19988 Federal Register / Vol. 76, No. 69 / Monday, April 11, 2011 / Notices 

Description: Midwest Independent 

Transmission System Operator, Inc. 

submits tariff filing per 35: 04–01–2011 

NDEX Compliance Filing to be effective 

6/1/2011. 

Filed Date: 04/01/2011. 

Accession Number: 20110401–5290. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Friday, April 22, 2011. 

Docket Numbers: ER11–3281–000. 

Applicants: Midwest Independent 

Transmission System Operator, Inc. 

Description: Midwest Independent 

Transmission System Operator, Inc. 

submits tariff filing per 35.13(a)(2)(iii: 

4–1–2011 Module F to be effective 6/1/ 

2011. 

Filed Date: 04/01/2011. 

Accession Number: 20110401–5294. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Friday, April 22, 2011. 

Docket Numbers: ER11–3282–000. 

Applicants: Alcoa Power Generating 

Inc. 

Description: Alcoa Power Generating 

Inc. submits tariff filing per 35.1: 

APGI—CRT TSA Rate Schedule to be 

effective 4/2/2011. 

Filed Date: 04/01/2011. 

Accession Number: 20110401–5310. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Friday, April 22, 2011. 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric securities 

filings: 

Docket Numbers: ES11–22–000. 

Applicants: Midwest Independent 

Transmission System Operator, Inc. 

Description: Application of The 

Midwest Independent Transmission 

System Operator, Inc under section 204 

of the Federal Power Act To Issue 

Securities. 

Filed Date: 04/01/2011. 

Accession Number: 20110401–5157. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Friday, April 22, 2011. 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric 

reliability filings: 

Docket Numbers: RR11–1–000. 

Applicants: Southwest Power Pool 

Regional Entity, Nebraska Public Power 

District. 

Description: Petition of Southwest 

Power Pool Regional Entity for Review 

of Decision of North American Electric 

Reliability Corporation in RR11–1. 

Filed Date: 03/31/2011. 

Accession Number: 20110331–5331. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Thursday, April 21, 2011. 

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. 

As it relates to any qualifying facility 

filings, the notices of self-certification 

[or self-recertification] listed above, do 

not institute a proceeding regarding 

qualifying facility status. A notice of 

self-certification [or self-recertification] 

simply provides notification that the 

entity making the filing has determined 

the facility named in the notice meets 

the applicable criteria to be a qualifying 

facility. Intervention and/or protest do 

not lie in dockets that are qualifying 

facility self-certifications or selfrecertifications. Any person seeking to 

challenge such qualifying facility status 

may do so by filing a motion pursuant 

to 18 CFR 292.207(d)(iii). Intervention 

and protests may be filed in response to 

notices of qualifying facility dockets 

other than self-certifications and selfrecertifications. 

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 email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or 

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

call (202) 502–8659. 

Dated: April 4, 2011. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–8522 Filed 4–8–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. ER11–3263–000] 

Western Reserve Energy Services, 

LLC; Supplemental Notice That Initial 

Market-Based Rate Filing Includes 

Request for Blanket Section 204 

Authorization 

This is a supplemental notice in the 

above-referenced proceeding of Western 

Reserve Energy Services, LLC’s 

application for market-based rate 

authority, with an accompanying rate 

tariff, noting that such application 

includes a request for blanket 

authorization, under 18 CFR Part 34, of 

future issuances of securities and 

assumptions of liability. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest should file 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 and 

385.214). Anyone filing a motion to 

intervene or protest must serve a copy 

of that document on the Applicant. 

Notice is hereby given that the 

deadline for filing protests with regard 

to the applicant’s request for blanket 

authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of 

future issuances of securities and 

assumptions of liability, is April 25, 

2011. 

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 Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 


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The filings in the above-referenced 

proceeding 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. 

Dated: April 4, 2011. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–8523 Filed 4–8–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9292–3] 

New York State Prohibition of 

Discharges of Vessel Sewage; Receipt 

of Petition and Tentative Affirmative 

Determination 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice—Receipt of petition and 

tentative affirmative determination. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that, 

pursuant to Clean Water Act, Section 

312(f)(3) (33 U.S.C. 1322(f)(3)), the State 

of New York has determined that the 

protection and enhancement of the 

quality of the New York State areas of 

the Long Island Sound requires greater 

environmental protection, and has 

petitioned the United States 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 2, for a determination that 

adequate facilities for the safe and 

sanitary removal and treatment of 

sewage from all vessels are reasonably 

available for those waters, so that the 

State may completely prohibit the 

discharge from all vessels of any 

sewage, whether treated or not, into 

such waters. 

New York State has proposed to 

establish a ‘‘Vessel Waste No-Discharge 

Zone’’ for the Long Island Sound that 

encompasses approximately 760 square 

miles, includes the open waters, 

harbors, bays and navigable tributaries 

of the Sound and a portion of the East 

River, from the Hell Gate Bridge in the 

west to the northern bounds of Block 

Island Sound in the east. It excludes 

waters of Mamaroneck Harbor, 

Huntington-Northport Bay Complex, 

Port Jefferson Complex, Hempstead 

Harbor and Oyster Bay/Cold Spring 

Harbor Complex, which have been 

previously designated as No Discharge 

Zones. 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

tentative determination are due by May 

11, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

by any of the following methods: 

• E-mail: chang.moses@epa.gov. 

Include ‘‘Comments on Tentative 

Affirmative Decision for NYS LIS NDZ’’ 

in the subject line of the message. 

• Fax: 212–637–3891. 

• Mail and Hand Delivery/Courier: 

Moses Chang, U.S. EPA Region 2, 290 

Broadway, 24th Floor, New York, NY 

10007–1866. Deliveries are only 

accepted during the Regional Office’s 

normal hours of operation (8 a.m. to 

5 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

excluding federal holidays), and special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Moses Chang, (212) 637–3867, e-mail 

address: chang.moses@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that the State of New York 

(NYS or State) has petitioned the United 

States Environmental Protection 

Agency, Region 2, (EPA) pursuant to 

section 312(f)(3) of Public Law 92–500 

as amended by Public Law 95–217 and 

Public Law 100–4, that adequate 

facilities for the safe and sanitary 

removal and treatment of sewage from 

all vessels are reasonably available for 

the NYS areas of the Long Island Sound 

(LIS or Sound). Adequate pumpout 

facilities are defined as one pumpout 

station for 300–600 boats under the 

Clean Vessel Act: Pumpout Station and 

Dump Station Technical Guidelines 

(Federal Register, Vol. 59, No. 47, 

March 10, 1994). 

The Long Island Sound is one of the 

nation’s premier water bodies, and 

supports a variety of possible uses—fish 

and shellfisheries, fish spawning areas, 

breeding grounds, valuable wildlife 

habitats, bathing beaches, commercial 

and recreational boating, and a 

profusion of recreational resources. 

In 1985, recognizing the Sound’s 

ecological and economic value, New 

York State partnered with Connecticut 

and the EPA to create and support the 

Long Island Sound Study (LISS). The 

Sound was recognized as an Estuary of 

National Significance under the Clean 

Water Act in 1988, and as such, is one 

of the nation’s twenty-eight (28) 

National Estuary Programs. 

The ecological, economic, and 

recreational resources provided by the 

Long Island Sound are vulnerable to the 

effects of poor water quality. The Sound 

was once home to some of the most 

productive shellfish beds in the nation, 

but many have now closed due to 

pathogen, low dissolved oxygen, and 

excessive nutrient contamination. 

The State of Connecticut designated 

the Connecticut portion of the Long 

Island Sound as a No-Discharge Zone 

(NDZ) in 2007. Previously established 

No-Discharge Zones in both New York 

State and Connecticut have made 

important reductions in vessel waste as 

a source of water pollution in the Long 

Island Sound. Degradation of any area, 

however, affects the whole. Extending 

the No-Discharge Zone designation to 

the remainder of the Long Island Sound 

would therefore be a positive 

component of an overall strategy to 

protect and improve these waters and 

would create a unified approach to 

vessel waste for the entirety of this 

waterbody. 

In order for EPA to determine that 

adequate facilities for the safe and 

sanitary removal and treatment of 

sewage from all vessels are reasonably 

available for the New York State areas 

of the Long Island Sound, the State must 

demonstrate that the pumpout-to-vessel 

ratio does not exceed 1:300. In its 

petition, the State described the 

recreational and commercial vessels that 

use the Sound, and the pumpout 

facilities that are available for their use. 

The recreational vessel population, 

11,693, was estimated using 2008 

recreational vessel registrations. In 

addition to recreational vessels, the 

Sound is used by commercial vessels. 

The majority of commercial vessels are 

small fishing vessels, tankers, tugs, or 

barges. Because the small fishing vessels 

are comparably sized to the bulk of 

recreational vessels, they can make use 

of the existing vessel pumpouts that are 

available for recreational vehicles. The 

small commercial vessel population, 

500, was estimated based on aerial 

photographs used to develop the 1996 

Statewide Clean Vessel Plan. The 

figures for recreational and small 

commercial vessels were then compared 

to the number of pumpouts available to 

determine the applicable ratio and 

whether the requirement is met. There 

are fifty-two (52) pumpout facilities 

funded by the Clean Vessel Assistance 

Program (CVAP) in the relevant areas of 

the Sound. Of those, twenty-six (26) 

discharge to a holding tank and twentysix (26) discharge to a municipal 

wastewater treatment plant. There are 

also sixteen (16) other (non-CVAP 

funded) pumpouts available for 

recreational and small commercial 

vessels that either discharge to a holding 

tank or to a municipal wastewater 


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