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BILLING CODE 6450-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. EG05-11-000, et al.] FPL Energy Callahan Wind, L.P., et al.; Electric Rate and Corporate Filings October 21, 2004. The following filings have been made with the Commission. The filings are listed in ascending order within each docket classification. 1. FPL Energy Callahan Wind, LP [Docket No. EG05-11-000] Take notice that on October 20, 2004, FPL Energy Callahan Wind, LP (FPLE Callahan Wind), 700 Universe Blvd., Juno Beach, FL 33408, filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission an application for determination of exempt wholesale generator status pursuant to part 365 of the Commission's regulations.
FPLE Callahan Wind states it is a wind-powered facility located in Taylor County, Texas with a nameplate capacity of 114 MW. FPLE Callahan Wind further states that the Facility consists of 76 GE Wind Turbine Generators of 1.5 MW each and is expected to commence operations in February 2005. FPLE Callahan Wind states it will sell electricity produced by the Facility exclusively at wholesale within ERCOT. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. eastern time on November 10, 2004. 2. Entergy Services, Inc. [Docket Nos.
ER04-699-000 and ER03-1272-002] Take notice that on October 15, 2004 Entergy Services, Inc. (Entergy), submitted for filing cost information and workpapers of transmission upgrades in response the Commission's order issued September 16, 2004 in Docket Nos. ER04-699-000 and ER03-1272-002. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. eastern time on November 5, 2004. 3. Southwest Power Pool, Inc. [Docket No. ER05-55-000] Take notice that on October 19, 2004, Southwest Power Pool, Inc. (SPP), submitted for filing a Notice of Cancellation of an interconnection and operating agreement
(IOA)among SPP, Westar Energy, Inc. (Westar), and Duke Energy Leavenworth, LLC (Duke). SPP requests an effective date of October 18, 2004. SPP states that copies of the filing were served upon the parties to the IOA. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. eastern time on November 9, 2004. 4. CL Power Sales Nine, L.L.C. [Docket No. ER05-56-000] Take notice that on October 18, 2004, CL Power Sales Nine, L.L.C., (CL Nine) by and through Edison Mission Energy submitted for filing a Notice of Cancellation of Market-Based Rate Tariff, CL Power Sales Nine, L.L.C. Rate Schedule FERC Form No. 1. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. eastern time on November 8, 2004. 5. Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation [Docket No. ER05-57-000] Take notice that on October 18, 2004, Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation, a National Grid company (Niagara Mohawk), submitted for filing an Interconnection Service Agreement between Niagara Mohawk and General Mills. Niagara Mohawk states that a copy of this filing will be served upon General Mills, as well as the New York Independent System Operator, Inc., and the New York Public Service Commission. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. eastern time on November 8, 2004. 6. Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation [Docket No. ER05-58-000] Take notice that on October 18, 2004, Central Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation (Central Hudson) submitted a Notice of Cancellation of its Rate Schedule FERC No. 51, effective July 16, 1975 in Docket No. ER76-79-000. Central Hudson states that it consents to the termination requested by Orange & Rockland Utilities, Inc. (O&R) and, accordingly, requests waiver on the notice requirements set forth in 18 CFR 35.15 of the regulations to permit the notice of cancellation to be effective September 1, 2004. Central Hudson states that copies of the filing were served upon O&R and the State of New York Public Service Commission. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. eastern time on November 8, 2004. 7. Regional Transmission Organizations [RT01-99-000, RT01-99-001, RT01-99-002 and RT01-99-003] Bangor Hydro-Electric Company, *et al.* [RT01-86-000, RT01-86-001 and RT01-86-002] New York Independent System Operator, Inc., *et al.* [RT01-95-000, RT01-95-001 and RT01-95-002] PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., *et al.* [RT01-2-000, RT01-2-001, RT01-2-002 and RT01-2-003] PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. [RT01-98-000] ISO New England, Inc. New York Independent System Operator, Inc. [RT02-3-000] Take notice that PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., New York Independent System Operator, Inc. and ISO New England, Inc., have posted on their internet web sites charts and information updating their progress on the resolution of ISO seams. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. eastern time on November 12, 2004. Standard Paragraph Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214). Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice of intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, motions, or protests must be filed on or before the comment date. Anyone filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant and all parties to this proceeding. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the “eFiling” link at *http://www.ferc.gov.* Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, N.E., Washington, D.C. 20426. This filing is accessible on-line at *http://www.ferc.gov* , using the “eLibrary” link and is available for review in the Commission's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an “eSubscription” link on the web site that enables subscribers to receive email notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please email *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov,* or call
(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E4-2906 Filed 10-28-04; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [ER-FRL-6657-2] 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 2, 2004 (69 FR 17403). Draft EISs *ERP No. D-NAS-K11114-HI Rating EC2,* Outrigger Telescopes Project, Proposed for the W.M. Keck Observatory Site within the Mauna Kea Science Reserve, Funding, Construction, Installation and Operation, Island of Hawaii. *Summary:* EPA expressed concerns about the cumulative impacts to native Hawaiian cultural resources, visual resources, and species impacts, and asked for more information supporting the selection of the proposed alternative. *ERP No. D-NOA-K91013-HI Rating EC2,* Seabird Interaction Mitigation Methods, To Reduce Interaction with Seabird in Hawaii-Based Longline Fishery and Pelagic Squid Fishery Management, To Establish an Effective Management Framework for Pelagic Squid Fisheries, Fishery Management Plan, Pelagic Fisheries of the Western Pacific Region, Exclusive Economic Zone of the U.S. and High Sea. *Summary:* EPA expressed concerns over the impacts to seabirds associated with the preferred alternative, and requested more information on the effects of the newly-established U.S. squid fishery of protected species. *ERP No. D-NOA-L91025-00 Rating EC2,* 2005-2006 Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery, Proposed Acceptable Biological Catch and Optimum Yield Specifications and Management Measures, WA, OR and CA. *Summary:* EPA expressed concerns about projected exceedences for optimum yields for canary and widow rockfish, impacts on essential fish habitat, and the need to increase observer coverage for better accounting of bycatch. *ERP No. D-NOA-L99010-AK Rating LO,* Pribilof Islands Setting for the Annual Subsistence Harvest of Northern Fur Seals, To Determine and Publish the Take Ranges, Pribilof Islands, AK. *Summary:* EPA does not object to the proposed harvest levels or their associated impacts. *ERP No. DS-TPT-K61154-CA Rating LO,* Presidio Trust Public Health Service Hospital (PUSH or Building 1801) at the Presidio of San Francisco (Area B) of Presidio Trust Management Plan, To Rehabilitate and Reuse Buildings, Gold Gate National Recreation Area, San Francisco Bay, Marin County, CA. *Summary:* EPA had a lack of objections to the project as proposed. Final EISs *ERP No. F-AFS-J65375-MT* Sheep Creek Range Analysis, Grazing and Special Use Allotments Reorganization, Grazing and Special Use Permits Issuance, Lewis and Clark National Forest, White Sulphur Springs Ranger District, Meagher and Cascade Counties, MT. *Summary:* EPA supports improved grazing management, but expressed environmental concerns about continued impacts to water quality from delays in reducing grazing pressure
(AUMs)on allotments with less than properly functioning streams for 3-5 years or longer. EPA recommends more timely implementation of grazing improvements, including AUM reductions, on allotments with non-functioning and functioning-at-risk streams. *ERP No. F-AFS-L65372-AK* Threemile Timber Sale, Implementation, Petersburg Ranger District, Tongass National Forest, AK. *Summary:* No comment letter was sent to the preparing agency. *ERP No. F-AFS-L65373-AK* Gravina Island Timber Sale, Implementation, Timber Harvest and Related Activities, Ketchikan-Misty Fiords Ranger District, Tongass National Forest, AK. *Summary:* The Final EIS responded to EPA's concerns by developing a new alternative that combined helicopter and land-based timber extraction and selecting an alternative that is less damaging to riparian areas and greatly limited road access, protecting deer habitat and intertidal areas which are subsistence resources for native Alaskans. EPA continues to have concerns about the adverse impacts to streams and wetlands, as well as cumulative impacts from roads and access to the roadless area. *ERP No. F-AFS-L65452-ID* South Fork Wildfire Salvage Project, Harvesting Fire-Killed and Imminently Dead Trees, Cascade Ranger District, Boise National Forest, Valley County, ID. *Summary:* No comment letter was sent to the preparing agency. *ERP No. F-BLM-L65446-AK* Alpine Satellite Development Plan, Construction and Operation of Five Oil Production Pads, Associated Well, Roads, Airstrips, Pipelines and Powerlines, Authorization and Permits Issuance, Northeast corner of the National Petroleum Reserve-Alaska, Colville River Delta, North Slope Borough, AK. *Summary:* EPA has environmental concerns about the Preferred Alternative (Alternative F). The Final EIS does not provide sufficient information, data, analyses, or discussion to ensure that all developmental components of the Preferred Alternative will meet the substantive environmental requirements of Clean Water Act Section 404. In addition, EPA has concerns about impacts from current road alignment design, disturbance from access to production pads, the potential for violation of Special Condition 10 of the Corps Permit, erosion from pad sidesloped, lack of specific mitigation measures, and insufficient 9 information regarding air quality impacts. *ERP No. F-COE-L32011-AK* Akutan Harbor Navigation Improvements Project, Construction and Implementation, Bering Sea, City of Akutan, AK. *Summary:* EPA agreed with U.S. Army Corps' conclusion that the project would not violate Alaska's water quality standards or exceed the Akutan Harbor TMDL load allocations. However, EPA reiterated objections to the direct and indirect effects on wetlands, and requested that the Corps explore offsite beneficial use options to the stockpiling of dredged material in wetlands. EPA also recommended that the Corps explore compensatory mitigation through wetland enhancements during detailed project design. *ERP No. F-NOA-E39066-FL* Programmatic EIS—Seagrass Restoration in the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary, Implementation, U.S. Army COE Section 404 and CZMA Permits, Monroe County, FL. *Summary:* EPA continues to fully support the proposed restoration goals for Seagrass damaged in FKNMS waters, but requests that some issues be clarified in the NOAA ROD. Dated: October 26, 2004. Robert W. Hargrove, Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities. [FR Doc. 04-24251 Filed 10-28-04; 8:45 am]
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