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appropriate Federal, State, local, and 

tribal governmental agencies; public 

review and a hearing on the draft EIS; 

publication of a final EIS; and 

publication of a Record of Decision 

expected in 2010. Additional informal 

public meetings may be held in the 

proposed Project area if public interest 

and issues indicate a need. 

Western will hold an open-house 

public scoping meeting on February 24, 

2009, in White, South Dakota, as noted 

above. The purpose of the scoping 

meeting is to provide information about 

Western’s Federal action and Basin 

Electric’s proposed Project, display 

maps, answer questions, and take 

written comments from interested 

parties. Attendees are welcome to come 

and go at their convenience and to 

speak one-on-one with Western and 

Basin Electric representatives. The 

public will have the opportunity to 

provide written comments at the 

meeting. In addition, attendees may 

provide written comments by fax, email, or mail as discussed under DATES

above. 

Dated: January 30, 2009. 

Timothy J. Meeks, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. E9–2552 Filed 2–5–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–SFUND–2009–0078; FRL–8771–9] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Brownfields 

Program—Revitalization Grantee 

Reporting (Renewal); EPA ICR No. 

2104.03, OMB Control No. 2050–0192 

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 is scheduled to expire on July 31, 

2009. 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 7, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

SFUND–2009–0078, by one of the 

following methods: 

• www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• E-mail: docket.superfund@epa.gov. 

• Fax: 202–566–0276. 

• Mail: EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460. 

• Hand Delivery: EPA Docket Center, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., 

NW., Washington, DC. Such deliveries 

are only accepted during the Docket’s 

normal hours of operation, and special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–SFUND–2009– 

0078. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online at 

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 www.regulations.gov 

or e-mail. The www.regulations.gov Web 

site 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 www.regulations.gov your email address will be automatically 

captured and included as part of the 

comment that is placed in the public 

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. For additional information 

about EPA’s public docket visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at http:// 

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rachel Lentz, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Office of Brownfields and Land 

Revitalization, (5105–T), Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: 202–566–2745; fax 

number: 202–566–1476; e-mail address: 

lentz.rachel@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

How Can I Access the Docket and/or 

Submit Comments? 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–SFUND–2009–0078, which is 

available for online viewing at 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at 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 Superfund 

Docket is 202–566–9744. 

Use www.regulations.gov to obtain a 

copy of the draft collection of 

information, submit or view public 

comments, access the index listing of 

the contents of the 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 in this 

document. 

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: 

(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. In 

particular, EPA is requesting comments 

from very small businesses (those that 

employ less than 25) on examples of 

specific additional efforts that EPA 

could make to reduce the paperwork 

burden for very small businesses 

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What Should I Consider When I 

Prepare My Comments for EPA? 

You may find the following 

suggestions helpful for preparing your 

comments: 

1. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible and provide specific examples. 

2. Describe any assumptions that you 

used. 

3. Provide copies of any technical 

information and/or data you used that 

support your views. 

4. If you estimate potential burden or 

costs, explain how you arrived at the 

estimate that you provide. 

5. Offer alternative ways to improve 

the collection activity. 

6. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the deadline identified 

under DATES. 

7. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, 

be sure to identify the docket ID number 

assigned to this action in the subject 

line on the first page of your response. 

You may also provide the name, date, 

and Federal Register citation. 

What Information Collection Activity or 

ICR Does This Apply to? 

Affected entities: Entities potentially 

affected by this action are: General 

purpose units of local government; land 

clearance authorities or other quasigovernmental entities that operate under 

the supervision and control of, or as an 

agent of, a general purpose unit of local 

government; government entities 

created by State legislature; regional 

councils or groups of general purpose 

units of local government; 

redevelopment agencies that are 

chartered or otherwise sanctioned by 

the State; States; Indian Tribes other 

than in Alaska; Alaska Native Regional 

Corporations, Alaska Native Village 

Corporations, and Metlakatla Indian 

Communities; and non-profit 

organizations. 

Title: Brownfields Program— 

Revitalization Grantee Reporting 

(Renewal). 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2104.03, 

OMB Control No. 2050–0192. 

ICR status: This ICR is currently 

scheduled to expire on July 31, 2009. 

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: The Small Business Liability 

Relief and Brownfields Revitalization 

Act (Pub. L. 107–118) (‘‘the Brownfields 

Amendments’’) was signed into law on 

January 11, 2002. The Act amends the 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation, and Liability 

Act (CERCLA), as amended, and 

authorizes EPA to award grants to 

States, tribes, local governments, and 

other eligible entities to assess and clean 

up brownfields sites. Under the 

Brownfields Amendments, a 

brownfields site means real property, 

the expansion, redevelopment, or reuse 

of which may be complicated by the 

presence or potential presence of a 

hazardous substance, pollutant, or 

contaminant. For grant funding 

purposes, EPA uses the term 

‘‘brownfields property(ies)’’ 

synonymously with the term 

‘‘brownfields sites.’’ The Brownfields 

Amendments authorize EPA to award 

several types of grants to eligible entities 

on a competitive basis. Under subtitle A 

of the Small Business Liability Relief 

and Brownfields Revitalization Act, 

States, tribes, local governments, and 

other eligible entities can receive 

assessment grants to inventory, 

characterize, assess, and conduct 

planning and community involvement 

related to brownfields properties; 

cleanup grants to carry out cleanup 

activities at brownfields properties; 

grants to capitalize revolving loan funds 

and provide subgrants for cleanup 

activities; and job training grants to 

support the creation and 

implementation of environmental job 

training and placement programs. Under 

subtitle C of the Small Business 

Liability Relief and Brownfields 

Revitalization Act, States and tribes can 

receive grants to establish and enhance 

their response programs. The grants 

support activities necessary to establish 

or enhance four elements of state and 

tribal response programs and to meet 

the public record requirements under 

the statute. The four elements eligible 

for grant funding include: (a) Timely 

survey and inventory of brownfield sites 

in the State or in the tribal land; (b) 

oversight and enforcement authorities or 

other mechanisms and resources; (c) 

mechanisms and resources to provide 

meaningful opportunities for public 

participation; and (d) mechanisms for 

approval of a cleanup plan and 

verification and certification that 

cleanup is complete. States and tribes 

that receive funding under subtitle C 

must establish a public record system 

during the grant funding period unless 

an adequate public record system is 

already established. 

Grant recipients have general 

reporting and record keeping 

requirements as a condition of their 

grant that result in burden. A portion of 

this reporting and recordkeeping burden 

is authorized under 40 CFR Parts 30 and 

31 and identified in the EPA’s general 

grants ICR (OMB Control Number 2030– 

0020). EPA requires Brownfields 

program grant recipients to maintain 

and report additional information to 

EPA on the uses and accomplishments 

associated with the funded brownfields 

activities. EPA uses several forms to 

assist grantees in reporting the 

information and to ensure consistency 

of the information collected. EPA uses 

this information to meet Federal 

stewardship responsibilities to manage 

and track how program funds are being 

spent, to evaluate the performance of 

the Brownfields Cleanup and 

Redevelopment Program, to meet the 

Agency’s reporting requirements under 

the Government Performance Results 

Act, and to report to Congress and other 

program stakeholders on the status and 

accomplishments of the grants program. 

This ICR addresses the burden 

imposed on grant recipients that are 

associated with those reporting and 

recordkeeping requirements that are 

specific to grants awarded under the 

Small Business Liability Relief and 

Brownfields Revitalization Act. This 

ICR renewal modifies the annual 

reporting and recordkeeping burden 

under the previous ICR. The modified 

burden reflects an increase in the 

number of respondents subject to the 

reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, and improvements to the 

reporting forms based on EPA’s 

experience implementing the grant 

program. Specifically, subtitle C grant 

recipients are now subject to the 

reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements previously established for 

subtitle A grant recipients. By using the 

same form to report information on 

grant activities, EPA is adopting a 

streamlined approach that avoids 

potential confusion among grant 

recipients and allows the Agency to 

collect and report program information 

consistently across all brownfields 

grants. EPA is also modifying the 

reporting form to simplify and clarify 

the reporting requirements, which will 

improve the accuracy of information 

reported and minimize the burden to 

grant recipients. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 1.25 hours per 


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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. 

The ICR provides a detailed 

explanation of the Agency’s estimate, 

which is only briefly summarized here: 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 294. 

Frequency of response: Bi-annual for 

subtitle C grant recipients; quarterly for 

subtitle A grant recipients. 

Estimated total average number of 

responses for each respondent: 20. 

Estimated total annual burden hours: 

8,683. 

Estimated total annual costs: 

$547,345. This includes an estimated 

burden cost of $547,345 and an 

estimated cost of $0 for capital 

investment or maintenance and 

operational costs. 

Are There Changes in the Estimates 

From the Last Approval? 

There is no change in hours in the 

total estimated respondent burden 

compared with that identified in the ICR 

currently approved by OMB. 

What Is the Next Step in the Process for 

This ICR? 

EPA will consider the comments 

received and amend the ICR as 

appropriate. The final ICR package will 

then be submitted to OMB for review 

and approval pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.12. At that time, EPA will issue 

another Federal Register notice 

pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to 

announce the submission of the ICR to 

OMB and the opportunity to submit 

additional comments to OMB. If you 

have any questions about this ICR or the 

approval process, please contact the 

technical person listed under FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Dated: January 29, 2009. 

David R. Lloyd, 

Director, Office of Brownfields and Land 

Revitalization. 

[FR Doc. E9–2558 Filed 2–5–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[ER–FRL–8590–3] 

Environmental Impact Statements and 

Regulations; Availability of EPA 

Comments 

Availability of EPA comments 

prepared pursuant to the Environmental 

Review Process (ERP), under section 

309 of the Clean Air Act and Section 

102(2)(c) of the National Environmental 

Policy Act as amended. Requests for 

copies of EPA comments can be directed 

to the Office of Federal Activities at 

202–564–7146. 

An explanation of the ratings assigned 

to draft environmental impact 

statements (EISs) was published in FR 

dated April 6, 2008 (73 FR 19833). 

Draft EISs 

EIS No. 20080408, ERP No. D–COE– 

E15002–GA, Fort McPherson Project, 

Disposal and Reuse, Implementation, 

in City Limits of Atlanta, Fulton 

County, GA. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about potential 

impacts to air quality, as well as water 

supply and water quality; and requested 

that the Final EIS account for drought 

conditions and impaired stream 

impacts. EPA also requested that the 

DOA consider encumbrances that would 

be protective of water quality and 

encourage local community 

participation in the implementation of 

the proposed action. Rating EC1. 

EIS No. 20080421, ERP No. D–NSA– 

D11045–MD, Fort George G. Meade 

Utilities Upgrade Project, Proposes to 

Construct and Operate (1) North 

Utility Plant (2) South Generator 

Facility and (3) Central Boiler Plant, 

Fort George M. Meade, MD. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about impacts 

to forested resources on the Forest 

Conservation Area. Rating EC2. 

EIS No. 20080451, ERP No. D–COE– 

K80051–CA, University of California 

(UC) Merced Campus and University 

Community Project, Development of a 

Major Research University, To Allow 

for the Discharge of Fill Material into 

76.7 Acres of Wetlands, U.S. Army 

COE Section 404 Permit, Merced 

County, CA. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about the 

potential impacts to wetlands, 

groundwater supply, and air quality. 

EPA also recommended measures to 

reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and 

recommended additional information 

on cumulative and growth inducing 

impacts be provided in the Final EIS. 

Rating EC2. 

EIS No. 20080480, ERP No. D–USN– 

C11023–NJ, Laurelwood Housing 

Area, Access at Naval Weapons 

Station Earle, Lease Agreement, 

Monmouth County, NJ. 

Summary: EPA does not object to the 

proposed project. Rating LO. 

EIS No. 20080481, ERP No. D–NOA– 

K80052–CA, Southwest Fisheries 

Science Center Replacement, 

Construction and Operation, located 

on University of California, San Diego 

Scripps Institute of Oceanography 

Campus, La Jolla, CA. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about air 

quality construction impacts, and 

impacts to Diegan coastal sage scrub. 

Rating EC2. 

EIS No. 20080506, ERP No. D–USA– 

E11069–GA, Maneuver Center of 

Excellence at Fort Benning, Georgia 

Project, Proposed Community 

Services, Personnel Support, 

Classroom Barracks, and Dining 

Facilities would be Constructed in 

three of the four Cantonment Areas, 

Fort Benning, GA. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about impacts 

to aquatic habitats, water resources, and 

wetlands. Rating EC2. 

EIS No. 20080440, ERP No. DA–COE– 

K39052–CA, Hamilton Wetland 

Restoration Project, Dredged Material 

Aquatic Transfer Facility, 

Implementation, Marin County, CA. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns because of the 

lack of information regarding avoiding 

impacts to green sturgeon and long-fin 

smelt and recommended coordination 

with NOAA Fisheries. Additional 

concerns include water quality 

monitoring, reducing criteria pollutant 

emissions, and consistency with local 

dredge sediment disposal goals. Rating 

EC2. 

Final EISs 

EIS No. 20080456, ERP No. F–COE– 

D40340–PA, Southern Beltway 

Transportation Project, Transportation 

Improvement between I–79 to Mon/ 

Fayette Expressway (PA Turnpike 43), 

Application for U.S. Army COE 

Section 404 Permit, Washington 

County, PA. 


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