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proposed procedures to implement

subpart C–Power Marketing Initiative of

the Energy Planning and Management

Program Final Rule, 10 CFR part 905 (60

FR 54151). The Program, which was

developed in part to implement section

114 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992,

became effective on November 20, 1995.

Subpart C of the Program provides for

the establishment of project-specific

resource pools and the allocation of

power from these pools to new

preference customers. These proposed

procedures, in conjunction with the

Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program

Eastern Division (PSMBP—ED) Program

Final Post-1985 Marketing Plan (Post1985 Marketing Plan) (45 FR 71860) will

establish the framework for allocating

power from the resource pool to be

established for the PSMBP—ED. The

comment period on the proposed

procedures and call for applications was

extended to April 8, 1996, by a notice

published in the Federal Register on

March 8, 1996 (61 FR 9449).

Before developing final allocation

procedures, Western has determined

that it is appropriate to address certain

comments and clarify features in the

initial Federal Register notice. Western

has determined that these proposed

clarifications are in the best interest of

the public and that they will not have

the effect of excluding current

applicants. Based on these

clarifications, Western is providing

another opportunity for comment and

call for applications to entities which

did not apply based upon the earlier

notice. Those entities that have

previously commented or applied for

firm power need not resubmit or

reapply.

I. Responses and Clarification of Terms

As a result of comments received

during the comment period and need for

clarification of terms, the proposed Post

2000 Resource Pool Allocation

Procedures and Call for Applications,

Post-2000 Resource Pool—PSMBP—ED

in Federal Register 61 FR 2817 has been

amended as follows:

1. Section II, General Eligibility

Criteria, Paragraph A should read ‘‘All

qualified applicants must be preference

entities in accordance with section 9(c)

of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939,

43 U.S.C. 485h(c), as amended and

supplemented.’’

2. Section II, General Eligibility

Criteria, Paragraph B should read ‘‘All

qualified applicants must be located

within the currently established

PSMBP—ED marketing area.’’

3. Section II, General Eligibility

Criteria, Paragraph C should read ‘‘All

qualified applicants must not be

currently receiving benefits, directly or

indirectly, from a current PSMBP—ED

firm power allocation. Qualified Native

American applicants are not subject to

this requirement.’’

4. Section II, General Eligibility

Criteria, Paragraph D should read

‘‘Qualified utility and nonutility

applicants must be able to use the firm

power directly or be able to sell it

directly to retail customers.’’

5. Section II, General Eligibility

Criteria, Paragraph E should read

‘‘Qualified utility applicants that desire

to purchase power from Western for

resale to consumers, including

municipalities, cooperatives, public

utility districts, and public power

districts, must have utility status by

December 31, 1996. Utility status means

the entity has responsibility to meet

load growth, has a distribution system,

and is ready, willing, and able to

purchase Federal power from Western

on a wholesale basis.’’

6. Section III, General Allocation

Criteria, Paragraph E should read

‘‘Allocations made to qualified utility

and nonutility applicants will be based

on the loads experienced in the 1994

summer season and the 1994–95 winter

season. Western will apply the Post1985 Marketing Plan criteria to these

loads.’’

7. Section III, General Allocation

Criteria, Paragraph J should read ‘‘The

maximum allocation for qualified utility

and nonutility applicants shall be 5,000

kilowatts (kW).’’

8. Section V, Applications for Firm

Power, Paragraph B.1.b.i. should read

‘‘Utility and nonutility applicants:’’

9. Section V, Applications for Firm

Power, Paragraph B.1.b.i.(1) should read

‘‘If applicable, number and type of

customers served; i.e., residential,

commercial, industrial, military base,

agricultural.’’

ADDRESSES: All written comments and

Applicant Profile Data should be

directed to the following address: Mr.

Gerald C. Wegner, Acting Regional

Manager, Upper Great Plains Customer

Service Region, Western Area Power

Administration, Post Office Box 35800,

Billings, MT 59107–5800.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Robert J. Harris, Power Marketing

Manager, Upper Great Plains Customer

Service Region, Western Area Power

Administration, Post Office Box 35800,

Billings, MT 59107–5800, (406) 247–

7394.

Issued at Golden, Colorado, May 22, 1996.

J. M. Shafer,

Administrator.

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5514–9]

Agency Information Collection

Activities; Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request; Vehicle

Emission Control Defect Survey

Questionnaire

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.), this notice announces that

the following Information Collection

Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the

Office of Management and Budget

(OMB) for review and approval: Vehicle

Emission Control Defect Survey

Questionnaire (OMB Control No. 2060–

0047, approved through 5/31/96). The

ICR describes the nature of the

information collection and its expected

burden and cost; where appropriate, it

includes the actual data collection

instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before July 5, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY

CALL: Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260–

2740, and refer to EPA ICR No. 0184.05.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Vehicle Emission Control Defect

Survey Questionnaire (OMB Control No.

2060–0047; EPA ICR No. 0184.05)

expiring 5/31/96. This ICR is requesting

an extension of a currently approved

collection activity.

Abstract: The Vehicle Compliance

Programs Group (VCPG) of the Vehicle

Programs and Compliance Division

(VPCD) and the Engine Compliance

Programs Group (ECPG) of the Engine

Programs and Compliance Division

(EPCD), Office of Mobile Sources

(OMS), Office of Air and Radiation

(OAR), uses this information collection

to gather additional data to supplement

in-use testing programs as well as

provide possible evidence in support of

EPA’s position during an administrative

hearing. When EPA orders a

manufacturer to recall a certain class of

motor vehicles (in accordance with CAA

section 207(c)) but the manufacturer

disagrees with EPA’s findings, the

manufacturer may request an

administrative hearing. During such a

hearing, EPA must make a detailed

presentation of facts showing that the

class of vehicles in question should

indeed be recalled. Facts to be included

in such a presentation consist of

information on the maintenance and
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performance history of vehicles

belonging to the class. Dealerships,

fleets, or individual owners of motor

vehicles or engines may be asked to

provide information on the vehicles or

engines at issue. The information is

obtained through a questionnaire

administered by telephone interviews

with individual vehicle owners, and by

telephone or in-person interviews with

dealerships or fleets.

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 Ch. 15. The

Federal Register Notice required under

5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting comments on

this collection of information was

published on 3/4/96 (61 FR 8273); no

comments were received.

Burden Statement: EPA may perform

two surveys annually, one of

manufacturers of on-highway light-duty

motor vehicles or light-duty trucks, and

the other of heavy-duty engines or large

nonroad compression ignition engines,

which will require either telephone or

in-person interviews with one hundred

(100) individual vehicle owners or

dealerships or fleets per survey. A

burden estimate of twenty (20) minutes

per individual vehicle owner is based

on agency experience with similar

questions asked of individuals as part of

the in-use recall testing program. A

burden estimate of thirty (30) minutes

per dealership or fleet is based on

contact with dealerships and fleets

made as part of the in-use recall testing

program. The burden estimate is

calculated from an average of the two

different burdens assuming that one-half

of the respondents are individual

vehicle owners and the other half are

dealerships or fleets. Therefore, the total

respondent burden will be 2,500

minutes for each survey. Individuals,

dealerships, or fleets will be asked to

respond to only one survey in any given

year. 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; adjusting

the existing ways to comply with any

previously applicable instructions and

requirements; training personnel to be

able to respond to a collection of

information; searching data sources;

completing and reviewing the collection

of information; and transmitting or

otherwise disclosing the information.

Respondents/Affected Entities:

Owners, dealerships, fleets.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

200.

Frequency of Response: 1/yr.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

166.6 hours.

Estimated Total Annualized Cost

Burden: $0.

Send comments on the Agency’s need

for this information, the accuracy of the

provided burden estimates, and any

suggested methods for minimizing

respondent burden, including through

the use of automated collection

techniques to the following addresses.

Please refer to EPA ICR No. 0184.05 and

OMB Control No. 2060–0047 in any

correspondence.

Ms. Sandy Farmer, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, OPPE Regulatory

Information Division (2137), 401 M

Street SW., Washington, DC 20460;

and

Office of Information and Regulatory

Affairs, Office of Management and

Budget, Attention: Desk Office for

EPA, 725 17th Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20503.

Dated: May 29, 1996.

Richard Westlund,

Acting Director, Regulatory Information

Division.

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–M

[FRL–5514–8]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request; Emission

Defect Information and Voluntary

Emissions Recall Reports

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3507(a)(1)(D)), this notice announces

that the following Information

Collection Request (ICR) has been

forwarded to the Office of Management

and Budget (OMB) for review and

approval: Emission Recall Audit

Programs Owner Questionnaire (OMB

Control No. 2060–0046, approved

through 5/31/96). The ICR describes the

nature of the information collection and

its expected burden and cost; where

appropriate, it includes the actual data

collection instrument.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before July 5, 1996.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION OR A COPY

CALL: Sandy Farmer at EPA, (202) 260–

2740, and refer to EPA ICR No. 2060–

0046.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Title: Emission Recall Audit Program

Owner Questionnaire (OMB Control No.

2060–0046; EPA ICR No. 180.05)

expiring 5/31/96. This ICR is requesting

an extension of a currently approved

collection activity.

Abstract: The Vehicle Compliance

Programs Group (VCPG), Vehicle

Programs and Compliance Division

(VPCD), Office of Mobile Sources

(OMS), Office of Air and Radiation

(OAR), uses this information collection

to enforce the Recall and Defect

Reporting Regulations of 40 CFR part

85, subparts S and T. Individual owners

of on-highway light-duty motor vehicles

and light-duty trucks may be asked to

provide information on vehicles that

have been recalled. The Vehicles

Compliance Programs Group (VCPG)

uses such information to evaluate the

effectiveness of various aspects of a

recall campaign, to determine whether

manufacturers are in compliance with

recall procedural regulations, and to

determine the cause of ineffective recall

campaigns. The information is obtained

from individuals through a

questionnaire administered by

telephone interviews or in written

format.

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 Ch. 15. The

Federal Register Notice required under

5 CFR 1320.8(d), soliciting comments on

this collection of information was

published on 3/4/96 (61 FR 8273); no

comments were received.

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 the appropriate automated