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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

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effective enforcement of this Act as the

Administrator determines are necessary

for the effective enforcement of FIFRA

and to make such records available for

inspection and copying as specified in

the statute. The regulations at 40 CFR

part 169 (Books and Records of

Pesticide Production and Distribution)

specify the following records that

producers must keep and the

disposition of those records: Production

data for pesticides, devices, or active

ingredients (including pesticides

produced pursuant to an experimental

use permit); receipt by the producer of

pesticides, devices, or active ingredients

used in producing pesticides; delivery,

moving, or holding of pesticides;

inventory; domestic advertising for

restricted use pesticides; guarantees;

exports; disposal; human testing; and

tolerance petitions. Additionally,

section 8 gives the Agency inspectional

authority to monitor the validity of

research data (including raw data),

including data developed in accordance

with Good Laboratory Practice

Standards, and used to support

pesticide registration. The EPA or

States/Indian Tribes operating under

Cooperative Enforcement Agreements

make use of the records required by

section 8 through periodically

inspecting them to help determine

FIFRA compliance of those subject to

the provisions of the Act. In addition,

producers themselves make use of such

records in order to comply with

reporting requirements under FIFRA

section 7 and 40 CFR 167.85. (Those

reporting requirements, concerning the

types and amounts of pesticides

produced annually at each producing

site, are addressed in the ICR entitled

‘‘Pesticide Report for PesticideProducing Establishments,’’ OMB

Docket Number 2000–0029.)

Since most of the records required to

be maintained are likely to be collected

and maintained in the course of good

business practice, the records are

generally stored on site at either the

establishment producing the pesticide

or at the place of business of the person

holding the registration. However, the

registrant may decide to transfer records

relating to disposal of pesticides and

human testing to EPA for storage

because of a twenty year retention

requirement for the records. 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.

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: The average annual burden to

the industry over the next three years is

estimated to be 2 person hours per

response.

Respondents/Affected Entities:

12,336.

Estimated Number of Respondents:

12,336.

Frequency of Responses: 1.

Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:

24,672.

There are no capital/startup costs or

operating and maintenance (O&M) costs

associated with this ICR since all

equipment associated with this ICR is

present as part of ordinary business

practices.

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: January 22, 2001.

Richard Colbert,

Director, Agriculture Division, Office of

Compliance, Office of Enforcement and

Compliance Assurance.

[FR Doc. 01–3618 Filed 2–12–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6560–50–U

FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM

Formations of, Acquisitions by, and

Mergers of Bank Holding Companies

The companies listed in this notice

have applied to the Board for approval,

pursuant to the Bank Holding Company

Act of 1956 (12 U.S.C. 1841 et seq.)

(BHC Act), Regulation Y (12 CFR Part

225), and all other applicable statutes

and regulations to become a bank

holding company and/or to acquire the

assets or the ownership of, control of, or

the power to vote shares of a bank or

bank holding company and all of the

banks and nonbanking companies

owned by the bank holding company,

including the companies listed below.

The applications listed below, as well

as other related filings required by the

Board, are available for immediate

inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank

indicated. The application also will be

available for inspection at the offices of

the Board of Governors. Interested

persons may express their views in

writing on the standards enumerated in

the BHC Act (12 U.S.C. 1842(c)). If the

proposal also involves the acquisition of

a nonbanking company, the review also

includes whether the acquisition of the

nonbanking company complies with the

standards in section 4 of the BHC Act

(12 U.S.C. 1843). Unless otherwise

noted, nonbanking activities will be

conducted throughout the United States.

Additional information on all bank

holding companies may be obtained

from the National Information Center

website at www.ffiec.gov/nic/.

Unless otherwise noted, comments

regarding each of these applications

must be received at the Reserve Bank

indicated or the offices of the Board of

Governors not later than March 9, 2001.

A. Federal Reserve Bank of Atlanta

(Cynthia C. Goodwin, Vice President)

104 Marietta Street, NW., Atlanta,

Georgia 30303–2713:

1. ABC Bancorp, Moultrie, Georgia; to

acquire 100 percent of the voting shares

of Tri-County Bank, Trenton, Florida.

B. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago

(Phillip Jackson, Applications Officer)

230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago,

Illinois 60690–1414:

1. AmericaUnited Bancorp, Inc.,

Schaumburg, Illinois; to merge with

National Bancorp, Inc., Sycamore,

Illinois, and thereby indirectly acquire

100 percent of the voting shares of

American National Bank of DeKalb

County, Sycamore, Illinois.

C. Federal Reserve Bank of Kansas

City (D. Michael Manies, Assistant Vice

President) 925 Grand Avenue, Kansas

City, Missouri 64198–0001:

1. Astra Financial Corporation, Prairie

Village, Kansas; to acquire 17.43 percent