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26, 2010. Registration may be submitted 

either online at https://www.ferc.gov/ 

whats-new/registration/mbr-03–03–10- 

form.asp or by faxing a copy of the form 

(found at the referenced online link) to 

(202) 208–0353. 

A free webcast of the technical 

conference will be available. 

Registration to view the webcast is not 

required. webcast viewers will not be 

permitted to participate during the 

technical conference. Anyone with 

Internet access interested in viewing 

this conference can do so by navigating 

to http://www.ferc.gov’s Calendar of 

Events and locating the appropriate 

event in the Calendar. The events will 

contain a link to the applicable webcast 

option. The Capitol Connection 

provides technical support for the 

webcasts and offers the option of 

listening to the conferences via phonebridge for a fee. If you have any 

questions, visit http:// 

www.CapitolConnection.org or call (703) 

993–3100. 

FERC conferences are accessible 

under section 508 of the Rehabilitation 

Act of 1973. For accessibility 

accommodations please send an e-mail 

to accessibility@ferc.gov or call toll free 

(866) 208–3372 (voice) or (202) 502– 

8659 (TTY), or send a fax to (202) 208– 

2106 with the required 

accommodations. 

For further information, please 

contact Ryan Anderson at (202) 502– 

8122 or e-mail ryan.anderson@ferc.gov. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–4096 Filed 2–26–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. RM01–5–000] 

Electronic Tariff Filings; Notice of 

Rescheduled Technical Conference 

February 19, 2010. 

As a result of inclement weather 

closing the Federal Government in 

Washington, DC, a technical conference 

scheduled for February 9, 2010 could 

not occur. Take notice that that this 

event has been rescheduled for February 

26, 2010. The conference will last from 

10 a.m.–1:30 p.m. EST that day. 

Please refer to the notice of technical 

conferences issued on December 16, 

2009 in this proceeding for details 

related to the originating Commission 

action for this conference, as well as the 

topics that will be covered. 

The conference will be held at the 

Commission’s offices, 888 First Street, 

NE., Washington, DC. All interested 

persons are invited to attend. The 

documents that will be discussed are 

located at http://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/etariff.asp. 

Teleconferencing will be available. 

The number and instructions for 

teleconferencing in these meetings is 

posted on http://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/etariff.asp and an RSS alert 

related to this rescheduled event will be 

issued. 

The meeting is open to the public. No 

preregistration is required. FERC 

meetings are accessible under section 

508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. 

For accessibility accommodations 

please send an e-mail to 

accessibility@ferc.gov or call toll free 

(866) 208–3372 (voice) or (202) 502– 

8659 (TTY), or send a fax to (202) 208– 

2106 with the required 

accommodations. 

For more information about these 

conferences, please contact Keith Pierce, 

Office of Energy Market Regulation at 

(202) 502–8525 or send an e-mail to 

ETariff@ferc.gov. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–4095 Filed 2–26–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–R04–OAR–2009–0561–201006; FRL– 

9119–9] 

Adequacy Status of the HickoryMorganton-Lenoir, North Carolina 1997 

PM2.5 Attainment Demonstration Motor 

Vehicle Emissions Budget for 

Transportation Conformity Purposes 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of adequacy. 

SUMMARY: In this notice, EPA is 

notifying the public of its finding that 

the nitrogen oxides (NOx) motor vehicle 

emissions budget (MVEB) in the 

Hickory-Morganton-Lenoir, North 

Carolina (hereafter referred to as the 

Hickory Area) attainment demonstration 

for the 1997 PM2.5 standard, submitted 

on August 21, 2009, by the North 

Carolina Department of Environment 

and Natural Resources (NCDENR), is 

adequate for transportation conformity 

purposes. EPA is also making an 

insignificance finding for direct 

particulate matter (PM) through the 

transportation conformity adequacy 

process for the Hickory Area. The 

Hickory Area is comprised of the entire 

county of Catawba in North Carolina. 

On March 2, 1999, the District of 

Columbia Circuit Court ruled that 

submitted state implementation plans 

(SIPs) cannot be used for transportation 

conformity determinations until EPA 

has affirmatively found them adequate. 

As a result of EPA’s finding, the Hickory 

Area must use the NOX MVEB from the 

submitted Hickory, North Carolina 1997 

PM2.5 attainment demonstration for 

future conformity determinations, and 

the Hickory Area is not required to 

perform a regional emissions analysis 

for direct PM2.5 in future PM2.5

transportation conformity 

determinations for the 1997 annual 

PM2.5 standard. 

DATES: The adequacy finding for the 

NOX MVEB and the insignificance 

finding for direct PM2.5 are effective 

March 16, 2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Amanetta Somerville, Environmental 

Scientist, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, Region 4, Air Planning Branch, 

Air Quality Modeling and 

Transportation Section, 61 Forsyth 

Street, SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303. Ms. 

Somerville can also be reached by 

telephone at (404) 562–9025, or via 

electronic mail at 

somerville.amanetta@epa.gov. The 

finding is available at EPA’s conformity 

Web site: http://www.epa.gov/otaq/ 

transp.htm (once there, click on the 

‘‘Transportation Conformity’’ text icon, 

then look for ‘‘Adequacy Review of SIP 

Submissions’’). 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Today’s notice is simply an 

announcement of findings that EPA has 

already made. EPA Region 4 sent a letter 

to NCDENR on January 20, 2010, stating 

that the 2009 NOX MVEB in the 1997 

PM2.5 attainment demonstration for 

Hickory, dated August 21, 2009, is 

adequate. The letter also states that 

direct PM2.5 is insignificant for the 

Hickory Area, therefore no regional 

emissions analysis is required. EPA 

posted the availability of the Hickory 

Area MVEB and insignificance 

demonstration on EPA’s Web site on 

September 8, 2009, as part of the 

adequacy process, for the purpose of 

soliciting comments. The comment 

period ran from September 8, 2009, 

through October 8, 2009. EPA’s findings 

have also been announced on EPA’s 

conformity Web site: http:// 

www.epa.gov/otaq/stateresources/ 

index.htm (once there, click 

‘‘Transportation Conformity’’ text icon, 

then look for ‘‘Adequacy Review of SIP 

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