Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 241 / Friday, December 15, 2006 / Notices

Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 241 / Friday, December 15, 2006 / Notices

This constitutes notice, in accordance

with 18 CFR 385.2201(b), of the receipt

of prohibited and exempt off-the-record

communications.

Order No. 607 (64 FR 51222,

September 22, 1999) requires

Commission decisional employees, who

make or receive a prohibited or exempt

off-the-record communication relevant

to the merits of a contested proceeding,

to deliver to the Secretary of the

Commission, a copy of the

communication, if written, or a

summary of the substance of any oral

communication.

Prohibited communications are

included in a public, non-decisional file

associated with, but not a part of, the

decisional record of the proceeding.

Unless the Commission determines that

the prohibited communication and any

responses thereto should become a part

of the decisional record, the prohibited

off-the-record communication will not

be considered by the Commission in

reaching its decision. Parties to a

proceeding may seek the opportunity to

respond to any facts or contentions

made in a prohibited off-the-record

communication, and may request that

the Commission place the prohibited

communication and responses thereto

in the decisional record. The

Commission will grant such a request

only when it determines that fairness so

Docket No.

Date received

p. 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.

Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. E6–21417 Filed 12–14–06; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RM98–1–000]

Records Governing Off-the-Record

Communications; Public Notice

December 8, 2006.

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Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. E6–21388 Filed 12–14–06; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RM06–22–000]

Mandatory Reliability Standards for

Critical Infrastructure Protection;

Notice of Comment Period

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December 11, 2006.

On August 28, 2006, the North

American Electric Reliability Council,

on behalf of its wholly-owned

subsidiary, the North American Electric

Reliability Corporation (collectively

NERC), filed eight proposed Reliability

Standards concerning Critical

Infrastructure Protection (CIP) for

Commission approval, pursuant to its

role as the Electric Reliability

Organization (ERO) under section 215 of

the Federal Power Act (FPA). On

September 18, 2006, the Commission

issued a notice announcing that it

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established a new rulemaking

proceeding, Docket No. RM06–22–000,

to address the proposed CIP Reliability

Standards.1

Concurrent with today’s notice, the

Commission is releasing a staff

preliminary assessment of the eight

proposed CIP Reliability Standards.

This assessment is a preliminary

technical analysis by staff and does not

offer legal conclusions or recommend

any particular action to be taken by the

Commission. The Commission will

issue a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking

(NOPR) with its proposal on each

Reliability Standard after receiving

comments on the staff preliminary

assessment. Interested persons will also

have an opportunity to file comments

on the NOPR.

NERC should respond to this

preliminary assessment by February 12,

2007. We also invite other interested

persons to file comments on the staff

preliminary assessment by the comment

date. Comments should respond to

1 In addition, the Notice explained that nineteen

other new and revised proposed Reliability

Standards submitted by NERC in the same August

28, 2006 filing would be addressed in Docket No.

RM06–16–000.

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requires. Any person identified below as

having made a prohibited off-the-record

communication shall serve the

document on all parties listed on the

official service list for the applicable

proceeding in accordance with Rule

2010, 18 CFR 385.2010.

Exempt off-the-record

communications are included in the

decisional record of the proceeding,

unless the communication was with a

cooperating agency as described by 40

CFR 1501.6, made under 18 CFR

385.2201(e)(1)(v).

The following is an off-the-record

communication recently received by the

Secretary of the Commission. This filing

is available for review at the

Commission in the Public Reference

Room or may be viewed on the

Commission’s Web site at http://

www.ferc.gov using the eLibrary link.

Enter the docket number, excluding the

last three digits, in the docket number

field to access the document. For

assistance, please contact FERC, Online

Support at

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll

free at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY,

contact (202) 502–8659.

Exempt:

Presenter or requester

Advisory Council on Historic Preservation.

issues discussed in the preliminary

assessment in the order in which they

appear, and take care to identify which

issue, Reliability Standard, or specific

provision of a Reliability Standard is

being addressed. Commenters may also

address related issues not raised in the

staff preliminary assessment to assist

the Commission to make more informed

decisions regarding the proposed CIP

Reliability Standards.

The Commission encourages

electronic submission of comments

using the ‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://

www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file

electronically should submit an original

and 14 copies of their comments to the

Secretary of the Commission, Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.

The staff preliminary assessment is

accessible online at http://www.ferc.gov,

using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is

available for review in the

Commission’s Public Reference Room in

Washington, DC. There is an

‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the Web site

that enables subscribers to receive email notification when a document is

added to a subscribed docket(s). For

assistance with any FERC Online

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service, please e-mail

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call

(202) 502–8659.

Comment Date: 5 p.m. eastern time on

February 12, 2007.

Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–8256–5]

Agency Information Collection

Activities OMB Responses

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This document announces the

Office of Management and Budget’s

(OMB) responses to Agency clearance

requests, in compliance with the

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C.

3501 et. seq.). 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.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Susan Auby (202) 566–1672, or e-mail at

auby.susan@epa.gov and please refer to

the appropriate EPA Information

Collection Request (ICR) Number.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

OMB Responses to Agency Clearance

Requests

OMB Approvals

EPA ICR No. 2243.01; Procedures for

Implementing NEPA; was approved 11/

15/2006; OMB Control Number 2020–

0033; expires 05/31/2007.

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Short Term Extension

EPA ICR No. 0168.08; NPDES and

Sewage Sludge Management State

Programs; in 40 CFR part 122, 40 CFR

123.21–123.24, 40 CFR 123.26–123.29,

40 CFR 123.43–123.45, 40 CFR 123.62–

123.64, 40 CFR 124.53–124.54, 40 CFR

part 125, 40 CFR part 501, 40 CFR

123.26(e), 40 CFR 123.26(e)(5), 40 CFR

123.41(a), 40 CFR 501.21, 40 CFR

501.34, 40 CFR 501.11, 40 CFR 501.16,

40 CFR 123.26(b)(2) and (3), 40 CFR

124.53 and 124.54, 40 CFR 123.43 and

123.44, 40 CFR 501.14, 40 CFR 123.45,

40 CFR 501.21, 40 CFR 123.21, 40 CFR

123.64, 40 CFR 123.26(b)(1), (2) and(3),

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AGENCY: Environmental Protection

EPA–HQ–OAR–2005–0133. The docket

is located at The Air Docket, Room

3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20460, and may be

viewed between 8 a.m. and 5:30 p.m.,

Monday through Friday. The telephone

is (202) 566–1742. A reasonable fee may

be charged by EPA for copying docket

material.

Additionally, an electronic version of

the public docket is available through

the Federal government’s electronic

public docket and comment system.

You may access EPA dockets at http://

www.regulations.gov. After opening the

www.regulations.gov Web site, select

‘‘Environmental Protection Agency’’

from the pull-down Agency list, then

scroll to ‘‘Keyword or ID’’ and enter

EPA–HQ–OAR–2004–0133 to view

documents in the record of the SORE

authorization request. Although a part

of the official docket, the public docket

does not include Confidential Business

Information (CBI) or other information

whose disclosure is restricted by statute.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

David Dickinson, Compliance and

Innovative Strategies Division, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, Ariel

Rios Building (6405J), 1200

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20460. Telephone:

(202) 343–09256. E-Mail Address:

Dickinson.David@EPA.GOV.

Agency (EPA).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I have

Dated: December 8, 2006.

Richard T. Westlund,

Acting Director, Collection Strategies

Division.

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AGENCY: Environmental Protection

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40 CFR 123.43 and 123.44(i); OMB

Number 2040–0057; on 11/21/2006,

OMB extended the expiration date

through 12/31/2006.

EPA ICR No. 2178.01; Market-based

Stormwater Management in the

Shepherd Creek Watershed in

Cincinnati, OH; OMB Number 2080–

0076; on 11/30/2006, OMB extended the

expiration date through 03/31/2007.

EPA ICR No. 0220.09; Clean Water

Act Section 404 State-Assumed

Programs; in 40 CFR 233.10–233.14, 40

CFR 233.20–233.21, 40 CFR 233.30, 40

CFR 233.50, 40 CFR 233.52; OMB

Number 2040–0168; on 11/21/2006,

OMB extended the expiration date

through 01/31/2007.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–8257–2]

California State Nonroad Engine and

Vehicle Pollution Control Standards;

Decision of the Administrator

ACTION: Notice regarding authorization

of California small off-road engine

emission standards.

SUMMARY: EPA today, pursuant to

section 209(e) of the Clean Air Act (Act),

42 U.S.C. 7543(e), is granting California

its request for an authorization of its

small off-road engine emission

standards for 2007 and subsequent

model years (SORE). By letter dated

April 11, 2005, the California Air

Resources Board (CARB) requested that

EPA grant California an authorization

(sometimes referred to as a waiver of

federal preemption) for its SORE

regulations which set forth amended

exhaust emission standards and new

evaporative emission standards and

associated test procedures for Class I

and Class II small off-road engines for

2007 and subsequent model years.

ADDRESSES: The Agency’s Decision

Document, containing an explanation of

the Assistant Administrator’s decision,

as well as all documents relied upon in

making that decision, including those

submitted to EPA by CARB, are

available at EPA’s Air and Radiation

Docket and Information Center (Air

Docket). Materials relevant to this

decision are contained in Docket No.

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decided to grant California an

authorization pursuant to section 209(e)

of the Act for the SORE regulations.1 As

explained in the Decision Document

supporting today’s decision, I have

decided to grant a full authorization for

all of the SORE regulation despite

CARB’s request that some portions be

considered within the scope of previous

authorization determinations. As also

explained in the Decision Document,

EPA received a series of comments

supporting CARB’s request for an

authorization and received comments

from one commenter that conditionally

supported the authorization and raised

other concerns but did not represent

that such other concerns should be the

basis for denying or delaying the

authorization. For the reasons set forth

below and further discussed in the

Decision Document, EPA is granting

CARB’s request for authorization for its

SORE regulations.

Section 209(e)(1) of the Act addresses

the permanent preemption of any State,

or political subdivision thereof, from

adopting or attempting to enforce any

standard or other requirement relating

1 The CARB Board approved the SORE

regulations by Resolution 03–24.

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