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Register
/
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68,
No.
239
/
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December
12,
2003
/
Notices
Comments,
protests
and
interventions
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
under
the
``
e­
Filing''
link.
The
Commission
strongly
encourages
electronic
filings.
t.
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.
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11
 
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BILLING
CODE
6717
 
01
 
P
DEPARTMENT
OF
ENERGY
Federal
Energy
Regulatory
Commission
[
Docket
Nos.
RP96
 
200
 
092,
RP96
 
200
 
097,
RP96
 
200
 
101,
RP96
 
200
 
102,
RP96
 
200
 
103,
RP96
 
200
 
104,
RP96
 
200
 
105,
RP96
 
200
 
106,
RP96
 
200
 
107,
RP96
 
200
 
108,
RP96
 
200
 
110,
RP96
 
200
 
111,
RP96
 
200
 
113,
and
RP96
 
200
 
114]

CenterPoint
Energy
Gas
Transmission
Company;
Notice
of
Technical
Conference
December
5,
2003.

The
Commission
staff
will
hold
a
technical
conference
in
the
captioned
subdockets
on
December
12,
2003,
beginning
at
9
a.
m.
at
the
Commission's
headquarters
at
888
First
St.
NE.,
Washington,
DC,
in
a
room
to
be
established.
The
technical
conference
will
further
discuss
issues
raised
by
the
September
15,
2003
Order
in
Docket
Nos.
RP96
 
200
 
092,
et
al.,
(
104
FERC
¶
61,280),
which
directed
CenterPoint
Energy
Transmission
Company
(
CEGT)
to
file
certain
tariff
provisions
and
to
modify
certain
non­
conforming
gas
transportation
agreements.
The
issues
in
the
enumerated
Docket
No.
RP96
 
200
subdockets
are
closely
related.
Therefore,
Commission
staff
believes
that
the
discussion
of
these
issues
at
a
public
technical
conference,
which
would
be
open
only
to
Commission
staff
and
interested
parties
that
have
intervened
in
these
subdockets,
will
assist
in
an
efficient
resolution
of
these
matters.
Interested
parties
desiring
further
information
should
contact
John
M.
Robinson
of
the
advisory
staff
at
202
 
502
 
6808.

Magalie
R.
Salas,
Secretary.
[
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Doc.
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03;
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am]

BILLING
CODE
6717
 
01
 
P
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
SFUND
 
2000
 
0009,
FRL
 
7598
 
9]

Agency
Information
Collection
Activities:
Proposed
Collection;
Comment
Request;
Notification
of
Episodic
Releases
of
Oil
and
Hazardous
Substances,
EPA
ICR
Number
1049.10,
OMB
Control
Number
2050
 
0046
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
a
continuing
Information
Collection
Request
(
ICR)
to
the
Office
of
Management
and
Budget
(
OMB).
This
is
a
request
to
renew
an
existing
approved
collection.
This
ICR
is
scheduled
to
expire
on
April
30,
2004.
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
February
10,
2004.
ADDRESSES:
Submit
your
comments,
referencing
docket
ID
number
SFUND
 
2000
 
0009,
to
EPA
online
using
EDOCKET
(
our
preferred
method),
by
email
to
superfund.
docket@
epa.
gov,
or
by
mail
to:
EPA
Docket
Center,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
Superfund
Docket
Office,
Mail
Code
5202T,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460.
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Lynn
M.
Beasley,
Office
of
Solid
Waste
and
Emergency
Response,
Office
of
Emergency
Prevention,
Preparedness,
and
Response,
Emergency
Response
Staff,
5204G,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460;
telephone
number:
(
703)
603
 
9086;
fax
number:
(
703)
603
 
9104;
e­
mail
address:
beasley.
lynn@
epa.
gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:
EPA
has
established
a
public
docket
for
this
ICR
under
Docket
ID
number
SFUND
 
2000
 
0009,
which
is
available
for
public
viewing
at
the
Superfund
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:
30
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
Superfund
Docket
is
(
202)
566
 
0276.
An
electronic
version
of
the
public
docket
is
available
through
EPA
Dockets
(
EDOCKET)
at
http://
www.
epa.
gov/
edocket.
Use
EDOCKET
to
obtain
a
copy
of
the
draft
collection
of
information,
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.
Any
comments
related
to
this
ICR
should
be
submitted
to
EPA
within
60
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
http://
www.
epa.
gov./
edocket.
Affected
entities:
Entities
potentially
affected
by
this
action
are
facilities
or
vessels
that
manufacture,
process,
transport,
or
otherwise
use
certain
specified
hazardous
substances
and
oil.
Title:
Notification
of
Episodic
Releases
of
Oil
and
Hazardous
Substances.
Abstract:
Section
103(
a)
of
CERCLA,
as
amended,
requires
the
person
in
charge
of
a
facility
or
vessel
to
immediately
notify
the
National
Response
Center
(
NRC)
of
a
hazardous
substance
release
into
the
environment
if
the
amount
of
the
release
equals
or
exceeds
the
substance's
reportable
quantity
(
RQ)
limit.
The
RQ
of
every
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/
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68,
No.
239
/
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December
12,
2003
/
Notices
hazardous
substance
can
be
found
in
Table
302.4
of
40
CFR
302.4.
Section
311
of
the
CWA,
as
amended,
requires
the
person
in
charge
of
a
vessel
to
immediately
notify
the
NRC
of
an
oil
spill
into
U.
S.
navigable
waters
if
the
spill
causes
a
sheen,
violates
applicable
water
quality
standards,
or
causes
a
sludge
or
emulsion
to
be
deposited
beneath
the
surface
of
the
water
or
upon
adjoining
shorelines.
The
reporting
of
a
hazardous
substance
release
that
is
above
the
substance's
RQ
allows
the
Federal
Government
to
determine
whether
a
Federal
response
action
is
required
to
control
or
mitigate
any
potential
adverse
effects
to
public
health
or
welfare
or
the
environment.
Likewise,
the
reporting
of
oil
spills
allows
the
Federal
government
to
determine
whether
cleaning
up
the
oil
spill
is
necessary
to
mitigate
or
prevent
damage
to
public
health
or
welfare
or
the
environment.
The
hazardous
substance
and
oil
release
information
collected
under
CERCLA
section
103(
a)
and
CWA
section
311
also
is
available
to
EPA
program
offices
and
other
Federal
agencies
who
use
the
information
to
evaluate
the
potential
need
for
additional
regulations,
new
permitting
requirements
for
specific
substances
or
sources,
or
improved
emergency
response
planning.
Release
notification
information,
which
is
stored
in
the
national
Emergency
Response
Notification
System
(
ERNS)
data
base,
is
available
to
State
and
local
government
authorities
as
well
as
the
general
public.
State
and
local
government
authorities
and
the
regulated
community
use
release
information
for
purposes
of
local
emergency
response
planning.
Members
of
the
general
public,
who
have
access
to
release
information
through
the
Freedom
of
Information
Act,
may
request
release
information
for
purposes
of
maintaining
an
awareness
of
what
types
of
releases
are
occurring
in
different
localities
and
what
actions,
if
any,
are
being
taken
to
protect
public
health
and
welfare
and
the
environment.
ERNS
fact
sheets,
which
provide
summary
and
statistical
information
about
hazardous
substance
and
oil
release
notifications,
also
are
available
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.
The
OMB
control
numbers
for
EPA's
regulations
in
40
CFR
are
listed
in
40
CFR
part
9.
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:
Estimated
total
number
of
reportable
releases
of
hazardous
substances
and
oil
per
year:
24,082.
Frequency
of
response:
When
a
reportable
release
occurs.
Estimated
total
annual
burden
hours:
98,736
hours.
Estimated
total
annual
burden
costs:
$
7,230,537.
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:
November
10,
2003.
Deborah
Y.
Dietrich,
Director,
Office
of
Emergency
Prevention,
Preparedness,
and
Response.
[
FR
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03
 
30776
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12
 
11
 
03;
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am]

BILLING
CODE
6560
 
50
 
P
ENVIRONMENTAL
PROTECTION
AGENCY
[
OPP
 
2003
 
0383;
FRL
 
7337
 
2]

Pesticide
Program
Dialogue
Committee
Notice
of
Charter
Renewal
AGENCY:
Environmental
Protection
Agency
(
EPA).
ACTION:
Notice.
SUMMARY:
As
required
by
the
Federal
Advisory
Committee
Act,
EPA's
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs
(
OPP)
is
giving
notice
of
the
renewal
of
the
Pesticide
Program
Dialogue
Committee
(
PPDC)
and
its
Charter.
DATES:
The
PPDC
Charter,
which
was
filed
with
Congress
on
November
7,
2003,
will
be
in
effect
for
2
years,
until
November
7,
2005.
FOR
FURTHER
INFORMATION
CONTACT:
Margie
Fehrenbach,
Designated
Federal
Officer
for
PPDC,
Office
of
Pesticide
Programs,
7501C,
Environmental
Protection
Agency,
1200
Pennsylvania
Ave.,
NW.,
Washington,
DC
20460;
telephone
number:
703
 
308
 
4775;
fax
number:
703
 
308
 
4776;
e­
mail
address:
Fehrenbach.
Margie@
epa.
gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY
INFORMATION:

I.
General
Information
A.
Does
this
Action
Apply
to
Me?
This
action
is
directed
to
the
public
in
general;
however,
persons
may
be
interested
who
work
in
agricultural
settings
or
persons
who
are
concerned
about
implementation
of
the
Federal
Insecticide,
Fungicide,
and
Rodenticide
Act
(
FIFRA);
the
Federal
Food,
Drug,
and
Cosmetic
Act
(
FFDCA);
and
the
amendments
to
both
of
these
major
pesticide
laws
by
the
Food
Quality
Protection
Act
(
FQPA),
(
Public
Law
104
 
170)
of
1996.
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.

B.
How
Can
I
Get
Copies
of
this
Document
and
Other
Related
Information?
1.
Docket.
EPA
has
established
an
official
public
docket
for
this
action
under
docket
identification
(
ID)
number
OPP
 
2003
 
0383.
The
official
public
docket
consists
of
the
documents
specifically
referenced
in
this
action,
any
public
comments
received,
and
other
information
related
to
this
action.
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.
The
official
public
docket
is
the
collection
of
materials
that
is
available
for
public
viewing
at
the
Public
Information
and
Records
Integrity
Branch
(
PIRIB),
Rm.
119,
Crystal
Mall
#
2,
1921
Jefferson
Davis
Hwy.,
Arlington,
VA.
This
docket
facility
is
open
from
8:
30
a.
m.
to
4
p.
m.,
Monday
through
Friday,
excluding
legal
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