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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. DI11–10–000] 

Black Horse Ranch LLC; Notice of 

Petition for Declaratory Order and 

Soliciting Comments, Protests, and/or 

Motions To Intervene 

Take notice that the following 

application has been filed with the 

Commission and is available for public 

inspection: 

a. Application Type: Petition for 

Declaratory Order. 

b. Docket No: DI11–10–000. 

c. Date Filed: June 20, 2011. 

d. Applicant: Black Horse Ranch LLC. 

e. Name of Project: Black Horse Ranch 

Micro Hydro Project. 

f. Location: The existing Black Horse 

Ranch Micro Hydro Project is located on 

Moose Creek, near the town of Hunters, 

Stevens County, Washington, affecting 

T. 31 N., R. 38 E., sec. 33, Willamette 

Meridian. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: section 23(b)(1) 

of the Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 

817(b). 

h. Applicant Contact: Jonathan 

Birnbaum, 504 Honeysuckle, Altus, OK 

73521; telephone: (509) 869–5594; email: www.blackhorseranch@gmail.com. 

i. FERC Contact: Any questions on 

this notice should be addressed to 

Henry Ecton, (202) 502–8768, or e-mail 

address: henry.ecton@ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for filing comments, 

protests, and/or motions: August 30, 

2011. 

All documents should be filed 

electronically via the Internet. See 18 

CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the 

instructions on the Commission’s web 

site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/

efiling.asp. If unable to be filed 

electronically, documents may be paperfiled. To paper-file, an original and 

seven copies should be filed with: 

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20426. 

Commenters can submit brief 

comments up to 6,000 characters, 

without prior registration, using the 

eComment system at http://www.ferc.

gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. Please 

include the docket number (DI11–10– 

000) on any comments, protests, and/or 

motions filed. 

k. Description of Project: The existing 

Black Horse Ranch Micro Hydro Project 

consists of: (1) An intake directing water 

into two 50-gallon containers, which 

function as mini-settling tanks; (2) a 6- 

inch-diameter, 850-foot-long penstock; 

(3) a 6-foot by-8-foot converted septic 

tank used as a powerhouse, containing 

a 715–W generator; (4) a short 

transmission line to a battery bank, with 

two Flex 500 inverters to provide AC 

power to the ranch; and (5) appurtenant 

facilities. All power is used on the 

ranch. 

When a Petition for Declaratory Order 

is filed with the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, the Federal 

Power Act requires the Commission to 

investigate and determine if the 

interests of interstate or foreign 

commerce would be affected by the 

proposed project. The Commission also 

determines whether or not the project: 

(1) Would be located on a navigable 

waterway; (2) would occupy or affect 

public lands or reservations of the 

United States; (3) would utilize surplus 

water or water power from a 

government dam; or (4) if applicable, 

has involved or would involve any 

construction subsequent to 1935 that 

may have increased or would increase 

the project’s head or generating 

capacity, or have otherwise significantly 

modified the project’s pre-1935 design 

or operation. 

l. Locations of the Application: Copies 

of this filing are on file with the 

Commission and are available for public 

inspection. This filing may be viewed 

on the web at http://www.ferc.gov using 

the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket 

number excluding the last three digits in 

the docket number field to access the 

document. You may also register online 

at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/

esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances 

related to this or other pending projects. 

For assistance, please contact FERC 

Online Support at FERCOnline

Support@ferc.gov or toll-free at (866) 

208–3676, or TTY, contact (202) 502– 

8659. A copy is also available for 

inspection and reproduction at the 

address in item (h) above. 

m. Individuals desiring to be included 

on the Commission’s mailing list should 

so indicate by writing to the Secretary 

of the Commission. 

n. Comments, Protests, or Motions to 

Intervene—Anyone may submit 

comments, a protest, or a motion to 

intervene in accordance with the 

requirements of Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, .214. 

In determining the appropriate action to 

take, the Commission will consider all 

protests or other comments filed, but 

only those who file a motion to 

intervene in accordance with the 

Commission’s Rules may become a 

party to the proceeding. Any comments, 

protests, or motions to intervene must 

be received on or before the specified 

comment date for the particular 

application. 

o. Filing and Service of Responsive 

Documents—Any filings must bear in 

all capital letters the title 

‘‘COMMENTS’’, ‘‘PROTESTS’’, AND/OR 

‘‘MOTIONS TO INTERVENE’’, as 

applicable, and the Docket Number of 

the particular application to which the 

filing refers. A copy of any motion to 

intervene must also be served upon each 

representative of the Applicant 

specified in the particular application. 

p. Agency Comments—Federal, state, 

and local agencies are invited to file 

comments on the described application. 

A copy of the application may be 

obtained by agencies directly from the 

Applicant. If an agency does not file 

comments within the time specified for 

filing comments, it will be presumed to 

have no comments. One copy of an 

agency’s comments must also be sent to 

the Applicant’s representatives. 

Dated: July 26, 2011. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–19469 Filed 8–1–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[R08–CO–2011–0001; FRL–9447–1] 

Adequacy Determination for Colorado 

Springs, Can ̃on City, Greeley, Pagosa 

Springs, and Telluride; Carbon 

Monoxide and PM10 Maintenance 

Plans’ Motor Vehicle Emissions 

Budgets for Transportation Conformity 

Purposes; State of Colorado 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of adequacy. 

SUMMARY: In this notice, EPA is 

notifying the public that the Agency has 

found the following State 

Implementation Plan (SIP) submittals 

adequate for transportation conformity 

purposes: ‘‘Revised Carbon Monoxide 

Attainment/Maintenance Plan Colorado 

Springs Attainment/Maintenance Area’’ 

and ‘‘Revised Carbon Monoxide 

Maintenance Plan Greeley Attainment/ 

Maintenance Area.’’ In addition, EPA is 

notifying the public that the Agency has 

found the following SIP submittals and 

their respective motor vehicle emissions 

budgets adequate for transportation 

conformity purposes: ‘‘PM10 

Maintenance Plan for Can ̃ on City,’’ 

‘‘Final Revised PM10 Maintenance Plan 

for the Pagosa Springs Attainment/ 

Maintenance Area,’’ and ‘‘Revised PM10 

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Attainment/Maintenance Area.’’ (PM10

refers to particulate matter less than or 

equal to 10 microns in size.) Once this 

finding becomes effective, the Pikes 

Peak Area Council of Governments 

(PPACG), the North Front Range 

Metropolitan Planning Organization 

(NFRMPO), the Colorado Department of 

Transportation, and the U.S. 

Department of Transportation are 

required to use the relevant motor 

vehicle emissions budgets for future 

transportation conformity 

determinations. 

DATES: This finding is effective August 

17, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Tim 

Russ, Air Program, Mailcode 8P–AR, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Region 8, 1595 Wynkoop Street, Denver, 

Colorado 80202–1129, telephone 

number (303) 312–6479, fax number 

(303) 312–6064, or e-mail 

russ.tim@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document, whenever 

‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ or ‘‘our,’’ are used, we mean 

EPA. 

Transportation conformity is required 

by section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act 

(CAA). The conformity rule provisions 

at 40 CFR part 93 require that 

transportation plans, programs, and 

projects conform to SIPs and establish 

the criteria and procedures for 

determining whether or not they do. 

Conformity to a SIP means that 

transportation activities will not 

produce new air quality violations, 

worsen existing violations, or delay 

timely attainment of the National 

Ambient Air Quality Standard 

(NAAQS). 

The criteria by which we determine 

whether a SIP’s motor vehicle emissions 

budget (MVEB) is adequate for 

conformity purposes are outlined in 40 

CFR 93.118(e)(4), which was 

promulgated August 15, 1997 (62 FR 

43780). We described our process for 

determining the adequacy of submitted 

SIP MVEBs in our July 1, 2004 

Transportation Conformity Rule 

Amendments (69 FR 40004). In 

addition, in certain areas with 

monitored ambient carbon monoxide 

values significantly below the NAAQS, 

EPA has allowed states to use limited 

maintenance plans (LMPs), which 

contain no future year maintenance 

projections and, therefore, no MVEBs. 

(See ‘‘Limited Maintenance Plan Option 

for Nonclassifiable CO Nonattainment 

Areas,’’ signed by Joseph Paisie, Group 

Leader, Integrated Policy and Strategies 

Group (MD–15), October 6, 1995, also 

known as EPA’s ‘‘LMP Policy.’’) In an 

area covered by an approved LMP, the 

Regional Transportation Plan (RTP) and 

Transportation Improvement Program 

(TIP) are presumed to automatically 

satisfy the emissions budget test 

requirement, and no regional emissions 

analysis with respect to a MVEB under 

sections 40 CFR 93.118 or 93.119 (i.e., 

MVEB(s), build less than no-build, or 

build less than base year) of the 

conformity rule is required for RTP and 

TIP conformity. We used these 

resources in making our adequacy 

determinations announced in this 

notice. 

This notice is simply an 

announcement of findings that we have 

already made and are as described 

below: 

Colorado Springs (Carbon Monoxide): 

The State submitted the ‘‘Revised 

Carbon Monoxide Attainment/ 

Maintenance Plan Colorado Springs 

Attainment/Maintenance Area’’ on 

March 31, 2010. The State prepared the 

submittal to meet the requirements of 

section 175A(b) of the CAA for a second 

10-year maintenance plan and used, as 

appropriate, the provisions of EPA’s 

LMP policy. Thus, the LMP contains no 

MVEB. EPA sent a letter to the Colorado 

Department of Public Health and 

Environment (CDPHE) on March 3, 

2011, stating that the submitted 

Colorado Springs second 10-year 

maintenance plan was adequate for 

transportation conformity purposes. We 

note that we posted the ‘‘Revised 

Carbon Monoxide Attainment/ 

Maintenance Plan Colorado Springs 

Attainment/Maintenance Area’’ for 

adequacy review on EPA’s 

transportation conformity Web site on 

November 10, 2010. The public 

comment period closed on December 

10, 2010, and we did not receive any 

comments in response to the adequacy 

review posting (see http://www.epa.gov/ 

otaq/stateresources/transconf/ 

currsips.htm#co-springs). 

Greeley (Carbon Monoxide): The State 

submitted the ‘‘Revised Carbon 

Monoxide Maintenance Plan Greeley 

Attainment/Maintenance Area’’ on 

March 31, 2010. The State prepared the 

submittal to meet the requirements of 

section 175A(b) of the CAA for a second 

10-year maintenance plan and used, as 

appropriate, the provisions of EPA’s 

LMP policy. Thus, the LMP contains no 

MVEB. EPA sent a letter to CDPHE on 

March 4, 2011, stating that the 

submitted Greeley second 10-year 

maintenance plan was adequate for 

transportation conformity purposes. We 

note that we posted the ‘‘Revised 

Carbon Monoxide Maintenance Plan 

Greeley Attainment/Maintenance Area’’ 

for adequacy review on EPA’s 

transportation conformity Web site on 

November 10, 2010. The public 

comment period closed on December 

10, 2010, and we did not receive any 

comments in response to the adequacy 

review posting (see http://www.epa.gov/ 

otaq/stateresources/transconf/ 

currsips.htm#greeley). 

Can ̃ on City (PM10): The State 

submitted the ‘‘PM10 Maintenance Plan 

for Can ̃on City’’ on June 18, 2009. The 

State prepared the submittal to meet the 

requirements of section 175A(b) of the 

CAA for a second 10-year maintenance 

plan. EPA sent a letter to CDPHE on 

May 4, 2011, stating that the submitted 

Can ̃on City PM10 second 10-year 

maintenance plan and the 2020 PM10

MVEB were adequate for transportation 

conformity purposes. We note that we 

posted the ‘‘PM10 Maintenance Plan for 

Can ̃ on City’’ for adequacy review on 

EPA’s transportation conformity Web 

site on March 15, 2011. The public 

comment period closed on April 14, 

2011, and we did not receive any 

comments in response to the adequacy 

review posting (see http://www.epa.gov/ 

otaq/stateresources/transconf/ 

currsips.htm#canon). 

Pagosa Springs (PM10): The State 

submitted the ‘‘Final Revised PM10 

Maintenance Plan for the Pagosa 

Springs Attainment/Maintenance Area’’ 

on March 31, 2010. The State prepared 

the submittal to meet the requirements 

of section 175A(b) of the CAA for a 

second 10-year maintenance plan. EPA 

sent a letter to CDPHE on March 17, 

2011, stating that the submitted Pagosa 

Springs PM10 second 10-year 

maintenance plan and the 2021 PM10

MVEB were adequate for transportation 

conformity purposes. We note that we 

posted the ‘‘Final Revised PM10 

Maintenance Plan for the Pagosa 

Springs Attainment/Maintenance Area’’ 

for adequacy review on EPA’s 

transportation conformity Web site on 

November 22, 2010. The public 

comment period closed on December 

22, 2010, and we did not receive any 

comments in response to the adequacy 

review posting (see http://www.epa.gov/ 

otaq/stateresources/transconf/ 

currsips.htm#pagosa). 

Telluride (PM10): The State submitted 

the ‘‘Revised PM10 Attainment/ 

Maintenance Plan Telluride 

Attainment/Maintenance Area’’ on 

March 31, 2010. The State prepared the 

submittal to meet the requirements of 

section 175A(b) of the CAA for a second 

10-year maintenance plan. EPA sent a 

letter to CDPHE on March 21, 2011, 

stating that the submitted Telluride 

PM10 second 10-year maintenance plan 

and the 2021 PM10 MVEB were adequate 

for transportation conformity purposes. 

We note that we posted the ‘‘Revised 


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PM10 Attainment/Maintenance Plan 

Telluride Attainment/Maintenance 

Area’’ for adequacy review on EPA’s 

transportation conformity Web site on 

November 22, 2010. The public 

comment period closed on December 

22, 2010, and we did not receive any 

comments in response to the adequacy 

review posting (see http://www.epa.gov/ 

otaq/stateresources/transconf/ 

currsips.htm#telluride). 

The MVEBs we found adequate are 

presented in the following table: 

Area of applicability CO emissions 

(tons per day) 

2020 PM10

emissions 

(pounds per day) 

2021 PM10

emissions 

(pounds per day) 

Colorado Springs (CO) ......................................................................... N/A1 .............................................. ............................ ............................

Greeley (CO) ........................................................................................ N/A1 .............................................. ............................ ............................

Can ̃on City (PM10) ................................................................................ ....................................................... 1613 ............................

Pagosa Springs (PM10) ........................................................................ ....................................................... ............................ 946 

Telluride (PM10) .................................................................................... ....................................................... ............................ 1108 

1 LMP area—no MVEB required. Prior MVEBs may apply, as described in our adequacy letters to the State. 

Please note that our adequacy review 

described above is separate from our 

rulemaking action on the five 

maintenance plans discussed above and 

should not be used to prejudge our 

ultimate approval or disapproval of each 

of the SIP revisions. Even if we find a 

maintenance plan or a maintenance 

plan and its MVEB adequate for 

transportation conformity purposes, we 

may later disapprove the SIP revision. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. 

Dated: July 25, 2011. 

James B. Martin, 

Regional Administrator, Region 8. 

[FR Doc. 2011–19524 Filed 8–1–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–RCRA–2011–0178; FRL–9446–9] 

EPA Seeking Input Materials 

Measurement; Municipal Solid Waste 

(MSW), Recycling, and Source 

Reduction Measurement in the U.S. 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: EPA is soliciting stakeholder 

input regarding the efficacy and scope 

of the MSW Characterization Report 

called ‘‘Municipal Solid Waste in the 

United States’’ as part of a broader 

discussion about sustainable materials 

management. This information will be 

used to develop new measurement 

definitions and protocols for 

measurement of these materials, as well 

as the possible addition of construction 

and demolition (C&D) materials and 

non-hazardous industrial materials to 

the list of materials addressed in future 

efforts. This effort could lead to the 

creation of a new measurement report 

that the U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA or the Agency) will make 

publicly available. 

DATES: All written comments must be 

received on or before August 31, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ– 

RCRA–2011–0178 by one of the 

following methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov. Follow 

the online instructions for submitting 

comments using the Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–RCRA–2011–0178. 

• E-mail: rcra-docket@epa.gov. 

• Fax: 202–566–9744. 

• Mail: RCRA Docket (28221T), 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460–0001. 

• Hand Delivery: EPA West Building 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC 20460. Such 

deliveries are only accepted during the 

Docket’s normal hours of operation 

(8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through 

Friday, excluding legal holidays) and 

special arrangements should be made 

for deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–RCRA–2011– 

0178. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the docket 

without change and may be made 

available on-line at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

The http://www.regulations.gov Web 

site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, 

which means EPA will not know your 

identity or contact information unless 

you provide it in the body of your 

comment. If you send an e-mail 

comment directly to EPA without going 

through http://www.regulations.gov, 

your e-mail address will be 

automatically captured and included as 

part of the comment that is placed in the 

docket and made available on the 

Internet. If you submit an electronic 

comment, EPA recommends that you 

include your name and other contact 

information in the body of your 

comment and with any disk or CD–ROM 

you submit. If EPA cannot read your 

comment due to technical difficulties 

and cannot contact you for clarification, 

EPA may not be able to consider your 

comment. Electronic files should avoid 

the use of special characters, any form 

of encryption, and be free of any defects 

or viruses. For additional information 

about EPA’s public docket, visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at http:// 

www.epa.gov/dockets/. 

Docket: All documents in the docket 

are listed in the http:// 

www.regulations.gov index. Although 

listed in the index, some information is 

not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Certain other 

material, such as copyrighted material, 

will be publicly available only in hard 

copy. Publicly available docket 

materials are available either 

electronically in http:// 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the RCRA Docket, EPA/DC, EPA West, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave., 

NW., Washington, DC 20460. The Public 

Reading Room is open from 8:30 a.m. to 

4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays. The telephone 

number for the Public Reading Room is 

(202) 566–1744, and the telephone 

number for the RCRA Docket is (202) 

566–0270. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Hope Pillsbury, Mail Code (5306P), 

Office of Resource Conservation and 

Recovery, Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone 

number: (703) 308–7258; 

pillsbury.hope@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

For decades, EPA has been providing 

information on the recycling, reuse and 

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