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BILLING CODE 6351-01-M DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ADMINISTRATION [OMB Control No. 9000-0029] Federal Acquisition Regulation; Information Collection; Extraordinary Contractual Action Requests AGENCIES: Department of Defense (DOD), General Services Administration (GSA), and National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). ACTION: Notice of request for an extension to an existing OMB clearance. SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (44 U.S.C. Chapter 35), the Federal Acquisition Regulation

(FAR)Secretariat has submitted to the Office of Management and Budget

(OMB)a request to review and approve an extension of a currently approved information collection requirement concerning extraordinary contractual action requests. A request for public comments was published in the **Federal Register** at 73 FR 3241, on January 17, 2008. No comments were received. The clearance currently expires on April 30, 2008. Public comments are particularly invited on: Whether this collection of information is necessary for the proper performance of functions of the FAR, and whether it will have practical utility; whether our estimate of the public burden of this collection of information is accurate, and based on valid assumptions and methodology; ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity of the information to be collected; and ways in which we can minimize the burden of the collection of information on those who are to respond, through the use of appropriate technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology. DATES: Submit comments on or before April 17, 2008. ADDRESSES: Submit comments regarding this burden estimate or any other aspect of this collection of information, including suggestions for reducing this burden to: FAR Desk Officer, OMB, Room 10102, NEOB, Washington, DC 20503, and a copy to the General Services Administration, FAR Secretariat (VPR), 1800 F Street, NW., Room 4035, Washington, DC 20405. Please cite OMB Control No. 9000-0029, Extraordinary Contractual Action Requests, in all correspondence. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ed Loeb, Contract Policy Division, GSA

(202)501-0650. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: A. Purpose This request covers the collection of information as a first step under Public Law 85-804, as amended by Public Law 93-155 and Executive Order 10789 dated November 14, 1958, that allows contracts to be entered into, amended, or modified in order to facilitate national defense. In order for a firm to be granted relief under the Act, specific evidence must be submitted which supports the firm's assertion that relief is appropriate and that the matter cannot be disposed of under the terms of the contract. B. Annual Reporting Burden *Respondents:* 100. *Responses per Respondent:* 1. *Annual Responses:* 100. *Hours per Response:* 16. *Total Burden Hours:* 1600. *Obtaining Copies of Proposals:* Requesters may obtain a copy of the information collection documents from the General Services Administration, FAR Secretariat (VPR), Room 4035, 1800 F Street, NW., Washington, DC 20405, telephone

(202)501-4755. Please cite OMB Control No. 9000-0029, Extraordinary Contractual Action Requests, in all correspondence. Dated: March 11, 2008. Al Matera, Director, Office of Acquisition Policy. [FR Doc. E8-5396 Filed 3-17-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6820-EP-P DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Department of the Air Force U.S. Air Force Scientific Advisory Board Notice of Meeting AGENCY: Department of the Air Force, U.S. Air Force Scientific Advisory Board. ACTION: Meeting notice. SUMMARY: Under the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act of 1972 (5 U.S.C., Appendix, as amended), the Government in the Sunshine Act of 1976 (5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended), and 41 CFR 102-3.150, the Department of Defense announces that the United States Air Force Scientific Advisory Board meeting will take place on Wednesday, April 9th, 2008, from 8 a.m.-4:15 p.m., at the Offutt Air Force Base Dougherty Conference Center located at 906 SAC Blvd., Offutt AFB, Nebraska 68113. The purpose of the meeting is to hold the United States Air Force Scientific Advisory Board quarterly meeting to introduce information related to the Offutt Air Force Base 55th Wing and U.S. Strategic Command missions. This information will provide board members a valuable perspective of key missions currently being executed by the USAF and how they may relate to the on-going SAB studies: Airborne Tactical Laser Feasibility for Gunship Operations, Kinetic Precision Effects, Implications of Spectrum Management for the Air Force, and Defending and Operating in a Contested Cyber Domain. Pursuant to 5 U.S.C. 552b, as amended, and 41 CFR 102-3.155, the Administrative Assistant of the Air Force, in consultation with the Office of the Air Force General Counsel, has determined in writing that the public interest requires that all sessions of the United States Air Force Scientific Advisory Board meeting be closed to the public because they will be concerned with classified information and matters covered by sections 5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1), (4), and (9)(b). Any member of the public wishing to provide input to the United States Air Force Scientific Advisory Board should submit a written statement in accordance with 41 CFR 102-3.140(c) and section 10(a)(3) of the Federal Advisory Committee Act and the procedures described in this paragraph. Written statements can be submitted to the Designated Federal Officer at the address detailed below at any time. Statements being submitted in response to the agenda mentioned in this notice must be received by the Designated Federal Officer at the address listed below at least five calendar days prior to the meeting which is the subject of this notice. Written statements received after this date may not be provided to or considered by the United States Air Force Scientific Advisory Board until its next meeting. The Designated Federal Officer will review all timely submissions with the United States Air Force Scientific Advisory Board Chairperson and ensure they are provided to members of the United States Air Force Scientific Advisory Board before the meeting that is the subject of this notice. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The United States Air Force Scientific Advisory Board Executive Director and Designated Federal Officer, Lt. Col. David J. Lucia, 703-697-8288, United States Air Force Scientific Advisory Board, 1080 Air Force Pentagon, Room 4C759, Washington, DC 20330-1080, *david.lucia@pentagon.af.mil.* Bao-Anh Trinh, Air Force Federal Register Liaison Officer. [FR Doc. E8-5386 Filed 3-17-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 5001-05-P DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE Department of the Army Notice of Intent

(NOI)To Prepare an Environmental Impact Statement

(EIS)for Transformation-Related Increased Training at Fort Benning, GA (Maneuver Center of Excellence EIS) AGENCY: Department of the Army, DoD. ACTION: Notice of Intent. SUMMARY: In order to transform the Army, meet the increased national security and defense requirements of the 21st century, maintain training and operational readiness levels of the force, and preserve a high quality of life for U.S. Army Soldiers and Families, the Army has identified the need to increase its overall size while continuing to restructure its forces in accordance with modular Transformation decisions. On December 19, 2007, the Army signed a Record of Decision

(ROD)documenting its decision to proceed with growth of the Active and Reserve components of the Army by 74,200 Soldiers through establishment of several new Brigade Combat Teams

(BCTs)and Combat Support and Combat Support Service units (CS/CSS). The growth of the Army would allow for the adjustment of the composition of its forces to continue to accommodate Transformation objectives and create additional unit capabilities in high demand areas where mission requirements exceed current manning authorizations. The Army growth decision will result in increased demands for the use of Fort Benning. Fort Benning will prepare a Maneuver Center of Excellence EIS to analyze Grow the Army

(GTA)site-specific requirements and additional actions needed to support Base Realignment and Closure

(BRAC)implementation at Fort Benning. In 2007 Fort Benning prepared a Final EIS for proposed Transformation and Base Realignment and Closure activities and signed a ROD selecting an alternative to proceed with several necessary projects and activities (Final EIS for BRAC 05 Realignment and Transformation Actions at Fort Benning, October 2007). Although Fort Benning itself will not experience permanent force structure growth beyond that analyzed in the BRAC 05 Realignment and Transformation EIS, it will be required to increase training of transient student loads in order to achieve and maintain the Army end-strength growth. The Fort Benning Maneuver Center of Excellence EIS will therefore consider a proposed action and reasonable alternatives for the Army to increase facilities at Fort Benning to accommodate training requirements related to BRAC, Global Defense Posture Realignment (GDPR), Army Modular Force Initiatives (AMF), GTA and other related stationing activities. ADDRESSES: For further information regarding the EIS, please contact Mr. John Brent, Fort Benning Directorate of Public Works, Environmental Management Division, Bldg #6 (Meloy Hall), Room 310, Fort Benning, GA 31905. Written comments may be sent to Ms. Manganaro at 6751 Constitution Loop, Suite 550, Fort Benning, Georgia 31905. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Monica Manganaro, Fort Benning Public Affairs Office at

(706)545-3438, or Mr. Brandon Cockrell at

(706)545-3210 during normal business hours. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Fort Benning consists of 181,275 acres of DoD-managed land south and east of Columbus, Georgia on the banks of the Chattahoochee River in eastern Alabama and western Georgia. The Maneuver Center of Excellence EIS is directly related to the BRAC 05 Realignment and Transformation Actions at Fort Benning EIS and the Programmatic EIS for Army Growth and Force Structure Realignment. The Maneuver Center of Excellence EIS will analyze impacts as a result of continuing Army Transformation actions at Fort Benning, including newly identified projects that are required to support GTA, and 2 changes or additions to BRAC and Transformation projects (including GDPR and AMF) as analyzed in the BRAC 05 Realignment and Transformation EIS. The proposed action would include the construction, maintenance and operation of additional facilities, training areas, including ranges and maneuver areas to support new units and activities. The Maneuver Center of Excellence EIS will analyze the impact of several alternatives including the No Action Alternative. Alternatives to be examined by the EIS may consist of alternative siting locations within Fort Benning for facility and range construction projects, selection of new construction only, renovation and use of existing facilities, or a combination of both new construction and use of existing facilities, and varying intensity and use of maneuver areas within Fort Benning for training activities. Other alternatives may be identified during the public scoping process. Impacts analyzed will include a wide range of environmental resource areas including, but not limited to, air quality, traffic, noise, water resources, biological resources, cultural resources, socioeconomics, utilities, land use, solid and hazardous materials/waste, and cumulative environmental effects. Impacts to biological and water resources, air quality, and utilities could possibly be significant. Additional resources and conditions may be identified as a result of the scoping process initiated by this NOI. The public will be invited to participate in the 30-day scoping process which includes a scoping meeting and commenting on the proposed action, alternatives, and environmental issues of concern to be considered and addressed in the EIS. Opportunities for public participation will be announced in the local news media and at Fort Benning's Web site at *https://www.benning.army.mil/EMD/program/legal/index.htm.* Comments from the public will be considered before completion of a Draft EIS (DEIS). Following completion of a DEIS the public will have an additional opportunity for review and comment. The FEIS will make appropriate changes based on public comments and will be released to the public for a 30-day waiting period. After fully considering the FEIS, including any public comments, the Army will sign a Record of Decision

(ROD)choosing an alternative to implement the proposed action at Fort Benning. The ROD will not be signed prior to the expiration of 30 days from the publication of the Notice of Availability

(NOA)of the FEIS. Dated: March 10, 2008. Addison D. Davis, IV Deputy Assistant Secretary of the Army, (Environment, Safety and Occupational Health). [FR Doc. E8-5219 Filed 3-17-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 3710-08-M DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION Office of Special Education and Rehabilitative Services; List of Correspondence AGENCY: Department of Education. ACTION: List of Correspondence from October 1, 2007 through December 31, 2007. SUMMARY: The Secretary is publishing the following list pursuant to section 607(f) of the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act, (IDEA). Under section 607(f) of IDEA, the Secretary is required, on a quarterly basis, to publish in the **Federal Register** a list of correspondence from the U.S. Department of Education (Department) received by individuals during the previous quarter that describes the interpretations of the Department of IDEA or the regulations that implement IDEA. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Melisande Lee or JoLeta Reynolds. Telephone:

(202)245-7468. If you use a telecommunications device for the deaf (TDD), you may call the Federal Relay Service

(FRS)at 1-800-877-8339. Individuals with disabilities may obtain a copy of this notice in an alternative format ( *e.g.* , Braille, large print, audiotape, or computer diskette) on request to the contact persons listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The following list identifies correspondence from the Department issued from October 1, 2007 through December 31, 2007. Included on the list are those letters that contain interpretations of the requirements of IDEA and its implementing regulations, as well as letters and other documents that the Department believes will assist the public in understanding the requirements of the law and its regulations. The date of and topic addressed by each letter are identified, and summary information is also provided, as appropriate. To protect the privacy interests of the individual or individuals involved, personally identifiable information has been deleted, as appropriate. Part A—General Provisions Section 602—Definitions Topic Addressed: Child With a Disability • Letter dated November 28, 2007 to individual (personally identifiable information redacted), regarding criteria for making eligibility determinations under Part B of IDEA. Part B—Assistance for Education of All Children With Disabilities Section 612—State Eligibility Topic Addressed: Child Find • Letter dated December 21, 2007 to Texas Education Agency General Counsel David Anderson, Esq., clarifying that a State has no child find obligations under Part B of IDEA to children housed in a U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement residential facility. Topic Addressed: Least Restrictive Environment • Letter dated November 30, 2007 to Chapman Management Group member Tom Trigg, clarifying the placement requirements in Part B of IDEA. Topic Addressed: Methods of Ensuring Services • Letter dated December 20, 2007 to Indiana Department of Education Medicaid Liaison John Hill, clarifying whether school-based Medicaid billing is optional or required under IDEA. Topic Addressed: Personnel Qualifications • Letter dated November 7, 2007 to Mountain Plains Regional Resource Center Director Dr. John Copenhaver, clarifying the relationship between the requirements regarding highly qualified teachers and the provision of extended school year services. Topic Addressed: Prohibition on Mandatory Medication • Letter dated October 22, 2007 to U.S. Senator James M. Inhofe regarding the application and implementation of the statutory prohibition on mandatory medication. Section 614—Evaluations, Eligibility Determinations, Individualized Education Programs, and Educational Placements Topic Addressed: Evaluations, Parental Consent, and Reevaluations • Letter dated October 19, 2007 to Mountain Plains Regional Resource Center Director Dr. John Copenhaver, clarifying the application of the requirements for parent consent for initial evaluations when a response to intervention process is used for evaluating children with disabilities. • Letter dated October 19, 2007 to Bowling Green State University Special Needs Assistant Brigitte Green-Churchwell, explaining that an evaluation under Part B of IDEA is not required before terminating a child's eligibility due to graduation from secondary school with a regular diploma or due to exceeding the age of eligibility for a free appropriate public education under State law. Section 615—Procedural Safeguards Topic Addressed: Independent Educational Evaluations • Letter dated December 21, 2007 to California Attorney Nancy J. LoDolce, clarifying whether age and grade level scores, along with recommendations pertaining to specific methodologies and/or use of materials, can be included in evaluations conducted by independent educational evaluators. Topic Addressed: Procedural Safeguards Notice • Letter dated November 30, 2007 to Texas Education Agency Special Programs Director Kathy Clayton, regarding a State's obligation to communicate to parents the information contained in the procedural safeguards notice under Part B of IDEA. • Letter dated November 14, 2007, to Virginia Assistant Superintendent for Special Education and Student Services H. Douglas Cox, regarding a revision to the procedural safeguards notice model form developed by the Office of Special Education Programs. Topic Addressed: Impartial Due Process Hearing • Letter dated October 25, 2007 to Advocacy Center for Persons with Disabilities Education Team Manager Robert Jacobs, clarifying whether a State educational agency

(SEA)may contract with another agency to hold due process hearings for the SEA and the applicable appeals process. • Letter dated December 12, 2007 to Connecticut Attorney David Shaw, regarding State rules for hearing officer review of negotiated settlement agreements reached outside of mediation or the resolution process and enforcement of these settlement agreements. Part C—Infants and Toddlers With Disabilities Section 635—Requirements for a Statewide System Topic Addressed: Complaint Resolution • Letter dated November 28, 2007 to Connecticut Attorney Lawrence W. Berliner, regarding Part C complaint resolution procedures and clarifying that the current Part C regulations do not give an early intervention services provider an opportunity to respond to a complaint. Other Letters That Do Not Interpret Idea but May Be of Interest to Readers Topic Addressed: Accelerated Programs • Dear Colleague Letter dated December 26, 2007 from the Department's Office for Civil Rights Assistant Secretary Stephanie Monroe, regarding issues in the enrollment of students with disabilities in accelerated programs such as Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate classes or programs. Electronic Access to This Document You may view this document, as well as all other Department of Education documents published in the **Federal Register** , in text or Adobe Portable Document Format

(PDF)on the Internet at the following site: *http://www.ed.gov/news/fedregister/index.html* . To use PDF you must have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is available free at this site. If you have questions about using PDF, call the U.S. Government Printing Office (GPO), toll-free, at 1-888-293-6498; or in the Washington, DC, area at

(202)512-1530. Note: The official version of this document is the document published in the ** Federal Register ** . Free Internet access to the official edition of the **Federal Register** and the Code of Federal Regulations is available on GPO Access at: *http://www.gpoaccess.gov/nara/index.html* . (Catalog of Federal Domestic Assistance Number 84.027, Assistance to States for Education of Children with Disabilities) Dated: March 12, 2008. Tracy R. Justesen, Assistant Secretary for Special Education and Rehabilitative Services. [FR Doc. E8-5462 Filed 3-17-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Combined Notice of Filings # 1 March 10, 2008. Take notice that the Commission received the following electric corporate filings: *Docket Numbers:* EC08-49-000. *Applicants:* Southaven Power, LLC; Kelson Energy III LLC. *Description:* Southaven Power, LLC and Kelson Energy III LLC submit an application for order authorizing disposition of jurisdictional facilities. *Filed Date:* 02/26/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080305-0049. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, March 18, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* EC08-50-000. *Applicants:* Entergy Services, Inc.; Entergy Nuclear Generation Company; Entergy Nuclear Fitzpatrick, LLC; Entergy Nuclear Indian Point 2, LLC; Entergy Nuclear Indian Point 3, LLC; Entergy Nuclear Palisades, LLC; Entergy Nuclear Vermont Yankee, LLC; Entergy Power Ventures, L.P.; Entergy Nuclear Power Marketing, LLC; EWO Marketing, LP; Warren Power, LLC; EAM Nelson Holding, LLC; Entergy Power, Inc. *Description:* Entergy Nuclear Generation Company et al. submit the Joint Application for authorization to acquire securities. *Filed Date:* 03/04/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080306-0017. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, March 25, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* EC08-51-000. *Applicants:* IPP Energy LLC; Standard Binghamton LLC. *Description:* Standard Binghamton LLC et al. submits a Joint Application for Authorization under section 203 of the Federal Power Act. *Filed Date:* 03/04/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080306-0030. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, March 25, 2008. Take notice that the Commission received the following exempt wholesale generator filings: *Docket Numbers:* EG08-48-000. *Applicants:* Standard Binghamton LLC. *Description:* Standard Binghamton LLC submits a notice of self-certification of exempt wholesale generator status under EG08-48. *Filed Date:* 03/04/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080306-0026. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, March 25, 2008. Take notice that the Commission received the following electric rate filings: *Docket Numbers:* ER96-1088-046; ER02-2199-011; ER03-54-011; ER03-56-011; ER01-1114-012; ER97-2758-019. *Applicants:* WPS Energy Services, Inc.; WPS Empire State, Inc.; WPS Beaver Falls Generation, Inc.; WPS Syracuse Generation, LLC; WPS Westwood Generation, DDC; Advantage Energy, Inc. *Description:* Application by Integrys Northeast Companies for Category 1 Status and Alternatives Request for Category 2 Exempt pursuant to Paragraph 868 or Order 697 re WPS Energy Services Inc *et al.* *Filed Date:* 02/29/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080306-0016. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, March 21, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER03-478-021; ER08-387-003; ER06-200-014; ER07-254-006; ER03-1326-014; ER07-460-005; ER05-534-015; ER05-365-015; ER05-1262-014; ER06-1093-010; ER03-296-017; ER01-3121-016; ER02-418-015; ER03-416-018; ER05-332-015; ER07-287-008; ER07-242-008; ER03-951-017; ER04-94-015; ER02-417-015; ER07-1378-005; ER05-1146-015; ER05-481-015; ER07-240-009; ER07-195-006; ER02-2085-010. *Applicants:* PPM Energy; Atlantic Renewables Projects II LLC; Big Horn Wind Project LLC; Casselman Windpower, LLC; Colorado Green Holdings, LLC; Dillon Wind LLC; Eastern Desert Power LLC; Elk River Windfarm LLC; Flat Rock Windpower LLC; Flat Rock Windpower II LLC; Flying Cloud Power Partners, LLC; Klamath Energy LLC; Klamath Generation LLC; Klondike Wind Power LLC; Klondike Wind Power II LLC; Klondike Wind Power III LLC; MinnDakota Wind LLC; Moraine Wind LLC; Mountain View Power Partners III, LLC; Phoenix Wind Power LLC; Providence Heights Wind, LLC; Shiloh I Wind Project, LLC; Trimont Wind I LLC; Twin Buttes Wind LLC; Locust Ridge Wind Farm, LLC; Northern Iowa Windpower II, LLC. *Description:* PPM Energy Inc et al. notify FERC of a change in status resulting from the completion of the transaction authorized by FERC in its order issued on 1/24/08. *Filed Date:* 02/28/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080306-0018. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, March 20, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER03-478-022; ER08-387-004; ER06-200-015; ER07-254-007; ER03-1326-015; ER07-460-006; ER05-534-016; ER05-365-016; ER05-1262-015; ER06-1093-011; ER03-296-018; ER01-3121-017; ER02-418-016; ER03-416-019; ER05-332-016; ER07-287-009; ER07-242-009; ER03-951-018; ER04-94-016; ER02-417-016; ER07-1378-006; ER05-1146-016; ER05-481-016; ER07-240-010; ER07-195-007; ER02-2085-011. *Applicants:* PPM Energy; Atlantic Renewables Projects II LLC; Big Horn Wind Project LLC; Casselman Windpower, LLC; Colorado Green Holdings, LLC; Dillon Wind LLC; Eastern Desert Power LLC; Elk River Windfarm LLC; Flat Rock Windpower LLC; Flat Rock Windpower II LLC; Flying Cloud Power Partners, LLC; Klamath Energy LLC; Klamath Generation LLC; Klondike Wind Power LLC; Klondike Wind Power II LLC; Klondike Wind Power III LLC; MinnDakota Wind LLC; Moraine Wind LLC; Mountain View Power Partners III, LLC; Phoenix Wind Power LLC; Providence Heights Wind, LLC; Shiloh I Wind Project, LLC; Trimont Wind I LLC; Twin Buttes Wind LLC; Locust Ridge Wind Farm, LLC; Northern Iowa Windpower II, LLC. *Description:* The Iberdrola Companies submit a Notice of Change with respect to the acquisition of an interest in MinnDakota Wind LLC that they inadvertently failed to file with the 10/25/07 *et al.* submittals. *Filed Date:* 03/03/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080306-0019. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, March 24, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER03-1094-003; ER07-955-001. *Applicants:* Southern California Edison Company. *Description:* Southern California Edison Co submits workpapers showing the monthly amounts paid, revenue receipt dates and the monthly interest calculations for each month re its Refund Report. *Filed Date:* 03/04/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080307-0083. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, March 25, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER05-6-104; EL04-135-107; EL02-111-124; EL03-212-120. *Applicants:* Midwest Independent System Operator, Inc. *Description:* Midwest Independent Transmission System Operation Inc *et al.* submits the Joint Operating Agreement between the Midwest Independent Transmission System Operation Inc and PJM Interconnection, LLC to comply with the 30 day compliance filing etc. *Filed Date:* 03/03/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080306-0023. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, March 24, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER06-738-010; ER06-739-010; ER03-983-009; ER07-501-006; ER02-537-013; ER07-758-005. *Applicants:* Fox Energy Company LLC; Birchwood Power Partners, L.P.; Inland Empire Energy Center, L.L.C.; Shady Hills Power Company, L.L.C.; Cogen Technologies Linden Ventures, L.P.; East Coast Power Linden Holding, LLC. *Description:* Notice of Change in Status of East Coast Power Linden Holding, LLC, *et al.* *Filed Date:* 03/05/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080307-5042. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, March 26, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER07-546-012; ER07-938-001. *Applicants:* ISO New England Inc. *Description:* ISO New England Inc submits Report on Seasonal Resources to comply with FERC's 4/16/07 Order. *Filed Date:* 02/29/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080305-0040. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, March 21, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER08-194-002. *Applicants:* Duquesne Light Company. *Description:* Duquesne Light Company 45-day compliance filing responding to FERC's 1/17/08 Order. *Filed Date:* 03/03/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080306-5035. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, March 24, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER08-495-001. *Applicants:* Kimberly-Clark Corporation. *Description:* Kimberly-Clark Corp submits an Amendment to the Petition for Acceptance of Initial Rate Schedule, Waivers and Blanket Authority. *Filed Date:* 03/05/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080306-0045. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, March 26, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER08-503-001. *Applicants:* MidAmerican Energy Company. *Description:* MidAmerican Energy Company submits Substitute Original Issue Sheet 3 and 4. *Filed Date:* 03/05/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080307-0073. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, March 26, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER08-563-001. *Applicants:* PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. *Description:* PJM Interconnection LLC submits an executed interconnection service agreement with Shaffer Mountain Wind LLC et al., designated as Original Service Agreement 1843 under ER08-563. *Filed Date:* 02/29/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080306-0022. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, March 21, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER08-635-000. *Applicants:* PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. *Description:* PJM Interconnection, LLC submits an executed service agreement for network integration transmission service. *Filed Date:* 03/04/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080306-0044. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, March 25, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER08-636-000. *Applicants:* Standard Binghamton LLC. *Description:* Stand Binghamton LLC submits a Petition for Acceptance of Initial Rate Schedule, Waivers and Blanket Authority. *Filed Date:* 03/04/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080306-0043. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, March 25, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER08-637-000. *Applicants:* Midwest Independent Transmission System. *Description:* Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc et al. submits proposed revisions to its Open Access Transmission and Energy Markets Tariff, to be effective 6/1/08. *Filed Date:* 03/04/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080306-0047. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, March 25, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER08-638-000. *Applicants:* Crafton LLC. *Description:* Crafton LLC submits petition for acceptance of FERC Electric Tariff, Original Volume 1, waivers and blanket authority. *Filed Date:* 03/05/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080307-0075. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, March 26, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER08-639-000. *Applicants:* Midwest Independent Transmission System. *Description:* Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator Inc submits a notice of cancellation of Service Agreement 5 to FERC Electric Tariff, Third Revised Volume 1. *Filed Date:* 03/05/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080307-0076. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, March 26, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER08-640-000. *Applicants:* PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. *Description:* PJM Interconnection LLC submits an executed interconnection construction service agreement with Conectiv Atlantic Generation, LLC etc. *Filed Date:* 03/05/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080307-0077. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, March 26, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER08-642-000. *Applicants:* ENDEAVOR POWER PARTNERS, LLC. *Description:* Endeavor Power Partners, LLC submits a notice of termination of FERC Electric Tariff, Original Volume 1. *Filed Date:* 03/04/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080306-0046. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, March 25, 2008. Take notice that the Commission received the following electric securities filings: *Docket Numbers:* ES08-26-000. *Applicants:* PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. *Description:* PJM supplements its Application by submitting revised 2006 to 2008 computations of interest coverage to replace the computations of interest coverage originally submitted. *Filed Date:* 03/05/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080307-5012. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, March 17, 2008. Take notice that the Commission received the following open access transmission tariff filings: *Docket Numbers:* OA07-25-002. *Applicants:* DUKE ENERGY CAROLINAS, LLC. *Description:* Duke Energy Carolinas LLC submits its open access tariff compliance filing. *Filed Date:* 03/03/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080306-0025. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, March 24, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* OA07-50-001. *Applicants:* Alcoa Power Generating Inc.—Yadkin. *Description:* Alcoa Power Generating, Inc submits its clean and blacklined Open Access Transmission Tariff sheets containing the requested revisions. *Filed Date:* 03/03/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080306-0027. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, March 24, 2008. Any person desiring to intervene or to protest in any of the above proceedings must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214) on or before 5 p.m. Eastern time on the specified comment date. It is not necessary to separately intervene again in a subdocket related to a compliance filing if you have previously intervened in the same docket. Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceeding. Anyone filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. In reference to filings initiating a new proceeding, interventions or protests submitted on or before the comment deadline need not be served on persons other than the Applicant. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper, using the FERC Online links at *http://www.ferc.gov* . To facilitate electronic service, persons with Internet access who will eFile a document and/or be listed as a contact for an intervenor must create and validate an eRegistration account using the eRegistration link. Select the eFiling link to log on and submit the intervention or protests. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the intervention or protest to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First St., NE., Washington, DC 20426. The filings in the above proceedings are accessible in the Commission's eLibrary system by clicking on the appropriate link in the above list. They are also available for review in the Commission's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an eSubscription link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive e-mail notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please e-mail *FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov* or call

(866)208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call

(202)502-8659. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. E8-5365 Filed 3-17-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Combined Notice of Filings # 1 March 11, 2008. Take notice that the Commission received the following electric rate filings: *Docket Numbers:* ER98-4421-009; ER96-2350-028; ER99-791-007; ER99-806-006; ER99-3677-008; ER01-570-009; ER00-2187-004. *Applicants:* Consumers Energy Company; CMS Energy Resource Management Company; Grayling Generating Station Limited Partnership; Genesee Power Station Ltd. Partnership; CMS Generation Michigan Power, L.L.C.; Dearborn Industrial Generation, L.L.C.; CMS Distributed Power, L.L.C. *Description:* Consumers Energy submits a notice of non-material change in status in connection with Consumers' acquisition of the Zeeland Power Company *et al.* *Filed Date:* 03/06/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080310-0180. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, March 27, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER00-1026-015. *Applicants:* Indianapolis Power & Light Company. *Description:* Indianapolis Power & Light Co submits a change in status filing re the acquisition of the Georgetown Unit 4. *Filed Date:* 02/27/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080303-0209. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, March 19, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER06-615-021; ER02-1656-036; ER07-1257-003; EL08-20-000; EL05-146-007. *Applicants:* California Independent System Operator Corporation. *Description:* California Independent System Operator submits the instant filing in compliance with Commission's Order on Clarification. *Filed Date:* 03/05/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080310-0181. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, March 26, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER08-106-001. *Applicants:* Pacific Gas and Electric Company. *Description:* Compliance Refund Report re: the Nineteenth Quarterly Filing of Facilities Agreements between PG&E and CCSF of Pacific Gas and Electric Company. *Filed Date:* 03/10/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080311-5002. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, March 31, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER08-356-001. *Applicants:* Dynegy Power Marketing, Inc. *Description:* Dynegy Power Marketing Inc submits their responses to FERC's Request Letter dated 2/15/08. *Filed Date:* 03/07/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080311-0156. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, March 28, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER08-358-001. *Applicants:* Commonwealth Edison Company. *Description:* Commonwealth Edison of Indiana Inc's CD containing their Response to Deficiency Letter issued by FERC Trail Staff on 2/15/08. *Filed Date:* 03/06/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080306-4007. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, March 27, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER08-422-001; ER08-423-001. *Applicants:* Puget Sound Energy, Inc. *Description:* Puget Sound Energy, Inc submits a network Integration Transmission Service Agreement designated as FERC Rate Schedule 438, Original Sheet 1-14 with Bonneville Power Administration etc. *Filed Date:* 03/07/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080311-0160. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, March 28, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER08-510-001. *Applicants:* Xcel Energy Services Inc. *Description:* Northern States Power Company et al. submits an Amendment to their filing dated 1/31/08 of Notices of Cancellation for 109 legacy point-to-point transmission service agreements w/Luverne Municipal Utilities. *Filed Date:* 03/07/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080311-0155. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, March 28, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER08-577-001. *Applicants:* Noble Bellmont Windpark, LLC. *Description:* Noble Bellmont Windpark, LLC submits an amendment to their 2/19/08 application for authorization to sell electric energy, capacity and ancillary services at market based rates. *Filed Date:* 03/07/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080311-0158. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, March 21, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER08-578-001. *Applicants:* Noble Chateaugay Windpark, LLC. *Description:* Noble Chateaugay Windpark, LLC submits an amendment to their 2/19/08 application to sell electric energy, capacity and ancillary services at market-based rates. *Filed Date:* 03/07/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080311-0157. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, March 21, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER08-579-001. *Applicants:* Noble Wethersfield Windpark, LLC. *Description:* Noble Wethersfield Windpark, LLC submits an amendment to their 2/19/08 application for authorization to sell electric energy, capacity and ancillary services at market-based rates. *Filed Date:* 03/07/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080311-0159. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, March 21, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER08-615-001. *Applicants:* Central Vermont Public Service Corp. *Description:* The Filing Schedule 20A Service Providers submits its 1st Revised Sheet 1023 to Schedule 20A-GMP of the ISO New England Inc Open Access Transmission Tariff which was inadvertently designated as Orig Sheet 1023 etc. *Filed Date:* 03/07/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080311-0152. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, March 28, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER08-616-000. *Applicants:* Avista Corporation. *Description:* Avista Corp submits revised sheets to its Amended and Restated Power Transfer Agreement with Public Utility District #2 of Grant County, WA. *Filed Date:* 02/29/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080304-0235. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, March 21, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER08-620-000. *Applicants:* Luke Paper Company. *Description:* Luke Paper Company submits Application for Market-Based Rate Authorization, Certain Waivers and Blanket Authorizations under ER08-620. *Filed Date:* 02/29/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080304-0233. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, March 21, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER08-622-000. *Applicants:* Midwest Independent Transmission System. *Description:* Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator Inc submits proposed revisions to the Credit Policy in Attachment L of the Open Access Transmission and Energy Markets Tariff. *Filed Date:* 02/29/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080304-0231. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, March 21, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER08-641-000. *Applicants:* PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. *Description:* PJM Interconnection LLC submits an executed Interconnection Service Agreement with Pennsylvania Renewable Resources Associates and Pennsylvania Electric Company *et al.* *Filed Date:* 03/06/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080307-0080. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, March 27, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER08-643-000. *Applicants:* Duke Energy Indiana, Inc. *Description:* Duke Energy Indiana Inc submits FERC Electric Rate Schedule 1. *Filed Date:* 03/06/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080307-0081. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, March 27, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER08-644-000. *Applicants:* Southern California Edison Company. *Description:* Southern California Edison Company submits Small Generator Interconnection Agreement and the Service Agreement for Wholesale Distribution Service with Garnet Energy Corp. *Filed Date:* 03/06/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080307-0082. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, March 27, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER08-645-000. *Applicants:* Southwest Power Pool, Inc. *Description:* Southwest Power Pool, Inc submits an executed Service Agreement for Network Integration Transmission Service between SPP as Transmission Provider and The Empire District Electric Company as Network Customer. *Filed Date:* 03/06/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080310-0184. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, March 27, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER08-646-000. *Applicants:* Northeast Utilities Service Company. *Description:* Northeast Utilities Service Company submits a Notice of Cancellation cancelling a Service Agreement for long-term firm transmission service dated 12/23/93 and a Service Agreement for long-term non-firm transmission service dated 8/22/94 etc. *Filed Date:* 03/07/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080310-0183. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, March 28, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER08-647-000. *Applicants:* Entergy Services, Inc. *Description:* Entergy Louisiana, LLC *et al.* submits an executed Transmission Assets Maintenance and Emergency Service Agreement. *Filed Date:* 03/07/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080311-0162. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, March 28, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ER08-648-000. *Applicants:* Alpha Energy Master, Ltd. *Description:* Alpha Energy Master, Ltd submits Notice of Cancellation for Market Based Rate Authority and Schedule *et al* . *Filed Date:* 03/07/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080311-0161. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, March 28, 2008 Take notice that the Commission received the following electric securities filings: *Docket Numbers:* ES08-33-000. *Applicants:* North Western Corporation. *Description:* Application of NorthWestern Corporation and Authorization to Issue Securities and Request for Shortened Comment Period re NorthWestern Corporation. *Filed Date:* 03/06/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080310-0187. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Thursday, March 27, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* ES08-34-000. *Applicants:* Detroit Edison Company. *Description:* Application of the Detroit Edison Company for authorization to issue securities and request for exemption from competitive bidding requirements. *Filed Date:* 03/11/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080311-5007. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, April 01, 2008. Take notice that the Commission received the following open access transmission tariff filings: *Docket Numbers:* OA07-48-001. *Applicants:* Tucson Electric Power Company. *Description:* Tuscson Electric Power Company submits revised Open Access Transmission Tariff Sheets designated as First Revised Sheet 20 *et al.* to FERC Electric Tariff, Fourth Revised Volume 2, effective 7/13/07. *Filed Date:* 03/07/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080311-0154. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, March 28, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* OA07-49-001. *Applicants:* UNS Electric, Inc. *Description:* UNS Electric Inc submits First Revised Sheet 21 *et al.* to FERC Electric Tariff, First Revised Volume 1, effective 7/13/07. *Filed Date:* 03/07/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080311-0153. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, March 28, 2008. *Docket Numbers:* OA07-102-000. *Applicants:* Mid-Continent Area Power Pool. *Description:* Order No. 890 Attachment C Compliance Filing of Mid-Continent Area Power Pool. *Filed Date:* 03/10/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080310-5089. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, March 31, 2008. Take notice that the Commission received the following PURPA 210(m)(3) filings: *Docket Numbers:* QM08-4-000. *Applicants:* Virginia Electric and Power Company. *Description:* Application of Virginia Electric and Power Company for relief from the Mandatory Purchase Obligation of Section 292.303(a). *Filed Date:* 03/10/2008. *Accession Number:* 20080311-5013. *Comment Date:* 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, April 07, 2008. 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. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. E8-5374 Filed 3-17-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA-R01-OAR-2008-0107; A-1-FRL-8543-3] Adequacy Status of the Massachusetts 8-Hour Ozone Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets for Transportation Conformity Purposes; Massachusetts AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice of adequacy. SUMMARY: EPA is notifying the public that EPA has found that the 2008 and 2009 motor vehicle emissions budgets in the January 31, 2008 Massachusetts 8-hour ozone State Implementation Plan revision are adequate for transportation conformity purposes. The submittal includes 2008 and 2009 motor vehicle emission budgets for the Boston-Lawrence-Worcester (Eastern Massachusetts) and Springfield (Western Massachusetts) 8-hour ozone nonattainment areas. As a result of our finding, Massachusetts must use these motor vehicle emission budgets for future conformity determinations. DATES: This finding is effective April 2, 2008. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Donald O. Cooke, Environmental Scientist, Air Quality Planning Unit, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, EPA New England Regional Office, One Congress Street, Suite 1100 (CAQ), Boston, MA 02114-2023,

(617)918-1668, *cooke.donald@epa.gov.* SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Throughout this document, whenever “we,” “us” or “our” is used, we mean EPA. Today's action is simply an announcement of a finding that we have already made. EPA New England sent a letter to the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection on March 7, 2008, stating that the 2008 and 2009 motor vehicle emissions budgets (MVEBs) in the Boston-Lawrence-Worcester (Eastern Massachusetts) and Springfield (Western Massachusetts) 8-hour ozone nonattainment areas are adequate. Massachusetts submitted the budgets on January 31, 2008, as part of the 8-hour ozone attainment demonstration and reasonable further progress plan for Eastern and Western Massachusetts. This submittal was announced on EPA's conformity website, and received no comments. (See *http://www.epa.gov/otaq/stateresources/transconf/adequacy.htm.* Once there, click on “What SIP submissions are currently under EPA adequacy review?”) The 2008 and 2009 MVEBs, in tons per summer day (tpsd), for volatile organic compounds

(VOC)and oxides of nitrogen (NO X ) for Eastern and Western Massachusetts, are as follows: Adequate Motor Vehicle Emissions Budgets Boston-Lawrence-Worcester (Eastern Massachusetts) Area VOC

(tpsd)NO X

(tpsd)Springfield (Western Massachusetts) Area VOC

(tpsd)NO X

(tpsd)Year 2008 68.30 191.30 11.80 31.30 Year 2009 63.50 174.96 10.73 27.73 Transportation conformity is required by section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act. EPA's conformity rule requires that transportation plans, programs, and projects conform to state air quality implementation plans and establishes the criteria and procedures for determining whether or not they do. Conformity to a SIP means that transportation activities will not produce new air quality violations, worsen existing violations, or delay timely attainment of the national ambient air quality standards. The criteria by which we determine whether a SIP's motor vehicle emissions budgets are adequate for conformity purposes are outlined in 40 CFR 93.118(e)(4). We have described our process for determining the adequacy of submitted SIP budgets in our July 1, 2004, preamble starting at 69 FR 40038, and we used the information in these resources while making our adequacy determination. Please note that an adequacy review is separate from EPA's completeness review, and it also should not be used to prejudge EPA's ultimate approval of the SIP. Even if we find a budget adequate, the SIP could later be disapproved. Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401-7671q. Dated: March 10, 2008. Robert W. Varney, Regional Administrator, EPA New England. [FR Doc. E8-5399 Filed 3-17-08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6560-50-P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL-8543-2] Proposed Administrative cost Recovery Settlement under Section 122(h) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 9622(h), Chemcentral Midwest Corporation, Kansas City, MO AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice; request for public comment. SUMMARY: In accordance with Section 122(i) of the Comprehensive Environmental Response Compensation and Liability Act, as amended (CERCLA), 42 U.S.C. 9622(i), notice is hereby given of a proposed administrative settlement with Chemcentral Midwest Corporation, Kansas City, Missouri, for recovery of past response costs concerning the Chemcentral Midwest corporation facility, located at 910 North Prospect, Kansas City, Missouri. The settlement requires Chemcentral Midwest Corporation to pay to the Hazardous Substance Superfund for costs incurred by the United States Environmental Protection Agency, Region 7, in response to the fire at the Chemcentral facility on February 7, 2007. The settlement requires Chemcentral to pay $150,713, to the Hazardous Substance Superfund. The settlement includes a covenant not to sue the settling party pursuant to Section 107(a) of CERCLA, 42 U.S.C. 9607(a). For thirty

(30)days following the date of publication of this notice, EPA will receive written comments relating to the settlement. EPA will consider all comments and may modify or withdraw its consent to the settlement if comments received disclose facts or considerations which indicate that the settlement is inappropriate, improper, or inadequate. EPA's response to any comments received will be available for public inspection at the EPA Region 7 office located at 901 N. 5th Street, Kansas City, Kansas. DATES: Comments must be submitted on or before April 17, 2008. ADDRESSES: The proposed settlement is available for public inspection at the EPA Region 7 office, 901 N. 5th Street, Kansas City, Kansas, Monday through Friday, between the hours of 7 a.m. through 5 p.m . A copy of the proposed settlement may be obtained from the Regional Hearing Clerk, 901 N. 5th Street, Kansas City, Kansas,

(913)551-7567. Requests should reference the Chemcentral Midwest Corporation, EPA Docket No. CERCLA-07-2008-0008. Comments should be addressed to: Julie M. Van Horn, Senior Assistant Regional Counsel, 901 N. 5th Street, Kansas City, Kansas 66101. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Julie M. Van Horn, at telephone:

(913)551-7889; fax number:

(913)551-7925/Attn: Julie M. Van Horn; E-mail address: *vanhorn.julie@epa.gov.* Dated: March 5, 2008. Cecilia Tapia, Director, Superfund Division, Region 7. [FR Doc. 08-1040 Filed 3-17-08; 8:45 am]

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