46584 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 174 / Thursday, September 10, 2009 / Notices 

1On July 1, 1996, DOE’s Assistant Secretary for 

Environmental, Safety and Health delegated to 

Western’s Administrator, the authority to approve 

EISs for integrating main transmission system 

additions. 

and the number of SEAs showing 

improvement in proficiency rates on 

each SEA’s comprehension measure 

from the previous year to the current 

year. All schools are included in the 

GPRA report, regardless of when 

schools began implementation of the 

Reading First program. 

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[FR Doc. E9–21699 Filed 9–9–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

State Energy Advisory Board; Notice 

of Open Meeting 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

Board Meeting of the State Energy 

Advisory Board (STEAB). The Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463;, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public 

notice of these meetings be announced 

in the Federal Register. 

DATES: November 10–12, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: North Carolina State 

University, Dorothy and Roy Park 

Alumni Center, 2450 Alumni Drive, 

Centennial Campus, Raleigh, NC 27606. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary 

Burch, STEAB Designated Federal 

Officer, Office of Commercialization and 

Project Management, Golden Field 

Office, U.S. Department of Energy, 1617 

Cole Boulevard, Golden, CO 80401, 

Telephone 303–275–4801. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: To make 

recommendations to the Assistant 

Secretary for the Office of Energy 

Efficiency and Renewable Energy 

regarding goals and objectives, 

programmatic and administrative 

policies, and to otherwise carry out the 

Board’s responsibilities as designated in 

the State Energy Efficiency Programs 

Improvement Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101– 

440). 

Tentative Agenda: Discuss ways the 

State Energy Advisory Committee can 

continue to support the Department of 

Energy’s (DOE) commercialization and 

deployment efforts, consider potential 

collaborative activities with State 

Energy Programs in order to facilitate 

renewable energy advancement, find 

ways to encourage energy efficiency 

market transformation, and update 

members on routine business matters 

affecting the Board. 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. Written statements 

may be filed with the Board either 

before or after the meeting. Members of 

the public who wish to make oral 

statements pertaining to agenda items 

should contact Gary Burch at the 

address or telephone number listed 

above. Requests to make oral comments 

must be received five days prior to the 

meeting; reasonable provision will be 

made to include requested topic(s) on 

the agenda. The Chair of the Board is 

empowered to conduct the meeting in a 

fashion that will facilitate the orderly 

conduct of business. 

Minutes: The minutes of the meeting 

will be available for public review and 

copying within 60 days on the STEAB 

web site, http://www.steab.org. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on September 4, 

2009. 

Rachel Samuel, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–21847 Filed 9–9–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Western Area Power Administration 

Notice of Cancellation of the 

Transmission Agency of Northern 

California Transmission Project, 

Environmental Impact Statement 

AGENCY: Western Area Power 

Administration, DOE. 

ACTION: Cancellation of Transmission 

Agency of Northern California 

Transmission Project Environmental 

Impact Statement. 

SUMMARY: Western Area Power 

Administration (Western), an agency of 

the Department of Energy (DOE), is 

canceling preparation of the 

Environmental Impact Statement/ 

Environmental Impact Report (EIS/EIR) 

for construction, operation, and 

maintenance of the proposed 

Transmission Agency of Northern 

California (TANC) Transmission Project, 

which would have included building 

and upgrading over 600 miles of 230- 

kilovolt (kV) and 500-kV transmission 

lines and associated equipment and 

facilities in northern California. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information, please contact Mr. 

David Young, NEPA Document 

Manager, Western Area Power 

Administration, Sierra Nevada Region, 

114 Parkshore Drive, Folsom, CA 95630, 

telephone (916) 353–4777, fax (916) 

353–4772, or e-mail TTPEIS@wapa.gov. 

For general information on DOE’s NEPA 

review procedures or status of a NEPA 

review, contact Ms. Carol M. Borgstrom, 

Director of NEPA Policy and 

Compliance, GC–20, U.S. Department of 

Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC 20585, telephone 

(202) 586–4600 or (800) 472–2756. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

February 23, 2009, Western issued a 

Notice of Intent to prepare an EIS/EIR 

for the construction, operation, and 

maintenance of the TANC Transmission 

Project (74 FR 8086).1 The project, as 

proposed, would have included 

building and upgrading over 600 miles 

of 230-kV and 500-kV transmission lines 

and associated equipment and facilities 

in northern California. In its Notice of 

Intent, Western described the schedule 

for scoping meetings for the EIS/EIR, 

and advised the public that comments 

regarding the scope of the EIS/EIR were 

due by April 30, 2009. Western held all 

public scoping meetings as scheduled. 

Because of requests from agencies and 

the public for more time to comment, 

Western extended the scoping period 

twice, with a final comment closing on 

July 30, 2009. 

On July 15, 2009, the TANC 

Commission voted to terminate 

proceeding further with the 

environmental process and to stop 

development work for the TANC 

Transmission Project. On August 3, 

2009, Western received notification 

from TANC, terminating its agreement 

with Western to prepare the EIS/EIR. 

Termination of the agreement 

terminates Western’s obligation to 

prepare the EIS/EIR and involvement in 

the TANC Transmission Project. As a 

result, Western has ceased preparation 

of the EIS/EIR. 


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