Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 22 / Friday, February 2, 2007 / Notices

Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 22 / Friday, February 2, 2007 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. AD06–9–000]

RTO Border Utility Issues; Notice of

Technical Conference on Seams

Issues for RTOs and ISOs in the

Eastern Interconnection

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January 25, 2007.

Take notice that on March 29, 2007,

at 9 a.m. (EST), the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission will convene a

technical conference on RTO and ISO

seams issues in the Eastern

Interconnection. Members of the public

are welcome to attend, and no preregistration is required. The conference

will be held at the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.

In a Commission proceeding in 2006,

parties raised the issue of an electric

utility’s ability to benefit from an RTO/

ISO’s transmission system, markets and

reliability investments while avoiding

some or all of the costs attributable to

membership in the RTO/ISO. The

Commission found that this issue raised

‘‘generic concerns with implications

applicable to all RTOs and ISOs and to

all market participants with whom they

interact, whether directly or

indirectly.’’ 1 The Commission then

announced its intention to establish a

technical conference to hear from

interested parties concerning this issue

and other issues involving seams

between RTO/ISOs and companies on

their borders. Subsequently, the

Commission determined that the

western seams agenda should proceed

on a separate track and held a technical

conference on seams issues in the

Western Interconnection in December

2006. Also, Commission staff heard

concerns about seams issues between

RTO/ISO markets in the Eastern

Interconnection region. Hence, we have

determined that the technical

conference should include discussion of

the broader range of RTO/ISO seams

issues, but limited to the Eastern

Interconnection. The Commission

invites representatives of all regions to

participate.

The Commission is now soliciting

nominations for speakers at the

technical conference. Persons wishing

to nominate themselves as speakers

should do so using this electronic link:

https://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/

registration/rto-03–29-speaker-form.asp.

Such nominations must be made before

1 Louisville Gas and Electric Company, et al., 114

FERC ¶ 61,282 (2006) at P 64–65.

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the close of business, February 16, 2007

so that an agenda for the technical

conference can be drafted and

published.

An agenda will be issued prior to the

conference. You may use the

Commission’s e-subscription service to

be notified of future notices in this

proceeding. Please visit http://

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/

esubscription.asp.

A free webcast of this event will be

available through 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. It also offers access to open

meetings via television in the DC area

and via phone bridge for a fee. Visit

http://www.CapitolConnection.org or

contact Danelle Perkowski or David

Reininger at 703–993–3100.

Commission 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 866–208–3372 (voice) or

202–208–1659 (TTY), or send a FAX to

202–208–2106 with the required

accommodations.

For further information on this

conference, please contact: Udi Helman,

Office of Energy Markets and Reliability,

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC

20426, 202–502–8080,

Udi.Helman@ferc.gov.

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC

20426. The Commission will issue at

least one supplemental notice with a

detailed agenda prior to the conference.

The conference is open to the public

to attend. A free webcast of this event

will be available through www.ferc.gov.

Anyone with Internet access who

desires to view this event can do so by

navigating to 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.

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.

For additional information, please

contact Saida Shaalan by e-mail at

Saida.Shaalan@ferc.gov or by phone at

202–502–8278.

Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary.

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Magalie R. Salas.

Secretary.

[FR Doc. E7–1662 Filed 2–1–07; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. AD07–8–000]

[Docket No. RM98–1–000]

Notice of Technical Conference;

Review of Market Monitoring Policies

January 25, 2007.

A technical conference will be held

on April 5, 2007, to review the

Commission’s general policies regarding

market monitoring.1

The conference will be held from 9:30

a.m. until 3 p.m. (EDT) in the

Commission Meeting Room of the

1 The Commission announced its intent to hold a

technical conference in PJM Interconnection, LLC.,

order on reh’g, 117 FERC ¶ 61,263 (2006).

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Records Governing Off-the Record

Communications; Public Notice

January 26, 2007.

This constitutes notice, in accordance

with 18 CFR 385.2201(b), of the receipt

of prohibited and exempt off-the-record

communications.

Order No. 607 (64 FR 51222,

September 22, 1999) requires

Commission decisional employees, who

make or receive a prohibited or exempt

off-the-record communication relevant

to the merits of a contested proceeding,

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to deliver to the Secretary of the

Commission, a copy of the

communication, if written, or a

summary of the substance of any oral

communication.

Prohibited communications are

included in a public, non-decisional file

associated with, but not a part of, the

decisional record of the proceeding.

Unless the Commission determines that

the prohibited communication and any

responses thereto should become a part

of the decisional record, the prohibited

off-the-record communication will not

be considered by the Commission in

reaching its decision. Parties to a

proceeding may seek the opportunity to

respond to any facts or contentions

made in a prohibited off-the-record

communication, and may request that

the Commission place the prohibited

communication and responses thereto

in the decisional record. The

Commission will grant such a request

only when it determines that fairness so

requires. Any person identified below as

having made a prohibited off-the-record

communication shall serve the

document on all parties listed on the

official service list for the applicable

proceeding in accordance with Rule

2010, 18 CFR 385.2010.

Exempt off-the-record

communications are included in the

decisional record of the proceeding,

unless the communication was with a

cooperating agency as described by 40

CFR 1501.6, made under 18 CFR

385.2201(e)(1)(v).

Docket No.

Date received

Presenter or requester

Prohibited:

1. CP06–54–000 ......................................................................................................................

Exempt:

1. CP06–54–000 ......................................................................................................................

2. Project No. 2100–00 ............................................................................................................

3. Project No. 2539–000 ..........................................................................................................

1–23–07

Stewart P. McMullan.

1–24–07

1–25–07

1–16–07

4. Project No. 2545–000 ..........................................................................................................

1–18–07

Hon. Gina McCarthy.

Kenneth Sanchez.

Hon. Charles E. Schumer.

Hon. Michael R. McNulty.

Robert G. Whitlam, Ph.D.

Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[ER–FRL–6683–7]

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

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The following is a list of off-therecord communications recently

received by the Secretary of the

Commission. The communications

listed are grouped by docket numbers in

ascending order. These filings are

available for review at the Commission

in the Public Reference Room or may be

viewed on the Commission’s Web site at

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, please contact

FERC, Online Support at

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll

free at (866)208–3676, or for TTY,

contact (202) 502–8659.

EIS No. 20060355, ERP No. D–MMS–

A02244–00, Outer Continental Shelf

Oil & Gas Leasing Program: 2007–

2012, Exploration and Development

Offshore Marine Environment and

Coastal Counties of AL, AK, DE, FL,

LA, MD, MS, NJ, NC, TX and VA.

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environmental concerns about

cumulative impacts and mitigation.

Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20060378, ERP No. D–NPS–

A84030–00, Programmatic—Servicewide Benefits Sharing Project, To

Clarify the Rights and Responsibilities

of Researchers and National Park

Service (NPS) Management in

Connection with the Use of Valuable

Discoveries, Inventions, and Other

Developments, across the United

States. Summary: EPA does not object

to the preferred alternative. Rating

LO.

EIS No. 20060413, ERP No. D–FTA–

E59003–FL, Programmatic—South

Florida East Coast Corridor Transit

Analysis Study Tier 1, To Address

Transportation Demand, Miami-Dade,

Broward and Palm Beach Counties,

FL. Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns about the

impacts to aquatic resources

(wetlands, streams, sole source

aquifers, and aquatic preserves),

communities, archeological and

historic properties, and contaminated

sites, and noise impacts. Rating EC2.

EIS No. 20060415, ERP No. D–USA–

J11023–CO, Fort Carson

Transformation Program,

Implementation, Base Realignment

and Closure Activities, Fort Carson, El

Paso, Pueblo and Fremont Counties,

CO. Summary: EPA expressed

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environmental concerns about

impacts to water quality, air quality

and biological resources, and

requested additional information on

these impacts and mitigation

measures to reduced impacts. Rating

EC2.

EIS No. 20060437, ERP No. D–NRS–

D36122–WV, Dunloup Creek

Watershed Plan, Voluntary

Floodplain Buyout, Implementation,

West Virginia Third Congressional

District, Fayette and Raleigh Counties,

WV. Summary: EPA does not object to

the proposed action. Rating LO.

EIS No. 20060440, ERP No. D–GSA–

D81037–VA, Federal Bureau of

Investigation (FBI) Central Records

Complex, Site Selection and

Construction, Winchester, Frederick

County, VA. Summary: EPA

expressed environmental concern

about potential water resource

impacts. Rating EC1.

EIS No. 20060455, ERP No. D–WPA–

K05063–AZ, San Luis Rio Colorado

Project, Construct, Operate, Maintain,

and Connect a Double-Circuited

500,000-volt Electric Transmission

Line, Right-of-Way Grant and

Presidential Permit, (DOE/EIS–0395)

Yuma County, AZ. Summary: EPA

does not object to the proposed

action. Rating LO.

EIS No. 20060475, ERP No. D–SFW–

G64013–TX, Texas Chenier Plain

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