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inspection and reproduction at the

address in item h, above.

m. Individuals desiring to be included

on the Commission’s mailing list for the

Martin Dam Project, No. 349, should so

indicate by writing to the Secretary of

the Commission.

n. Comments, Protests, or Motions to

Intervene—Anyone may submit

comments, a protest, or a motion to

intervene in accordance with the

requirements of Rules of Practice and

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, .214.

In determining the appropriate action to

take, the Commission will consider all

protests or other comments filed, but

only those who file a motion to

intervene in accordance with the

Commission’s Rules may become a

party to the proceeding. Any comments,

protests, or motions to intervene must

be received on or before the specified

comment date for the subject

application.

o. Filing the Service of Responsive

Documents—Any filings must bear in

all capital letters the title

‘‘COMMENTS’’,

‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TERMS

AND CONDITIONS’’, ‘‘PROTESTS’’, OR

‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE’’, as

applicable, and the project name and

number, ‘‘Martin Dam Amendment of

License No. 349–070’’. Any of the

above-named documents must be filed

by providing the original and the

number of copies provided by the

Commission’s regulations to: The

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, NE,

Washington, DC 20426. A copy of any

motion to intervene must also be served

upon the representative of the APC

specified in item h, above.

p. Agency Comments—Federal, state,

and local agencies are invited to file

comments on the subject application for

amendment of license. If any agency

does not file comments within the time

specified for filing comments, it will be

presumed to have no comments. One

copy of an agency’s comments must also

be sent to the Applicant’s representative

listed in item h, above.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6943–1]

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Proposed Collection;

Comment Request; Information

Collection Request for National

Pollutant Discharge Elimination

System (NPDES) and Sewage Sludge

Monitoring Reports; OMB Control No.

2040–0004; EPA ICR No. 0229.15)

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):

Information Collection Request for

National Pollutant Discharge

Elimination System (NPDES) and

Sewage Sludge Monitoring Reports;

OMB Control No. 2040–0004; EPA ICR

No. 0229.15); currently expiring

September 30, 2001. 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: A copy of the proposed ICR

will be available to interested persons

without charge at the follow address:

Betty West, USEPA, Office of

Wastewater Management, Water Permits

Division, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,

NW, ICC Building, Room 7421–H, (Mail

Code 4203M), Washington, DC 20460;

email address: west.betty@epa.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Betty West, Telephone: (202)564–8486,

Fax (202)564–6392, e-mail address:

west.betty@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Affected entities: Entities potentially

affected by this action are those which

are covered by NPDES permits which

include monitoring and reporting

requirements and for sewage sludge

record keeping and reporting

requirements, treatment works treating

domestic sewage and domestic septage

haulers.

Title: Information Collection Request

for National Pollutant Discharge

Elimination System (NPDES) and

Sewage Sludge Monitoring Reports;

(OMB Control No. 2040–0004; EPA ICR

No. 0229.15) expiring 09/30/01.

Abstract: This ICR estimates the

current monitoring, recordkeeping and

costs associated with submitting and

reviewing Discharge Monitoring Reports

(DMRs), sewage sludge monitoring

reports, and other monitoring reports

under the Environmental Protection

Agency’s (EPA) NPDES program. The

NPDES program regulations, codified at

40 CFR parts 122 through 125, require

permitted municipal and non-municipal

point source discharges to collect,

analyze, and submit data on their

wastewater discharges. Under these

regulations, the permittee is required to

collect and analyze wastewater samples

or have the analysis performed at an

outside laboratory and report the results

to the permitting authority (EPA or an

authorized NPDES State) using DMRs, a

preprinted form used for reporting

pollutant discharge information. Sample

monitoring, analysis, and reporting

frequencies vary by permit, but must be

performed at least annually for all

permitted discharges except for certain

storm water discharges. Upon renewal

of this ICR, the permitting authority will

continue to require NPDES and sewage

sludge facilities to report pollutant

discharge monitoring data. The

permitting authority will use the data

from these forms to assess permittee

compliance, modify/add new permit

requirements, and revise effluent limits.

The monitoring data required of NPDES

and sewage sludge facilities represents

the minimum information necessary to

achieve the Agency’s goals and satisfy

regulatory standards.

Due to the re-estimation of burden for

this collection, the burden hours

associated with this new ICR have

increased slightly from the hours of the

previous ICR. This increase is due to

more accurate estimates of the

implementation of the Agency’s

monitoring frequency reduction

guidance. The change in burden is

reflected in higher operation and

maintenance costs, due to the cost

associated with using the services of

outside laboratories. 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.

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;

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(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: EPA estimates that

83,415 NPDES permittees and 24,346

sludge permittees will perform sample

collection, pollutant analysis, reporting

and recordkeeping as part of their

NPDES permit requirements to collect

and report discharge monitoring data to

permit authorities. These permittees are

expected to provide 559,710 responses

to State and Federal permit authorities.

Nationally, permittees will spend

3,837,505 hours per year collecting

samples of their wastewater or sludge;

2,842,365 hours will be spent by

permittees with in-house laboratories

for analyzing the samples collected; and

permittees will spend 1,197,510 hours

for recording and reporting the sampling

and analysis information on DMRs. This

amounts to a total of 7,889,707 burden

hours annually. Permittees that send

their samples to outside laboratories

will incur $315,006,531 in sample

analysis costs. Each permittee will

spend an average of 13.2 hours per year

to collect, analyze and report discharge

monitoring data. EPA also estimates that

sludge facilities will spend 12,327 hours

keeping monitoring records (the

recordkeeping burden for the remaining

NPDES permittees is reported in the

Compliance Assessment ICR, OMB

Control No. 2040–0110).

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.

Dated: February 2, 2001.

Michael B. Cook,

Director, Office of Wastewater Management.

[FR Doc. 01–3281 Filed 2–7–01; 8:45 am]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6943–4]

Notice of Meeting of the EPA’s

Children’s Health Protection Advisory

Committee (CHPAC)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the provisions of

the Federal Advisory Committee Act,

Public Law 92–463, notice is hereby

given that the next meeting of the

Children’s Health Protection Advisory

Committee (CHPAC) will be held

February 21–23, 2001 at the Hotel

Washington, Washington, DC. The

CHPAC was created to advise the

Environmental Protection Agency in the

development of regulations, guidance

and policies to address children’s

environmental health.

DATES: Wednesday, February 21, 2001,

Work Group meetings only; plenary

sessions Thursday, February 22 and

Friday, February 23, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Hotel Washington, 515 15th

Street, NW, Washington, DC.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Contact Paula R. Goode, Office of

Children’s Health Protection, USEPA,

MC 1107A, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,

NW., Washington, DC 20460, (202) 564–

2702.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Agenda Items

The meetings of the CHPAC are open

to the public. The Science and Research

Work Group will meet from 9:30 a.m. to

5:00 p.m. and the 21st Century Work

Group will meet from 1:00 p.m. to 4:30

p.m. on Wednesday, February 21, 2001.

The plenary CHPAC will meet on

Thursday, February 22 from 9:00 a.m. to

5:30 p.m., with a public comment

period at 5:00 p.m., and on Friday,

February 23 from 9:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

The plenary session will open with

introductions and a review of the

agenda and objectives for the meeting.

Agenda items include highlights of the

Office of Children’s Health Protection

(OCHP) activities and reports from the

Work Groups, speakers on States’

children’s environmental health

activities, and a status report on the

longitudinal cohort study on children

(as found in the Child Health Act of

2000).

Dated: February 1, 2001.

Paula R. Goode,

Designated Federal Officer, Children’s Health

Protection Advisory Committee.

[FR Doc. 01–3283 Filed 2–7–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION

Sunshine Act Meeting; Notices

AGENCY: Federal Election Commission.

Previously Announced Date & Time:

Thursday, February 8, 2001, 10:00 a.m.,

Meeting open to the public.

The following item has been added to

the agenda:

Final Audit Report on Michigan

Republican State Committee.

* * * * *

DATE & TIME: Tuesday, February 13, 2001

at 10:00 A.M.

PLACE: 999 E Street, N.W., Washington,

D.C.

STATUS: This meeting will be closed to

the public.

ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED: 

Compliance matters pursuant to 2

U.S.C. § 437g.

Audits conducted pursuant to 2 U.S.C.

§ 437g, § 438(b), and Title 26, U.S.C.

Matters concerning participation in civil

actions or proceedings or arbitration.

Internal personnel rules and procedures

or matters affecting a particular

employee.

* * * * *

DATE & TIME: Thursday, February 15,

2001 at 10:00 A.M.

PLACE: 999 E Street, N.W., Washington,

D.C. (Ninth floor)

STATUS: This meeting will be closed to

the public.

ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED: 

Correction and Approval of Minutes.

Advisory Opinion 2001–01: North

Carolina Democratic Party by Scott R.

Falmlen, Executive Director.

Advisory Opinion 2001–02: Green Party

of Kentucky by Alexander D.

Moorhead, Treasurer.

Draft 2001 Legislative

Recommendations.

Administrative Matters.

PERSON TO CONTACT FOR INFORMATION:

Mr. Ron Harris, Press Officer, Telephone

(202) 694–1220.

Mary W. Dove,

Acting Secretary of the Commission.

[FR Doc. 01–3350 Filed 2–6–01; 10:32 am]

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