Document ID: EPA-HQ-SFUND-2000-0005-0001
Agency: epa
Document Type: Notice
Title: Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Soil Ingestion Research Study
Posted Date: 2000-11-21T05:00Z

69936
Federal
Register
/
Vol.
65,
No.
225
/
Tuesday,
November
21,
2000
/
Notices
d.
Applicants:
North
Central
Power
Co.,
Inc.
(
tranferor)
and
Flambeau
Hydro,
LLC
(
transferee).
e.
Name
and
Location
of
Project:
The
Winter
and
Arpin
Dam
Hydroelectric
Projects
are
on
the
East
Fork
of
the
Chippewa
River
and
on
the
Chippewa
River,
respectively,
in
Sawyer
County,
Wisconsin.
The
Winter
Project
occupies
federal
lands
within
the
Chequamegon­
Nicolet
National
Forest,
but
no
tribal
lands.
The
Arpin
Project
does
not
occupy
federal
or
tribal
lands.
f.
Filed
Pursuant
to:
Federal
Power
Act,
16
U.
S.
C.
791(
a)
 
825(
r).
g.
Applicant
Contacts:
Mr.
Frank
F.
Dahlberg,
North
Central
Power
Co.,
Inc.,
P.
O.
Box
167,
Grantsburg,
WI
54840,
(
715)
463
 
5371
and
Mr.
Donald
H.
Clarke,
Wilkinson
Barker
Knauer,
LLP,
2300
N
Street
NW.,
No.
700,
Washington,
DC
20037,
(
202)
783
 
4141.
h.
FERC
Contact:
Any
questions
on
this
notice
should
be
addressed
to
James
Hunter
at
(
202)
219
 
2839.
i.
Deadline
for
filing
comments
and
or
motions:
December
18,
2000.
All
documents
(
original
and
eight
copies)
should
be
filed
with:
David
P.
Boergers,
Secretary,
Federal
Energy
Regulatory
Commission,
888
First
Street,
NE.,
Washington,
DC
20426.
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.
Please
include
the
noted
project
numbers
on
any
comments
or
motions
filed.
j.
Description
of
Proposal:
The
applicants
state
that
the
transfer
will
assure
the
continued
operation
of
these
renewable
energy
projects
and
will
effect
the
desired
change
of
ownership
of
the
generating
facilities
consistent
with
the
restructuring
plans
of
these
members
of
the
electric
industry.
The
transfer
application
was
filed
within
five
years
of
the
expiration
of
the
license
for
Project
No.
2064,
which
is
the
subject
of
a
pending
relicense
application.
In
Hydroelectric
Relicensing
Regulations
Under
the
Federal
Power
Act
(
54
Fed.
Reg.
23,
756;
FERC
Stats.
and
Regs.,
Regs.
Preambles
1986
 
1990
30,854
at
p.
31,437),
the
Commission
declined
to
forbid
all
license
transfers
during
the
last
five
years
of
an
existing
license,
and
instead
indicated
that
it
would
scrutinize
all
such
transfer
requests
to
determine
if
the
transfer's
primary
purpose
was
to
give
the
transferee
an
advantage
in
relicensing
(
id.
at
p.
31,438
n.
318).
The
transfer
application
also
contains
a
separate
request
for
approval
of
the
substitution
of
the
transferee
for
the
transferor
as
the
applicant
in
the
pending
relicensing
application,
filed
by
the
transferor
on
November
26,
1999,
in
Project
No.
2064
 
004.
k.
Locations
of
the
application:
A
copy
of
the
application
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
 
2222
for
assistance).
A
copy
is
also
available
for
inspection
and
reproduction
at
the
addresses
in
item
g
above.
l.
Individuals
desiring
to
be
included
on
the
Commission's
mailing
list
should
so
indicate
by
writing
to
the
Secretary
of
the
Commission.
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
particular
application.
Filing
and
Service
of
Responsible
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
Number
of
the
particular
application
to
which
the
filing
refers.
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
each
representative
of
the
Applicant
specified
in
the
particular
application.
Agency
Comments
 
Federal,
state,
and
local
agencies
are
invited
to
file
comments
on
the
described
application.
A
copy
of
the
application
may
be
obtained
by
agencies
directly
from
the
Applicant.
If
an
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
representatives.

Linwood
A.
Watson,
Jr.,
Acting
Secretary.
[
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am]

BILLING
CODE
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01
 
M
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
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Agency
Information
Collection
Activities:
Proposed
Collection;
Comment
Request;
Soil
Ingestion
Research
Study
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):
Soil
Ingestion
Research
Study
(
EPA
ICR
Number
1965.01).
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
January
22,
2001.
ADDRESSES:
Comments
submitted
by
regular
U.
S.
Postal
Service
mail
should
be
sent
to:
Docket
Coordinator,
Superfund
Docket
Office,
Mail
Code
5201G,
U.
S.
Environmental
Protection
Agency
Headquarters,
Ariel
Rios
Building,
1200
Pennsylvania
Avenue,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460.
To
ensure
proper
receipt
by
EPA,
it
is
imperative
that
you
identify
docket
control
number
SOIL
 
INGEST
in
the
subject
line
on
the
first
page
of
your
comment.
Comments
may
also
be
submitted
electronically
or
in
person.
Please
follow
the
detailed
instructions
for
these
submission
methods
as
provided
in
unit
III
of
the
SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION
section.
Copies
of
the
ICR
may
be
obtained
from
this
office
(
contact
Larry
Zaragoza
703
 
603
 
8867),
or
the
Office
of
Environmental
Information's
ICR
website
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
icr/.

FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Larry
Zaragoza,
Office
of
Emergency
and
Remedial
Response,
at
703
 
603
 
8867/
703
 
603
 
9133
(
fax),
email:
Zaragoza.
Larry@
EPA.
Gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:
Affected
Entities:
Entities
potentially
affected
by
this
action
are
those
which
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Federal
Register
/
Vol.
65,
No.
225
/
Tuesday,
November
21,
2000
/
Notices
agree
to
participate
in
a
research
study
on
soil
ingestion.
Title:
Soil
Ingestion
Research,
(
EPA
ICR
No.
1965.01).
Abstract:
This
ICR
supports
research
to
examine
the
amount
of
soil
ingested.
Soil
is
ingested
in
two
ways,
incidental
ingestion
from
everyday
hand
to
mouth
activity
and
ingestion
resulting
from
inhaled
particles
of
soil
that
are
deposited
in
upper
and
middle
respiratory
tract
and
swallowed.
The
ingestion
of
soil
is
important
because
contaminated
soils
from
a
hazardous
waste
site
poses
risks
to
individuals
exposed
to
contaminated
soil.
This
research
should
help
any
environmental
program
concerned
with
contaminated
soils
but
is
specifically
being
sponsored
by
Superfund.
This
research
will
evaluate
ingestion
by
comparing
the
amount
of
trace
metals
that
are
ingested
in
food
with
the
amount
of
metals
that
are
excreted,
any
amount
in
excess
of
the
ingested
trace
metals
is
attributed
to
incidental
soil
ingestion.
Because
of
the
possibility
of
trace
metal
ingestion
from
a
variety
of
sources
(
like
food
and
toothpaste),
a
questionnaire
to
identify
and
characterize
sources
of
trace
metals
that
can
affect
daily
variation
in
trace
metals
is
an
important
part
of
the
experimental
design
of
these
studies.
About
20
study
volunteers
are
paid
and
are
expected
to
participate
in
this
study
for
about
two
weeks.
Each
night
the
study
participants
would
participate
in
a
questionnaire
that
will
later
be
used
to
help
interpret
daily
variations
in
trace
metals.
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.
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
Statement:
During
the
study,
paid
research
subjects
would
fill
out
a
questionnaire
on
a
daily
basis.
Questions
could
take
5
minutes.
This
reporting
burden
would
involve
approximately
20
research
subjects
who
are
expected
to
participate
in
a
study
for
2
weeks.
This
information
would
be
collected
by
the
researchers
at
the
research
institution
conducting
the
study
and
the
data
would
be
maintained
by
this
group,
not
the
Federal
government.
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:
October
24,
2000.
Elaine
F.
Davies,
Acting
Director,
Office
of
Emergency
and
Remedial
Response.
[
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am]

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50
 
U
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
OPP
 
00687A;
FRL
 
6755
 
2]

FIFRA
Scientific
Advisory
Panel;
Announcement
of
change
of
Public
Meeting
Dates
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).
ACTION:
Notice.

SUMMARY:
EPA
is
announcing
a
change
in
the
dates
of
a
public
meeting
of
the
FIFRA
Scientific
Advisory
Panel
which
was
originally
published
in
the
Federal
Register
of
November
3,
2000.
Meetings
were
scheduled
to
be
held
on
December
6,
7,
and
8,
2000.
The
December
6
meeting
has
been
dropped,
therefore,
meetings
will
only
be
held
on
December
7
and
8,
2000.
DATES:
Meetings
of
the
FIFRA
Scientific
Advisory
Panel
will
be
held
on
December
7
and
8,
2000,
from
8:
30
a.
m.
to
5:
30
p.
m.
ADDRESSES:
The
meeting
will
be
held
at
the
Sheraton
Crystal
City
Hotel,
1800
Jefferson
Davis
Highway,
Arlington,
VA.
The
telephone
number
for
the
Sheraton
Hotel
is
(
703)
486
 
1111.
Requests
to
participate
may
be
submitted
by
mail,
electronically,
or
in
person.
Please
follow
the
detailed
instructions
for
each
method
as
provided
in
Unit
I.
C.
of
the
originally
published
notice
of
November
3,
2000.

FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Olga
Odiott,
Designated
Federal
Official,
Office
of
Science
Coordination
and
Policy,
(
7101C),
Office
of
Prevention,
Pesticides
and
Toxic
Substances,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460;
telephone
number:
(
703)
305
 
5369;
fax
number:
(
703)
605
 
0656;
e­
mail
address:
odiott.
olga@
epa.
gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:

I.
General
Information
A.
Does
this
Action
Apply
to
Me?

This
action
is
directed
to
the
public
in
general.
This
action
may,
however,
be
of
interest
to
those
persons
who
are
or
may
be
required
to
conduct
testing
of
chemical
substances
under
the
Federal
Food,
Drug
and
Cosmetic
Act
(
FFDCA),
FIFRA,
and
FQPA.
Since
other
entities
may
also
be
interested,
the
Agency
has
not
attempted
to
describe
all
the
specific
entities
that
may
be
affected
by
this
action.
If
you
have
any
questions
regarding
the
applicability
of
this
action
to
a
particular
entity,
consult
the
person
listed
under
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT.

II.
Purpose
of
this
Notice
EPA
is
announcing
a
change
in
dates
of
a
public
meeting
of
the
FIFRA
Scientific
Advisory
Panel
which
was
published
in
the
Federal
Register
of
November
3,
2000
(
65
FR
66245)
(
FRL
 
6753
 
4).
Meetings
had
been
scheduled
to
be
held
on
December
6,
7,
and
8,
2000,
but
because
the
session
on
the
LifeLineTM
Model
Review
will
not
be
taking
place
at
this
time,
the
meetings
will
be
held
only
on
December
7
and
8,
2000.

List
of
Subjects
Environmental
protection.

Dated:
November
16,
2000.

Steven
K.
Galson,

Director,
Office
of
Science
Coordination
and
Policy,
Office
of
Prevention,
Pesticides
and
Toxic
Substances.
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