Notices. Notice of intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and notice of floodplain and wetlands involvement

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BILLING CODE 6820-EP-S DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Bonneville Power Administration Lyle Falls Fish Passage Project AGENCY: Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), Department of Energy (DOE). ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an Environmental Impact Statement

(EIS)and notice of floodplain and wetlands involvement. SUMMARY: This notice announces BPA's intention to prepare an EIS on proposed improvements to the Lyle Falls Fishway in Klickitat County, near Lyle, Washington. The improvements would ease fish passage to upstream high quality habitat in the Klickitat Basin and improve capabilities to trap and handle adult fish. The project is designed to meet state and Federal fish passage criteria for all salmonid species, including mid-Columbia steelhead, which are listed as threatened under the Endangered Species Act. This action may involve floodplains and wetlands located in Klickitat County, Washington. In accordance with DOE regulations for compliance with floodplain and wetlands environmental review requirements, BPA will prepare a floodplain and wetlands assessment and will design this proposed action in a manner so as to avoid or minimize potential harm to or within the affected floodplain and wetlands. The assessment and a floodplain statement of findings will be included in the EIS being prepared for the proposed project in accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act. DATES: Written comments are due to the address below no later than: July 26, 2006. Comments may also be made at an EIS scoping meeting to be held on July 11, 2006 at the address below. ADDRESSES: Comments and suggestions on the proposed scope of the Draft EIS, and requests to be placed on the project mailing list, may be mailed to Bonneville Power Administration, Public Affairs Office—DKC-7, P.O. Box 14428, Portland, OR, 97293-4428. Or, you may fax them to

(503)230-3285; submit them on-line at *http://www.bpa.gov/comment* ; or e-mail them to *comment@bpa.gov* . You may also call us toll-free with your comments at

(800)622-4519. Please reference the Lyle Falls Fish Passage Project with your comments. On Tuesday, July 11, 2006, a scoping meeting will be held from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Lyle Lions Community Center, 5th Street and State Highway 14, Lyle, Washington. At this meeting, we will provide information about the project, including maps, and have members of the project team available to answer questions. We look forward to accepting oral and written comments offered on the project. We also invite interested parties to attend a site visit that is planned for 3 p.m., Tuesday, July 11, 2006, to view the proposed project site. To get to the project site from State Highway 14 in the town of Lyle, take Route 142 north for about two miles, then turn west onto Fishers Hill Road. Cross the Klickitat River and follow the road for less than one-fourth mile. Make a right onto an unpaved road and proceed about seven hundred feet. There will be signs provided to help direct traffic. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION, CONTACT: Carl J. Keller, Environmental Project Manager, Bonneville Power Administration, KEC-4, P.O. Box 3621, Portland, Oregon, 97208-3621; toll-free telephone number

(800)622-4519; fax number

(503)230-5699; e-mail address *cjkeller@bpa.gov* . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: *Background:* BPA is a federal power marketing agency that markets power from many of the federal dams in the Columbia River Basin, and has a duty to protect, mitigate, and enhance fish affected by the construction and operation of those dams. The Yakama Nation, through the Northwest Power Planning and Conservation Council, has proposed that BPA fund the reconstruction of the existing fish passage facility as part of those mitigation responsibilities. The proposed project in on the Klickitat River in Klickitat County, Washington in T3N, R12E, west half of Section 25 and east half of Section 26. The location is about two miles upriver of the confluence of the Klickitat River with the Columbia River. Currently the Lyle Falls Fishway does not meet federal and state fish passage criteria for migrating adult salmon. Design flows in the existing fishway result in poor attraction flows throughout the year, and significantly reduced attraction flows during periods of low river discharge (August—September). During these periods of low flows the natural falls become an even greater obstruction to salmon and steelhead, resulting in lowered passage above Lyle Falls. *Proposed Action:* The proposed action is to improve and expand the Lyle Falls Fishway. The project would be designed to safely and effectively allow adult fish to move through the existing Lyle Falls into the upper reaches of the Klickitat River, and would improve the adult trapping capabilities at the fishway. Improvements would include reconstructing and lengthening the fishway and trash racks, upgrading the adult trapping facility, and adding a Passive Integrated Transponder

(PIT)tag detector and video monitor. The adult trap would facilitate the collection of fish for monitoring and broodstock purposes. *Process to Date:* The Yakama Nation has proposed the project to support its fish passage and fish conservation initiatives. At a meeting held in March 2006, the Northwest Power and Conservation Council recommended that BPA fund the preparation of an EIS to focus on fish passage and monitoring at Lyle Falls. *Alternatives Proposed for Consideration:* BPA has identified two alternatives for examination in the DEIS. They are the proposed action, described above, and no action. We will use the no-action alternative to explore the environmental impacts of not improving the existing ladder and passage facilities at Lyle Falls. We will also consider in the Draft EIS other reasonable alternatives presented to us during the scoping process. *Public Participation and Identification of Environmental Issues:* BPA has established a 30-day scoping period during which interested and affected landowners, concerned citizens, tribes, special interest groups, government agencies, and any other interested parties are invited to comment on the scope of the proposed EIS. Scoping will help BPA ensure that a full range of issues related to this proposal is addressed in the EIS, and also will help identify significant or potentially significant impacts that may result from the proposed project. Environmental issues identified to date include potential conflicts with the Klickitat Wild and Scenic River designation, use of explosives during construction, impacts to archaeological and historic resources, impacts to threatened and endangered species, and water quality impacts. When completed, the Draft EIS will be circulated for public and agency review and comment; BPA will hold at least one public comment meeting for the Draft EIS. BPA will consider and respond in the Final EIS to comments received on the Draft EIS. BPA's subsequent decision will be documented in a publicly available Record of Decision. Maps and further information are available from BPA at the address above. Issued in Portland, Oregon, on June 20, 2006. Stephen J. Wright, Administrator and Chief Executive Officer. [FR Doc. E6-9999 Filed 6-23-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Combined Notice of Filings #1 June 14, 2006. Take notice that the Commission received the following electric corporate filings: *Docket Numbers:* EC06-99-000. *Applicants:* Tor Power, LLC; Tyr Energy, LLC; Lincoln Generating Facility, LLC; Green Country Energy, LLC. *Description:* Tyr Energy, LLC, Green Country Energy, LLC et al. submit an amendment to their application to provide a description of their reorganization. *Filed Date:* 06/06/2006. *Accession Number:* 20060609-0045. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, June 23, 2006. Take notice that the Commission received the following electric rate filings: *Docket Numbers:* ER02-298-003; EL05-111-000. *Applicants:* Thompson River Co-Gen, LLC. *Description:* Thompson River Co-Gen, LLC submits its revised updated market power analysis to include the generation power market screens. *Filed Date:* 05/30/2006. *Accession Number:* 20060606-0453. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, June 20, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER03-534-002. *Applicants:* Ingenco Wholesale Power, L.L.C. *Description:* Ingenco Wholesale Power, LLC submits its triennial market power update analysis pursuant to Commission order issued 3/24/03. *Filed Date:* 04/27/2006. *Accession Number:* 20060427-5031. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, June 21, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER03-774-003. *Applicants:* Eagle Energy Partners I, L.P. *Description:* Eagle Energy Partners I, LP submits its updated power market analysis pursuant to the Commission's order issued 6/11/03. *Filed Date:* 06/12/2006. *Accession Number:* 20060614-0110. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, July 3, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER03-796-004. *Applicants:* Katahdin Paper Company LLC. *Description:* Katahdin Paper Co LLC submits its triennial market power analysis in compliance with Commission's order. *Filed Date:* 06/12/2006. *Accession Number:* 20060614-0109. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, July 3, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER04-805-005. *Applicants:* Wabash Valley Power Association, Inc. *Description:* Wabash Valley Power Association Inc submits its notice of non-material change in status in compliance with the requirements adopted by FERC in Order 652. *Filed Date:* 05/30/2006. *Accession Number:* 20060602-0332. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, June 20, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER05-1502-003. *Applicants:* California Independent System Operator Corporation. *Description:* California Independent System Operator Corp submits its compliance filing pursuant to FERC's 5/12/06 Order. *Filed Date:* 06/12/2006. *Accession Number:* 20060614-0112. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, July 3, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER06-436-001. *Applicants:* Avista Corporation. *Description:* Avista Corporation submits Non-Conforming Agreements under its OATT, Volume 8 consisting of twelve Network Integration Transmission Service Agreements with Bonneville Power Administration. *Filed Date:* 06/09/2006. *Accession Number:* 20060614-0080. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, June 30, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER06-723-002. *Applicants:* California Independent System Operator Corporation. *Description:* California Independent System Operator Corp submits its revised Interim Reliability Requirements Program pursuant to FERC's 5/12/06 Order. *Filed Date:* 06/12/2006. *Accession Number:* 20060614-0111. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, July 3, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER06-731-002. *Applicants:* Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc. *Description:* Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc submits revisions to Module D of its OAT&EM Tariff. *Filed Date:* 06/08/2006. *Accession Number:* 20060612-0215. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, June 29, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER06-959-001. *Applicants:* Vermont Electric Cooperative, Inc. *Description:* Vermont Electric Cooperative, Inc. submits a letter clarifying its 5/24/06 letter and a list of the tariffs that should be withdrawn, pursuant to Commission's amendment to section 201(f) of the Federal Power Act. *Filed Date:* 05/26/2006. *Accession Number:* 20060526-5008. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, June 21, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER06-1118-000. *Applicants:* ECP Energy, LLC. *Description:* ECP Energy, LLC submits an application for order accepting initial tariff, waiving regulations and granting blanket approvals. *Filed Date:* 06/08/2006. *Accession Number:* 20060612-0216. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, June 29, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER06-1119-000. *Applicants:* San Diego Gas & Electric Company. *Description:* San Diego Gas & Electric Co submits First Revised Sheet 130 et al to Rate Schedule FERC 14, Reliability Must Run Service Agreement with California Independent System Operator Corp. *Filed Date:* 06/08/2006. *Accession Number:* 20060614-0071. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, June 29, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER06-1120-000. *Applicants:* Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc. *Description:* Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc supplements its 3/10/06 filing with signature pages, Original Sheet Number 39. *Filed Date:* 06/08/2006. *Accession Number:* 20060614-0072. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, June 29, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER06-1121-000. *Applicants:* American Electric Power Service Corporation; Ohio Power Company. *Description:* Ohio Power Co submits its notice of cancellation of its Amended Interconnection Agreement and Operation Agreement, Second Revised Service Agreement 433, Electric Tariff Third Revised Volume 6, with Lawrence Energy Center, LLC. *Filed Date:* 06/09/2006. *Accession Number:* 20060614-0073. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, June 30, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER06-1122-000. *Applicants:* High Trail Wind Farm, LLC. *Description:* High Trail Wind Farm, LLC submits a petition for order accepting market-based rate schedule for filing and granting waivers and blanket approvals. *Filed Date:* 06/09/2006. *Accession Number:* 20060614-0074. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, June 30, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER06-1123-000. *Applicants:* American Electric Power System; Ohio Power Company. *Description:* Ohio Power Co submits its notice of cancellation of its Amended Interconnection Agreement and Operation Agreement, Second Revised Service Agreement 516, Electric Tariff Third Revised Volume 6, with Lawrence Energy Center, LLC. *Filed Date:* 06/09/2006. *Accession Number:* 20060614-0075. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, June 30, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER06-1124-000. *Applicants:* Kentucky Utilities Company. *Description:* Kentucky Utilities Co submits a request for an extension of its contract term for an Interconnection Agreement with Eastern Kentucky Power Cooperative. *Filed Date:* 06/09/2006. *Accession Number:* 20060614-0090. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, June 30, 2006. Any person desiring to intervene or to protest in any of the above proceedings must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214) on or before 5 p.m. Eastern Time on the specified comment date. It is not necessary to separately intervene again in a subdocket related to a compliance filing if you have previously intervened in the same docket. Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceeding. Anyone filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. In reference to filings initiating a new proceeding, interventions or protests submitted on or before the comment deadline need not be served on persons other than the Applicant. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper, using the FERC Online links at *http://www.ferc.gov* . To facilitate electronic service, persons with Internet access who will eFile a document and/or be listed as a contact for an intervenor must create and validate an eRegistration account using the eRegistration link. Select the eFiling link to log on and submit the intervention or protests. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the intervention or protest to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First St. NE., Washington, DC 20426. The filings in the above proceedings are accessible in the Commission's eLibrary system by clicking on the appropriate link in the above list. They are also available for review in the Commission's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. 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(202)502-8659. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-9978 Filed 6-23-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Western Area Power Administration Desert Southwest Customer Service Region-Rate Order No. WAPA-127 AGENCY: Western Area Power Administration, DOE. ACTION: Notice of Order Concerning Network Integration Transmission and Ancillary Services Rates. SUMMARY: The Deputy Secretary of Energy confirmed and approved Rate Order No. WAPA-127 and Rate Schedules PD-NTS2 and INT-NTS2, placing rates for Network Integration Transmission Service (Network Service) for the Parker-Davis Project

(PDP)and the Pacific Northwest-Pacific Southwest Intertie Project (Intertie) of the Western Area Power Administration (Western) into effect on an interim basis. The Deputy Secretary of Energy also confirmed Rate Schedules DSW-SD2, DSW-RS2, DSW-FR2, DSW-EI2, DSW-SPR2, and DSW-SUR2, placing ancillary services rates from the PDP, Boulder Canyon Project (BCP), Central Arizona Project (CAP), and that part of the Colorado River Storage Project

(CRSP)located in the Western Area Lower Colorado

(WALC)Balancing Authority and Transmission Operations Area

(BATO)into effect on an interim basis. The provisional rates will be in effect until the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) confirms, approves, and places them into effect on a final basis or until they are replaced by other rates. The provisional rates will provide sufficient revenue to pay all annual costs, including interest expense, and repay power investment and irrigation aid, within the allowable periods. DATES: Rate Schedules DSW-SD2, DSW-RS2, DSW-FR2, DSW-EI2, DSW-SPR2, DSW-SUR2, PD-NTS2, and INT-NTS2 will be placed into effect on an interim basis on the first day of the first full billing period beginning on or after July 1, 2006, and will be in effect until the Commission confirms, approves, and places the rate schedules in effect on a final basis through June 30, 2011, or until the rate schedules are superseded. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Jack Murray, Rates Team Lead, Desert Southwest Customer Service Region, Western Area Power Administration, P.O. Box 6457, Phoenix, AZ 85005-6457;

(602)605-2442, e-mail *jmurray@wapa.gov.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Secretary of Energy approved Rate Schedules DSW-SD1, DSW-RS1, DSW-FR1, DSW-EI1, DSW-SPR1, DSW-SUR1, PD-NTS1, and INT-NTS1 for the Desert Southwest Region

(DSWR)network service for PDP and Intertie, and ancillary services for the WALC BATO on May 3, 1999 (Rate Order No. WAPA-84, 64 FR 25323, May 11, 1999). The Commission confirmed and approved the rate schedules on January 20, 2000, in FERC Docket No. EF99-5041-000, (90 FERC 62,032). Approval for Rate Schedules DSW-SD1, DSW-RS1, DSW-FR1, DSW-EI1, DSW-SPR1, DSW-SUR1, PD-NTS1, and INT-NTS1 covered 5 years beginning on April 1, 1999, and ending on March 31, 2004. These rate schedules were extended by a series of Rate Orders through September 30, 2006, with the most recent Rate Order being Rate Order No. WAPA-129 (71 FR 16572, April 3, 2006). The rate schedules were extended to accommodate the Desert Southwest Region

(DSWR)Multi-System Transmission Rate

(MSTR)process. An MSTR has not been approved. However, Western plans to seek approval of an MSTR for short-term and non-firm transactions in the future. The provisional formula for Network Service in Rate Schedules PD-NTS2 and INT-NTS2 will be the same as the existing formula rates for Network Service under Rate Schedules PD-NTS1 and INT-NTS1. The existing transmission rates include costs for Scheduling, System Control, and Dispatch Services. The transmission provisional formula rates include the costs of these services. Rate Schedules DSW-SD2, DSW-RS2, DSW-FR2, DSW-EI2, DSW-SPR2, and DSW-SUR2 supersede Rate Schedules DSW-SD1, DSW-RS1, DSW-FR1, DSW-EI1, DSW-SPR1, and DSW-SUR1, respectively. Spinning Reserve and Supplemental Reserve ancillary services are being updated slightly to reflect minor changes. Under Schedule DSW-SD2, Scheduling, System Control, and Dispatch Service (Scheduling Service), the rate is applied on a per tag basis. The rate is calculated in two major steps. First, the yearly costs associated with capital improvements are determined and divided by the number of tags issued during the previous year. Second, the average labor cost per tag is determined and added to the capital cost per tag. This methodology differs from the previous methodology in that it is based on tags rather than schedules and a single rate is applied to all transactions. These changes were made because the tag was not used as a billing unit when the rates under Rate Order No. WAPA-84 were developed. Under Schedule DSW-RS2, Reactive Supply and Voltage Control Service from Generation Sources (Voltage Support Service), the rate is determined by dividing the revenue requirement for the service by the reservations for the service. The revenue requirement for the service is one minus the power factor (1−PF) times the combined generation revenue requirement of the PDP, BCP, and CRSP. The previous methodology used the factor (1−PF 2 ) to determine the Voltage Support revenue requirement for BCP and PDP. Under Schedule DSW-FR2, Regulation and Frequency Response Service (Regulation Service), the rate for standard loads is determined using the revenue requirement for the service divided by the load in the WALC BATO requiring the service. The revenue requirement for the service is the product of the generation capacity that is used for regulation times the capacity rate of the Project, plus any regulation purchases the transmission provider must make. This total is multiplied by a use factor, which takes into consideration the customer load in the WALC BATO. The denominator in the equation and the load in the BATO requiring the service include a portion of the CRSP load and the DSWR load. Long-term Regulation Service is not available from DSWR resources. However, if necessary, DSWR will purchase long-term regulation service on a pass-through cost basis on the open market for a charge that covers the cost of procuring and supplying the service. Short-term Regulation Service will be supplied from DSWR resources if such resources are available. Under Rate Schedule DSW-FR1, Western offered this service for short-term sales, but set the charge equal to the capacity rate of the Project supplying the service rather than basing the charge on a formula. The provisional methodology is being used because existing technology gives Western the ability to measure Regulation Service more accurately than when the previous rate was developed. Non-conforming loads are volatile loads (such as those associated with certain smelters and arc furnaces) that can require a BATO to acquire significant amounts of generation capacity for regulation. Such non-conforming loads require separate metering of their moment-to-moment load values to accurately calculate their effects on the system and will not be covered under the provisional Regulation Service rate. DSWR defines a non-conforming load as either a single plant or site with a regulation capacity requirement of 5 megawatts

(MW)or greater on a recurring basis and a capacity requirement that is equal to 10 percent or greater of its average load. Regulation Service for non-conforming loads, as determined by Western, must be delineated in a service agreement and charged an amount that includes the cost to procure the service and the additional cost required to monitor and supply this service. Rate Schedule DSW-EI2, Energy Imbalance Service, establishes a bandwidth to differentiate the settlement percentage required for deviations between scheduled and actual load. That portion of the customer's energy imbalance that is within the bandwidth will be settled with a one to one return of energy. In lieu of an energy settlement, Western, at its discretion, can use a financial settlement equal to a weighted index price (described below) times the energy. The bandwidth for on-peak is plus or minus 1.5 percent of the customer's load with a minimum of 5 MW for either over-delivery or under-delivery. The off-peak bandwidth is plus 1.5 percent to negative 3 percent of a customer's load with a minimum of 2 MW for over-delivery and 5 MW for under-delivery. For that portion of the customer's energy imbalance that is outside the bandwidth during on-peak hours, the settlement is 110 percent of the energy imbalance for under-deliveries and 90 percent of the energy imbalance for over-deliveries. In lieu of an energy settlement, Western, at its discretion, can use a financial settlement equal to 110 percent of a weighted index price for under-deliveries and 90 percent of a weighted index price for over-deliveries. For that portion of the customer's energy imbalance that is outside the bandwidth during the off-peak hours, the settlement is 110 percent of the energy imbalance for under-deliveries. However, for over-deliveries in the off-peak hours, the settlement is 60 percent of the energy imbalance. In lieu of an energy settlement, Western, at its discretion, can use a financial settlement equal to 110 percent of a weighted index price for under-deliveries, and for over-deliveries, 60 percent of either a weighted index price or a WALC weighted sales price, whichever is the lesser. In the event that Western accepts a financial settlement, the index used to calculate the settlement will be posted on the Open Access Same-Time Information System (OASIS) at the beginning of each fiscal year. The index will be the Dow Jones Palo Verde average monthly index or an index identified on the OASIS at the beginning of each fiscal year. Settlement for the hourly deviations will occur on a monthly basis. The provisional rate methodology differs from the previous methodology in that previously, DSWR used the Commission pro-forma methodology to define the service. Under the provisional rate, the bandwidth was increased to equitably treat customers that do not have generation capabilities. The settlement for over-deliveries during the off-peak hours is set at 60 percent of the energy imbalance to discourage over-deliveries at a time when WALC has the least amount of load in the BATO. The 100 mills per kilowatthour penalty established in the pro-forma methodology was replaced with the percent of an index in the provisional methodology to reflect the volatility of the energy market. Under Schedule DSW-SPR2, Operating Reserves-Spinning Reserve Service (Spinning Service) is not available from DSWR resources on a long-term firm basis. If a customer cannot self-supply or purchase this service from another provider, Western may obtain the Spinning Service on the open market on a pass-through cost basis for a charge that covers the cost of procuring the service. The transmission customer will be responsible for the transmission service to get this Spinning Service to the destination. Under Schedule DSW-SUR2, Operating Reserves-Supplemental Reserve Service (Supplemental Service) is not available from DSWR resources on a long-term firm basis. If a customer cannot self-supply or purchase this service from another provider, Western may obtain Supplemental Service on the open market on a pass-through cost basis for a charge that covers the cost of procuring the service. The transmission customer will be responsible for the transmission service to get this Supplemental Service to the destination. By Delegation Order No. 00-037.00, effective December 6, 2001, the Secretary of Energy delegated:

(1)The authority to develop power and transmission rates to Western's Administrator,

(2)the authority to confirm, approve, and place such rates into effect on an interim basis to the Deputy Secretary of Energy, and

(DOE)Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7152). This Act transferred to and vested in the Secretary of Energy the power marketing functions of the Secretary of the Department of the Interior and the Bureau of Reclamation under the Reclamation Act of 1902 (ch. 1093, 32 Stat. 388), as amended and supplemented by subsequent laws, particularly section 9(c) of the Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (43 U.S.C. 485h(c)), and other Acts that specifically apply to the project involved. By Delegation Order No. 00-037.00, effective December 6, 2001, the Secretary of Energy delegated:

(1)The authority to develop power and transmission rates to Western's Administrator,

(2)the authority to confirm, approve, and place such rates into effect on an interim basis to the Deputy Secretary of Energy, and

(3)the authority to confirm, approve, and place into effect on a final basis, to remand, or to disapprove such rates to the Commission. Existing DOE procedures for public participation in power rate adjustments (10 CFR part 903) were published on September 18, 1985. Acronyms and Definitions As used in this Rate Order, the following acronyms and definitions apply: *12-CP:* 12-month coincident peak average. *Administrator:* The Administrator of the Western Area Power Administration. *Ancillary Services:* Those services necessary to support the transfer of electricity while maintaining reliable operation of the transmission system in accordance with standard utility practice. *BATO:* Balancing Authority and Transmission Operations area. Formerly referred to as a Control Area. *BCP:* Boulder Canyon Project. *CAP:* Central Arizona Project. *Capacity:* The electric capability of a generator, transformer, transmission circuit, or other equipment. It is expressed in kilowatts. *Capacity Rate:* The rate which sets forth the charges for capacity. It is expressed in $ per kilowattmonth. *Commission:* Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. *CROD:* Contract rate of delivery. The maximum amount of capacity made available to a preference customer for a period specified under a contract. *CRSP:* Colorado River Storage Project. *CRSP MC:* The CRSP Management Center of Western. *Customer:* An entity with a contract that is receiving service from Western's DSWR or CRSP MC. *DOE:* United States Department of Energy. *DOE Order RA 6120.2:* An order outlining power marketing administration financial reporting and ratemaking procedures. *DSWR:* The Desert Southwest Region of Western. *Energy:* Measured in terms of the work it is capable of doing over a period of time. It is expressed in kilowatthours. *FERC:* The Commission (to be used when referencing Commission Orders). *Firm:* A type of product and/or service available at the time requested by the customer. *FRN:* **Federal Register** notice. *FY:* Fiscal year; October 1 to September 30. *Integrated Projects:* The resources and revenue requirements of the Collbran, Dolores, Rio Grande, and Seedskadee projects blended together with the CRSP to create the SLCA/IP resources and rate. *Intertie:* Pacific Northwest-Pacific Southwest Intertie Project. *kW:* Kilowatt—the electrical unit of capacity that equals 1,000 watts. *kWh:* Kilowatthour—the electrical unit of energy that equals 1,000 watts in 1 hour. *kWmonth:* Kilowattmonth—the electrical unit of the monthly amount of capacity. *Load:* The amount of electric power or energy delivered or required at any specified point(s) on a system. *Merchant Function:* A power marketing function within the CRSP MC and DSWR that balances loads and resources for the CRSP MC, DSWR, other regions within Western, and customers, and purchases and sells energy on the open market. *mill:* A monetary denomination of the United States that equals one tenth of a cent or one thousandth of a dollar. *mills/kWh:* Mills per kilowatthour—the unit of charge for energy. *MW:* Megawatt—the electrical unit of capacity that equals 1 million watts or 1,000 kilowatts. *Non-firm:* A type of product and/or service not always available at the time requested by the customer. *O&M:* Operation and Maintenance. *OASIS:* Open Access Same-Time Information System—provides access to information on transmission pricing and availability for potential transmission customers. *OATT:* Open Access Transmission Tariff. *PDP:* Parker-Davis Project. *Power:* Capacity and energy. *Project Use Power:* Capacity and energy reserved for Federal Reclamation project use and irrigation pumping for PDP, CAP, and SLCA/IP under Reclamation Law. *Provisional Rate:* A rate that has been confirmed, approved, and placed into effect on an interim basis by the Deputy Secretary. *PRS:* Power Repayment Study. *Rate Brochure:* A document explaining the rationale and background for the rate proposal contained in this Rate Order. *Reclamation:* United States Department of the Interior, Bureau of Reclamation. *Reclamation Law:* A series of Federal laws. Viewed as a whole, these laws create the originating framework under which Western markets power. *Revenue Requirement:* The revenue required to recover annual expenses (such as O&M, purchase power, transmission service expenses, interest, and deferred expenses) and repay Federal investments, and other assigned costs. *SCADA:* Supervisory Control and Data Acquisition. *SLCA/IP:* Salt Lake City Area Integrated Projects—The resources and revenue requirements of the Collbran, Dolores, Rio Grande, and Seedskadee projects blended together with the CRSP to create the SLCA/IP resources and rate. *Supporting Documentation:* A compilation of data and documents that support the Rate Brochure and the rate proposal. *WALC:* Western Area Lower Colorado BATO, operated by DSWR. *Western:* United States Department of Energy, Western Area Power Administration. Effective Date The new interim rates will take effect on the first day of the first full billing period beginning on or after July 1, 2006, and will remain in effect until June 30, 2011, pending approval by the Commission on a final basis. Public Notice and Comment Western followed the Procedures for Public Participation in Power and Transmission Rate Adjustments and Extensions, 10 CFR part 903, in developing these rates. The steps Western took to involve interested parties in the rate process were: 1. The rate adjustment process began June 14, 2005, when Western mailed a notice announcing informal customer meetings to all DSWR customers and interested parties. 2. Western held an informal meeting on June 27, 2005, in Phoenix, Arizona. At this informal meeting, Western explained the rationale for the rate adjustment, presented rate designs and methodologies, and answered questions. 3. A **Federal Register** notice, published on October 12, 2005 (70 FR 59335), announced the proposed rates for DSWR, began a public consultation and comment period, and announced the public information and public comment forums. 4. On October 21, 2005, Western mailed letters to all DSWR customers and interested parties transmitting the **Federal Register** notice and announcing the posting of the Brochure for Proposed Rates on the DSWR Web site. 5. On November 2, 2005, beginning at 1 p.m., Western held a public information forum at the DSWR office in Phoenix, Arizona. Western provided detailed explanations of the proposed rates and answered questions. Western provided documentation and informational handouts. 6. On November 29, 2005, beginning at 1 p.m., Western held a public comment forum at the DSWR Office in Phoenix, Arizona to give the public an opportunity to comment for the record. One individual spoke at this meeting. 7. On December 12, 2005, Western sent letters to all DSWR customers and interested parties clarifying answers to several questions from customers attending the public information forum and an informational request from a customer at the public comment forum. 8. Western received one comment letter during the consultation and comment period, which ended January 10, 2006. All formally submitted comments have been considered in preparing this Rate Order. Comments Written comments were received from the Navajo Agricultural Products Industry, New Mexico. Representatives of Utility Strategies Consulting Group, Arizona, and Salt River Project, Arizona, made oral comments at either the public information forum or the public comment forum. Project Description Parker-Davis Project The PDP was formed by consolidating two projects, Davis Dam and Parker Dam, under terms of the Act of May 28, 1954. Parker Dam and Powerplant, which created Lake Havasu 155 miles below Hoover Dam on the Colorado River, was authorized by the Rivers and Harbors Act of August 30, 1935. Reclamation constructed the project partly with funds advanced by the Metropolitan Water District

(MWD)of Southern California, which now diverts nearly 1.2 million acre-feet of water each year by pumping it from Lake Havasu. The cooperative contract for construction and operation of Parker Dam was executed in 1933, under which MWD receives half of the capacity and energy from four generating units. The Federal share of the Parker Powerplant capacity, as determined by Reclamation, is 54,000 kW. Power generated from the PDP is marketed to customers in Nevada, Arizona, and California. Excluding project use, the marketing criteria provide for marketing 185,530 kW of capacity in the winter season and 242,515 kW of capacity in the summer season. Customers receive 1,703 kWh per kW in the winter season and 3,441 kWh per kW in the summer season. Excluding project use, total marketable energy is 316 million kWh in the winter season and 835 million kWh in the summer season. A portion of the resource marketed is reserved for United States use, but is not presently needed. This portion (9,460 kW of capacity and associated energy in the winter season and 16,030 kW of capacity and associated energy in the summer season) is withdrawable from existing customers upon two years' written notice. Existing PDP firm power contracts have been extended to September 30, 2028. About 72 percent of PDP firm energy sales are made to 5 of the 46 customers, with about 50 percent of the energy marketed to customers in Arizona. Pacific Northwest-Pacific Southwest Intertie Project The Intertie was authorized by section 8 of the Pacific Northwest Power Marketing Act of August 31, 1964. Originally, the Intertie was to be a combined alternating current

(AC)and direct current

(DC)system, which was to connect the Pacific Northwest with the Desert Southwest. As authorized, the overall project was to be a cooperative construction venture between Federal and non-Federal entities. Due to delays in construction funding, the estimated in-service date of the Intertie was revised to the point that interest by potential users waned. These events resulted in the indefinite postponement of DC line construction. Consequently, the facilities constructed provide only AC transmission service. Western's portion of the Intertie consists of two parts—a northern portion and a southern portion. The northern portion is administered by Western's Sierra Nevada Region and is incorporated, for repayment and operation, with the Central Valley Project. The northern portion consists of a 94-mile, 500-kV transmission line from Malin Substation in Oregon to Round Mountain to Cottonwood Substation in California. The southern portion of the Intertie is administered by Western's Desert Southwest Region and is treated as a separate stand-alone project for repayment and operational purposes. It consists of a 238-mile, 345-kV transmission line from Mead Substation in Nevada to Liberty Substation in Arizona; a 19-mile, 230-kV transmission line from Liberty to Westwing Substation in Arizona; a 22-mile, 230-kV transmission line from Westwing to Pinnacle Peak Substation in Arizona; and two segments that came on-line in April 1996: the 256-mile Mead-Phoenix 500-kV AC Transmission Line between Marketplace Substation in Nevada and Perkins Substation in Arizona and the 202-mile Mead-Adelanto 500-kV AC Transmission Line between Marketplace in Nevada and the existing Adelanto Switching Substation in southern California. Boulder Canyon Project Hoover Dam, the highest and third largest concrete dam in the United States, sits on the Colorado River along the Arizona/Nevada border. Lake Mead, the reservoir formed behind Hoover Dam, is the nation's largest man-made reservoir. It can hold a 2-year supply of the average flow from the Colorado River with its storage capacity of 27.38 million acre-feet. Power from the BCP is marketed as long-term contingent capacity with associated energy. The contingent capacity and associated energy are available as long as, among other restrictions, sufficient water in the reservoir allows for release of water to meet water delivery obligations. If sufficient power to support the customer capacity entitlements is not available, each customer's capacity entitlement is temporarily reduced. Customers are entitled to receive 4.527 billion kWh of energy (associated with contingent capacity) each year. If generation at Hoover Powerplant is insufficient, Western can purchase energy to make up the shortfall at the individual customer's request on a pass-through cost basis. Project power is sold in three states: Arizona, California, and Nevada. About 56 percent of BCP energy sales revenue comes from California customers. Of the Boulder Canyon Project's 15 customers, 11 are municipalities. These municipalities provide only 28 percent of the revenue. Four customers account for 82 percent of the power revenue from the project: the MWD of Southern California, Colorado River Commission of Nevada, Arizona Power Authority, and the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power. Existing power contracts for the BCP expire on September 30, 2017. Central Arizona Project The CAP is one of three related water development projects that make up the Colorado River Basin Project; the others are the Dixie and the Upper Basin Projects. The CAP was developed for Arizona and western New Mexico; the Dixie Project for southeastern Utah; and the Upper Basin Project for Colorado and New Mexico. Congress authorized the project in 1968 to improve water resources in the Colorado River Basin. Segments of the 1968 authorization allowed Federal participation in the Navajo Generating Station, which has three coal-fired steam electric generating units for a combined capacity of 2,250 MW. The rate methodology for Network Integration Transmission Service over CAP 115-kV and 230-kV transmission lines went into effect on January 1, 2001, and has been revised effective January 1, 2006 through December 31, 2010, Rate Order WAPA-124 (71 FR 1533, January 10, 2006). Salt Lake City Area/Integrated Projects The SLCA/IP consists of the CRSP, Rio Grande, and Collbran Projects. The CRSP includes two participating projects that have power facilities: the Dolores and Seedskadee Projects. Western integrated the Rio Grande and Collbran Projects with CRSP for marketing and ratemaking purposes on October 1, 1987. The goals of integration were to increase marketable resources and to simplify contract and rate development and project administration by creating one rate and assuring repayment of the Projects' costs. All Integrated Projects maintain their individual identities for financial accounting and repayment purposes, but their revenue requirements are integrated into one SLCA/IP PRS for ratemaking. Power Repayment Studies Western prepares a separate PRS for PDP, Intertie, BCP, and SLCA/IP and a transmission rate study for CAP each FY to determine if revenues will be sufficient to repay, within the required time, all costs assigned to the respective projects. Repayment criteria are based on law, policies, including DOE Order RA 6120.2, and authorizing legislation. The PRS for PDP and Intertie yield revenue requirements that are used to calculate firm transmission rates in DSWR. The PRS for PDP, BCP, and SLCA/IP are used to determine part of the revenue requirements for the ancillary services. Network Integration Transmission Service Under Rate Schedules PD-NTS2 and INT-NTS2, the methodology for calculating the customer's monthly charge is the product of the transmission customer's load-ratio share times one-twelfth (1/12) of the annual transmission revenue requirement. The load-ratio share will be based on the network customers' hourly load coincident with appropriate power or system monthly transmission system peak, which will be calculated on a rolling 12-CP basis. The transmission system peak includes the sum of capacity reserved for point-to-point transmission and the average 12-CP monthly system peak for network transmission service. The monthly hour of the system peak is determined as the hour that the sum of the network customers' metered loads is the greatest. The firm point-to-point transmission reservations include the OATT firm point-to-point reservations, the PDP Firm Electric Service

(FES)contract rates of delivery, the pre-OATT Firm Transmission Service, and the SLCA/IP FES with delivery points on the PDP. Ancillary Services Six ancillary services will be offered by DSWR, two of which (Scheduling, System Control, and Dispatch Service; and Reactive Supply and Voltage Control Service) are required to be purchased from the WALC BATO. The remaining four ancillary services are Regulation and Frequency Response Service, Energy Imbalance Service, Spinning Reserve Service, and Supplemental Reserve Service. These four services will be offered either from the BATO, or the DSWR or CRSP Merchant Function, and may be taken from WALC, self-provided, or provided by another party acceptable to Western. Sales of Regulation and Frequency Response, Energy Imbalance, Spinning Reserve, and Supplemental Reserve Services from WALC power resources are limited since Western has allocated all of its power resources to preference entities under long-term commitments. Western will determine the availability and type of Ancillary Services based on excess resources available when the service is requested. The provisional rates for Ancillary Services are designed to recover only the costs associated with providing the service(s). The costs for providing Scheduling, System Control, and Dispatch Service are included in the appropriate existing and provisional transmission services rates. Existing and Provisional Rates Various levels of difference exist between the existing and provisional Ancillary Service rates due to changes in the provisional rate methodologies. The provisional Scheduling, System Control, and Dispatch Ancillary Service methodology differs from the existing methodology in its assessment of charges by tags instead of by schedules, and the elimination of multiple rates distinguished by inter-bus transfers and new versus existing schedules. The difference in the rates is shown in Table 1. Table 1.—Scheduling, System Control, and Dispatch Service Existing Description Rates Provisional Description Rates DSW-SD1 Per Schedule per Day DSW-SD2 Per Tag. Existing No SCADA programming or Intra-bus Transfer $54.99 All applicable transactions $18.55. Existing No SCADA programming requires Intra-bus Transfer $73.05 New Schedule w/SCADA no Inter-bus Transfer $51.10 New Schedule w/SCADA and Intra-bus Transfer $75.26 The Reactive Supply and Voltage Control Service uses a slightly different multiplier (1-PF versus 1-PF 2 ) and removes the entities with generation agreements to supply Voltage Support to WALC from the denominator. The effect of these changes on the provisional rate is shown in Table 2. Table 2.—Reactive Supply and Voltage Control Service Existing Description Rates Provisional Description Rates DSW-RS1 $/kWmonth DSW-RS2 $/kWmonth. All applicable transactions $0.05 All applicable transactions $0.043. If resources are not available Market Rates + 10% Non-conforming Loads Cost to procure and monitor. The Regulation and Frequency Response Service is similar to the existing methodology in that it highlights the lack of DSWR resources available to supply this service on a long-term basis but instead of using the capacity rate of the project for short-term sales, as with the existing methodology, it specifies a rate based on the revenue requirement for the service divided by the load requiring the service. The rate schedule for the provisional rates defines non-conforming loads and spells out the requirement that services for these loads will be charged an amount that includes regulation purchased on the open market plus the cost to procure and monitor the service. The comparison of the existing rate to the provisional rate is shown in Table 3. Table 3.—Regulation and Frequency Response Service Existing Description Rates Provisional Description Rates DSW-FR1 mills/kWh DSW-FR2 mills/kWh. If available from DSWR Resources Capacity charge of supplying project If available for short term sales 0.2049. Non-conforming loads Cost to procure and monitor. The methodology for the Energy Imbalance Service for the provisional rate differs from the existing rate in several key ways: The bandwidth differs for on and off peak, the minimum load differs for over- and under-deliveries, and the settlement is based on a market index rather than a penalty. The index will be the Dow Jones Palo Verde Index unless modified as posted on the OASIS. Table 4 shows these differences specifically. Table 4.—Energy Imbalance Service Description Existing Provisional On/off peak Bandwidth +/−1.5% On +/−1.5%. Minimum 3 MW 5 MW. Bandwidth +/−1.5% Off +1.5% to −3%. Minimum 3 MW 2 MW (Over Delivery). 5 MW (Under Delivery). Energy Within Bandwidth No Penalty (Return 100% of Energy) On 100% of Weighted Index Price. Off 100% of Weighted Index Price (Under Delivery). Energy Outside Bandwidth 100 mills/kWh + Return of Energy On 110% of Weighted Index Price (Under Delivery). 90% of Weighted Index Price (Over Delivery). Off 110% of Weighted Index Price (Under Delivery). The lesser of 60% of Weighted Index Price or WALC Weighted Sales Price (Over Delivery). The Spinning and Supplemental Reserve Services under the provisional rate methodology does not differ from the previous rate methodology, except that the charge associated with procuring and supplying the service is the capacity rate of the Project supplying the service under the existing methodology and cost to procure the service on the open market under the provisional rate methodology. Ancillary Services Discussion Ancillary services are necessary to provide basic transmission service and to capture the costs associated with undertaking a transmission transaction within a BATO. To this end, DSWR will provide ancillary services, subject to provisions in Western's OATT. The provisional rates for these services are designed to recover all costs incurred for each service. The annual generation costs included in the development of the revenue requirement consist of operation and maintenance expenses, administrative and general expenses, and interest and principal capital payments. The annual PRS is the primary tool utilized to derive the revenue requirement to be recovered from the ancillary services. Additional tools include meter and SCADA data, and power flow studies. Currently, DSWR is offering the following ancillary services:

(1)Scheduling, System Control, and Dispatch Service;

(2)Reactive Supply and Voltage Control Service;

(3)Regulation and Frequency Response Service;

(4)Energy Imbalance Service;

(5)Spinning Reserve Service; and 6) Supplemental Reserve Service. The existing rates will expire September 30, 2006. The provisional rates and descriptions for the six ancillary services are: Provisional Ancillary Services Rates Ancillary service type Ancillary service description Provisional rate Scheduling, System Control, and Dispatch Required to schedule the movement of power through, out of, within, or into a control area Included in appropriate transmission rates. Reactive Supply and Voltage Control Reactive power support provided from generation facilities that is necessary to maintain transmission voltages within acceptable limits of the system $0.043/kWmonth. Regulation and Frequency Response Generation provided to match resources and loads on a real-time continuous basis 0.2049 mills/kWh1. Regulation for Non-conforming loads Volatile loads-regulation capacity >5 MW on a regular basis and regulation capacity requirement > 10 percent of average load Cost to procure and monitor the load. Energy Imbalance Provided when a difference occurs between the scheduled and actual delivery of energy to a load located in the WALC BATO Bandwidth = +or−1.5% of load for On-peak and +1.5% and −3% for Off-peak. Within bandwidth 100% of energy. 2 Outside of bandwidth, On-peak 110% of energy (Under del) 90% of energy (Over del). 3 Outside of bandwidth, Off-peak 110% of energy (Under del) 60% of energy (Over del). 4 Spinning Reserve Needed to serve load immediately in the event of a system contingency Not available for long term sales. 5 Supplemental Reserve Needed to serve load in the event of a system contingency; however, it is not available immediately to serve load, but rather within a short period of time Not available for long term sales. 6 1 Not available for long term. DSWR will provide from available resources short term for rate shown. 2 Western, at its discretion, can accept a financial payment equal to a weighted index price of the imbalance energy. Index will be Dow Jones Palo Verde index or as modified by posting on the OASIS. 3 110% of weighted index or 90% of weighted index. 4 110% of index price or the lesser of the index price or WALC weighted sales times 60%. 5 DSWR will purchase on the open market on a pass-through cost basis plus cost associated with purchase as appropriate or provide from available resources short term for market price of service. 6 DSWR will purchase on the open market on a pass-through cost basis plus cost associated with purchase as appropriate or provide from available resources short term for market price of service. Comments Comments and responses regarding ancillary service rates, paraphrased for brevity when not affecting the meaning of the statements, are discussed below. Direct quotes from comment letters are used for clarification where necessary. Responses to the two oral comments were included in the December 12, 2005, customer letter and are not in this document. *Comment:* A customer stated that their organization was “in the early stages of developing and coordinating an energy demand schedule” and requested that Western not impose the “imbalance penalty charges.” *Response:* DSWR included the penalties in the energy imbalance service to encourage customers to accurately estimate their loads when requesting schedules. The penalties are also designed to reduce the opportunity for an entity to reduce its energy costs by using DSWR's resources. This practice will help Western provide BATO services at the lowest possible cost. Availability of Information Information about this rate adjustment, including PRSs, comments, letters, memorandums, and other supporting material made or kept by Western and used to develop the provisional rates, is available for public review in the Desert Southwest Regional Office, Western Area Power Administration, 615 South 43rd Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona. Regulatory Procedure Requirements Regulatory Flexibility Analysis The Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 (5 U.S.C. 601, *et seq.* ) requires Federal agencies to perform a regulatory flexibility analysis if a final rule is likely to have a significant economic impact on a substantial number of small entities and there is a legal requirement to issue a general notice of proposed rulemaking. Western has determined that this action does not require a regulatory flexibility analysis since it is a rulemaking of particular applicability involving rates or services applicable to public property. Environmental Compliance In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act

(NEPA)of 1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321, *et seq.* ); Council on Environmental Quality Regulations for implementing NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500-1508); and DOE NEPA Implementing Procedures and Guidelines (10 CFR part 1021), Western has determined that this action is categorically excluded from preparing an environmental assessment or an environmental impact statement. Determination Under Executive Order 12866 Western has an exemption from centralized regulatory review under Executive Order 12866; accordingly, no clearance of this notice by the Office of Management and Budget is required. Small Business Regulatory Enforcement Fairness Act Western has determined that this rule is exempt from congressional notification requirements under 5 U.S.C. 801 because the action is a rulemaking of particular applicability relating to rates or services and involves matters of procedure. Submission to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission The interim rates herein confirmed, approved, and placed into effect, together with supporting documents, will be submitted to the Commission for confirmation and final approval. Order In view of the foregoing and under the authority delegated to me, I confirm and approve on an interim basis, effective July 1, 2006, Rate Schedules PD-NTS2, and INT-NTS2 for the Parker-Davis Project

(PDP)and the Pacific Northwest-Pacific Southwest Intertie Project, and Rate Schedules DSW-SD2, DSW-RS2, DSW-FR2, DSW-EI2, DSW-SPR2, and DSW-SUR2, for the PDP, the Boulder Canyon Project (BCP), the Central Arizona Project (CAP), and that part of the Colorado River Storage Project located in the WALC Balancing Authority and Transmission Operations Area of the Western Area Power Administration. The rate schedules shall remain in effect on an interim basis pending the Commission's confirmation and approval of them or substitute rates on a final basis through June 30, 2011. Dated: June 13, 2006. Clay Sell, *Deputy Secretary.* Rate Schedule PD-NTS2; Attachment H-1 to Tariff (Supersedes Rate Schedule PD-NTS1) United States Department of Energy, Western Area Power Administration Network Integration Transmission Service on the Parker-Davis Project Effective The first day of the first full billing period beginning on or after July 1, 2006, through June 30, 2011. Available In the area served by the Parker-Davis Project

(PDP)transmission facilities. Applicable To Network Integration Transmission Service (Network Service) customers where capacity and energy are supplied to the PDP transmission system from designated resources, transmitted subject to the availability of the transmission capacity, and delivered, less losses, to designated points of delivery on the PDP system specified in the network service agreement. Character and Conditions of Service Alternating current at 60 hertz, three-phase, delivered and metered at the voltages and points of delivery established by the network service agreement. Monthly Rate *Network Service Charge:* Each Contractor shall be billed an amount based on the contractor's load ratio share times one-twelfth of the PDP annual revenue requirement. The load ratio share will be determined by the contractor's coincidental peak load averaged with the coincidental peak loads of the previous 11 months divided by the average PDP system peak for the same time period. Revenue Requirement The projected annual revenue requirement allocated to transmission for FY 2006 for the PDP is $32,826,345. Based on updated financial and load data, a recalculated revenue requirement will go into effect on October 1 of each year during the effective rate schedule period. Adjustment for Ancillary Services Network Service is offered under Western's Open Access Transmission Tariff and contractors are responsible for all ancillary services set forth in the applicable rate schedules specified in the customer's network service agreement. Adjustment for Losses Capacity and energy losses incurred in connection with the transmission and delivery of power and energy under this rate schedule shall be supplied by the customer in accordance with the network service agreement. Modifications The Desert Southwest Customer Service Region may modify the charges for Network Service upon written notice to the transmission customer. Any change to the charges to the transmission customer for Network Service shall be as set forth in a revision to this rate schedule promulgated under applicable Federal laws, regulations, and policies, and made part of the applicable network service agreement. Rate Schedule INT-NTS2; Schedule H-2 to Tariff (Supersedes Rate Schedule INT-NTS1) United States Department of Energy, Western Area Power Administration, Desert Southwest Customer Service Region Network Integration Transmission Service on the Pacific Northwest-Pacific Southwest Intertie Project Effective The first day of the first full billing period beginning on or after July 1, 2006, through June 30, 2011. Available Within the marketing area serviced by the Pacific Northwest-Pacific Southwest Intertie Project (Intertie) transmission facilities. Applicable To Network Integration Transmission Service (Network Service) customers where capacity and energy are supplied to the Intertie from designated resources, transmitted subject to the availability of the transmission capacity, and delivered, less losses, to designated points of delivery on the Intertie system specified in the network service agreement. Character and Conditions of Service Alternating current at 60 hertz, three-phase, delivered and metered at the voltages and points of delivery established by the network service agreement. Monthly Rate *Network Service Charge:* Each contractor shall be billed an amount based on the contractor's load ratio share times one-twelfth of the Intertie annual revenue requirement. The load ratio share will be determined by the contractor's coincidental peak load averaged with the coincidental peak loads of the previous 11 months divided by the average Intertie system peak for the same time period. Revenue Requirement The projected annual revenue requirement allocated to transmission for FY 2006 for the Intertie is $22,742,569. Based on updated financial and load data, a recalculated revenue requirement will go into effect on October 1 of each year during the effective rate schedule period. Adjustments for Ancillary Services Network Service is offered under the Open Access Transmission Tariff and contractors are responsible for all ancillary services set forth in the applicable rate schedules specified in the customer's network service agreement. Adjustments for Losses Capacity and energy losses incurred in connection with the transmission and delivery of power and energy under this rate schedule shall be supplied by the customer in accordance with the network service agreement. Modifications The Desert Southwest Customer Service Region may modify the charges for Network Service upon written notice to the transmission customer. Any change to the charges to the transmission customer for Network Service shall be as set forth in a revision to this rate schedule promulgated under applicable Federal laws, regulations, and policies and made part of the applicable network service agreement. Rate Schedule DSW-SD2; Schedule 1 to Tariff (Supersedes Rate Schedule DSW-SD1) United States Department of Energy, Western Area Power Administration, Desert Southwest Customer Service Region Scheduling, System Control, and Dispatch Service Effective The first day of the first full billing period beginning on or after July 1, 2006, through June 30, 2011. Available In the area served by the Western Area Lower Colorado

(WALC)Balancing Authority and Transmission Operations area (BATO). Applicable To transactions with entities not taking transmission service in WALC. For entities taking transmission service from Western in the WALC BATO, the Scheduling, System Control, and Dispatch Service (Scheduling Service) charge is included in the transmission rate. Character of Service Scheduling Service is required to schedule the movement of power through, out of, within, or into the WALC BATO. Formula Rate The charges for Scheduling Service are to be based on the following formula rate where the Rate per Tag equals: Annual Capital Cost per Tag + Hourly Labor Rate X Average Time to Execute Tag Rate The rate charged for the Scheduling Service is $18.55 per tag. This rate is based on FY 2004 financial and load data, and will be in effect July 1, 2006, through September 30, 2006. Based on updated financial and load data, a recalculated rate will go into effect on October 1 of each year during the effective rate period. The Desert Southwest Customer Service Region's charge for Scheduling Service may be modified upon written notice to the customer and any change to the charges for the service shall be as set forth in a revision to this rate schedule promulgated under applicable Federal laws, regulations, and policies and made part of the applicable service agreement. Rate Schedule DSW-RS2; Schedule 2 to Tariff (Supersedes Rate Schedule DSW-RS1) United States Department of Energy, Western Area Power Administration, Desert Southwest Customer Service Region Reactive Supply and Voltage Control From Generation Sources Service Effective The first day of the first full billing period beginning on or after July 1, 2006, through June 30, 2011. Available In the area served by the Western Area Lower Colorado

(WALC)Balancing Authority and Transmission Operations Area (BATO). Applicable To all customers in the WALC BATO taking transmission service under the Open Access Transmission Tariff. The customer must purchase this service from WALC, unless the entity has a separate generation agreement to supply Reactive Supply and Voltage Control from Generation Sources Service (Voltage Support Service) to WALC. Character of Service Voltage Support Service is needed to maintain transmission voltages on all transmission facilities within acceptable limits. To accomplish this, generation facilities under the control of the WALC BATO are operated to produce or absorb reactive power. Formula Rate The charges for Voltage Support Service are based on the following formula rate. EN26JN06.000 The revenue requirement for the service is the sum of the service for each generation project in WALC determined by multiplying the generation revenue requirement by one minus the power factor for the supplying plants. WALC Transmission Reservations are the total firm point-to-point reservations minus reservations by entities with generation agreements to supply Voltage Support Service to WALC. Rate: The rate to be in effect July 1, 2006, through September 30, 2006, is: Monthly: $0.043/kWmonth. Weekly: 9.92 mills/kWweek. Daily: 1.42 mills/kWday. Hourly: 0.059 mills/kWh. This rate is based on the above formula and on FY 2004 financial and calendar year 2004 load data, and will be in effect July 1, 2006, through September 30, 2006. Based on updated financial and load data, a recalculated rate will go into effect on October 1 of each year during the effective rate period. The Desert Southwest Customer Service Region

(DSWR)charges for Voltage Support Service may be modified upon written notice to the customer. Any change to the charges for Voltage Support Service shall be as set forth in a revision to this rate schedule promulgated under applicable Federal laws, regulations, and policies and made part of the applicable service agreement. DSWR shall charge the customer in accordance with the rate then in effect. Rate Schedule DSW-FR2; Schedule 3 to Tariff (Supersedes Rate Schedule DSW-FR1) United States Department of Energy, Western Area Power Administration, Desert Southwest Customer Service Region Regulation and Frequency Response Service Effective The first day of the first full billing period beginning on or after July 1, 2006, through June 30, 2011. Available In the area served by the Western Area Lower Colorado

(WALC)Balancing Authority and Transmission Operations Area (BATO). Applicable To all customers with standard loads in the WALC BATO taking this service under the Open Access Transmission Tariff. Customers with non-conforming loads will be charged differently as stated below. A non-conforming load is defined as a single plant or site with a regulation capacity requirement of 5 megawatts

(MW)or greater on a recurring basis and whose capacity requirement is equal to 10 percent or greater of its average load. Character of Service Regulation and Frequency Response Service (Regulation Service) is necessary to provide for the continuous balancing of resources, generation, and interchange with load, and for maintaining scheduled interconnection frequency at sixty cycles per second (60 Hz). Regulation Service is accomplished by committing on-line generation whose output is raised or lowered, predominantly through the use of automatic generating control equipment, as necessary to follow the moment-by-moment changes in load. The obligation to maintain this balance between resources and load lies with the transmission provider. The transmission customer must either purchase this service from the WALC BATO, or make alternative comparable arrangements satisfactory to Western to meet its Regulation Service requirements. Formula Rate The charges for Regulation Service are based on the following formula rate. EN26JN06.001 Where: Revenue requirement for the service is the product of the generation capacity for the regulation times the capacity rate of supplying projects, plus any regulation purchases the transmission provider must make, multiplied by a use factor; and Load requiring the service is the sum of the loads in the WALC BATO. Rate The rate to be in effect July 1, 2006, through September 30, 2006, is: 0.2049 mills/kWh. Regulation Service for non-conforming loads, as determined by Western, must be delineated in a service agreement and charged an amount which includes the cost to procure the service and the additional amount required to monitor and supply this service. This rate is based on the above formula and on FY 2004 financial and load data, and will be in effect July 1, 2006, through September 30, 2006. Based on updated financial and load data, a recalculated rate will go into effect on October 1 of each year during the effective rate period. The DSWR charges for Regulation Service may be modified upon written notice to the customer. Any change to the charges for regulation shall be as set forth in a revision to this rate schedule promulgated under applicable Federal laws, regulations, and policies and made part of the applicable service agreement. The DSWR shall charge the customer in accordance with the rate then in effect. Rate Schedule DSW-EI2; Schedule 4 to Tariff (Supersedes Rate Schedule DSW-EI1) United States Department of Energy, Western Area Power Administration, Desert Southwest Customer Service Region Energy Imbalance Service Effective The first day of the first full billing period beginning on or after July 1, 2006, through June 30, 2011. Available In the area served by the Western Area Lower Colorado

(WALC)Balancing Authority and Transmission Operations Area (BATO). Applicable To all customers receiving Energy Imbalance Service from the Desert Southwest Customer Service Region

(DSWR)for the WALC. Character of Service Provided when a difference occurs between the scheduled and the actual delivery of energy to a load located within the WALC BATO. The transmission customer and customers on non-Western transmission systems within WALC BATO must either obtain this service from WALC, or make alternative comparable arrangements to satisfy its energy imbalance service obligation. The transmission customer must either purchase this service from the WALC BATO, or make alternative comparable arrangements satisfactory to Western to meets its Energy Imbalance Service requirements. Formula Rate *Bandwidth:* The WALC has established a deviation bandwidth for on-peak of plus or minus 1.5 percent of the customer's load with a minimum of 5 MW either over or under delivery and an off-peak bandwidth of 1.5 percent to a negative 3 percent of a customer's load with a minimum of 2 MW over delivery and 5 MW under delivery. *Within the bandwidth:* For Energy Imbalance within the bandwidth for both on-peak and off-peak, settlement between the customer and Western will be 100 percent of the Energy Imbalance. In lieu of an energy settlement, Western, at its discretion, may accept a financial payment equal to a weighted index price (described below) of the energy. *Outside the bandwidth:* For that portion of the customer's energy imbalance that is outside the bandwidth during on-peak hours, the settlement is 110 percent of the energy imbalance for under-deliveries and 90 percent of the energy imbalance for over-deliveries. In lieu of an energy settlement, Western, at its discretion, may accept a financial settlement equal to 110 percent of a weighted index price for under-deliveries and 90 percent of a weighted index price for over-deliveries. For that portion of the customer's energy imbalance that is outside the bandwidth during the off-peak hours, the settlement is 110 percent of the energy imbalance for under-deliveries and 60 percent of the energy imbalance for over-deliveries. In lieu of an energy settlement, Western, at its discretion, may accept a financial settlement equal to 110 percent of a weighted index price for under-deliveries and for over-deliveries 60 percent of either a weighted index price or a WALC weighted sales price, whichever is the least. If Western uses a financial settlement for transactions, the index used to calculate the settlement will be the Dow Jones Palo Verde average monthly index or an index identified on the OASIS at the beginning of each fiscal year. Settlement for the hourly deviations will occur on a monthly basis. The energy imbalance service compensation may be modified upon written notice to the customer. Any change to the customer compensation for energy imbalance service shall be as set forth in a revision to this schedule promulgated pursuant to applicable Federal laws, regulations, and policies and made part of the applicable service agreement. The DSWR shall charge the customer in accordance with the rate then in effect. Rate Schedule DSW-SPR2; Schedule 5 to Tariff (Supersedes Rate Schedule DSW-SPR1) United States Department of Energy, Western Area Power Administration, Desert Southwest Customer Service Region Operating Reserve—Spinning Reserve Service Effective The first day of the first full billing period beginning on or after July 1, 2006, through June 30, 2011. Available In the area served by the Western Area Lower Colorado

(WALC)Balancing Authority and Transmission Operations Area (BATO). Applicable To all customers receiving Spinning Reserve Service from the Desert Southwest Customer Service Region

(DSWR)for the WALC BATO. Character of the Service Spinning reserve service (Spinning Service) is needed to serve load immediately in the event of a system contingency. Spinning Service may be provided by generating units that are on-line and loaded at less than maximum output. The transmission customer must either purchase this service from the Western WALC BATO, or make alternative comparable arrangements satisfactory to Western to meet its Spinning Service requirements. Formula Rate Spinning Service will not be available from DSWR resources on a long-term basis. If a customer cannot self-supply or purchase this service from another provider, Western may obtain the Spinning Service on a pass-through cost basis at market price plus a charge that covers the cost of procuring and supplying the service. The transmission customer will be responsible for the transmission service to get Spinning Service to the designated point of delivery. Cost for Spinning Service = market price + cost to procure service. Rate Schedule DSW-SUR2; Schedule 6 to Tariff (Supersedes Rate Schedule DSW-SUR2) United States Department of Energy, Western Area Power Administration, Desert Southwest Customer Service Region Operating Reserve—Supplemental Reserve Service Effective The first day of the first full billing period beginning on or after July 1, 2006, through June 30, 2011. Available In the area served by the Western Area Lower Colorado

(WALC)Balancing Authority and Transmission Operations Area (BATO). Applicable To all customers receiving supplemental reserve service from the Desert Southwest Customer Service Region

(DSWR)for the WALC BATO. Character of the Service Supplemental Reserve Service (Supplemental Service) is needed to serve load in the event of a system contingency; however, it is not available immediately to serve load. Supplemental Service may be provided by generating units that can be synchronized to the system within 10 minutes and loaded within 30 minutes. The transmission customer must either purchase this service from the WALC BATO, or make alternative comparable arrangements satisfactory to Western to meet its Supplemental Service requirements. The charges for Supplemental Service are referred to below. Formula Rate Supplemental Service will not be available from DSWR resources on a long-term basis. If a customer cannot self-supply or purchase this service from another provider, Western may obtain the Supplemental Service on a pass-through cost basis at market price plus a charge that covers the cost of procuring and supplying the service. The transmission customer will be responsible for the transmission service to get Supplemental Service to the designated point of delivery. Cost for Supplemental Service = market price + cost to procure service. [FR Doc. E6-10000 Filed 6-23-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450-01-P FEDERAL RESERVE SYSTEM Notice of Proposals to Engage in Permissible Nonbanking Activities or to Acquire Companies that are Engaged in Permissible Nonbanking Activities The companies listed in this notice have given notice under section 4 of the Bank Holding Company Act (12 U.S.C. 1843) (BHC Act) and Regulation Y (12 CFR Part 225) to engage *de novo* , or to acquire or control voting securities or assets of a company, including the companies listed below, that engages either directly or through a subsidiary or other company, in a nonbanking activity that is listed in § 225.28 of Regulation Y (12 CFR 225.28) or that the Board has determined by Order to be closely related to banking and permissible for bank holding companies. Unless otherwise noted, these activities will be conducted throughout the United States. Each notice is available for inspection at the Federal Reserve Bank indicated. The notice also will be available for inspection at the offices of the Board of Governors. Interested persons may express their views in writing on the question whether the proposal complies with the standards of section 4 of the BHC Act. Additional information on all bank holding companies may be obtained from the National Information Center website at *www.ffiec.gov/nic/* . Unless otherwise noted, comments regarding the applications must be received at the Reserve Bank indicated or the offices of the Board of Governors not later than July 21, 2006. **A. Federal Reserve Bank of Chicago** (Patrick M. Wilder, Assistant Vice President) 230 South LaSalle Street, Chicago, Illinois 60690-1414: *1. Ohnward Bancshares Inc.* , Maquoketa, Iowa; to acquire 100 percent of the voting shares of United Security Financial Corporation, Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and thereby indirectly acquire United Security Savings Bank, F.S.B., Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and thereby engage in operating a savings association, pursuant to section 225.28(b)(4)(ii) of Regulation Y. Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, June 21, 2006. Robert deV. Frierson, Deputy Secretary of the Board. [FR Doc. E6-10018 Filed 6-23-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6210-01-S DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [60Day-06-06BI] Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

(CDC)will publish periodic summaries of proposed projects. To request more information on the proposed projects or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and instruments, call 404-639-5960 and send comments to Seleda Perryman, CDC Assistant Reports Clearance Officer, 1600 Clifton Road, MS-D74, Atlanta, GA 30333 or send an e-mail to *omb@cdc.gov.* Comments are invited on:

(a)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;

(b)the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information;

(c)ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and

(OGDP)Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Background and Brief Description The success of the Human Genome Project has led to increasingly rapid translation of genomic information into clinical applications. Genetic tests for about 1,200 diseases have been developed, with more than 900 currently available for clinical testing. Most are used for diagnosis of rare genetic diseases, but a growing number have population-based applications, including carrier identification, predictive testing for inherited risk for common diseases, and pharmacogenetic testing for variation in drug response. These tests have the potential for broad public health impact. Currently, most genetic testing offered in the United States does not involve the use of U.S. Food and Drug Administration

(FDA)approved test kits. Tests are developed as in-house or “home brew” assays and marketed by laboratories as clinical laboratory services with limited oversight. A number of issues have been raised about the current status of genetic testing implementation, including the need to develop evidence to establish efficacy and cost-effectiveness before tests are commercialized. There is also an increasingly urgent need for timely and reliable information that allows health professionals to distinguish genetic tests that have demonstrated validity and utility in clinical practice. Recommendations on the development of safe and effective genetic tests have been produced by advisory panels (e.g. Task Force on Genetic Testing, Secretary's Advisory Committee on Genetic Testing), professional organizations, and clinical experts since 1995. However, a coordinated approach for effectively translating genomic applications into clinical practice and health policy is still needed. In response to this need, CDC's Office of Genomics and Disease Prevention

(OGDP)initiated the EGAPP Project in fall 2004. The ultimate goal of the project is to develop and evaluate a coordinated, systematic process for assessing genetic tests and other genomic applications in transition from research to clinical and public health practice. To support this goal, an independent, non-federal, multidisciplinary EGAPP Working Group was established in April, 2005. The roles of the Working Group are to prioritize and select genomic applications for evaluation, establish methods and processes, monitor progress of commissioned evidence reports, and develop conclusions and recommendations based on the evidence. The knowledge and experience gained through the project will be used to inform the development of a sustainable process for assessing the safety and efficacy of emerging genetic tests. We are proposing an evaluation research activity to assess outcomes of the EGAPP Project. The study will be conducted in collaboration with outside consultants who will work with CDC to design the study, collect data for the study, conduct data analyses, and develop written reports of results. The purpose of this evaluation research activity is to collect information on the value and impact of the EGAPP process and the products developed and disseminated (e.g., evidence reviews, published evidence summaries, published Working Group recommendations, informational messages) by surveying members of four key stakeholder groups identified for the EGAPP pilot project. The four key stakeholder groups selected are: Healthcare providers (e.g., physicians, mid-level practitioners, nurses), policy makers, healthcare payers (e.g., health plans, insurers) and purchasers (e.g., organizations purchasing healthcare), and consumers. Surveying of consumers will be targeted to advocacy and disease-specific support groups and OGDP Web site visitors. Surveys will be administered during four survey periods staggered at intervals of six months. Feedback from healthcare providers and payers suggests that they are the most interested and ready to receive and use EGAPP products (e.g., evidence reports and Working Group recommendations). Therefore, they will be the subjects of *Survey 1* (about 6 months after release of products) and *Survey 3* (one year later). Consumers, policy makers, and healthcare purchasers are expected to receive and be impacted by information developed by EGAPP later. Therefore, these groups will be the subjects of *Survey 2* (6 months after Survey 1) and *Survey 4* (one year later). The second mechanism for identifying participants will be through the EGAPP Web site. During specified periods of time, individuals accessing the Web site will be asked to participate. There is no cost to the respondents other than their time. Estimated Annualized Burden Hours Respondent Form Number of respondents Number of responses per respondent Average burden per response (in hours) Total burden hours *Healthcare Providers:* Primary Care Providers Healthcare Provider Survey 385 1 10/60 64 Specialists 385 1 10/60 64 Genetic Counselors 200 1 10/60 33 Mid-level Practitioners 385 1 10/60 64 Nurses 385 1 10/60 64 Targeted Consumers General Survey 770 1 10/60 128 Healthcare Payers Policy/Payer Survey 100 1 10/60 17 Policy Makers Policy Survey 50 1 10/60 8 Healthcare Purchasers Purchase Survey 31 1 10/60 5 Total Burden 447 Dated: June 20, 2006. Joan F. Karr, Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [FR Doc. E6-10003 Filed 6-23-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4163-18-P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [60Day-06-05CJ] Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

(a)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;

(b)the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information;

(c)ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and

(FY)2005-2008 for implementation of new colorectal cancer

(CRC)demonstration programs. These 3-year demonstration programs are designed to increase population-based CRC screening among persons 50 years and older with low income and inadequate or no health insurance coverage in a geographically defined area. Colorectal Cancer

(CRC)is the second leading cause of cancer-related deaths in the United States, following lung cancer. Based on scientific evidence which indicates that regular screening is effective in reducing CRC incidence and mortality, regular CRC screening is now recommended for average-risk persons with one or a combination of the following tests: Fecal occult blood testing (FOBT), flexible sigmoidoscopy, colonoscopy, and/or double-contrast barium enema (DCBE). Fecal immunochemical testing

(FIT)is considered an acceptable alternative to FOBT. In the absence of evidence indicating a single most effective test, selected programs will be able to choose which screening test(s) they will use from the above list of recommended tests. All funded programs will be required to submit patient-level data on CRC screening and diagnostic services provided as part of this demonstration project. This information will be used to assess the quality and appropriateness of the services delivered. Programs that receive CDC funding to provide screening and diagnostic services will collect individual patient-level data to capture demographic information, clinical services and outcomes, and submit these data to CDC on a quarterly basis. While CDC funds will not be used for treatment, programs will need to monitor treatment and document that patients are receiving appropriate treatment services. Submitted data must contain no patient identifiers. All programs will additionally submit annual cost data to CDC to be used to monitor cost and cost-effectiveness over the 3-year program period. The additional burden to these respondents will be small, since CDC will only select programs that are already performing some CRC screening, and will therefore already be collecting these types of data. Data collection for both patient-level and cost data will continue over the 3 years of the demonstration programs. In the burden table below, two data collection forms will be used: Patient-level clinical data collection forms and cost data collection forms. The data will be collected from the 5 cooperative agreement recipients, i.e., the respondents. The estimated number of responses represents the number of patients receiving clinical services per recipient program, one report per patient per quarterly reporting period (estimated at 70 patients per program per quarter). This would result in an estimated annualized burden for the quarterly reports of 583 hours. Additionally, respondents will report annual cost data. For reporting the annual cost data, the respondents will submit only one report each for the entire year. There is no cost to respondents other than their time. Estimated Annualized Burden Hours Form type Number of respondents Number of responses per respondent Average burden per response (in hours) Total burden hours Quarterly patient-level clinical data 5 280 25/60 583 Annual cost data 5 1 25/60 2 Total 585 Dated: June 20, 2006. Joan F. Karr, Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [FR Doc. E6-10024 Filed 6-23-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4163-18-P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [60Day-06-06BJ] Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations In compliance with the requirement of Section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

(a)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;

(b)the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information;

(c)ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and

(d)ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this notice. Proposed Project Experiment in Mapping Behavioral Risk Factors Surveillance Survey (BRFSS) Data—NEW—National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion (NCCDPHP), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Background and Brief Description The purpose of this study is to design and implement a Web-based interview examining the differential effectiveness of presenting BRFSS data in two different mapping formats, choropleth versus isopleth maps. Traditionally, geospatial data are presented in choropleth maps, where defined geographic units, such as county or state boundaries, are filled with a uniform color or pattern. Choropleth maps present data as geographic areas shaded with intensity proportional to the data values associated with those areas. Such maps are appropriate for data that have been scaled or normalized. Alternatively, geospatial data can be displayed using isopleth maps, in which the data are not aggregated to pre-defined geographic units, but instead are “smoothed” across adjacent geographic boundaries. Such maps may show county or state boundaries, but different categories of data are not defined by these geographic units. Little empirical research has examined the differential effectiveness of choropleth versus isopleth maps. In particular, researchers know little about how the two different mapping techniques affect the user's ability to extract information from the map. The Web-based interview will present both choropleth and isopleth maps displaying BRFSS data in seven color categories. To maintain a low survey burden for each participant, the instrument will include only 4 questions for each of 10 maps. The interview will also include additional questions about respondent's preferences for map types and background characteristics. The survey instrument will be comprised of 50 items, including the 40 map questions, 4 questions about users' preferences for different map formats, and 6 questions about their educational and professional background and demographic characteristics. Analysis of the data will assess 4 key areas to determine which type of map is ideal for presenting BRFSS data: 1. Rate retrieval 2. Pattern recognition 3. Ease of understanding 4. User preferences The results of these analyses will be presented in a final report to be submitted to the CDC. There are no costs to respondents other than their time. Estimated Annualized Burden Hours Respondents Number of respondents Number of responses per respondent Average burden per response (in hrs.) Total burden hours Experiment in Mapping BRFSS Data 400 1 30/60 200 Total 200 Dated: June 19, 2006. Joan F. Karr, Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [FR Doc. E6-10025 Filed 6-23-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4163-18-P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [60Day-06-05BL] Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

(a)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;

(b)the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information;

(c)ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and

(INA)(8 U.S.C. 1522(b)(4)) authorizes the Secretary of Health and Human Services Department of Health and Human Services

(DHHS)to:

(A)Assure that an adequate number of trained staff are available at the location at which the refugees enter the United States to assure that all necessary medical records are available and in proper order;

(B)provide for the identification of refugees who have been determined to have medical conditions affecting public health and requiring treatment;

(C)assure that State or local health officials at the resettlement destination of each refugee within the United States are promptly notified of the refugee's arrival and provided with all applicable medical records; and

(D)provide for such monitoring of refugees identified under subparagraph

(B)as will insure that they receive appropriate and timely treatment. The Secretary, DHHS, shall develop and implement methods for monitoring and assessing the quality of medical screening and related health services provided to refugees awaiting resettlement in the United States. On July 3, 2003, the Secretary, DHHS, delegated to the Director, CDC, the authority to re-delegate the authorities vested in the Secretary, DHHS, under section 412(b)(4) of the INA (8 U.S.C. 1522(b)(4)), as amended hereafter. The Division of Global Migration and Quarantine (DGMQ), CDC, is responsible for monitoring the performance and quality of the required overseas medical examinations of refugees and immigrants applying for permanent residence in the United States, and notifying state and local public health officials of the arrival of all refugees and immigrants who have Class A and B health conditions, (as defined in 42 CFR 34.2) to facilitate the recommended follow-up evaluation in the U.S. Currently, the Department of State uses medical examination forms DS 2053, 3024, 3025, and 3026, under OMB control number 1405-0113, to conduct the overseas medical evaluation of refugees and immigrants. This type of communication and data exchange with local partners has been critical in identifying medical conditions among refugees that require overseas interventions. Completing the worksheet and furnishing the requested information is essential. Accurate information will allow important public health functions and follow-up of significant health events to be performed in preventing the spread of a disease. Respondents include state and local health departments. There is no cost to the respondents other than their time. Estimated Annualized Burden Hours Respondents Number of respondents Number of responses per respondent Average burden per response (in hours) Total burden hours State and local health agencies 50 100 5/60 417 Total 417 Dated: June 20, 2006. Joan F. Karr, Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [FR Doc. E6-10026 Filed 6-23-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4163-18-P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention [60Day-06-06BH] Proposed Data Collections Submitted for Public Comment and Recommendations In compliance with the requirement of section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 for opportunity for public comment on proposed data collection projects, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

(a)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;

(b)the accuracy of the agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information;

(c)ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and

(d)ways to minimize the burden of the collection of information on respondents, including through the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Written comments should be received within 60 days of this notice. Proposed Project Performance Measures of the Cooperative Agreement Readiness Assessment Tool (CARAT) for the CDC Division of State and Local Readiness (DSLR)—New—Coordinating Office of Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response (COTPER), Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Background and Brief Description The CARAT is a program performance monitoring tool developed by DSLR's Outcome Monitoring and Evaluation Branch in cooperation with CDC subject matter experts and external partners. The nomenclature to differentiate CARAT's data collection (reporting) periods is: CARAT-Annual, CARAT-Semi-annual, and CARAT-Quarterly. CARAT-Semi-annual and CARAT-Quarterly are independent subsets of CARAT-Annual reports. Specifically, the data collected will be used to monitor grantees' performance as it relates to the goals and intent of the cooperative agreement, and to determine the technical assistance that may be needed, specific to each grantee. Additionally, the data will be used to report the program's readiness status as well as prepare individual and aggregate readiness reports for: Congress, State departments, Federal agencies and officials as necessary. Cooperative agreement recipients will report their data to the Division of State and Local Readiness in the Center for Terrorism Preparedness and Emergency Response at CDC through the State and Local Preparedness Program Management Information System (SLPPMIS). This system uses a secure web browser-based technology for data entry and data management. The data will be collected and entered by administrative/management personnel from each cooperative agreement recipient. The table below shows the estimated annual burden in hours to collect and report data. There is no cost to the respondents other than their time. Estimated Annualized Burden Hours Title Number of respondents Number of responses/ respondent Burden per response (in hrs.) Total burden (hours) DSLR-SLPMISS Application/Annual Survey 62 1 23 1426 DSLR-SLPMISS Application/Semi-annual Survey (1 per year) * 62 1 18 1116 DSLR-SLPMISS Application/Quarterly Survey (4 per year) 62 4 4 992 Total 3534 * Once per year between the annual survey. Dated: June 20, 2006. Joan F. Karr, Acting Reports Clearance Officer, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [FR Doc. E6-10027 Filed 6-23-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4163-18-P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Decision To Evaluate a Petition To Designate a Class of Employees at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, NM, To Be Included in the Special Exposure Cohort AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services

(HHS)gives notice as required by 42 CFR 83.12(e) of a decision to evaluate a petition to designate a class of employees at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, to be included in the Special Exposure Cohort under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000. The initial proposed definition for the class being evaluated, subject to revision as warranted by the evaluation, is as follows: *Facility:* Los Alamos National Laboratory. *Location:* Los Alamos, New Mexico. *Job Titles and/or Job Duties:* All workers potentially exposed to radioactive lanthanum at the Technical Area 10 Bayo Canyon facility, TA-35 (Ten Site), or TA-1, buildings Sigma, H, and U. *Period of Employment:* September 1, 1944 through July 18, 1963. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry Elliott, Director, Office of Compensation Analysis and Support, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 4676 Columbia Parkway, MS C-46, Cincinnati, OH 45226, Telephone 513-533-6800 (this is not a toll-free number). Information requests can also be submitted by e-mail to *OCAS@CDC.GOV* . John Howard, Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [FR Doc. E6-10001 Filed 6-23-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4163-19-P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Centers for Disease Control and Prevention Decision To Evaluate a Petition To Designate a Class of Employees at the S-50 Oak Ridge Thermal Diffusion Plant, Oak Ridge, TN, To Be Included in the Special Exposure Cohort AGENCY: Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), Department of Health and Human Services (HHS). ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The Department of Health and Human Services

(HHS)gives notice as required by 42 CFR 83.12(e) of a decision to evaluate a petition to designate a class of employees at the S-50 Oak Ridge Thermal Diffusion Plant, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, to be included in the Special Exposure Cohort under the Energy Employees Occupational Illness Compensation Program Act of 2000. The initial proposed definition for the class being evaluated, subject to revision as warranted by the evaluation, is as follows: *Facility:* S-50 Oak Ridge Thermal Diffusion Plant. *Location:* Oak Ridge, Tennessee. *Job Titles and/or Job Duties:* All workers. *Period of Employment:* 1944 through 1951. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Larry Elliott, Director, Office of Compensation Analysis and Support, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, 4676 Columbia Parkway, MS C-46, Cincinnati, OH 45226, Telephone 513-533-6800 (this is not a toll-free number). Information requests can also be submitted by e-mail to *OCAS@CDC.GOV* . John Howard, Director, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. [FR Doc. E6-10002 Filed 6-23-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4163-19-P DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES Health Resources and Services Administration Recruitment of Sites for Assignment of Corps Personnel AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), HHS. ACTION: General notice. SUMMARY: The Health Resources and Services Administration

(HRSA)announces that the listing of entities, and their Health Professional Shortage Area

(HPSA)scores, that will receive priority for the assignment of National Health Service Corps

(NHSC)personnel (Corps Personnel, Corps members) for the period July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2007 is posted on the NHSC Web site at *http://nhsc.bhpr.hrsa.gov/resources/fedreg-hpol/.* This list specifies which entities are eligible to receive assignment of Corps members who are participating in the NHSC Scholarship Program, the NHSC Loan Repayment Program, and Corps members who have become Corps members other than pursuant to contractual obligations under the Scholarship or Loan Repayment Programs. Please note that not all vacancies associated with sites on this list will be for Corps members, but could be for individuals serving an obligation to the NHSC through the Private Practice Option. Eligible HPSAs and Entities To be eligible to receive assignment of Corps personnel, entities must:

(1)Have a current HPSA designation by the Shortage Designation Branch in the Office of Workforce Evaluation and Quality Assurance, Bureau of Health Professions, Health Resources and Services Administration;

(2)enter into an agreement with the State agency that administers Medicaid, accept payment under Medicare and the State Children's Health Insurance Program, see all patients regardless of their ability to pay, and use and post a discounted fee plan; and

(3)be determined by the Secretary to have

(a)a need and demand for health manpower in the area;

(b)appropriately and efficiently used Corps members assigned to the entity;

(c)general community support for the assignment of Corps members;

(d)made unsuccessful efforts to recruit; and

(e)a reasonable prospect for sound fiscal management by the entity with respect to Corps members assigned there. Priority in approving applications for assignment of Corps members goes to sites that

(1)provide primary, mental, and/or oral health services to a HPSA of greatest shortage;

(2)are part of a system of care that provides a continuum of services, including comprehensive primary health care and appropriate referrals or arrangements for secondary and tertiary care;

(3)have a documented record of sound fiscal management; and

(4)will experience a negative impact on its capacity to provide primary health services if a Corps members is not assigned to the entity. Entities that receive assignment of Corps personnel must assure that

(1)the position will permit the full scope of practice and that the clinician meets the credentialing requirements of the State and site; and

(2)the Corps member assigned to the entity is engaged in full-time clinical practice at the approved service location for a minimum of 40 hours per week with at least 32 hours per week in the ambulatory care setting. Obstetricians/gynecologists, certified nurse midwives (CNMs), and family practitioners who practice obstetrics on a regular basis, are required to engage in a minimum of 21 hours per week of outpatient clinical practice. The remaining hours, making up the minimum 40-hour per week total, include delivery and other clinical hospital-based duties. For all Corps personnel, time spent on-call does not count toward the 40 hours per week. In addition, sites receiving assignment of Corps personnel are expected to

(1)report to the NHSC all absences in excess of the authorized number of days (up to 35 work days or 280 hours per contract year);

(2)report to the NHSC any change in the status of an NHSC clinician at the site;

(3)provide the time and leave records, schedules, and any related personnel documents for NHSC assignees (including documentation, if applicable, of the reason(s) for the termination of an NHSC clinician's employment at the site prior to his or her obligated service end date); and

(4)submit a Uniform Data System

(UDS)report. This system allows the site to assess the age, sex, race/ethnicity of, and provider encounter records for, its user population. The UDS reports are site specific. Providers fulfilling NHSC commitments are assigned to a specific site or, in some cases, more than one site. The scope of activity to be reported in UDS includes all activity at the site(s) to which the Corps member is assigned. Evaluation and Selection Process In approving applications for the assignment of Corps members, the Secretary shall give priority to any such application that is made regarding the provision of primary health services to a HPSA with the greatest shortage. For the program year July 1, 2006-June 30, 2007, HPSAs of greatest shortage for determination of priority for assignment of Corps personnel will be defined as follows:

(1)Primary care HPSAs with scores of 14 and above are authorized for the assignment of Corps members who are primary care physicians, family nurse practitioners

(NPs)and physician assistants

(PAs)participating in the Scholarship Program;

(2)primary care HPSAs with scores of 12 and above are authorized for the assignment of Corps members who are CNMs participating in the Scholarship Program;

(3)mental health HPSAs with scores of 19 and above are authorized for the assignment of Corps members who are psychiatrists participating in the Scholarship Program;

(4)dental HPSAs with scores of 19 and above are authorized for the assignment of Corps members who are dentists participating in the Scholarship Program; and

(5)HPSAs (appropriate to each discipline) with scores of 17 and above are authorized for priority assignment of Corps members who are participating in the Loan Repayment Program. HPSAs with scores below 17 will be eligible to receive assignment of Corps personnel participating in the Loan Repayment Program only after assignments are made of those Corps members matching to those HPSAs receiving priority for placement of Corps members through the Loan Repayment Program ( *i.e.* , HPSAs scoring 17 or above). Placements made through the Loan Repayment Program in HPSAs with scores 16 or below will be made by decreasing HPSA score, and only to the extent that funding remains available. All sites on the list are eligible sites for individuals wishing to serve in an underserved area but who are not contractually obligated under the Scholarship or Loan Repayment Program. A listing of HPSAs and their scores is posted at *http://hpsafind.hrsa.gov/.* Sites qualifying for automatic primary care and dental HPSA designations have been scored and may be authorized to receive assignment of Corps members if they meet the criteria outlined above and their HPSA scores are above the stated cutoffs. If there are any sites on the list with an unscored HPSA designation, they are authorized for the assignment of Corps personnel participating in the Loan Repayment Program only after assignments are made of those Corps members matching to scored HPSAs and only to the extent that funding remains available. When these HPSAs receive scores, these sites will then be authorized to receive assignment of Corps members if they meet the criteria outlined above and their newly assigned scores are above the stated cutoffs. The number of new NHSC placements through the Scholarship and Loan Repayment Programs allowed at any one site are limited to the following:

(1)Primary Health Care.

(a)Loan Repayment Program—no more than 2 physicians (MD or DO); and no more than a combined total of 2 NPs, PAs, or CNMs

(b)Scholarship Program—no more than 2 physicians (MD or DO); and no more than a combined total of 2 NPs, PAs, or CNMs

(2)Dental.

(a)Loan Repayment Program—no more than 2 dentists and 2 dental hygienists

(b)Scholarship Program—no more than 1 dentist

(3)Mental Health.

(a)Loan Repayment Program—no more than 2 psychiatrists (MD or DO); and no more than a combined total of 2 clinical or counseling psychologists; licensed clinical social workers, licensed professional counselors, marriage and family therapists, or psychiatric nurse specialists

(b)Scholarship Program—no more than 1 psychiatrist Application Requests, Dates and Address The list of HPSAs and entities that are eligible to receive priority for the placement of Corps personnel may be updated periodically. Entities that no longer meet eligibility criteria, including HPSA score, will be removed from the priority listing. Entities interested in being added to the high priority list must submit an NHSC Recruitment and Retention Assistance Application to: National Health Service Corps, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 8A-08, Rockville, MD 20857, fax 301-594-2721. These applications must be submitted on or before the deadline date of March 30, 2007. Applications submitted after this deadline date will be considered for placement on the priority placement list in the following program year. Any changes to this deadline will be posted on the NHSC Web site at *http://nhsc.bhpr.hrsa.gov.* Entities interested in receiving application materials may do so by calling the HRSA call center at 1-800-221-9393. They may also get information and download application materials from: *http://nhsc.bhpr.hrsa.gov/applications/rraa.cfm.* Additional Information Entities wishing to provide additional data and information in support of their inclusion on the proposed list of HPSAs and entities that would receive priority in assignment of Corps members, must do so in writing no later than July 26, 2006. This information should be submitted to: Susan Salter, Chief, Site Identification and Application Branch, Division of National Health Service Corps, 5600 Fishers Lane, Room 8A-08, Rockville, MD 20857. This information will be considered in preparing the final list of HPSAs and entities that are receiving priority for the assignment of Corps personnel. *Paperwork Reduction Act:* The Recruitment & Retention Assistance Application has been approved by the Office of Management and Budget under the Paperwork Reduction Act. The OMB clearance number is 0915-0230. The program is not subject to the provision of Executive Order 12372, Intergovernmental Review of Federal Programs (as implemented through 45 CFR part 100). Dated: June 16, 2006. Elizabeth M. Duke, Administrator. [FR Doc. E6-9974 Filed 6-23-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4165-15-P DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Federal Emergency Management Agency Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security. ACTION: Notice and request for comments. SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency, as part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal agencies to take this opportunity to comment on a proposed revised information collection. In accordance with the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, this notice seeks comments concerning the Crisis Counseling Program for Immediate Services Program, which provides funding in response to a State request for crisis counseling assistance for a Presidentially-declared disaster. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 416 of the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and Emergency Assistance Act (the Act), Public Law 93-288, as amended, authorizes the President to provide financial assistance to state and local governments for professional counseling services to victims of major disasters in order to relieve mental health problems caused or aggravated by a major disaster or its aftermath. Under the provisions of section 416 of the Act, FEMA issued the Crisis Counseling Assistance and Training Regulations (44 CFR 206.171). Section 416 of the Act is the authority under which the President has designated the Department of Health and Human Services, through the Center for Mental Health Services (CMHS), to coordinate with FEMA in administering the Crisis Counseling Assistance and Training Program (CCP). FEMA and CMHS, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, Department of Health and Human Services have signed an interagency agreement under which CMHS provides technical assistance and consultation to States applying for CCP funding. Collection of Information *Title:* Crisis Counseling Assistance and Training Program—Immediate Services Program. *Type of Information Collection:* Revisions of a Currently Approved Collection. *OMB Number:* 1660-0085. *Form Numbers:* None. *Abstract:* FEMA requires that the State complete an ISP Standard Application for CCP that includes the following:

(i)The geographical areas within the designated disaster area for which services will be provided;

(ii)An estimate of the number of disaster victims requiring assistance;

(iii)A description of the state and local resources and capabilities, and an explanation of why these resources cannot meet the need;

(iv)A description of response activities from the date of the disaster incident to the date of application;

(v)A plan of services to be provided to meet the identified needs; and

(vi)A detailed budget, showing the cost of proposed services separately from the cost of reimbursement for any eligible services provided prior to application. *Affected Public:* State, Local or Tribal Government. *Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:* Annual Burden Hours Project/activity (survey, form(s), focus group, etc.) No. of respondents Frequency of responses Burden hours per respondent Annual responses Total annual burden hours

(C)(A×B ) (A×B×C) CCP/ISP Application 56 1 40 19 760 Narrative Final Reporting 56 1 10 19 190 Training 56 1 32 30 960 Total 82 1,910 *Estimated Cost:* The annualized cost to respondents using wage rate catergories is estimated to be $70,841.90. This is based on an average of 19 Immediate Services grants being awarded during a fiscal year and an annual total burden of 1,910 hours for one State Disaster Mental Health coordinator at $37.09 per hour. There is no other program cost to respondents for this information collection. FEMA/CMHS provide annual technical assistances, CCP trainings and workshops for State representatives. The total cost for FEMA and CMHS Immediate Services Program Federal staff salaries is estimated to be $57,439.92. There is no other government program cost involved with this information collection. *Comments:* Written comments are solicited to

(a)evaluate whether the proposed data collection is necessary for the proper performance of the agency, including whether the information shall have practical utility;

(b)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;

(c)enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and

(d)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. Comments must be submitted on or before August 25, 2006. ADDRESSES: Interested persons should submit written comments to Chief, Records Management Section, Information Resources Management Branch, Information Technology Services Division, Federal Emergency Management Agency, 500 C Street, SW., Room 316,Washington, DC 20472. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Victoria Childs, Program Specialist, Recovery Branch,

(202)646-3844 for additional information. You may contact the Records Management Branch for copies of the proposed collection of information at facsimile number

(202)646-3347 or e-mail address: *FEMA-Information-Collections@dhs.gov.* Dated: June 21, 2006. John A. Sharetts-Sullivan, Chief, Records Management Section, Information Resources Management Branch, Information Technology Services Division. [FR Doc. E6-10028 Filed 6-23-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9110-10-P DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY Federal Emergency Management Agency Agency Information Collection Activities: Submission for OMB Review; Comment Request AGENCY: Federal Emergency Management Agency, Department of Homeland Security. ACTION: Notice and request for comments. SUMMARY: The Federal Emergency Management Agency

(FEMA)has submitted the following information collection to the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB)for review and clearance in accordance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The submission describes the nature of the information collection, the categories of respondents, the estimated burden (i.e., the time, effort and resources used by respondents to respond) and cost, and includes the actual data collection instruments FEMA will use. *Title:* Individual and Family Grant

(IFG)and the Individuals and Households Program—Other Needs Assistance (IHP-ONA). *OMB Number:* 1660-0018. *Abstract:* This collection of information is essential to the effective monitoring and management of the IFG/IHP-ONA Program by FEMA Regional Office staff who have oversight responsibility of ensuring that the State perform and adhere to FEMA regulations and policy guidance. The collection involves completion of the following FEMA Forms (FF): FF 76-27; FF 76-28; FF 76-29; 76-32; FF 76-34; and FF 76-38. *Affected Public:* Federal, State, Local or Tribal Governments. *Number of Respondents:* 40. *Estimated Time per Respondent:* 7.33 hours for completion of all forms with allocated response time for individual forms as follows: FF 76-27, 15 minutes; FF 76-28, 5 minutes; FF 76-29, 30 minutes; 76-32, 30 minutes; FF 76-34, 4 hours; and FF 76-38, 2 hours. *Estimated Total Annual Burden Hours:* 301 Hours. *Frequency of Response:* Once for all forms except FF 76-28 which is completed occasionally. *Comments:* Interested persons are invited to submit written comments on the proposed information collection to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs at OMB, Attention: Nathan Lessor, Desk Officer for the Department of Homeland Security/FEMA, Docket Library, Room 10102, 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503, or facsimile number

(202)395-7285. Comments must be submitted on or before July 26, 2006. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Requests for additional information or copies of the information collection should be made to Chief, Records Management, FEMA, 500 C Street, SW., Room 316, Washington, DC 20472, facsimile number

(202)646-3347, or e-mail address *FEMA-Information-Collections@dhs.gov.* Dated: June 15, 2006. John A. Sharetts-Sullivan, Chief, Records Management Section, Information Resources Management Branch, Information Technology Services Division. [FR Doc. E6-10029 Filed 6-23-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 9110-10-P DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT [Docket No. FR-4922-N-17] Privacy Act of 1974; Proposed System of Records AGENCY: Office of the Chief Information Officer, HUD. ACTION: Establish two new Privacy Act Systems of Records. SUMMARY: The Department of Housing and Urban Development

(HUD)proposes to establish two new record systems to add to its inventory of systems of records subject to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended. The proposed new systems of records are: Debt Collection and Asset Management System (DCAMS) and Title I Insurance System (TIIS). The primary purpose of DCAMS is to collect and maintain data needed to support activities related to the collection and servicing of various HUD/FHA debts. It contains information on individuals who have debts resulting from default on HUD/FHA insured Title I loans and from other HUD/FHA loan programs. The Title I Insurance System is used to collect and maintain the data necessary to support activities related to the servicing of loans insured under the Title I program. It contains information on individuals who have made loans insured under HUD's Title I program. DATES: *Effective Date:* This action shall be effective July 26, 2006 unless comments are received which will result in a contrary determination. *Comments Due Date:* July 26, 2006. ADDRESSES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments regarding this notice to the Rules Docket Clerk, Office of General Counsel, Room 10276, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410. Communications should refer to the above docket number and title. A copy of each communication submitted will be available for public inspection and copying between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m. weekdays at the above address. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Jeanette Smith, Departmental Privacy Act Officer, 451 Seventh St., SW., Room P8001, Washington, DC 20410, Telephone Number

(202)708-2374. (This is not a toll-free number.) A telecommunication device for hearing and speech-impaired individuals

(TTY)is available at 1-800-877-8339 (Federal Information Relay Service). SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Pursuant to the Privacy Act of 1974 (5 U.S.C. 552a), as amended notice is given that HUD proposes to establish two new systems of records identified as The Debt Collection and Asset Management System (DCAMS) and Title I Insurance System (TIIS). Title 5 U.S.C. 552a(e)(4) and

(11)provides that the public be afforded a 30-day period in which to comment on the new systems of records. The new system report was submitted to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), the Senate Committee on Governmental Affairs, and the House Committee on Government Reform pursuant to paragraph 4c of Appendix 1 to OMB Circular No. A-130, “Federal Responsibilities for Maintaining Records About Individuals,” July 25, 1994; 59 FR 37924. Authority: 5 U.S.C. 552a, 88 Stat. 1896; 342 U.S.C. 3535(d). Dated: June 21, 2006. Bajinder N. Paul, Deputy Chief Information Officer for IT Operations. HUD/HS-54 SYSTEM NAME: Title I Insurance System (TIIS). SYSTEM LOCATION: Mainframe in HUD Headquarters, 451 7th Street SW., Suite P-7110, Washington, DC 20410. Records in HUD's Financial Operations Center, 52 Corporate Circle, Albany, New York 12203. CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM: Categories of individuals include persons who have made loans insured under HUD's Title I program. CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: The system contains data fields pertaining to borrowers' names, addresses, and Social Security Numbers. The system also contains data fields for records relating to payment and other financial account data such as loan balance; loan origination information such as date and amount of loan; date of default; and account statuses. AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: Authority for maintaining TIIS and the records it contains is established under the regulations implementing the Title I loan program, viz., 24 CFR 201.1 through 200.63. HUD's statutory authority for implementing the regulations supporting HUD programs is found at 42 U.S.C 3532(a) and

(b)and at 12 U.S.C. 1701(a) and (c). PURPOSES: The primary purpose of TIIS is to collect and maintain the data necessary to support activities related to the servicing of loans insured under the Title I program. Servicing activities include maintaining records pertaining to lenders' insurance premiums and processing claims for loss submitted by participating lenders. ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: In addition to those disclosures generally permitted under subsection

(b)of the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 522a(b), records may also be disclosed routinely to other users under the following circumstances: 1. Records may be disclosed to individuals under contract, cooperative agreement, or working agreement with HUD to assist the Department in fulfilling its statutory financial and asset management responsibilities. 2. Records may be disclosed during the course of an administrative proceeding, where HUD is a party, to an Administrative Law Judge and to the interested parties to the extent necessary for conducting the proceeding. 3. Records may be disclosed to the Department of Justice for litigation purposes associated with the representation of HUD or other Federal agency before the courts. 4. Records may be disclosed to a confidential source to the extent necessary to assist the Office of the Inspector General or the Government Accounting Office in an investigation or audit. POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: STORAGE: Records are stored electronically in computer hardware devices and in hard copy in file cabinets or other secure storage units. RETRIEVABILITY: Records may be retrieved by computer search via the name of the borrower, name of the lender, or loan case number and, for a limited number of records, manually by loan case number. SAFEGUARDS: Records are maintained in a secure computer network and in locked file cabinets in office space with controlled access. RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: Computer records for all active cases are available online in TIIS. Computer records on inactive cases retired from the system are removed from the TIIS online files and retained in batch files. Certain records are copied onto microfiche. Computer records for inactive cases that have been purged from the system are not retained in a batch file. The financial histories for these cases have been printed to microfiche. Records stored in paper files for inactive cases are retained in a Federal Records Center. Records are disposed of and archived in a manner that is consistent with the applicable official HUD Records Disposition Schedules and guidelines. SYSTEM MANAGER AND ADDRESS: Lester J. West, Director, HUD, Financial Operations Center, 52 Corporate Circle, Albany, New York 12203. NOTIFICATION AND RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: Individuals seeking to determine whether this system of records contains information about them, or those seeking access to such records, should address inquiries to the Project Manager of OHHLHC-CIEF, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Suite P-7110, Washington, DC 20410. Written requests must include the full name, current address, and telephone number of the individual making the request, including a description of the requester's relationship to the information in question. The System Manager will accept inquiries from individuals seeking notification of whether the system contains records pertaining to them. CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: The procedures for requesting amendment or correction of records appear in 24 CFR part 16. If additional information or assistance is required, contact the Privacy Act Appeals Officer, Office of General Counsel, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410. RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: The insured lenders and loan servicing companies provide the information for the records stored on TIIS. EXEMPTIONS FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE ACT: None. HUD/HS-55 SYSTEM NAME: Debt Collection and Asset Management System (DCAMS), which consists of two sister systems identified as F71 and F71A. SYSTEM LOCATION: Mainframe maintained in HUD Headquarters, 451 7th Street, SW., Suite P-7110, Washington, DC 20410. Records management performed by HUD's Financial Operations Center, 52 Corporate Circle, Albany, New York 12203. CATEGORIES OF INDIVIDUALS COVERED BY THE SYSTEM: Categories of individuals who have debts resulting from default on HUD/FHA-insured Title I loans and from other HUD/FHA loan programs. CATEGORIES OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: The system contains data fields pertaining to defaulted borrowers that include defaulted borrowers' names, addresses, Social Security Numbers, and phone numbers. The system also contains data fields for records relating to payment and other financial account data such as debt balance; loan origination information such as date and amount of loan; date of default; and collection and account statuses. The system also contains narrative remarks (called Case Remarks) that may include notes pertaining to discussions with defaulted borrowers and other parties; information obtained from public and court records, such as assessed property values, lien histories, case information from probate, state, and bankruptcy courts; and employer information for defaulted borrowers. AUTHORITY FOR MAINTENANCE OF THE SYSTEM: HUD is granted the authority in 24 CFR 17.60 through 17.170 to collect on claims for money or property arising out of the program activities of the Department. HUD's statutory authority for collecting and managing claims is found at 5 U.S.C. 5514, 28 U.S.C. 2672, and 31 U.S.C. 3711, 3716-18, and 3721. The implementing regulations pertaining to HUD's debt collection activities and collection and use of personal data to support those activities are found at 24 CFR 17.60 through 17.170. PURPOSES: The primary purpose of DCAMS is to collect and maintain the data necessary to support activities related to the collection and servicing of various HUD/FHA debts. Debt collection and servicing activities include sending both automated and manually generated correspondence; making official phone calls; reporting consumer data to the credit bureaus; supporting collection initiatives, such as wage garnishment, offset of federal payments, pursuit of judgments, and foreclosure; and supporting defensive litigation related to foreclosure and actions to quiet title. ROUTINE USES OF RECORDS MAINTAINED IN THE SYSTEM, INCLUDING CATEGORIES OF USERS AND THE PURPOSES OF SUCH USES: In addition to those disclosures generally permitted under subsection

(b)of the Privacy Act of 1974, 5 U.S.C. 522a(b), records may also be disclosed routinely to other users under the following circumstances: 1. Records may be disclosed to individuals under contract, cooperative agreement, or working agreement with HUD to assist the Department in fulfilling its statutory financial and asset management responsibilities. 2. Records may be disclosed during the course of an administrative proceeding, where HUD is a party, to an Administrative Law Judge and to the interested parties to the extent necessary for conducting the proceeding. 3. Records may be disclosed to the Department of Justice for litigation purposes associated with the representation of HUD or other Federal agency before the courts. 4. Records may be disclosed to the Department of Treasury who provides collection services for HUD. 5. Records may be provided to the national credit bureaus for credit reporting purposes. 6. Records may be disclosed to a confidential source to the extent necessary to assist the Office of the Inspector General or the Government Accounting Office in an investigation or audit. 7. Records may be disclosed to employers to effect wage garnishment. 8. Records may be disclosed in asset sale transactions to third party debt purchasers. POLICIES AND PRACTICES FOR STORING, RETRIEVING, ACCESSING, RETAINING, AND DISPOSING OF RECORDS IN THE SYSTEM: STORAGE: Records are stored electronically in computer hardware devices and in hard copy in file cabinets or other secure storage units. RETRIEVABILITY: Records may be retrieved by computer search via the name, address, or Social Security Number of the defaulted borrower and manually by combination of account number and name of primary defaulted borrower. SAFEGUARDS: Records are maintained in a secure computer network and in locked file cabinets in office space with controlled access. RETENTION AND DISPOSAL: Computer records for all active cases are available online in DCAMS. Computer records on inactive cases retired from the system are removed from the DCAMS online files and retained in batch files. The case remarks for these cases remain available online. Some reports can be generated based on the information stored in the batch files. Computer records for inactive cases that have been purged from the system are not retained in a batch file. The financial histories for these cases have been printed to microfiche. No other reports are available for purged cases. Records stored in paper files for inactive cases are retained in a Federal Records Center. Records are disposed of and archived in a manner that is consistent with the applicable official HUD Records Disposition Schedules and guidelines. SYSTEM MANAGER AND ADDRESS: Lester J. West, Director, HUD, Financial Operations Center, 52 Corporate Circle, Albany, New York 12203. NOTIFICATION AND RECORD ACCESS PROCEDURES: Individuals seeking to determine whether this system of records contains information about them, or those seeking access to such records, should address inquiries to the Project Manager of OHHLHC-CIEF, U.S. Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 7th Street, SW., Suite P-7110, Washington, DC 20410. Written requests must include the full name, current address, and telephone number of the individual making the request, including a description of the requester's relationship to the information in question. The System Manager will accept inquiries from individuals seeking notification of whether the system contains records pertaining to them. CONTESTING RECORD PROCEDURES: The procedures for requesting amendment or correction of records appear in 24 CFR part 16. If additional information or assistance is required, contact the Privacy Act Appeals Officer, Office of General Counsel, Department of Housing and Urban Development, 451 Seventh Street, SW., Washington, DC 20410. RECORD SOURCE CATEGORIES: Information may be collected from a variety of sources, including HUD, other Federal, state, and local agencies, public records, credit reports, and HUD-insured lenders and other program participants. EXEMPTIONS FROM CERTAIN PROVISIONS OF THE ACT: None. [FR Doc. E6-10079 Filed 6-26-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4210-67-P DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR National Park Service 60-Day Notice of Intention To Request Clearance of Information; Opportunity for Public Comment AGENCY: National Park Service, Department of the Interior. ACTION: Notice and request for comments. SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-13, 44 U.S.C., Chapter 3507) and 5 CFR Part 1320, Reporting and Recordkeeping Requirements, the National Park Service

(NPS)invites public comments on a new collection (OMB # 1024-XXXX). DATES: Public comments on this notice will be accepted on or before August 25, 2006 to be assured of consideration. ADDRESSES: Send comments to: Cherri Espersen, Outdoor Recreation Planner, Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance Program, National Park Service, 1849 C Street, NW., (Org Code 2235), Washington, DC 20240. E-mail: *Cherri_Espersen@nps.gov.* Phone:

(202)354-6900, Fax:

(202)371-5179. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charlie Stockman, Acting Chief, Rivers, Trails and Conservation Assistance Program, National Park Service, 1849 C Street, NW. (Org Code 2235), Washington, DC 20240. E-mail: *Charlie_Stockman@nps.gov.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: *Title:* Application Guidelines for the Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance Program. *OMB Number:* To be requested. *Expiration Date:* To be requested. *Type of Request:* New collection. *Description of Need:* The National Park Service

(NPS)provides assistance to communities to conserve their local natural resources and develop new close-to-home outdoor recreation opportunities through the Rivers, Trails, and Conservation Assistance

(RTCA)Program. RTCA staff work in urban, rural, and suburban communities to help applicants to conserve rivers, preserve open space, and develop trails and greenways. This notice is provided to make potential applicants aware of the RTCA Program and how they can apply for technical assistance through the program. RTCA provides a variety of assistance, but does not provide direct grants. The proposed information collections impose no data collection or recordkeeping burden on the potential respondents. Responding to the proposed collections is voluntary and is based on data that the respondents already collect and/or personal opinion. Public comments are invited on this new collection. Application Guidelines It is recommended that potential applicants contact our regional program staff to discuss their interests and seek guidance before applying. Applications for RTCA assistance are competitively evaluated by our regional offices. Projects are locally-requested and led and should include significant public involvement and outreach. Projects should also include the commitment, cooperation and cost-sharing of all partners. RTCA assistance is for one year and may be renewed for a second year if warranted. Application Letters (One to Three Pages) Should Include the Following Information 1. Contact Information Please provide information about the initial project partner(s), including name of a primary contact, organization, address, phone, fax, and e-mail. Designate a lead project partner. 2. Project Description and Anticipated Results • Provide the name of the project and project location. • Identify what populations in your community will be served by the project. • Describe briefly the anticipated results of the project and why the project is important. • Identify anticipated on-the-ground results: For example, resources created, conserved, enhanced or made available to the public—the number of river miles improved by restoration projects; the number of river miles conserved with enhanced protection status; the number of multi-use trail miles created; the number of acres of parkland created; the number of acres of wildlife habitat restored. • Describe the related important natural, cultural, historic, scenic, and recreational resources within the project area. • Describe other expected accomplishments: For example, an increased community commitment to stewardship, a new conservation organization, or the development of a concept plan for a trail. • Outline background or prior activity on the project (if any), the current status, and a proposed schedule for completion. 3. Commitment for Public Involvement Describe the type and level of public involvement you anticipate during the development of this project. 4. Roles, Resources, and Contributions • Describe the kind of technical assistance or role you are seeking from the RTCA program. • Describe the roles and contributions of all project partners listed in part 1 above. • Identify other types of resources available for the implementation of your project. 5. Support for the Project • Describe the support you anticipate from interested stakeholders, such as public agencies, nonprofit organizations, and landowners. • Support letters from elected officials, community leaders, and cooperating organizations are strongly recommended. Related Strategic Initiative (optional) Describe how the project: —Provides physical connections among resources; —Includes an NPS area as an actively involved project partner; —Includes both natural resource conservation and outdoor recreation; —Partners with a health organization. The national deadline for projects set to start the following fiscal year (which runs from October 1 to September 30) is August 1. Final project selection is generally completed in early November after passage of the Federal budget. For more information on the RTCA Program and how to apply for assistance, please visit our national Web site at *http://www.nps.gov/rtca* or call us at 202-354-6900. Contact information for all of our regional offices is available on the RTCA Web site under “Contact Us.” NPS specifically requests comments on:

(1)The need for information including whether the information has practical utility;

(2)the accuracy of the reporting burden hour estimate;

(3)ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information being collected; and

(4)ways to minimize the burden of information collection on respondents, including the use of automated collection techniques or other forms of information technology. Description of Respondents: This is a notice to any federal, state or local agency, tribe, non-profit organization, or citizens' group that might be interested in receiving assistance from the RTCA program. *Estimated Average Number of Respondents:* 250. *Estimated Average Number of Responses:* 250. *Estimated Average Burden Hours per Response:* 4 hours. *Frequency of Response:* One time per request for assistance. *Estimated Annual Reporting Burden:* 1,000 hrs. Dated: May 23, 2006. Leonard E. Stowe, NPS, Information Collection Clearance Officer. [FR Doc. 06-5658 Filed 6-23-06; 8:45 am]

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