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standards (NAAQS). A manufacturer or

seller of an air monitoring method (more

specifically, an air monitoring sampler

or analyzer that is the basis of the

method) which seeks EPA designation

of the method must carry out prescribed

tests of the method. The test results

along with other information must then

be submitted to the EPA in the form of

an application for a reference or

equivalent method determination in

accordance with 40 CFR part 53. The

EPA uses this information to determine

whether the particular method should

be designated as either a reference or

equivalent method. After designation of

a method, the applicant must also

maintain records of the names and

mailing addresses of all ultimate

purchasers of all analyzers or samplers

sold as designated methods under the

method designation. Following

designation of a method for PM2.5, the

applicant must also maintain its

manufacturing facility as a ISO 0991-

registered facility and annually submit a

checklist signed by an ISO-certified

auditor to verify adherence to specific

quality assurance requirements in the

manufacture of the samplers or

analyzers sold as part of a designated

method.

Responses to the collection of

information are voluntary but are

required to obtain the benefit of EPAdesignation of a method or product as

a reference or equivalent method (40

CFR part 53). Submission of information

that is claimed by the applicant to be

confidential business information may

be necessary to make a reference or

equivalent method determination. The

confidentiality of any submitted

information identified as such will be

protected in full accordance with 40

CFR 53.15 and all applicable provisions

of 40 CFR part 2.

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 Federal Register document

required under 5 CFR 1320.8(d),

soliciting comments on this collection

of information was published on June

25, 2001 (66 FR 33681); no comments

were received.

Burden Statement: The annual public

reporting and recordkeeping burden for

this collection of information is

estimated to be 860 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; 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:

Business or other for-profit, Federal

Government, or State, Local or Tribal

Government.

Estimated Number of Respondents: 5.

Frequency of Response: As needed.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

4,718.

Estimated Total Annualized Capital,

O&M and Cost Burden: $89,000.

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 addresses listed above.

Please refer to EPA ICR No. 0559.07 and

OMB Control No. 2080–0005 in any

correspondence.

Dated: December 12, 2001.

Oscar Morales,

Director, Collection Strategies Division.

[FR Doc. 01–31344 Filed 12–19–01; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

[Notice 2001–19]

Voluntary Standards for Computerized

Voting Systems

AGENCY: Federal Election Commission.

ACTION: Notice with request for

comments.

SUMMARY: The Federal Election

Commission (the ‘‘FEC’’) requests

comments on the second draft of the

revisions to the 1990 national voluntary

performance standards for computerized

voting systems and the first draft of the

revisions to the 1990 national test

standards. Please note that these drafts

do not represent a final decision by the

Commission. The FEC will publish a

Federal Register notice when both

volumes of the final revised standards

are issued. Note also that the text of the

final documents will not become part of

the Code of Federal Regulations because

they are intended only as guidelines for

states and voting system vendors. States

may mandate the specifications and

procedures through their own statutes,

regulations, or administrative rules.

Voting system vendors may voluntarily

adhere to the standards to ensure the

reliability, accuracy, and integrity of

their products. Further information is

provided in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION that follows.

DATES: Comments must be received on

or before February 1, 2002.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the draft revised

performance and test standards may be

found on the Federal Election

Commission’s Web site at www.fec.gov/

elections.html, or may be requested by

contacting the Office of Election

Administration, Federal Election

Commission, 999 E. Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20463. They may also

be requested in person at the Office of

Election Administration, 800 N. Capital

St., NW., Washington, DC, Suite 600.

All comments should be addressed to

Ms. Penelope Bonsall, Director, Office of

Election Administration, and must be

submitted in either written or electronic

form. Because no anonymous

submissions will be considered, all

submissions must include the

commenter’s full name, postal mail

address, and electronic mail address if

submitted by e-mail. Written comments

should be sent to the Office of Election

Administration, Federal Election

Commission, 999 E. Street, NW.,

Washington, DC 20463. Faxed

comments should be sent to (202) 219–

8500, although it is advisable to send a

printed copy to ensure legibility.

Comments can be submitted

electronically to vss@fec.gov. It is

suggested that electronic comments that

are submitted as attachments use

Microsoft Word and that all comments

avoid the use of special characters or

encryption. Comments can be submitted

through the close of business on

February 1, 2002

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.

Penelope Bonsall, Director, Office of

Election Administration, 999 E. Street,

NW., Washington, DC 20463;

Telephone: (202) 694–1095; Toll free

(800) 424–9530, extension 1095.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 1990,

the FEC and its Office of Election

Administration promulgated standards

for computerized election equipment

pursuant to its responsibilities under 2

U.S.C 438(a)(10), which requires the

FEC to ‘‘serve as a national

clearinghouse for the compilation and

review of procedures with respect to the

administration of Federal elections.’’

The resulting product is the Voting

System Standards (the ‘‘Standards’’).

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Although voluntary, the Standards have

been adopted in 38 states in whole or in

part and are used to design systems and

procure equipment to meet the needs of

diverse jurisdictions serving a wide

variety of voting populations and

election formats.

The Standards are designed to

provide technical specifications and

documentation requirements to vendors

that intend to sell systems in the states

that require compliance with the

Standards. In order to show compliance,

a vendor must submit its system for

qualification testing. The qualification

testing is done through an Independent

Testing Authority (‘‘ITA’’) that has been

certified by the National Association of

State Election Directors (‘‘NASED’’).

Once a system has completed the ITA

process, it receives a NASED Qualified

identification number. In order to

maintain its status as a NASED qualified

system, the hardware and software must

be identical to the hardware and

software tested by the ITA.

The Standards are designed to guide

development of computerized voting

systems. To this extent, the only voting

systems that are addressed in the

Standards are electronic DRE systems

and paper-based systems that utilize

electronic technology to count ballots.

The Standards do not address lever

machines systems, as there are currently

no manufacturers that design systems

using such machines.

Periodic revisions to the Standards

are necessary to reflect the development

of emerging technology in voting

systems and design innovations.

Increasingly, voting system vendors are

designing systems that use electronic

and telecommunications components

not addressed in the original standards.

As a result, proposed revisions have

been developed by the FEC that reflect

the technologies contemplated by the

voting system industry. Also, the

Standards acknowledge the impact of

the Americans with Disabilities Act and

provide specifications so that voting

system vendors can design systems that

allow a voter with a disability to

exercise his or her democratically

protected right to vote.

Additionally, the revised Standards

incorporate a broadened understanding

of what constitutes a voting system by

including not just the machine used by

voters to cast ballots, but also certain

components of the Election

Management System (EMS), the

telecommunications system (where

applicable), and the ballot counting

system. The revised Standards augment

the requirements for the EMS,

addressing preparation of the ballot,

election-specific coding of software, and

vote consolidation and reporting

processes. The Standards do not provide

guidance to computerized election

database systems that are not part of the

voting system itself. Such systems

include voter registration databases and

other consolidated databases used by

election officials. The FEC’s Office of

Election Administration has produced

other documents, available upon

request, that can assist election officials

and other interested parties in

developing and maintaining such

systems.

The FEC recognizes that human

interface considerations are an integral

part of developing an accurate, reliable

voting system. The FEC has allocated

funds to investigate human factors

issues and is developing specifications

that can be used in conjunction with

both the Standards and other FEC

operational and management guidelines

to ensure that human factors

considerations are given an important

place in the development and

procurement of voting systems.

The 1990 Standards were released as

a single volume. However, the new

Standards are divided into two volumes,

both included in this release. Volume I

provides functional and technical

requirements for a number of system

types and configurations. Volume II

provides testing specifications for the

requirements of Volume I.

On July 10, 2001, the Commission

published a Federal Register notice

requesting comments on the first draft of

Volume I of the revised Standards. 66

FR 35978. Public comment was

significant in both volume and content.

Over 350 comments from over 40

commentators provided ideas and

approaches to the Standards that greatly

enhance their use by vendors, election

officials, and voters. Because of this

feedback, substantive changes were

made to Volume I and a second draft of

this document is being released for

additional public comment. Although

many of the comments on Volume I

were helpful in devising the content of

Volume II, this will be the first

opportunity for the public to comment

on its specific content.

The documents released with this

notice include an Overview document,

Volume I of the Standards (containing

nine sections and three appendices),

and Volume II of the Standards

(containing seven sections and four

appendices). The overview document

explains in detail the history of the

Standards project, provides a

description of how the Standards fit into

the election vending process, and gives

an explanation of the reasoning behind

the inclusions and exclusions of various

systems, requirements, and test

methods. Volume I of the Standards

contains functional requirements

(Section 2) that outline system

benchmarks. The Standards also

anticipate an increased demand for

equipment that meets the needs of

people with disabilities. In order to

address these needs, the FEC consulted

with the Access Board, the federal

agency that developed access guidelines

for federal information technology, to

produce specific requirements to help

guide vendors in the development of

systems that increase accessibility to

voters with disabilities (Section 2.6).

The Standards provide specific

requirements for system software

(Section 3) and hardware (Section 4).

Additionally, the Standards anticipate

that voting systems will move

increasingly towards the use of

telecommunications to cast ballots,

consolidate vote data, and report results.

As such, two sections of Volume I of the

Standards outline requirements to guide

selection of proper telecommunications

equipment (Section 5) and ensure that

the introduction of telecommunications

equipment does not compromise the

security and secrecy demanded by the

election process (Section 6). Section 6

also addresses security and secrecy

requirements for a voting system’s

software, hardware, and administrative

procedures (as specified by the vendor).

Volume I of the Standards also

provides information on quality

assurance (Section 7) and configuration

management issues (Section 8). These

sections are tailored towards the unique

needs of the election system industry,

and are designed to provide guidance in

sound management practices without

posing an undue burden on small

companies that have traditionally

formed the backbone of the election

system industry.

Section 9 of Volume I of the

Standards provides an introduction and

overview to the testing process

necessary for a system to be qualified.

The testing processes and specifications

themselves are found in the body of

Volume II.

Ultimately, the Standards are only a

component of the necessary steps to

ensure reliable, accurate, and secure

elections. A qualified system has passed

certain benchmarks for accuracy and

reliability, but this is not sufficient to

ensure overall system reliability unless

jurisdictions who purchase the system

use sound procurement and

management practices to ensure that the

system’s security, accuracy, and

reliability are protected during the

election cycle itself. Because such

practices are related to the actions of

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voting officials rather than vendors, they

are clearly outside the scope of the

Standards. However, the Standards

mandate a significant amount of

disclosure from vendors in order to

provide a clear understanding to

election officials of how the system can

be optimally operated.

The FEC invites all interested parties

to submit comments. It is requested that

each commenter indicate if he or she is

willing to appear before the

Commission. The FEC asks that, where

appropriate, submitted comments

reference the specific sections of the

Standards that are germane to the

submitted comment. Additionally, the

FEC requests that comments regarding

specific content be accompanied by

specific suggestions for alterations to

language or technical specifications, so

that the Commission may consider

changes that best reflect the intent of the

commenter. Comments suggesting the

use of alternate industry standards

should provide the standard industry

reference.

Dated: December 14, 2001.

Karl Sandstrom,

Commissioner, Federal Election Commission.

[FR Doc. 01–31293 Filed 12–19–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6715–01–P

FEDERAL EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA–1399–DR]

Alabama; Amendment No. 1 to Notice

of a Major Disaster Declaration

AGENCY: Federal Emergency

Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice

of a major disaster declaration for the

State of Alabama, (FEMA–1399–DR),

dated December 7, 2001, and related

determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 12, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Madge Dale, Readiness, Response and

Recovery and Directorate, Federal

Emergency Management Agency,

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2705

or madge.dale@fema.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice

of a major disaster declaration for the

State of Alabama is hereby amended to

include the following areas among those

areas determined to have been adversely

affected by the catastrophe declared a

major disaster by the President in his

declaration of December 7, 2001:

Blount, Butler, Cherokee, Dale, Etowah,

Fayette, Lamar, St. Clair, and Winston

Counties for Public Assistance (already

designated for Individual Assistance).

(The following Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used

for reporting and drawing funds: 83.537,

Community Disaster Loans; 83.538, Cora

Brown Fund Program; 83.539, Crisis

Counseling; 83.540, Disaster Legal Services

Program; 83.541, Disaster Unemployment

Assistance (DUA); 83.542, Fire Suppression

Assistance; 83.543, Individual and Family

Grant (IFG) Program; 83.544, Public

Assistance Grants; 83.545, Disaster Housing

Program; 83.548, Hazard Mitigation Grant

Program.)

Joe M. Allbaugh,

Director.

[FR Doc. 01–31374 Filed 12–19–01; 8:45 am]

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FEDERAL EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA–1396–DR]

Puerto Rico; Amendment No. 2 to

Notice of a Major Disaster Declaration

AGENCY: Federal Emergency

Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice amends the notice

of a major disaster declaration for the

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, (FEMA–

1396–DR), dated November 28, 2001,

and related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: December 12, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Madge Dale, Readiness, Response and

Recovery and Directorate, Federal

Emergency Management Agency,

Washington, DC 20472, (202) 646–2705

or madge.dale@fema.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The notice

of a major disaster declaration for the

Commonwealth of Puerto Rico is hereby

amended to include the following areas

among those areas determined to have

been adversely affected by the

catastrophe declared a major disaster by

the President in his declaration of

November 28, 2001:

Aguas Buenas, Orocovis, and Vega Alta

Municipalities for Public Assistance.

(The following Catalog of Federal Domestic

Assistance Numbers (CFDA) are to be used

for reporting and drawing funds: 83.537,

Community Disaster Loans; 83.538, Cora

Brown Fund Program; 83.539, Crisis

Counseling; 83.540, Disaster Legal Services

Program; 83.541, Disaster Unemployment

Assistance (DUA); 83.542, Fire Suppression

Assistance; 83.543, Individual and Family

Grant (IFG) Program; 83.544, Public

Assistance Grants; 83.545, Disaster Housing

Program; 83.548, Hazard Mitigation Grant

Program.)

Joe M. Allbaugh,

Director.

[FR Doc. 01–31373 Filed 12–19–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6718–02–P

FEDERAL MARITIME COMMISSION

Ocean Transportation Intermediary

License Applicants

Notice is hereby given that the

following applicants have been filed

with the Federal Maritime Commission

an application for license as Non-Vessel

Operating Common Carrier and Ocean

Freight Forwarder—Ocean

Transportation Intermediary pursuant to

section 19 of the Shipping Act of 1984

as amended (46 U.S.C. app. 1718 and 46

CFR part 515).

Persons knowing of any reason why

the following applicants should not

receive a license are requested to

contact the Office of Transportation

Intermediaries, Federal Maritime

Commission, Washington, DC 20573.

Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier

Ocean Transportation Intermediary

Applicant:

LOA Int’l (USA) Transport Co., Inc.,

dba LOA Container Line, 721 Brea

Canyon Road, Suite 3, Walnut, CA

91789, Officer: Charster Lou,

President (Qualifying Individual).

Non-Vessel Operating Common Carrier

and Ocean Freight Forwarder

Transportation Intermediary

Applicant:

Orion Logistics Inc., 9688

Fontainebleau Blvd., ι509, Miami,

FL 33172, Officer: Jose Alejandro

Carbonell, President (Qualifying

Individual).

Ocean Freight Forwarder—Ocean

Transportation Intermediary

Applicant:

Sunjin Shipping (U.S.A.), Inc., 145–63

226th Street, Springfield Gardens,

NY 11413, Officers: Key Y. Chung,

President (Qualifying Individual),

Soon Kim, Secretary.

Dated: December 14, 2001.

Bryant L. VanBrakle,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–31291 Filed 12–19–01; 8:45 am]

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