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Dated: April 19, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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Notice of Staff Attendance at
Southwest Power Pool Regional Entity
Trustee, Regional State Committee and
Board of Directors Meetings
The Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (Commission) hereby gives
notice that members of its staff may
attend the meetings of the Southwest
Power Pool, Inc. (SPP) Regional Entity
Trustee (RE), Regional State Committee
(RSC) and Board of Directors, as noted
below. Their attendance is part of the
Commission’s ongoing outreach efforts.
All meetings will be held at the Hilton
Kansas City Airport Hotel, 8801 NW
112th Street, Kansas City, MO 64153.
The hotel’s phone number is (816) 891–
8900.
SPP RE
April 29, 2013 (8:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m.)
SPP RSC
April 29, 2013 (1:00 p.m.–5:00 p.m.)
SPP Board of Directors
April 30, 2013 (8:00 a.m.–3:00 p.m.)
The discussions may address matters
at issue in the following proceedings:
Docket No. ER06–451, Southwest Power
Pool, Inc.
Docket No. ER08–1419, Southwest
Power Pool, Inc.
Docket No. ER09–659, Southwest Power
Pool, Inc.
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Docket No. ER11–4105, Southwest
Power Pool, Inc.
Docket No. ER12–140, Southwest Power
Pool, Inc.
Docket No. ER12–550, Southwest Power
Pool, Inc.
Docket No. ER12–891, Southwest Power
Pool, Inc.
Docket No. ER12–909, Southwest Power
Pool, Inc.
Docket No. ER12–959, Southwester
Power Pool, Inc.
Docket No. ER12–1017, Southwest
Power Pool, Inc.
Docket No. ER12–1018, Southwest
Power Pool, Inc.
Docket No. ER12–1179, Southwest
Power Pool, Inc.
Docket No. ER12–1401, Southwest
Power Pool, Inc.
Docket No. ER12–1402, Southwest
Power Pool, Inc.
Docket No. ER12–1586, Southwest
Power Pool, Inc.
Docket No. ER12–1772, Southwest
Power Pool, Inc.
Docket No. ER12–1779, Southwest
Power Pool, Inc.
Docket No. ER12–2292, Southwest
Power Pool, Inc.
Docket No. ER12–2366, Southwest
Power Pool, Inc.
Docket No. EL12–2, Southwest Power
Pool, Inc.
Docket No. EL12–47, Southwest Power
Pool, Inc.
Docket No. EL12–51, Southwest Power
Pool, Inc.
Docket No. EL12–60, Southwest Power
Pool, Inc., et al.
Docket No. ER12–1813, The Empire
District Electric Co.
Docket No. ER12–1071, Entergy
Arkansas, Inc.
Docket No. EL12–59, Golden Spread
Electric Cooperative, Inc.
Docket No. ER09–548, ITC Great Plains,
LLC
Docket No. ER12–480, Midwest
Independent Transmission System
Operator, Inc.
Docket No. ER12–1577, Midwest
Independent Transmission System
Operator, Inc.
Docket No. EL11–34, Midwest
Independent Transmission System
Operator, Inc.
Docket No. ER09–36, Prairie Wind
Transmission, LLC
Docket No. ER09–35, Tallgrass
Transmission, LLC
Docket No. EL12–28, Xcel Energy
Services Inc., et al.
Docket No. EL13–15, Southwestern
Public Service Company
Docket No. EL13–35, Southwestern
Public Service Company
Docket No. ER13–301, Southwest Power
Pool, Inc.
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Docket No. ER13–366, Southwest Power
Pool, Inc.
Docket No. ER13–367, Southwest Power
Pool, Inc.
Docket No. ER13–664, Southwest Power
Pool, Inc.
Docket No. ER13–989, Southwest Power
Pool, Inc.
Docket No. ER13–1013, Southwest
Power Pool, Inc.
Docket No. ER13–1014, Southwest
Power Pool, Inc.
Docket No, ER13–1032, Southwest
Power Pool, Inc.
Docket No. ER13–1061, Southwest
Power Pool, Inc.
Docket No. ER13–1068, Southwest
Power Pool, Inc.
Docket No. ER13–1084, Southwest
Power Pool, Inc.
Docket No. ER13–1173, Southwest
Power Pool, Inc.
Docket No. ER13–1264, Southwest
Power Pool, Inc.
These meetings are open to the
public.
For more information, contact Patrick
Clarey, Office of Energy Market
Regulation, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission at (317) 249–5937 or
patrick.clarey@ferc.gov.
Dated: April 22, 2013.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OAR–2002–0091; FRL 9530–8]
Information Collection Request
Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; Ambient
Air Quality Surveillance (Renewal)
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency has submitted an information
collection request (ICR), ‘‘Nitrogen
Oxides Ambient Air Monitoring
(Renewal)’’ (EPA ICR No. 2358.04, OMB
Control No. 2060–0638) to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review and approval in accordance with
the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.
3501 et seq.). This is a proposed
extension of the ICR, which is currently
approved through April 30, 2013. This
ICR is being submitted to OMB
concurrently with the renewal for the
‘‘Ambient Air Quality Surveillance’’ ICR
(EPA ICR Number 0940.27, OMB
Control Number 2060–0084). The
SUMMARY:
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renewal for the Ambient Air Quality
Surveillance ICR will incorporates the
requirements and burden currently
approved under the Nitrogen Oxides
Ambient Monitoring ICR (OMB# 2060–
0638, EPA ICR Number 2358.03) and the
Sulfur Dioxides Ambient Monitoring
ICR (OMB# 2060–0642, EPA ICR
Number 2370.02). Public comments
were previously requested via the
Federal Register (78 FR 12052) on
February 21, 2013 during a 60-day
comment period. This notice allows for
an additional 30 days for public
comments. A fuller description of the
ICR is given below, including its
estimated burden and cost to the public.
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.
DATES: Additional comments may be
submitted on or before May 29, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
referencing Docket ID number EPA–
HQ–OAR–2002–0091, to (1) EPA online
using www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), by Email to a-and-rdocket@epa.gov, or by mail to: EPA
Docket Center, Environmental
Protection Agency, Air and Radiation
Docket, Mail Code 28221T, 1200
Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington,
DC 20460, and (2) OMB by mail to:
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and
Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer
for EPA, 725 17th Street NW.,
Washington, DC 20503.
EPA’s policy is that all comments
received will be included in the public
docket without change including any
personal information provided, unless
the comment includes profanity, threats,
information claimed to be Confidential
Business Information (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is
restricted by statute.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Laurie Trinca, Air Quality Analysis
Division (C304–06), Environmental
Protection Agency; telephone number
(919) 541–0520; fax number: 919–541–
1903; email address:
trinca.laurie@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Supporting documents which explain in
detail the information that the EPA will
be collecting are available in the public
docket for this ICR. The docket can be
viewed online at www.regulations.gov
or in person at the EPA Docket Center,
EPA West, Room 3334, 1301
Constitution Ave. NW., Washington,
DC. The telephone number for the
Docket Center is 202–566–1744. For
additional information about EPA’s
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dockets.
Abstract: This Information Collection
Request (ICR) includes ambient air
monitoring data and other supporting
measurements reporting and
recordkeeping activities associated with
the 40 CFR part 58 Ambient Air Quality
Surveillance rule. These data and
information are collected by various
State and local air quality management
agencies, and Tribal entities and
reported to the Office of Air Quality
Planning and Standards within the
Office of Air and Radiation, U.S. EPA.
The data collected through this
information collection consist of
ambient air concentration
measurements for the seven air
pollutants with National Ambient Air
Quality Standards (i.e., ozone, sulfur
dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, lead, carbon
monoxide, PM2.5 and PM–10), ozone
precursors, meteorological variables at a
select number of sites and other
supporting measurements.
Accompanying the pollutant
concentration data are quality
assurance/quality control data and air
monitoring network design information.
The U.S. EPA and others (e.g., State
and local air quality management
agencies, tribal entities, environmental
groups, academic institutions, industrial
groups) use the ambient air quality data
for many purposes, including informing
the public and other interested parties
of an area’s air quality, judging an area’s
(e.g., county, city, neighborhood) air
quality in comparison with the
established health or welfare standards
(including both national and local
standards), evaluating an air quality
management agency’s progress in
achieving or maintaining air pollutant
levels below the national and local
standards, developing and revising State
Implementation Plans (SIPs) in
accordance with 40 CFR part 51,
evaluating air pollutant control
strategies, developing or revising
national control policies, providing data
for air quality model development and
validation, supporting enforcement
actions, documenting episodes and
initiating episode controls, air quality
trends assessment, and air pollution
research.
The State and local agencies and
tribal entities with responsibility for
reporting ambient air quality data and
information as requested in this ICR
submit these data electronically to the
U.S. EPA’s Air Quality System (AQS)
database. Quality assurance/quality
control records and monitoring network
documentation are also maintained by
each State and local agency, in AQS
electronic format where possible.
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Respondents/Affected Entities: State
and local air pollution agencies and
Tribal entities.
Respondent’s obligation to respond:
Mandatory.
Estimated Number of Respondents:
142.
Frequency of Response: Quarterly, but
may occur more frequently.
Total Estimated Annual Hour Burden:
49,474 hours. Burden is defined at 5
CFR 1320.3(b).
Total Estimated Annual Cost:
$3,261,007. This includes an estimated
labor cost of $2,737,485 and an
estimated cost of $523,522 for
operations and maintenance and capital
costs.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
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Forum on Environmental
Measurements Announcement of
Competency Policy for Assistance
Agreements
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Announcement of Competency
Policy for Assistance Agreements.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency’s Forum on Environmental
Measurements (FEM) is implementing
an Agency-wide policy requiring
organizations generating or using
environmental data under certain
Agency-funded assistance agreements to
submit documentation of their
competency prior to award of the
agreement, or if that is not practicable,
prior to beginning any work involving
the generation or use of environmental
data under the agreement. The Policy
was originally approved on December
12, 2012 by the Science Technology
Policy Council (STPC) and will be
effective on May 15, 2013. The Policy
will apply to all competitive and noncompetitive assistance agreements
expected to exceed a total maximum
value of $200,000 (in federal funding)
and awarded based on solicitations
issued after May 14, 2013. The Policy
will be reviewed against frequently
asked questions within two years after
its effective data and will either be
reissued without revision, reissued with
revisions, or rescinded.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Comments or questions should be sent
SUMMARY:
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
[EPA-HQ-OAR-2002-0091; FRL 9530-8]
Information Collection Request Submitted to OMB for Review and
Approval; Comment Request; Ambient Air Quality Surveillance (Renewal)
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency has submitted an
information collection request (ICR), ``Nitrogen Oxides Ambient Air
Monitoring (Renewal)'' (EPA ICR No. 2358.04, OMB Control No. 2060-0638)
to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review and approval in
accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.).
This is a proposed extension of the ICR, which is currently approved
through April 30, 2013. This ICR is being submitted to OMB concurrently
with the renewal for the ``Ambient Air Quality Surveillance'' ICR (EPA
ICR Number 0940.27, OMB Control Number 2060-0084). The
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renewal for the Ambient Air Quality Surveillance ICR will incorporates
the requirements and burden currently approved under the Nitrogen
Oxides Ambient Monitoring ICR (OMB 2060-0638, EPA ICR Number
2358.03) and the Sulfur Dioxides Ambient Monitoring ICR (OMB
2060-0642, EPA ICR Number 2370.02). Public comments were previously
requested via the Federal Register (78 FR 12052) on February 21, 2013
during a 60-day comment period. This notice allows for an additional 30
days for public comments. A fuller description of the ICR is given
below, including its estimated burden and cost to the public. 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.
DATES: Additional comments may be submitted on or before May 29, 2013.
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, referencing Docket ID number EPA-HQ-
OAR-2002-0091, to (1) EPA online using www.regulations.gov (our
preferred method), by Email to a-and-r-docket@epa.gov, or by mail to:
EPA Docket Center, Environmental Protection Agency, Air and Radiation
Docket, Mail Code 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, DC
20460, and (2) OMB by mail to: Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), Attention: Desk Officer
for EPA, 725 17th Street NW., Washington, DC 20503.
EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the
public docket without change including any personal information
provided, unless the comment includes profanity, threats, information
claimed to be Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Laurie Trinca, Air Quality Analysis
Division (C304-06), Environmental Protection Agency; telephone number
(919) 541-0520; fax number: 919-541-1903; email address:
trinca.laurie@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Supporting documents which explain in detail
the information that the EPA will be collecting are available in the
public docket for this ICR. The docket can be viewed online at
www.regulations.gov or in person at the EPA Docket Center, EPA West,
Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC. The telephone
number for the Docket Center is 202-566-1744. For additional
information about EPA's public docket, visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets.
Abstract: This Information Collection Request (ICR) includes
ambient air monitoring data and other supporting measurements reporting
and recordkeeping activities associated with the 40 CFR part 58 Ambient
Air Quality Surveillance rule. These data and information are collected
by various State and local air quality management agencies, and Tribal
entities and reported to the Office of Air Quality Planning and
Standards within the Office of Air and Radiation, U.S. EPA.
The data collected through this information collection consist of
ambient air concentration measurements for the seven air pollutants
with National Ambient Air Quality Standards (i.e., ozone, sulfur
dioxide, nitrogen dioxide, lead, carbon monoxide, PM2.5 and
PM-10), ozone precursors, meteorological variables at a select number
of sites and other supporting measurements. Accompanying the pollutant
concentration data are quality assurance/quality control data and air
monitoring network design information.
The U.S. EPA and others (e.g., State and local air quality
management agencies, tribal entities, environmental groups, academic
institutions, industrial groups) use the ambient air quality data for
many purposes, including informing the public and other interested
parties of an area's air quality, judging an area's (e.g., county,
city, neighborhood) air quality in comparison with the established
health or welfare standards (including both national and local
standards), evaluating an air quality management agency's progress in
achieving or maintaining air pollutant levels below the national and
local standards, developing and revising State Implementation Plans
(SIPs) in accordance with 40 CFR part 51, evaluating air pollutant
control strategies, developing or revising national control policies,
providing data for air quality model development and validation,
supporting enforcement actions, documenting episodes and initiating
episode controls, air quality trends assessment, and air pollution
research.
The State and local agencies and tribal entities with
responsibility for reporting ambient air quality data and information
as requested in this ICR submit these data electronically to the U.S.
EPA's Air Quality System (AQS) database. Quality assurance/quality
control records and monitoring network documentation are also
maintained by each State and local agency, in AQS electronic format
where possible.
Respondents/Affected Entities: State and local air pollution
agencies and Tribal entities.
Respondent's obligation to respond: Mandatory.
Estimated Number of Respondents: 142.
Frequency of Response: Quarterly, but may occur more frequently.
Total Estimated Annual Hour Burden: 49,474 hours. Burden is defined
at 5 CFR 1320.3(b).
Total Estimated Annual Cost: $3,261,007. This includes an estimated
labor cost of $2,737,485 and an estimated cost of $523,522 for
operations and maintenance and capital costs.
John Moses,
Director, Collection Strategies Division.
[FR Doc. 2013-10009 Filed 4-26-13; 8:45 am]
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