Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 197 / Wednesday, October 13, 2004 / Notices 60857

For more information, contact Patrick 

Clarey, Office of Markets, Tariffs and Rates, 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission at 

(317) 249–5937 or patrick.clarey@ferc.gov, or 

Christopher Miller, Office of Markets, Tariffs 

and Rates, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission at (317) 249–5936 or 

christopher.miller@ferc.gov.

Magalie R. Salas, 

Secretary.

[FR Doc. E4–2583 Filed 10–12–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. AD04–13–000] 

Assessing the State of Wind Energy in 

Wholesale Electricity Markets; Notice 

of Technical Conference 

October 4, 2004. 

Take notice that the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission will host a 

technical conference on Wednesday, 

December 1, 2004 to assess the state of 

wind energy in wholesale electricity 

markets. The workshop will be held at 

the Adams Mark Denver Hotel, 1550 

Court Place, Denver, Colorado 80202. 

The workshop is scheduled to begin at 

9 a.m. and end at approximately 5 p.m. 

(Mountain Standard Time). The 

Commissioners will attend and 

participate. 

The goal of the technical conference 

is to explore possible policy changes 

that would better accommodate the 

participation of wind energy in 

wholesale markets. Topics may include: 

• The interest in and need for reform 

to the transmission service options 

under open-access transmission tariffs 

to better accommodate intermittent 

resources like wind; 

• Whether the current methodology 

for determining imbalance charges 

unduly penalizes intermittent resources; 

• The role of regional transmission 

planning processes; 

• The inclusion of wind energy in 

State resource adequacy plans and 

installed capacity markets; and 

• Experiences of transmission 

providers that currently transmit wind 

energy. 

An agenda will be made available at 

a later time. 

The conference is open for the public 

to attend, and registration is not 

required; however, in-person attendees 

are asked to register for the conference 

on-line by close of business on Monday, 

November 29, 2004 at http://

www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/

wind-1201-form.asp.

Transcripts of the conference will be 

immediately available from Ace 

Reporting Company (202) 347–3700 or 

1–800–336–6646) for a fee. They will be 

available for the public on the 

Commission’s eLibrary system seven 

calendar days after FERC receives the 

transcript. Additionally, Capitol 

Connection offers the opportunity for 

remote listening of the conference via 

the Internet or a Phone Bridge 

Connection for a fee. Interested persons 

should make arrangements as soon as 

possible by visiting the Capitol 

Connection Web site at http://

www.capitolconnection.gmu.edu and 

clicking on ‘‘FERC.’’ If you have any 

questions contact David Reininger or 

Julia Morelli at the Capitol Connection 

(703–993–3100). 

For more information about the 

conference, please contact Sarah 

McKinley at (202) 502–8004, 

sarah.mckinley@ferc.gov.

Magalie R. Salas, 

Secretary.

[FR Doc. E4–2593 Filed 10–12–04; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Western Area Power Administration 

Post-2005 Resource Pool, Pick-Sloan 

Missouri Basin Program—Eastern 

Division

AGENCY: Western Area Power 

Administration, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of final power 

allocations. 

SUMMARY: The Western Area Power 

Administration’s (Western) Upper Great 

Plains Customer Service Region, a 

Federal power marketing agency of the 

Department of Energy, announces the 

Post-2005 Resource Pool Power 

Allocations (Power Allocations) to 

fulfill the requirements of the Energy 

Planning and Management Program 

(Program). The Power Allocations come 

from a Federal power resource pool of 

the long-term marketable resource of the 

Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program—

Eastern Division (P–SMBP—ED) that 

will become available January 1, 2006. 

This notice also includes Western’s 

responses to public comments on 

proposed allocations published March 

29, 2004. 

Final Power Allocations are published 

to show Western’s decisions prior to 

beginning the contractual phase of the 

process. Firm electric service contracts, 

between Western and the allottees in 

this notice, will provide for allocations 

of power from the January 2006 billing 

period through the December 2020 

billing period.

DATES: The Power Allocations are 

effective November 12, 2004.

ADDRESSES: Information about these 

Power Allocations, including 

comments, letters, and other supporting 

documents made or kept by Western in 

developing the final allocations, are 

available for public inspection and 

copying at the Upper Great Plains 

Customer Service Region, Western Area 

Power Administration, located at 2900 

4th Avenue North, P.O. Box 35800, 

Billings, MT 59107–5800. Public 

comments are available online at

http://www.wapa.gov/ugp/contracts/

post2005/comments.htm.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nancy Senitte, Public Utilities 

Specialist, Upper Great Plains Customer 

Service Region, Western Area Power 

Administration, 2900 4th Avenue North, 

Billings, MT 59107–1266, telephone 

(406) 247–7429, e-mail 

senitte@wapa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Western 

published the final Post-2005 Resource 

Pool Allocation Procedures (Procedures) 

in the Federal Register (68 FR 67414, 

December 2, 2003), to implement 

Subpart C–Power Marketing Initiative of 

the Program’s Final Rule (10 CFR 905), 

published in the Federal Register (60 

FR 54151, October 20, 1995). The 

Program, developed in part to 

implement section 114 of the Energy 

Policy Act of 1992, became effective on 

November 20, 1995. The goal of the 

Program is to require planning for 

efficient electric energy use by 

Western’s long-term firm power 

customers and to extend Western’s firm 

power resource commitments. One 

aspect of the Program is to establish 

project-specific power resource pools 

and allocate power from these pools to 

new preference customers. 

Western published its proposed 

allocations in the Federal Register (69 

FR 16247, March 29, 2004), and 

initiated a public comment period. 

Public information and comment 

forums on the proposed allocations 

were held on April 27 and 28, 2004. The 

public comment period ended on June 

28, 2004. 

The Procedures, in conjunction with 

the Post-1985 Marketing Plan (45 FR 

71860, October 30, 1980), establish the 

framework for allocating power from the 

P–SMBP—ED. 

Response to Comments on Proposed 

Post-2005 Resource Pool Allocations 

The comments and responses 

regarding the allocations of power, 

paraphrased for brevity when not 

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affecting the meaning of the 

statement(s), are discussed below. 

Comment: Western received a letter 

supporting the allocation plan for the 

Post-2005 Resource Pool. Western also 

received a letter expressing frustration 

with the process and allocations. 

Response: Western exercised its 

discretion under Reclamation Law in 

shaping the final Procedures in response 

to public input provided during the 

public process in allocating this 

resource to eligible applicants. Western 

followed these Procedures in 

determining the Power Allocations. 

Comment: Western received a 

comment from a current customer 

concerned with the Post-2005 Resource 

Pool process overburdening a specific 

class of existing customers by using a 

reallocation methodology which does 

not impact all existing customers 

equally. The commenter believes this 

results in an increase to retail power 

rates for the benefit of new customers 

under the Post-2005 Resource Pool. The 

commenter suggests that all customers, 

regardless of class, should bear the 

burden of the proposed allocation. 

Response: Western agrees that all 

customers should be impacted equally 

and the Post-2005 Resource Pool 

process accomplishes that. Customers 

who hold allocations from a Western 

resource pool are impacted the same; as 

each customer’s current allocation is 

reduced by the same percentage. 

Western’s customers who received 

allocations from the Post-2000 Resource 

Pool will see a reduction in their 

allocations at the same percentage as 

those who hold allocations from 

previous marketing initiatives. This 

process avoids any discrimination 

among customers. 

Comment: Western received a letter 

from an entity expressing hope that a 

power allocation to an entity from the 

Post-2005 Resource Pool would not 

automatically disqualify other State 

entities or university units from 

consideration for power allocations in 

future. 

Response: The determination of future 

resource pool criteria is outside of this 

public process.

Final Allocations of Power 

The Power Allocations for new 

customers were calculated using the 

Procedures. As defined in the Post-1985 

Marketing Plan criteria under the 

Procedures, the summer allocations are 

24.84413 percent of total summer load; 

the winter allocations are 35.98853 

percent of total winter load. The final 

Power Allocations for new eligible 

customers and the loads these 

allocations are based upon are as 

follows:

New customers 

2002 summer

season load

kilowatts 

2002 winter

season load

kilowatts 

Post-2005

resource pool

power allocations 

Summer

kilowatts 

Winter

kilowatts 

City of Auburn, IA ............................................................................................ 515 409 128 147 

City of Pocahontas, IA ..................................................................................... 4,236 2,980 1,052 1,072 

Montana State University—Bozeman, MT ...................................................... 8,506 8,536 2,113 3,072 

The final Power Allocations for new 

customers listed in the table above are 

based on the P–SMBP—ED marketable 

resource available at this time. Firm 

Electric Service Contracts will be 

offered to the customers listed in the 

table above. If the P–SMBP—ED 

marketable resource is adjusted in the 

future, Power Allocations may be 

adjusted accordingly. 

Regulatory Procedure Requirements 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

The Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 

(5 U.S.C. 601, et seq.) requires Federal 

agencies to perform a regulatory 

flexibility analysis if a final rule is likely 

to have a significant economic impact 

on a substantial number of small entities 

and there is a legal requirement to issue 

a general notice of proposed 

rulemaking. This action does not require 

a regulatory flexibility analysis since it 

is a rulemaking of particular 

applicability involving rates or services 

applicable to public property. 

Small Business Regulatory Enforcement 

Fairness Act 

Western has determined that this rule 

is exempt from congressional 

notification requirements under 5 U.S.C. 

801 because the action is a rulemaking 

of particular applicability relating to 

rates or services and involves matters of 

procedure. 

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: September 27, 2004. 

Michael S. Hacskaylo, 

Administrator.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[OPPT–2004–0077; FRL–7827–2] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Asbestos-Containing 

Materials in Schools Rule and Revised 

Asbestos Model Accreditation Plan 

Rule, EPA ICR No. 1365.07, OMB No. 

2070–0091

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.), this document announces 

that the following Information 

Collection Request (ICR) has been 

forwarded to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval: Asbestos-Containing Materials 

in Schools Rule and Revised Asbestos 

Model Accreditation Plan Rule, EPA 

ICR No. 1365.07, OMB No. 2070–0091. 

This is a request to renew an existing 

approved collection. This ICR is 

scheduled to expire on October 31, 

2004. Under OMB regulations, the 

Agency may continue to conduct or