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Generator imbalance service Proposed rate schedule 

DSW–GI1 

Class of service Effective date 10/01/2011 

Min: 5 MW Under Deliveries. 

Energy within Bandwidth .......................................................................................................................... 100% return. 

Energy outside Bandwidth .......................................................................................................................

Under Deliveries ....................................................................................................................................... 100% return. 

Over Deliveries ......................................................................................................................................... 60% return. 

Proposed Formula Rates for Operating 

Reserves Service—Spinning and 

Supplemental 

Western’s WALC Balancing Authority 

would continue to offer these services 

only on a pass-through basis. This 

proposal would not change the current 

methodology for the WALC Balancing 

Authority. See the following table 

comparing the existing with the 

proposed Operating Reserves structure: 

Class of service 

Existing rate schedule 

DSW–SPR2 

DSW–SUR2 

Proposed rate schedules 

DSW–SPR3 

DSW–SUR3 

Effective date 07/01/2006 Effective date 10/01/2011 

Operating Reserve—Spinning Reserve Service .............. None available on long-term basis; market price, if 

available, on short term basis, or on request. Western will procure at cost plus 10% administrative 

charge.

No change. 

Operating Reserve—Supplemental Reserve Service ...... None available on long-term basis; market price, if 

available, on short term basis, or on request. Western will procure at cost plus 10% administrative 

charge.

No change. 

Legal Authority 

Because the proposed rates constitute 

a major rate adjustment as defined by 10 

CFR part 903, Western will hold both a 

public information forum and a public 

comment forum. After review of public 

comments, Western will take further 

action on the Proposed Rates consistent 

with 10 CFR part 903. 

Western is proposing ancillary service 

rates for the Desert Southwest Customer 

Service Region in accordance with 

section 302 of the Department of Energy 

(DOE) Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 

7152). This section transferred to and 

vested in the Secretary of Energy, the 

power marketing functions of the 

Secretary of the Department of Interior 

and the Bureau of Reclamation under 

the Reclamation Act of 1902 (ch. 1093, 

32 Stat. 388), as amended and 

supplemented by subsequent laws, 

particularly section 9(c) of the 

Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (43 

U.S.C. 485h(c)); and section 5 of the 

Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 

825s); and other acts that specifically 

apply to the projects involved. 

By Delegation Order No. 00–037.00, 

effective December 6, 2001, the 

Secretary of Energy delegated: (1) The 

authority to develop power and 

transmission rates to Western’s 

Administrator; (2) the authority to 

confirm, approve, and place such rates 

into effect on an interim basis to the 

Deputy Secretary of Energy; and (3) the 

authority to confirm, approve, and place 

into effect on a final basis, to remand, 

or to disapprove such rates to the FERC. 

Existing DOE procedures for public 

participation in power rate adjustments 

(10 CFR part 903) were published on 

September 18, 1985 (50 FR 37835). 

After review of public comments, and 

possible amendments or adjustments, 

Western will recommend the Deputy 

Secretary of Energy approve the 

proposed rates on an interim basis. 

Availability of Information 

All brochures, studies, comments, 

letters, memorandums, or other 

documents that Western initiates or uses 

to develop the proposed rates are 

available for inspection and copying at 

the Desert Southwest Customer Service 

Regional Office, located at 615 South 

43rd Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona. Many 

of these documents and supporting 

information are also available on its 

Web site located at http:// 

www.wapa.gov/dsw/pwrmkt/ANCSRV/ 

ANCSRV.htm. 

Ratemaking Procedure Requirements 

Environmental Compliance 

In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321–4347), Council 

on Environmental Quality Regulations 

(40 CFR parts 1500–1508), and DOE 

NEPA Regulations (10 CFR part 1021), 

Western is in the process of determining 

whether an environmental assessment 

or an environmental impact statement 

should be prepared or if this action can 

be categorically excluded from those 

requirements. 

Determination Under Executive Order 

12866 

Western has an exemption from 

centralized regulatory review under 

Executive Order 12866 accordingly, no 

clearance of this notice by the Office of 

Management and Budget is required. 

Dated: February 3, 2011. 

Timothy J. Meeks, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2011–3361 Filed 2–14–11; 8:45 am] 

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AGENCY 

[FRL–9266–8] 

Notice of Public Hearing and Extension 

of Public Comment Period of Draft 

National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System (NPDES) General 

Permits for Small Municipal Separate 

Storm Sewer Systems (MS4) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 


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1The EPA’s initial overall plan for this review 

was presented in the Integrated Review Plan for the 

National Ambient Air Quality Standards for 

Nitrogen Dioxide and Sulfur Dioxide (EPA–452/R– 

08–006, December 2007). Documents related to the 

current review of the secondary NAAQS for oxides 

Continued 

ACTION: Notice of public hearing and 

extension of public comment period of 

draft NPDES general permits. 

SUMMARY: The Director of the Office of 

Ecosystem Protection, Environmental 

Protection Agency-Region 1 (EPA), 

issued a Notice of Availability of Draft 

NPDES general permits for discharges 

from small MS4s to certain waters of the 

Commonwealth of Massachusetts on 

November 4, 2010. A subsequent notice 

of a public hearing was published on 

November 29, 2011. Due to inclement 

weather, the public meeting and hearing 

for the Draft Massachusetts Interstate, 

Merrimack and South Coastal Small 

MS4 General Permit in Leominster, MA 

on January 12, 2011 were cancelled. 

EPA has rescheduled the hearing and 

extended the comment permit of the 

draft permits. 

Information on the draft permits, 

appendices and fact sheet is available at: 

http://www.epa.gov/ne/npdes/ 

stormwater/mimsc_sms4.html. 

DATES: The public comment period is 

now from the November 4, 2010 to 

March 11, 2011. Interested persons may 

submit comments on the draft general 

permit as part of the administrative 

record to the EPA–Region 1, at the 

address given below, no later than 

midnight March 11, 2011. The general 

permit shall be effective on the date 

specified in the Federal Register 

publication of the Notice of Availability 

of the final general permit. The final 

general permit will expire five years 

from the effective date. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments by one of 

the following methods: 

• E-mail: Renahan.Kate@epa.gov. 

• Mail: Kate Renahan, US EPA– 

Region 1, Office of the Regional 

Administrator, 5 Post Office Square— 

Suite 100, Mail Code—ORA01–1, 

Boston, MA 02109–3912. 

No facsimiles (faxes) will be accepted. 

The draft permit is based on an 

administrative record available for 

public review at EPA–Region 1, Office 

of Ecosystem Protection, 5 Post Office 

Square—Suite 100, Boston, 

Massachusetts 02109–3912. The 

following SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

section sets forth principal facts and the 

significant factual, legal, and policy 

questions considered in the 

development of the draft permit. A 

reasonable fee may be charged for 

copying requests. 

Public Meeting Information: EPA– 

Region 1 will hold a public meeting to 

provide information about the draft 

general permit and its requirements. 

This public meeting will include a brief 

presentation on the draft general 

permits and a brief question and answer 

session. Written, but not oral, comments 

for the official draft permit record will 

be accepted at the public meeting. A 

Public meeting will be held at the 

following time and locations: 

Wednesday—March 9, 2011 

Leominster Public Library 

Community Room, 30 West Street, 

Leominster, MA 01453, 9:30 a.m.–10:30 

a.m. 

Public Hearing Information: 

Following the March 9, 2011 public 

meeting, a public hearing will be 

conducted in accordance with 40 CFR 

124.12 and will provide interested 

parties with the opportunity to provide 

written and/or oral comments for the 

official draft permit record. The public 

hearing will be held at the following 

time and location: 

Wednesday—March 9, 2011: 

Leominster Public Library 

Community Room, 30 West Street, 

Leominster, MA 01453, 11 a.m .–2 p.m. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Additional information concerning the 

draft permit may be obtained between 

the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday 

through Friday excluding holidays from: 

Kate Renahan, Office of the Regional 

Administrator, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 5 Post Office 

Square—Suite 100, Mail Code: ORA01– 

1, Boston, MA 02109–3912; telephone: 

617–918–1491; e-mail: 

Renahan.Kate@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Information about the proposed permits 

including background of the permit and 

summary of permit conditions was 

previously published on the November 

4, 2010 (75 FR 67960–67962). 

Dated: February 7, 2011. 

H. Curtis Spalding, 

Regional Administrator, Region 1. 

[FR Doc. 2011–3380 Filed 2–14–11; 8:45 am] 

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AGENCY 

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Release of Final Document Related to 

the Review of the Secondary National 

Ambient Air Quality Standards for 

Oxides of Nitrogen and Sulfur 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Air Quality 

Planning and Standards (OAQPS) of 

EPA is announcing the availability of a 

document titled, Policy Assessment for 

the Review of the Secondary National 

Ambient Air Quality Standards for 

Oxides of Nitrogen and Sulfur (Policy 

Assessment). The Policy Assessment 

contains staff analyses of the scientific 

bases for alternative policy options for 

consideration by the Agency prior to 

rulemaking. 

DATES: This Policy Assessment was 

released to the public via the internet on 

February 4, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: The document will be 

available primarily via the Internet at 

the following Web site: http:// 

www.epa.gov/ttn/naaqs/standards/ 

no2so2sec/cr_pa.html. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

questions related to this document, 

please contact Dr. Richard Scheffe, 

Office of Air Quality Planning and 

Standards (Mail code C304–02), U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Research Triangle Park, NC 27711; email: scheffe.rich@epa.gov telephone: 

919–541–4650; fax: 919–541–2357. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Under section 108(a) of the Clean Air 

Act (CAA), the Administrator identifies 

and lists certain pollutants which ‘‘cause 

or contribute to air pollution which may 

reasonably be anticipated to endanger 

public health or welfare.’’ The EPA then 

issues air quality criteria for these listed 

pollutants, which are commonly 

referred to as ‘‘criteria pollutants.’’ The 

air quality criteria are to ‘‘accurately 

reflect the latest scientific knowledge 

useful in indicating the kind and extent 

of all identifiable effects on public 

health or welfare which may be 

expected from the presence of [a] 

pollutant in the ambient air, in varying 

quantities.’’ Under section 109 of the 

CAA, EPA establishes primary (healthbased) and secondary (welfare-based) 

national ambient air quality standards 

(NAAQS) for pollutants for which air 

quality criteria are issued. Section 

109(d) of the CAA requires periodic 

review and, if appropriate, revision of 

existing air quality criteria. The revised 

air quality criteria reflect advances in 

scientific knowledge on the effects of 

the pollutant on public health or 

welfare. The EPA is also required to 

periodically review and revise the 

NAAQS, if appropriate, based on the 

revised criteria. 

Presently, EPA is reviewing the 

secondary NAAQS for oxides of 

nitrogen and sulfur.1 The document 


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