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Commission’s Web site (http://

www.ferc.gov), using the ‘‘eLibrary’’

link. Enter the docket number,

excluding the last three digits in the

docket number field to access the

document. For assistance, contact FERC

Online Support at

FERCONlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll

free at 1–866–208–3676, of for TTY,

(202) 502–8659. A copy is also available

for inspection and reproduction at the

address in paragraph h.

Register online at http://ferc.gov/

esubscribenow.htm to be notified via email of new filing and issuances related

to this or other pending projects. For

assistance, contact FERC Online

Support.

o. With this notice, we are setting the

effective date for the commencement of

licensing proceeding as October 8, 2007,

and soliciting comments on the PAD

and the scoping document, as well as

study requests. Note that although this

notice and the scoping document are

being issued earlier than the

commencement date the process plan

milestones are based on the

commencement date. All comments on

the PAD and the scoping document, and

study requests should be sent to the

address above in paragraph h. In

addition, all comments on the PAD and

the scoping document, study requests,

requests for cooperating agency status,

and all communications to and from

Commission staff related to the merits of

the potential application (original and

eight copies) must be filed with the

Commission at the following address:

Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.

All filings with the Commission must

include on the first page, the project

name (Thomson Project) and number

(P–12741–001), and bear the heading

‘‘Comments on Pre-Application

Document,’’ ‘‘Study Requests,’’

‘‘Comments on Scoping Document 1,’’

‘‘Request for Cooperating Agency

Status,’’ or ‘‘Communications to and

from Commission Staff.’’ Any

individual or entity interested in

submitting study requests, commenting

on the PAD or the scoping document,

and any agency requesting cooperating

status must do so by November 13,

2007.

Comments on the PAD and the

scoping document, study requests,

requests for cooperating agency status,

and other permissible forms of

communications with the Commission

may be filed electronically via the

Internet in lieu of paper. The

Commission strongly encourages

electronic filings. See 18 CFR

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on the Commission’s Web site (http://

www.ferc.gov) under the ‘‘e-filing’’ link.

p. Although our current intent is to

prepare an environmental assessment

(EA), there is the possibility that an

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)

will be required. Nevertheless, this

meeting will satisfy the NEPA scoping

requirements, irrespective of whether an

EA or EIS is issued by the Commission.

Scoping Meetings

Commission staff will hold two

scoping meetings in the vicinity of the

project at the time and place noted

below. The daytime meeting will focus

on resource agency, Indian tribes, and

non-governmental organization

concerns, while the evening meeting is

primarily for receiving input from the

public. We invite all interested

individuals, organizations, and agencies

to attend one or both of the meetings,

and to assist staff in identifying

particular study needs, as well as the

scope of environmental issues to be

addressed in the environmental

document. The times and locations of

these meetings are as follows:

Evening Scoping Meeting

Date: Wednesday, November 7, 2007.

Time: 6 p.m.

Location: Saratoga Hotel & Conference

Center, 534 Broadway, Saratoga Springs,

New York.

Phone: (202) 502–6093.

Daytime Scoping Meeting

Date: Thursday, November 8, 2007.

Time: 10 a.m.

Location: Saratoga Hotel & Conference

Center, 534 Broadway, Saratoga Springs,

New York.

Phone: (202) 502–6093.

The scoping document, which

outlines the issues to be addressed in

the environmental document, has been

mailed to the individuals and entities

on the Commission’s mailing list.

Copies of the scoping document will be

available at the scoping meetings, and

may be viewed on the web at http://

www.ferc.gov, using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link.

Follow the directions for accessing

information in paragraph n. Depending

on the extent of comments received,

Scoping Document 2 may or may not be

issued.

Site Visit

Albany Engineering Corporation will

conduct a tour of the proposed project

site at 3 p.m. on Wednesday, November

7, 2007. All participants should meet at

the Lock C5 and Hudson Crossing Park,

located off Route 4 and 32 in

Schuylerville, New York. All

participants are responsible for their

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own transportation. Anyone with

questions about the site visit should

contact Mr. James Besha of Albany

Engineering Corporation at (518) 456–

7712 on or before October 10, 2007.

Scoping Meeting Objectives

At the scoping meetings, staff will: (1)

Present the proposed list of issues to be

addressed in the EA; (2) review and

discuss existing conditions and resource

agency management objectives; (3)

review and discuss existing information

and identify preliminary information

and study needs; (4) review and discuss

the process plan and schedule for prefiling activity that incorporates the time

frames provided for in part 5 of the

Commission’s regulations and, to the

extent possible, maximizes coordination

of federal, state, and tribal permitting

and certification processes; and (5)

discuss requests by any federal or state

agency or Indian tribe acting as a

cooperating agency for development of

an environmental document.

Meeting participants should come

prepared to discuss their issues and/or

concerns. Please review the PAD in

preparation for the scoping meetings.

Directions on how to obtain a copy of

the PAD and the scoping document are

included in item n of this document.

Meeting Procedures

The meetings will be recorded by a

stenographer and will become part of

the formal record of the Commission

proceeding on the project.

Kimberly D. Bose,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP07–511–000]

El Paso Natural Gas Company; Notice

of Technical Conference

September 25, 2007.

Take notice that a technical

conference will be held on Wednesday,

October 10, 2007, at 9 a.m., in a room

to be designated at the offices of the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC

20426.

The technical conference will address

all issues raised by El Paso Natural Gas

Company’s filing and how the filing

relates to prior Commission orders and

policy.

FERC conferences are accessible

under section 508 of the Rehabilitation

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Act of 1973. For accessibility

accommodations please send an e-mail

to accessibility@ferc.gov or call toll free

(866) 208–3372 (voice) or 202–502–8659

(TTY), or send a fax to 202–208–2106

with the required accommodations.

All interested parties and staff are

permitted to attend. For further

information please contact April Ballou

at (202) 502–6537 or e-mail

April.Ballou@ferc.gov.

Kimberly D. Bose,

Secretary.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–8480–1]

Science Advisory Board Staff Office;

Clean Air Scientific Advisory

Committee (CASAC); Notification of a

Public Advisory Committee Meeting of

the CASAC Oxides of Nitrogen (NOX)

and Sulfur Oxides (SOx) Primary

NAAQS Review Panel

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board

(SAB) Staff Office announces a public

meeting of the Clean Air Scientific

Advisory Committee’s (CASAC) Oxides

of Nitrogen (NOX) and Sulfur Oxides

(SOx) Primary NAAQS Review Panel

(Panel) to conduct a peer review of

EPA’s Integrated Science Assessment for

Oxides of Nitrogen—Health Criteria

(First External Review Draft) (EPA/600/

R–07/093, August 2007) and to conduct

a consultation on the EPA’s Nitrogen

Dioxide Health Assessment Plan: Scope

and Methods for Exposure and Risk

Assessment.

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DATES: The meeting will be held from

8:30 a.m. (Eastern Standard Time) on

Wednesday, October 24, 2007 through 4

p.m. (Eastern Standard Time) on

Thursday, October 25, 2007.

Location: The meeting will take place

at the Marriott at Research Triangle

Park, 4700 Guardian Drive, Durham,

NC, 27703, telephone: (919) 941–6200.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any

member of the public who wishes to

submit a written or brief oral statement

(five minutes or less) or wants further

information concerning this meeting

must contact Dr. Angela Nugent,

Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA

Science Advisory Board (1400F), U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200

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Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20460; via telephone/

voice mail: (202) 343–9981; fax: (202)

233–0643; or e-mail at:

nugent.angela@epa.gov. General

information concerning the CASAC or

the EPA Science Advisory Board can be

found on the EPA Web site at: http://

www.epa.gov/sab.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

EPA is in the process of reviewing the

primary National Ambient Air Quality

Standards (NAAQS) for nitrogen oxides

(NOX). Under the Clean Air Act, EPA is

required to carry out a periodic review

and revision, as appropriate, of the air

quality criteria and the NAAQS for six

criteria air pollutants, which include

NOX. Primary standards set limits to

protect public health, including the

health of ‘‘sensitive’’ populations such

as asthmatics, children, and the elderly.

As part of that process, EPA’s Office

of Research and Development (ORD) has

completed a draft document, Integrated

Science Assessment for Oxides of

Nitrogen—Health Criteria (First External

Review Draft) (EPA/600/R–07/093,

August 2007, 72 FR 50107) and has

requested that CASAC peer review the

document. EPA’s Office of Air and

Radiation (OAR) has also completed a

document entitled Nitrogen Dioxide

Health Assessment Plan: Scope and

Methods for Exposure and Risk

Assessment and has requested that the

CASAC provide consultative advice to

assist the Agency in developing human

exposure and health risk assessments

for nitrogen dioxide (NO2). EPA has

released an integrated plan for all

aspects of this review of the primary

NO2 standard, Integrated Review Plan

for the Primary National Ambient Air

Quality Standard for Nitrogen Dioxide

(August 2007), which reflects advice

provided by the CASAC panel through

a consultation on a draft of that

document, Draft Plan for Review of the

Primary National Ambient Air Quality

Standard for Nitrogen Dioxide (February

2007). Background information about

the CASAC NOX review activities and

about formation of the CASAC Panel

was published in the Federal Register

on August 7, 2006 (71 FR 44695–44696).

Technical Contact: Any questions

concerning EPA’s Integrated Science

Assessment for Oxides of Nitrogen—

Health Criteria (First External Review

Draft) should be directed to Dr. Dennis

Kotchmar, ORD (by telephone: 919–

541–4158, or e-mail:

kotchmar.dennis@epa.gov). Any

questions concerning EPA’s Nitrogen

Dioxide Health Assessment Plan: Scope

and Methods for Exposure and Risk

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Assessment should be directed to Dr.

Scott Jenkins, OAR (by telephone: 919–

541–1167, or e-mail:

jenkins.scott@epa.gov).

Availability of Meeting Materials:

EPA–ORD’s Integrated Science

Assessment for Oxides of Nitrogen—

Health Criteria (First External Review

Draft) can be accessed on EPA’s

National Center for Environmental

Assessment Web site at: http://

cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/

recordisplay.cfm?deid=181712. EPA–

OAR’s Nitrogen Dioxide Health

Assessment Plan: Scope and Methods

for Exposure and Risk Assessment will

be accessible via the Agency’s Office of

Air Quality Planning and Standards

Web site at: http://www.epa.gov/ttn/

naaqs/standards/nox/s_nox_cr_pd.html.

Agendas and materials in support of

meeting will be placed on the SAB Web

site at: http://www.epa.gov/sab in

advance of the meeting.

Procedures for Providing Public Input:

Interested members of the public may

submit relevant written or oral

information for the CASAC Panel to

consider during the advisory process.

Oral Statements: In general, individuals

or groups requesting an oral

presentation at a public meeting will be

limited to five minutes per speaker,

with no more than a total of one hour

for all speakers. Interested parties

should contact Dr. Nugent, DFO, in

writing (preferably via e-mail) by

October 19, 2007 at the contact

information noted above, to be placed

on the public speaker list for this

meeting. Written Statements: Written

statements should be received in the

SAB Staff Office by October 19, 2007, so

that the information may be made

available to the Panel for their

consideration prior to this meeting.

Written statements should be supplied

to the DFO in the following formats: one

hard copy with original signature

(optional), and one electronic copy via

e-mail (acceptable file format: Adobe

Acrobat PDF, WordPerfect, MS Word,

MS PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in

IBM-PC/Windows 98/2000/XP format).

Accessibility: For information on

access or services for individuals with

disabilities, please contact Dr. Nugent at

the phone number or e-mail address

noted above, preferably at least ten days

prior to the meeting, to give EPA as

much time as possible to process your

request.

Dated: September 28, 2007.

Anthony F. Maciorowski,

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board

Staff Office.

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