Notices. Notice of final procedures for distribution of remaining crude oil overcharge refunds
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(FIRS)at 1-800-877-8339. [FR Doc. E6-339 Filed 1-12-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Final Procedures for Distribution of Remaining Crude Oil Overcharge Refunds AGENCY: Office of Hearings and Appeals, Department of Energy. ACTION: Notice of final procedures for distribution of remaining crude oil overcharge refunds. SUMMARY: In a May 21, 2004 Notice, the Department of Energy
(DOE)Office of Hearings and Appeals
(OHA)announced procedures for making one final round of refund payments in this proceeding. However, there is ongoing litigation that could affect the amount of crude oil monies available for distribution, thus making it unworkable at this point to have a single, last round of payments that would exhaust the remaining crude oil refund monies. We instead announce here that we will issue refunds amounting to approximately 90% of the money due each eligible claimant. ADDRESSES: Inquiries should be addressed to: Crude Oil Refund Proceeding, Office of Hearings and Appeals, Department of Energy, Washington, DC 20585-1615, and submitted electronically to *crudeoilrefunds@hq.doe.gov.* FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Steven Goering, Staff Attorney, or Richard Cronin, Assistant Director, Office of Hearings and Appeals, Department of Energy; telephone: 202-287-1449, e-mail: *steven.goering@hq.doe.gov, richard.cronin@hq.doe.gov.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. Introduction OHA published a notice of proposed procedures for the distribution of remaining crude oil overcharge refunds in the **Federal Register** on September 30, 2005 (“the September 30 notice”), and requested comments from interested parties. 70 FR 57274. The September 30 notice explained that events and proliferating litigation affecting the windup of this crude oil refund proceeding have precluded the Department from proceeding with the calculation of the per-gallon “volumetric” refund amount that is necessary to make a single, final payment of refunds to all qualified applicants. Calculating the volumetric amount requires two fixed numbers:
(1)The amount of funds available for distribution (“the numerator”), which is divided by
(2)the number of gallons of eligible petroleum products purchased during the controls period by eligible claimants (“the denominator”). However, as explained in the September 30 notice, the increasing litigation that has been brought to bear on the proceeding may affect both the numerator and the denominator of the volumetric calculation. As a result, the plan to make a single, final round of refunds to eligible persons is unworkable and cannot be achieved. We therefore announced a provisional volumetric refund amount and defined that portion of the crude oil monies that would be reserved pending the resolution of the litigation. Specifically, we proposed to make refunds to claimants based upon a volumetric calculated using as a numerator approximately 90% of all available funds, and as a denominator the number of gallons of eligible petroleum products purchased during the controls period by eligible claimants plus the number of gallons claimed in an application denied by OHA that is currently the subject of pending litigation. We also proposed in the September 30 notice that we not distribute funds to 73 claimants, listed in the notice, whose refunds are currently being challenged by third parties in pending litigation. We proposed that, upon the conclusion of litigation and a final upholding of our refund awards, we would promptly release the funds to the affected claimants. II. Summary and Response to Comments on Proposed Procedures In response to the September 30 notice DOE received seven comments submitted by a State government, a member of the public, and law firms and filing services that represent eligible claimants. This section of the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION summarizes the issues raised in the comments, and gives DOE's response, as follows: *Comment:* Two commenters disagree with our proposal not to disburse at this time funds that are currently the subject of litigation in which a U.S. District Court awarded plaintiffs attorney's fees in the “amount of thirty percent (30%) of the fund derived from the amount of the increase in the per million-gallon distribution over the $670 [per million gallons] initially proposed by DOE.” *Consolidated Edison* v. *Abraham* , Civil Action No. 03-1991, *slip op.* at 12 (January 26, 2005). The Department has filed Notices of Appeal regarding this decision, and plaintiffs have filed appeals of the order insofar as it denied the full amount of attorney's fees they sought, which would have amounted to 10% of the entire “Subpart V” crude oil fund, *i.e.* , about $28 million. See DC Cir. Docket Nos. 05-5089, 05-5090, 05-5223, and Fed. Cir. Docket Nos. 05-1309, 05-1310, 05-1450. Neither commenter disagreed with the withholding of the amount of the attorney's fee already awarded by the District Court, approximately 4% of the funds to be disbursed. Rather, they object to the withholding of amounts representing the additional attorney's fees sought by plaintiffs on appeal in that case, an additional 6% of the funds at issue. The commenters question the necessity of withholding funds for the possible success of claims that have become “increasingly questionable” and “been repeatedly found to be meritless.” Similarly, one commenter, a State government, took issue with our proposal not to disburse refunds at this time to those claimants, including the commenter, whose refunds are currently being challenged by third parties in pending litigation. The State government notes that it “decided to earmark the supplemental crude refund to supplement the Low Income Energy Assistance Program” and that if it does not receive its refund at this time, it “will be forced to reduce the 2005-2006 available funding for heating assistance benefits.” *Response:* While we are sympathetic to the expressed concerns that continued litigation is delaying refunds that otherwise could be paid, we nevertheless cannot disburse funds now based on the assumption of a favorable outcome in these cases, given the enormous complications that would result should that assumption turn out to be wrong. Instead, fiscal prudence requires that we reserve sufficient funds to pay the appropriate parties whatever the outcome of this and other pending cases. In the meantime, these funds are being held in an interest-bearing account, the effect of which will be to compensate claimants for the delay in disbursement. *Comment:* One commenter, the attorney for the private parties in all of the pending litigation at issue, suggests that, before making any disbursement, we calculate a volumetric that represents “the full amount per gallon available if DOE is successful in all pending litigation, * * *.” The commenter then suggests that nearly 99.5% of this volumetric, “prior to the 10% reduction” for the pending attorney's fee claim, should be paid to clients of the commenter “as to whom he has waived any common fund fee.” Another commenter contends that “[s]uch a differentiated payment cannot be justified, either legally or equitably,” arguing that the commenter proposing this scheme “has no authority to decide which claimants pay and which do not for the alleged benefit conferred on the *entire* group of claimants.” *Response:* We agree with the commenter quoted above that there is simply no basis for paying a higher refund amount to the clients of the attorney for the private parties in the pending litigation. As a matter of basic fairness, we intend to pay all claimants at the same volumetric rate. Moreover, the January 26, 2005 order of the U.S. District Court, currently being appealed, states that a certain amount of the funds at issue (representing 30% of the volumetric amount exceeding $0.00067/gallon) be paid out as *attorney's fees* , thus reducing the volumetric refund amount paid to *all* claimants, without exception. We are reserving funds, in part, so that we can comply with this order should it ultimately be upheld. In that event, the funds will be paid to the attorney as attorney's fees, *i.e.* , we will not pay a portion of any attorney fee award directly to his clients. *Comment:* One commenter also proposes that “the volumetric should be rounded down to the seventh decimal place, rather than the fifth as proposed, in order to better accomplish the goal of distribution of all available funds to the extent practicable.” *Response:* Because there is theoretically no limit to the number of decimal places we could use in the volumetric, whatever number of decimal places we choose can always be faulted for not being great enough. In this sense, there is no “correct” choice. On the other hand, there is no compelling reason why we should not round to a greater number of decimal places. In fact, in prior announcements regarding this proceeding, we have already proposed adding a decimal place to the four used in all prior refund distributions. We therefore calculate the volumetric refund amount below by rounding to the ninth decimal. *Comment:* The commenter who represents the private parties in the pending litigation also suggests that six additional claimants “be added to the list of those from whom distribution is to be withheld pending conclusion of the litigation.” *Response:* In his court filings, the commenter has repeatedly stated that his clients are challenging the refunds of “fewer than 75 claimants.” Our September 30 notice listed 73 claimants whose refunds we identified as potentially being challenged. The commenter, who is the one challenging these refunds on behalf of his clients and who has ready access to the entire list of eligible claimants, is clearly in the best position to identify the particular claims that he is challenging. In this connection, the commenter identifies six claimants that we did not list in our September 30 notice. These six claimants will be added to the list of those to whom we will not disburse refunds until the litigation challenging their claims is resolved. *Comment:* Several commenters addressed the procedures for the distribution of whatever funds remain after the resolution of pending litigation. One comment proposes that the remaining funds be paid without “any further action or submissions by claimants.” Another commenter asks OHA to consider further interim distributions upon the resolution of each of the pending court cases, and seeks confirmation that the remaining funds would be paid “only to those individual verified claimants of record as of December 31, 2004.” Finally, one commenter states that OHA should commit “to distribute to claimants any remaining funds after the conclusion of litigation.” *Response:* If the DOE prevails in all of the pending litigation at issue, there would likely be sufficient remaining funds to warrant a final distribution. However, with six pending lawsuits, there are literally dozens of hypothetical possible combinations of outcomes, each resulting in a potentially different amount of funds available for distribution. In view of the uncertainties posed by the outstanding litigation, we are not in a position to commit ourselves to any course of action until all pending litigation is resolved. Similarly, the administrative expense of each distribution of funds also makes impractical further interim distributions to all eligible claimants as each pending case is resolved. However, we plan to make prompt initial distributions to those individual claimants whose refunds we are withholding in their entirety at this time, as soon as each case in which the refunds are being challenged is resolved. We also can confirm that all further distributions will be made only to those eligible claimants who filed verification information with our office by the December 31, 2004 deadline, and that we will require no additional submission or verification from those claimants beyond that which is required to determine eligibility for the initial distribution. We remind each claimant of its continuing obligation to promptly inform us of any changes to its payment address or bank account deposit information, as required in the Decisions and Orders by which each claimant was originally granted a refund in this proceeding. *Comment:* One commenter suggests that “every claim about which no further questions remain unresolved should be paid as soon as possible. * * * [W]here the funds can be transferred electronically, the OHA can and should make all the disbursements immediately. Then, as OHA works through the cases in which questions remain, we encourage administrative choices premised on completing the maximum number of disbursements, rather than distributing the maximum number of dollars. The rough justice required in equitable proceedings favors an administrative course that assures that the maximum number of participants receive as much of their final refund as possible before they lose touch with the proceeding.” *Response:* We agree with the commenter, and share his desire that refunds be paid as soon as possible. Over the past months, we have worked to resolve pending issues that would delay refunds in particular cases, such as gathering necessary documentation in order to demonstrate that a successor-in-interest to a prior refund recipient should now receive the refund. In doing so, our goal has always been and will continue to be to resolve as many claims as possible, as soon as possible, irrespective of the size of the claims. III. Final Refund Procedures Based on our discussion of the comments above, OHA will adopt the following final refund procedures. First, we will use the method set forth in our September 30 notice for calculating the volumetric refund amount, as follows: We will use as the numerator, $254,738,494.09, *i.e.* , approximately 90% (or $255,714,292.20) of all funds available as of December 28, 2005 ($284,126,991.33) 1 minus the amount of an initial refund claimed in one application that was denied by OHA but is currently the subject of pending litigation ($975,798). 2 As the denominator, we will use 366,324,981,322 gallons, *i.e.* , the number of gallons of eligible petroleum products purchased during the controls period by eligible claimants (365,715,107,505 gallons) plus the number of gallons claimed in the application denied by OHA that is currently the subject of pending litigation (609,873,817 gallons). This produces a volumetric refund of $0.000695389 and distributes approximately 90% of the money due to over 99.75% of all eligible claimants. 3 1 One commenter suggests that the “volumetric should be calculated, reflecting all interest earned through a date not more than 15 days prior to distribution.” The volumetric refund amount announced here reflects the most disbursement of refunds as soon as possible after publication of this notice. 2 As noted by one commenter, were the claimant whose application was denied by OHA to prevail in litigation, that claimant wuold not only be entitled to the supplemental refund calculated using the volumetric announced here, but also in the initial refund that has already been paid to other successful claimants, *i.e.* $0.0016/gallon of approved petroleum product purchases. 3 We round down the volumetric refund amount to the ninth decimal place. As explained in the September 30 notice, rounding down ensures that there will be sufficient funds to pay refunds at a given volumetric refund amount. Also as proposed in our September 30 notice, we will not distribute refunds at this time to certain claimants whose refunds are currently being challenged by third parties in pending litigation. Below is a list of these claimants: RF272-00011 DEFENSE LOGISTICS AGENCY; RF272-00350 WISCONSIN DEPT. TRANSPORTATION; RF272-00512 STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA; RF272-04416 STATE OF CONNECTICUT; RF272-08074 STATE OF CONNECTICUT; RF272-09853 WASHINGTON STATE PATROL; RF272-11717 WASHINGTON STATE DEPT. TRANS.; RF272-12181 NEBRASKA PUBLIC POWER DIST.; RF272-12588 STATE OF CONNECTICUT; RF272-17487 KENTUCKY DEPT. OF EDUCATION; RF272-18164 STATE OF NORTH DAKOTA; RF272-18963 STATE OF NEW MEXICO; RF272-19364 STATE OF MISSOURI; RF272-19386 STATE OF VERMONT; RF272-19457 STATE OF SOUTH DAKOTA; RF272-20947 LUBRIZOL CORPORATION; RF272-23229 DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA; RF272-23790 HERCULES, INC.; RF272-25793 OHIO DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION; RF272-28260 WASHINGTON STATE FERRIES; RF272-35431 MARYLAND STATE AVIATION ADMIN.; RF272-44094 OHIO STATE HWY. PATROL; RF272-44344 STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA; RF272-45477 ILLINOIS STATE TOLL HWY. AUTH.; RF272-49283 COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY; RF272-49892 NEBRASKA ENERGY OFFICE; RF272-49898 STATE OF KANSAS; RF272-50638 WASHINGTON STATE DEPT. OF TRANS.; RF272-51829 WASHINGTON STATE PARKS & REC.; RF272-54955 U.S. POSTAL SERVICE; RF272-56597 STATE OF OKLAHOMA; RF272-59085 STATE OF UTAH, ENERGY OFFICE; RF272-59907 STATE OF COLORADO; RF272-60251 STATE OF WISCONSIN; RF272-61569 STATE OF MINNESOTA; RF272-61591 ARKANSAS HWY. & TRANS. DEPT.; RF272-62009 STATE OF NEW HAMPSHIRE; RF272-62522 STATE OF NEW YORK; RF272-63433 STATE OF DELAWARE; RF272-63623 MARYLAND STATE HWY. ADMIN.; RF272-63624 MARYLAND DEPT. GENERAL SERVICE; RF272-64195 STATE ARIZONA DEPT. OF TRANS.; RF272-64288 STATE OF ARKANSAS; RF272-64986 STATE OF FLORIDA; RF272-65199 STATE OF IOWA; RF272-65200 IOWA DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION; RF272-65398 STATE OF NEVADA; RF272-65470 STATE OF MICHIGAN; RF272-65524 ILLINOIS DEPT. OF COMMERCE; RF272-65526 ALASKA DEPT. OF TRANS. & PUB. FAC.; RF272-66878 NEW YORK TRANSIT AUTHORITY; RF272-67007 COMMONWEALTH OF PENNSYLVANIA; RF272-67187 STATE OF INDIANA; RF272-67248 STATE OF CALIFORNIA; RF272-67313 STATE OF TEXAS; RF272-67507 STATE OF VERMONT DEPT. OF COR.; RF272-67509 STATE OF VERMONT—TRANSPORTATION; RF272-67563 OREGON DEPT. OF GEN. SERVICES; RF272-67586 STATE OF ALABAMA; RF272-68243 NEW JERSEY TRANSIT CORP.; RF272-68934 NEW YORK STATE THRUWAY AUTH.; RF272-69744 STATE OF NEW JERSEY; RF272-69948 WEST VIRGINIA HWY. DEPT.; RF272-71331 STATE OF TENNESSEE; RF272-72465 COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS; RF272-74169 STATE OF MAINE; RF272-75269 VIRGINIA DEPT. OF STATE POLICE; RF272-75775 R.I. DEPT. OF ADMINISTRATION; RF272-76126 U.S. DEPT. OF AGRICULTURE; RF272-87985 STATE OF MARYLAND; RF272-97101 CHESEBROUGH-POND’S USA CO.; RF272-98890 COMMONWEALTH OF VIRGINIA; RG272-00507 STATE OF OHIO; RK272-00147 STATE OF MONTANA; RK272-00362 STATE OF KANSAS; RK272-03404 WYOMING DEPT. OF TRANSPORTATION.; RK272-03418 STATE OF GEORGIA—ENERGY RES.; RK272-04041 STATE OF NORTH CAROLINA; RR272-00207 STATE OF TENNESSEE. We note that six of the claimants listed above were not listed in our September 30 notice. Thus, while the general public, including these six claimants, has been given notice and an opportunity to comment on our proposal to withhold payment on claims currently being challenged in court, these six claimants were not put on notice that this decision would directly and adversely impact them. Thus, each of these claimants should be given an opportunity to show that, in fact, its claim should not be included in the list— *i.e.* , is not among those currently being challenged in pending litigation. If such a showing is made by any of the six claimants within 30 days of the date of this notice, we will not delay the distribution of a refund to that claimant. In any event, upon the conclusion of any of the litigation challenging particular refund claims, if our refund award is upheld we will promptly order the disbursement of refunds to the affected claimant(s). It is imperative that all refund recipients immediately inform OHA in the event of any change of payment address or bank account deposit information. DOE will not attempt to locate payees of returned refund payments, and the associated funds will be divided equally between the States and the Federal Government. Issued in Washington, DC, on January 6, 2005. George B. Breznay, Director, Office of Hearings and Appeals. [FR Doc. E6-373 Filed 1-12-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy [Case No. RF-006] Energy Conservation Program for Consumer Products: Publication of the Petition for Waiver of Liebherr Hausgeräte From the DOE Refrigerator and Refrigerator-Freezer Test Procedure AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy. ACTION: Notice of petition for waiver and solicitation of comments. SUMMARY: Today's notice publishes a petition for waiver for Liebherr Hausgeräte (Liebherr). The Liebherr petition requests a waiver to modify the refrigerator test procedure for the Liebherr line of combination wine storage-freezer products. The Department of Energy (DOE or Department) is soliciting comments, data, and information respecting the petition for waiver. DATES: The Department will accept comments, data, and information not later than February 13, 2006. ADDRESSES: DOE will accept comments on this petition, identified by case number RF-006, and submitted by any of the following methods: • *Mail:* Ms. Brenda Edwards-Jones, U.S. Department of Energy, Building Technologies Program, Mailstop EE-2J, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC, 20585-0121. • *Telephone:*
(202)586-2945. Please submit one signed paper original. • *Hand Delivery/Courier:* Ms. Brenda Edwards-Jones, U.S. Department of Energy, Building Technologies Program, Room 1J-018, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585. Docket: For access to the docket to read copies of public comments received, this notice, and the petition for waiver, go to the U.S. Department of Energy, Forrestal Building, Room 1J-018 (Resource Room of the Building Technologies Program), 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC,
(202)586-9127, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, except Federal holidays. Please call Ms. Brenda Edwards-Jones at the above telephone number for additional information regarding visiting the Resource Room. Please note: The Department's Freedom of Information Reading Room (formerly Room 1E-190 at the Forrestal Building) is no longer housing rulemaking materials. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Michael G. Raymond, U.S. Department of Energy, Building Technologies Program, Mail Stop EE-2J, Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585-0121,
(202)586-9611; e-mail: *Michael.Raymond@ee.doe.gov* ; or Francine Pinto, Esq., or Thomas DePriest, Esq., U.S. Department of Energy, Office of General Counsel, Mail Stop GC-72, Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585-0103,
(202)586-9507; e-mail: *Francine.Pinto@hq.doe.gov* , or *Thomas.DePriest@hq.doe.gov* . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title III of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act
(EPCA)sets forth a variety of provisions concerning energy efficiency. Part B of Title III (42 U.S.C. 6291-6309) provides for the “Energy Conservation Program For Consumer Products Other Than Automobiles” which requires, among other things, that DOE prescribe standardized test procedures to measure the energy consumption of certain consumer products, including refrigerators and refrigerator-freezers. The relevant DOE test procedure for purposes of today's decision and order is “Uniform Test Method for Measuring the Energy Consumption of Electric Refrigerators and Electric Refrigerator-freezers” (current test procedure). The current test procedure is set forth in 10 CFR part 430, subpart B, Appendix A1. It prescribes a method for characterizing the energy requirements of all types of refrigerators and refrigerator-freezers and yields model-specific energy efficiency information that can aid consumers in their purchasing decisions. The Department's regulations contain provisions allowing a person to seek a waiver from the test procedure requirements for covered consumer products. These provisions are set forth in 10 CFR 430.27. The waiver provisions allow the Assistant Secretary for Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (Assistant Secretary) to waive temporarily the test procedure for a particular basic model when a petitioner shows that the basic model contains one or more design characteristics that prevent testing according to the prescribed test procedures, or when the prescribed test procedures may evaluate the basic model in a manner so unrepresentative of its true energy consumption as to provide materially inaccurate comparative data. (10 CFR 430.27(a)(l)) Waivers generally remain in effect until final test procedure amendments become effective, thereby resolving the problem that is the subject of the waiver. (10 CFR 430.27(m)) On July 5, 2005, Liebherr filed a petition for waiver regarding the DOE refrigerator and refrigerator-freezer test procedures. Liebherr's petition seeks a waiver from the DOE test procedure because, Liebherr asserts, its line of combination wine storage-freezers are not accurately categorized by any of the current DOE classes. Liebherr has submitted a modified test procedure to be used for rating its combination wine storage-freezers. Liebherr proposes to calculate the energy consumption of these products by using the current test procedure outlined in 10 CFR Part 430, Subpart B, Appendix A1 for refrigerator/freezers with the following exception. The current methodology outlined in Appendix A1 states that the unit's energy consumption is to be based on either the freezer compartment temperature or the refrigerator compartment temperature. However, the units produced by Liebherr do not include a refrigerator compartment, but do include a section solely dedicated for the purpose of wine storage, which is not convertible so that it may be used for any other purpose; therefore, Liebherr asserts, it is inappropriate to measure the energy consumption of these units in accordance with the refrigerator-freezer test procedure. Liebherr proposes to combine portions of the refrigerator-freezer test procedure with portions of the AHAM household wine chiller energy test procedure. The Department is publishing Liebherr's petition for waiver in its entirety. The petition contains no confidential information. The Department solicits comments, data, and information with respect to the petition. Any person submitting written comments must also send a copy of such comments to the petitioner. 10 CFR 430.27(b)(1)(iv). Issued in Washington, DC, on January 6, 2006. Douglas L. Faulkner, Acting Assistant Secretary, Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy. July 5th, 2005 Mr. Michael G. Raymond, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Mail Station EE-41, Forrestal Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington DC 20585-0121. Petition by Liebherr Hausgeräte for a Waiver. Energy Conservation Standards in 10 CFR Part 430, for the Liebherr Wine/freezer Models “WF 1051” and “WFI 1051” 1. Description of Applicant Liebherr Hausgeräte is part of the Liebherr Group, an international group with a workforce of over 21,000 employees and more than 80 companies worldwide, including the United States of America. Further information can be found at *http://www.liebherr.com* . Liebherr Hausgeräte has specialized in the manufacture of high quality refrigerators, freezers and wine storage appliances. It is headquartered in Ochsenhausen, Germany. The marketing of Liebherr products in the U.S. started in the 2nd quarter of 2004. Right now, Liebherr Hausgerte is only manufacturing under the Liebherr brand name for products sold in the United States. 2. Background and General Information Liebherr is requesting relief for a product which consists of a combination of a wine storage compartment on top and freezer compartment on the bottom, Liebherr models WF 1051 and WFI 1051. Liebherr understands that DOE is not willing to prevent manufacturers of coming to the market with new innovative products which will enhance consumers well being and satisfaction. The market for wine storage has been growing substantially over the last years and is expected to continue growing in the future. Currently, there is not a current DOE standards for a wine/freezer combination, thus the current evaluation standards would not measure the energy consumption in a representative manner. 3. Petition for a Waiver On behalf of Liebherr-Hausgeräte GmbH, P.O. Box 1161, 88411 Ochsenhausen, Germany, I wish to submit a petition for a waiver with respect to the Department of Energy, energy efficiency standards under 10 CFR 430.27. The appliances WF 1051 and WFI 1051 are a combination of a wine storage compartment and a freezer compartment in the bottom. The wine compartment can reach 45° F, which is the ideal drinking temperature for some white wines. But the unit goes as high as 64° F so that we can bring red wines to ideal drinking temperature as well. The wine connoisseurs recommend an average of 55-57° F for long term storage of any kind of wine. Both models feature wooden wine racks which are not suitable for the storage of fresh food. We also do not offer any optional glass shelves or plastic racks to replace them. So the wine compartment could not be used as a regular refrigerator. The models WF 1051 and WFI 1051 do not fit into the current standards. To evaluate the models in a representative manner of its true energy consumption characteristics the standard temperature of single wine coolers (55° F) for the wine storage compartment and the standard temperature (5° F) for the freezer compartment should be used. Therefore, the energy consumption is defined by the higher of the two values calculated by the following two formulas (according to 10 CFR part 430, subpart B, Appendix A1): —Energy consumption of the wine compartment: E <sup>Wine</sup> = ET1 + [(ET2-ET1) x (55° F-TW1) / (TW2-TW1)] —Energy consumption of the freezer: E <sup>Freezer</sup> = ET1 + [(ET2-ET1) x (5° F-TF1) / (TF2-TF1)]. The total adjusted volume of the models WF 1051 and WFI 1051 is 11.14 ft 3 . Using the standard temperature of 55° F for the wine compartment the annual energy use of the models WF 1051 and WFI 1051 is 475 kWh/a. According to current DOE standards, these models are classified as refrigerator-freezer with automatic defrost with bottom-mounted freezer without through-the-door ice service. Respectfully submitted, Marc Perez, Liebherr-Canada Ltd., 1015 Sutton Drive, Burlington ON L7L 5Z8, Canada. [FR Doc. E6-374 Filed 1-12-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. EL06-24-000] City of Anaheim, CA; Notice of Filing January 6, 2006. Take notice that on December 29, 2005, the City of Anaheim, California (Anaheim) submitted its third annual revision of its Transmission Revenue Balancing Account Adjustment filed on December 7, 2005. Anaheim stated the corrections are reflected in Exhibit ANA-1 and Exhibit ANA-2 as well as in the revised Appendix I. 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, 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 the parties in 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, NE., Washington, DC 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 e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov* , or call
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(202)502-8659. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on January 12, 2006. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-279 Filed 1-12-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RP05-701-001] ANR Pipeline Company; Notice of Compliance Filing January 6, 2006. Take notice that on December 22, 2005, ANR Pipeline Company
(ANR)tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Second Revised Volume No. 1, the following tariff sheets, to be effective on December 16, 2005: Substitute Nineteenth Revised Sheet No. 2 Substitute Original Sheet No. 19A Substitute Second Revised Sheet No. 24 Substitute Second Revised Sheet No. 28 Substitute Third Revised Sheet No. 34 Substitute Third Revised Sheet No. 41 Substitute Fourth Revised Sheet No. 42D Substitute Fourth Revised Sheet No. 44 Substitute Third Revised Sheet No. 45J Substitute Third Revised Sheet No. 57 Substitute Fourth Revised Sheet No. 64 Substitute Fifth Revised Sheet No. 68 Substitute Second Revised Sheet No. 68D.01 Substitute Eighth Revised Sheet No. 92 Substitute Fifth Revised Sheet No. 195 Substitute Third Revised Sheet No. 196 Substitute Original Sheet No. 196.01 Any person desiring to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rule 211 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211). Protests to this filing 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. Such protests must be filed in accordance with the provisions of section 154.210 of the Commission's regulations (18 CFR 154.210). Anyone filing a protest must serve a copy of that document on all the parties to the proceeding. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests 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 to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 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 e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov* , or call
(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-293 Filed 1-12-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. NJ06-2-000] Department of Energy; Bonneville Power Administration; Notice of Filing January 6, 2006. Take notice that on January 4, 2006, the Bonneville Power Administration (Bonneville) filed a Petition for a Declaratory Order Maintaining Reciprocity Approval of Its Open Access Transmission Tariff
(OATT)and an Exemption in Lieu of a Filing Fee with the Commission. Bonneville has revised its OATT to include the Interconnection Requirements and Procedures for a Wind Generating Plan set forth in Orders Nos. 661 and 661-A. 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, 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 the parties in 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, NE., Washington, DC 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 e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov,* or call
(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on January 25, 2006. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-284 Filed 1-12-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RP06-166-000] Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation; Notice of Penalty Revenue Report January 5, 2006. Take notice that on December 30, 2005, Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation (Columbia) tendered for filing a penalty revenue crediting report pursuant to section 19.6 of the general terms and conditions of its FERC Gas Tariff, Second Revised Volume No. 1. 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 date as indicated below. Anyone filing an intervention or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. Anyone filing an intervention or protest on or before the intervention or protest date need not serve motions to intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant. 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, NE., Washington, DC 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 e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov,* or call
(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time January 11, 2006. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-259 Filed 1-12-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RP95-408-065] Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation; Notice of Compliance Filing January 6, 2006. Take notice that on December 30, 2005, Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation (Columbia) tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Second Revised Volume No. 1, the following revised tariff sheets with a proposed effective date of February 1, 2006: Seventy-seventh Revised Sheet No. 25 Seventy-seventh Revised Sheet No. 26 Twenty-first Revised Sheet No. 29 Thirty-fourth Revised Sheet No. 30A Any person desiring to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rule 211 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211). Protests to this filing 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. Such protests must be filed in accordance with the provisions of section 154.210 of the Commission's regulations (18 CFR 154.210). Anyone filing a protest must serve a copy of that document on all the parties to the proceeding. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests 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 to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 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 e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov* , or call
(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-297 Filed 1-12-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RP06-165-000] Columbia Gulf Transmission Company; Notice of Penalty Revenue Report January 5, 2006. Take notice that on December 30, 2005, Columbia Gulf Transmission Company (Columbia Gulf) tendered for filing a penalty revenue crediting report pursuant to section 19.6 of the general terms and conditions of its FERC Gas Tariff, Second Revised Volume No. 1. 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 date as indicated below. Anyone filing an intervention or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. Anyone filing an intervention or protest on or before the intervention or protest date need not serve motions to intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant. 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, NE., Washington, DC 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 e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov,* or call
(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on January 11, 2006. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-273 Filed 1-12-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RP06-164-000] Crossroads Pipeline Company; Notice of Penalty Revenue Report January 5, 2006. Take notice that on December 30, 2005, Crossroads Pipeline Company (Crossroads) tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, First Revised Volume No. 1, its Penalty Revenue Crediting Report. Crossroads states that the filing is being made to report to the Commission any Penalty Revenues Crossroads has received during the contract year, any Crossroads costs netted against the Penalty Revenues, and the resulting Penalty Revenue Credits due to Non-Penalized Shippers for each month of the contract year. 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 date as indicated below. Anyone filing an intervention or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. Anyone filing an intervention or protest on or before the intervention or protest date need not serve motions to intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant. 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, NE., Washington, DC 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 e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov* , or call
(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on January 11, 2006. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-272 Filed 1-12-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RP06-146-000] Dominion South Pipeline Company, LP; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff January 5, 2006. Take notice that on December 16, 2005, Dominion South Pipeline, LP (Dominion South) tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Original Volume No. 1, the following tariff sheets, to become effective January 16, 2006: First Revised Sheet No. 101 First Revised Sheet No. 102 First Revised Sheet No. 151 Dominion South states that the purpose of this filing is to add tariff language that will allow recovery of costs from its customers relating to certain operational balancing agreements between Dominion South and its interconnecting pipelines. 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 in accordance with the provisions of Section 154.210 of the Commission's regulations (18 CFR 154.210). Anyone filing an intervention or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. Anyone filing an intervention or protest on or before the intervention or protest date need not serve motions to intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant. 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 online 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 e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov* , or call
(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-263 Filed 1-12-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RP06-168-000] Dominion Transmission, Inc.; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff January 6, 2006. Take notice that on December 30, 2005, Dominion Transmission, Inc.
(DTI)tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Third Revised Volume No. 1, the following tariff sheets, to become effective January 30, 2006: First Revised Sheet No. 154 Third Revised Sheet No. 158 Fourth Revised Sheet No. 210 First Revised Sheet No. 1062 First Revised Sheet No. 1095 Third Revised Sheet No. 2000 Third Revised Sheet No. 2002 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 in accordance with the provisions of section 154.210 of the Commission's regulations (18 CFR 154.210). Anyone filing an intervention or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. Anyone filing an intervention or protest on or before the intervention or protest date need not serve motions to intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant. 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, NE., Washington, DC 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 e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov* , or call
(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-295 Filed 1-12-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP06-44-000] Duke Energy Field Services, LP; Notice of Application January 5, 2006. Take notice that on December 30, 2005, Duke Energy Field Services, LP (Duke Field Services) submitted an Application for a Limited Jurisdiction, Limited-Term Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity pursuant to section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act. This filing is available for review at the Commission 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 filed to access the document. Questions about this application should be directed to Katie Rice, Director, Regulatory Affairs, Duke Energy Field Services, LP, 370 17th Street, Suite 2500, Denver, CO 80202, Phone:
(303)605-2166. Duke Field Services states that the proposed limited jurisdiction, limited term certificate would permit Duke Field Services to transport certain of its raw gas supplies from Northern Natural Gas Company's (Northern Natural) Beaver Wet System in Beaver County, Oklahoma, to the National Helium Plant in Seward County, Kansas, but that Duke Field Services' related gas gathering facilities and operations in Oklahoma and Kansas will not become subject to the Commission's jurisdiction. The pipeline facilities of Panhandle Eastern Pipeline Company and Northern Natural would also be used in this transaction. Duke Field Services says that there would be no jurisdictional rate impact of its proposal because it will be providing service for itself and thus no rate authorization is requested nor required, according to Duke Field Services. Duke Field Services is seeking this limited jurisdiction, limited term certificate for a term of the earlier of one year, or 60 days after the Commission issues a final order in two pending dockets involving Northern Natural and Duke Field Services, Docket Nos. CP06-39-000 and CP06-40-000, respectively. Those two dockets involve the sale of Northern Natural's Beaver Wet System from Northern Natural to Duke Field Services. Public notices of those two dockets were previously issued on December 22, 2005. Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing should file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, in accordance with Rule 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 motion to intervene. All such motions or protests should be filed on or before the comment date, and, to the extent applicable, must be served on the applicant and on any other person designated on the official service list. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support at *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov* or toll-free at
(866)208-3676, or for TTY, contact
(202)502-8659. Protests and interventions may be filed electronically via the Internet in lieu of paper; see 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site under the eFiling link. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings. *Comment Date:* January 13, 2006. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-274 Filed 1-12-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RP06-162-000] El Paso Natural Gas Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff January 5, 2006. Take notice that on December 29, 2005, El Paso Natural Gas Company
(EPNG)tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Second Revised Volume No. 1-A, the following tariff sheets, to become effective December 31, 2005: Second Revised Sixth Revised Sheet No. 2 First Revised Sheet No. 3 Sheet Nos. 4-9 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 in accordance with the provisions of section 154.210 of the Commission's regulations (18 CFR 154.210). Anyone filing an intervention or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. Anyone filing an intervention or protest on or before the intervention or protest date need not serve motions to intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant. 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, NE., Washington, DC 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 e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov* , or call
(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-270 Filed 1-12-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RP05-422-006] El Paso Natural Gas Company; Notice of Motion To Place Tariff Sheets in Effect January 6, 2006. Take notice that on December 29, 2005, El Paso Natural Gas Company
(EPNG)submitted a Motion to Place filing, proposing to effectuate specific provisions of EPNG's Rate Case in the above-mentioned docket. EPNG tenders for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Second Revised Volume No. 1-A, the tariff sheets listed in Appendix A to the filing, become effective January 1, 2006. Any person desiring to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rule 211 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211). Protests to this filing 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. Such protests must be filed on or before the date as indicated below. Anyone filing a protest must serve a copy of that document on all the parties to the proceeding. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests 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 to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 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 e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov* , or call
(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on January 13, 2006. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-291 Filed 1-12-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. PR06-7-000] ETC Katy Pipeline, Ltd.; Notice of Petition for Rate Approval January 6, 2006. Take notice that on December 8, 2005, ETC Katy Pipeline, Ltd.
(ETC)filed, pursuant to section 284.123(b)(1)(i)(A) of the Commission's regulations, an election to use rates contained in its effective State of Texas transportation rate schedule for comparable services under subpart C of part 284 of the Commission's regulations. ETC states that this rate will be applicable to the firm and interruptible transportation of natural gas under section 311(a)(2) of the Natural Gas Policy Act of 1978. Any person desiring to participate in this rate proceeding must file a motion 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 date as indicated below. Anyone filing an intervention or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. Anyone filing an intervention or protest on or before the intervention or protest date need not serve motions to intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant. 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, NE., Washington, DC 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 e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov,* or call
(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. *Comment Date:* January 25, 2006. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-300 Filed 1-12-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket Nos. ER06-9-000 and ER06-9-001] FPL Energy Burleigh County Wind, LLC; Notice of Issuance of Order January 5, 2006. FPL Energy Burleigh County Wind, LLC (FPLE Burleigh County) filed an application for market-based rate authority, with an accompanying rate tariff. The proposed rate tariff provides for the sales of energy, capacity and ancillary services at market-based rates and for the reassignment of transmission capacity. FPLE Burleigh County also requested waiver of various Commission regulations. In particular, FPLE Burleigh County requested that the Commission grant blanket approval under 18 CFR part 34 of all future issuances of securities and assumptions of liability by FPLE Burleigh County. On January 4, 2006, pursuant to delegated authority, the Director, Division of Tariffs and Market Development—West, granted the request for blanket approval under part 34. The Director's order also stated that the Commission would publish a separate notice in the **Federal Register** establishing a period of time for the filing of protests. Accordingly, any person desiring to be heard or to protest the blanket approval of issuances of securities or assumptions of liability by FPLE Burleigh County should file a motion to intervene or protest with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure. 18 CFR 385.211, 385.214 (2004). Notice is hereby given that the deadline for filing motions to intervene or protests is February 3, 2006. Absent a request to be heard in opposition by the deadline above, FPLE Burleigh County is authorized to issue securities and assume obligations or liabilities as a guarantor, indorser, surety, or otherwise in respect of any security of another person; provided that such issuance or assumption is for some lawful object within the corporate purposes of FPLE Burleigh County, compatible with the public interest, and is reasonably necessary or appropriate for such purposes. The Commission reserves the right to require a further showing that neither public nor private interests will be adversely affected by continued approval of FPLE Burleigh County's issuances of securities or assumptions of liability. Copies of the full text of the Director's Order are available from the Commission's Public Reference Room, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. The Order may also 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 filed to access the document. Comments, protests, and interventions may be filed electronically via the Internet in lieu of paper. See, 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site under the “e-Filing” link. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-282 Filed 1-12-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RP06-158-000] Gulf South Pipeline Company, LP; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff January 5, 2006. Take notice that on December 29, 2005, Gulf South Pipeline Company, LP (Gulf South) tendered for filing as part of its Sixth Revised Volume No. 1 FERC Gas Tariff, the following tariff sheets, to become effective February 1, 2006: First Revised Sheet No. 719. Second Revised Sheet No. 720. Gulf South states that copies of this filing have been served upon Gulf South's customers, state commissions and other interested parties. 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 in accordance with the provisions of section 154.210 of the Commission's regulations (18 CFR 154.210). Anyone filing an intervention or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. Anyone filing an intervention or protest on or before the intervention or protest date need not serve motions to intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant. 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, NE., Washington, DC 20426. This filing is accessible online 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 e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov,* or call
(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. Docket No. RP06-158-000 [FR Doc. E6-265 Filed 1-12-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RP06-160-000] Kern River Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff January 5, 2006. Take notice that on December 29, 2005, Kern River Gas Transmission Company (Kern River) tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Second Revised Volume No. 1, the tariff sheets listed on Appendix A to the filing, to be effective February 1, 2006. Kern River states that it has served a copy of this filing upon its customers and interested state regulatory commissions. 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 in accordance with the provisions of section 154.210 of the Commission's regulations (18 CFR 154.210). Anyone filing an intervention or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. Anyone filing an intervention or protest on or before the intervention or protest date need not serve motions to intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant. 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, NE., Washington, DC 20426. This filing is accessible online 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 e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov* , or call
(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-267 Filed 1-12-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RP06-163-000] Kinder Morgan Interstate Gas Transmission LLC; Notice of Reconciliation Filing January 5, 2006. Take notice that on December 30, 2005, Kinder Morgan Interstate Gas Transmission LLC (KMIGT) tendered for filing its annual reconciliation filing pursuant to section 35 of its general terms and conditions of its FERC Gas Tariff, Fourth Revised Volume No. 1-B. KMIGT has served copies of this filing upon all jurisdictional customers, interested state commissions, and other interested parties. 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 date as indicated below. Anyone filing an intervention or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. Anyone filing an intervention or protest on or before the intervention or protest date need not serve motions to intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant. 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, NE., Washington, DC 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 e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov* , or call
(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. *Comment Date :* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on January 11, 2006. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-271 Filed 1-12-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RP97-81-023] Kinder Morgan Interstate Gas Transmission LLC; Notice of Tariff Filing January 6, 2006. Take notice that on December 30, 2005 Kinder Morgan Interstate Gas Transmission LLC (KMIGT) tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Fourth Revised Volume No. 1-A, the following tariff sheets, to be effective January 1, 2006: Fourteenth Revised Sheet No. 4G Third Revised Sheet No. 4G.01 Fifth Revised Sheet No. 4H Fourth Revised Sheet No. 4I Third Revised Sheet No. 4L KMIGT states that a copy of this filing has been served upon all parties to this proceeding, KMIGT's customers and affected state commissions. Any person desiring to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rule 211 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211). Protests to this filing 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. Such protests must be filed in accordance with the provisions of section 154.210 of the Commission's regulations (18 CFR 154.210). Anyone filing a protest must serve a copy of that document on all the parties to the proceeding. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests 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 to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 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 e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov* , or call
(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-289 Filed 1-12-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP98-150-007] Millennium Pipeline Company, LP; Notice of Petition To Amend January 5, 2006. Take notice that on December 20, 2005, Millennium Pipeline Company, LP, (Millennium), One Blue Hill Plaza, 7th Floor, P.O. Box 1565, Pearl River, New York 10965, filed in Docket No. CP98-150-007, an amendment to its pending application filed on August 1, 2005, in Docket No. CP98-150-006, pursuant to section 7 of the Natural Gas Act (NGA), to reflect a change to the proposed compression facilities to be installed at the site of the existing Columbia Gas Transmission Corporation Corning compressor station in Steuben County, New York. Specifically, Millennium seeks authorization to install a single 15,002 bhp Solar Mars 100-Combustine Turbine instead of the three Caterpillar Model 3616 gas reciprocating 4,735 bhp engines. This amendment is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection. This filing is 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. Any initial questions regarding this petition should be directed to counsel for Millennium, Daniel F. Collins or Glenn S. Benson, Fulbright & Jaworski, LLP, at 801 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20004; or
(202)662-4586 (Daniel) or
(202)662-4589 (Glenn), or by fax at
(202)662-4643. There are two ways to become involved in the Commission's review of this project. First, any person wishing to obtain legal status by becoming a party to the proceedings for this project should, on or before the comment date, file with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, a motion to intervene in accordance with the requirements of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211) and the Regulations under the NGA (18 CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party status will be placed on the service list maintained by the Secretary of the Commission and will receive copies of all documents filed by the applicant and by all other parties. A party must submit 14 copies of filings made with the Commission and must mail a copy to the applicant and to every other party in the proceeding. Only parties to the proceeding can ask for court review of Commission orders in the proceeding. Persons who wish to comment only on the environmental review of this project, or in support of or in opposition to this project, should submit an original and two copies of their comments to the Secretary of the Commission. Environmental commentors will be placed on the Commission's environmental mailing list, will receive copies of the environmental documents, and will be notified of meetings associated with the Commission's environmental review process. Environmental commentors will not be required to serve copies of filed documents on all other parties. The Commission's rules require that persons filing comments in opposition to the project provide copies of their protests only to the applicant. However, the non-party commentors will not receive copies of all documents filed by other parties or issued by the Commission (except for the mailing of environmental documents issued by the Commission) and will not have the right to seek court review of the Commission's final order. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings of comments, protests, and interventions via the internet in lieu of paper. *See* , 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site ( *www.ferc.gov* ) under the “e-Filing” link. *Comment Date:* January 26, 2006. Magalie Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-260 Filed 1-12-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RP06-169-000] National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation; Notice of Tariff Filing January 6, 2006. Take notice that on December 30, 2005, National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation (National) tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Fourth Revised Volume No. 1, Eighty Fifth Revised Sheet No. 9, to become effective January 1, 2006. 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 in accordance with the provisions of section 154.210 of the Commission's regulations (18 CFR 154.210). Anyone filing an intervention or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. Anyone filing an intervention or protest on or before the intervention or protest date need not serve motions to intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant. 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, NE., Washington, DC 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 e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov* , or call
(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-296 Filed 1-12-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RP06-159-000] Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Filing of Alternative Non-Telemetered Load Forecast Formula January 5, 2006. Take notice that on December 29, 2005, Northern Natural Gas Company (Northern) tendered for filing an alternative load forecast formula for Aquila, Inc. in accordance with section 28 of the general terms and conditions of its tariff. 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 date as indicated below. Anyone filing an intervention or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. Anyone filing an intervention or protest on or before the intervention or protest date need not serve motions to intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant. 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, NE., Washington, DC 20426. This filing is accessible online 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 e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov,* or call
(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on January 11, 2006. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-266 Filed 1-12-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RP06-161-000] Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff January 5, 2006. Take notice that on December 29, 2005, that Northern Natural Gas Company (Northern) tendered for filing to become part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Fifth Revised Volume No. 1, Fifth Revised Sheet No. 154, to become effective February 1, 2006. Northern states that copies of the filing have been mailed to each of its customers and interested state commissions. 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 in accordance with the provisions of section 154.210 of the Commission's regulations (18 CFR 154.210). Anyone filing an intervention or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. Anyone filing an intervention or protest on or before the intervention or protest date need not serve motions to intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant. 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, NE., Washington, DC 20426. This filing is accessible online 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 e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov* , or call
(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-269 Filed 1-12-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RP05-163-004] Paiute Pipeline Company; Notice of Compliance Filing January 6, 2005. Take notice that on December 22, 2005, Paiute Pipeline Company (Paiute) tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Second Revised Volume No. 1-A, the following tariff sheets: 2nd Sub Thirteenth Revised Sheet No. 10 Sub Fourteenth Revised Sheet No. 10 Sub Fifteenth Revised Sheet No. 10 Substitute Second Revised Sheet No. 32 Substitute Original Sheet No. 37 First Revised Sheet No. 63A.1 Second Revised Sheet No. 63B Original Sheet No. 63B.1 Twelfth Revised Sheet No. 161 Any person desiring to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rule 211 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211). Protests to this filing 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. Such protests must be filed in accordance with the provisions of section 154.210 of the Commission's regulations (18 CFR 154.210). Anyone filing a protest must serve a copy of that document upon all parties to the proceeding. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests 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 to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 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 e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov* , or call
(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-290 Filed 1-12-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RP05-671-004] Portland Natural Gas Transmission System; Notice of Compliance Filing January 6, 2006. Take notice that on December 28, 2005, Portland Natural Gas Transmission System (PNGTS) tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Original Volume No. 1, Sixth Revised Sheet No. 380, to become effective on September 1, 2005. PNGTS states that copies of this filing are being served on all jurisdictional customers, interested state commissions, and persons on the official service list in this proceeding. Any person desiring to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rule 211 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211). Protests to this filing 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. Such protests must be filed in accordance with the provisions of section 154.210 of the Commission's regulations (18 CFR 154.210). Anyone filing a protest must serve a copy of that document on all the parties to the proceeding. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests 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 to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 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 e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov* , or call
(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-292 Filed 1-12-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. NJ06-1-000] Southwest Transmission Cooperative, Inc.; Notice of Filing January 6, 2006. Take notice that on December 22, 2005, Southwest Transmission Cooperative, Inc.
(SWTC)tendered for filing revision to its Open Access transmission Tariff in order to update its rates. 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, 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 the parties in 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, NE., Washington, DC 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 e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov* , or call
(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on January 13, 2006. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-283 Filed 1-12-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RP06-157-000] Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff January 5, 2006. Take notice that on December 29, 2005, Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company (Tennessee) tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Fifth Revised Volume No. 1, Sixth Revised Sheet No. 95B and Third Revised Sheet No. 96, to become effective February 1, 2006. 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 in accordance with the provisions of Section 154.210 of the Commission's regulations (18 CFR 154.210). Anyone filing an intervention or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. Anyone filing an intervention or protest on or before the intervention or protest date need not serve motions to intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant. 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, NE., Washington, DC 20426. This filing is accessible online 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 e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov,* or call
(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-264 Filed 1-12-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RP96-312-154] Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company; Notice of Negotiated Rate Filing January 6, 2006. Take notice that on December 30, 2005, Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company (Tennessee), tendered for filing and approval an amendment to an existing negotiated rate agreement between Tennessee and Nicor Gas. Tennessee requests that the Commission accept and approve the subject amendment to be effective January 1, 2006. 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 in accordance with the provisions of section 154.210 of the Commission's regulations (18 CFR 154.210). Anyone filing an intervention or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. Anyone filing an intervention or protest on or before the intervention or protest date need not serve motions to intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant. 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, NE., Washington, DC 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 e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov* , or call
(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-298 Filed 1-12-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RP06-167-000] Texas Eastern Transmission, LP; Notice of Proposed Changes in FERC Gas Tariff January 6, 2006. Take notice that on December 30, 2005, Texas Eastern Transmission, LP (Texas Eastern) tendered for filing as part of its FERC Gas Tariff, Seventh Revised Volume No. 1 and First Revised Volume No. 2, revised tariff sheets, as listed on Appendix B to the filing, to become effective February 1, 2006. 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 in accordance with the provisions of section 154.210 of the Commission's regulations (18 CFR 154.210). Anyone filing an intervention or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. Anyone filing an intervention or protest on or before the intervention or protest date need not serve motions to intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant. 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, NE., Washington, DC 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 e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov* , or call
(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-294 Filed 1-12-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. RP97-255-065] TransColorado Gas Transmission Company; Notice of Compliance Filing January 6, 2006 Take notice that on December 30, 2005, pursuant to 18 CFR 154.7 and 154.203, and in compliance with the Commission's letter order issued March 20, 1997, in Docket No. RP97-255-000, TransColorado Gas Transmission Company (TransColorado) tendered for filing and acceptance Tenth Revised Sheet No. 21, Seventh Revised Sheet No. 22A and Third Revised Sheet No. 22B to First Revised Volume No. 1 of its FERC Gas Tariff to be effective January 1, 2006. TransColorado states that a copy of this filing has been served upon all parties to this proceeding, TransColorado's customers, the Colorado Public Utilities Commission and the New Mexico Public Utilities Commission. Any person desiring to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rule 211 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211). Protests to this filing 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. Such protests must be filed in accordance with the provisions of § 154.210 of the Commission's regulations (18 CFR 154.210). Anyone filing a protest must serve a copy of that document on all the parties to the proceeding. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests 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 to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 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. E6-299 Filed 1-12-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. EL06-40-000] Badger Power Marketing Authority, Inc. and Great Lakes Utilities, Complainant, v. Wisconsin Public Service Corporation, Respondent; Notice of Complaint January 6, 2006. Take notice that on December 30, 2005, Badger Power Marketing Authority (Badger) and Great Lakes Utilities
(GLU)filed a Complaint against Wisconsin Public Service Corporation
(WPSC)alleging that WPSC has treated its affiliate Upper Peninsula Power Corporation preferentially by granting it contract termination rights and a rate reduction, while not providing Badger similar relief. 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. The Respondent's answer and all interventions, or protests must be filed on or before the comment date. The Respondent's answer, motions to intervene, and protests must be served on the Complainants. 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, NE., Washington, DC 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 e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov* , or call
(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on January 19, 2006. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-280 Filed 1-12-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. EL06-43-000] Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative, Inc., Complainant v. Old Dominion Electric Cooperative, Inc., Respondent; Notice of Complaint January 6, 2006. Take notice that on January 5, 2006, Northern Virginia Electric Cooperative (NOVEC) filed a Complaint against Old Dominion Electric Cooperative (Old Dominion) pursuant to section 206 of the Federal Power Act. NOVEC states that it seeks a determination that certain of the terms of the 1992 Amended and Restated Wholesale Power Agreement between NOVEC and Old Dominion are no longer just and reasonable and should be modified for the remaining term of the agreement; a determination that NOVEC's share of Old Dominion's “existing resources” shall be calculated effective as of a date no later than the date of the Complaint based on the ratio of NOVEC's load to Old Dominion's load; and reformation to permit NOVEC to obtain power supply for amounts in excess of NOVEC's share of its “existing resources” from suppliers and/or resources other than Old Dominion. 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. The Respondent's answer and all interventions, or protests must be filed on or before the comment date. The Respondent's answer, motions to intervene, and protests must be served on the Complainants. 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, NE., Washington, DC 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 e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov* , or call
(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on February 6, 2006. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-281 Filed 1-12-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Combined Notice of Filings #2 January 6, 2006. Take notice that the Commission received the following electric rate filings: *Docket Numbers:* ER05-644-004. *Applicants:* PSEG Energy Resources & Trade LLC. *Description:* PSEG Energy Resources & Trade LLC and PSEG Fossil LLC submit First Substitute Original Sheet No. 1 to FERC Electric Tariff, Original Volume No. 2 to comply with Order 614. *Filed Date:* December 28, 2005. *Accession Number:* 20051230-0106. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, January 18, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER06-404-000. *Applicants:* Tucson Electric Power Company. *Description:* Tucson Electric Power Co and UNS Electric, Inc. submit Original Sheet No. 474 *et al* . to FERC Electric Tariff, Third Revised Volume No. 2. *Filed Date:* December 28, 2005. *Accession Number:* 20051229-0135. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, January 18, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER06-405-000. *Applicants:* Mirant Power Purchase, LLC. *Description:* Mirant Power Purchase, LLC an indirect wholly-owned subsidary of Mirant Corp notifies that, as a result of a name change, that it has succeeded to the market-based rate schedule of Mirant Oregon, LLC. *Filed Date:* December 28, 2005. *Accession Number:* 20051229-0175. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, January 18, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER06-406-000. *Applicants:* PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. *Description:* PJM Interconnection, LLC submits revisions to its Open Access Transmission Tariff and the Amended and Restated Operating Agreement to enhance demand response in the PJM region. *Filed Date:* December 28, 2005. *Accession Number:* 20051229-0230. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, January 18, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER06-409-000. *Applicants:* PacifiCorp. *Description:* PacifiCorp submits First Revised Sheet No.13 *et al* . to FERC Electric Tariff, Fifth Revised Volume No. 11 pursuant to Order 661 & Order 661-A. *Filed Date:* December 28, 2005. *Accession Number:* 20051229-0178. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, January 18, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER06-411-000. *Applicants:* Avista Corporation. *Description:* Avista Corp submits a non-conforming agreement under its OATT, Original Volume No. 8 consisting of an Interconnection and Operating Agreement with the City of Chewelah, effective January 1, 2006. *Filed Date:* December 28, 2005. *Accession Number:* 20051230-0100. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, January 18, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER06-412-000. *Applicants:* Avista Corporation. *Description:* Avista Corp submits a non-conforming agreement under its OATT, Original Volume No. 8 consisting of an Interconnection and Operating Agreement with Modern Electric Water Co, etc. *Filed Date:* December 28, 2005. *Accession Number:* 20051230-0101. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, January 18, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER06-413-000. *Applicants:* Avista Corporation. *Description:* Avista Corp files a non-conforming agreement under its OATT, Original Volume No. 8 consisting of an Interconnection and Operating Agreement with Idaho County Light & Power Cooperative Assoc. *Filed Date:* December 28, 2005. *Accession Number:* 20051230-0102. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, January 18, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER06-414-000. *Applicants:* Avista Corporation. *Description:* Avista Corporation submits a non-conforming agreement under its OATT, Original Volume No. 8, consisting of an Interconnection & Operating Agreement with Clearwater Power Co. *Filed Date:* December 28, 2005. *Accession Number:* 20051230-0103. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, January 18, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER06-415-000. *Applicants:* Avista Corporation. *Description:* Avista Corp submits a non-conforming agreement under its OATT, Original Volume No. 8, consisting of an Interconnection & Operating Agreement with Inland Power & Light Co. *Filed Date:* December 28, 2005. *Accession Number:* 20051230-0091. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, January 18, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER06-416-000. *Applicants:* Avista Corporation. *Description:* Avista Corporation submits a non-conforming agreement under its OATT, Original Volume No. 8 consisting of an Interconnection and Operating Agreement with Northern Lights Inc. *Filed Date:* December 28, 2005. *Accession Number:* 20051230-0092. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, January 18, 2006. *Docket Numbers:* ER06-417-000. *Applicants:* Avista Corporation. *Description:* Avista Corporation submits a non-conforming agreement under its OATT, Original Volume No. 8 consisting of an Interconnection and Operating Agreement with the City of Plummer. *Filed Date:* December 28, 2005. *Accession Number:* 20051230-0093. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, January 18, 2006. Any person desiring to intervene or to protest in any of the above proceedings 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) on or before 5 p.m. Eastern Time on the specified comment date. It is not necessary to separately intervene again in a subdocket related to a compliance filing if you have previously intervened in the same docket. 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. Anyone filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. In reference to filings initiating a new proceeding, interventions or protests submitted on or before the comment deadline need not be served on persons other than the Applicant. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper, using the FERC Online links at *http://www.ferc.gov* . To facilitate electronic service, persons with Internet access who will eFile a document and/or be listed as a contact for an intervenor must create and validate an eRegistration account using the eRegistration link. Select the eFiling link to log on and submit the intervention or protests. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the intervention or protest to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First St., NE., Washington, DC 20426. The filings in the above proceedings are accessible in the Commission's eLibrary system by clicking on the appropriate link in the above list. They are also 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 e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed dockets(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov.* or call
(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-275 Filed 1-12-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Combined Notice of Filings #3 January 6, 2006. Take notice that the Commission received the following electric rate filings: *Docket Numbers: ER03-345-006.* *Applicants:* New England Power Pool Participants Committee. *Description: ISO New England, Inc submits semi-annual status report on load response programs pursuant to FERC's 2/25/03 Order.* *Filed Date:* 12/29/2005. *Accession Number: 20051230-0067.* *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. eastern time on Thursday, January 19, 2006. *Docket Numbers: ER03-736-003; ER04-1153-001.* *Applicants:* CAM Energy Products, LP; CAM Energy Trading, LLC. *Description: CAM Energy Products, LP & CAM Energy Trading, LLC notifies the FERC of a change in status with regard to the representations upon which the FERC relied in granting market-based rate authority.* *Filed Date:* 12/29/2005. *Accession Number: 20051230-0065.* *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. eastern time on Thursday, January 19, 2006. *Docket Numbers: ER05-695-001.* *Applicants:* Virginia Electric and Power Company. *Description: Virginia Electric and Power Co dba Dominion Virginia Power submits a revised Standard Large Generator Interconnection Agreement with Tenaska Virginia II Partners, LP.* *Filed Date:* 12/29/2005. *Accession Number: 20051230-0062.* *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. eastern time on Thursday, January 19, 2006. *Docket Numbers: ER06-418-000.* *Applicants:* San Diego Gas & Electric Company. *Description: San Diego Gas & Electric Co submits a change in rates for the Transmission Revenue Balancing Account Adjustment and its Transmission Access Charge Balancing Account Adjustment.* *Filed Date:* 12/29/2005. *Accession Number: 20051230-0094.* *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. eastern time on Thursday, January 19, 2006. *Docket Numbers: ER06-419-000.* *Applicants:* Tampa Electric Company. *Description: Tampa Electric Co submits for inclusion in its OATT revised tariff sheets that contain and accommodate standard procedures for large wind generation in compliance with Order 661 and 661-A, to become effective 1/18/06.* *Filed Date:* 12/29/2005. *Accession Number: 20051230-0095.* *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. eastern time on Thursday, January 19, 2006. *Docket Numbers: ER06-420-000.* *Applicants:* Pacific Gas and Electric Company. * Description: Pacific Gas and Electric Co submits the Special Facilities Agreement with Northern California Power Agency et al. for Plumas-Sierra's 60 kV Interconnection at Quincy Substation. * *Filed Date:* 12/29/2005. *Accession Number: 20060103-0125.* *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. eastern time on Thursday, January 19, 2006. *Docket Numbers: ER06-421-000.* *Applicants:* ISO New England Inc. *Description: ISO New England, Inc submits the Coordination Agreement with New York Independent System Operator which includes a rate schedule for Emergency Energy Pricing.* *Filed Date:* 12/29/2005. *Accession Number: 20051230-0096.* *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. eastern time on Thursday, January 19, 2006. *Docket Numbers: ER06-422-000.* *Applicants:* Avista Corporation. *Description: Avista Corporation submits revisions to its OATT, FERC Electric Tariff, Volume No. 8 pursuant to Interconnection for Wind Energy, Order No. 661-A.* *Filed Date:* 12/29/2005. *Accession Number: 20051230-0089.* *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. eastern time on Thursday, January 19, 2006. *Docket Numbers: ER06-423-000.* *Applicants:* Boston Edison Company. *Description: Boston Edison Co submits executed Dewar Street Interconnection Agreement with New England Power Co and BECo dated as of 12/22/05, effective date of 1/1/06.* *Filed Date:* 12/29/2005. *Accession Number: 20051230-0090.* *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. eastern time on Thursday, January 19, 2006. *Docket Numbers: ER06-425-000.* *Applicants:* El Segundo Power, LLC. *Description: El Segundo Power, LLC submits a Notice of Cancellation of Rate Schedule FERC No. 2, the Must-Run Service Agreement with the California Independent System Operator.* *Filed Date:* 12/29/2005. *Accession Number: 20051230-0063.* *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. eastern time on Thursday, January 19, 2006. *Docket Numbers: ER06-426-000.* *Applicants:* Cabrillo Power I LLC. *Description: Cabrillo Power I, LLC submits revisions to the Reliability Must-Run Service Agreement between Cabrillo I and the California Independent System Operator Corp.* *Filed Date:* 12/29/2005. *Accession Number: 20051230-0064.* *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. eastern time on Tuesday, January 17, 2006. *Docket Numbers: ER06-427-000.* *Applicants:* Mystic Development, LLC. *Description: Mystic Development, LLC submits its proposed FERC Electric Tariff, Original Volume No. 2, & supporting cost data specifying Mystic's revenue requirement for providing cost-based reliability services.* *Filed Date:* 12/29/2005. *Accession Number: 20051230-0107.* *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. eastern time on Thursday, January 19, 2006. *Docket Numbers: ER06-428-000.* *Applicants:* Portland General Electric Company. *Description: Portland General Electric Co submits specific revisions to its Pro Forma OATT pursuant to the applicable tariff filing requirements.* *Filed Date:* 12/29/2005. *Accession Number: 20060103-0009.* *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. eastern time on Thursday, January 19, 2006. Any person desiring to intervene or to protest in any of the above proceedings 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) on or before 5 p.m. eastern time on the specified comment date. It is not necessary to separately intervene again in a subdocket related to a compliance filing if you have previously intervened in the same docket. 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. Anyone filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. In reference to filings initiating a new proceeding, interventions or protests submitted on or before the comment deadline need not be served on persons other than the Applicant. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper, using the FERC Online links at *http://www.ferc.gov.* To facilitate electronic service, persons with Internet access who will eFile a document and/or be listed as a contact for an intervenor must create and validate an eRegistration account using the eRegistration link. Select the eFiling link to log on and submit the intervention or protests. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the intervention or protest to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First St., NE., Washington, DC 20426. The filings in the above proceedings are accessible in the Commission's eLibrary system by clicking on the appropriate link in the above list. They are also 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 e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov.* or call
(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-276 Filed 1-12-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. PF06-1-000] CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Carthage to Perryville Project, Request for Comments on Environmental Issues, and Notice of Public Scoping Meetings January 6, 2006. The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) will prepare an environmental impact statement
(EIS)that will address the environmental impacts of the Carthage to Perryville Project proposed by CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission (CEGT). The Commission will use the EIS in its decisionmaking process to determine whether or not to authorize the project. This notice explains the scoping process we 1 will use to gather input from the public and interested agencies on the project. Your input will help us determine the issues that need to be evaluated in the EIS. Please note that the scoping period will close on February 10, 2006. 1 “We,” “us,” and “our” refer to the environmental staff of the FERC's Office of Energy Projects. Comments may be submitted in written form or verbally. Further details on how to submit written comments are provided in the Public Participation section of this notice. In lieu of sending written comments, we invite you to attend the public scoping meetings we have scheduled as follows: Date and time Location Tuesday, January 24, 2006, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
(CST)Texas Country Music Hall of Fame, 300 West Panola Street, Carthage, TX 75633. Telephone:
(903)693-3869. Wednesday, January 25, 2006, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
(CST)Quitman High School Auditorium, 181 Wolverine Drive, Quitman, LA 71268. Telephone:
(318)259-2698. Thursday, January 26, 2006, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.
(CST)Delhi Civic Center, 232 Denver Street, Delhi, LA 71232. Telephone:
(318)878-3792. This notice is being sent to affected landowners; Federal, State, and local government agencies; elected officials; environmental and public interest groups; Native American tribes; other interested parties; and local libraries and newspapers. We encourage government representatives to notify their constituents of this planned project and encourage them to comment on their areas of concern. If you are a landowner receiving this notice, you may be contacted by a CEGT representative about the acquisition of an easement to construct, operate, and maintain the proposed project facilities. The pipeline company would seek to negotiate a mutually acceptable agreement. However, if the project is approved by the FERC, that approval conveys with it the right of eminent domain. Therefore, if easement negotiations fail to produce an agreement, the pipeline company could initiate condemnation proceedings in accordance with State law. A fact sheet prepared by the FERC entitled “An Interstate Natural Gas Facility on My Land? What Do I Need To Know?” is available for viewing on the FERC Internet Web site ( *http://www.ferc.gov* ). This fact sheet addresses a number of typically asked questions, including the use of eminent domain and how to participate in the FERC's proceedings. Summary of the Proposed Project CEGT proposes to construct, own, operate, and maintain a natural gas pipeline to provide new pipeline capacity to transport domestic onshore gas supplies from the Barnett Shale and Bossier Sand production areas in eastern Texas, as well as the Elm Grove and Vernon Field production areas in Louisiana. CEGT indicates that the proposed facilities would facilitate the transport of natural gas to the Midwest and Northeastern regions of the United States and help satisfy demand in those markets. The proposed pipeline would originate from receipt points near Carthage in Panola County, Texas, and extend to a terminus at interconnections with four existing interstate pipelines located within CEGT's Perryville Hub, near Delhi in Richland Parish, Louisiana. The general location of the proposed pipeline is shown in the figure included as Appendix 1. 2 2 The appendices referenced in this notice are not being printed in the **Federal Register** . Copies of all appendices, other than Appendix 1 (maps), are available on the Commission's Web site at the “eLibrary” link or from the Commission's Public Reference Room, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, or call
(202)502-8371. For instructions on connecting to eLibrary refer to the Public Participation section of this notice. Copies of the appendices were sent to all those receiving this notice in the mail. Requests for detailed maps of the proposed facilities should be made directly to CEGT. The Carthage to Perryville Project facilities under FERC jurisdiction would include: • 171.6 miles of 42-inch-diameter natural gas pipeline in Panola County, Texas, and Caddo, De Soto, Red River, Bienville, Jackson, Ouachita, and Richland Parishes, Louisiana; • Two compressor stations, the Panola and Vernon Compressor Stations, located in Panola County, Texas, and Jackson Parish, Louisiana, respectively (phased construction with initially installed gas turbine-driven compression of 10,310 horsepower
(hp)to be expanded to 20,620 hp at each station by October 2008); • Two meter and regulator stations at receipt points with three intrastate pipelines, including: —Energy Transfer Fuels Meter/Regulator Station in Panola County, Texas —Duke Energy Field Services-Enbridge Meter/Regulator Station in Panola County, Texas; • Four new meter and regulator stations at interconnects with existing interstate pipelines, including: —Texas Gas Meter/Regulator Station in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana —ANR Meter/Regulator Station in Richland Parish, Louisiana —Trunkline Meter/Regulator Station in Richland Parish, Louisiana —Columbia Gulf Meter/Regulator Station in Richland Parish, Louisiana; and • 10 mainline valves. The project would be designed and constructed to receive and transport about 1.2 billion cubic feet of natural gas per day. CEGT proposes to have the project constructed and operational by February 2007. Land Requirements for Construction As proposed, the typical construction right-of-way for the project pipeline would be 100 feet wide. Following construction, CEGT would retain a 60-foot-wide permanent right-of-way for operation of the project. Additional, temporary extra workspaces beyond the typcial construction right-of-way limits would be required at certain feature crossings ( *e.g.* , roads, railroads, wetlands, or waterbodies), in areas with steep side slopes, or in association with special construction techniques. Based on preliminary information, construction of the proposed project facilities would affect a total of about 2,398.4 acres of land. Following construction, about 1,247.9 acres would be maintained as permanent right-of-way, and about 56.8 acres of land would be maintained as new aboveground facility sites. The remaining 1,093.7 acres of temporary workspace (including all temporary construction rights-of-way, extra workspaces, and pipe storage and contractor yards) would be restored and allowed to revert to its former use. The EIS Process NEPA requires the Commission to take into account the environmental impacts that could result from an action when it considers whether or not an interstate natural gas pipeline should be approved. The FERC will use the EIS to consider the environmental impact that could result if the CEGT project is authorized under section 7 of the Natural Gas Act. NEPA also requires us to discover and address concerns the public may have about proposals to be considered by the Commission. This process is referred to as “scoping.” The main goal of the scoping process is to focus the analysis in the EIS on the important environmental issues. With this Notice of Intent, the Commission staff is requesting public comments on the scope of the issues to be addressed in the EIS. All comments received will be considered during preparation of the EIS. In the EIS we will discuss impacts that could occur as a result of the construction and operation of the proposed project under these general headings: • Geology and soils; • Water resources; • Wetlands and vegetation; • Fish and wildlife; • Threatened and endangered species; • Land use, recreation, and visual resources; • Air quality and noise; • Cultural resources; • Socioeconomics; • Reliability and safety; and • Cumulative impacts. In the EIS, we will also evaluate possible alternatives to the proposed project or portions of the project, and make recommendations on how to lessen or avoid impacts on affected resources. Our independent analysis of the issues will be included in a draft EIS. The draft EIS will be mailed to Federal, State, and local government agencies; elected officials; environmental and public interest groups; Native American tribes; affected landowners; commentors; other interested parties; local libraries and newspapers; and the FERC's official service list for this proceeding. A 45-day comment period will be allotted for review of the draft EIS. We will consider all comments on the draft EIS and revise the document, as necessary, before issuing a final EIS. We will consider all comments on the final EIS before we make our recommendations to the Commission. To ensure that your comments are considered, please follow the instructions in the Public Participation section of this notice. Although no formal application has been filed, the FERC staff has already initiated its NEPA review under its NEPA Pre-filing Process. The purpose of the Pre-filing Process is to encourage the early involvement of interested stakeholders and to identify and resolve issues before an application is filed with the FERC. With this notice, we are asking Federal, State, and local governmental agencies with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to environmental issues, especially those identified in Appendix 2, to express their interest in becoming cooperating agencies for the preparation of the EIS. These agencies may choose to participate once they have evaluated the proposal relative to their responsibilities. Agencies that would like to request cooperating status should follow the instructions for filing comments provided in Appendix 2. Currently Identified Environmental Issues The EIS will discuss impacts that could occur as a result of the construction and operation of the proposed project. We have already identified several issues that we think deserve attention based on a preliminary review of the project site and the facility information provided by CEGT. This preliminary list of issues may be changed based on your comments and our analysis. • Potential effects on prime farmland soils and soils with a high potential for compaction. • Potential impacts to perennial and intermittent streams and waterbodies. • Potential effects on waterbodies designated under Federal and/or State programs, including Saline Bayou and Black Lake Bayou. • Evaluation of temporary and permanent impacts on wetlands and development of appropriate mitigation. • Potential impacts to fish and wildlife habitat, including waterbird nesting areas along major river crossings. • Potential effect on federally and State-listed species, including the red-cockaded woodpecker, bald eagle, pallid sturgeon, least tern, pine snake, and Louisiana black bear. • Potential impacts to existing land uses, including agricultural and managed forested lands. • Potential visual effects of the aboveground facilities on surrounding areas. • Potential impacts and potential benefits of construction workforce on local housing, infrastructure, public services, and economy. • Potential impacts to local air and noise quality associated with construction and operation. • Assessment of potential cultural resources along the pipeline route. • Native American and tribal concerns. • Public safety and potential hazards associated with the transport of natural gas. • Alternative alignments for the pipeline route and alternative sites for the compressor stations. • Assessment of the effect of the proposed project when combined with other past, present, or reasonably foreseeable future actions in the project area. Public Participation You can make a difference by providing us with your specific comments or concerns about the proposed project. By becoming a commentor, your concerns will be addressed in the EIS and considered by the Commission. Your comments should focus on the potential environmental effects, reasonable alternatives (including alternative facility sites and pipeline routes), and measures to avoid or lessen environmental impact. The more specific your comments, the more useful they will be. To ensure that your comments are timely and properly recorded, please carefully follow these instructions: • Send an original and two copies of your letter to: Magalie R. Salas, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First St., NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. • Label one copy of your comments for the attention of Gas Branch 3, DG2E. • Reference Docket No. PF06-1-000 on the original and both copies. • Mail your comments so that they will be received in Washington, DC on or before February 10, 2006. Please note that we are continuing to experience delays in mail deliveries from the U.S. Postal Service. As a result, we will include all comments that we receive within a reasonable time frame in our environmental analysis of this project. However, the Commission strongly encourages electronic filing of any comments in response to this Notice of Intent. For information on electronically filing comments, please see the instructions on the Commission's Web site at *http://www.ferc.gov* under the “e-Filing” link and the link to the User's Guide, as well as information in 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii). Before you can submit comments you will need to create a free account, which can be created on-line. The public scoping meetings (dates, times, and locations are listed above) are designed to provide another opportunity to offer comments on the proposed project. Interested groups and individuals are encouraged to attend the meetings and to present comments on the environmental issues they believe should be addressed in the EIS. A transcript of each meeting will be generated so that your comments will be accurately recorded. Once CEGT formally files its application with the Commission, you may want to become an official party to the proceeding known as an “intervenor.” Intervenors play a more formal role in the process and are able to file briefs, appear at hearings, and be heard by the courts if they choose to appeal the Commission's final ruling. An intervenor formally participates in a Commission proceeding by filing a request to intervene. Instructions for becoming an intervenor are included in the User's Guide under the “e-filing” link on the Commission's Web site. Please note that you may not request intervenor status at this time. You must wait until a formal application is filed with the Commission. Environmental Mailing List An effort is being made to send this notice to all individuals, organizations, and government entities interested in and/or potentially affected by the proposed project. This includes all landowners who are potential right-of-way grantors, whose property may be used temporarily for project purposes, or who own homes within distances defined in the Commission's regulations of certain aboveground facilities. If you received this notice, you are on the environmental mailing list for this project. If you do not want to send comments at this time, but still want to remain on our mailing list, please return the Information Request (Appendix 3). If you do not return the Information Request, you will be removed from the Commission's environmental mailing list. Availability of Additional Information Additional information about the project is available from the Commission's Office of External Affairs, at 1-866-208-FERC
(3372)or on the FERC Internet Web site ( *http://www.ferc.gov* ) using the “eLibrary link.” Click on the eLibrary link, select “General Search” and enter the project docket number excluding the last three digits ( *i.e.* , PF06-1) in the “Docket Number” field. Be sure you have selected an appropriate date range. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov* or toll free at 1-866-208-3676, or TTY, contact
(202)502-8659. The eLibrary link on the FERC Internet Web site also provides access to the texts of formal documents issued by the Commission, such as orders, notices, and rulemakings. In addition, the FERC now offers a free service called eSubscription that allows you to keep track of all formal issuances and submittals in specific dockets. This can reduce the amount of time you spend researching proceedings by automatically providing you with notification of these filings, document summaries, and direct links to the documents. To register for this service, go to *http://www.ferc.gov/esubscribenow.htm* . Public meetings or site visits will be posted on the Commission's calendar located at *http://www.ferc.gov/EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx* along with other related information. Finally, CEGT has established an Internet Web site for this project at *http://www.centerpointenergy.com/carthagetoperryville/* . The Web site includes a description of the project, a map of the proposed pipeline route, and answers to frequently asked questions. You can also request additional information or provide comments directly to CEGT at 1-888-641-8326 or *carthagetoperryville@CenterPoint Energy.com* . Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-286 Filed 1-12-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP06-26-000] Dominion Cove Point LNG, L.P.; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Cove Point Air Separation Unit Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues January 6, 2006. The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) will prepare an environmental assessment
(EA)that will discuss the environmental impacts of the Cove Point Air Separation Unit Project involving construction and operation of facilities by Dominion Cove Point LNG, L.P. (Dominion) in Calvert County, Maryland. These facilities would consist of two air separation units, a liquid nitrogen storage tank, a gas turbine generator, a site rating generator and associated instrumentation and equipment at the existing Cove Point Liquefied Natural Gas
(LNG)Terminal. This EA will be used by the Commission in its decision-making process to determine whether the project is in the public convenience and necessity. This notice announces the opening of the scoping period that will be used to gather environmental input from the public and interested agencies on the project. Please note that the scoping period will close on February 6, 2006. This notice is being sent to landowners within 0.5 mile of the project area; Federal, state, and local government representatives and agencies; environmental and public interest groups; Native American tribes; local libraries and newspapers in this proceeding. Government representatives are encouraged to notify their constituents of this proposal and advise them to comment on their areas of concern. The purpose of the Project is to add facilities to the terminal that would increase the capability of the LNG import terminal to process high British Thermal Unit
(BTU)content LNG in order to assure that the resulting natural gas meets the gas quality specifications. The proposed facilities would also enhance the reliability of service at the terminal and provide more flexibility to acquire and schedule cargoes of LNG from a wider variety of supply sources. Dominion seeks authority to construct and operate: • Two air separation units; • One 62,825 gallon liquid nitrogen storage tank; • Two electric substations and associated automation and electric facilities; • One 20,500 horsepower
(HP)International Standards Organization
(ISO)rating Solar Titan simple cycle gas turbine generator; • One 13,800 volt, 13.2 megawatt
(MW)site rating generator; • Fuel gas equipment and piping; • Associated instrumentation; and • Fiber optic and electrical duct banks. All construction activities would take place within the existing Cove Point Terminal. No additional land would be required for construction. The EA Process The National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA)requires the Commission to take into account the environmental impacts that could result from an action whenever it considers the issuance of a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity. NEPA also requires us to discover and address concerns the public may have about proposals. This process is referred to as “scoping”. The main goal of the scoping process is to focus the analysis in the EA on the important environmental issues. By this notice, the Commission staff requests public comments on the scope of the issues to address in the EA. All comments received are considered during the preparation of the EA. By this notice, we are also asking Federal, state, and local agencies with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to environmental issues to formally cooperate with us in the preparation of the EA. Agencies that would like to request cooperating status should follow the instructions for filling comments provided below. In the EA we 1 will discuss impacts that could occur as a result of the construction and operation of the proposed project. 1 “We”, “us”, and “our” refer to the environmental staff of the Office of Energy Projects (OEP). We will also evaluate possible alternatives to the proposed project or portions of the project, and make recommendations on how to lessen or avoid impacts on the various resource areas. The EA will present our independent analysis of the issues. Depending on the comments received during the scoping process, the EA may be published and mailed to Federal, state, and local agencies, public interest groups, interested individuals, affected landowners, newspapers, libraries, and the Commission's official service list for this proceeding. A comment period will be allotted for review if the EA is published. We will consider all comments on the EA before we make our recommendations to the Commission. To ensure your comments are considered, please carefully follow the instructions in the public participation section below. Currently Identified Environmental Issues We have already identified issues that we think deserve attention based on a preliminary review of the proposed facilities and the environmental information provided by Dominion. This preliminary list of issues may be changed based on your comments and our analysis. • The installation of a 20,500 HP gas turbine generator may substantially increase air contaminant emissions from the Dominion Cove Point facility above currently permitted emission levels. • The installation of a 20,500 HP gas turbine generator and two air separation units may increase noise levels at affected noise-sensitive areas (NSAs). Public Participation You can make a difference by providing us with your specific comments or concerns about the project. By becoming a commentator, your concerns will be addressed in the EA and considered by the Commission. You should focus on the potential environmental effects of the proposal, alternatives to the proposal and measures to avoid or lessen environmental impact. The more specific your comments, the more useful they will be. Please carefully follow these instructions to ensure that your comments are received in time and properly recorded: • Send an original and two copies of your letter to: Magalie R. Salas, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First St., NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. • Label one copy of the comments for the attention of Gas Branch 3. • Reference Docket No. CP06-26-000. • Mail your comments so that they will be received in Washington, DC, on or before February 6, 2006. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing of any comments or interventions or protests to this proceeding. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site at *http://www.ferc.gov* under the “e-Filing” link and the link to the User's Guide. Before you can file comments you will need to create a free account which can be created on-line. Becoming an Intervenor In addition to involvement in the EA scoping process, you may want to become an official party to the proceeding known as an “intervenor”. Intervenors play a more formal role in the process. Among other things, intervenors have the right to receive copies of case-related Commission documents and filings by other intervenors. Likewise, each intervenor must send one electronic copy (using the Commission's eFiling system) or 14 paper copies of its filings to the Secretary of the Commission and must send a copy of its filings to all other parties on the Commission's service list for this proceeding. 2 If you want to become an intervenor you must file a motion to intervene according to Rule 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.214) (see Appendix). 3 Only intervenors have the right to seek rehearing of the Commission's decision. 2 Interventions may also be filed electronically via the Internet in lieu of paper. See the previous discussion on filing comments electronically. 3 The appendix referenced in this notice is not being printed in the **Federal Register.** Copies of the appendix was sent to all those receiving this notice in the mail. Stakeholders and parties with environmental concerns may be granted intervenor status upon showing good cause by stating that they have a clear and direct interest in this proceeding which would not be adequately represented by any other parties. You do not need intervenor status to have your environmental comments considered. Environmental Mailing List An effort is being made to send this notice to all individuals, organizations, and government entities interested in and/or potentially affected by the proposed project. This includes all landowners who own homes within distances defined in the Commission's regulations of certain aboveground facilities. Additional Information Additional information about the project is available from the Commission's Office of External Affairs, at 1-866-208-FERC or on the FERC Internet Web site ( *http://www.ferc.gov* ) using the eLibrary link. Click on the eLibrary link, click on “General Search” and enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the Docket Number field. Be sure you have selected an appropriate date range. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at *FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov* or toll free at 1-866-208-3676, or for TTY, contact
(202)502-8659. The eLibrary link also provides access to the texts of formal documents issued by the Commission, such as orders, notices, and rulemakings. In addition, the Commission now offers a free service called eSubscription which allows you to keep track of all formal issuances and submittals in specific dockets. This can reduce the amount of time you spend researching proceedings by automatically providing you with notification of these filings, document summaries and direct links to the documents. Go to *http://www.ferc.gov/esubscribenow.htm.* Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-278 Filed 1-12-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. PF06-8-000] Golden Pass Pipeline LP; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment for the Proposed Golden Pass Optimized Pipeline Project and Request for Comments on Environmental Issues January 6, 2006. The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) will prepare an environmental assessment
(EA)that discusses the environmental impacts of Golden Pass Pipeline LP's (Golden Pass) proposed Optimized Pipeline Project (OP Project or Project) which involves design and route changes to the pipeline facilities previously approved as part of the Golden Pass LNG Terminal and Pipeline Project. 1 In the OP Project, Golden Pass proposes the following changes to the previously authorized facilities:
(1)Replace the dual 36-inch-diameter pipelines (mainline and loop) with a single 42-inch-diameter pipeline and
(2)incorporate a route change that would replace about 20.4 miles of pipeline with about 11.6 miles of pipeline, thus reducing the total length of the pipeline by about 8.8 miles. 1 On July 6, 2005, the Commission approved the Golden Pass LNG Terminal and Pipeline Project in Docket Nos. CP04-386-000, CP04-400-000, CP04-401-000, and CP04-402-000. The Golden Pass LNG Terminal and Pipeline Project included a liquefied natural gas
(LNG)terminal and associated LNG facilities, 77.8 miles of 36-inch-diameter mainline pipeline, 42.8 miles of 36-inch-diameter looping pipeline that would be constructed adjacent to the mainline, and associated pipeline facilities. The OP Project is currently in the preliminary stages of design and at this time a formal application has not been filed with the Commission. For this project, the Commission is initiating the National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA)review prior to receiving the formal application. This allows interested stakeholders to become involved early in the project planning and to identify and resolve issues before a formal application is filed with the FERC. A docket number (PF06-8-000) has been established to place information filed by Golden Pass and related documents issued or received by the Commission, into the public record. 2 Once a formal application is filed with the FERC, a new docket number will be established. 2 To view information in the docket, follow the instructions for using the eLibrary link at the end of this notice. This notice announces the opening of the scoping period that will be used to gather environmental input from the public and interested agencies on the Project. Please note that the scoping period will close on February 6, 2006. Details on how to submit comments are provided in the Public Participation section of this notice. This notice is being sent to potentially affected landowners along the OP Project route; Federal, State, and local government agencies; elected officials; environmental and public interest groups; Native American tribes; and local libraries and newspapers. With this notice, we 3 are asking Federal, State, and local agencies with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to environmental issues to cooperate with us in the preparation of the EA. These agencies may choose to participate once they have evaluated the proposal relative to their responsibilities. Agencies which would like to request cooperating status should follow the instructions for filing comments described later in this notice. We encourage government representatives to notify their constituents of this planned project and encourage them to comment on their areas of concern. 3 “We,” “us,” and “our” refer to the environmental staff of the Office of Energy Projects. Some affected landowners may be contacted by a project representative about the acquisition of an easement to construct, operate, and maintain the proposed pipeline. If so, the company should seek to negotiate a mutually acceptable agreement. In the event that the Project is certificated by the Commission, that approval conveys the right of eminent domain for securing easements for the pipeline. Therefore, if easement negotiations fail to produce an agreement, the company could initiate condemnation proceedings in accordance with State law. A fact sheet prepared by the FERC entitled “An Interstate Natural Gas Facility On My Land? What Do I Need To Know?” addresses a number of typically asked questions, including the use of eminent domain and how to participate in the Commission's proceedings. It is available for viewing on the FERC Internet Web site ( *http://www.ferc.gov* ). Summary of the Proposed Project In the Commission's July 6, 2005 Order, Golden Pass was authorized to construct and operate approximately 77.8 miles of 36-inch-diameter mainline, 42.8 miles of 36-inch-diameter loop, and 1.8 miles of 24-inch-diameter pipeline and related pipeline facilities. These facilities (or the Authorized Pipeline) would be used to transport natural gas on an open-access basis from the proposed Golden Pass LNG Terminal on the Port Arthur ship channel to various interstate and intrastate pipelines in Texas and Louisiana. Golden Pass proposes in the OP Project to construct and operate a single 42-inch-diameter pipeline, in place of the 42.8 miles of dual 36-inch-diameter pipelines and shorten the pipeline route. This proposal would involve only those pipeline facilities in Jefferson and Orange Counties, Texas. Authorized Pipeline facilities in Newton County, Texas, and Calcasieu Parish, Louisiana, would not be affected by the proposed OP Project. A map illustrating the authorized facilities and the proposed OP Project is provided in Appendix 1. 4 4 The appendices referenced in this notice are not being printed in the **Federal Register.** Copies are available on the Commission's Internet Web site ( *http://www.ferc.gov* ) at the “eLibrary” link or from the Commission's Public Reference and Files Maintenance Branch at 1-202-502-8371. For instructions on connecting to eLibrary refer to the Additional Information section of this notice. Non-Jurisdictional Facilities There are no proposed non-jurisdictional facilities associated with this proposal. Land Requirements for Construction Construction of the OP Project would reduce the total acreage of land impacted by the Authorized Pipeline as a result of the design change (from two 36-inch-diameter pipelines to one 42-inch-diameter pipeline) and the route change (from 20.4 miles to 11.6 miles). The typical overland construction right-of-way width would be reduced from 125 feet to 100 feet, and the operating right-of-way width would be reduced from 75 feet to 50 feet. The typical open water construction right-of-way width would be reduced from 375 feet to 300 feet, and the operating right-of-way width would be reduced from 125 feet to 50 feet. The 225-foot-wide construction right-of-way and the 125-foot-wide operating right-of-way along horizontal directional drills would be reduced to 150 feet and 50 feet, respectively. The OP Project would be approximately 8.8 miles shorter than the corresponding segment of the Authorized Pipeline. The EA Process NEPA requires the Commission to take into account the environmental impacts that could result from an action whenever it considers the issuance of a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity under Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act. NEPA also requires us to discover and address concerns the public may have about proposals. This process is referred to as “scoping”. The main goal of the scoping process is to focus the analysis in the EA on the important environmental issues. By this Notice of Intent, the Commission staff requests public comments on the scope of the issues to address in the EA. All comments received are considered during the preparation of the EA. By this notice, we are also asking Federal, State, and local agencies with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to environmental issues to formally cooperate with us in the preparation of the EA. Agencies that would like to request cooperating status should follow the instructions for filing comments below. In the EA we will discuss impacts that could occur as a result of the construction and operation of the proposed Project under these general headings: • Geology and soils • Land use • Water resources, fisheries, and wetlands • Cultural resources • Vegetation and wildlife • Air quality and noise • Endangered and threatened species • Hazardous waste • Public safety We will also evaluate possible alternatives to the proposed Project or portions of the Project, and make recommendations on how to lessen or avoid impacts on the various resource areas. Our independent analysis of the issues is included in the EA. Depending on the comments received during the scoping process, the EA would be published and mailed to Federal, State, and local agencies, Native American tribes, public interest groups, interested individuals, affected landowners, newspapers, libraries, and the Commission's official service list for this proceeding. A comment period would be allotted for review of the EA. All comments received on the EA would be considered before we make our recommendations to the Commission. The EA is used by the Commission in its decisionmaking process to determine whether the Project is in the public convenience and necessity. To ensure your comments are considered, please carefully follow the instructions in the public participation section described later in this notice. Currently Identified Environmental Issues We have identified several issues that we think deserve attention based on a preliminary review of the proposed facilities and the environmental information provided by Golden Pass. This preliminary list of issues may be changed based on your comments and our analysis. ➢ Water Resources • Impact on water quality. • Impact on wetlands. ➢ Endangered and Threatened Species • Impact on essential fish habitat. ➢ Reliability and Safety • Assessment of hazards associated with natural gas pipelines. ➢ Air Quality and Noise • Impacts from construction of the pipeline on residences. Public Participation You can make a difference by providing us with your specific comments or concerns about the Project. By becoming a commentor, your concerns may be addressed in the EA and considered by the Commission. You should focus on the potential environmental effects of the proposal, alternatives to the proposal (including alternative locations and routes), and measures to avoid or lessen environmental impact. The more specific your comments, the more useful they may be. Please carefully follow these instructions to ensure that your comments are received in time and properly recorded: • Send an original and two copies of your letter to: Magalie R. Salas, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First St., NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. • Label one copy of the comments for the attention of Gas Branch 2. • Reference Docket No. PF06-8-000 on the original and both copies. • Mail your comments so that they will be received in Washington, DC on or before February 6, 2006. Please note that we are continuing to experience delays in mail deliveries from the U.S. Postal Service. As a result, we will include all comments that we receive within a reasonable time frame in our environmental analysis of this project. However, the Commission strongly encourages electronic filing of any comments or interventions or protests to this proceeding. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site at *http://www.ferc.gov* under the “e-Filing” link and the link to the User's Guide. Before you can file comments, you will need to open a free account which can be created on-line. Becoming an Intervenor In addition to involvement in the EA scoping process, you may want to become an official party to the proceeding known as an “intervenor”. However, there is no procedure for parties to become intervenors during the pre-filing process. You may request intervenor status after Golden Pass files its formal certificate application with the Commission and is assigned a “CP” docket number. Intervenors play a more formal role in the process. Among other things, intervenors have the right to receive copies of case-related Commission documents and filings by other intervenors. Likewise, each intervenor must send one electronic copy (using the Commission's eFiling system) or 14 paper copies of its filings to the Secretary of the Commission and must send a copy of its filings to all other parties on the Commission's service list for this proceeding. If you want to become an intervenor you must file a motion to intervene according to Rule 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.214, see Appendix 2). Only intervenors have the right to seek rehearing of the Commission's decision. Affected landowners and parties with environmental concerns may be granted intervenor status upon showing good cause by stating that they have a clear and direct interest in this proceeding which would not be adequately represented by any other parties. You do not need intervenor status to have your environmental comments considered. Environmental Mailing List If you do not want to send comments at this time, but still want to remain on our mailing list, please return the attached Mailing List Retention Form (Appendix 3). If you do not return the form, you will be taken off the mailing list. Additional Information Additional information about the Project is available from the Commission's Office of External Affairs, at 1-866-208-FERC or on the FERC Internet Web site ( *http://www.ferc.gov* ) using the eLibrary link. Click on the eLibrary link, click on “General Search” and enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the Docket Number field. Be sure you have selected an appropriate date range. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at *FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov* or toll free at 1-866-208-3676, or for TTY, contact 1-202-502-8659. The eLibrary link also provides access to the texts of formal documents issued by the Commission, such as orders, notices, and rulemakings. In addition, the Commission now offers a free service called eSubscription which allows you to keep track of all formal issuances and submittals in specific dockets. This can reduce the amount of time you spend researching proceedings by automatically providing you with notification of these filings, document summaries and direct links to the documents. Go to *http://www.ferc.gov/esubscribenow.htm.* Finally, public meetings or site visits will be posted on the Commission's calendar located at * http://www.ferc.gov/ EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx * along with other related information. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-277 Filed 1-12-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. PF06-3-000] Rockies Express Pipeline, LLC; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Rockies Express Pipeline Project, Request for Comments on Environmental Issues, and Notice of Public Scoping Meetings January 6, 2006. The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) will prepare an environmental impact statement
(EIS)that discusses the environmental impacts of the proposed Rockies Express Pipeline Project, Western Phase (the Project), which involves the construction and operation of facilities by Rockies Express Pipeline, LLC (Rockies Express) in Colorado, Wyoming, Nebraska, Kansas, and Missouri. These facilities would consist of 710 miles of 42-inch-diameter natural gas pipeline, 5 new compressor stations; and approximately 42 mainline valves and 12 interconnects. This EIS will be used by the Commission in its decision-making process to determine whether the Project is in the public convenience and necessity. This notice explains the scoping process that will be used to gather input from the public and interested agencies on the Project. Your input will help us determine which issues/impacts need to be evaluated in the EIS. Please note that the scoping period for the Project will close on February 10, 2006. Comments may be submitted in written form or verbally. In lieu of or in addition to sending written comments, you are invited to attend the public scoping meetings that have been scheduled in the Project area. Nine scoping meetings are scheduled for January 23 through 27, 2006 in various locations along the route. Further instructions on how to submit written comments and additional details of the public scoping meetings are provided in the public participation section of this notice. The Rockies Express Project, Western Phase, is currently in the preliminary stages of design, and at this time a formal application has not been filed with the Commission. For this proposal, the Commission is initiating the National Environmental Policy Act
(NEPA)review prior to receiving the application. This allows interested stakeholders to become involved early in project planning and to identify and resolve issues before an application is filed with the FERC. A docket number (PF06-3-000) has been established to locate in the public record information filed by Rockies Express and related documents issued by the Commission. 1 Once a formal application is filed with the FERC, a new docket number will be established. 1 To view information in the docket, follow the instructions for using the eLibrary link at the end of this notice. With this notice, we 2 are asking other Federal, State, and local agencies with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to environmental issues in the project area to formally cooperate with us in the preparation of the EIS. These agencies may choose to participate once they have evaluated the proposal relative to their responsibilities. Agencies that would like to request cooperating status should follow the instructions for filing comments described later in this notice. We encourage government representatives to notify their constituents of this planned project and encourage them to comment on their areas of concern. 2 “We,” “us,” and “our” refer to the environmental staff of the Office of Energy Projects. This notice is being sent to landowners within 0.5 mile of the proposed compressor stations; landowners along the pipeline route under consideration; Federal, State, and local government agencies; elected officials; environmental and public interest groups; Native American tribes; and local libraries and newspapers; and other interested parties. Some affected landowners may be contacted by a Project representative about the acquisition of an easement to construct, operate, and maintain the proposed facilities. If so, Rockies Express and the affected landowners should seek to negotiate a mutually acceptable agreement. In the event that the Project is certificated by the Commission, that approval conveys the right of eminent domain for securing easements for the facilities. Therefore, if easement negotiations fail to produce an agreement, Rockies Express could initiate condemnation proceedings in accordance with State law. A fact sheet prepared by the FERC entitled “An Interstate Natural Gas Facility On My Land? What Do I Need To Know?” addresses a number of typically asked questions, including the use of eminent domain and how to participate in the Commission's proceedings. It is available for viewing on the FERC Internet Web site ( *www.ferc.gov* ). Summary of the Proposed Project Rockies Express' long-term plan is to construct three separately certificated pipelines that together would result in the installation of approximately 1,323 miles of 42-inch-diameter, high pressure natural gas pipeline linking producing areas in the Rocky Mountain region to the upper Midwest and Eastern United States. This pipeline system would originate near the Cheyenne Hub, in Weld County, Colorado, and would terminate in Monroe County, Ohio. Rockies Express intends to pursue this system plan in three discrete phases (Western, Central, and Eastern). The FERC is now considering only the facilities included in the Western Phase. Rockies Express currently envisions that the Western Phase would include: • Approximately 710 miles of 42-inch-diameter pipeline between the Cheyenne Hub in Weld County, Colorado and the Panhandle Eastern Pipeline system in Audrain County, Missouri; • 5 new compressor stations with a total of 116,500 horsepower of compression; • Approximately 42 mainline valves; and • 12 interconnects. A map depicting the general location of the Project facilities is shown in appendix 1. 3 3 The appendices referenced in this notice are not being printed in the **Federal Register.** Copies are available from the Commission's Public Reference and Files Maintenance Branch, at
(202)502-8371. For instructions on connecting to eLibrary refer to the last page of this Notice. Rockies Express is requesting approval such that the facilities are completed and placed into service by January 2008. Construction of the facilities would take about eight months. Land Requirements for Construction It is estimated that the construction of the Project facilities would disturb about 6,929 acres of land. Following construction, about 4,358 acres of the total would be retained for the operation of the pipeline and the above ground facilities (compressor/meter stations). The pipeline would be constructed on a 125-foot-wide right-of-way with occasional increases in width for additional workspace at waterbody, wetland, road, and railroad crossings. Extra workspaces may also be required in areas with site-specific constraints, such as side-slope construction. Other temporary land requirements would include land for pipe storage and equipment yards. Operation of the pipeline facilities would require a nominal 50-foot-wide permanent right-of-way. The EIS Process NEPA requires the Commission to take into account the environmental impacts that could result from an action whenever it considers the issuance of a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity under section 7 of the Natural Gas Act. NEPA also requires us to identify and address concerns the public would have about proposals. This process is referred to as “scoping.” The main goal of the scoping process is to focus the analysis in the EIS on important environmental issues and reasonable alternatives. By this Notice of Intent, the Commission staff requests agency and public comments on the scope of the issues to be addressed in the EIS. All comments received are considered during the preparation of the EIS. We have already started to meet with Rockies Express, agencies, and other interested stakeholders to discuss the Project and identify issues/impacts and concerns. Between December 5 and 16, 2005, representatives of FERC staff participated in public open houses sponsored by Rockies Express in the Project area to explain the NEPA environmental review process to interested stakeholders and take comments about the Project. Our independent analysis of the issues will be included in the draft EIS. The draft EIS will be published and mailed to Federal, State, and local agencies, Native American tribes, public interest groups, interested individuals, affected landowners, newspapers, libraries, and the Commission's official service list for this proceeding. A comment period will be allotted for review of the draft EIS. We will consider all timely comments on the draft EIS and revise the document, as necessary, before issuing a final EIS. To ensure your comments are considered, please carefully follow the instructions in the public participation section beginning on page 6. Currently Identified Environmental Issues We have identified several issues that we think deserve attention based on a preliminary review of the proposed facilities and the information provided by Rockies Express. This preliminary list of issues may be changed based on your comments and our analysis. • Geology and Soils: —Impact on agricultural lands and irrigation systems. —Impact on prime farmland soils. —Blasting and disposal of excess rock. —Erosion control. —Evaluation of noxious weed control measures. • Water Resources: —Impact on groundwater and water supply wells. —Impact of construction on wetlands. —Assessment of the use and release of hydrostatic test water. • Fish, Wildlife, and Vegetation: —Development of revegetation plans. • Endangered and Threatened Species: —Potential effect on federally listed species. • Cultural Resources: —Impact on known and undiscovered cultural resources. —Native American and tribal concerns. • Land Use, Recreation and Special Interest Areas, and Visual Resources: —Permanent land use alteration associated with pipeline easement. —Impact on residences, including proximity of facilities to existing structures. —Restrictions on future use of pipeline right-of-way. • Socioeconomics: —Benefits to local communities. —Use of local labor, equipment, and supplies. • Air Quality and Noise: —Effects on local air quality and ambient noise from construction and operation of the proposed facilities. • Reliability and Safety: —Assessment of hazards associated with the transportation of natural gas. —Assessment of security associated with operation of natural gas facilities. • Alternatives: —Evaluation of pipeline route alternatives. —Identification of measures to lessen or avoid impacts on the various resource and special interest areas. We will make recommendations on how to lessen or avoid impacts on the various resource areas and evaluate possible alternatives to the proposed Project or portions of the Project. Public Participation You are encouraged to become involved in this process and provide your specific comments or concerns about Rockies Express' proposal. Your comments should focus on the potential environmental effects, reasonable alternatives, and measures to avoid or lessen environmental impacts. The more specific your comments, the more useful they will be. To expedite the receipt and consideration of your comments, electronic submission of comments is strongly encouraged. See Title 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the FERC Internet Web site ( *http://www.ferc.gov* ) under the eFiling link and the link to the User's Guide. Before you can submit comments you will need to create a free account by clicking on “Sign-up” under “New User.” You will be asked to select the type of submission you are making. This type of submission is considered a “Comment on Filing.” Comments submitted electronically must be submitted by February 10, 2006. If you wish to mail comments, please mail your comments so that they will be received in Washington, DC on or before February 10, 2006 and carefully follow these instructions: • Send an original and two copies of your letter to: Magalie R. Salas, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First St., NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. • Label one copy of the comments for the attention of Gas Branch 1. • Reference Docket No. PF06-3-000 on the original and both copies. • Mail your comments so that they will be received in Washington, DC on or before February 10, 2006. In addition to or in lieu of sending written comments, we invite you to attend the public scoping meetings we will conduct in the Project area. The locations for these meetings are listed below. All meetings are scheduled to run from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. January 23, 2006 Greeley, Colorado, Best Western Inn, 701 8th Street, Greeley, Colorado, 970-353-8444 January 24, 2006 Sidney, Nebraska, Holiday Inn, 664 Chase Blvd., Sidney, Nebraska, 308-254-2000 St Joseph, Missouri, Stoney Creek Inn, 1201 N. Woodbine, St. Joseph, Missouri, 800-659-2220. January 25, 2006 North Platte, Nebraska, Quality Inn Sandhills Convention Center, 2102 South Jeffers, North Platte, Nebraska, 308-532-9090 Beatrice, Nebraska, Holiday Inn Express, 4005 N. 6th Street, Beatrice, Nebraska, 402-228-7000. January 26, 2006 Kearney, Nebraska, Holiday Inn Kearney, 110 Second Avenue, Kearney, Nebraska, 308-234-2212 Moberly, Missouri, Best Western Inn, 1200 Hwy 24 East, Moberly, Missouri, 660-263-6540. January 27, 2006 Hastings, Nebraska, Hastings Convention Center, Holiday Inn Garden Center, 2201 Osborne Drive, Hastings, Nebraska, 402-463-4661 Chillicothe, Missouri, Grand River Inn, 606 W. Bus. Hwy 36, Chillicothe, Missouri, 888-317-8290. The public scoping meetings are designed to provide State and local agencies, interested groups, affected landowners, and the general public with another opportunity to offer your comments on the Project. Interested groups and individuals are encouraged to attend the meetings and to present comments on the environmental issues they believe should be addressed in the EIS. A transcript of each meeting will be made so that your comments will be accurately recorded. All public meetings will be posted on the Commission's calendar located at *http://www.ferc.gov/EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx* along with other related information. Environmental Mailing List If you received this notice, you are on the environmental mailing list for this Project and will continue to receive Project updates including the draft and final EISs. If you want your contact information corrected or you do not want to remain on our mailing list, please return the Correct or Remove From Mailing List Form included as Appendix 2. To reduce printing and mailing costs, the draft and final EISs will be issued in both CD-ROM and hard copy formats. The FERC strongly encourages the use of the CD-ROM format in its publication of large documents. If you wish to receive a paper copy of the draft EIS instead of a CD-ROM, you must indicate that choice on the return postcard (Appendix 2). Additional Information Additional information about the Project is available from the Commission's Office of External Affairs, at 1-866-208-FERC or on the FERC Internet Web site ( *http://www.ferc.gov* ) using the eLibrary link. Click on the eLibrary link, click on “General Search” and enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the Docket Number field. Be sure you have selected an appropriate date range. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at *FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov* or toll free at 1-866-208-3676, or for TTY, contact
(202)502-8659. The eLibrary link also provides access to the texts of formal documents issued by the Commission, such as orders, notices, and rulemakings. In addition, the Commission now offers a free service called eSubscription which allows you to keep track of all formal issuances and submittals in specific dockets. This can reduce the amount of time you spend researching proceedings by automatically providing you with notification of these filings, document summaries and direct links to the documents. Go to *http://www.ferc.gov/esubscribenow.htm* . Affected landowners and parties with environmental concerns may be granted intervenor status upon showing good cause by stating that they have a clear and direct interest in this proceeding which would not be adequately represented by any other parties. You do not need intervenor status to have your environmental comments considered. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-287 Filed 1-12-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Protests, and Motions To Intervene January 5, 2006. Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection: a. *Type of Application:* Preliminary Permit. b. *Project No.:* 12617-000. c. *Date filed:* October 3, 2005. d. *Applicant:* Fall Creek Hydro, LLC. e. *Name and Location of Project:* The proposed Fall Creek Hydroelectric Project would be located on Fall Creek in Lane County, Oregon. The existing Fall Creek Dam is administered by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. f. *Filed Pursuant to:* Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r). g. *Applicant contact:* Mr. Brent Smith, Northwest Power Services, Inc., 975 South State Highway, Logan, UT 84321,
(208)745-0834. h. *FERC Contact:* Tom Papsidero,
(202)502-6002. i. *Deadline for filing comments, protests, and motions to intervene:* 60 days from the issuance date of this notice. All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with Magalie R. Salas, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. Comments, protests and interventions may be filed electronically via the Internet in lieu of paper; *see* 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site under the “e-Filing” link. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings. Please include the project number (P-12617-000) on any comments or motions filed. The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all intervenors filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of that document on each person in the official service list for the project. Further, if an intervenor files comments or documents with the Commission relating to the merits of an issue that may affect the responsibilities of a particular resource agency, they must also serve a copy of the document on that resource agency. j. *Description of Existing Facilities and Proposed Project:* The proposed project, utilizing the existing U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Fall Creek Dam and reservoir would consist of:
(1)A proposed intake structure,
(2)a proposed 650-foot-long, 144-inch-diameter steel penstock,
(3)a proposed powerhouse containing a generator unit with an installed capacity of 4.7 megawatts,
(4)a 1.0-mile-long, 15 kV transmission line, and
(5)appurtenant facilities. The project would have an annual generation of 17.9 GWh. k. *Location of Applications:* A copy of the application is available for inspection and reproduction 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, call toll-free 1-866-208-3676 or e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov.* For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at the address in item g above. l. Individuals desiring to be included on the Commission's mailing list should so indicate by writing to the Secretary of the Commission. m. *Competing Preliminary Permit:* Anyone desiring to file a competing application for preliminary permit for a proposed project must submit the competing application itself, or a notice of intent to file such an application, to the Commission on or before the specified comment date for the particular application ( *see* 18 CFR 4.36). Submission of a timely notice of intent allows an interested person to file the competing preliminary permit application no later than 30 days after the specified comment date for the particular application. A competing preliminary permit application must conform with 18 CFR 4.30(b) and 4.36. n. *Competing Development Application:* Any qualified development applicant desiring to file a competing development application must submit to the Commission, on or before a specified comment date for the particular application, either a competing development application or a notice of intent to file such an application. Submission of a timely notice of intent to file a development application allows an interested person to file the competing application no later than 120 days after the specified comment date for the particular application. A competing license application must conform with 18 CFR 4.30(b) and 4.36. o. *Notice of Intent:* A notice of intent must specify the exact name, business address, and telephone number of the prospective applicant, and must include an unequivocal statement of intent to submit, if such an application may be filed, either a preliminary permit application or a development application (specify which type of application). A notice of intent must be served on the applicant(s) named in this public notice. p. *Proposed Scope of Studies Under Permit:* A preliminary permit, if issued, does not authorize construction. The term of the proposed preliminary permit would be 36 months. The work proposed under the preliminary permit would include economic analysis, preparation of preliminary engineering plans, and a study of environmental impacts. Based on the results of these studies, the Applicant would decide whether to proceed with the preparation of a development application to construct and operate the project. q. *Comments, Protests, or Motions To Intervene:* Anyone may submit comments, a protest, or a motion to intervene in accordance with the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, .214. In determining the appropriate action to take, the Commission will consider all protests or other comments filed, but only those who file a motion to intervene in accordance with the Commission's Rules may become a party to the proceeding. Any comments, protests, or motions to intervene must be received on or before the specified comment date for the particular application. Comments, protests and interventions may be filed electronically via the Internet in lieu of paper; See 18 CFR 385.2001 (a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site under “e-filing” link. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. r. *Filing and Service of Responsive Documents:* Any filings must bear in all capital letters the title “COMMENTS”, “NOTICE OF INTENT TO FILE COMPETING APPLICATION”, “COMPETING APPLICATION”, “PROTEST”, or “MOTION TO INTERVENE”, as applicable, and the Project Number of the particular application to which the filing refers. Any of the above-named documents must be filed by providing the original and the number of copies provided by the Commission's regulations to: The Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. An additional copy must be sent to Director, Division of Hydropower Administration and Compliance, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, at the above-mentioned address. A copy of any notice of intent, competing application or motion to intervene must also be served upon each representative of the Applicant specified in the particular application. s. *Agency Comments:* Federal, State, and local agencies are invited to file comments on the described application. A copy of the application may be obtained by agencies directly from the Applicant. If an agency does not file comments within the time specified for filing comments, it will be presumed to have no comments. One copy of an agency's comments must also be sent to the Applicant's representatives. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-261 Filed 1-12-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Notice of Application for Amendment of License and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Protests January 5, 2006. Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection: a. *Application Type:* Amendment of license to revise to install minimum flow turbine. b. *Project No:* 2513-066. c. *Date Filed:* December 19, 2005. d. *Applicant:* Green Mountain Power Corporation. e. *Name of Project:* Essex 19 Project. f. *Location:* The Project is located on the Winooski River in the townships of Essex Junction and Williston, Chittenden County, Vermont. g. *Filed Pursuant to:* Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791a-825r. h. *Applicant Contact:* Green Mountain Power Corporation, 163 Acorn Lane, Colchester, VT 05446-1949. Tel:
(802)655-8777. i. *FERC Contact:* Any questions on this notice should be addressed to Vedula Sarma at
(202)502-6190 or *vedula.sarma@ferc.gov.* j. *Deadline for filing comments and/or motions:* February 3, 2006. k. *Description of Filing:* Green Mountain Power Corporation proposes to install a 850 kilowatt minimum flow generating unit to provide greater hydraulic control in maintaining the project's required minimum flow while allowing for more efficient operation and generation during both high and low flow conditions. l. *Locations of Applications:* A copy of the application is available for inspection and reproduction at the Commission in the Public Reference Room, located at 888 First Street NE., Room 2A, Washington DC 20426, or by calling
(202)502-8371. This filing may also 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. You may also register online at * http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ esubscription.asp * to be notified via e-mail of new filings and issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, call toll-free 1-866-208-3676 or e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov.* For TTY, call
(202)502-8659. A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at the address in item
(h)above. m. Individuals desiring to be included on the Commission's mailing list should so indicate by writing to the Secretary of the Commission. n. *Comments, Protests, or Motions to Intervene:* Anyone may submit comments, a protest, or a motion to intervene in accordance with the requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, .214. In determining the appropriate action to take, the Commission will consider all protests or other comments filed, but only those who file a motion to intervene in accordance with the Commission's Rules may become a party to the proceeding. Any comments, protests, or motions to intervene must be received on or before the specified comment date for the particular application. o. *Filing and Service of Responsive Documents:* Any filings must bear in all capital letters the title “COMMENTS”, “RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TERMS AND CONDITIONS”, “PROTEST”, or “MOTION TO INTERVENE”, as applicable, and the Project Number of the particular application to which the filing refers. All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with: Magalie R. Salas, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. A copy of any motion to intervene must also be served upon each representative of the Applicant specified in the particular application. p. *Agency Comments:* Federal, state, and local agencies are invited to file comments on the described application. A copy of the application may be obtained by agencies directly from the Applicant. If an agency does not file comments within the time specified for filing comments, it will be presumed to have no comments. One copy of an agency's comments must also be sent to the Applicant's representatives. q. Comments, protests and interventions may be filed electronically via the Internet in lieu of paper. See, 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site at *http://www.ferc.gov* under the “e-Filing” link. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-262 Filed 1-12-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. AD05-13-000] Joint Boards on Security; Constrained Economic Dispatch; Notice Announcing Joint Board Meetings January 6, 2006. On September 30, 2005, the Commission issued an order convening regional joint boards 1 pursuant to section 1298 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005, 2 which added section 223 to the Federal Power Act (FPA). 3 FPA section 223 requires the Commission to convene joint boards on a regional basis pursuant to FPA section 209 “to study the issue of security constrained economic dispatch for the various market regions,” “to consider issues relevant to what constitutes ‘security constrained economic dispatch’ and how such a mode of operating * * * affects or enhances the reliability and affordability of service,” and “to make recommendations to the Commission.” Initial joint board meetings were held in November 2005. 4 1 *Joint Boards on Security Constrained Economic Dispatch,* 112 FERC ¶ 61,353
(2005)(September 30 Order). 2 Public Law No. 109-58, § 1298, 119 Stat. 594, 986 (2005). 3 16 U.S.C. 824 *et seq.* (2000). 4 Notices concerning the initial joint board meetings were issued on October 14, 21 and 27, 2005, and on November 9, 16 and 18, in accordance with the September 30 Order. Take notice that further joint board meetings will be held at the Hyatt Regency on Capitol Hill, 400 New Jersey Avenue, NW., in Washington DC. The schedule for the meetings is: South region—Sunday, February 12, 2006—9:30 a.m. to 12 p.m. PJM/MISO region—Sunday, February 12, 2006—12:30 p.m. to 3 p.m. West region Monday, February 13, 2006—9:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. Northeast region—Monday, February 13, 2006—9:45 a.m. to 12:15 p.m. These meeting are open to the public. Additional details regarding these meetings, if any, will be announced in supplemental notices in this docket and posted on the Commission's Web site at *http://www.ferc.gov.* Take further notice that Commissioner Samuel J. Ervin, IV of North Carolina is now serving as Vice Chair of the Joint Board for the South region. A free webcast of the meetings announced above is available through *http://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 this event via television in the DC area and 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 immediately available 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 seven calendar days after FERC receives the transcript. For more information about the meeting, please contact Sarah McKinley at 202-502-8004 or *sarah.mckinley@ferc.gov.* Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-288 Filed 1-12-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 2237-013—Georgia Morgan Falls Hydroelectric Project] Georgia Power Company; Notice of Proposed Revised Restricted Service List for a Programmatic Agreement for Managing Properties Included in or Eligible for Inclusion in The National Register of Historic Places January 6, 2006. Rule 2010 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) Rules of Practice and Procedure provides that, to eliminate unnecessary expense or improve administrative efficiency, the Secretary may establish a restricted service list for a particular phase or issue in a proceeding. 1 The restricted service list should contain the names of persons on the service list who, in the judgment of the decisional authority establishing the list, are active participants with respect to the phase or issue in the proceeding for which the list is established. 1 18 CFR Section 385.2010. The Commission staff is consulting with the Georgia State Historic Preservation Officer (hereinafter, SHPO) and the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation (hereinafter, Council) pursuant to the Council's regulations, 36 CFR part 800, implementing section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act, as amended, (16 U.S.C. section 470 f), to prepare and execute a programmatic agreement for managing properties included in, or eligible for inclusion in, the National Register of Historic Places at the Morgan Falls Hydroelectric Project No. 2237-013 (SHPO Reference Number HP-040120-022). The programmatic agreement, when executed by the Commission, the SHPO, and the Council, would satisfy the Commission's section 106 responsibilities for all individual undertakings carried out in accordance with the license until the license expires or is terminated (36 CFR 800.13[e]). The Commission's responsibilities pursuant to section 106 for the Morgan Falls Project would be fulfilled through the programmatic agreement, which the Commission proposes to draft in consultation with certain parties listed below. The executed programmatic agreement would be incorporated into any Order issuing a license. Georgia Power Company, as licensee for Project No. 2237, and the Muskogee (Creek) Nation of Oklahoma, the Poarch Band of Creek Indians, the Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, the Kialegee Tribal Town, the Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, the Seminole Indian Tribe, the Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, the Cherokee Nation, the Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, the United Keetoowah Band of Cherokee Indians, and the National Park Service have expressed an interest in this proceding and are invited to participate in consultations to develop the programmatic agreement. For purposes of commenting on the programmatic agreement, we propose to restrict the service list for the aforementioned project as follows: Don Klima or Representative, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, The Old Post Office Building, Suite 803, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20004. Larry Wall and Scott Hendricks or Representative, Georgia Power Company, 241 Ralph McGill Blvd, Atlanta, GA 30308. Elizabeth Shirk or Representative, Georgia Department of Natural Resources, Historic Preservation Division, 34 Peachtree Street, NW., Suite 1600, Atlanta, GA 30303-2316. Jeff Duncan or Representative, National Park Service, 175 Hamm Rd, Suite C, Chattanooga, TN 37405. Eastern Band of Cherokee Indians, Attention: Michelle Hamilton, THPO, Qualla Boundary, P.O. Box 455, Cherokee, NC 28719. Dr. Richard L. Allen, Policy Analyst, Cherokee Nation, P.O. Box 948, Tahlequah, Oklahoma 74465. Evelyn Bucktrot, Town King, Kialegee Tribal Town, P.O. Box 332, 108 N. Main Street, Wetumka, OK 74883. Emman Spain, Seminole Nation of Oklahoma, P.O. Box 1498, Wewoka, OK 74884. Willard Steele, Seminole Tribe of Florida, Ah-Tah-Thi-Ki Museum, HC 61, Box 21 A, Clewiston, FL 33440. Robert Thrower, Poarch Band of Creek Indians, 5811 Jack Springs Rd., Atmore, AL 36502. Charles Coleman, Thlopthlocco Tribal Town, Rt. 1 Box 190-A, Weleetka, OK 74880. Augustine Asbury, Alabama-Quassarte Tribal Town, P.O. Box 187, Wetumka, OK 74883. Joyce Bear, Muskogee (Creek) Nation, P.O. Box 580, Highway 75 and Loop 56, Okmulgee, OK 74447. Steve Mouse, United Keetoowah Board of Cherokee Indians, P.O. Box 189, Parkhill, OK 74456. Any person on the official service list for the above-captioned proceeding may request inclusion on the restricted service list, or may request that a restricted service list not be established, by filing a motion to that effect within 15 days of this notice date. In a request for inclusion, please identify the reason(s) why there is an interest to be included. Also please identify any concerns about historic properties, including Traditional Cultural Properties. If historic properties are to be identified within the motion, please use a separate page, and label it Non-Public Information. An original and 8 copies of any such motion must be filed with Ms. Magalie R. Salas, the Secretary of the Commission (888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426), and must be served on each person whose name appears on the official service list. Please put the project name “Morgan Falls Hydroelectric Project” and number “P-2237-013” on the front cover of any motion. If no such motions are filed, the restricted service list will be effective at the end of the 15 day period. Otherwise, a further notice will be issued ruling on any motion or motions filed within the 15 day period. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E6-285 Filed 1-12-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [IN166-1; FRL-8021-3] Approval of Section 112(l) Delegation of Maximum Achievable Control Technology Standards; Indiana AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: EPA is notifying the public that delegation of the authority to implement and enforce the following maximum achievable control technology
(MACT)standards was approved in a letter from EPA to IDEM dated November 30, 2005: Chemical Recovery Combustion Sources at Kraft, Soda Sulfite, and Stand-alone Semichemical Pulp Mills; Petroleum Refineries: Catalytic Cracking Units, Catalytic Reforming Units, and Sulfur Recovery Units; Manufacturing of Nutritional Yeast; Wet-Formed Fiberglass Mat Production; Leather Finishing Operations; Cellulose Products Manufacturing; Rubber Tire Manufacturing; Pharmaceuticals Production; Amino and Phenolic Resins; Polyether Polyols Production; Solvent Extraction for Vegetable Oil Production; Semiconductor Manufacturing; Refractory Products Manufacturing; Surface Coating of Large Appliances; Surface Coating of Metal Coil; Paper and Other Web Coating; Flexible Polyurethane Foam Fabrication Operations; Municipal Solid Waste Landfills; Friction Material Manufacturing Facilities; Polyvinyl Chloride and Copolymers Production; Secondary Aluminum; Asphalt Processing and Asphalt Roofing; Brick and Structural Clay Products; Clay Ceramics Manufacturing; Coke Ovens: Pushing, Quenching, and Battery Stacks; Engine Test Cells/Stands; Hydrochloric Acid Production; Printing, Coating and Dyeing Fabrics and other Textiles; Surface Coating of Metal Furniture; Surface Coating of Wood Building Products; Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines; Organic Liquid Distribution (Non-Gasoline); Miscellaneous Organic Chemical Manufacturing; Surface Coating of Automobiles; Surface Coating of Metal Cans; Site Remediation; Miscellaneous Coating Manufacturing; Stationary Combustion Turbines; Lime Manufacturing Plants; Iron and Steel Foundries; and Integrated Iron and Steel Manufacturing; Mercury Cell Chlor-Alkali Plants. ADDRESSES: Copies of the State's submittal and other supporting information used in developing the approval are available for inspection during normal business hours at the following location: EPA Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, AR-18J, Chicago, Illinois 60604. Please contact Sam Portanova at
(312)886-3189 to arrange a time if inspection of the submittal is desired. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Sam Portanova, AR-18J, 77 West Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 60604,
(312)886-3189, *portanova.sam@epa.gov.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. What action is EPA taking today? The purpose of this notice is to announce that EPA approved a request for delegation of the MACT standards for Chemical Recovery Combustion Sources at Kraft, Soda Sulfite, and Stand-alone Semichemical Pulp Mills; Petroleum Refineries: Catalytic Cracking Units, Catalytic Reforming Units, and Sulfur Recovery Units; Manufacturing of Nutritional Yeast; Wet-Formed Fiberglass Mat Production; Leather Finishing Operations; Cellulose Products Manufacturing; Rubber Tire Manufacturing; Pharmaceuticals Production; Amino and Phenolic Resins; Polyether Polyols Production; Solvent Extraction for Vegetable Oil Production; Semiconductor Manufacturing; Refractory Products Manufacturing; Surface Coating of Large Appliances; Surface Coating of Metal Coil; Paper and Other Web Coating; Flexible Polyurethane Foam Fabrication Operations; Municipal Solid Waste Landfills; Friction Material Manufacturing Facilities; Polyvinyl Chloride and Copolymers Production; Secondary Aluminum; Asphalt Processing and Asphalt Roofing; Brick and Structural Clay Products; Clay Ceramics Manufacturing; Coke Ovens: Pushing, Quenching, and Battery Stacks; Engine Test Cells/Stands; Hydrochloric Acid Production; Printing, Coating and Dyeing Fabrics and other Textiles; Surface Coating of Metal Furniture; Surface Coating of Wood Building Products; Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines; Organic Liquid Distribution (Non-Gasoline); Miscellaneous Organic Chemical Manufacturing; Surface Coating of Automobiles; Surface Coating of Metal Cans; Site Remediation; Miscellaneous Coating Manufacturing; Stationary Combustion Turbines; Lime Manufacturing Plants; Iron and Steel Foundries; and Integrated Iron and Steel Manufacturing; Mercury Cell Chlor-Alkali Plants (i.e., 40 CFR part 63, subparts: MM, UUU, CCCC, HHHH, TTTT, UUUU, XXXX, GGG, OOO, PPP, GGGG, BBBBB, SSSSS, NNNN, SSSS, JJJJ, MMMMM, AAAA, QQQQQ, J, RRR, LLLLL, JJJJJ, KKKKK, CCCCC, PPPPP, NNNNN, OOOO, RRRR, QQQQ, ZZZZ, EEEE, FFFF, IIII, KKKK, GGGGG, HHHHH, YYYY, AAAAA, EEEEE, FFFFF, and IIIII respectively). EPA also delegated the applicable Category I authorities for these standards and all previously delegated standards under the general provisions as set forth in 40 CFR 63.91(g) pursuant to section 112(l) of the Clean Air Act (CAA). The State's mechanism of delegation involves State rule adoption of all existing and future section 112 standards unchanged from the Federal standards. The actual delegation of authority of individual standards was implemented by a letter dated November 30, 2005 from EPA to the Indiana Department of Environmental Management (IDEM). All notifications, reports and other correspondence required under section 112 standards should be sent to the State of Indiana rather than to the EPA, Region 5, in Chicago. Affected sources should send this information to: Indiana Department of Environmental Management, Office of Air Management, 100 North Senate Avenue, P.O. Box 6015, Indianapolis, Indiana 46206-6015. Pursuant to Section 112(l)(7) of the CAA, nothing in this delegation prohibits EPA from enforcing any applicable emission standard or requirement. II. EPA approved the delegation under what authority? On November 14, 1995, EPA approved Indiana's program of delegation for part 70 sources ( **Federal Register** (60 FR 57118)). On July 8, 1997, EPA approved Indiana's program of delegation for non-part 70 sources ( **Federal Register** (62 FR 36460)). The approved program of delegation met the criteria for approval for straight delegation found in 40 CFR 63.91(d), specifically an approved Title V program. The approved program of delegation can be used to delegate MACT standards unchanged from the federal standards to Indiana since Indiana has satisfied the Section 63.91(d) up-front approval requirements and it continues to maintain an approved Title V program. III. Which standards has IDEM submitted to EPA for approval under Indiana's air toxics program delegation mechanism? On February 14, 2005 and September 19, 2005, IDEM requested delegation of implementation and enforcement authority of the MACT standards for Chemical Recovery Combustion Sources at Kraft, Soda Sulfite, and Stand-alone Semichemical Pulp Mills; Petroleum Refineries: Catalytic Cracking Units, Catalytic Reforming Units, and Sulfur Recovery Units; Manufacturing of Nutritional Yeast; Wet-Formed Fiberglass Mat Production; Leather Finishing Operations; Cellulose Products Manufacturing; Rubber Tire Manufacturing; Pharmaceuticals Production; Amino and Phenolic Resins; Polyether Polyols Production; Solvent Extraction for Vegetable Oil Production; Semiconductor Manufacturing; Refractory Products Manufacturing; Surface Coating of Large Appliances; Surface Coating of Metal Coil; Paper and Other Web Coating; Flexible Polyurethane Foam Fabrication Operations; Municipal Solid Waste Landfills; Friction Material Manufacturing Facilities; Polyvinyl Chloride and Copolymers Production; Secondary Aluminum; Asphalt Processing and Asphalt Roofing; Brick and Structural Clay Products; Clay Ceramics Manufacturing; Coke Ovens: Pushing, Quenching, and Battery Stacks; Engine Test Cells/Stands; Hydrochloric Acid Production; Printing, Coating and Dyeing Fabrics and other Textiles; Surface Coating of Metal Furniture; Surface Coating of Wood Building Products; Reciprocating Internal Combustion Engines; Organic Liquid Distribution (Non-Gasoline); Miscellaneous Organic Chemical Manufacturing; Surface Coating of Automobiles; Surface Coating of Metal Cans; Site Remediation; Miscellaneous Coating Manufacturing; Stationary Combustion Turbines; Lime Manufacturing Plants; Iron and Steel Foundries; and Integrated Iron and Steel Manufacturing; Mercury Cell Chlor-Alkali Plants (i.e., 40 CFR part 63, subparts: MM, UUU, CCCC, HHHH, TTTT, UUUU, XXXX, GGG, OOO, PPP, GGGG, BBBBB, SSSSS, NNNN, SSSS, JJJJ, MMMMM, AAAA, QQQQQ, J, RRR, LLLLL, JJJJJ, KKKKK, CCCCC, PPPPP, NNNNN, OOOO, RRRR, QQQQ, ZZZZ, EEEE, FFFF, IIII, KKKK, GGGGG, HHHHH, YYYY, AAAAA, EEEEE, FFFFF, and IIIII respectively). The State of Indiana's rules 326 Indiana Administrative Code
(IAC)20-49, 326 IAC 20-50, 326 IAC 20-51, 326 IAC 20-52, 326 IAC 20-53, 326 IAC 20-54, 326 IAC 20-55, 326 IAC 20-57, 326 IAC 20-58, 326 IAC 20-59, 326 IAC 20-60, 326 IAC 20-61, 326 IAC 20-62, 326 IAC 20-63, 326 IAC 20-64, 326 IAC 20-65, 326 IAC 20-66, 326 IAC 20-67, 326 IAC 20-68, 326 IAC 20-69, 326 IAC 20-70, 326 IAC 20-71, 326 IAC 20-72, 326 IAC 20-73, 326 IAC 20-74, 326 IAC 20-75, 326 IAC 20-76, 326 IAC 20-77, 326 IAC 20-78, 326 IAC 20-79, 326 IAC 20-82, 326 IAC 20-83, 326 IAC 20-84, 326 IAC 20-85, 326 IAC 20-86, 326 IAC 20-87, 326 IAC 20-88, 326 IAC 20-90, 326 IAC 20-91, 326 IAC 20-92, 326 IAC 20-93, and 326 IAC 20-94 incorporate these MACT standards into the State's rules unchanged from the Federal regulations. Dated: December 29, 2005. Gary Gulezian, Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5. [FR Doc. E6-369 Filed 1-12-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [ER-FRL-6671-3] 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 the **Federal Register** dated April 1, 2005 (70 FR 16815). Draft EISs *EIS No. 20050298, ERP No. D-AFS-J65448-UT,* West Bear Vegetation Management Project, Timber Harvesting, Prescribed Burning, Roads Construction, Township 1 North, Range 9 East, Salt Lake Principle Meridian, Evanston Ranger District, Wasatch-Cache National Forest, Summit County, UT. *Summary:* EPA expressed environmental concerns about the potential for impacts to aquatic and terrestrial resources, and identified the need for additional information on monitoring and mitigation. Rating EC2. *EIS No. 20050351, ERP No. D-SFW-K65493-CA,* East Contra Costa County Habitat Conservation Plan and Natural Community Conservation Plan, Implementation, Incidental Take Permit, Cities of Brentwood, Clayton, Oakley and Pittsburg, Contra Costa County, CA. *Summary:* EPA expressed concerns about the uncertainties of preserve land acquisition in areas with conflicting General Plan zoning or in nonparticipating jurisdictions, and requested additional information regarding alternatives to these acquisition areas to protect covered species. Rating EC2. *EIS No. 20050399, ERP No. D-BLM-L65496-AK,* Ring of Fire Resource Management Plan, Implementation, Alaska Peninsula , Kodiak Island and Aleutain Islands, AK. *Summary:* EPA generally supports the proposal to designate the Neacola Mountains Area of Critical Environmental Concern (ACEC), Knik River and Haines Block Special Recreation Management Areas. However, EPA has concerns about the adequacy of some required operating procedures and lease stipulations and recommended improvements for consideration in the Final EIS. Rating EC2. *EIS No. 20050452, ERP No. D-BLM-G65099-NM,* Kasha-Katuwe Tent Rocks National Monument Resource Management Plan, Implementation, Rio Puerco Field Office, Sandoval County, NM. *Summary:* EPA does not object to the selection of the preferred alternative. Rating LO. *EIS No. 20050454, ERP No. D-FRC-D03005-00,* Cove Point Expansion Project, Construction and Operation of a Liquefied Natural Gas
(LNG)Import Terminal Expansion and Natural Gas Pipeline Facilities, U.S. Army COE Section 404 Permit, Docket Nos. CPO5-130-000, CP05-131-000 and CP05-132-00, PA, VA, WV, NY and MD. *Summary:* EPA expressed environmental concerns and requested that the Final EIS include mitigation plans for both air quality and wetland impacts, as well as address environmental justice issues related to the project. Rating EC2. Final EISs EIS No. 20050426, ERP No. F-FTA-K40243-CA, Mid-City/Westside Transit Corridor Improvements, Wilshire Bus Rapid Transit and Exposition Transitway, Construction and Operation, Funding, Section 404 Permit, Los Angeles County, CA. *Summary:* EPA does not object to the proposed project. *EIS No. 20050457, ERP No. F-IBR-K65252-CA,* Lake Berryessa Visitor Services Plans, Future Use and Operation, Solano Project Lake Berryessa, Napa County, CA. *Summary:* EPA's earlier concerns were addressed in the Final EIS; therefore, EPA does not object to the proposed action. *EIS No. 20050480, ERP No. F-NOA-K39092-CA,* Programmatic—Montrose Settlements Restoration Plan, Restoration of Inquired Natural Resources, Channel Islands, Southern California Bight, Baja California Pacific Islands, Orange County, CA. *Summary:* EPA does not object to the proposed action. *EIS No. 20050485, ERP No. F-FRC-K05059-CA,* Upper North Fork Feather River Project (FERC No. 2105), Issuance of a New License for existing 3517.3 megawatt
(MW)Hydroelectric Facility located in North Fork Feather River and Butt Creek, Plumas County, CA. *Summary:* EPA's previous issues have been resolved; therefore, EPA does not object to the proposed action. *EIS No. 20050489, ERP No. F-IBR-J39032-00,* Operation of Flaming Gorge Dam Colorado River Storage Project, Protection and Assistance in the Recovery of Populations and Designated Critical Habitat of Four Endangered Fishes: Bony Tail, Colorado Pikeminnow, Humpback Chub, and Razorback Sucker, Green River, UT and WY. *Summary:* EPA supports the proposed operation and other management activities in the FEIS that are recommended to conserve, protect, and promote the recovery of the populations and designated critical habitat for endangered fish species. *EIS No. 20050492, ERP No. F-AFS-J65454-SD,* Bugtown Gulch Mountain Pine Beetle and Fuels Projects, To Implement Multiple Resource Management Actions, Black Hills National Forest, Hell Canyon Ranger District, Custer County, SD. *Summary:* EPA continues to have environmental concerns about impacts to water quality from roads construction, run-off and soil erosion, and cumulative impacts from other, large timber projects to vegetation and habitat. *EIS No. 20050494, ERP No. F-NOA-L39063-AK,* Amendments to the Alaska Coastal Management Program, Approval, Implementation and Funding, US Army COE 404 Permit, AK. *Summary:* EPA continues to have environmental concerns about the potential adverse impacts to biological, cultural and subsistence resources and subsistence users in coastal communities as a result of the proposed action. *EIS No. 20050513, ERP No. F-AFS-G65098-AR,* Ozark-St. Francis National Forests Proposed Revised Land and Resource Management Plan, Implementation, Several Counties, AR. *Summary:* No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency. *EIS No. 20050497, ERP No. F2-FHW-H40397-MO,* Interstate 70 Corridor Improvements, Section of Independent Utility #7, a 40-Mile Portion of the I-70 Corridor from just West of Route 19 (milepost 174) to Lake St. Louis Boulevard (milepost 214) Montgomery, Warren, St. Charles Counties, MO. *Summary:* No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency. *EIS No. 20050542, ERP No. FS-AFS-L36113-WA,* Upper Charley Subwatershed Ecosystem Restoration Projects, Proposing to Amend the Umatilla National Forests Land and Resource Management Plan to Incorporate Management for Canada Lynx, Pomeroy Ranger District, Umatilla National Forest, Garfield County, WA. *Summary:* No formal comment letter was sent to the preparing agency. Dated: January 10, 2006. Robert W. Hargrove, Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities. [FR Doc. E6-358 Filed 1-12-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [ER-FRL-6671-2] Environmental Impacts Statements; Notice of Availability *Responsible Agency:* Office of Federal Activities, General Information
(202)564-7167 or *http://www.epa.gov/compliance/nepa/.* Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact Statements Filed 01/02/2006 Through 01/06/2006 Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9. *EIS No. 20060000, Final EIS, BLM, NM,* McGregor Range Resource Management Plan Amendment (RMPA), Implementation, Otero County, NM, *Wait Period Ends:* 02/13/2006, *Contact:* Tom Phillips 505-525-4377. *EIS No. 20060001, Draft EIS, FHW, UT* , Syracuse Road 1000 West to 2000 West, Transportation Improvements, Funding and U.S. Army COE Section 404 Permit, Syracuse City, Davis County, UT, *Comment Period Ends:* 02/27/2006, *Contact:* Jeff Berna 801-963-0182. *EIS No. 20060002, Draft EIS, BLM, UT* , Coeur d'Alene Resource Management Plan, Implementation, Benewah, Bonner, Boundary, Kootenai and Shoshone Counties, ID, *Comment Period Ends:* 04/13/2006, *Contact:* Scott Pavey, 208-769-5050. *EIS No. 20060003, Final EIS, AFS, 00* , Black Hills National Forest Land and Resource Management Plan Phase II Amendment, Proposal to Amend the 1997 Land and Resource Management Plan, Custer, Fall River, Lawrence, Meade and Pennington Counties, SD and Crook and Weston Counties, WY, *Wait Period Ends:* 02/13/2006, *Contact:* Craig Bobzien 605-673-9200. *EIS No. 20060004, Final EIS, FHW, MD* , Intercounty Connector
(ICC)from I-270 to US1, Funding and U.S. Army COE Section 404 Permit, Montgomery and Prince George's Counties, MD, *Wait Period Ends:* 02/13/2006, *Contact:* Dan Johnson 410-779-7154. *EIS No. 20060005, Final EIS, BLM, WY* , Jonah Infill Drilling Project, Propose to Expand Development of Natural Gas Drilling, Sublette County, WY, *Wait Period Ends:* 02/13/2006, *Contact:* Mike Stiewig 307-367-5363. Amended Notices *EIS No. 20050546, Draft EIS, BLM, ID* , Smoky Canyon Mine Panels F & G, Proposed Mine Expansion, Caribou County, ID, *Comment Period Ends:* 03/03/2006, *Contact:* Bill Stout 208-478-6340. Revision of FR Notice Published 12/30/2005: Correction to Comment Period from 02/28/2006 to March 3, 2006. Dated: January 10, 2006. Robert W. Hargrove, Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office of Federal Activities. [FR Doc. E6-328 Filed 1-12-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL-8021-4] National Drinking Water Advisory Council's Working Group on Public Education Requirements of the Lead and Copper Rule Meeting Announcement AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency
(EPA)is announcing the third public meeting of the Working Group of the National Drinking Water Advisory Council (NDWAC) on the Public Education Requirements of the Lead and Copper Rule (WGPE). The purpose of this meeting is to provide an opportunity for the WGPE members to continue discussions on the public education requirements of the Lead and Copper Rule. DATES: The third meeting of the WGPE will be held in Washington, DC, on February 1, 2006, from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m. and February 2, 2006, from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m. ADDRESSES: The WGPE meeting will take place at RESOLVE, Inc., 1255 23rd St., NW., Suite 275, Washington, DC 20037. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Interested participants from the public should contact Elizabeth McDermott, Designated Federal Officer, National Drinking Water Advisory Council Working Group on Public Education, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water, Drinking Water Protection Division (Mail Code 4606M), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20460. Please contact Elizabeth McDermott *mcdermott.elizabeth@epa.gov* or call 202-564-1603 to receive additional details. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: *Background:* The charge for the Working Group on the Public Education Requirements of the Lead and Copper Rule
(WGPE)is to
(1)review the current public education requirements on lead in drinking water to find and define the need for improvements and make recommendations to the full NDWAC accordingly;
(2)develop language for communicating the risk of lead in drinking water and a suggested response to the public; and
(3)define the delivery means to the public. The NDWAC established a target date of May 2006 to complete these tasks. The WGPE is comprised of 16 members from drinking water industries, stakeholder organizations, State and local officials, public health officials, environmental organizations, and risk communication experts. *Public Comment:* An opportunity for public comment will be provided during the WGPE meeting. Oral statements will be limited to five minutes; it is preferred that only one person present the statement on behalf of a group or organization. Written comments may be provided at the meeting or may be sent by mail to Elizabeth McDermott, Designated Federal Officer for the WGPE, at the mail or e-mail address listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice. *Special Accommodations:* Any person needing special accommodations at this meeting, including wheelchair access, should contact Elizabeth McDermott, Designated Federal Officer for the WGPE, at the number or e-mail address listed in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section of this notice. Requests for special accommodations should be made at least five business days in advance of the WGPE meeting. Dated: January 10, 2006. Cynthia C. Dougherty, Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking Water. [FR Doc. E6-327 Filed 1-12-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL-8021-5] Meeting of the Ozone Transport Commission AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of meeting; correction. SUMMARY: EPA published a document in the **Federal Register** on December 30, 2005 which announced an upcoming meeting of the Ozone Transport Commission
(OTC)in Washington, DC. The document contained incorrect meeting dates. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Marcia L. Spink, Associate Director, Air Protection Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Region III, 1650 Arch Street, Philadelphia, PA 19103;
(215)814-2100. For documents and press inquiries contact: Ozone Transport Commission, 444 North Capitol Street NW., Suite 638, Washington, DC 20001;
(202)508-3840; e-mail: *ozone@otcair.org* ; Web site: *http://www.otcair.org* . Corrections In the **Federal Register** of December 30, 2005, in FR Document No. E5-8127: 1. On page 77381, in the third column, correct the DATES caption to read: DATES: The meeting will be held on February 22, 2006 starting at 1 p.m. and February 23, 2006 at 9 a.m. 2. On page 77382, in the first column, first paragraph, correct the third sentence to read: “The purpose of this notice is to announce that the OTC will meet on February 22-23, 2006 at the address noted earlier in this notice.” Dated: January 6, 2006. Donald S. Welsh, Regional Administrator, Region III. [FR Doc. E6-320 Filed 1-12-06; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P EXPORT-IMPORT BANK [Public Notice 77] Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection; Comment Request AGENCY: Export-Import Bank of the U.S. ACTION: Notice and request for comments. SUMMARY: The Export-Import Bank, as a part of its continuing effort to reduce paperwork and respondent burden, invites the general public and other Federal Agencies to comment on the proposed information collection, as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The form will be used by customers who originally applied for a multibuyer policy using EIB 92-50. Our customers will be able to submit this form on paper or electronically. DATES: Written comments should be received on or before March 14, 2006 to be assured of consideration. ADDRESSES: Direct all comments and requests for additional information to Walter Kosciow, Export-Import Bank of the U.S., 811 Vermont Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20571,
(202)565-3649. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: *Title and Form Number:* Application for Special Buyer Credit Limit
(SBCL)Under Multi-Buyer Export Credit Insurance Policies, EIB 92-51. *OMB Number:* None. *Type of Review:* Regular. *Need and Use:* The information requested enables the applicant to provide Ex-Im Bank with the information necessary to obtain legislatively required assurance of repayment and fulfills other statutory requirements. *Affected Public:* The form affects entities involved in the export of U.S. goods and Services. *Estimated Annual Respondents:* 3,900. *Estimated Time Per Respondent:* 1/2 hour. *Estimated Annual Burden:* 1,950. *Frequency of Reporting or Use:* 2-3 times per year. Dated: January 9, 2006. Solomon Bush, Agency Clearance Officer. BILLING CODE 6690-01-M EN13JA06.000 EN13JA06.001 EN13JA06.002 [FR Doc. 06-298 Filed 1-12-06; 8:45 am]
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- Petitions for waiver and interim waiver.§ 430.27
- Protests other than under Rule 208 (Rule 211).§ 385.211
- Protests, interventions, and comments.§ 154.210
- Filings and Other Submissions.§ 385.2001
- Intervention (Rule 214).§ 385.214
- Interventions and protests.§ 157.10
- General requirements for the submission of a tariff filing or executed service agreement.§ 154.7
- Competing applications: deadlines for filing; notices of intent; comparisons of plans of development.§ 4.36
- Applicability and definitions.§ 4.30
- Method of notice; dates established in notice (Rule 210).§ 385.210
- Service (Rule 2010).§ 385.2010
- Post-review discoveries.§ 800.13
- Criteria for straight delegation and criteria common to all approval options.§ 63.91
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- 42 USC 6291-6309
- 10 CFR 430
- 18 CFR 34
- 16 USC 791a-825r
- Pub. L. 109-58
- 119 Stat. 594
- 36 CFR 800
- 40 CFR 63
- 40 CFR 1506.9
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