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EIS documents the views of 

governmental agencies, nongovernmental organizations, affected 

Indian tribes, the public, the license 

applicant, and Commission staff. 

Copies of the final EIS are available 

for review in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Branch, Room 2A, located at 

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20426. The final EIS also may be viewed 

on the Commission’s Web site at 

http://www.ferc.gov under the eLibrary 

link. Enter the docket number (P–2088) 

in the docket number field to access the 

document. For assistance, contact FERC 

Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or tollfree at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY, 

(202) 502–8659. 

CD versions of the final EIS have been 

mailed to everyone on the mailing list 

for the project. Copies of the CD, as well 

as a limited number of paper copies, are 

available from the Public Reference 

Room identified above. 

You may also register online at 

http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

esubscription.asp to be notified via 

e-mail of new filings and issuances 

related to these or other pending 

projects. For assistance, contact FERC 

Online Support. 

For further information, contact John 

Mudre at (202) 502–8902 or at 

john.mudre@ferc.gov. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OEI–2006–0037, FRL–8917–5] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Exchange Network Grants 

Progress Report (Renewal); EPA ICR 

No. 2207.03, OMB Control No. 2025– 

0006 

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 11/30/09. 

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: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before July 13, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

OEI–2006–0037, to (1) EPA online using 

www.regulations.gov (our preferred 

method), by e-mail to 

oei.docket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA 

Docket Center, Environmental 

Protection Agency, Office of 

Environmental Information Docket, Mail 

Code 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. 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 statue. 

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 DC–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: Wm. 

Terry Forrest, OEI/OIC/IESD, Mail Code 

2823T, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone 

number: 202–566–0196; fax number: 

202–566–1624; e-mail address: 

forrest.terry@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–OEI–2006–0037 which is available 

for online viewing at 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the OEI 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 OEI Docket is (202) 566– 

1752. 

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 

affected by this collection. 


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What Should I Consider When I 

Prepare My Comments for EPA? 

You may find the following 

suggestions helpful for preparing you 

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? 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OPEI–2006– 

0037 

Affected entities: Entities potentially 

affected by this action are States, Tribal, 

and Territorial Environmental Offices 

receiving National Environmental 

Information Exchange Network (NEIEN) 

grants. 

Title: Exchange Network Grants 

Progress Report (Renewal) 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 2207.03, 

OMB Control No. 2025–0006. 

ICR Status: This ICR is scheduled to 

expire on November 30, 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 and 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: This notice announces the 

collection of information related to the 

U.S. EPA NEIEN Grant Program. The 

EPA Office of Environmental 

Information provides funding to EPA’s 

Exchange Network partners (states, 

territories, and federally recognized 

Indian tribes) to support the 

development of the NEIEN. The NEIEN 

is an Internet and-standards-based, 

secure information system that supports 

the electronic collection, exchange, and 

integration of data among its partners. 

Funding for the Grant Program has been 

provided through annual congressional 

appropriations for the EPA. 

To enhance the quality and overall 

public benefit of the Network, EPA 

proposes to collect information from the 

NEIEN grantees about how they intend 

to ensure quality in their projects and 

the environmental outcomes and 

outputs from their projects. The 

proposed Quality Assurance Reporting 

Form is intended to provide a simple 

means for grant recipients to describe 

how quality will be addressed 

throughout their projects. The Quality 

Assurance Reporting Form is derived 

from guidelines provided in the NEIEN 

2006 grant solicitation notice. As a 

stipulation of their award, grant 

recipients are to submit the form within 

ninety days of grant award. 

Grantees are currently required to 

submit semi-annual progress reports as 

a stipulation of their award. In these 

reports, grantees outline project goals, 

activities required to meet these goals, 

and outputs and outcomes of activities 

to date. At the request of numerous 

grantees, we are proposing to offer the 

Progress Reporting Form as a vehicle for 

collecting information. This form is 

easier to complete than an unstructured 

narrative; it can be used as the semiannual and final report form and the 

information returned will be of higher 

quality and comparable. 

Burden Statement: The annual public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to average 1.5 hours for the 

Semi-Annual Report Form per response 

and 1 hour per Quality Assurance Form 

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 that 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: State, 

Tribal, and Territorial Environmental 

Offices receiving NEIEN grants. 

Estimated Number of Respondents: 

225. 

Frequency of Response: Twice for the 

Semi-Annual Report Form; once for the 

Quality Assurance Form. 

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden: 

733. 

Estimated Total Annual Cost: $37,000 

includes $0 annualized capital or O&M 

costs and $37,000 annual labor costs. 

Are There Changes in the Estimates 

From the Last Approval? 

Changes in the Estimates: There is an 

increase of 283 hours in the total 

estimated burden currently identified in 

the OMB Inventory of Approved ICR 

Burdens. This change is due to an 

increase in the estimate to complete the 

Semi-annual Progress Report Form and 

due to the additional of the Quality 

Assurance Form. 

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: June 5, 2009. 

Connie Dwyer, 

Director, Information Exchange & Services 

Division. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8917–4] 

Notice of Open Meeting of the 

Environmental Financial Advisory 

Board (EFAB) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The United States 

Environmental Protection Agency’s 

(EPA) Environmental Financial 

Advisory Board (EFAB) will hold an 

open meeting on August 10–11, 2009. 

EFAB is an EPA advisory committee 


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