1616 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 7 / Tuesday, January 12, 2010 / Notices 

Disposition Final Environmental Impact 

Statement 

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 5, 

2010. 

Mark Gilbertson, 

Acting Chief Technical Officer for 

Environmental Management. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Western Area Power Administration 

Post-2010 Resource Pool, Pick-Sloan 

Missouri Basin Program—Eastern 

Division 

AGENCY: Western Area Power 

Administration, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of final power allocation. 

SUMMARY: Western Area Power 

Administration (Western), Upper Great 

Plains Region, a Federal power 

marketing agency of the Department of 

Energy (DOE), hereby announces the 

Post-2010 Resource Pool Power 

Allocation (Power Allocation) to fulfill 

the requirements of the Energy Planning 

and Management Program (Program). 

The Power Allocation comes from a 

Federal power resource pool of the longterm marketable resource of the PickSloan Missouri Basin Program—Eastern 

Division (P–SMBP—ED) that is available 

January 1, 2011. Western will use power 

previously returned to Western for this 

resource pool and will not need to 

withdraw power from existing 

customers. 

The Final Power Allocation is 

published to show Western’s decisions 

prior to beginning the contractual phase 

of the process. A firm electric service 

contract, between Western and the 

allottee in this notice, will provide for 

an allocation of power to the allottee 

beginning with the January 2011 billing 

period through the December 2020 

billing period. 

DATES: The Power Allocation is effective 

February 11, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Information about this 

Power Allocation, including letters and 

other supporting documents made or 

kept by Western in developing the final 

allocation, is available for public 

inspection and copying at the Upper 

Great Plains Region, Western Area 

Power Administration, 2900 4th Avenue 

North, Billings, MT 59101–1266. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

A. Pankratz, Public Utilities Specialist, 

Upper Great Plains Region, Western 

Area Power Administration, 2900 4th 

Avenue North, Billings, MT 59101– 

1266, telephone (406) 247–7392, e-mail 

pankratz@wapa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Western 

published the final Post-2010 Resource 

Pool Allocation Procedures (Procedures) 

in the Federal Register (74 FR 20697, 

May 5, 2009), 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. This Post2010 Resource Pool is the final resource 

pool under the Program. 

Western published its proposed 

allocation in the Federal Register (74 FR 

37702, July 29, 2009), and initiated a 

public comment period. A public 

information and comment forum on the 

proposed allocation was held on 

September 17, 2009. The public 

comment period ended on September 

28, 2009. Western received no public 

comments during the public comment 

period on the proposed allocation. 

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. 

Final Allocation of Power 

The Power Allocation for the new 

customer was calculated using the 

Procedures. As defined in the Post-1985 

Marketing Plan criteria under the 

Procedures, the summer allocation is 

24.84413 percent of peak summer load; 

the winter allocation is 35.98853 

percent of peak winter load. The final 

Power Allocation of power for the new 

eligible customer and the load, which 

this allocation is based upon, is as 

follows: 

New customer 

2007 Summer 

season peak 

load 

(kilowatts) 

2007 Winter 

season peak 

load 

(kilowatts) 

Post-2010 

Resource pool power allocation 

Summer kilowatts Winter kilowatts 

City of New Ulm, MN ....................................................................................... 1,626 1,301 404 468 

The final Power Allocation for the 

City of New Ulm, Minnesota, is based 

on the P–SMBP—ED marketable 

resource available at this time. Western, 

in accordance with 10 CFR 905.32(e)(2) 

of the Program, will use power 

previously placed under contract and 

subsequently returned to Western 

through termination of that contract for 

this final Power Allocation. A firm 

electric service contract will be offered 

by Western to the City of New Ulm, 

Minnesota. If the P–SMBP—ED 

marketable resource is adjusted in the 

future, the Power Allocation may be 

adjusted accordingly. 

Post-2010 Resource Pool Procedures 

Requirements 

Environmental Compliance 

In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 

1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321–4347 (2007)); the 

Council on Environmental Quality 

Regulations for implementing NEPA (40 

CFR parts 1500–1508); and DOE NEPA 

Implementing Procedures and 

Guidelines (10 CFR part 1021), Western 

has determined that this action is 

categorically excluded from further 

NEPA review. 

Dated: January 5, 2010. 

Timothy J. Meeks, 

Administrator. 

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