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Hurricane Wilma. FPL requests that the
waiver begin on October 25, 2005 and
continue through November 30, 2005.
Effective on the date of this notice, the
Commission will grant FPL a waiver,
until November 15, 2005, of the
otherwise applicable requirements of
section 358.4(a)(2) to record a log of
emergency-related deviations from the
Standards of Conduct and to post these
deviations on its web site.
FPL explains that Hurricane Wilma
was a Category 3 hurricane with
hurricane force winds that cut a 180mile swath across southern Florida and
had tropical-force winds well beyond
that. FPL states that about 60 percent of
its 35-county territory was affected,
covering nearly 22,000 square miles.
FPL states, further, that its transmission
lines and substations have been severely
damaged. FPL notes that approximately
3.2 million of its 4.3 million customers
were without power at the height of the
damage. FPL estimates that it may take
four to five weeks to restore power to all
its customers. FPL explains that its
restoration force totals over 6,000
employees, including out-of-state crews
and contractors, in addition to FPL
teams.
FPL states that the entire workforce of
FPL Group is involved in these
restoration efforts on FPL’s transmission
and distribution systems. FPL
anticipates that, due to the magnitude of
the task, it is likely that there will be
numerous communications among
employees concerning the status of the
restoration and to coordinate joint
operations and repair work. FPL
explains that the requirement to report
each deviation of the Standards of
Conduct within twenty-four hours
would create a monumental task that
could slow its restoration efforts. FPL
notes that the waiver request is limited
to those employees involved in the
Hurricane Wilma restoration effort and
the communications required to carry
out the restoration. FPL concludes,
therefore, that good cause exists to grant
it a waiver of this requirement.
The Commission has previously
granted similar waivers due to
Hurricane Katrina 1 and Hurricane Rita.2
The waivers, among other things,
allowed affected transmission providers
to delay for a limited period of time
1 Notice Granting Extension of Time To Comply
With Posting and Other Requirements, Standards of
Conduct for Transmission Providers, Docket Nos.
EY05–14–000, et al. (August 31, 2005); Notice
Waiving Recordkeeping Requirements, Standards of
Conduct for Transmission Providers, Docket Nos.
EY05–14–001, et al. (September 7, 2005).
2 Notice Granting Extension of Time To Comply
With Posting and Other Requirements, Standards of
Conduct for Transmission Providers, Docket Nos.
EY05–20–000, et al. (September 23, 2005).
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compliance with the requirement of
section 358.4(a)(2) of the Commission’s
regulations, 18 CFR 358.4(a)(2)(2005), to
report to the Commission and post on
the OASIS or Internet Web site, as
applicable, each emergency that
resulted in any deviation from the
Standards of Conduct. In addition, due
to the extreme nature of the emergency
in each instance, the Commission also
waived, for those limited periods, the
requirements to record and retain a
record of each deviation of the
Standards of Conduct.3
The Commission grants FPL a waiver
of the recording and posting
requirements of section 358.4(a)(2) of
the Commission’s regulations in these
emergency circumstances, effective on
the date of this notice until November
15, 2005, without prejudice to FPL
requesting a further extension, if
necessary. The Commission directs FPL
to ensure that the employees affected by
this waiver observe the no-conduit
prohibition in the Standards of Conduct,
18 CFR 358.5(b)(7) (2005).
Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[OPPT–2005–0003; FRL–7994–1; Docket ID
# OPPT–2005–0003]
Agency Information Collection
Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment
Request; Recordkeeping and
Reporting Requirements for
Allegations of Significant Adverse
Reactions to Human Health or the
Environment (TSCA Section 8(c)); EPA
ICR No. 1031.08, OMB No. 2070–0017
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.), this document announces
that the following Information
Collection Request (ICR) has been
forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and
approval: Recordkeeping and Reporting
Requirements for Allegations of
Significant Adverse Reactions to Human
Health or the Environment (TSCA
Section 8(c)); EPA ICR No. 1031.08,
OMB No. 2070–0017. The ICR, which is
abstracted below, describes the nature of
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the information collection activity and
its expected burden and costs.
Additional comments may be
submitted on or before December 5,
2005.
DATES:
Submit your comments,
referencing docket ID Number OPPT–
2005–0003, to (1) EPA online using
EDOCKET (our preferred method), by email to oppt.ncic@epa.gov or by mail to:
Document Control Office (DCO), Office
of Pollution Prevention and Toxics
(OPPT), Environmental Protection
Agency, Mail Code: 7407T, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,
DC 20460, and (2) OMB at: Office of
Information and Regulatory Affairs,
Office of Management and Budget
(OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA,
725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC
20503.
ADDRESSES:
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Barbara Cunningham, Acting Director,
Environmental Assistance Division,
Office of Pollution Prevention and
Toxics, Environmental Protection
Agency, Mailcode: 7408, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington,
DC 20460; telephone number: 202–554–
1404; e-mail address: TSCAHotline@epa.gov.
EPA has
submitted the following ICR to OMB for
review and approval according to the
procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12.
On February 9, 2005, EPA sought
comments on this renewal ICR (70 FR
6857), pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA
received one comment during the
comment period, which is addressed in
the Supporting Statement of the ICR.
EPA has established a public docket
for this ICR under Docket ID No. OPPT–
2005–0003, which is available for public
viewing at the OPPT Docket in the EPA
Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West,
Room B102, 1301 Constitution Ave.,
NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket
Center Public Reading Room is open
from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the
Reading Room is 202–566–1744, and the
telephone number for the Pollution
Prevention and Toxics Docket is 202–
566–0280. An electronic version of the
public docket is available through EPA
Dockets (EDOCKET) at https://
www.epa.gov/edocket. Use EDOCKET to
submit or view public comments, access
the index listing of the contents of the
public docket, and to access those
documents in the public docket that are
available electronically. Once in the
system, select ‘‘search,’’ then key in the
docket ID number identified above.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
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Any comments related to this ICR
should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice. EPA’s
policy is that public comments, whether
submitted electronically or in paper,
will be made available for public
viewing in EDOCKET as EPA receives
them and without change, unless the
comment contains copyrighted material,
CBI, or other information whose public
disclosure is restricted by statute. When
EPA identifies a comment containing
copyrighted material, EPA will provide
a reference to that material in the
version of the comment that is placed in
EDOCKET. The entire printed comment,
including the copyrighted material, will
be available in the public docket.
Although identified as an item in the
official docket, information claimed as
CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise
restricted by statute, is not included in
the official public docket, and will not
be available for public viewing in
EDOCKET. For further information
about the electronic docket, see EPA’s
Federal Register notice describing the
electronic docket at 67 FR 38102 (May
31, 2002), or go to www.epa.gov/
edocket.
ICR Title: Recordkeeping and
Reporting Requirements for Allegations
of Significant Adverse Reactions to
Human Health or the Environment
(TSCA Section 8(c)).
ICR Status: This is a request to renew
an existing approved collection. This
ICR is scheduled to expire on December
31, 2005. Under OMB regulations, the
Agency may continue to conduct or
sponsor the collection of information
while this submission is pending at
OMB.
Abstract: TSCA section 8(c) requires
companies that manufacture, process, or
distribute chemicals to maintain records
of significant adverse reactions to health
or the environment alleged to have been
caused by such chemicals. Since section
8(c) includes no automatic reporting
provision, EPA can obtain and use the
information contained in company files
only by inspecting those files or
requiring reporting of records that relate
to specific substances of concern.
Therefore, under certain conditions, and
using the provisions found in 40 CFR
part 717, EPA may require companies to
report such allegations to the Agency.
EPA uses such information on a casespecific basis to corroborate suspected
adverse health or environmental effects
of chemicals already under review by
EPA. The information is also useful to
identify trends of adverse effects across
the industry that may not be apparent to
any one chemical company.
Responses to the collection of
information are mandatory (see 40 CFR
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717). Respondents may claim all or part
of a notice as CBI. EPA will disclose
information that is covered by a CBI
claim only to the extent permitted by,
and in accordance with, the procedures
in 40 CFR part 2.
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 in title 40
of the CFR, after appearing in the
Federal Register, are listed in 40 CFR
part 9 and included on the related
collection instrument or form, if
applicable.
Burden Statement: The total annual
public burden for this collection of
information is estimated to be about
24,550 hours, with the burden ranging
between 15 minutes and 8 hours per
response depending upon the type(s) of
activity that a respondent must
complete. Burden is 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.
Respondents/Affected Entities:
Entities potentially affected by this
action are companies that manufacture,
process, import, or distribute in
commerce chemical substances or
mixtures.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Estimated total/average number of
responses for each respondent: 1.
Estimated No. of Respondents:
13,445.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on
Respondents: 24,548 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Labor Costs:
$1,232,417.
Changes in Burden Estimates: There
is a decrease of 5,391 hours (from
29,939 hours to 24,548 hours) in the
total estimated respondent burden
compared with that identified in the
information collection request most
recently approved by OMB. This
decrease is an adjustment and is based
on several factors that are described in
detail in the ICR.
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Dated: August 9, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[OA–2005–0004, FRL–7993–8]
Agency Information Collection
Activities: Proposed Collection;
Comment Request; Focus Groups as
Used by EPA for Economics Projects,
EPA ICR Number 2205.01
Environmental Protection
Agency.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
SUMMARY: In compliance with the
Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.), this document announces
that EPA is planning to submit a
proposed Information Collection
Request (ICR) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB). This is
a request for a new collection. 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 3, 2006.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing docket ID number OA–
2005–0004, to EPA online using
EDOCKET (our preferred method), by email oei.docket@epa.gov, or by mail to:
Environmental Protection Agency, EPA
Docket Center (EPA/DC), Office of
Environmental Information, Mail Code
2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20460.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Nathalie Simon, Office of Policy,
Economics and Innovation, Mail Code
1809T, Environmental Protection
Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone
number: 202–566–2347; fax 202–566–
2363; e-mail address:
simon.nathalie@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has
established a public docket for this ICR
under Docket ID number OA–2005–
0004, which is available for public
viewing at the Office of Environmental
Information (OEI) Docket in the EPA
Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West,
Room B102, 1301 Constitution Avenue,
NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket
Center Public Reading Room is open
from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday
through Friday, excluding legal
holidays. The telephone number for the
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[OPPT-2005-0003; FRL-7994-1; Docket ID OPPT-2005-0003]
Agency Information Collection Activities; Submission to OMB for
Review and Approval; Comment Request; Recordkeeping and Reporting
Requirements for Allegations of Significant Adverse Reactions to Human
Health or the Environment (TSCA Section 8(c)); EPA ICR No. 1031.08, OMB
No. 2070-0017
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501
et seq.), this document announces that the following Information
Collection Request (ICR) has been forwarded to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review and approval: Recordkeeping and Reporting
Requirements for Allegations of Significant Adverse Reactions to Human
Health or the Environment (TSCA Section 8(c)); EPA ICR No. 1031.08, OMB
No. 2070-0017. The ICR, which is abstracted below, describes the nature
of the information collection activity and its expected burden and
costs.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before December 5,
2005.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing docket ID Number OPPT-
2005-0003, to (1) EPA online using EDOCKET (our preferred method), by
e-mail to oppt.ncic@epa.gov or by mail to: Document Control Office
(DCO), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics (OPPT), Environmental
Protection Agency, Mail Code: 7407T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW.,
Washington, DC 20460, and (2) OMB at: Office of Information and
Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attention:
Desk Officer for EPA, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Barbara Cunningham, Acting Director,
Environmental Assistance Division, Office of Pollution Prevention and
Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 7408, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; telephone number: 202-
554-1404; e-mail address: TSCA-Hotline@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has submitted the following ICR to OMB
for review and approval according to the procedures prescribed in 5 CFR
1320.12. On February 9, 2005, EPA sought comments on this renewal ICR
(70 FR 6857), pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received one comment
during the comment period, which is addressed in the Supporting
Statement of the ICR.
EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID
No. OPPT-2005-0003, which is available for public viewing at the OPPT
Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room B102, 1301
Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket Center Public
Reading Room is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday,
excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is
202-566-1744, and the telephone number for the Pollution Prevention and
Toxics Docket is 202-566-0280. An electronic version of the public
docket is available through EPA Dockets (EDOCKET) at https://
www.epa.gov/edocket. Use EDOCKET to submit or view public comments,
access the index listing of the contents of the public docket, and to
access those documents in the public docket that are available
electronically. Once in the system, select ``search,'' then key in the
docket ID number identified above.
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Any comments related to this ICR should be submitted to EPA and OMB
within 30 days of this notice. EPA's policy is that public comments,
whether submitted electronically or in paper, will be made available
for public viewing in EDOCKET as EPA receives them and without change,
unless the comment contains copyrighted material, CBI, or other
information whose public disclosure is restricted by statute. When EPA
identifies a comment containing copyrighted material, EPA will provide
a reference to that material in the version of the comment that is
placed in EDOCKET. The entire printed comment, including the
copyrighted material, will be available in the public docket. Although
identified as an item in the official docket, information claimed as
CBI, or whose disclosure is otherwise restricted by statute, is not
included in the official public docket, and will not be available for
public viewing in EDOCKET. For further information about the electronic
docket, see EPA's Federal Register notice describing the electronic
docket at 67 FR 38102 (May 31, 2002), or go to www.epa.gov/edocket.
ICR Title: Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements for Allegations
of Significant Adverse Reactions to Human Health or the Environment
(TSCA Section 8(c)).
ICR Status: This is a request to renew an existing approved
collection. This ICR is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2005. Under
OMB regulations, the Agency may continue to conduct or sponsor the
collection of information while this submission is pending at OMB.
Abstract: TSCA section 8(c) requires companies that manufacture,
process, or distribute chemicals to maintain records of significant
adverse reactions to health or the environment alleged to have been
caused by such chemicals. Since section 8(c) includes no automatic
reporting provision, EPA can obtain and use the information contained
in company files only by inspecting those files or requiring reporting
of records that relate to specific substances of concern. Therefore,
under certain conditions, and using the provisions found in 40 CFR part
717, EPA may require companies to report such allegations to the
Agency.
EPA uses such information on a case-specific basis to corroborate
suspected adverse health or environmental effects of chemicals already
under review by EPA. The information is also useful to identify trends
of adverse effects across the industry that may not be apparent to any
one chemical company.
Responses to the collection of information are mandatory (see 40
CFR 717). Respondents may claim all or part of a notice as CBI. EPA
will disclose information that is covered by a CBI claim only to the
extent permitted by, and in accordance with, the procedures in 40 CFR
part 2.
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 in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the Federal
Register, are listed in 40 CFR part 9 and included on the related
collection instrument or form, if applicable.
Burden Statement: The total annual public burden for this
collection of information is estimated to be about 24,550 hours, with
the burden ranging between 15 minutes and 8 hours per response
depending upon the type(s) of activity that a respondent must complete.
Burden is 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.
Respondents/Affected Entities: Entities potentially affected by
this action are companies that manufacture, process, import, or
distribute in commerce chemical substances or mixtures.
Frequency of Collection: On occasion.
Estimated total/average number of responses for each respondent: 1.
Estimated No. of Respondents: 13,445.
Estimated Total Annual Burden on Respondents: 24,548 hours.
Estimated Total Annual Labor Costs: $1,232,417.
Changes in Burden Estimates: There is a decrease of 5,391 hours
(from 29,939 hours to 24,548 hours) in the total estimated respondent
burden compared with that identified in the information collection
request most recently approved by OMB. This decrease is an adjustment
and is based on several factors that are described in detail in the
ICR.
Dated: August 9, 2005.
Oscar Morales,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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