

burden and cost. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before December 17, 

2007. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–

OAR–2007–0269, to (1) EPA online 

using http://www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), or by mail to EPA 

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Air and Radiation 

Docket, Mailcode 2822T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460, and (2) OMB by mail to: 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Office of Management and 

Budget (OMB), 725 17th Street, NW., 

Washington, DC 20503, Attention: Desk 

Officer for EPA. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Patty Klavon, State Measures and 

Conformity Group, Transportation and 

Regional Programs Division, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 2000 

Traverwood Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 

48105; telephone number: (734) 214–

4476; fax number: (734) 214–4052; email address: klavon.patty@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 July 19, 2007 (72 FR 39620), EPA 

sought comments on this ICR pursuant 

to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received no 

comments. Any comments on this ICR 

should be submitted to EPA and OMB 

within 30 days of this notice. 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID No. EPA–

HQ–OAR–2007–0269, which is 

available for online viewing at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the Air Docket in the EPA 

Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., 

NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC 

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 Air Docket is (202) 566–

1742. 

Use EPA’s electronic docket and 

comment system at http:// 

www.regulations.gov to submit or view 

public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the docket, and 

access those documents in the docket 

that are available electronically. Once in 

the system, select ‘‘docket search,’’ then 

key in the docket ID number identified 

above. Please note that EPA’s policy is 

that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing at http://www.regulations.gov 

as EPA receives them and without 

change, unless the comment contains 

copyrighted material, Confidential 

Business Information (CBI), or other 

information whose public disclosure is 

restricted by statute. For further 

information about the electronic docket, 

go to http://www.regulations.gov. 

Title: Transportation Conformity 

Determinations for Federally Funded 

and Approved Transportation Plans, 

Programs and Projects (Renewal). 

ICR number: EPA ICR No. 2130.03, 

OMB Control No. 2060–0561. 

ICR status: This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on December 31, 2007. Under 

OMB regulations, the Agency may 

continue to conduct or sponsor the 

collection of information while this 

submission is pending at OMB. 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 

when approved, are listed in 40 CFR 

Part 9. 

Abstract: Transportation conformity is 

required under Clean Air Act section 

176(c) (42 U.S.C. 7506(c)) to ensure that 

federally supported transportation 

activities are consistent with (‘‘conform 

to’’) the purpose of the state air quality 

implementation plan (SIP). 

Transportation activities include 

transportation plans, transportation 

improvement programs (TIPs), and 

federally funded or approved highway 

or transit projects. Conformity to the 

purpose of the SIP means that 

transportation activities will not cause 

new air quality violations, worsen 

existing violations, or delay timely 

attainment of the relevant national 

ambient air quality standards (NAAQS 

or ‘‘standards’’). 

Transportation conformity applies, 

under EPA’s conformity regulations at 

40 CFR part 93, subpart A, to areas that 

are designated nonattainment and those 

redesignated to attainment after 1990 

(‘‘maintenance areas’’ with plans 

developed under Clean Air Act section 

175A) for the following transportationrelated criteria pollutants: Ozone, 

particulate matter (PM2.5 and PM10), 

carbon monoxide (CO), and nitrogen 

dioxide (NO2). The EPA published the 

original transportation conformity rule 

on November 24, 1993 (58 FR 62188), 

and subsequently published several 

revisions. EPA develops the conformity 

regulations in coordination with the 

Federal Highway Administration and 

the Federal Transit Administration. 

Transportation conformity 

determinations are required before 

federal approval or funding is given to 

certain types of transportation planning 

documents as well as non-exempt 

highway and transit projects.1

EPA considered the following in 

renewing the existing ICR: 

• Burden estimates for transportation 

conformity determinations in current 

8-hour ozone and PM2.5 nonattainment 

and maintenance areas, which made up 

EPA ICR 2130.02; 

• Burden estimates for conformity 

determinations for CO, NO2, and PM10, 

which were previously included in the 

Department of Transportation’s (DOT) 

ICR for Metropolitan and State-wide 

Transportation Planning (OMB Control 

Number 2132–0529); 2

• Efficiencies associated with the 

Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient 

Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for 

Users (SAFETEA–LU), which was 

signed into law on August 10, 2005; 

• Burden estimates for hypothetical 

areas that may be designated 

nonattainment for the revised 24-hour 

PM2.5 standard, which EPA promulgated 

on October 17, 2006 (71 FR 61144); 

• Differences in conformity resource 

needs in large and small metropolitan 

areas and isolated rural areas; and 

• Additional burden associated with 

EPA’s adequacy review process for 

submitted SIP motor vehicle emissions 

budgets that are to be used in 

conformity determinations. 

This ICR does not include burden 

associated with the general 

development of transportation planning 

and air quality planning documents for 

meeting other federal requirements. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 5 hours per 

response. 

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, 

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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 which have subsequently 

changed; 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: States 

and local governments. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

177. 

Frequency of Response: Occasionally. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

52,304. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$2,873,060, which includes no capital 

or O&M costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is an 

increase of 22,890 hours in the total 

estimated state and local respondent 

burden compared with that identified in 

the ICR currently approved by OMB. 

This increase reflects the following 

adjustments and program changes: 

• Program change associated with 

transfer of DOT ICR (OMB #2132–0529) 

to EPA ICR 2130.03. 

• Adjustments associated with the 

implementation of transportation 

conformity revisions from SAFETEA–

LU. 

• Reduced burden from the previous 

ICR, which included substantial start-up 

burden for areas that had never done 

transportation conformity prior to PM2.5

and 8-hour ozone nonattainment 

designations. These areas now have 

experience with conformity. 

• Other factors that have been 

updated since the existing ICR was 

approved. 

Dated: October 8, 2007. 

Sara Hisel-McCoy, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2007–0299; FRL–8156–7] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Worker Protection 

Standard Training and Notification; 

EPA ICR No. 1759.05, OMB Control No. 

2070–0148 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document 

announces that EPA is planning to 

submit a request to renew an existing 

approved Information Collection 

Request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). This 

ICR, entitled: ‘‘Worker Protection 

Standard Training and Notification’’

and identified by EPA ICR No. 1759.05 

and OMB Control No. 2070–0148, is 

scheduled to expire on May 31, 2008. 

Before submitting the ICR to OMB for 

review and approval, EPA is soliciting 

comments on specific aspects of the 

proposed information collection. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before January 15, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by docket identification (ID) 

number EPA–HQ–OPP–2007–0299, by 

one of the following methods: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the on-line 

instructions for submitting comments. 

• Mail: Office of Pesticide Programs 

(OPP) Regulatory Public Docket (7502P), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001. 

• Delivery: OPP Regulatory Public 

Docket (7502P), Environmental 

Protection Agency, Rm. S–4400, One 

Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. 

Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. Deliveries 

are only accepted during the Docket’s 

normal hours of operation (8:30 a.m. to 

4 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays). Special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. The 

Docket Facility telephone number is 

(703) 305–5805. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

docket ID number EPA–HQ–OPP–2007–

0299. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the docket 

without change and may be made 

available on-line at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise 

protected through regulations.gov or email. The regulations.gov website is an 

‘‘anonymous access’’ system, which 

means EPA will not know your identity 

or contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

If you send an e-mail comment directly 

to EPA without going through 

regulations.gov, your e-mail address 

will be automatically captured and 

included as part of the comment that is 

placed in the docket and made available 

on the Internet. If you submit an 

electronic comment, EPA recommends 

that you include your name and other 

contact information in the body of your 

comment and with any disk or CD-ROM 

you submit. If EPA cannot read your 

comment due to technical difficulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, 

EPA may not be able to consider your 

comment. Electronic files should avoid 

the use of special characters, any form 

of encryption, and be free of any defects 

or viruses. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the docket index available 

in regulations.gov. To access the 

electronic docket, go to http:// 

www.regulations.gov, select ‘‘Advanced 

Search,’’ then ‘‘Docket Search.’’ Insert 

the docket ID number where indicated 

and select the ‘‘Submit’’ button. Follow 

the instructions on the regulations.gov 

website to view the docket index or 

access available documents. Although 

listed in the index, some information is 

not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Certain other 

material, such as copyrighted material, 

is not placed on the Internet and will be 

publicly available only in hard copy 

form. Publicly available docket 

materials are available either in the 

electronic docket at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or, if only 

available in hard copy, at the OPP 

Regulatory Public Docket in Rm. S–

4400, One Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 

2777 S. Crystal Dr., Arlington, VA. The 

hours of operation of this Docket 

Facility are from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The Docket Facility telephone 

number is (703) 305–5805. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Joseph Hogue, Field and External 

Affairs Division (7506P), Office of 

Pesticide Programs, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460–

0001; telephone number: (703) 308–

9072; fax number: (703) 305–5884; email address: hogue.joe@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. What Information is EPA Particularly 

Interested in? 

Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the PRA, EPA specifically solicits 

comments and information to enable it 

to: 

1. Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Agency, including 

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