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BILLING CODE 3410-11-M DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RIN 0648-XB54 Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (MAFMC); Meetings AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice of public meeting. SUMMARY: The Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council (Council), its Squid, Mackerel, and Butterfish Committee, its Research Set Aside

(RSA)Committee, its Ecosystems Committee, and its Surfclam-Ocean Quahog/Tilefish Committee, will hold public meetings. DATES: Monday, August 6, 2007 through Thursday, August 9, 2007. On Monday, August 6 the Squid, Mackerel, and Butterfish Committee will meet from 9 a.m. until 5:30 p.m. On Tuesday, August 7 the RSA Committee will meet from 8:30 a.m. until 10 a.m. There will also be a concurrent session of the Ecosystems Committee from 9 a.m. until 10 a.m. The Council will convene at 10 a.m. and remain in session until 5 p.m. On Wednesday, August 8 the Council will convene at 8 a.m. and remain in session until 5 p.m. On Thursday August 9 the Surfclam-Ocean Quahog/Tilefish Committee will meet from 8 a.m. until 9 a.m. The Council will then convene at 9 a.m. and remain in session until 3 p.m. ADDRESSES: This meeting will be held at Danford's on the Sound, 25 East Broadway, Port Jefferson, NY 11777, telephone 631-928-5200. *Council Address* : Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council, 300 S. New Street, Dover, DE 19904; telephone: 302-674-2331. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Daniel T. Furlong, Executive Director, Mid-Atlantic Fishery Management Council; telephone: 302-674-2331, ext. 19. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Agenda items by day for the Council(s committees and the Council itself are: Monday, August 6 - the Squid, Mackerel, and Butterfish Committee will review the outcome of the June Fishery Management Action

(FMAT)meeting, adopt issues to be included in Amendment 10 and its Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS), and finalize alternatives for adopted issues to be included in Amendment 10. Tuesday, August 7 - the Research Set-Aside Committee will finalize the Council's research priorities for 2009 RSA request for proposals, and review policies for incorporation of research results into management advice. The Ecosystems Committee will receive a presentation by Derek Orner on Fisheries Ecosystem Planning for the Chesapeake Bay, and receive an update on the National Offshore Aquaculture Act of 2007. The Council will receive a presentation by NMFS Highly Migratory Species

(HMS)staff on Amendment 2 to the Consolidated HMS Fishery Management Plan (FMP), its associated Draft EIS and proposed rule. The Council will review and, if warranted, comment on the proposed management measures for Atlantic sharks. The Council will receive a report from Dr. James Weinberg on the summary results of the 45th Stock Assessment Review Committee

(SARC)and the Center for Independent Expertise's

(CIE)opinion regarding Stock Assessment Workshop

(SAW)reports on sea scallops and northern shrimp. The Council will then finalize scup management measures for 2008 (2009, 2010) in conjunction with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's Scup Board by reviewing and adopting the scup Monitoring Committee's recommendations regarding harvest levels and associated commercial management measures. The Council will review the status of Amendment 15 to the Summer Flounder, Scup, and Black Sea Bass FMP, review the comments received as a consequence of the scoping process for Amendment 15 and continue to develop a list of potential actions to be addressed in Amendment 15. Wednesday, August 8 - the Council will finalize the summer flounder management measures for 2008 (2009, 2010) in conjunction with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's Summer Flounder Board by reviewing and adopting the summer flounder Monitoring Committee's recommendations regarding harvest levels and associated commercial management measures. The Council will finalize black sea bass management measures for 2008 (2009, 2010) in conjunction with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's Black Sea Bass Board by reviewing and adopting the black sea bass Monitoring Committee's recommendations regarding harvest levels and associated commercial management measures. The Council will finalize bluefish management measures for 2008 in conjunction with the Atlantic States Marine Fisheries Commission's Bluefish Board by reviewing and adopting the bluefish Monitoring Committee's recommendations regarding 2008 harvest levels and associated management measures. Thursday, August 9 - the Surfclam-Ocean Quahog/Tilefish Committee will review Tilefish Amendment 1 management issues. The Council will adopt and approve Amendment 9 to the Squid, Mackerel, and Butterfish FMP for Secretarial Submission followed by its regular business session and any continuing and new business. Although non-emergency issues not contained in this agenda may come before the Council for discussion, these issues may not be the subject of formal Council action during this meeting. Council action will be restricted to those issues specifically listed in this notice and any issues arising after publication of this notice that require emergency action under section 305(c) of the Magnuson-Stevens Act, provided the public has been notified of the Council(s intent to take final actions to address such emergencies. Special Accommodations This meeting is physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to M. Jan Bryan (302-674-2331 ext: 18) at least five days prior to the meeting date. Dated: July 16, 2007. Tracey L. Thompson, Acting Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. E7-13978 Filed 7-18-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-22-S DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RIN 0648-XB32 Small Coastal Shark 2007 Peer Review Workshop AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: NMFS announces the date, time, and location for the small coastal shark

(SCS)Peer Review Workshop, the final of three stock evaluation workshops for the SCS stock assessment to be conducted in 2007. Any potential changes to existing management measures for SCS will be based, in large part, on the results of this 2007 stock assessment. The workshop is open to the public. DATES: The Review Workshop will start at 1 p.m. on Monday, August 6, 2007, and will conclude at 1 p.m. on Friday, August 10, 2007. ADDRESSES: The Review Workshop will be held at the Bay Point Marriott Resort, 4200 Marriott Drive, Panama City Beach, FL 32408. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie Neer at

(850)234-6541; or Karyl Brewster-Geisz at

(301)713-2347, fax

(301)713-1917. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Atlantic shark fisheries are managed under the authority of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act. The Consolidated Highly Migratory Species

(HMS)Fishery Management Plan

(FMP)(October 2, 2006; 71 FR 58058) is implemented by regulations at 50 CFR part 635. Stock assessments are periodically conducted to determine stock status relative to current management criteria. Collection of the best available scientific data and conducting stock assessments are critical to determine appropriate management measures for managing stocks. Based on the last SCS stock assessment in 2002, NMFS determined that the SCS complex and three of the species in that complex are not overfished with no overfishing occurring. The only exception was for finetooth sharks, where fishing mortality in some years was above the mortality level associated with producing maximum sustainable yield (MSY). Any potential changes to existing management measures for SCS will be based, in large part, on the results of this 2007 stock assessment. This assessment will be conducted in a manner similar to the Southeast Data, Assessment, and Review (SEDAR) process. SEDAR is a cooperative process initiated in 2002 to improve the quality and reliability of fishery stock assessments in the South Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and U.S. Caribbean. SEDAR emphasizes constituent and stakeholder participation in assessment development, transparency in the assessment process, and a rigorous and independent scientific review of completed stock assessments. SEDAR is organized around three workshops. The first is a Data Workshop where datasets are documented, analyzed, and reviewed, and data for conducting assessment analyses are compiled. The second workshop is an Assessment Workshop where quantitative population analyses are developed and refined and population parameters are estimated. The third and final workshop is a Review Workshop where a panel of independent experts review the data and assessment and recommend the most appropriate values of critical population and management quantities. All workshops are open to the public. More information on the SEDAR process can be found at *http://www.sefsc.noaa.gov/sedar/* . The 2005/2006 large coastal shark stock assessment also followed this process. NMFS announces the Peer Review Workshop, the third and final of three workshops for the SCS 2007 stock assessment. The Review Workshop will be held from August 6 - 10, 2007, at the Bay Point Marriott Resort in Panama City Beach, FL (see DATES and ADDRESSES ). Prospective participants and observers will be contacted with the data workshop details. This workshop is open to the public. Persons interested in participating or observing the SCS Peer Review Workshop should contact Julie Neer (see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT ). Special Accommodations These meetings are physically accessible to people with disabilities. Requests for sign language interpretation or other auxiliary aids should be directed to Julie Neer at

(850)234-6541, at least 7 business days prior to the Assessment Workshop. Authority: 16 U.S.C. 971 et seq. Dated: July 11, 2007. Alan D. Risenhoover, Director, Office of Sustainable Fisheries, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. E7-13953 Filed 7-18-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-22-S DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration RIN 0648-XB48 Marine Mammals; File No. 932-1489 AGENCY: National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), Commerce. ACTION: Notice; issuance of permit amendment. SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that the NMFS Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program has been issued an amendment to scientific research and enhancement Permit No. 932-1489-08. ADDRESSES: The amendment and related documents are available for review upon written request or by appointment in the following office(s): see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION . FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Amy Sloan, Dr. Tammy Adams, or Carrie Hubard, (301)713-2289. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The requested amendment has been granted under the authority of the Marine Mammal Protection Act of 1972, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1361 *et seq.* ), the regulations governing the taking and importing of marine mammals (50 CFR part 216), the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (ESA; 16 U.S.C. 1531 *et seq.* ), the regulations governing the taking, importing, and exporting of endangered and threatened species (50 CFR 222-226), and the Fur Seal Act of 1966, as amended (16 U.S.C. 1151 *et seq.* ). Permit No. 932-1489-08 (70 FR 38883) authorizes the NMFS Marine Mammal Health and Stranding Response Program to carry out activities pursuant to Title IV of the MMPA (16 U.S.C. 1421 *et seq.* ), including activities directed on threatened and endangered marine mammals, and import and export activities. This amendment (Permit No. 932-1489-09) extends the expiration date of the permit one year, to June 30, 2008. Issuance of this permit amendment, as required by the ESA, was based on a finding that such permit amendment:

(1)was applied for in good faith;

(2)will not operate to the disadvantage of such endangered species; and

(3)is consistent with the purposes and policies set forth in section 2 of the ESA. The amendment and related documents are available for review in the following office(s): Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of Protected Resources, NMFS, 1315 East-West Highway, Room 13705, Silver Spring, MD 20910; phone (301)713-2289; fax (301)427-2521; Northwest Region, NMFS, 7600 Sand Point Way NE, BIN C15700, Bldg. 1, Seattle, WA 98115-0700; phone (206)526-6150; fax (206)526-6426; Alaska Region, NMFS, P.O. Box 21668, Juneau, AK 99802-1668; phone (907)586-7221; fax (907)586-7249; Southwest Region, NMFS, 501 West Ocean Blvd., Suite 4200, Long Beach, CA 90802-4213; phone (562)980-4001; fax (562)980-4018; Pacific Islands Region, NMFS, 1601 Kapiolani Blvd., Rm 1110, Honolulu, HI 96814-4700; phone (808)973-2935; fax (808)973-2941; Northeast Region, NMFS, One Blackburn Drive, Gloucester, MA 01930-2298; phone (978)281-9300; fax (978)281-9394; and Southeast Region, NMFS, 263 13th Avenue South, Saint Petersburg, Florida 33701; phone (727)824-5312; fax (727)824-5309. Dated: July 12, 2007. P. Michael Payne, Chief, Permits, Conservation and Education Division, Office of Protected Resources, National Marine Fisheries Service. [FR Doc. E7-13949 Filed 7-18-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-22-S COMMITTEE FOR THE IMPLEMENTATION OF TEXTILE AGREEMENTS Determination Under the African Growth and Opportunity Act July 13, 2007. AGENCY: Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements (CITA). ACTION: Directive to the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection. SUMMARY: The Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements

(CITA)has determined that certain textile and apparel goods from South Africa shall be treated as “handloomed, handmade, folklore articles, or ethnic printed fabrics” and qualify for preferential treatment under the African Growth and Opportunity Act. Imports of eligible products from South Africa with an appropriate visa will qualify for duty-free treatment. EFFECTIVE DATE: July 30, 2007. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Anna Flaaten, International Trade Specialist, Office of Textiles and Apparel, U.S. Department of Commerce,

(202)482-3400. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Authority: Sections 112(a) and 112(b)(6) of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Title I of the Trade and Development Act of 2000, Pub. L. No. 106-200) (“AGOA”), as amended by section 7(c) of the AGOA Acceleration Act of 2004 (Pub. L. 108-274) (“AGOA Acceleration Act”) (19 U.S.C. §§ 3721(a) and (b)(6)); Sections 2 and 5 of Executive Order No. 13191 of January 17, 2001; Sections 25-27 and Paras. 13-14 of Presidential Proclamation 7912 of June 29, 2005. AGOA provides preferential tariff treatment for imports of certain textile and apparel products of beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries, including handloomed, handmade, or folklore articles of a beneficiary country that are certified as such by the competent authority in the beneficiary country. The AGOA Acceleration Act further expanded AGOA by adding ethnic printed fabrics to the list of textile and apparel products made in the beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries that may be eligible for the preferential treatment described in section 112(a) of the AGOA. In Executive Order 13191 (January 17, 2001) and Presidential Proclamation 7912 (June 29, 2005), the President authorized CITA to consult with beneficiary sub-Saharan African countries and to determine which, if any, particular textile and apparel goods shall be treated as being handloomed, handmade, folklore articles, or ethnic printed fabrics. (66 FR 7271-72 and 70 FR 37959, 37961 & 63). In a letter to the Commissioner of Customs dated January 18, 2001, the United States Trade Representative directed Customs to require that importers provide an appropriate export visa from a beneficiary sub-Saharan African country to obtain preferential treatment under section 112(a) of the AGOA (66 FR 7837). The first digit of the visa number corresponds to one of nine groupings of textile and apparel products that are eligible for preferential tariff treatment. Grouping “9” is reserved for handmade, handloomed, folklore articles, or ethnic printed fabrics. CITA has consulted with South African authorities and has determined that handloomed fabrics, handloomed articles (e.g., handloomed rugs, scarves, place mats, and tablecloths), handmade articles made from handloomed fabrics, and the ethnic printed fabrics described in Annex A to this notice, if produced in and exported from South Africa, are eligible for preferential tariff treatment under section 112(a) of the AGOA, as amended. After further consultations with South African authorities, CITA may determine that additional textile and apparel goods shall be treated as folklore articles. In the letter published below, CITA directs the Commissioner of U.S. Customs and Border Protection to allow duty-free entry of such products under U.S. Harmonized Tariff Schedule subheading 9819.11.27 if accompanied by an appropriate AGOA visa in grouping “9”. R. Matthew Priest, Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements. Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements July 13, 2007. Commissioner of Customs, *U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Washington, DC 20229.* Dear Commissioner: The Committee for the Implementation of Textiles Agreements (“CITA”), pursuant to Sections 112(a) and (b)(6) of the African Growth and Opportunity Act (Title I of the Trade and Development Act of 2000, Pub. L. No. 106-200) (“AGOA”), as amended by Section 7(c) of the AGOA Acceleration Act of 2004 (Pub. L. 108-274) (“AGOA Acceleration Act”) (19 U.S.C. §§ 3721(a) and (b)(6)), Executive Order No. 13191 of January 17, 2001, and Presidential Proclamation 7912 of June 29, 2005, has determined, effective on July 30, 2007, that the following articles shall be treated as “handloomed, handmade, folklore articles, and ethnic printed fabrics” under the AGOA:

(a)handloomed fabrics, handloomed articles (e.g., handloomed rugs, scarves, placemats, and tablecloths), and handmade articles made from handloomed fabrics, if made in South Africa from fabric handloomed in South Africa; and

(b)ethnic printed fabrics described in Annex A, if made in South Africa. Such articles are eligible for duty-free treatment only if entered under subheading 9819.11.27 and accompanied by a properly completed visa for product grouping “9”, in accordance with the provisions of the Visa Arrangement between the Government of the Republic of South Africa and the Government of the United States Concerning Textile and Apparel Articles Claiming Preferential Tariff Treatment under Section 112 of the Trade and Development Act of 2000. After further consultations with South African authorities, CITA may determine that additional textile and apparel goods shall be treated as folklore articles. Sincerely, R. Matthew Priest, *Chairman, Committee for the Implementation of Textile Agreements.* **ANNEX A: South African Ethnic Printed Fabrics** Each ethnic print must meet all of the criteria listed below: A) selvedge on both edges B) width of less than 50 inches C) classifiable under subheading 5208.52.30 1 or 5208.52.40 2 of the Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States 1 printed plain weave fabrics of cotton, 85% or more cotton by weight, weighing over 100g/m2 but not more than 200 g/m2, of yarn number 42 or lower 2 printed plain weave fabrics of cotton, 85% or more cotton by weight, weighing over 100g/m2 but not more than 200g/m2, of yarn numbers 43-68 D) contains designs, symbols, and other characteristics of African prints normally produced for and sold in Africa by the piece. E) made from fabric woven in the U.S. using U.S. yarn or woven in one or more eligible sub-Saharan beneficiary countries using U.S or African yarn F) printed, including waxed, in one or more eligible sub-Saharan beneficiary countries [FR Doc. E7-14009 Filed 7-18-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3510-DR-S DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests AGENCY: Department of Education. SUMMARY: The IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before September 17, 2007. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires that the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB)provide interested Federal agencies and the public an early opportunity to comment on information collection requests. OMB may amend or waive the requirement for public consultation to the extent that public participation in the approval process would defeat the purpose of the information collection, violate State or Federal law, or substantially interfere with any agency's ability to perform its statutory obligations. The IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management, publishes that notice containing proposed information collection requests prior to submission of these requests to OMB. Each proposed information collection, grouped by office, contains the following:

(1)Type of review requested, e.g. new, revision, extension, existing or reinstatement;

(2)Title;

(3)Summary of the collection;

(4)Description of the need for, and proposed use of, the information;

(5)Respondents and frequency of collection; and

(6)Reporting and/or Recordkeeping burden. OMB invites public comment. The Department of Education is especially interested in public comment addressing the following issues:

(1)Is this collection necessary to the proper functions of the Department;

(2)will this information be processed and used in a timely manner;

(3)is the estimate of burden accurate;

(4)how might the Department enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and

(5)how might the Department minimize the burden of this collection on the respondents, including through the use of information technology. Dated: July 12, 2007. Angela C. Arrington, IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management. Institute of Education Sciences *Type of Review:* New. *Title:* Assessment Accommodations for English Language Learners. *Frequency:* Annually. *Affected Public:* Individuals or household. *Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:* *Responses:* 3,667. *Burden Hours:* 397. *Abstract:* This study will examine the effect of a test accommodation and its impact on the validity of assessments for English language learners (ELLs). Specifically, it will examine the ways in which linguistic modification affects students' ability to access content (e.g. math) during testing. Linguistic modification is theory-based process in which the language in test items, directions, and/or response options are modified in ways that clarify and simplify the text without simplifying or significantly altering the construct tested. By comparing the effects of linguistic modification on the performance of ELL students with that of English language proficient general education students without disabilities (non-ELL/non-SD), this study aims to increase understanding of the effects of an accommodation—one that holds promise as a means of decreasing the achievement gap between non-ELL/non-SD and ELL students—on construct validity, differential validity, and incremental validity of achievement test scores. While the initial phase of this study focuses on instrument refinement and validation, the second phase uses experimental design to examine the effectiveness of this accommodation for ELLs on tests of mathematics achievement. Requests for copies of the proposed information collection request may be accessed from *http://edicsweb.ed.gov* , by selecting the “Browse Pending Collections” link and by clicking on link number 3412. When you access the information collection, click on “Download Attachments” to view. Written requests for information should be addressed to U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Potomac Center, 9th Floor, Washington, DC 20202-4700. Requests may also be electronically mailed to *ICDocketMgr@ed.gov* or faxed to 202-245-6623. Please specify the complete title of the information collection when making your request. Comments regarding burden and/or the collection activity requirements should be electronically mailed to *ICDocketMgr@ed.gov* . Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD)may call the Federal Information Relay Service

(FIRS)at 1-800-877-8339. [FR Doc. E7-13986 Filed 7-18-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000-01-P DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests AGENCY: Department of Education. SUMMARY: The IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before September 17, 2007. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires that the Office of Management and Budget

(1)Type of review requested, e.g. new, revision, extension, existing or reinstatement;

(2)Title;

(3)Summary of the collection;

(4)Description of the need for, and proposed use of, the information;

(5)Respondents and frequency of collection; and

(6)Reporting and/or Recordkeeping burden. OMB invites public comment. The Department of Education is especially interested in public comment addressing the following issues:

(1)Is this collection necessary to the proper functions of the Department;

(2)will this information be processed and used in a timely manner;

(3)is the estimate of burden accurate;

(4)how might the Department enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and

(KVHS)online course curriculum in Algebra I. They will be supported by extensive professional development in hybrid instruction and research-based practices for teaching Algebra I. The KVHS course is fully aligned with national and new state standards for Algebra instruction. The results on improved instructional practices, classroom quality, and student learning will be compared to those in control sites in which Algebra I instruction will continue as it has with traditional classroom instruction. Participating schools will be randomly assigned to either an intervention group or a control group in Spring 2008 and participating teachers will assume the intervention or control status assigned to their school. Baseline data collection for both intervention and control groups will begin in the fall of 2008, and continue each semester through spring 2010. Participating teachers in the intervention schools will begin professional development in May 2008, and will continue with the facilitated face-to-face on online support of a master teacher as they implement the intervention in 2008-2009. Teachers will continue to have access to all of the online resources for instruction in 2009-2010, as well as on-demand support for KVHS. Results of the study will be made available following a technical review by the U.S. Department of Education, Institute of Education Sciences. Requests for copies of the proposed information collection request may be accessed from *http://edicsweb.ed.gov* , by selecting the “Browse Pending Collections” link and by clicking on link number 3411. When you access the information collection, click on “Download Attachments” to view. Written requests for information should be addressed to U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Potomac Center, 9th Floor, Washington, DC 20202-4700. Requests may also be electronically mailed to *ICDocketMgr@ed.gov* or faxed to 202-245-6623. Please specify the complete title of the information collection when making your request. Comments regarding burden and/or the collection activity requirements should be electronically mailed to *ICDocketMgr@ed.gov* . Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD)may call the Federal Information Relay Service

(FIRS)at 1-800-877-8339. [FR Doc. E7-13987 Filed 7-18-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000-01-P DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests AGENCY: Department of Education. SUMMARY: The IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before September 17, 2007. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires that the Office of Management and Budget

(1)Type of review requested, e.g. new, revision, extension, existing or reinstatement;

(2)Title;

(3)Summary of the collection;

(4)Description of the need for, and proposed use of, the information;

(5)Respondents and frequency of collection; and

(6)Reporting and/or Recordkeeping burden. OMB invites public comment. The Department of Education is especially interested in public comment addressing the following issues:

(1)Is this collection necessary to the proper functions of the Department;

(2)will this information be processed and used in a timely manner;

(3)is the estimate of burden accurate;

(4)how might the Department enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and

(5)how might the Department minimize the burden of this collection on the respondents, including through the use of information technology. Dated: July 12, 2007. Angela C. Arrington, IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management. Office of the Chief Financial Officer *Type of Review:* New. *Title:* Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements in the Education Department General Administrative (EDGAR) Regulations. *Frequency:* On Occasion; As needed or required. *Affected Public:* Individuals or household; Businesses or other for-profit; Not-for-profit institutions; State, Local, or Tribal Gov't, SEAs or LEAs. *Reporting and Recordkeeping Hour Burden:* *Responses:* 7,835. *Burden Hours:* 33,395. *Abstract:* The Education Department General Administrative Regulations (EDGAR) Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements are currently part of another collection, OMB Control Number 1890-0004. The 1890-0004 collection currently includes three distinct information collection instruments, the ED 524 Budget Form, the ED 524B Grant Performance Report and the recordkeeping and reporting requirements that carry burden in EDGAR. As part of the renewal of these instruments, we are requesting that each of the instruments be approved under separate OMB Control numbers. Separating these instruments into three information collections will make it easier to make additions, deletions, revisions or other needed changes to each instrument throughout the approval period and eliminate any potential confusion when changes are made to only one of the instruments. We are requesting a new OMB Control number for the EDGAR Recordkeeping and Reporting Requirements and a three-year approval for this collection. Please note that the ED 524B, Grant Performance Report will retain the 1890-0004 number. Requests for copies of the proposed information collection request may be accessed from *http://edicsweb.ed.gov,* by selecting the “Browse Pending Collections” link and by clicking on link number 3381. When you access the information collection, click on “Download Attachments” to view. Written requests for information should be addressed to U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Potomac Center, 9th Floor, Washington, DC 20202-4700. Requests may also be electronically mailed to *ICDocketMgr@ed.gov* or faxed to 202-245-6623. Please specify the complete title of the information collection when making your request. Comments regarding burden and/or the collection activity requirements should be electronically mailed to *ICDocketMgr@ed.gov* . Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD)may call the Federal Information Relay Service

(FIRS)at 1-800-877-8339. [FR Doc. E7-13988 Filed 7-18-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000-01-P DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Notice of Proposed Information Collection Requests AGENCY: Department of Education. SUMMARY: The IC Clearance Official, Regulatory Information Management Services, Office of Management, invites comments on the proposed information collection requests as required by the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. DATES: Interested persons are invited to submit comments on or before September 17, 2007. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 3506 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35) requires that the Office of Management and Budget

(1)Type of review requested, e.g. new, revision, extension, existing or reinstatement;

(2)Title;

(3)Summary of the collection;

(4)Description of the need for, and proposed use of, the information;

(5)Respondents and frequency of collection; and

(6)Reporting and/or Recordkeeping burden. OMB invites public comment. The Department of Education is especially interested in public comment addressing the following issues:

(1)Is this collection necessary to the proper functions of the Department;

(2)will this information be processed and used in a timely manner;

(3)is the estimate of burden accurate;

(4)how might the Department enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and

(ED)discretionary grant application packages and are needed in order for applicants to submit summary-level budget data by budget category, as well as a detailed budget narrative, to request and justify their proposed grant budgets which are part of their grant applications. Requests for copies of the proposed information collection request may be accessed from *http://edicsweb.ed.gov* , by selecting the “Browse Pending Collections” link and by clicking on link number 3372. When you access the information collection, click on “Download Attachments” to view. Written requests for information should be addressed to U.S. Department of Education, 400 Maryland Avenue, SW., Potomac Center, 9th Floor, Washington, DC 20202-4700. Requests may also be electronically mailed to *ICDocketMgr@ed.gov* or faxed to 202-245-6623. Please specify the complete title of the information collection when making your request. Comments regarding burden and/or the collection activity requirements should be electronically mailed to *ICDocketMgr@ed.gov* . Individuals who use a telecommunications device for the deaf

(TDD)may call the Federal Information Relay Service

(FIRS)at 1-800-877-8339. [FR Doc. E7-13989 Filed 7-18-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Oak Ridge Reservation AGENCY: Department of Energy. ACTION: Notice of open meeting and retreat. SUMMARY: This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Oak Ridge Reservation. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92-463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of this meeting be announced in the **Federal Register** . DATES: Saturday, August 11, 2007; 8 a.m. ADDRESSES: Rothchild Catering, 8807 Kingston Pike, Knoxville, Tennessee. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Pat Halsey, Federal Coordinator, Department of Energy Oak Ridge Operations Office, P.O. Box 2001, EM-90, Oak Ridge, TN 37831. Phone

(865)576-4025; Fax

(865)576-5333 or e-mail: *halseypj@oro.doe.gov* or check the Web site at *http://www.oakridge.doe.gov/em/ssab.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: *Purpose of the Board:* The purpose of the Board is to make recommendations to DOE in the areas of environmental restoration, waste management, and related activities. *Tentative Agenda:* The planning retreat, which will be held from 8 a.m. to 4 p.m., will focus on establishing the work of the Board for Fiscal Year 2008. Election of officers for Fiscal Year 2008 will be the order of business during the regular monthly meeting, which will begin at 4 p.m. *Public Participation:* The meeting is open to the public. Written statements may be filed with the Board either before or after the meeting. Individuals who wish to make oral statements pertaining to the agenda item should contact Pat Halsey at the address or telephone number listed above. Requests must be received five days prior to the meeting and reasonable provision will be made to include the presentation in the agenda. The Deputy Designated Federal Officer is empowered to conduct the meeting in a fashion that will facilitate the orderly conduct of business. Individuals wishing to make public comment will be provided a maximum of five minutes to present their comments. *Minutes:* Minutes of this meeting will be available for public review and copying at the Department of Energy's Information Center at 475 Oak Ridge Turnpike, Oak Ridge, TN between 8 a.m. and 5 p.m., Monday through Friday, or by writing to Pat Halsey, Department of Energy Oak Ridge Operations Office, P.O. Box 2001, EM-90, Oak Ridge, TN 37831, or by calling her at

(865)576-4025. Issued at Washington, DC, on July 16, 2007. Rachel M. Samuel, Deputy Advisory Committee Management Officer. [FR Doc. E7-13992 Filed 7-18-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [IC07-582-001, FERC-582] Commission Information Collection Activities, Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Extension July 12, 2007. AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirements of section 3507 of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3507, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) has submitted the information collection described below to the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB)for review and extension of this information collection requirement. Any interested person may file comments directly with OMB and should address a copy of those comments to the Commission as explained below. The Commission received comments from an entity in response to an earlier **Federal Register** notice of April 14, 2007 (72 FR 19829-30) and has provided responses to the commenter in its submission to OMB. Copies of the submission were also submitted to the commenter. DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due by August 21, 2007. ADDRESSES: Address comments on the collection of information to the Office of Management and Budget, Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Desk Officer. Comments to OMB should be filed electronically, c/o *oira_submission@omb.eop.gov* and include the OMB Control No. as a point of reference. The Desk Officer may be reached by telephone at 202-395-4650. A copy of the comments should also be sent to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Office of the Executive Director, ED-34, Attention: Michael Miller, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. Comments may be filed either in paper format or electronically. Those persons filing electronically do not need to make a paper filing. For paper filings an original and 14 copies, of such comments should be submitted to the Secretary of the Commission, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426 and should refer to Docket No. IC07-582-001. Documents filed electronically via the Internet must be prepared in WordPerfect, MS Word, Portable Document Format, or ASCII format. To file the document, access the Commission's Web site at: *http://www.ferc.gov* and click on “Make an E-Filing,” and then follow the instructions for each screen. First time users will have to establish a user name and password. The Commission will send an automatic acknowledgement to the sender's e-mail address upon receipt of comments. User assistance for electronic filings is available at 202-502-8258 or by e-mail to: *efiling@ferc.gov.* Comments should not be submitted to this e-mail address. All comments may be viewed, printed or downloaded remotely via the Internet through FERC's homepage using the “eLibrary” link. Enter the docket number excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to access the document. For user assistance, contact *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov* or toll-free at

(866)208-3676. or for TTY, contact

(202)502-8659. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Michael Miller may be reached by telephone at

(202)502-8415, by fax at

(202)273-0873, and by e-mail at: *michael.miller@ferc.gov.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Description The information collection submitted for OMB review contains the following: 1. *Collection of Information:* FERC 582 “Electric Fees and Annual Charges.” 2. *Sponsor:* Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. 3. Control No. 1902-0132. The Commission is now requesting that OMB approve and extend the expiration date for an additional three years with no changes to the existing collection. The information filed with the Commission is mandatory. 4. *Necessity of the Collection of Information:* Submission of the information is necessary for the Commission to carry out its responsibilities in implementing the statutory provisions of the Independent Offices Appropriation Act of 1952

(IOAA)(31 U.S.C. 9701) which authorizes the Commission to establish fees for its services. In addition, the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986

(OBRA)(42 U.S.C. 7178) authorizes the Commission “to assess and collect fees and annual charges in any fiscal year in amounts equal to all the costs incurred by the Commission in that fiscal year.” In calculating annual charges, the Commission first determines the total costs of its electric regulatory program and then subtracts all electric regulatory program filing fee collections to determine the total collectible electric regulatory program costs. It then uses the data submitted under FERC information collection requirement FERC-582 to determine the total megawatt-hours of transmission of electric energy in interstate commerce. This is measured by the sum of the megawatt-hours of all unbundled transmission (including MWh delivered in wheeling transactions and MWh delivered in exchange transactions) and the megawatt-hours of all bundled wholesale power sales (to the extent these later megawatt-hours were not separately reported as unbundled transmission). This information must be reported to three

(3)decimal places. Public utilities and power marketers subject to these annual charges must submit FERC-582 to the Secretary of the Commission by April 30 of each year. The Commission issues bills for annual charges, and public utilities and power marketers then must pay the charges within 45 days of the Commission's issuance of the bill. The Commission's staff uses companies' financial information filed under waiver provisions to evaluate requests for a waiver or exemption of the obligation to pay a fee for an annual charge. The Commission implements these filing requirements in the Code of Federal Regulations

(CFR)under 18 CFR part 381, sections 381.108, and 381.302 and part 382, section 382.201(c). 5. *Respondent Description:* The respondent universe currently comprises 125 companies (on average) subject to the Commission's jurisdiction. 6. *Estimated Burden:* 500 total hours, 125 respondents (average), 1 response per respondent, and 4 hours per response (rounded off and average time). 7. *Estimated Cost Burden to Respondents:* 500 hours/2080 hours per years × $122,137 per year = $ 29,360. The cost per respondent is equal to $235. Statutory Authority: Statutory provisions of sections Independent Offices Appropriation Act of 1952

(IOAA)(31 U.S.C. 9701) which authorizes the Commission to establish fees for its services. In addition, the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1986

(OBRA)(42 U.S.C. 7178) authorizes the Commission “to assess and collect fees and annual charges in any fiscal year in amounts equal to all the costs incurred by the Commission in that fiscal year.” Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. E7-13973 Filed 7-18-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. ER07-903-000] Bethlehem Renewable Energy, LLC; Notice of Issuance of Order July 12, 2007. Bethlehem Renewable Energy, LLC (Bethlehem) filed an application for market-based rate authority, with an accompanying rate schedule. The proposed market-based rate schedule provides for the sale of energy, capacity and ancillary services at market-based rates. Bethlehem also requested waivers of various Commission regulations. In particular, Bethlehem requested that the Commission grant blanket approval under 18 CFR part 34 of all future issuances of securities and assumptions of liability by Bethlehem. On July 11, 2007, pursuant to delegated authority, the Director, Division of Tariffs and Market Development—West, granted the requests for blanket approval under Part 34 (Director's Order). 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 concerning the blanket approvals of issuances of securities or assumptions of liability by Bethlehem should file a 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 protests is August 10, 2007. Absent a request to be heard in opposition to such blanket approvals by the deadline above, Bethlehem 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 Bethlehem, 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 approvals of Bethlehem's issuance 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. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. E7-13974 Filed 7-18-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. TS04-286-002] Exelon Corporation; Notice of Filing July 12, 2007. Take notice that on June 29, 2007, Exelon Corporation, on behalf of its subsidiaries PECO Energy Company and Commonwealth Energy Company, filed a request for clarification of waiver with respect to the application of existing waivers issued to the two companies under the Commission's Standards of Conduct with respect to renewable energy credits. 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 July 20, 2007. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. E7-13969 Filed 7-18-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. EL07-71-000] NSTAR Electric Company; Notice of Institution of Proceeding and Refund Effective Date July 12, 2007. On July 9, 2007, the Commission issued an order that instituted a proceeding in the above-referenced docket, pursuant to section 206 of the Federal Power Act

(FPA)16 U.S.C. 824e, concerning the justness and reasonableness of NSTAR Electric Company's proposed rate decrease. The refund effective date in the above-docketed proceeding, established pursuant to section 206(b) of the FPA, will be the date of publication of this notice in the **Federal Register** . Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. E7-13970 Filed 7-18-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Combined Notice of Filings # 1 July 12, 2007. Take notice that the Commission received the following exempt wholesale generator filings: *Docket Numbers:* EG07-53-000. *Applicants:* Bethlehem Renewable Energy, LLC. *Description:* Bethlehem Renewable Energy, LLC submits a supplement to its 5/16/07 filing. *Filed Date:* 06/28/2007. *Accession Number:* 20070703-0145. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, July 19, 2007. *Docket Numbers:* EG07-64-000. *Applicants:* Benton County Wind Farm. *Description:* Benton County Wind Farm submits an Exempt Wholesale Generator Notice of Self-Certification. *Filed Date:* 07/03/2007. *Accession Number:* 20070703-5009. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, July 24, 2007. *Docket Numbers:* EG07-66-000. *Applicants:* Edison Mission Group. *Description:* Edison Mission Group submits a Notice of Self-Certification of Exempt Wholesale Generator Status. *Filed Date:* 07/09/2007. *Accession Number:* 20070709-5046. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, July 30, 2007. Take notice that the Commission received the following electric rate filings: *Docket Numbers:* ER99-4122-023; ER99-4124-019; ER07-428-001. *Applicants:* Arizona Public Service Company; APS Energy Services Company; Pinnacle West Marketing & Trading. *Description:* Arizona Public Service Co et al. submits a notice of change in status of generation capacity. *Filed Date:* 07/02/2007. *Accession Number:* 20070711-0036. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, July 23, 2007. *Docket Numbers:* ER03-1368-004; ER03-1372-005; ER03-1371-004. *Applicants:* Cleco Power LLC; Arcadia Power Partners, LLC; Cleco Evangeline LLC. *Description:* Cleco Power LLC et al. submits 1st Revised Sheet 4, Superseding Original Sheet 4 et al. to FERC Electric Tariff, 1st Revised Volume 2. *Filed Date:* 07/03/2007. *Accession Number:* 20070711-0035. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, July 24, 2007. *Docket Numbers:* ER03-1413-005. *Applicants:* Sempra Energy Trading Corp. *Description:* Sempra Energy Trading Corp informs FERC that effective 6/1/07 its energy management agreement with Lake Road Generating Company, LP was terminated. *Filed Date:* 06/14/2007. *Accession Number:* 20070702-0257. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, July 23, 2007. *Docket Numbers:* ER05-69-003. *Applicants:* NSTAR Electric Company. *Description:* NSTAR Electric Company's request for a two week extension of time to allow them to make the annual informational reports filing on 7/14/07. *Filed Date:* 06/28/2007. *Accession Number:* 20070702-0060. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, July 19, 2007. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-653-002. *Applicants:* The United Illuminating Company. *Description:* The United Illuminating Company submits its clean and black-lined versions of revisions to Schedule UI-21 of ISO New England Inc's Open Access Transmission Tariff. *Filed Date:* 07/06/2007. *Accession Number:* 20070709-0137. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, July 27, 2007. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-720-001. *Applicants:* New York Independent System Operator, Inc. *Description:* New York Independent System Operator submits its compliance filing required by FERC's June Order. *Filed Date:* 07/03/2007. *Accession Number:* 20070706-0053. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, July 24, 2007. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-883-002. *Applicants:* Southwest Power Pool, Inc. *Description:* Southwest Power Pool, Inc submits an executed Service Agreement for Network Integration Transmission Service with Kansas City Power & Light Company. *Filed Date:* 06/29/2007. *Accession Number:* 20070703-0113. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, July 20, 2007. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-924-001. *Applicants:* Kansas City Power & Light Company. *Description:* Kansas City Power & Light submits substitute sheets to replace the corresponding sheets that were originally filed on 5/22/07. *Filed Date:* 07/05/2007. *Accession Number:* 20070709-0118. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, July 26, 2007. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-984-001. *Applicants:* Entergy Gulf States, Inc. *Description:* Entergy Gulf States Inc submits an executed version of an amended and conformed Power Sales Agreement for the Toledo Bend Project with Sabine River Authority. *Filed Date:* 07/06/2007. *Accession Number:* 20070709-0142. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, July 27, 2007. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-1065-001. *Applicants:* Public Service Company of New Mexico. *Description:* City of Farmington, New Mexico submits a certificate of Concurrence re the filing by Public Service Co of New Mexico on 6/21/07. *Filed Date:* 07/09/2007. *Accession Number:* 20070711-0034. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, July 30, 2007. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-1090-001. *Applicants:* PJM Interconnection L.L.C. *Description:* PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. submits a corrected version of its Wholesale Market Participation Agreement. *Filed Date:* 07/10/2007. *Accession Number:* 20070711-0033. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, July 31, 2007. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-1100-000. *Applicants:* Entergy Services, Inc. *Description:* Entergy Services Inc submits its Second Revised Network Integration Transmission Service Agreement and First Revised Network Operating Agreement. *Filed Date:* 06/29/2007. *Accession Number:* 20070702-0061. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, July 20, 2007. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-1100-001. *Applicants:* Entergy Services, Inc. *Description:* Entergy Services, Inc. submits an erratum to the Second Revised Network Integration Transmission Service Agreement with the City of North Little Rock, Arkansas. *Filed Date:* 07/05/2007. *Accession Number:* 20070709-0117. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, July 20, 2007. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-1134-000. *Applicants:* Old Dominion Electric Cooperative, Inc. *Description:* Old Dominion Electric Cooperative submits an application for approval of a cost-of-service rate formula to recover its revenue requirement for certain transmission facilities located in the Commonwealth of Virginia. *Filed Date:* 07/05/2007. *Accession Number:* 20070709-0116. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, July 26, 2007. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-1135-000. *Applicants:* Entergy Services, Inc. *Description:* Entergy Services Inc. agent for the Entergy Operating Companies et al. submits a mutually executed Dynamic Transfer Operating Agreement with EIS, NLR, and Benton. *Filed Date:* 07/06/2007. *Accession Number:* 20070709-0141. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, July 27, 2007. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-1136-000. *Applicants:* Camp Grove Wind Farm LLC. *Description:* Camp Grove Wind Farm, LLC submits its proposed market-based rate tariff, entitled FERC Electric Tariff 1 for its wind powered electric generating facility located in Marshall and Stark Counties, IL. *Filed Date:* 07/06/2007. *Accession Number:* 20070709-0140. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, July 27, 2007. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-1137-000. *Applicants:* Lockhart Power Company. *Description:* Lockhart Power Company requests FERC's authorization to make wholesale sales of energy, capacity, and ancillary services at negotiated, market-based rates pursuant to Wholesale Market-Based Rate Tariff. *Filed Date:* 07/06/2007. *Accession Number:* 20070709-0139. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, July 27, 2007. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-1138-000. *Applicants:* Jeffers Wind 20, LLC. *Description:* Petition of Jeffers Wind 20, LLC for order accepting market-based rate tariff for filing and granting waivers and blanket approvals and request for expedited action. *Filed Date:* 07/09/2007. *Accession Number:* 20070711-0032. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, July 30, 2007. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-1139-000. *Applicants:* York Haven Holdings, Inc. *Description:* York Haven Holdings, Inc. submits a Petition for market-based rate authority under Section 205 of the Federal Power Act, and request for waivers and blanket approvals. *Filed Date:* 07/09/2007. *Accession Number:* 20070711-0031. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, July 30, 2007. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-1140-000. *Applicants:* New York Independent System Operator, Inc. *Description:* New York Independent System Operator, Inc., submits revised tariff sheets for its Market Administration and Control Area Services Tariff pursuant to Section 205 of the Federal Power Act. *Filed Date:* 07/09/2007. *Accession Number:* 20070711-0037. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, July 30, 2007. Take notice that the Commission received the following electric securities filings: *Docket Numbers:* ES07-43-000: ES07-44-000; ES07-45-000. *Applicants:* PSEG Fossil LLC; PSEG Nuclear LLC; PSEG Energy Resources & Trade LLC. *Description:* PSEG Companies submit an application for continued authorization to have outstanding up to $2 billion of short-term unsecured debt. *Filed Date:* 07/09/2007. *Accession Number:* 20070710-0040. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, July 30, 2007. Take notice that the Commission received the following electric reliability filings: *Docket Numbers:* RR07-11-001. *Applicants:* North American Electric Reliability Corp. *Description:* Compliance Filing of the North American Electric Reliability Corp., in Response to Paragraph 108 of Order Approving Regional Reliability Standards for the Western Interconnection and Directing Modifications. *Filed Date:* 07/09/2007. *Accession Number:* 20070709-5076. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, August 8, 2007. 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. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. E7-13975 Filed 7-18-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Combined Notice of Filings # 1 July 11, 2007. Take notice that the Commission received the following electric corporate filings: *Docket Numbers:* EC07-112-000. *Applicants:* Metro Energy, L.L.C.; DTE Pontiac North, LLC; DTE Energy Services, Inc.; CL Michigan Holdings, LLC. *Description:* Metro Energy, LLC et al. submit an application for order authorizing disposition of Jurisdictional Facilities under section 203 of the Federal Power Act and request for waivers. *Filed Date:* 07/02/2007. *Accession Number:* 20070709-0028. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, July 20, 2007. Take notice that the Commission received the following exempt wholesale generator filings: *Docket Numbers:* EG07-64-000. *Applicants:* Benton County Wind Farm. *Description:* Exempt Wholesale Generator Notice of Self-Certification of Benton County Wind Farm. *Filed Date:* 07/03/2007. *Accession Number:* 20070703-5009. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, July 24, 2007. Take notice that the Commission received the following electric rate filings: *Docket Numbers:* ER00-2917-010; ER99-2948-011; ER00-2918-010; ER97-2261-021; ER01-1654-012; ER02-2567-010; ER02-699-004; ER04-485-007; ER07-247-002; ER07-245-002; ER07-244-002. *Applicants:* Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Inc.; Baltimore Gas and Electric Company; Constellation Power Source Generation, Inc.; Calvert Cliffs Nuclear Power Plant, Inc.; Constellation energy Commodities Group, Inc.; Handsome Lake Energy, LLC; Nine Mile Point Nuclear Station, LLC; Constellation NewEnergy, Inc.; Constellation Energy Commodities Group Maine, LLC; R.E.Ginna Nuclear Power Plant, LLC; Raven One, LLC; Raven Two, LLC; Raven Three, LLC. *Description:* Constellation Energy Group, Inc submits a notice of change is status for which FERC has granted market-based rate authority in compliance with Order 652 under ER99-2948 *et al.* *Filed Date:* 07/02/2007. *Accession Number:* 20070705-0197. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, July 23, 2007. *Docket Numbers:* ER01-48-008. *Applicants:* Powerex Corp. *Description:* Powerex Corporation submits this notice of change in status with respect to events that have taken place since the date of its last change in status filing submitted on 5/12/06. *Filed Date:* 07/02/2007. *Accession Number:* 20070705-0199. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, July 23, 2007. *Docket Numbers:* ER01-1363-007; ER96-25-029. *Applicants:* Coral Energy Management, LLC; Coral Power, L.L.C. *Description:* Coral Power LLC and Coral Energy Management LLC submits a notice of change in status pursuant to requirements of Order 652. *Filed Date:* 07/03/2007. *Accession Number:* 20070706-0051. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, July 24, 2007. *Docket Numbers:* ER04-115-007. *Applicants:* California Independent System Operator. *Description:* California Independent System Operator submits its compliance report pursuant to Commission's Order issued 9/22/05. *Filed Date:* 07/02/2007. *Accession Number:* 20070706-0004. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, July 23, 2007. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-562-003. *Applicants:* Trans-Allegheny Interstate Line Company. *Description:* Trans-Allegheny Interstate Line Company submits this filing in compliance w/ FERC's order accepting and suspending proposed formula rates, subject to conditions, and establishing hearing and Settlement Judge Procedures. *Filed Date:* 07/02/2007. *Accession Number:* 20070705-0196. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, July 23, 2007. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-614-002. *Applicants:* American Transmission Systems, Incorporated. *Description:* American Transmission Systems, Incorporated et al submits a revised Construction Agreement dated 6/29/07, to establish a new 138 kV delivery point w/ Buckeye Power, Inc. *Filed Date:* 07/02/2007. *Accession Number:* 20070705-0198. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, July 23, 2007. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-829-002. *Applicants:* MidAmerican Energy Company. *Description:* MidAmerican Energy Company submits Attachment 1.A market version of Sheet Nos. 1, 2, and 4 of Rate Schedule 201. *Filed Date:* 07/05/2007. *Accession Number:* 20070706-0050. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, July 26, 2007. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-934-001. *Applicants:* The Detroit Edison Company. *Description:* Detroit Edison Company submits its clean and red-lined copies of Tariff Sheet 28-30 which properly recognize its proposed removal of Schedule 4 from its Tariff. *Filed Date:* 07/03/2007. *Accession Number:* 20070706-0052. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, July 24, 2007. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-1125-000. *Applicants:* Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation. *Description:* Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation dba National Grid submits an Interconnection Agreement dated January 13, 1992 w/ Project Orange Associates, LP pursuant to section 205 of the FPA. *Filed Date:* 07/02/2007. *Accession Number:* 20070705-0190. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, July 23, 2007. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-1126-000. *Applicants:* Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation. *Description:* Niagara Mohawk Power Corp dba National Grid submits an amended and restated Interconnection Agreement, dated June 30, 1998 w/ Power City Partners, LP pursuant to Section 205 of the FPA. *Filed Date:* 07/02/2007. *Accession Number:* 20070705-0193. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, July 23, 2007. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-1128-000. *Applicants:* Vermont Transco LLC. *Description:* Vermont Transco LLC submits an updated Exhibit A for the “1991 Transmission Agreement,” a rate schedule commonly referred to as the VTA and designated as FERC Rate Schedule 1. *Filed Date:* 07/02/2007. *Accession Number:* 20070705-0194. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, July 23, 2007. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-1129-000. *Applicants:* PacifiCorp. *Description:* PacifiCorp submits revised tariff sheets to the Appendices of FERC Rate Schedule 590, Control Area Services Agreement w/ Deseret Generation & Transmission Cooperative. *Filed Date:* 07/03/2007. *Accession Number:* 20070705-0191. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, July 24, 2007. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-1130-000. *Applicants:* AEP Energy Partners, Inc. *Description:* AEP Energy Partners, Inc submits this Notice of Succession to reflect a name change on its market-based rate tariff from AEP Energy Partners, LP to AEP Energy Partners, Inc. *Filed Date:* 07/03/2007. *Accession Number:* 20070705-0192. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, July 24, 2007. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-1131-000. *Applicants:* American Electric Power Service Corp. *Description:* AEP Texas Central Company et al. submits a partially executed Restated and Amended Service Agreement for ERCOT Regional Transmission Service with the Transmission Provider et al. *Filed Date:* 07/03/2007. *Accession Number:* 20070706-0054. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, July 24, 2007. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-1132-000. *Applicants:* Carolina Power & Light Company. *Description:* Progress Energy Carolinas Inc submits Service Agreement 288 to its OATT, FERC Electric Tariff, Third Revised Volume 3 with and Industrial Power Generation Corporation. *Filed Date:* 07/05/2007. *Accession Number:* 20070706-0055. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, July 26, 2007. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-1133-000. *Applicants:* Westar Energy, Inc. *Description:* Westar Energy Inc submits Fifth Revised Sheet 1 and 4 of First Revised Rate Schedule 233 an Electric Power Supply Agreement with the City of Robinson, Kansas, effective 1/1/08. *Filed Date:* 07/05/2007. *Accession Number:* 20070706-0056. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, July 26, 2007. Take notice that the Commission received the following foreign utility company status filings: *Docket Numbers:* FC07-52-000. *Applicants:* E.ON U.S. LLC. *Description:* FUCO—Notification of Material Change in Facts of E.ON U.S. LLC under FC07-52. *Filed Date:* 07/05/2007. *Accession Number:* 20070705-5015. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, July 26, 2007. 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. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. E7-13976 Filed 7-18-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. CP07-398-000, CP07-399-000, CP07-400-000; Docket No. CP07-401-000, CP07-402-000] Gulf Crossing Pipeline Company, LLC; Gulf South Pipeline Company, LP; Supplemental Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Gulf Crossing Project, Request for Comments on Environmental Issues, and Notice of Public Site Visit July 12, 2007. The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or Commission) will prepare an environmental impact statement

(EIS)that will identify and address the environmental impacts that could result from the construction and operation of the Gulf Crossing Project proposed by Gulf Crossing Pipeline Company, LLC (Gulf Crossing) and Gulf South Pipeline Company, L.P (Gulf South). On June 19, 2007 Gulf Crossing and Gulf South filed a formal application which included significant route realignments along the pipeline route. On April 2, 2007, the FERC issued a “Notice of Intent to Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement for the Proposed Gulf Crossing Project, Request for Comments on Environmental Issues and Notice of Public Scoping Meetings” (NOI). The NOI was published in the **Federal Register** and was also mailed to interested parties, including Federal, state and local officials, agency representatives, conservation organizations; Native American groups; local libraries and newspapers; and property owners affected by the proposed facilities. In order to assist staff with the identification of environmental issues associated with the modified facilities and to comply with the requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), a thirty day scoping period has been opened to receive comments on the proposed project, as modified. This NOI is necessary due to route changes along the pipeline as well as a significant change in the pipeline route in Mississippi. Please note that the scoping period for this project will close on August 13, 2007. Additionally, as part of the scoping process, we will sponsor a public site visit of the proposed Mississippi Loop as described below, to receive comments on the proposed project. Please note that attendees at the site visit must obtain their own transportation for the site visit. Date and time Location July 26, 2007, 9 a.m. Terry High School Parking Lot, 235 W. Beasley St., Terry, MS 39170. 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; all of which are encouraged to submit comments on the proposed project. Details on how to submit comments are provided in the Public Participation section of this notice. If you are a landowner receiving this notice, you may be contacted by a Gulf Crossing or Gulf South 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 Gulf Crossing proposes to construct, own and operate approximately 353.2 miles of new 42-inch-diameter natural gas transmission pipeline, four

(4)new compressor stations, four

(4)new metering and regulating (M&R) stations and associated facilities in Grayson, Fannin, Lamar, Delta, Hopkins, Franklin, Titus, Morris, and Cass Counties, Texas; Bryan County Oklahoma; and Caddo, Bossier, Webster, Claiborne, Lincoln, Union, Ouchida, Morehouse, Richland, and Madison Parishes, Louisiana. In addition, as part of the Gulf Crossing Project, Gulf South proposed to construct, own and operate a 17.8-mile-long 42-inch-diamter pipeline loop (Mississippi Loop) in Hinds, Copiah, and Simpson Counties Mississippi; as well as installing an additional 30,000 horsepower

(hp)of compression at the proposed Harrisville Compressor Station (Docket Number CP07-32-000). The general location of the proposed pipeline is shown in the figure included as Appendix 1. 1 1 The appendices referenced in this notice are not being printed in the **Federal Register** . Specifically, Gulf South and Gulf Crossing proposes to construct and operate the following facilities: • Approximately 353.2 miles of 42-inch-diameter pipeline beginning in Sherman, Texas; northeast through Bennington Oklahoma; and southeast to the proposed Gulf South Tallulah Compressor Station near Tallulah, Louisiana; • The newly proposed, approximately 17.8 mile long, 42-inch-diameter pipeline loop line in Hinds, Copiah, and Simpson Counties, Mississippi that would terminate at the Gulf South Harrisville Compressor Station (proposed in Docket No. CP07-32-000); • A new 35,641 hp compressor station at Milepost

(MP)0.0 near Sherman, Texas; • A new 18,940 hp compressor station at MP 72.7 near Paris, Texas; • A new 20,604 hp compressor station at MP 183 near Mira, Louisiana; • A new 25,339 hp compressor station at MP 293 near Sterlington, LA; • An additional 30,000 hp of compression at Gulf South's proposed Harrisville Compressor Station (Docket No. CP07-32-000) • Four

(4)meter and regulation (M&R) stations to interconnect with Enterprise Texas Pipeline L.P. at MP 0.0 in Grayson County, TX, Enogex intrastate pipeline at MP 34.2 in Bryan County, Oklahoma, Crosstex North Texas Pipeline at MP 72.7 in Lamar County, Texas, and Gulf South at MP 350.7 in Madison Parish, Louisiana; • 4 pig launching/receiving sites, 3 launching only facilities, 3 receiving only facilities and 17 mainline valves. Gulf Crossing and Gulf South proposes to have the project constructed and operational by October 1, 2008. Land Requirements for Construction As proposed, the typical construction right-of-way for the project pipeline would be 100 feet wide. Following construction, Gulf Crossing and Gulf South has proposed to retain a 60-foot-wide permanent right-of-way for operation of the project. Additional, temporary extra workspaces beyond the typical construction right-of-way limits may also 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. In residential areas, wetlands, and other sensitive areas, the construction right-of-way width would be reduced as necessary to protect homeowners and environmental resources. Based on information provided in the application, construction and operation of the renewly proposed Mississippi Loop would affect about 256.5 acres of land. Following construction, about 129.5 acres would be maintained as permanent right-of-way. For the project as a whole; construction and operation of the proposed project facilities would affect about 5,734 acres of land. Following construction, about 2,741 acres would be maintained as permanent right-of-way, including about 42.7 acres of land would be maintained as new aboveground facility sites. The remaining 2,993 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 the approval of an interstate natural gas pipeline. The FERC will use the EIS to consider the environmental impact that could result if the Gulf Crossing 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 NOI, 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 environmental 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. With this notice, we are asking federal, state, and local governmental agencies with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to environmental issues, 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. 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, comments filed in response to the April 2, 2007 NOI, and the facility information provided by Gulf Crossing and Gulf South. This preliminary list of issues may be changed based on your comments and our analysis. • Potential effects on prime farmland and erodable soils. • Potential impacts to perennial and intermittent waterbodies, including waterbodies with federal and/or state designations/protections. • Evaluation of temporary and permanent impacts on wetlands and development of appropriate mitigation. • Potential impacts to fish and wildlife habitat, including potential impacts to federally and state-listed threatened and endangered species. • 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. • Impacts to air quality and noise associated with construction and operation. • Public safety and hazards associated with the transport of natural gas. • Alternative alignments for the pipeline route and alternative sites for the compressor stations. • Potential impacts to Native American lands and cultural resources. • Land use impacts from pipeline easements. 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: Kimberly D. Bose, 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. CP07-398 on the original and both copies. • Mail your comments so that they will be received in Washington, DC on or before August 13, 2007. 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. 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.* 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 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. Among other things, intervenors have the right to receive copies of case-related Commission documents and filings by other intervenors. 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. 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 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 property 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 2). If you do not return the Information Request, you WILL be removed from the Commission's environmental mailing list. Please note that Landowners who have previously responded to the April 2, 2007 NOI with a request to stay on the mailing list need NOT reply again. 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). Additional information can also be found on the Internet at: *http://www.ferc.gov.* The “eLibrary link” on the FERC Web site provides access to documents submitted to and issued by the Commission, such as comments, orders, notices and rulemakings. Once on the FERC Web site, click on the “eLibrary link,” select “General Search” and in the “Docket Number” field enter the project docket number excluding the last three digits (CP07-398). When researching information be sure to select an appropriate date range. In addition, the FERC now offers a free email 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. For assistance with the FERC Web site or with eSubscription, please contact FERC Online Support at: *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov* or toll free at 1-866-208-3676, or TTY, contact 1-202-502-8659. Finally, Gulf Crossing has established an Internet Web site for this project at *http://www.gulfcrossing.com.* You can also request additional information or provide comments directly to Gulf Crossing at 1-713-544-5420. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. E7-13972 Filed 7-18-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket Nos. RM05-17-002; Docket Nos. RM05-25-002] Preventing Undue Discrimination and Preference in Transmission Service; Notice of Staff Technical Conference July 12, 2007. Take notice that Commission staff will convene a technical conference on July 30, 2007 to consider certain issues relating to findings and requirements established in the Final Rule issued in this proceeding on February 16, 2007. 1 In particular, as directed in the June 26, 2007 Order Establishing Technical Conference and Providing Guidance, this technical conference will consider

(1)the minimum lead-time for undesignating network resources in order to make firm third-party sales and

(2)the eligibility of on-system seller's choice and system sales to be designated as network resources. 1 *Preventing Undue Discrimination and Preference in Transmission Service,* Order No. 890, 72 FR 12266 (March 15, 2007), FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,241 at PP 1483 and 1557-59 (2007), *reh'g pending.* The technical conference will convene at 9 a.m.

(EDT)at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, in the Commission Meeting Room. All interested persons are invited to attend, and registration is not required. Commission staff is now soliciting nominations for speakers at the technical conference. Persons wishing to nominate themselves as speakers should do so using the following electronic link: *https://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/trans-serv-07-30-speaker-form.asp.* Such nominations must be made before the close of business on Thursday, July 19, 2007, so that an agenda for the technical conference can be drafted and published. A free Webcast of this event 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 free 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. FERC conferences are accessible under section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For accessibility accommodations please send an e-mail to: *accessibility@ferc.gov* or call toll free 1-866-208-3372 (voice) or 202-208-8659 (TTY), or send a fax to 202-208-2106 with the required accommodations. For further information about this conference, please contact: Tom Dautel, Office of Energy Markets and Reliability, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426,

(202)502-6196, *Thomas.Dautel@ferc.gov.* W. Mason Emnett, Office of the General Counsel—Energy Markets, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426,

(202)502-6540, *Mason.Emnett@ferc.gov.* Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. E7-13971 Filed 7-18-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0269; FRL-8441-6] Agency Information Collection Activities; Proposed Collection; Comment Request; Transportation Conformity Determinations for Federally Funded and Approved Transportation Plans, Programs and Projects, EPA ICR No. 2130.03, OMB Control No. 2060-0561 AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. SUMMARY: In compliance with the Paperwork Reduction Act

(PRA)(44 U.S.C. 3501 *et seq.* ), this document announces that EPA is planning to submit a request to renew an existing approved Information Collection Request

(ICR)to the Office of Management and Budget(OMB). This ICR is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2007. Before submitting the ICR to OMB for review and approval, EPA is soliciting comments of the proposed information collection as described below. DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before September 17, 2007. ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0269, by one of the following methods: • *www.regulations.gov:* Follow the on-line instructions for submitting comments. Or: • *Mail:*

(1)Air Docket, Environmental Protection Agency, Mailcode: 6102T, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460. Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0269, and

(2)OMB at Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs, Office of Management and Budget (OMB), 725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 20503. Attention: Desk Officer for EPA. *Instructions:* Direct your comments to Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0269. EPA's policy is that all comments received will be included in the public docket without change and may be made available online at *www.regulations.gov,* including any personal information provided, unless the comment includes information claimed to be Confidential Business Information

(CBI)or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Do not submit information that you consider to be CBI or otherwise protected through www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The *www.regulations.gov* Web site is an “anonymous access” system, which means EPA will not know your identity or contact information unless you provide it in the body of your comment. If you send an e-mail comment directly to EPA without going through *www.regulations.gov* your e-mail address will be automatically captured and included as part of the comment that is placed in the public docket and made available on the Internet. If you submit an electronic comment, EPA recommends that you include your name and other contact information in the body of your comment and with any disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA cannot read your comment due to technical difficulties and cannot contact you for clarification, EPA may not be able to consider your comment. Electronic files should avoid the use of special characters, any form of encryption, and be free of any defects or viruses. For additional information about EPA's public docket visit the EPA Docket Center homepage at *http://www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm.* FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Patty Klavon, State Measures and Conformity Group, Transportation and Regional Programs Division, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 2000 Traverwood Drive, Ann Arbor, MI 48105; telephone number:

(734)214-4476; fax number:

(734)214-4052; e-mail address: *klavon.patty@epa.gov.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: I. General Information A. How Can I Access the Docket and/or Submit Comments? EPA has established a public docket for this ICR under Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-OAR-2007-0269, which is available for online viewing at *www.regulations.gov,* or in person viewing at the Air Docket in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC Public Reading Room is open from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding legal holidays. The telephone number for the Reading Room is

(202)566-1744, and the telephone number for the Air Docket is

(202)566-1742. Use *www.regulations.gov* to obtain a copy of the supporting statement which provides a detailed discussion of the need, use, costs, and methodology of the information collection, to submit or view public comments, to access the index listing of the contents of the docket, and to access those documents in the public docket that are available electronically. Once in the system, select “search”, then key in the docket ID number identified in this document. B. In What Information Is EPA Particularly Interested? Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of the Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA), EPA specifically solicits comments and information to enable us to:

(i)Evaluate the accuracy of the Agency's estimate of the burden of the proposed collection of information, including the validity of the methodology and assumptions used;

(ii)Enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and

(iii)Minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond. C. What Should I Consider When I Prepare My Comments for EPA? You may find the following suggestions helpful for preparing your comments:

(1)Explain your views as clearly as possible and provide specific examples;

(2)Describe any assumptions that you used and why such assumptions are reasonable;

(3)Provide copies of any technical information and/or data you used that support your views;

(4)If you estimate potential burden or costs, explain how you arrived at the estimate that you provide;

(5)Offer alternative ways to improve the collection activity;

(6)Make sure to submit your comments by the deadline identified under DATES;

(7)To ensure proper receipt by EPA, be sure to identify the docket ID number assigned to this action in the subject line on the first page of your response. You may also provide the name, date, and **Federal Register** citation. II. To What Information Collection Activity or ICR Does This Apply? *Affected entities:* State and local entities potentially affected by this action are metropolitan planning organizations, local transit agencies, state departments of transportation, and state and local air quality agencies. Federal agencies potentially affected by this action include the Federal Highway Administration (FHWA), Federal Transit Administration

(FTA)and EPA. *Title:* Transportation Conformity Determinations for Federally Funded and Approved Transportation Plans, Programs and Projects. *ICR number:* EPA ICR No. 2130.03, OMB Control No. 2060-0561. *ICR status:* This ICR is scheduled to expire on December 31, 2007. EPA is soliciting comments on the draft information collection to renew the existing ICR. An Agency may not conduct or sponsor, and a person is not required to respond to, a collection of information, unless it displays a currently valid OMB control number. The OMB control numbers for EPA's regulations in title 40 of the CFR, after appearing in the **Federal Register** when approved, are listed in 40 CFR Part 9. *Abstract:* Transportation conformity is required under Clean Air Act section 176(c) (42 U.S.C. 7506(c)) to ensure that federally supported transportation activities are consistent with (“conform to”) the purpose of the state air quality implementation plan (SIP). Transportation activities include transportation plans, transportation improvement programs (TIPs), and federally funded or approved highway or transit projects. Conformity to the purpose of the SIP means that transportation activities will not cause new air quality violations, worsen existing violations, or delay timely attainment of the relevant national ambient air quality standards (NAAQS or “standards”). Transportation conformity applies under EPA's conformity regulations at 40 CFR Part 93, subpart A, to areas that are designated nonattainment, and those redesignated to attainment after 1990 (“maintenance areas” with plans developed under Clean Air Act section 175A) for the following transportation-related criteria pollutants: ozone, particulate matter (PM 2.5 and PM 10 ), carbon monoxide (CO), and nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ). The EPA published the original transportation conformity rule on November 24, 1993 (58 FR 62188), and subsequently published several revisions. EPA develops the conformity regulations in coordination with FHWA and FTA. Transportation conformity determinations are required before federal approval or funding is given to certain types of transportation planning documents as well as non-exempt highway and transit projects. 1 1 Some projects are exempt from all or certain conformity requirements, see 40 CFR 93.126, 93.127, and 93.128. EPA considered the following in renewing the existing ICR: • Burden estimates for transportation conformity determinations in 8-hour ozone and PM 2.5 nonattainment and maintenance areas, which made up EPA ICR 2130.02; • Burden estimates for conformity determinations for CO, NO 2 , and PM 10 , which were previously included in DOT's ICR for Metropolitan and State-wide Transportation Planning (OMB Control Number 2132-0529); 2 2 EPA, in consultation with DOT, concluded that it would be advantageous to join transportation conformity burden estimates for all pollutants into one ICR. • Efficiencies associated with the Safe, Accountable, Flexible, Efficient Transportation Equity Act: A Legacy for Users (SAFETEA-LU), which was signed into law on August 10, 2005; • Burden estimates for hypothetical areas that may be designated nonattainment for the revised 24-hour PM 2.5 standard, which EPA promulgated on October 17, 2006 (71 FR 61144); • Differences in conformity resource needs in large and small metropolitan areas and isolated rural areas; and • Additional burden associated with EPA's adequacy review process for submitted SIP motor vehicle emissions budgets that are to be used in conformity determinations. This ICR does not include burden associated with the general development of transportation planning and air quality planning documents for meeting other federal requirements. Burden Statement The annual burden for this collection of information that all state and local respondents incur is estimated to average 53,818 hours with a projected annual aggregate cost of $2,956,224. The annual burden for this collection of information that federal agency respondents incur is estimated to average 16,371 hours with a projected annual aggregate cost of $899,259. Finally, the bottom line burden to all federal, state, and local agency respondents over the 3-year period covered by this ICR is estimated at 210,567 hours, with a cost of approximately $11,566,445. Burden means the total time, effort, or financial resources expended by persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide information to or for a federal agency. This includes the time needed to review instructions; develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and systems for the purposes of collecting, validating, and verifying information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and providing information; adjust the existing ways to comply with any previously applicable instructions and requirements which have subsequently changed; train personnel to be able to respond to a collection of information; search data sources; complete and review the collection of information; and transmit or otherwise disclose the information. The ICR provides a detailed explanation of the Agency's estimate, which is only briefly summarized here: *Estimated Number of Respondents:* This ICR estimates that approximately 177 Metropolitan Planning Organizations will incur burden associated with transportation conformity requirements. *Frequency of Response:* The information collections described in this ICR must be completed before a transportation plan, TIP or project conformity determination is made. Per SAFETEA-LU and DOT's planning regulations, transportation plans and TIPs must be updated at least every four years; therefore, a conformity determination on the transportation plan and TIP in metropolitan areas is required at least every four years. Conformity determinations on projects in metropolitan and isolated rural areas are required on an as-needed basis. *Estimated Total Annual Hour Burden:* The ICR estimates a total annual burden to all federal, state and local agency respondents over the three-year period covered by this ICR to be 70,189 hours/year. Total annual burden for state and local agencies alone is 53,818, while the total annual burden for federal agency respondents is 16,371. *Estimated Total Annual Cost:* The total annual cost to all federal, state and local agency respondents over the three-year period covered by this ICR is estimated to be approximately $3,876,133/year. The annual cost for all state and local agencies is $2,956,224, while the annual cost portion for federal agency respondents is $899,259. *Changes in the Estimates:* There is an increase of 29,063 hours in the total estimated state, local, and federal agency respondent burden compared with that identified in the ICR currently approved by OMB. This increase reflects the following adjustments and program changes:

(1)Program change associated with transfer of DOT ICR (OMB #2132-0529) to EPA ICR 2130.03.

(2)Adjustments associated with the implementation of transportation conformity provisions in SAFETEA-LU.

(3)Reduced burden from the previous ICR, which included substantial start-up burden for areas that had never done transportation conformity prior to PM 2.5 and 8-hour ozone NAAQS. These areas now have experience with conformity.

(4)Other factors that have been updated since the existing ICR was approved. III. What Is the Next Step in the Process for This ICR? EPA will consider any comments we receive and amend the EPA ICR as appropriate. The final ICR package will then be submitted to OMB for review and approval pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.12. At that time, EPA will issue another **Federal Register** notice pursuant to 5 CFR 1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to announce the submission of the ICR to OMB and the opportunity to submit additional comments to OMB. If you have any questions about this ICR or the approval process, please contact the technical person listed under the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section. Dated: July 10, 2007. Lori Stewart, Acting Director, Transportation and Regional Programs Division, Office of Transportation and Air Quality. [FR Doc. E7-14007 Filed 7-18-07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P FEDERAL ELECTION COMMISSION Sunshine Act Meeting Notices DATE and TIME: Tuesday, July 24, 2007 at 10 a.m. PLACE: 999 E Street, NW., Washington, DC. STATUS: This meeting will be closed to the public. ITEMS TO BE DISCUSSED: Compliance matters pursuant to 2 U.S.C. 437g. Audits conducted pursuant to 2 U.S.C. 437g, 438(b), and Title 26, U.S.C. Matters concerning participation in civil actions or proceedings or arbitration. Internal personnel rules and procedures or matters affecting a particular employee. PERSON TO CONTACT FOR INFORMATION: Mr. Robert Biersack, Press Officer, Telephone:

(202)694-1220. Mary W. Dove, Secretary of the Commission. [FR Doc. 07-3546 Filed 7-17-07; 2:13 pm]

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