67144 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 220 / Tuesday, November 16, 2004 / Notices 

(NGA). The Commission is authorized 

to oversee continuity of service in the 

transportation of natural gas in 

interstate commerce. The information 

collected by FERC–576 notifies the 

Commission in a timely manner of any 

interruption of service or possible 

hazard to public health or safety. 

The Commission in response to 

timely notification of a serious 

interruption may contact other pipelines 

to determine available supply, and if 

requested, authorize transportation or 

construction of facilities to alleviate the 

problem. The data collected in FERC–

576 pertains to serious interruptions of 

service to any wholesale customer 

involving facilities operated under 

certificate authorization from the 

Commission. The reporting of these 

interruptions will assist the Commission 

and the natural gas industry in fulfilling 

their obligations to the public to provide 

better service through increased 

efficiency and reliability. The data 

required for notification of interruptions 

is specified by 18 Code of Federal 

Regulations (CFR) part 260.9. 

5. Respondent Description: The 

respondent universe currently 

comprises 22 natural gas companies (on 

average per year) subject to the 

Commission’s jurisdiction. 

6. Estimated Burden: 22 total hours, 

22 respondents (average per year), 1 

response per respondent, and 1 hour per 

response (average). 

7. Estimated Cost Burden to 

Respondents: 22 hours / 2080 hours per 

year × $107,185 per year = $1,134.

Statutory Authority: Sections 4, 7, 10 and 

16 of the Natural Gas Act (15 U.S.C. 717–

717w).

Magalie R. Salas, 

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 04–25388 Filed 11–15–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[MN 84; FRL–7838–1] 

Notice of Final Determination for 

Rochester Public Utilities’ Silver Lake 

Plant in Rochester, MN

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of final action.

SUMMARY: This notice announces that on 

August 3, 2004, the Environmental 

Appeals Board (EAB) of the EPA 

dismissed a petition for review of a 

permit issued for the Rochester Public 

Utilities’ Silver Lake Plant (RPU) by the 

Minnesota Pollution Control Agency 

(MPCA). The EAB dismissed the 

petition because it determined that 

MPCA did not need to require best 

available control technology (BACT) for 

the permitted major modification.

DATES: The effective date for the EAB’s 

decision is August 3, 2004. Judicial 

review of this permit decision, to the 

extent it is available pursuant to section 

307(b)(1) of the Clean Air Act, 42 U.S.C. 

7607(b)(1), may be sought by filing a 

petition for review in the United States 

Court of Appeals for the Eighth Circuit 

within 60 days of November 16, 2004.

ADDRESSES: The documents relevant to 

the above action are available for public 

inspection during normal business 

hours at the following address: EPA, 

Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard 

(AR–18J), Chicago, Illinois 60604. To 

arrange viewing of these documents, 

call Jennifer Darrow at (312) 886–6315.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Jennifer Darrow, EPA, Region 5, 77 W. 

Jackson Boulevard (AR–18J), Chicago, 

Illinois 60604 or 

darrow.jennifer@epa.gov. Anyone who 

wishes to review the EAB decision can 

obtain it at http://www.epa.gov/eab/

disk11/rochester.pdf.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

supplemental information is organized 

as follows:

A. What Action Is EPA Taking? 

B. What Is the Background Information? 

C. What Did EPA Determine?

A. What Action Is EPA Taking? 

We are notifying the public of a final 

decision by EPA’s EAB on a permit 

issued by MPCA. 

B. What Is The Background 

Information? 

On June 27, 2003, MPCA issued a 

Prevention of Significant Deterioration 

(PSD) permit (permit number 

10900006–007) to RPU to construct and 

operate an underground high-pressure 

steam line from its Silver Lake Plant to 

the Mayo Clinic’s Prospect Utility Plant 

(Mayo Plant). The permit allows RPU to 

tap into existing steam lines at the 

Silver Lake Plant that currently provide 

steam for four boilers; and to route that 

steam through a single pipeline to 

provide steam to the Mayo Plant. This 

change does not alter the boilers 

themselves, but results in annual 

burning of approximately 73,700 

additional tons of coal at RPU. MPCA 

determined that this project would 

constitute a ‘‘major modification’’

subject to PSD. MPCA did not require 

the use of BACT, determining that there 

would not be a modification to an 

‘‘emissions unit.’’

The Minnesota Center for 

Environmental Advocacy (MCEA) filed 

a petition for review of this permit with 

the EAB on July 24, 2003. MCEA argued 

that the term ‘‘emissions unit’’

encompasses the steam lines as well as 

the boilers, based on a change to the 

regulatory definition of ‘‘emissions 

unit’’ in revisions to the PSD regulations 

promulgated at 67 FR 80186 (December 

31, 2002). MCEA further argued that 

MPCA erred by not requiring BACT 

under this revised definition. 

C. What Did the EAB Determine? 

On August 3, 2004, the EAB 

dismissed the petition for review on the 

grounds that the revised PSD 

regulations did not change the meaning 

of ‘‘emissions unit,’’ and therefore did 

not make it necessary for MPCA to 

require BACT.

Dated: October 26, 2004. 

Gary Gulezian, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5.

[FR Doc. 04–25399 Filed 11–15–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY

[OPP–2004–0033; FRL–7686–9]

Rodenticides; Availability of Revised 

Comparative Ecological Risk 

Assessment; Extension of Comment 

Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; extension of comment 

period.

SUMMARY: EPA issued a notice in the 

Federal Register on September 22, 2004, 

titled ‘‘Rodenticides; Availability of 

Revised Comparative Ecological Risk 

Assessment.’’ This notice extends the 

closing date of the comment period 

announced in that notice by 60 days, 

from November 22, 2004, to January 21, 

2005.

DATES: Comments, identified by docket 

identification (ID) number OPP–2004–

0033, must be received on or before 

January 21, 2005.

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted electronically, by mail, or 

through hand delivery/courier. Follow 

the detailed instructions asprovided in 

Unit I of the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Kelly White, Special Review and 

Reregistration Division (7508C), Office 

of Pesticide Programs,Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460–