6282 Federal Register / Vol. 69, No. 27 / Tuesday, February 10, 2004 / Notices 

January 28, 2004, presented a list of 

speakers for February 4, 2004. A revised 

list of speakers for February 4, 2004 

follows. 

Agenda for the February 4, 2004 

Conference 

Morning Session #1 (9–9:20 a.m.) 

Presentation on capital commitment/

investment decision-making 

Frank Napolitano—Lehman Brothers 

Inc. 

Jonathan Baliff—Credit Suisse First 

Boston Corporation 

Michael Thomas—Calpine 

Corporation 

Morning Session #2 (9:30 a.m.–12:15 

p.m.) 

William Hogan—Harvard University 

Michael Schnitzer—The NorthBridge 

Group, representing Exelon Corp. 

Roy Shanker—Consultant to 

generators and financial market 

participants 

David Patton—Potomac Economics, 

MISO Market Monitor 

Joe Bowring—PJM Market Monitor 

Roy Thilly—Wisconsin Public Power 

Inc. 

Abram Klein—Edison Mission 

Marketing & Trading

Mssrs. Napolitano, Baliff, and Thomas 

will participate in the Question and 

Answer session. 

Lunch Break (12:15–1:30 p.m.) 

Afternoon Session #1 (1:30–3 p.m.) 

John Anderson—John Hancock 

Financial Services 

Jonathan Baliff—Credit Suisse First 

Boston Corporation 

Mark Reeder—New York Public 

Service Commission 

Steve Wemple—Con Edison and EEI 

Alliance of Energy Suppliers 

Robert Rapp—KeySpan Energy 

Jonathan Falk—NERA, representing 

PPL 

Steve Corneli—NRG Power Marketing 

Inc 

Bob Ethier—ISO–NE Market Monitor 

Gunnar Jorgensen—Northeast 

Utilities/Select Energy 

Afternoon Session #2 (3:15–4:45 p.m.) 

Howard Newman—Warburg Pincus 

Danielle Jassaud—Public Utility 

Commission of Texas 

John Meyer—Reliant Resources, Inc.

Judi Mosley—Pacific Gas & Electric 

Company 

Keith Casey—CAISO 

Ron McNamara—MISO 

Steve Beuning—Xcel Energy

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 e-Library two weeks after 

the conference. The Capitol Connection 

offers the opportunity for remote 

listening and viewing of the conference. 

It is available for a fee, live over the 

Internet, via C-Band Satellite. Persons 

interested in receiving the broadcast, or 

who need information on making 

arrangements should contact David 

Reininger or Julia Morelli at the Capitol 

Connection (703–993–3100) as soon as 

possible or visit the Capitol Connection 

Web site at http://

www.capitolconnection.gmu.edu and 

click on ‘‘FERC’’. 

Questions about the February 4 

conference should be directed to: 

Michael Coleman, Office of Markets, 

Tariffs, and Rates, 888 First Street NE., 

Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502–8236, 

michael.coleman@ferc.gov. 

Questions about the February 5 PJM 

conference should be directed to: David 

Kathan, Office of Markets, Tariffs, and 

Rates, 888 First Street NE., Washington, 

DC 20426, (202) 502–6404, 

david.kathan@ferc.gov.

Magalie R. Salas, 

Secretary.

[FR Doc. E4–224 Filed 2–9–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–7617–4] 

Notice of Approval of Federal 

Operating Permits to Clearwater Forest 

Industries (CFI); Three Rivers Timber, 

Inc. (Three Rivers); Empire Lumber 

Company, dba Kamiah Mills (Empire 

Lumber); Northwest Pipeline 

Corporation, Pocatello Compressor 

Station (Northwest Pipeline); Colville 

Tribal Enterprise Corporation, dba 

Colville Indian Power & Veneer (CIPV)

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This is notice that five federal 

Part 71 Tribal Operating permits have 

been issued from EPA Region 10.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have any questions or would like a 

copy of any of the permits listed above, 

please contact Lucita Valiere, at U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Office of Air Quality (OAQ–107), 1200 

Sixth Avenue, Seattle, Washington 

98101, (206) 553–8087.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is 

hereby given that EPA Region 10 has 

issued Federal operating permits to the 

applicants listed below:

Name Permit No. Location Reservation Issuance

date 

Effective

date 

CFI ............................................... R10T5–ID–00–01. Kooskia, ID ....................... Nez Perce ......................... 2/15/01 4/30/01 

Empire Lumber ............................ R10T5–ID–00–02. Kamiah, ID ........................ Nez Perce ......................... 8/8/01 8/8/01 

Three Rivers ................................ R10T5–ID–00–03. Kamiah, ID ........................ Nez Perce ......................... 8/23/02 10/7/02 

Northwest Pipeline ....................... R10T5–ID–02–01. Pocatello, ID ..................... Fort Hall ............................ 10/17/02 12/2/02 

CIPV ............................................. R10T5–WA–03–01. Omak, WA ........................ Colville .............................. 6/10/03 6/10/03 

These permits grant approval to the 

facilities identified in the permits to 

operate the air emission sources 

identified in the permits in accordance 

with the terms and conditions of the 

respective permits. This notice is 

published in accordance with 40 CFR 

71.11(l)(7), which requires notice of any 

final agency action regarding a Federal 

operating permit to be published in the 

Federal Register. 

The Federal operating permits issued 

by EPA to the facilities identified above 

incorporate all applicable air quality 

requirements and require monitoring to 

ensure compliance with these 

requirements. Submittal of periodic 

reports of all required monitoring, as 

well as submittal of an annual 

compliance certification, are also 

required. The Federal operating permits 

have a term not to exceed five years, and 

a timely application for permit renewal 

must be submitted to EPA prior to 

permit expiration in order to continue 

operation of the permitted source. 

The provisions of 40 CFR part 71 

govern issuance of these permits. EPA 

received public comments on the CFI, 

Three Rivers, and Northwest Pipeline 

permits. In accordance with the 

requirements of 40 CFR 71.11(j), EPA 

responded to all comments received on 

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these permits. EPA received no 

comments on the permits for Empire 

Lumber and CIPV. Pursuant to 40 CFR 

71.11(i), EPA provided copies of the 

final permits to the applicant and each 

person who submitted written 

comments on a permit or requested 

notice of the final permit decision. No 

one requested review of any of the final 

permits by the Environmental Appeals 

Board within 30 days of receipt of the 

final permits in accordance with 40 CFR 

71.11(l). Thus, pursuant to 40 CFR 

71.11(i) and (l), the permits became final 

on the dates indicated in the chart 

above. A petition to the Environmental 

Appeals Board under 40 CFR 71.11(l) is, 

under 42 U.S.C. 307(b), a prerequisite to 

seeking judicial review of the final 

agency action. See 40 CFR 71.11(l)(4). 

40 CFR 71.11(l)(7) requires notice of any 

final agency action regarding a Federal 

operating permit to be published in the 

Federal Register. This notice satisfies 

that requirement.

Dated: January 21, 2004. 

L. John Iani, 

Regional Administrator, Region 10.

[FR Doc. 04–2816 Filed 2–9–04; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–7620–4] 

Comprehensive Environmental 

Response, Compensation and Liability 

Act (CERCLA), Section 104(k); 

‘‘Announcement of Proposal Deadline 

for a Reopening of the Competition for 

the 2004 National Brownfields 

Assessment, Revolving Loan Fund, 

and Cleanup Grants’’

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency.

ACTION: Notice reopening of Fiscal Year 

2004 Brownfields grant competition, of 

the availability of amended Brownfields 

grant application guidelines and 

deadline for submissions of proposals. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) is reopening the 

competition for Fiscal Year 2004 

brownfields grants to accept 

applications for funding for certain 

brownfield sites that were not eligible 

under the Proposal Guidelines for 

Brownfields Assessment, Revolving 

Loan Fund, and Cleanup Grants (‘‘The 

October 2003 Proposal Guidelines’’), 

published in the Federal Register at 68 

FR 59611, on October 16, 2003, and 

subsequent corrections published in the 

Federal Register at 68 FR 64623, on 

November 14, 2003. The Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2004, Public Law 

108–199, which President Bush signed 

into law on January 23, 2004, 

temporarily expands the number of 

brownfields sites that are eligible for 

funding under EPA’s brownfields 

assessment, revolving loan fund, and 

cleanup grants awarded under section 

104(k) of the Comprehensive 

Environmental Response, 

Compensation, and Liability Act of 1980 

(CERCLA), as amended. EPA’s Fiscal 

Year 2004 appropriations may be used 

by recipients of brownfields grants and 

loans for eligible and allowable costs at 

brownfields sites as long as the recipient 

of a brownfield grant or loan satisfies all 

of the elements required to qualify as a 

bona fide prospective purchaser under 

CERCLA section 101(40) 

notwithstanding the fact that the 

property was acquired prior to the 

enactment of the Small Business 

Liability Relief and Brownfields 

Revitalization Act of 2001, Pub. L. 107–

118, on January 11, 2002. EPA is 

reopening the Fiscal Year 2004 

brownfields grant competition to allow 

entities who are affected by the abovereferenced change to submit (or 

resubmit) proposals for brownfields 

funding. 

To qualify for participation in the 

reopened competition, applicants must 

have specific brownfields sites 

identified, and these sites must now be 

eligible for EPA funding in Fiscal Year 

2004 due to the above-referenced 

provision of the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act, 2004. There is an 

additional change to the guidelines that 

is posted at www.epa.gov/brownfields.

The change is summarized below. The 

deadline for proposals to be received by 

EPA’s contractor is 6 p.m. EST on 

March 9, 2004.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

U.S. EPA’s Office of Solid Waste and 

Emergency Response, Office of 

Brownfields Cleanup and 

Redevelopment, (202) 566–2777.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

following correction has been made to 

the guidelines that are posted at 

www.epa.gov/brownfields:

On page 5 of the Proposal Guidelines 

for Brownfields Assessment, Revolving 

Loan Fund, and Cleanup Grants, the 

first bullet under Additional Uses/

Restrictions of Grant Funds is revised to 

implement the language in the 

Consolidated Appropriation Act, 2004. 

This language now reads: 

‘‘Funds appropriated to EPA under 

the Consolidated Appropriation Act, 

2004, to carry out CERCLA 104(k) may 

be used by recipients of brownfields 

grants and loans for eligible and 

allowable costs when a recipient 

satisfies all of the elements required to 

qualify as a bona fide prospective 

purchaser under CERCLA section 

101(40) notwithstanding the fact that 

the property was acquired prior to the 

enactment of the Small Business 

Liability Relief and Brownfields 

Revitalization Act of 2001, Public Law 

107–118, on January 11, 2002.’’

The entities that otherwise meet all of 

the requirements to be eligible for 

brownfield funding and that are affected 

by this provision may apply for grants 

(including Revolving Loan Fund 

capitalization grants) to address 

hazardous waste contamination at 

eligible brownfield sites. However, 

applicants who submitted proposals by 

the December 4, 2003, deadline for 

brownfields assessment, revolving loan 

fund, and cleanup grants and who 

otherwise satisfied all of the 

requirements to be eligible to receive 

brownfields funding, as well as satisfied 

all of the elements required to qualify as 

a bona fide prospective purchaser, and 

were determined by EPA to be 

prohibited from using brownfield funds 

at the proposed site(s) because the 

applicant acquired the brownfield site 

prior to the January 11, 2002, enactment 

date, may choose to resubmit their 

proposal(s) to EPA for consideration. 

This change only has the affect of 

allowing EPA to award Brownfield 

grants to certain applicants that were 

previously prohibited from receiving 

grants under section 104(k)(4)(B)(i)(IV) 

and does not result in a change to the 

CERCLA definition of bona fide 

prospective purchaser or to any EPA 

enforcement authorities or policy. 

Please note that applicants with sites 

contaminated solely by petroleum are 

not eligible to participate in the 

reopened competition.

To be considered in this competition, 

every proposal must identify specific 

brownfield sites, meet the threshold 

requirements described in the Proposal 

Guidelines for Brownfields Assessment, 

Revolving Loan Fund, and Cleanup 

Grants (including the requirements for 

community notification and a letter 

from state or tribal environmental 

officials) and address the ranking factors 

in the Proposal Guidelines for 

Brownfields Assessment, Revolving 

Loan Fund, and Cleanup Grants. An 

original proposal and/or a request for 

reconsideration of a proposal that was 

submitted by the December 4, 2003, 

deadline must be received by 6 p.m. 

EST on or before March 9, 2004, by 

Environmental Management Support, 

Inc. (EMS), Attention: Don West, 8601 

Georgia Avenue, Suite 500, Silver 

Spring, MD 20910, phone 301–589–