Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 241 / Friday, December 16, 2005 / Notices

Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 241 / Friday, December 16, 2005 / Notices

Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502–

6404, David.Kathan@ferc.gov.

Aileen Roder (Legal Information), Office

of the General Counsel, Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, NE., Washington, DC

20426, (202) 502–6022,

Aileen.Roder@ferc.gov.

Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. E5–7431 Filed 12–15–05; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

Hydroelectric Project for the

Commission’s public record.

Copies of the EA are available for

review in Public Reference Room 2–A of

the Commission’s offices at 888 First

Street, NE., Washington, DC. The EA

also may be viewed on the

Commission’s Internet Web site (http://

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

For assistance with eLibrary, contact

FERCOlineSuuport@ferc.gov or call tollfree at (866) 208–3676; for TTY contact

(202) 502–8659.

Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. E5–7423 Filed 12–15–05; 8:45 am]

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

[Project No. 2153–012 California]

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Notice of Public Meeting To Discuss

the Environmental Assessment

Prepared for the Santa Felicia

Hydropower Project; United Water

Conservation District

Western Area Power Administration

Parker-Davis Project—Post-2008

Resource Pool Allocation Procedures

AGENCY: Western Area Power

Administration, DOE.

December 12, 2005.

On November 28, 2005, the

Commission staff issued an

Environmental Assessment (EA);

prepared for the licensing of the Santa

Felicia Hydroelectric Project.

Comments on the EA are due January

12, 2006. The EA evaluates the

environmental effects of the continued

operation, and maintenance of the

project. The project occupies 174.5 acres

of U.S. land, administered by the U.S.

Department of Agriculture, Forest

Service, in the Los Padres and Angeles

National Forests.

In the EA, Commission staff analyze

the probable environmental effects of

relicensing the project and conclude

that approval of the project, with

appropriate staff-recommended

environmental measures, would not

constitute a major federal action

significantly affecting the quality of the

human environment.

A public meeting, which will be

recorded by an official stenographer, is

scheduled for Thursday, January 5,

2006, from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the United

Water Conservation District’s office at

106 North Eighth Street, Santa Paula,

CA 93060. We ask that persons in need

of directions or other assistance contact

John Dickenson of United directly at

(805) 525–4431 or via e-mail at

johnd@unitedwater.org.

At this meeting, resource agency

personnel and other interested persons

will have the opportunity to provide

oral and written comments and

recommendations regarding the

licensing of the Santa Felicia

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ACTION: Notice of final procedures.

SUMMARY: The Western Area Power

Administration (Western), a Federal

power marketing agency of the

Department of Energy (DOE), announces

the Parker-Davis Project (P–DP) Post2008 Resource Pool Allocation

Procedures, developed under the

requirements of the Energy Planning

and Management Program (EPAMP).

EPAMP provides for the establishment

of project-specific resource pools and

power allocations from these pools to

new preference customers. Western,

under EPAMP, is finalizing procedures

for use in allocating power from the P–

DP Post-2008 Resource Pool that will

become available October 1, 2008.

Western originally proposed allocation

procedures in the October 1, 2004,

Federal Register. Responses to public

comments received on the proposed

procedures are included in this notice.

In accordance with this notice, Western

plans to announce proposed allocations

in the Federal Register after April 1,

2006.

DATES: The P–DP Post-2008 Resource

Pool Allocation Procedures will become

effective January 17, 2006.

ADDRESSES: Information regarding the

Post-2008 Resource Pool Allocation

Procedures, including comments,

letters, and other supporting documents

made or kept by Western for the

purpose of developing the final

procedures, is available for public

inspection and copying at the Desert

Southwest Regional Office, Western

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Area Power Administration, located at

615 South 43rd Avenue, Phoenix, AZ

85009. Public comments may be viewed

at http://www.wapa.gov/dsw/pwrmkt.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Western

published a notice of proposed

allocation procedures in the October 1,

2004, Federal Register (69 FR 58900), to

implement Subpart C—Power Marketing

Initiative (PMI) of EPAMP’s Final Rule,

10 CFR part 905 (60 FR 54151). EPAMP,

developed in part to implement section

114 of the Energy Policy Act of 1992,

became effective on November 20, 1995.

The goal of EPAMP is to require

planning and efficient electric energy

use by Western’s long-term firm power

customers and to provide a framework

for extending Western’s firm power

resource commitments. One aspect of

EPAMP is to establish project-specific

power resource pools when existing

resource commitments expire and to

allocate power from these pools to new

preference customers. Existing resource

commitments for the P–DP expire on

September 30, 2008. Western published

its decision to apply the PMI of EPAMP

to the P–DP in the Federal Register on

May 5, 2003 (68 FR 23709). This

decision created a resource pool of

approximately 17 megawatts (MW) of

summer season capacity and 13 MW of

winter season capacity, based on

estimates of current P–DP hydroelectric

resource availability, for allocation to

eligible preference customers for 20

years beginning October 1, 2008.

Western will make allocations to

preference customers under the final

procedures described in this notice, the

current P–DP Marketing Plan (49 FR

50582, 52 FR 7014, and 52 FR 28333),

and EPAMP. These final Post-2008

Resource Pool Allocation Procedures for

the P–DP address (1) Eligibility criteria,

(2) how Western intends to allocate pool

resources, and (3) the terms and

conditions under which Western will

allocate the power pool.

Western held public comment forums

regarding the proposed procedures

between November 30, 2004, and

December 2, 2004, to accept oral and

written comments on the proposed

allocation procedures and call for

applications. The formal comment

period ended January 30, 2005.

Western’s responses to public comments

on the proposed allocation procedures

are included in this notice.

Response to Comments on the Post-2008

Resource Pool Allocation Procedures

Comments and Responses

Comment: Some comments expressed

support for the proposed order of

priority for use in making allocations,

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