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MW capacity, Iron Gate with 18 MW

capacity, and Fall Creek with 2.2 MW

capacity.

l. The licensee states its unequivocal

intent to submit an application for a

new license for Project No. 2082.

Pursuant to 18 CFR 16.9(b)(1) each

application for a new license and any

competing license applications must be

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

February 28, 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, NE, Room 2A, Washington,

DC 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 also available for inspection and

reproduction at the address in item h

above.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–3575 Filed 2–12–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Western Area Power Administration

Proposed Base Charge and Rates for

Boulder Canyon Project

AGENCY: Western Area Power

Administration, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of proposed base charge

and rates.

SUMMARY: The Western Area Power

Administration (Western) is proposing

an adjustment to the base charge and

rates for Boulder Canyon Project (BCP)

firm power service. The current base

charge and rates expire September 30,

2001. The proposed base charge and

rates will provide enough revenue to

pay all annual costs, including interest

expense, and repay required investment

within the allowable period. The rate

impacts are detailed in a rate package to

be provided to all interested parties. The

proposed base charge and rates are

scheduled to go into effect on October

1, 2001, to correspond with the start of

the Federal fiscal year (FY), and will

remain in effect through September 30,

2002. This Federal Register notice

initiates the formal process for the

proposed base charge and rates.

DATES: The consultation and comment

period will begin today and will end

May 14, 2001. A public information

forum at which Western will present a

detailed explanation of the proposed

base charge and rates is scheduled for

April 4, 2001, beginning at 10 a.m. MST,

at the Desert Southwest Customer

Service Regional Office. A public

comment forum at which Western will

receive oral and written comments is

scheduled for April 25, 2001, beginning

at 10 a.m. MST, at the same location.

ADDRESSES: Written comments are to be

sent to: Mr. J. Tyler Carlson, Regional

Manager, Desert Southwest Customer

Service Region, Western Area Power

Administration, P.O. Box 6457,

Phoenix, AZ 85005–6457, e-mail:

carlson@wapa.gov. Western should

receive written comments by the end of

the consultation and comment period to

be assured consideration.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Maher A. Nasir, Rates Team Lead,

Desert Southwest Customer Service

Region, Western Area Power

Administration, P.O. Box 6457,

Phoenix, AZ 85005–6457, telephone

(602) 352–2768, e-mail:

nasir@wapa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

proposed base charge and rates for BCP

firm power service are designed to

recover an annual revenue requirement

that includes the investment repayment,

interest, operation and maintenance,

replacements, payment to states, visitor

services, and uprating payments. These

annual costs are reduced by the

projected revenue from water sales,

visitor services, water pump energy

sales, facility use charge, regulation

services, miscellaneous lease, late fees,

and the prior year carryover to

determine the annual revenue

requirement. The projected annual

revenue requirement is the base charge

for firm power service and is divided by

50 percent to capacity dollars and 50

percent to energy dollars. The annual

energy dollars are divided by the annual

energy sales and the annual capacity

dollars are divided by the annual

capacity sales to determine the

proposed energy rate and the proposed

capacity rate.

TABLE 1.—PROPOSED FIRM POWER BASE CHARGE AND RATES

Effective period

Total composite

(mills/kWh)

Base charge Energy rate

(mills/kWh)

Capacity rate

($/kW-month)

Capacity energy split

10/01/2001 ..................................................................................... 10.75 $51,151,389 5.54 $1.06 50/50

The Deputy Secretary of the

Department of Energy (DOE) approved

the existing rate formula for calculating

the base charge and rates in Rate

Schedule BCP–F6 for BCP firm power

service on September 18, 2000 (Rate

Order No. WAPA–94, 65 FR 60932,

October 13, 2000), which has been

submitted to the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (FERC) for final

confirmation and approval. Existing

Rate Schedule BCP–F6 became effective

on October 1, 2000, through September

30, 2005. Under Rate Schedule BCP–F6,

on October 1, 2000, the composite rate

for FY 2001 was 9.75 mills per

kilowatthour (mills/kWh), the base

charge was $47,788,574, the forecasted

energy rate was 5.04 mills/kWh, and the

forecasted capacity rate was $0.99 per

kilowattmonth (kWmonth). The

proposed base charge and rates for BCP

firm power service for FY 2002 will

result in an overall composite rate

increase of approximately 9 percent on

October 1, 2001, when compared with

the current BCP firm power service base

charge and rates under Rate Schedule

BCP–F6. The increase in the proposed

base charge and rates is due to higher

annual costs and lower energy sales.

Table 2 compares the current base

charge and rates in Rate Schedule BCP–

F6 and the proposed base charge and

rates along with the percentage change

in the base charge and rates.

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TABLE 2.—COMPARISON OF CURRENT AND PROPOSED BASE CHARGE AND RATES PERCENTAGE CHANGE IN FIRM POWER

SERVICE BASE CHARGE AND RATES

Current Proposed % Change

Effective Period ........................................................................................................................................ 10/01/00 10/01/01 ....................

Total Composite (mills/kWh) .................................................................................................................... 9.75 10.75 9

Base Charge ($) ...................................................................................................................................... 47,788,574 51,151,389 7

Energy Rate (mills/kWh) .......................................................................................................................... 5.04 5.54 9

Capacity Rate ($/kWmonth) .................................................................................................................... 0.99 1.06 7

Since the proposed base charge and

rates constitute a major rate adjustment

as defined by the procedures for public

participation in general rate

adjustments, as cited below, both a

public information forum and a public

comment forum will be held. After

review of the public comments, Western

will recommend the proposed base

charge and rates (as amended) be

approved on a final basis by the DOE

Deputy Secretary.

The proposed firm power service base

charge and rates for BCP are being

established pursuant to the DOE

Organization Act 42 U.S.C. 7101–7352;

the Reclamation Act of 1902, ch. 1093,

32 Stat.388, as amended and

supplemented by subsequent

enactments, particularly section 9(c) the

Reclamation Project Act of 1939, 43

U.S.C. 485h(c); and other acts

specifically applicable to the project

involved.

By Amendment No. 3 to Delegation

Order No. 0204–108, published

November 10, 1993 (58 FR 59716), the

Secretary of Energy delegated (1) the

authority to develop long-term power

and transmission rates on a

nonexclusive basis to Western’s

Administrator; and (2) the authority to

confirm, approve, and place into effect

on a final basis, to remand, or to

disapprove such rates to FERC. In

Delegation Order No. 0204–172,

effective November 24, 1999, the

Secretary delegated the authority to

confirm, approve, and place such rates

into effect on an interim basis to the

Deputy Secretary. Existing DOE

procedures for public participation in

power rate adjustments (10 CFR part

903) became effective on September 18,

1985 (50 FR 37835).

Availability of Information

All brochures, studies, comments,

letters, memorandums, or other

documents made or kept by Western for

developing the proposed base charge

and rates are and will be made available

for inspection and copying at the Desert

Southwest Customer Service Regional

Office, located at 615 South 43rd

Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona.

Regulatory Procedural Requirements

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis

The Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980

(5 U.S.C. 601, et seq.) requires Federal

agencies to perform a regulatory

flexibility analysis if a final rule is likely

to have a significant economic impact

on a substantial number of small entities

and there is a legal requirement to issue

a general notice of proposed

rulemaking. Western has determined

that this action does not require a

regulatory flexibility analysis since it is

a rulemaking of particular applicability

involving rates or services applicable to

public property.

Environmental Compliance

In compliance with the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969

(NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321, et seq.);

Council On Environmental Quality

Regulations (40 CFR parts 1500–1508);

and DOE NEPA Regulations (10 CFR

part 1021), Western has determined that

this action is categorically excluded

from the preparation of an

environmental assessment or an

environmental impact statement.

Determination Under Executive Order

12866

Western has an exemption from

centralized regulatory review under

Executive Order 12866; accordingly, no

clearance of this notice by the Office of

Management and Budget is required.

Small Business Regulatory Enforcement

Fairness Act

Western has determined that this rule

is exempt from congressional

notification requirements under 5 U.S.C.

801 because the action is a rulemaking

of particular applicability relating to

rates or services and involves matters of

procedure.

Dated: February 1, 2001.

Michael S. Hacskaylo,

Administrator.

[FR Doc. 01–3590 Filed 2–12–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6944–6]

Agency Information Collection

Activities

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et seq.), this notice announces that

EPA is planning to submit the following

proposed and/or continuing Information

Collection Requests (ICRs) to the Office

of Management and Budget (OMB).

Before submitting the ICRs to OMB for

review and approval, EPA is soliciting

comments on specific aspects of the

proposed information collections as

described below.

DATES: Comments must be submitted on

or before April 16, 2001.

ADDRESSES: U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania

Avenue, NW., Mail Code 2225A, OECA/

OC/AD, Washington, DC 20460. A copy

of this ICR may be obtained from

Stephen Howie, tel: (202) 564–4146; email: howie.stephen@epa.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Stephen Howie, tel: (202) 564–4146;

FAX: (202) 564–0085; e-mail:

howie.stephen@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Affected

Entities: Entities potentially affected by

this action are those which produce

pesticides.

Title: Recordkeeping Requirements

for Producers of Pesticides under

section 8 of the Federal Insecticide,

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act as

amended (FIFRA). ICR Number 0143.07.

OMB Control Number 2070–0028.

Expires 8/31/01.

Abstract: Section 8 of the Federal

Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide

Act (FIFRA) states that the

Administrator of the Environmental

Protection Agency may prescribe

regulations requiring producers,

registrants and applicants for

registration to maintain such records

with respect to their operations and the