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amended, to the extent consistent with 

applicable law. 

Western will accept comments on the 

revised Tariff until the close of the 

informal comment period on July 1, 

2009. Western will present an 

explanation of the revised Tariff at an 

informal public meeting to be held on 

June 2, 2009, at 10 a.m. MDT, followed 

by a public comment forum at 11 a.m. 

MDT, both at Western’s Corporate 

Services Office at 12155 W. Alameda 

Parkway in Lakewood, Colorado. These 

meetings are expected to conclude by 

12:30 p.m. Western will accept oral and 

written comments at the comment 

forum and will accept written 

comments at any time during the 

informal comment period. 

The revised Tariff, a summary of 

changes Western intends to make to its 

existing Tariff, and information about 

the Tariff process are posted on 

Western’s Web site at http:// 

www.wapa.gov/transmission/oatt.htm. 

Unless the comment period is extended 

or delayed, Western anticipates posting 

the revised Tariff and responses to 

comments received on Western’s Web 

site and OASIS sites in August 2009. 

Western will post comments received at 

the public meeting or by letter, fax or email to this Web site after the close of 

the comment period. Responses to 

comments will also be posted after they 

are developed. Western must receive 

written comments by the end of the 

informal comment period to ensure they 

are considered in Western’s filing with 

the FERC. 

As access to Western’s facilities is 

controlled, any U.S. citizen wishing to 

attend meetings at Western must present 

a government-issued form of picture 

identification, such as a U.S. driver’s 

license, U.S. passport, U.S. government 

ID, or U.S. military ID, at the time of the 

meeting. Foreign nationals should 

contact Western at least 15 days in 

advance of this meeting to obtain the 

necessary form for admittance to the 

meeting. 

Dated: May 1, 2009. 

Timothy J. Meeks, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. E9–11524 Filed 5–15–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2002–0011; FRL–8906–5] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Laboratory Quality 

Assurance Evaluation Program for 

Analysis of Cryptosporidium Under the 

Safe Drinking Water Act (Renewal); 

EPA ICR No. 2067.04, OMB Control No. 

2040–0246 

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 

Collection Request (ICR) has been 

forwarded to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval. This is a request to renew an 

existing approved 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 June 17, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OW–2002–0011, to (1) EPA online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method), or by mail to: EPA Docket 

Center, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Water Docket, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mailcode: 28221T, 

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), 

Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 725 

17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Carrie Miller, EPA, Office of Ground 

Water and Drinking Water, Technical 

Support Center, 26 West Martin Luther 

King Drive (MS–140), Cincinnati, Ohio 

45268; e-mail address: 

miller.carrie@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 25, 2009 (74 FR 8529), EPA 

sought comments on this ICR pursuant 

to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received three 

comments during the comment period, 

which are addressed in the ICR. Any 

additional 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–OW–2002–0011, which is available 

for online viewing at 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the Water 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 8:30 

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 Water Docket is 202– 

566–2426. 

Use EPA’s electronic docket and 

comment system at www.regulations.gov 

to submit or view public comments, 

access the index listing of the contents 

of the docket, and to 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 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 www.regulations.gov. 

Title: Laboratory Quality Assurance 

Evaluation Program for Analysis of 

Cryptosporidium under the Safe 

Drinking Water Act (Renewal). 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2067.04, 

OMB Control No. 2040–0246. 

ICR Status: This ICR is currently 

scheduled to expire on May 31, 2009. 

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, are displayed either by 

publication in the Federal Register or 

by other appropriate means, such as on 

the related collection instrument or 

form, if applicable. The display of OMB 

control numbers in certain EPA 

regulations is consolidated in 40 CFR 

part 9. 

Abstract: Under the Laboratory 

Quality Assurance Evaluation Program 

for Analysis of Cryptosporidium (‘‘Lab 


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QA Program’’), EPA has approved 

voluntary laboratories that have 

demonstrated, and continue to 

demonstrate, proficient detection and 

enumeration of Cryptosporidium in 

surface water sources for public water 

systems. Approved laboratories that do 

not continue to meet the criteria for the 

Lab QA Program, including successful 

participation in tri-annual proficiency 

tests, may have their status downgraded 

to ‘‘provisional’’ or have their approval 

suspended. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 74.5 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, 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: Public 

and private water testing laboratories. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

65. 

Frequency of Response: Annual. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

4,843. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: 

$411,729.40, includes $141,929.00 

annualized capital or O&M costs. 

Changes in the Estimates: There is an 

increase of 863 hours in the total 

estimated burden currently identified in 

the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 

Burdens. Changes in burden have 

occurred due to re-evaluation of hours 

for tasks, improved demonstration of 

capability and growth in the respondent 

universe. Inflation has increased all 

operation and maintenance and labor 

costs accordingly. EPA’s original 

estimates for hours to participate and 

maintain the Lab QA Program were 

made before the program began. Because 

the program has matured and several 

years of QC data have been collected, 

the burden has changed for performing 

improved and refined procedures. The 

burden for some tasks has been 

estimated and will be re-evaluated as 

the program progresses. 

Dated: May 12, 2009. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collection Strategies Division. 

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BILLING CODE P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8906–3] 

Science Advisory Board Staff Office; 

Notification of an Upcoming Meeting of 

the Science Advisory Board 

Committee on Science Integration for 

Decision Making 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA or Agency) Science 

Advisory Board (SAB) Staff Office 

announces a public meeting of the SAB 

Committee to develop a work plan for 

its study. 

DATES: The meeting dates are Tuesday, 

June 9, 2009 from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. 

through Wednesday, June 10, 2009 from 

8:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. (Eastern Time). 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

the Ritz-Carlton Hotel, 1150 22nd Street, 

NW., Washington, DC 20037. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Members of the public who wish to 

obtain further information about this 

meeting must contact Mr. Thomas 

Miller, Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO). Mr. Miller may be contacted at 

the EPA Science Advisory Board 

(1400F), U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20460; or via 

telephone/voice mail; (202) 343–9982; 

fax (202) 233–0643; or e-mail at 

miller.tom@epa.gov. General 

information about the EPA SAB, as well 

as any updates concerning the meeting 

announced in this notice, may be found 

on the SAB Web site at http:// 

www.epa.gov/sab. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant 

to the Federal Advisory Committee Act, 

5 U.S.C., App. 2 (FACA), notice is 

hereby given that the SAB Committee 

on Science Integration for Decision 

Making will hold a public meeting to 

develop a work plan for its evaluative 

study on EPA scientific assessment 

practices for decision making. The SAB 

was established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. 

4365 to provide independent scientific 

and technical advice to the 

Administrator on the technical basis for 

Agency positions and regulations. The 

SAB is a Federal Advisory Committee 

chartered under FACA. The SAB will 

comply with the provisions of FACA 

and all appropriate SAB Staff Office 

procedural policies. 

Background: EPA uses many kinds of 

scientific assessments for policy 

analysis and decision making. Previous 

studies by the SAB and National 

Research Council (NRC) have 

recommended improvements to 

strengthen EPA scientific assessment 

practices for decision making. In its 

2000 report, Toward Integrated 

Environmental Decision-Making 

(available on the SAB Web site at 

http://www.epa.gov/sab), the SAB found 

that an integrated approach to scientific 

assessment and decision making was 

needed to effectively address new and 

complex environmental problems. In its 

2008 report, Science and Decisions: 

Advancing Risk Assessment (National 

Academies Press, Washington, DC), the 

NRC recommended improvements in 

EPA’s risk assessment processes to 

address the complexities of current 

problems and potential decisions, and 

ensure that the best available options for 

managing risks are considered. The SAB 

is undertaking a new study at the 

request of the EPA Administrator to 

evaluate the extent to which scientific 

assessment practices are integrated into 

EPA’s environmental decision-making 

processes. The study will build upon 

the findings of the previous SAB and 

NRC studies, and recommend actions 

that EPA could take to improve the 

integration of scientific assessments for 

decision making. 

To conduct this new study, the SAB 

Staff Office formed the ad hoc SAB 

Committee on Science Integration for 

Decision Making. The Committee is 

comprised of members of the chartered 

SAB and its standing committees. The 

roster and biosketches of members of 

the Committee are posted on the SAB 

Web site at http://www.epa.gov/sab. The 

purpose of this meeting is to develop a 

plan for the new study. 

Availability of Meeting Materials: The 

meeting agenda and other material in 

support of this meeting are posted on 

the SAB Web site at http:// 

www.epa.gov/sab. 

Procedures for Providing Public Input: 

Interested members of the public may 

submit relevant written or oral 

information on the topic of this advisory 

activity, and/or the group conducting 

the activity, for the SAB to consider 

during the advisory process. 

Oral Statements: In general, 

individuals or groups requesting an oral 

presentation at a public meeting will be 

limited to five minutes per speaker, 

with no more than a total of one hour 

for all speakers. Interested parties 

should contact Mr. Miller, DFO, in 


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