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Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 194 / Friday, October 6, 2006 / Notices

• Send an original and two copies of

your comments to: Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First St., NE., Room

1A, Washington, DC 20426;

• Reference Docket No. CP06–275–

000;

• Label one copy of the comments for

the attention of the Gas Branch 1, PJ–

11.1; and

• Mail your comments so that they

will be received in Washington, DC on

or before October 30, 2006.

Please note that the Commission

strongly encourages electronic filing of

any comments or interventions or

protests to this proceeding. See 18 CFR

385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions

on the Commission’s Web site at http://

www.ferc.gov under the ‘‘e-Filing’’ link

and the link to the User’s Guide. Before

you can file comments you will need to

create an account which can be created

on-line.

Comments will be considered by the

Commission but will not serve to make

the commentor a party to the

proceeding. Any person seeking to

become a party to the proceeding must

file a motion to intervene pursuant to

Rule 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedures (18 CFR

385.214).1 Only intervenors have the

right to seek rehearing of the

Commission’s decision.

Affected landowners and parties with

environmental concerns may be granted

intervenor status upon showing good

cause by stating that they have a clear

and direct interest in this proceeding

which would not be adequately

represented by any other parties. You do

not need intervenor status to have your

comments considered.

Additional information about the

project is available from the

Commission’s Office of External Affairs,

at 1–866–208–FERC or on the FERC

Internet Web site (http://www.ferc.gov)

using the eLibrary link. Click on the

eLibrary link, click on ‘‘General Search’’

and enter the docket number excluding

the last three digits in the Docket

Number field. Be sure you have selected

an appropriate date range. For

assistance, please contact FERC Online

Support at FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov

or toll free at 1–866–208–3676, or for

TTY, contact (202) 502–8659. The

eLibrary link also provides access to the

texts of formal documents issued by the

Commission, such as orders, notices,

and rulemakings.

In addition, the Commission now

offers a free service called eSubscription

1 Interventions may also be filed electronically via

the Internet in lieu of paper. See the previous

discussion on filing comments electronically.

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which allows you to keep track of all

formal issuances and submittals in

specific dockets. This can reduce the

amount of time you spend researching

proceedings by automatically providing

you with notification of these filings,

document summaries and direct links to

the documents. Go to http://

www.ferc.gov/esubscribenow.htm.

Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. E6–16532 Filed 10–5–06; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. AD06–11–000]

Transparency Provisions of the Energy

Policy Act of 2005; Second Notice of

Technical Conference

September 29, 2006.

On September 5, 2006, the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission

(Commission) announced that a

conference will be held in the abovereferenced proceeding on October 13,

2006, at the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,

Washington, DC 20426 in the

Commission Meeting Room from 9:30

a.m. until 3 p.m. (EDT). The Chairman

and Commissioners are expected to

attend.

All interested persons are invited to

attend. There is no registration fee to

attend.

Sections 316 and 1281 of the Energy

Policy Act of 2005,1 respectively, added

section 23 to the Natural Gas Act 2 and

section 220 to the Federal Power Act.3

These sections provide that the

Commission may act to facilitate price

transparency in wholesale natural gas

and electricity markets, and authorize

the Commission to adopt such rules as

may be necessary to assure the timely

dissemination of information about the

availability and prices of natural gas and

electric energy and transmission service

in such markets.

There will be two panels. The

morning panel will focus on natural gas

and the afternoon panel will focus on

electric energy.

The morning panel (9:30 to 11:30

a.m.), in particular, will focus on

facilitating price transparency in

markets for the sale or transportation of

1 Energy Policy Act of 2005, §§ 316 and 1281,

Pub. L. No. 109–59, 119 Stat. 594, 691–92 and 978–

79 (2005).

2 15 U.S.C. 717t–2 (2005).

3 16 U.S.C. 824t (2005).

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physical natural gas in interstate

commerce. Panelists should be prepared

to address the following:

1. What specific information about the

availability and prices of natural gas

sold at wholesale and in interstate

commerce is not available today but

should be? Why?

2. How could that information be

disseminated?

3. How does either the Commission’s

historical natural gas jurisdiction or

EPAct 2005 give the Commission the

authority to collect or disseminate that

information or have it collected or

disseminated?

4. In the context of its prior efforts,

what more (if anything) should the

Commission do with respect to the

development or publication of natural

gas price indices?

The afternoon panel (1 to 3 p.m.), in

particular, will focus on facilitating

price transparency in markets for the

sale and transmission of electric energy

in interstate commerce. Panelists should

be prepared to address the following:

1. What specific information about the

availability and prices of wholesale

electric energy and transmission service

is not available today but should be?

Why?

2. How could that information be

disseminated?

3. How does either the Commission’s

historical electric energy jurisdiction or

EPAct 2005 give the Commission the

authority to collect or disseminate that

information or have it collected or

disseminated?

4. In the context of its prior efforts,

what more (if anything) should the

Commission do with regard to the

development or publication of electric

price indices?

Prospective panelists are invited to

contact Saida Shaalan, by e-mail at

Saida.Shaalan@FERC.gov, by

Wednesday, October 4, 2006.

Prospective attendees and

participants are urged to watch for a

further notice, which will identify the

panelists.

As previously announced, a free

Webcast of this event will be available

through http://www.ferc.gov. Anyone

with Internet access who desires to view

this event can do so by navigating to

http://www.ferc.gov’s Calendar of Events

and locating this event in the Calendar.

The event will contain a link to its

Webcast. The Capitol Connection

provides technical support for the

Webcasts and offers access to the

meeting via phone bridge for a fee. If

you have any questions, visit http://

www.CapitolConnection.org or contact

Danelle Perkowski or David Reininger at

703–993–3100.

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Transcripts of the meeting will be

available immediately for a fee from Ace

Reporting Company (202–347–3700 or

1–800–336–6646). They will be

available for free on the Commission’s

eLibrary system and on the events

calendar approximately one week after

the meeting.

FERC conferences and meetings are

accessible under section 508 of the

Rehabilitation 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.

Questions about the conference

should be directed to Saida Shaalan, by

e-mail at Saida.Shaalan@FERC.gov or

by phone at 202–502–8278.

Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. E6–16539 Filed 10–5–06; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–8228–8]

Access to Confidential Business

Information by ASRC Management

Services

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of access to data and

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request for comments.

SUMMARY: EPA will authorize its

contractor, ASRC Management Services

(ASRCMS) to access Confidential

Business Information (CBI) which has

been submitted to EPA under the

authority of all sections of the Resource

Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA)

of 1976, as amended. EPA has issued

regulations (40 CFR part 2, Subpart B)

that outline business confidentiality

provisions for the Agency and require

all EPA Offices that receive information

designated by the submitter as CBI to

abide by these provisions. ASRCMS will

provide support to the Office of Solid

Waste (OSW) in operating the RCRA CBI

Center (CBIC), a secure storage area that

contains all records/documents that are

received by OSW with a claim of

business confidentiality.

DATES: Access to confidential data

submitted to EPA will occur no sooner

than October 16, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent to

LaShan Haynes, Document Control

Officer, Office of Solid Waste (5305P),

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

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1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20460. Comments

should be Identified as ‘‘Access to

Confidential Data.’’

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

LaShan Haynes, Document Control

Officer, Office of Solid Waste (5305P),

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency,

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC 20460, 703–605–0516.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

1. Access to Confidential Business

Information

Under EPA Contract No. EP–W–05

052, ASRCMS will assist the

Information Management Branch,

within the Communications,

Information, and Resources

Management Division, of the Office of

Solid Waste (OSW) in operating the

RCRA Confidential Business

Information Center (CBIC). OSW

collects data from industry to support

the RCRA hazardous waste regulatory

program. Some of the data collected

from industry are claimed by industry to

contain trade secrets or CBI. In

accordance with the provisions of 40

CFR part 2, Subpart B, OSW has

established policies and procedures for

handling information collected from

industry, under the authority of RCRA,

including RCRA Confidential Business

Information Security Manuals. ASRCMS

shall protect from unauthorized

disclosure all information designated as

confidential and shall abide by all

RCRA CBI requirements, including

procedures outlines in the RCRA CBI

Security Manual. ASRCMS will also

provide data base management support

to the RCRA CBIC document tracking

system.

The U.S. Environmental Protection

Agency has issued regulations (40 CFR

part 2, subpart B) that outline business

confidentiality provisions for the

Agency and requires all EPA Office that

receive information designated by the

submitter as CBI to abide by these

provisions. ASRCMS will be authorized

to have access to RCRA CBI under the

EPA ‘‘Contractor Requirements for the

Control and Security of RCRA

Confidential Business Information

Security Manual.’’

EPA is issuing this notice to inform

all submitters of information under all

sections of RCRA that EPA will provide

ASRCMS access to the CBI records

located in the RCRA CBIC. Access to

RCRA CBI under this contract will take

place at EPA Headquarters only.

Contractor personnel will be required to

sign non-disclosure agreements and will

be briefed on appropriate security

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procedures before they are permitted

access to confidential information.

Dated: August 18, 2006.

Matthew Hale,

Director, Office of Solid Waste.

[FR Doc. E6–16572 Filed 10–5–06; 8:45 am]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[ER–FRL–6679–9]

Environmental Impact Statements and

Regulations; Availability of EPA

Comments

Availability of EPA comments

prepared pursuant to the Environmental

Review Process (ERP), under section

309 of the Clean Air Act and section

102(2)(c) of the National Environmental

Policy Act as amended. Requests for

copies of EPA comments can be directed

to the Office of Federal Activities at

202–564–7167. An explanation of the

ratings assigned to draft environmental

impact statements (EISs) was published

in FR dated April 7, 2006 (71 FR 17845).

Draft EISs

EIS No. 20060088, ERP No. D–FTA–

J40173–CO, Denver Union Station

(DUS) Project, Transportation

Improvement, Multimodal

Transportation Center for the Metro

Denver Region, Funding and NPDES

Permit, City and County Denver, CO.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns about indirect

effects of development around future

train stations in outlying areas

surrounding Denver, and suggested that

specific mitigation measures to reduce

dust and diesel emissions be written as

requirements in construction contracts.

Rating EC1.

EIS No. 20060277, ERP No. D–NNS–

G06013–NM, Los Alamos National

Laboratory Continued Operations, Los

Alamos County, NM

Summary: EPA does not object to the

preferred alternative. Rating LO.

EIS No. 20060283, ERP No. D–FHW–

J40174–UT, Riverdale Road Project

(UT–26), Improvement Mobility and

Safety between 1900 West in Roy, UT

and U.S. Highway 89 (Washington

Boulevard) in Odgen, UT, Cities of

Roy, Riverdale, South Ogden and

Ogden, Weber County, UT

Summary: EPA does not object to the

preferred alternative. Rating LO.

EIS No. 20060297, ERP No. D–FHW–

E40809–NC, NC–24 Transportation

Improvements, from west of I–95 to I–

40, Funding, U.S. Army COE 404

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