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filed with the Commission at least 24

months prior to the expiration of the

existing license. All applications for

license for this project must be filed by

June 30, 2004.

A copy of the notice of intent is

available for inspection and

reproduction at the Commission’s

Public Reference Room, located at 888

First Street, Room 2A, Washington, D.C.

20426, or by calling (202) 208–1371.

The notice may be viewed on http://

www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call

(202) 208–2222 for assistance). A copy

is available for inspection and

reproduction at the address in item h

above.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–2999 Filed 2–05–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6942–2]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request; Community Rightto-Know Reporting Requirements

Under Sections 311 and 312 of the

Emergency Planning and Community

Right-to-Know Act (EPCRA)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.), this document announces

that EPA is planning to submit the

following proposed Information

Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB):

Community Right-to-Know Reporting

Requirements under sections 311 and

312 of the Emergency Planning and

Community Right-to-Know Act

(EPCRA), EPA ICR Number 1352.08.

This ICR renews a previously approved

ICR No. 1352.07 (expires August 31,

2001, OMB Control Number 2050–

0072). 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 9, 2001.

ADDRESSES: U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, Chemical Emergency

Preparedness and Prevention Office

(Mailcode 5104A), 1200 Pennsylvania

Avenue, NW, Washington, DC 20460.

Interested persons may obtain a copy of

the ICR without charge by contacting

the person in FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sicy

Jacob, 202–564–8019, fax no. 202–564–

8233, or e-mail:

Jacob.Sicy@epamail.epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Affected

entities: Entities potentially affected by

this action are those facilities required

to prepare or have available an MSDS

for a hazardous chemical under the

Hazard Communication Standard (HCS)

of the Occupational Safety and Health

Administration. Entities more likely to

be affected by this action may include

chemical, non-chemical manufacturers,

retailers, petroleum refineries, utilities,

etc.

Title: Community Right-to-Know

Reporting Requirements under sections

311 and 312 of the Emergency Planning

and Community Right-to-Know Act

(EPCRA), EPA ICR Number 1352.08.

Abstract: The authority for these

requirements is sections 311 and 312 of

the Emergency Planning and

Community Right-to-Know Act

(EPCRA), 1986 (42 U.S.C. 11011, 11012).

EPCRA section 311 requires owners and

operators of facilities subject to OSHA

HCS to submit a list of chemicals or

MSDSs (for those chemicals that exceed

thresholds, specified in 40 CFR part

370) to the State Emergency Response

Commission (SERC), Local Emergency

Planning Committee (LEPC) and the

local fire department (LFD) with

jurisdiction over their facility. This is a

one-time requirement unless a new

facility becomes subject to the

regulations or updating the information

by facilities that are already covered by

the regulations. EPCRA section 312

requires owners and operators of

facilities subject to OSHA HCS to

submit an inventory form (for those

chemicals that exceed the thresholds,

specified in 40 CFR part 370) to the

SERC, LEPC, and LFD with jurisdiction

over their facility. This activity is to be

completed on March 1 of each year, on

the inventory of chemicals in the

previous calendar year.

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 chapter 15.

The 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 appropriate automated electronic,

mechanical, or other technological

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology, e.g., permitting

electronic submission of responses.

Burden Statement: The average

burden for MSDS reporting under 40

CFR 370.21 is estimated at 1.6 hours for

new and newly regulated facilities and

approximately 0.6 hours for those

existing facilities that obtain new or

revised MSDSs or receive requests for

MSDSs from local governments. For

new and newly regulated facilities, this

burden includes the time required to

read and understand the regulations, to

determine which chemicals meet or

exceed reporting thresholds, and to

submit MSDSs or lists of chemicals to

SERC, LEPCs, and local fire

departments. For existing facilities, this

burden includes the time required to

submit revised MSDSs and new MSDSs

to local officials. The average reporting

burden for facilities to perform Tier I or

Tier II inventory reporting under 40 CFR

370.25 is estimated to be approximately

3.1 hours per facility, including the time

to develop and submit the information.

There are no recordkeeping

requirements for facilities under EPCRA

sections 311 and 312.

The average burden for state and local

governments to respond to requests for

MSDSs or Tier II information under 40

CFR 370.30 is estimated to be 0.17 hours

per request. The average burden for state

and local governments for managing and

maintaining the reports is estimated to

be 32.25 hours. The average burden for

maintaining and updating the 312

database is 320 hours.

The total burden to facilities over the

three-year information collection period

is estimated to be 5,182,000 hours, at a

cost of $166 million, with an associated

state and local burden of 401,100 hours

at a cost of $8.1 million.

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

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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; 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.

Dated: January 25, 2001.

Jim Makris,

Director, Chemical Emergency Preparedness

and Prevention Office.

[FR Doc. 01–3088 Filed 2–5–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–U

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6942–1]

Notice of Open Meeting—The

Environmental Financial Advisory

Board Cost-Effective Environmental

Management Workgroup

The Environmental Protection

Agency’s (EPA) Environmental

Financial Advisory Board, Cost Effective

Environmental Management Workgroup

(CEM) will hold an open meeting in

Washington, DC on March 5, 2001. The

meeting will be held at the National

Press Club, 13th Floor in the Zenger

Room, 14th and F Streets, NW,

Washington, DC. The meeting will begin

at 9:00 am and end at approximately

4:00 pm.

Over the past decade, public utilities

have accepted the challenge to become

more efficient and cost effective. This

meeting will address industry-wide

programs that have been initiated as

well as specific programs of individual

utilities. The meeting will consist of a

group of respected panelists who will

share their perspectives on new and

innovative public sector initiatives

helping to lower the life cycle cost of

environmental protection. Selfassessment, peer review, benchmarking,

consultant evaluations, mock

completion, and certification and

accreditation will be described as tools

that can be used to improve

competitiveness. The meeting will

provide an overview for the

Environmental Financial Advisory

Board as to the status of the industry

and possible areas where policy

recommendations to the EPA may be

appropriate.

The meeting is open to the public, but

seating is limited. To confirm your

participation or get additional

information, please contact Vanessa

Bowie, U.S. EPA on 202 564–5186.

Dated: January 26, 2001.

Joseph Dillon,

Acting Comptroller.

[FR Doc. 01–3090 Filed 2–5–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6941–9]

Notice of Open Meeting—

Environmental Financial Advisory

Board

The Environmental Protection

Agency’s (EPA) Environmental

Financial Advisory Board (EFAB) will

hold an open meeting of the full Board

in Washington, DC on March 6–7, 2001.

The meeting will be held at the National

Press Club, 13th Floor in the Holeman

Lounge, 14th and F Street, NW,

Washington, DC. The Tuesday, March 6

session will run from 8:30 a.m. to 5:00

p.m. and the Wednesday, March 7

session will begin at 8:00 a.m. and end

at approximately 11:00 a.m.

EFAB is chartered with providing

analysis and advice to the EPA

Administrator and program offices on

environmental finance. The purpose of

this meeting is to discuss progress with

work products under EFAB’s current

strategic action agenda. Environmental

financing topics expected to be

discussed include: State revolving

funds, stewardship financing,

brownfields legislation, cost-effective

environmental management, and

international initiatives.

The meeting is open to the public, but

seating is limited. To confirm your

participation or get further information,

please contact Vanessa Bowie, EFAB

Coordinator, U.S. EPA on (202) 564–

5186.

Dated: January 26, 2001.

Joseph Dillon,

Acting Comptroller.

[FR Doc. 01–3091 Filed 2–5–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS

COMMISSION

Notice of Public Information

Collection(s) Being Reviewed by the

Federal Communications Commission

January 29, 2001.

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications

Commission, as part of its continuing

effort to reduce paperwork burden

invites the general public and other

Federal agencies to take this

opportunity to comment on the

following information collection(s), as

required by the Paperwork Reduction

Act of 1995, Public Law 104–13. An

agency may not conduct or sponsor a

collection of information unless it

displays a currently valid control

number. No person shall be subject to

any penalty for failing to comply with

a collection of information subject to the

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) that

does not display a valid control number.

Comments are requested concerning (a)

whether the proposed collection of

information is necessary for the proper

performance of the functions of the

Commission, including whether the

information shall have practical utility;

(b) the accuracy of the Commission’s

burden estimate; (c) ways to enhance

the quality, utility, and clarity of the

information collected; and (d) ways to

minimize the burden of the collection of

information on the respondents,

including the use of automated

collection techniques or other forms of

information technology.

DATES: Written comments should be

submitted on or before March 8, 2001.

If you anticipate that you will be

submitting comments, but find it

difficult to do so within the period of

time allowed by this notice, you should

advise the contact listed below as soon

as possible.

ADDRESSES: Direct all comments to Judy

Boley, Federal Communications

Commission, Room 1–C804, 445 12th

Street, SW, DC 20554 or via the Internet

to jboley@fcc.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

additional information or copies of the

information collection(s), contact Judy

Boley at 202–418–0214 or via the

Internet at jboley@fcc.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Control No.: 3060–0702.

Title: Amendment of Parts 20 and 24

of the Commission Rules—Broadband

PCS Competitive Bidding and the

Commercial Mobile Radio Service

Spectrum Cap, Amendment of the

Commission’s Cellular PCS CrossOwnership Rule.

Form No.: N/A.

Type of Review: Revision of a

currently approved collection.

Respondents: Individuals or

households, businesses or other forprofit, not-for-profit institutions, state,

local or tribal government.

Number of Respondents: 150.

Estimated Time Per Response: 20

hours.

Frequency of Response:

Recordkeeping requirement, and on

occasion reporting requirement.