Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 184 / Friday, September 22, 2006 / Notices

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Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 184 / Friday, September 22, 2006 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket Nos. ER06–1099–000; ER06–1099–

001]

Midwest Independent Transmission

System Operator, Inc.; Supplemental

Notice of Technical Conference

September 15, 2006.

On August 25, 2006 the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission issued a

notice to convene a technical conference

on September 26, 2006, from 9 a.m. to

4 p.m. (EST) in Hearing Room 4 at the

offices of the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,

Washington, DC 20426. The technical

conference will address issues related to

the Midwest ISO’s proposed shortage

and emergency procedures.

This supplemental notice is to

announce that the conference will be

transcribed. A transcript of the

conference will be immediately

available from Ace Reporting Company

(202) 347–3700 or (800) 336–6646 for a

fee. It will be available to the public on

the Commission’s eLibrary system seven

calendar days after the Commission

receives the transcript.

For further information please contact

Laurel Hyde at (202) 502–8146 or e-mail

laurel.hyde@ferc.gov or Melissa Nimit at

(202) 502–6638 or e-mail

Melissa.nimit@ferc.gov.

Magalie R. Salas.

Secretary.

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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).

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Draft EISs

EIS No. 20060086, ERP No. D–BLM–

J01080–WY, Pit 14 Coal Lease-byApplication Project, Black Butte Coal

Mine, Surface Mining Operations,

Federal Coal Lease Application

WYW160394, Sweetwater County,

WY.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns about increased

fugitive dust emissions, and suggested a

mitigation strategy of moving the coal

hopper, conveyor and coal loading area

closer to the proposed project area.

Also, EPA requested that the final EIS

discuss the range of mercury

concentrations found in Black Butte

coal and compare this concentration

with other coal mined in Wyoming and

the United States. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20060273, ERP No. D–RUS–

J03019–MT, Highwood Generating

Station, 250-megawatt Coal Fired

Power Plant and 6MW of Wind

Generation at a Site near Great Falls,

Construction and Operation, Licenses

Permit, U.S. Army COE Section 10

Permit, Cascade County, MT.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns about visibility

impairment in Class 1 Wilderness

Areas, impacts to wetlands, and

aquifers, and recommended

consideration of innovative coal

combustion power generation

technologies. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20060287, ERP No. D–AFS–

J65467–MT, Little Belt-Castle-North

Half Crazy Mountains Travel

Management Plan, To Change the

Management of Motorized and Nonmotorized Travel on the Road, Trails,

and Areas within, Belt Creek, Judith,

Musselshell, and White Sulphur

Springs Ranger Districts, Lewis and

Clark National Forest, Cascade, Judith

Basin, Meagher, Wheatland,

Sweetgrass and Park Counties, MT.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns about potential

adverse impacts to water quality,

fisheries, and wildlife from roads and

motorized uses, and suggested that the

preferred alternative include greater

commitment of resources to road/trail

maintenance to reduce risks to water

quality and fisheries. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20060296, ERP No. D–AFS–

K65315–CA, South Yuba Canal

Maintenance Project, Hazardous Trees

Removal, Implementation, Tahoe

National Forest, Nevada County, CA.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns about potential

impacts to air quality, water quality and

supply, and requested additional

information regarding these matters

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such as erosion, sedimentation,

mitigation and monitoring. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20060308, ERP No. D–FTA–

G40191–TX, Southeast Corridor

Project, Proposed Fixed-Guideway

Transit System, Funding,

Metropolitan Transit Authority

(METRO) of Harris County, Houston,

Harris County, TX.

Summary: EPA does not object to the

proposed action. Rating LO.

EIS No. 20060309, ERP No. D–NOA–

L91027–00, Pacific Coast Groundfish

Fishery Management Plan, Proposed

Acceptable Biological Catch and

Optimum Yield Specifications and

Management Measures for the 2007–

2008 Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery

and Amendment 16–4 Rebuilding

Plans for Seven Depleted Pacific Coast

Groundfish Species, WA, OR and CA.

Summary: EPA does not object to the

proposed actions. Rating LO.

EIS No. 20060312, ERP No. D–AFS–

K65316–CA, SPI Road Project,

Construction of an Access Road

Across National Forest Land, Special

Use Permit, Six Rivers National

Forest, Lower Trinity Ranger District,

Trinity County, CA.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns about impacts

to air quality, water quality, fish and

wildlife, and recommended selection of

Alternative 4 Helicopter Access, if it is

practicable. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20060229, ERP No. DR–FHW–

G40180–TX, Grand Parkway (State

Highway 99) Updated Information,

Segment F–2 from SH 249 to IH 45,

Right-of-Way Permit and U.S. Army

COE Section 404 Permit, Harris

County, TX.

Summary: EPA does not object to the

proposed project. Rating LO.

EIS No. 20060290, ERP No. DS–NRC–

D03004–VA, Early Site Permit (ESP)

at the North Anna Power Station ESP

Site (TAC No. MC1128), New and

Updated Information, Construction

and Operation, NUREG–1811, Louisa

County, VA.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns about impacts

on the water resources, the lack of

information on wetland and stream

impacts, and the affects on the

downstream communities. Rating EC2.

Final EISs

EIS No. 20060097, ERP No. F–AFS–

J67932–CO, Dry Fork Federal Coal

Lease-by-Application (COC–67232),

Leasing Additional Federal Coal

Lands for Underground Coal

Resource, Special-Use-Permits and

U.S. Army COE Section 404 Permit,

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