Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 249 / Thursday, December 28, 2006 / Notices

Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 249 / Thursday, December 28, 2006 / Notices

b. Teleconference Call: Call-in

procedures and an agenda will be

posted to the Commission’s Web site

soon at: http://www.ferc.gov/

EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx?Date=1/

6/2007&CalendarID=0.

c. FERC Contact: Steve Hocking at

(202) 502–8753 or

steve.hocking@ferc.gov.

d. Purpose of Teleconference: PPL

Montana filed an application to

relicense the Mystic Lake Hydroelectric

Project on December 15, 2006.

Commission staff may include a

‘‘Wilderness Avoidance Alternative’’ in

our NEPA analysis to analyze lowered

lake levels in both Mystic and West

Rosebud Lakes, if needed, to prevent

these two lakes from encroaching upon

the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness

Area. This teleconference is to help

Commission staff determine whether

any additional information is needed to

analyze a ‘‘Wilderness Avoidance

Alternative’’ in our NEPA document.

Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary.

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP06–614–000]

Transwestern Pipeline Company, LLC;

Notice of Informal Settlement

Conference

sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES

December 19, 2006.

Take notice that an informal

settlement conference will be convened

in this proceeding commencing at 10

a.m. (EST) on Tuesday, January 9, 2007,

at the offices of the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, for

the purpose of exploring the possible

settlement of the above-referenced

docket.

Any party, as defined by 18 CFR

385.102(c), or any participant as defined

by 18 CFR 385.102(b), is invited to

attend. Persons wishing to become a

party must move to intervene and

receive intervenor status pursuant to the

Commission’s regulations (18 CFR

385.214).

FERC conferences 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

1–866–208–3372 (voice) or 202–208–

1659 (TTY), or send a FAX to 202–208–

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2106 with the required

accommodations.

For additional information, please

contact Tom Burgess at (202) 502–6058,

thomas.burgess@ferc.gov or Lorna

Hadlock at (202) 502–8737,

lorna.hadlock@ferc.gov.

Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary.

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Southwestern Power Administration

Robert D. Willis Hydropower Rate

Schedules

AGENCY: Southwestern Power

Administration, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of Rate Order.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Delegation Order

Nos. 00–037.00, effective December 6,

2001, and 00–001.00B, effective July 28,

2005, the Deputy Secretary has

approved and placed into effect on an

interim basis Rate Order No. SWPA–57,

which increases the power rate for the

Robert Douglas Willis Hydropower

Project (Willis) pursuant to the

following Willis Rate Schedule:

Rate Schedule RDW–06, Wholesale Rates

for Hydro Power and Energy Sold to Sam

Rayburn Municipal Power Agency (Contract

No. DE–-PM75–85SW00117)

The effective period for the rate schedule

specified in Rate Order No. SWPA–57 is

January 1, 2007, through September 30, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Forrest E. Reeves, Assistant

Administrator, Office of Corporate

Operations, Southwestern Power

Administration, Department of Energy,

One West Third Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma

74103, (918) 595–6696,

gene.reeves@swpa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

existing hydroelectric power rate for the

Robert Douglas Willis project is

$648,096 per year. The Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission approved this

rate on a final basis on June 21, 2006,

for the period January 1, 2006, through

September 30, 2009. The 2006 Willis

Power Repayment Studies indicate the

need for an increase in the annual rate

by $167,484 or 25.8 percent beginning

January 1, 2007.

The Administrator, Southwestern

Power Administration (Southwestern)

has followed Title 10, Part 903 Subpart

A, of the Code of Federal Regulations,

‘‘Procedures for Public Participation in

Power and Transmission Rate

Adjustments and Extensions’’ in

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connection with the proposed rate

schedule. On August 10, 2006,

Southwestern published notice in the

Federal Register (71 FR 45820), of a 60day comment period, together with a

combined Public Information and

Comment Forum, to provide an

opportunity for customers and other

interested members of the public to

review and comment on a proposed rate

increase for the Willis project. The

public forum was canceled when no one

expressed an intention to participate.

Written comments were accepted

through October 10, 2006. One comment

was received from Gillis & Angley,

Counsellors at Law, on behalf of Sam

Rayburn Municipal Power Agency and

the Vinton Public Power Authority,

which stated that they had no objection

to the proposed rate adjustment.

Information regarding this rate

proposal, including studies and other

supporting material, is available for

public review and comment in the

offices of Southwestern Power

Administration, One West Third Street,

Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103.

Following review of Southwestern’s

proposal within the Department of

Energy, I approved Rate Order No.

SWPA–57, on an interim basis, which

increases the existing Robert D. Willis

rate to $815,580, per year, for the period

January 1, 2007, through September 30,

2010.

Dated: December 21, 2006.

Clay Sell,

Deputy Secretary.

United States of America Department of

Energy, Deputy Secretary of Energy

In the Matter of: Southwestern Power

Administration; Robert D. Willis

Hydropower Project Rate

Rate Order No. SWPA–57

Order Confirming, Approving and

Placing Increased Power Rate Schedule

in Effect on an Interim Basis

Pursuant to sections 302(a) and 301(b)

of the Department of Energy

Organization Act, Public Law 95–91, the

functions of the Secretary of the Interior

and the Federal Power Commission

under section 5 of the Flood Control Act

of 1944, 16 U.S.C. 825s, relating to the

Southwestern Power Administration

(Southwestern) were transferred to and

vested in the Secretary of Energy. By

Delegation Order No. 0204–108,

effective December 14, 1983, the

Secretary of Energy delegated to the

Administrator of Southwestern the

authority to develop power and

transmission rates, delegated to the

Deputy Secretary of the Department of

Energy the authority to confirm,

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