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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.

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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.

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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.

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