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applicable to Federal civil rights laws
that prohibit discrimination in programs
or activities receiving Federal financial
assistance from the Department of
Education (34 CFR 100.4, 104.5, 106.4,
108.8, and 110.23).
3. Special Conditions: Under 34 CFR
74.14 and 80.12, the Secretary may
impose special conditions on a grant if
the applicant or grantee is not
financially stable; has a history of
unsatisfactory performance; has a
financial or other management system
that does not meet the standards in 34
CFR parts 74 or 80, as applicable; has
not fulfilled the conditions of a prior
grant; or, is otherwise not responsible.
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VI. Award Administration Information
1. Award Notices: If your application
is successful, we notify your U.S.
Representative and U.S. Senators and
send you a Grant Award Notification
(GAN). We may notify you informally,
also.
If your application is not evaluated or
not selected for funding, we notify you.
2. Administrative and National Policy
Requirements:
We identify administrative and
national policy requirements in the
application package and reference these
and other requirements in the
Applicable Regulations section of this
notice.
We reference the regulations outlining
the terms and conditions of an award in
the Applicable Regulations section of
this notice and include these and other
specific conditions in the GAN. The
GAN also incorporates your approved
application as part of your binding
commitments under the grant.
3. Reporting: (a) If you apply for a
grant under this competition, you must
ensure that you have in place the
necessary processes and systems to
comply with the reporting requirements
in 2 CFR part 170 should you receive
funding under the competition. This
does not apply if you have an exception
under 2 CFR 170.110(b).
(b) At the end of your project period,
you must submit a final performance
report, including financial information,
as directed by the Secretary. If you
receive a multi-year award, you must
submit an annual performance report
that provides the most current
performance and financial expenditure
information as directed by the Secretary
under 34 CFR 75.118. The Secretary
may also require more frequent
performance reports under 34 CFR
75.720(c). For specific requirements on
reporting, please go to https://
www.ed.gov/fund/grant/apply/
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4. Performance Measures: The success
of the EOC Program will be measured by
the EOC Program participants’ success
in completing a secondary school
diploma or its equivalent, completion of
applications for student financial aid,
submission of applications for
postsecondary admission, and
postsecondary enrollment. All EOC
Program grantees will be required to
submit an annual performance report.
5. Continuation Awards: In making a
continuation award, the Secretary may
consider, under 34 CFR 75.253, the
extent to which a grantee has made
‘‘substantial progress toward meeting the
objectives in its approved application.’’
This consideration includes the review
of a grantee’s progress in meeting the
targets and projected outcomes in its
approved application, and whether the
grantee has expended funds in a manner
that is consistent with its approved
application and budget. In making a
continuation grant, the Secretary also
considers whether the grantee is
operating in compliance with the
assurances in its approved application,
including those applicable to Federal
civil rights laws that prohibit
discrimination in programs or activities
receiving Federal financial assistance
from the Department (34 CFR 100.4,
104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23).
VII. Agency Contacts
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Rachael Couch or Geraldine Smith, U.S.
Department of Education, 1990 K Street,
NW., room 7000, Washington, DC
20006–8510. Telephone: (202) 502–7600
or by e-mail: TRIO@ed.gov.
If you use a TDD, call the FRS, toll
free, at 1–800–877–8339.
VIII. Other Information
Accessible Format: Individuals with
disabilities can obtain this document
and a copy of the application package in
an accessible format (e.g., braille, large
print, audiotape, or computer diskette)
on request to one of the program contact
persons listed under For Further
Information Contact in section VII of
this notice.
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Dated: March 31, 2011.
Eduardo M. Ochoa,
Assistant Secretary for Postsecondary
Education.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Agency Information Collection
Extension
Western Area Power
Administration, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
Western Area Power
Administration (Western), an agency of
the Department of Energy (DOE),
pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995, intends to extend for three
years without change, an information
collection request with the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB).
Western’s current OMB control number
1910–5136 for its Applicant Profile Data
form (APD) expires on September 30,
2011. Comments are invited on:
(1) Whether the extended collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
(2) 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;
(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
collected; and (4) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including the use of
automated electronic, mechanical or
other collection techniques or other
forms of information technology.
DATES: Comments regarding this
proposed information collection must
be received on or before the end of the
comment period that closes on June 6,
2011. Western must receive comments
by the end of the comment period to
ensure consideration.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be
sent to Mr. Ronald Klinefelter,
Corporate Service Office, Western Area
Power Administration, 12155 W.
Alameda Parkway, Lakewood, CO 80228
or by e-mail at
PRAComments@wapa.gov. Please refer
to ‘‘Paperwork Reduction Act
Information Collection’’ as the subject of
your comments.
SUMMARY:
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Mr.
Ronald Klinefelter, Corporate Service
Office, Western Area Power
Administration, 12155 W. Alameda
Parkway, Lakewood, CO 80228,
telephone (720) 962–7010, or e-mail
PRAComments@wapa.gov. Western’s
existing collection instrument, the
Applicant Profile Data form (APD), can
be viewed in the Invitation for Public
Comments on Western’s Web page
https://www.wapa.gov/documents/
APDcomments.pdf.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
information collection request relates to:
(1) OMB No. 1910–5136; (2) Information
Collection Request Title: Western Area
Power Administration Applicant Profile
Data; (3) Type of Review: Renewal;
(4) Purpose: The proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of Western’s functions.
Western markets a limited amount of
Federal power. Western has discretion
to determine who will receive an
allocation of Federal power. Due to the
high demand for Western’s power and
limited amount of available power
under established marketing plans,
Western needs to be able to collect
information to evaluate who will receive
an allocation of Federal power. As a
result, the information Western collects
is necessary and useful; (5) Annual
Estimated Number of Respondents: 33.3;
(6) Annual Estimated Number of Total
Responses: 33.3; (7) Annual Estimated
Number of Burden Hours: 266.7;
(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Cost Burden: 0.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
I. Statutory Authority
Reclamation Laws are a series of laws
arising from the Desert Land Act of 1872
and include but are not limited to: The
Desert Land Act of 1872, Reclamation
Act of 1902, Reclamation Project Act of
1939, and the Acts authorizing each
individual project such as the Central
Valley Project Authorizing Act of 1937.1
The Reclamation Act of 1902
established the Federal reclamation
program.2 The basic principle of the
Reclamation Act of 1902 was that the
United States, through the Secretary of
the Interior, would build and operate
irrigation works from the proceeds of
public land sales in the sixteen arid
Western states (a seventeenth was later
added). The Reclamation Project Act of
1939 expanded the purposes of the
reclamation program and specified
1 See, Ch. 107, 19 stat. 377 (1872), Ch. 1093, 32
Stat. 388 (1902), Ch. 418, 53 Stat. 1187 (1939), ch.
832, 50 Stat. 844, 850 (1937), all as amended and
supplemented.
2 See, Ch. 1093, 32 Stat. 388, as amended and
supplemented.
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certain terms for contracts that the
Secretary of the Interior enters into to
furnish water and power.3 Congress
enacted the Reclamation Laws for
purposes that include enhancing
navigation, protection from floods,
reclaiming the arid lands in the Western
United States, and for fish and wildlife.4
Congress intended the production of
power would be a supplemental feature
of the multi-purpose water projects
authorized under the Reclamation
Laws.5 No contract entered into by the
United States for power may impair the
efficiency of the project for irrigation
purposes.6 Section 5 of the Flood
Control Act of 1944 is read in pari
materia with Reclamation Laws.7 In
1977 the Department of Energy
Organization Act transferred the power
marketing functions of the Department
of the Interior to Western.8 Pursuant to
this authority, Western markets Federal
hydropower. As part of Western’s
marketing authority, Western needs to
obtain information from interested
entities who desire an allocation of
Federal power. The Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 requires Western
to obtain a clearance from OMB before
collecting this information.9
II. This Process Determines the Format
of the APD and Is Not a Call for
Applications
This public process and the
associated Federal Register Notice only
determine the information that Western
will collect from an entity desiring to
apply for a Federal power allocation. It
is a legal requirement with which
Western must comply before Western
can request information from potential
preference customers. This public
process is not the process whereby
interested parties request an allocation
of Federal power. The actual allocation
of power is outside the scope of this
proceeding. Please do not submit a
request for Federal power in this
process. At a later time, through a
separate process, Western will issue a
call for applications, as part of its
project-specific marketing plans. When
Western issues a call for applications,
the information Western proposes to
collect is voluntary. Western will use
the information collected, in
conjunction with its project-specific
3 See, Ch. 418, 53 Stat. 1187 (1939), as amended
and supplemented.
4 See, e.g., ch. 832, 50 Stat. 844, 850 (1937), as
amended and supplemented.
5 Id.
6 See, 43 U.S.C. 485h(c).
7 See Act of December 22, 1944, ch. 665, 58 Stat.
887, as amended and supplemented.
8 See, 42 U.S.C. 7152(a)(1)(E).
9 See, 44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.
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marketing plans, to determine an
entity’s eligibility and ultimately who
will receive an allocation of Federal
power.
III. Purpose of Proposed Collection
Western proposes to continue to
collect the information in its existing
APD. Western’s current OMB control
number 1910–5136 for its APD will
expire on September 30, 2011. There
will be no changes in the content,
format, and directions. There are some
ministerial errors that have been
corrected on the APD; however, such
corrections have no impact on the
content, format, directions or paperwork
burden. The content, format, directions
and paperwork burden for the existing
APD are discussed in more detail in that
Federal Register Notice.10 This
information also is included as part of
the administrative record for this
proceeding. In that process, Western
identified what it believes is the
minimum amount of collective
information, as well as the need for
collecting this information and the
burden it creates. Western stated due to
the variations that may be developed in
each of Western’s Regions, each Region
through its project-specific marketing
plans may determine that it does not
need all of the information. Each Region
will identify the subset of the data that
it will require in its application through
its call for applications. The APD, as
well as administrative record for the
proposal justifying its continued use, is
available for inspection and copying at
Western’s Corporate Service Office and
the ministerial changes as well as the
invitation for comments may be viewed
at https://www.wapa.gov/documents/
APDcomments.pdf. As part of this
process, Western has updated the
annual cost burdens. From 2008 to
2011, Western has increased its estimate
of the cost burden for preparing the APD
from $100 to $104 per hour and for
recordkeeping from $50 to $52 per hour.
IV. Invitation for Comments
Western invites public comment on
its existing collection of information as
set forth above. Comments are invited
on: (1) Whether the proposed collection
of information is necessary for the
proper performance of the functions of
the agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
(2) 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;
(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility,
and clarity of the information to be
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which authorized CPM to transmit
electric energy from the United States to
Canada as a power marketer for a twoyear term using existing international
transmission facilities. DOE renewed
the CPM export authorization two
additional times: On July 3, 2001 in
Order No. EA–209–A and on May 31,
2006 in Order No. EA–209–B. Order No.
EA–209–B will expire on May 31, 2011.
On February 14, 2011, CPM filed an
application with DOE for renewal of the
export authority contained in Order No.
EA–209–B for an additional five-year
Dated: March 28, 2011.
term.
Timothy J. Meeks,
The electric energy that CPM
Administrator.
proposes to export to Canada would be
[FR Doc. 2011–8159 Filed 4–5–11; 8:45 am]
surplus energy purchased from electric
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utilities, Federal power marketing
agencies, and other entities within the
United States. The existing international
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
transmission facilities to be utilized by
[OE Docket No. EA–209–C]
CPM have previously been authorized
by Presidential permits issued pursuant
Application to Export Electric Energy;
to Executive Order 10485, as amended,
Cargill Power Markets, LLC
and are appropriate for open access
transmission by third parties.
AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery
and Energy Reliability, DOE.
Procedural Matters: Any person
desiring to become a party to these
ACTION: Notice of application.
proceedings or to be heard by filing
SUMMARY: Cargill Power Markets, LLC
comments or protests to this application
(CPM) has applied to renew its authority should file a petition to intervene,
to transmit electric energy from the
comment, or protest at the address
United States to Canada pursuant to
provided above in accordance with
section 202(e) of the Federal Power Act
§§ 385.211 or 385.214 of the Federal
(FPA).
Energy Regulatory Commission’s Rules
of Practice and Procedures (18 CFR
DATES: Comments, protests, or requests
385.211, 385.214). Fifteen copies of each
to intervene must be submitted to DOE
petition and protest should be filed with
and received on or before May 6, 2011.
DOE and must be received on or before
ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, or
the date listed above.
requests to intervene should be
addressed to: Christopher Lawrence,
Comments on the CPM application to
Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy export electric energy to Canada should
Reliability, Mail Code: OE–20, U.S.
be clearly marked with OE Docket No.
Department of Energy, 1000
290–B. An additional copy is to be filed
Independence Avenue, SW.,
directly with Eugene J. Becker, Vice
Washington, DC 20585–0350. Because
President, Cargill Power Markets, LLC,
of delays in handling conventional mail, 9350 Excelsior Blvd., MS 150, Hopkins,
it is recommended that documents be
MN 55343. A final decision will be
transmitted by overnight mail, by
made on this application after the
electronic mail to
environmental impacts have been
Christopher.Lawrence@hq.doe.gov, or by evaluated pursuant to DOE’s National
facsimile to 202–586–8008.
Environmental Policy Act Implementing
Procedures (10 CFR Part 1021) and after
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
a determination is made by DOE that the
Christopher Lawrence (Program Office)
proposed action will not have an
202–586–5260.
adverse impact on the reliability of the
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Exports of
U.S. electric power supply system.
electricity from the United States to a
Copies of this application will be
foreign country are regulated by the
Department of Energy (DOE) pursuant to made available, upon request, for public
inspection and copying at the address
sections 301(b) and 402(f) of the
provided above, by accessing the
Department of Energy Organization Act
program Web site at https://
(42 U.S.C. 7151(b), 7172(f)) and require
www.oe.energy.gov/permits
authorization under section 202(e) of
_pending.htm, or by e-mailing Odessa
the FPA (16 U.S.C. 824a(e)).
Hopkins at
On June 24, 1999, the Department of
Energy (DOE) issued Order No. EA–209, Odessa.Hopkins@hq.doe.gov.
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collected; and (4) ways to minimize the
burden of the collection of information
on respondents, including through the
use of automated, electronic,
mechanical or other collection
techniques or other forms of information
technology. As required under the
Paperwork Reduction Act, after
evaluating comments, Western will
make a final determination on this
information collection extension and
publish a second notice in the Federal
Register.
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Issued in Washington, DC, on March 30,
2011.
Anthony J. Como,
Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of
Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability.
[FR Doc. 2011–8178 Filed 4–5–11; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy
[Case No. CAC–029]
Petition for Waiver From DaikinAC
(Americas) Inc. and Granting of the
Interim Waiver From the Department of
Energy Commercial Package Air
Conditioner and Heat Pump Test
Procedure
Office of Energy Efficiency and
Renewable Energy, Department of
Energy.
ACTION: Notice of petition for waiver,
granting of application for interim
waiver, and request for comments.
AGENCY:
This notice announces receipt
of and publishes a petition for waiver
from DaikinAC (Americas) Inc. (Daikin).
The petition for waiver (hereafter
‘‘petition’’) requests a waiver from the
U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) test
procedure applicable to commercial
package air-source central air
conditioners and heat pumps. The
petition is specific to the Daikin variable
capacity VRV III–PB variable refrigerant
flow (VRF) commercial multi-split heat
pumps (‘‘VRV III–PB multi-split heat
pumps’’). Through this document, DOE:
solicits comments, data, and
information with respect to the Daikin
petition; and announces the grant of an
interim waiver to Daikin from the
existing DOE test procedure for the
subject commercial multi-split heat
pumps.
SUMMARY:
DOE will accept comments, data,
and information with respect to the
Daikin petition until, but no later than
May 6, 2011.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments,
identified by case number ‘‘CAC–029,’’
by any of the following methods:
• Federal eRulemaking Portal:https://
www.regulations.gov. Follow the
instructions for submitting comments.
• E-mail:
AS_Waiver_Requests@ee.doe.gov.
Include the case number [CAC–029] in
the subject line of the message.
• Mail: Ms. Brenda Edwards, U.S.
Department of Energy, Building
Technologies Program, Mailstop EE–2J/
1000 Independence Avenue, SW.,
DATES:
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Agency Information Collection Extension
AGENCY: Western Area Power Administration, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice and request for comments.
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SUMMARY: Western Area Power Administration (Western), an agency of the
Department of Energy (DOE), pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction Act of
1995, intends to extend for three years without change, an information
collection request with the Office of Management and Budget (OMB).
Western's current OMB control number 1910-5136 for its Applicant
Profile Data form (APD) expires on September 30, 2011. Comments are
invited on: (1) Whether the extended collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of the functions of the agency,
including whether the information shall have practical utility; (2) 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; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and
clarity of the information to be collected; and (4) ways to minimize
the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including
the use of automated electronic, mechanical or other collection
techniques or other forms of information technology.
DATES: Comments regarding this proposed information collection must be
received on or before the end of the comment period that closes on June
6, 2011. Western must receive comments by the end of the comment period
to ensure consideration.
ADDRESSES: Written comments may be sent to Mr. Ronald Klinefelter,
Corporate Service Office, Western Area Power Administration, 12155 W.
Alameda Parkway, Lakewood, CO 80228 or by e-mail at
PRAComments@wapa.gov. Please refer to ``Paperwork Reduction Act
Information Collection'' as the subject of your comments.
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FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Ronald Klinefelter, Corporate
Service Office, Western Area Power Administration, 12155 W. Alameda
Parkway, Lakewood, CO 80228, telephone (720) 962-7010, or e-mail
PRAComments@wapa.gov. Western's existing collection instrument, the
Applicant Profile Data form (APD), can be viewed in the Invitation for
Public Comments on Western's Web page https://www.wapa.gov/documents/APDcomments.pdf.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This information collection request relates
to: (1) OMB No. 1910-5136; (2) Information Collection Request Title:
Western Area Power Administration Applicant Profile Data; (3) Type of
Review: Renewal; (4) Purpose: The proposed collection of information is
necessary for the proper performance of Western's functions. Western
markets a limited amount of Federal power. Western has discretion to
determine who will receive an allocation of Federal power. Due to the
high demand for Western's power and limited amount of available power
under established marketing plans, Western needs to be able to collect
information to evaluate who will receive an allocation of Federal
power. As a result, the information Western collects is necessary and
useful; (5) Annual Estimated Number of Respondents: 33.3; (6) Annual
Estimated Number of Total Responses: 33.3; (7) Annual Estimated Number
of Burden Hours: 266.7; (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and
Recordkeeping Cost Burden: 0.
I. Statutory Authority
Reclamation Laws are a series of laws arising from the Desert Land
Act of 1872 and include but are not limited to: The Desert Land Act of
1872, Reclamation Act of 1902, Reclamation Project Act of 1939, and the
Acts authorizing each individual project such as the Central Valley
Project Authorizing Act of 1937.\1\ The Reclamation Act of 1902
established the Federal reclamation program.\2\ The basic principle of
the Reclamation Act of 1902 was that the United States, through the
Secretary of the Interior, would build and operate irrigation works
from the proceeds of public land sales in the sixteen arid Western
states (a seventeenth was later added). The Reclamation Project Act of
1939 expanded the purposes of the reclamation program and specified
certain terms for contracts that the Secretary of the Interior enters
into to furnish water and power.\3\ Congress enacted the Reclamation
Laws for purposes that include enhancing navigation, protection from
floods, reclaiming the arid lands in the Western United States, and for
fish and wildlife.\4\ Congress intended the production of power would
be a supplemental feature of the multi-purpose water projects
authorized under the Reclamation Laws.\5\ No contract entered into by
the United States for power may impair the efficiency of the project
for irrigation purposes.\6\ Section 5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944
is read in pari materia with Reclamation Laws.\7\ In 1977 the
Department of Energy Organization Act transferred the power marketing
functions of the Department of the Interior to Western.\8\ Pursuant to
this authority, Western markets Federal hydropower. As part of
Western's marketing authority, Western needs to obtain information from
interested entities who desire an allocation of Federal power. The
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 requires Western to obtain a clearance
from OMB before collecting this information.\9\
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\1\ See, Ch. 107, 19 stat. 377 (1872), Ch. 1093, 32 Stat. 388
(1902), Ch. 418, 53 Stat. 1187 (1939), ch. 832, 50 Stat. 844, 850
(1937), all as amended and supplemented.
\2\ See, Ch. 1093, 32 Stat. 388, as amended and supplemented.
\3\ See, Ch. 418, 53 Stat. 1187 (1939), as amended and
supplemented.
\4\ See, e.g., ch. 832, 50 Stat. 844, 850 (1937), as amended and
supplemented.
\5\ Id.
\6\ See, 43 U.S.C. 485h(c).
\7\ See Act of December 22, 1944, ch. 665, 58 Stat. 887, as
amended and supplemented.
\8\ See, 42 U.S.C. 7152(a)(1)(E).
\9\ See, 44 U.S.C. 3501, et seq.
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II. This Process Determines the Format of the APD and Is Not a Call for
Applications
This public process and the associated Federal Register Notice only
determine the information that Western will collect from an entity
desiring to apply for a Federal power allocation. It is a legal
requirement with which Western must comply before Western can request
information from potential preference customers. This public process is
not the process whereby interested parties request an allocation of
Federal power. The actual allocation of power is outside the scope of
this proceeding. Please do not submit a request for Federal power in
this process. At a later time, through a separate process, Western will
issue a call for applications, as part of its project-specific
marketing plans. When Western issues a call for applications, the
information Western proposes to collect is voluntary. Western will use
the information collected, in conjunction with its project-specific
marketing plans, to determine an entity's eligibility and ultimately
who will receive an allocation of Federal power.
III. Purpose of Proposed Collection
Western proposes to continue to collect the information in its
existing APD. Western's current OMB control number 1910-5136 for its
APD will expire on September 30, 2011. There will be no changes in the
content, format, and directions. There are some ministerial errors that
have been corrected on the APD; however, such corrections have no
impact on the content, format, directions or paperwork burden. The
content, format, directions and paperwork burden for the existing APD
are discussed in more detail in that Federal Register Notice.\10\ This
information also is included as part of the administrative record for
this proceeding. In that process, Western identified what it believes
is the minimum amount of collective information, as well as the need
for collecting this information and the burden it creates. Western
stated due to the variations that may be developed in each of Western's
Regions, each Region through its project-specific marketing plans may
determine that it does not need all of the information. Each Region
will identify the subset of the data that it will require in its
application through its call for applications. The APD, as well as
administrative record for the proposal justifying its continued use, is
available for inspection and copying at Western's Corporate Service
Office and the ministerial changes as well as the invitation for
comments may be viewed at https://www.wapa.gov/documents/APDcomments.pdf. As part of this process, Western has updated the
annual cost burdens. From 2008 to 2011, Western has increased its
estimate of the cost burden for preparing the APD from $100 to $104 per
hour and for recordkeeping from $50 to $52 per hour.
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IV. Invitation for Comments
Western invites public comment on its existing collection of
information as set forth above. Comments are invited on: (1) Whether
the proposed collection of information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the agency, including whether the
information shall have practical utility; (2) 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; (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the
information to be
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collected; and (4) ways to minimize the burden of the collection of
information on respondents, including through the use of automated,
electronic, mechanical or other collection techniques or other forms of
information technology. As required under the Paperwork Reduction Act,
after evaluating comments, Western will make a final determination on
this information collection extension and publish a second notice in
the Federal Register.
Dated: March 28, 2011.
Timothy J. Meeks,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2011-8159 Filed 4-5-11; 8:45 am]
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