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abandon in place the existing 4.72 miles
of 20-inch, 1910–1962 vintage bare steel
pipe of Lines KNY and KM3, all as more
fully set forth in the application which
is on file with the Commission and open
for public inspection.
Any questions regarding the
applications should be directed to
Kenneth E. Webster, Attorney for
National Fuel, 6363 Main Street,
Williamsville, New York 14221 or call
716–857–7067.
Any person may, within 60 days after
the issuance of the instant notice by the
Commission, file pursuant to Rule 214
of the Commission’s Procedural Rules
(18 CFR 385.214) a motion to intervene
or notice of intervention. Any person
filing to intervene or the Commission’s
staff may, pursuant to section 157.205 of
the Commission’s Regulations under the
NGA (18 CFR 157.205) file a protest to
the request. If no protest is filed within
the time allowed therefore, the proposed
activity shall be deemed to be
authorized effective the day after the
time allowed for protest. If a protest is
filed and not withdrawn within 30 days
after the time allowed for filing a
protest, the instant request shall be
treated as an application for
authorization pursuant to section 7 of
the NGA.
Pursuant to section 157.9 of the
Commission’s rules, 18 CFR 157.9,
within 90 days of this Notice the
Commission staff will either: complete
its environmental assessment (EA) and
place it into the Commission’s public
record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or
issue a Notice of Schedule for
Environmental Review. If a Notice of
Schedule for Environmental Review is
issued, it will indicate, among other
milestones, the anticipated date for the
Commission staff’s issuance of the final
environmental impact statement (FEIS)
or EA for this proposal. The filing of the
EA in the Commission’s public record
for this proceeding or the issuance of a
Notice of Schedule for Environmental
Review will serve to notify federal and
state agencies of the timing for the
completion of all necessary reviews, and
the subsequent need to complete all
federal authorizations within 90 days of
the date of issuance of the Commission
staff’s FEIS or EA.
Persons who wish to comment only
on the environmental review of this
project should submit an original and
two copies of their comments to the
Secretary of the Commission.
Environmental commenter’s will be
placed on the Commission’s
environmental mailing list, will receive
copies of the environmental documents,
and will be notified of meetings
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environmental review process.
Environmental commenter’s will not be
required to serve copies of filed
documents on all other parties.
However, the non-party commentary,
will not receive copies of all documents
filed by other parties or issued by the
Commission (except for the mailing of
environmental documents issued by the
Commission) and will not have the right
to seek court review of the
Commission’s final order.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filings of comments, protests,
and interventions via the internet in lieu
of paper. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii)
and the instructions on the
Commission’s Web site (www.ferc.gov)
under the ‘‘e-Filing’’ link. Persons
unable to file electronically should
submit an original and 14 copies of the
protest or intervention to the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
This filing is accessible on-line 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 service, please email
[email protected], or call
(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202) 502–8659.
Dated: March 24, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014–07304 Filed 4–1–14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Western Area Power Administration
Office of General Counsel; Agency
Information Collection Extension
Western Area Power
Administration, DOE.
ACTION: Notice and Request for
Comments.
AGENCY:

The Western Area Power
Administration (Western), an element 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,
2014.

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Comments regarding this
proposed information collection must
be received on or before the end of the
comment period that closes on June 2,
2014. Western must receive comments
by the end of the comment period to
ensure consideration.

DATES:

Written comments may be
sent to Mr. Ronald Klinefelter, Assistant
General Counsel, Western Area Power
Administration, 12155 W. Alameda
Parkway, Lakewood, CO 80228 or by
email to [email protected].
Please refer to ‘‘Paperwork Reduction
Act Information Collection’’ as the
subject of your comments.

ADDRESSES:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Please contact Mr. Ronald Klinefelter,
Assistant General Counsel, Western
Area Power Administration, 12155 W.
Alameda Parkway, Lakewood, CO
80228, telephone (720) 962–7010, or
email [email protected].
Western’s existing collection
instrument, the APD, can be viewed in
the Invitation for Public Comments on
Western’s Web page ww2.wapa.gov/
sites/Western/Documents/
APDcomments.pdf.
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 using the APD to evaluate
the entities that apply to receive
allocations of Federal power; (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: $31,564.37.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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

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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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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.
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 See, e.g., Ch. 832, 50 Stat. 844, 850 (1937), as
amended and supplemented.
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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This public process is a legal
requirement that Western must comply
with 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 projectspecific 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 which entity will receive
an allocation of Federal power.
III. Invitation for Comments
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.
Dated: March 20, 2014.
Mark A. Gabriel,
Administrator.
[FR Doc. 2014–07365 Filed 4–1–14; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–0233; FRL–9908–77]

Office of Pesticide Programs; Notice of
Public Meeting
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:

EPA’s Office of Pesticide
Programs, the U.S. Department of
Agriculture (USDA), and the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service and the National
Marine Fisheries Service (collectively,
the Services), are holding a one day
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stakeholders to offer scientific and
technical feedback on the interim
approaches that were issued in
November 2013 by the EPA, USDA, and
the Services in response to the National
Academy of Sciences (NAS) report
entitled, ‘‘Assessing Risks to
Endangered and Threatened Species
from Pesticides’’. The workshop is an
opportunity for stakeholders and
agencies to continue their dialogue on
the technical aspects of implementing
the NAS recommendations, building
upon public meetings held in November
and December 2013 and the
implementation of the enhanced
stakeholder engagement process that
was finalized in March 2013. The
workshop is not designed to, or
intended to be a decision-making forum;
consensus will not be sought or
developed at the meeting. This public
meeting furthers the agencies’ goal of
developing a consultation process for
pesticide impacts on listed species that
is efficient, inclusive, and transparent.
The meeting will be held on
April 22, 2014 from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00
p.m.
Requests to participate in the meeting
must be received on or before April 15,
2014. To request accommodation of a
disability, please contact the person
listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION
CONTACT, preferably at least 10 days
prior to the meeting, to give EPA as
much time as possible to process your
request.
DATES:

The meeting will be held at
Office of Pesticide Programs, One
Potomac Yard, 2777 S. Crystal Drive,
Arlington, Virginia 22202 in the 1st
floor conference room. Webinar and
teleconference information will be
provided to participants requesting
access via webinar and telephone.
Requests to participate in the meeting,
identified by docket identification (ID)
number EPA–HQ–OPP–2014–0233, may
be submitted to the person listed under
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT.
ADDRESSES:

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Catherine Eiden, Pesticide Reevaluation Division (7508P) and the
Environmental Fate and Effects Division
(7507P), Office of Pesticide Programs,
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington,
DC 20460–0001; telephone number:
(703) 305–7887; fax number: (703) 308–
8005; email address: eiden.catherine@
epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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