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ADDRESSES: All concept information

should be forwarded to Argonne

National Laboratory by U.S. Postal

Service Express Mail or any commercial

mail delivery service, or hand carried by

the applicant to: Roald Wiegland,

‘‘Small Modular Reactor Study,’’

Argonne National Laboratory, 9700

South Cass Avenue, Building 208,

Argonne, Illinois 60439–4842.

Individuals who wish to submit concept

information electronically should

forward their information to

smr@anl.gov.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kenneth Chuck Wade, Nuclear Industry

Analysis, NE–80, Office of Nuclear

Energy, Science and Technology, U.S.

Department of Energy, Germantown,

Maryland 20874–1290, (301) 903–1031.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

Department of Energy is interested in

receiving information on small modular

nuclear power unit concepts that should

be considered in a study to determine

the feasibility of this technology.

Concepts that will be considered in this

study must generally meet the following

criteria: inherent safety, relative cost

effectiveness, intrinsic design features

which would deter sabotage or efforts to

divert nuclear materials; and infrequent

refueling. These design concepts may be

entirely, or almost entirely, factory

fabricated for transport to remote

communities such as islands and should

be no larger than 50 megawatts-electric

(MWe). All information in response to

this request should include detailed

plans in the following areas:

Licensing Prospects

Concept participants must identify

any unique regulatory issues associated

with siting and licensing small modular

power units. The information on issues

identified should include suggested

modifications to existing Nuclear

Regulatory Commission requirements,

potential licensing barriers to be

resolved, basis for safety analysis

requirements, the need for reactor

containment, and methods for

implementing risk-based analysis

techniques. These regulatory initiatives

should be limited to reactor concepts

that are useful in remote areas.

Concept Technology

Technical information should include

an overall description of the concept

and detailed information about major

elements of the concept, including

dimensions and capacity. Information

on reactor fuel, fuel characteristics, fuel

fabrication experience and irradiation

history for the particular fuel type is

desirable. Any novel features of the

reactor concept, either for the reactor

core or other components of the system,

should be clearly identified, especially

those related to safety and nonproliferation. Any relationship or

similarity to other existing or planned

reactors should also be stated. Features

of the concept that would facilitate both

factory fabrication and the ability to

transport units to more remote areas

should also be identified.

Economic Viability

The elements of cost and performance

parameters that are desired for this

study are: capital; operation and

maintenance; fuel; decommissioning

costs; thermal power; thermal

efficiency; projected capacity factor;

construction time; and financial

parameters. Since design concept may

still be in a preliminary stage, the

Department would like for concept

designers to submit any available

information regarding the projected cost

and performance values.

Each proposed design concept

participant should address the issues

mentioned above in as much detail as

possible to enable fair and accurate

statements regarding its prospects for

future deployment. The Department

recognizes that some of the information

requested may not be readily available

and will accept whatever information is

available. Please note that proprietary

information received in response to this

notice will be kept confidential.

The report resulting from this study

will not make any recommendation

regarding a particular concept

technology, but only assess the

practicality of deploying small modular

nuclear power units in remote locations

within the U.S.

Issued in Washington, DC on February 16,

2001.

John M. Stamos,

Acting Associate Director for Nuclear Industry

Analysis, NE–80, Office of Nuclear Energy,

Science and Technology.

[FR Doc. 01–4733 Filed 2–26–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Energy Information Administration

Agency Information Collection

Activities: Submission for OMB

Review; Comment Request

AGENCY: Energy Information

Administration (EIA), Department of

Energy (DOE).

ACTION: Agency information collection

activities: Submission for OMB review;

comment request.

SUMMARY: The EIA has submitted the

energy information collections listed at

the end of this notice to the Office of

Management and Budget (OMB) for

review and a three-year extension under

section 3507(h)(1) of the Paperwork

Reduction Act of 1995 (Public Law 104–

13) (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq).

DATES: Comments must be filed on or

before March 29, 2001. If you anticipate

that you will be submitting comments

but find it difficult to do so within that

period, you should contact the OMB

Desk Officer for DOE listed below as

soon as possible.

ADDRESSES: Send comments to the OMB

Desk Officer for DOE, Office of

Information and Regulatory Affairs,

Office of Management and Budget, 726

Jackson Place NW., Washington, DC

20503. The OMB DOE Desk Officer may

be telephoned at (202) 395–7318. (A

copy of your comments should also be

provided to EIA’s Statistics and

Methods Group at the address below.)

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Requests for additional information

should be directed to Grace Sutherland,

Statistics and Methods Group (EI–70),

Forrestal Building, U.S. Department of

Energy, Washington, DC 20585–0670.

Ms. Sutherland may be contacted by

telephone at (202) 287–1712, FAX at

(202) 287–1705, or e-mail at

Grace.Sutherland@eia.doe.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This

section contains the following

information about the energy

information collection submitted to

OMB for review: (1) The collection

numbers and title; (2) the sponsor (i.e.,

the Department of Energy component);

(3) the current OMB docket number (if

applicable); (4) the type of request (i.e,

new, revision, extension, or

reinstatement); (5) response obligation

(i.e., mandatory, voluntary, or required

to obtain or retain benefits); (6) a

description of the need for and

proposed use of the information; (7) a

categorical description of the likely

respondents; and (8) an estimate of the

total annual reporting burden (i.e., the

estimated number of likely respondents

times the proposed frequency of

response per year times the average

hours per response).

1. Forms EIA–886, ‘‘Annual Survey of

Alternative Fueled Vehicle Suppliers

and Users.’’

2. Energy Information Administration.

3. OMB Number 1905–0191.

4. Three-year extension with revisions

of a currently approved collection.

5. Mandatory.

6. EIA’s ‘‘Annual Survey of

Alternative Fueled Vehicle Suppliers

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and Users’’ collects basic data necessary

to meet EIA’s legislative mandates as

well as the needs of EIA’s public and

private customers. Data collected

include the number and type of

Alternative Fueled Vehicles (AFVs) that

vehicle suppliers made available in the

previous calendar year and plan to make

available in the following calendar year;

the number, type and geographic

distribution of AFVs in use in the

previous calendar year; and the amount

and distribution of each type of

Alternative Transportation Fuel (ATF)

consumed in the previous calendar year.

The data are used for analyses and

publications.

7. Federal, State and Local

governments; fuel providers; Original

Equipment Manufacturers; and

Conversion facilities.

8. 10,323 hours ( 2,491

respondents × 1 response(s) per

year × 4.1 hours per response).

Authority: Section 3507(h)(1) of the

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L.

No. 104–13)(44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq).

Issued in Washington, DC, February 20,

2001.

Jay H. Casselberry,

Agency Clearance Officer, Statistics and

Methods Group, Energy Information

Administration.

[FR Doc. 01–4734 Filed 2–26–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. CP01–88–000]

Bear Creek Storage Company; Notice

of Application

February 21, 2001.

Take notice that on February 13, 2001,

Bear Creek Storage Company (Bear

Creek), P.O. Box 2563, Birmingham,

Alabama 35202, filed a request with the

Commission in Docket No. CP01–88–

000 pursuant to section 7(c) of the

Natural Gas Act (NGA) for authorization

to expand the boundary of its Bear

Creek Storage Field in Bienville Parish,

Louisiana, all as more fully set forth in

the application which is open to the

public for inspection. This application

may be viewed on the web at http://

www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call

202–208–2222 for assistance).

Bear Creek proposes to acquire an

additional 1,146 acres of land adjacent

to the Bear Creek Storage Field at an

estimated price of $1,400,000. Bear

Creek states that its acquisition of the

additional acreage will not increase the

storage capacity or the deliverability of

the Bear Creek Storage Field, but would

enable Bear Creek to acquire storage and

mineral rights within the expanded

boundary to protect the integrity of its

certificated facility and the interstate

natural gas stored therein. Bear Creek

also states that it would purchase the

additional acreage with funds on hand

or with cash from operations.

Any person desiring to be heard or to

make any protest with reference to said

application should on or before March

14, 2001, file with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, a

motion to intervene or a protest in

accordance with the requirements of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211)

and the Regulations under the NGA (18

CFR 157.10). All protests filed with the

Commission will be considered by it in

determining the appropriate action to be

taken but will not serve to make the

protestants parties to the proceeding.

Any person wishing to become a party

to a proceeding or to participate as a

party in any hearing therein must file a

motion to intervene in accordance with

the Commission’s Rules. Any questions

regarding the application should be

directed to John C. Griffin, Assistant

Secretary, Bear Creek Storage Company,

P.O. Box 2563, Birmingham, Alabama

35202, telephone (205) 325–7133.

Comments and protests may be filed

electronically via the internet in lieu of

paper. See, 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii)

and the instructions on the

Commission’s web site at http://

www.ferc.fed.us/efi/doorbell.htm.

A person obtaining intervenor status

will be placed on the service list

maintained by the Secretary of the

Commission and will receive copies of

all documents filed by the applicant and

by everyone of the intervenors. An

intervenor can file for rehearing of any

Commission order and can petition for

court review of any such order.

However, an intervenor must submit

copies of comments or any filing it

makes with the Commission to every

other intervenor in the proceeding, as

well as 14 copies with the Commission.

A person does not have to intervene,

however, in order to have comments

considered. A person, instead, may

submit two copies of comments to the

Secretary of the Commission.

Commenters will be placed on the

Commission’s environmental mailing

list, will receive copies of

environmental documents and will be

able to participate in meetings

associated with the Commission’s

environmental review process.

Commenters will not be required to

serve copies of filed documents on all

other parties. However, commenters

will not receive copies of all documents

filed by other parties or issued by the

Commission and will not have the right

to seek rehearing or appeal the

Commission’s final order at a federal

court.

The Commission will consider all

comments and concerns equally,

whether filed by commenters or those

requesting intervenor status.

Take further notice that, pursuant to

the authority contained in and subject to

the jurisdiction conferred upon the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

by Sections 7 and 15 of the NGA and the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure, a hearing will be held

without further notice before the

Commission or its designee on this

application if no motion to intervene is

filed within the time required herein, if

the Commission on its own review of

the matter finds that the proposal is

required by the public convenience and

necessity. If a motion for leave to

intervene is timely filed, or if the

Commission on its own motion believes

that a formal hearing is required, further

notice of such hearing will be duly

given.

Under the procedure herein provided

for, unless otherwise advised, it will be

unnecessary for Bear Creek to appear or

be represented at the hearing.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–4736 Filed 2–26–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPP–00705; FRL–6772–7]

Tribal Pesticide Program Council

(TPPC) General Meeting

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Tribal Pesticide Program

Council (TPPC) will hold a 2–day

meeting, beginning on March 8, 2001,

and ending on March 9, 2001. This

notice announces the location and times

for the meeting and sets forth the

tentative agenda topics.

DATES: The meeting will be held on

March 8, 2001, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and

March 9, 2001, from 9 a.m. to 4:45 p.m.

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at

the Embassy Suites Hotel - Crystal City

(near the airport), 1300 Jefferson Davis

Highway, Arlington, VA.