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1Promoting Wholesale Competition Through 

Open Access Non-discriminatory Transmission 

Services by Public Utilities; Recovery of Stranded 

Costs by Public Utilities and Transmitting Utilities, 

Order No. 888, 61 FR 21,540 (5/10/1996), FERC 

Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,036 (1996), order on reh’g, Order 

No. 888–A, 62 FR 12,274 (3/14/1997), FERC Stats. 

& Regs. ¶ 31,048 (1997), order on reh’g, Order No. 

888–B, 81 FERC ¶ 61,248 (1997), order on reh’g, 

Order No. 888–C, 82 FERC ¶ 61,046 (1998), aff’d 

in relevant part sub nom. Transmission Access 

Policy Study Group v. FERC, 225 F.3d 667 (D.C. Cir. 

2000), aff’d sub nom. New York v. FERC, 535 U.S. 

1 (2002). 

2See 133 FERC ¶ 62,005 (2010). 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Southwestern Power Administration 

Integrated System Power Rates 

AGENCY: Southwestern Power 

Administration, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of public review and 

comment. 

SUMMARY: The Administrator, 

Southwestern Power Administration 

(Southwestern), has prepared Current 

and Revised 2011 Power Repayment 

Studies which show the need for an 

increase in annual revenues to meet cost 

recovery criteria. Such increased 

revenues are needed primarily to cover 

increased costs associated with 

compliance requirements of the North 

American Electric Reliability 

Corporation and to cover increased 

investments and replacements in 

hydroelectric generating facilities. The 

Administrator has developed proposed 

Integrated System rates, which are 

supported by a rate design study, to 

recover the required revenues. The June 

2011 Revised Study indicates that the 

proposed rates would increase annual 

system revenues approximately 5.4 

percent from $177,191,800 to 

$186,761,225 effective November 1, 

2011 through September 30, 2015. 

DATES: The consultation and comment 

period will begin on the date of 

publication of this Federal Register 

notice and will end on October 7, 2011. 

If requested, a combined Public 

Information and Comment Forum 

(Forum) will be held in Tulsa, 

Oklahoma at 9 a.m. on August 16, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: The Forum will be held in 

Southwestern’s offices, Room 1460, 

Williams Center Tower I, One West 

Third Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

James K. McDonald, Assistant 

Administrator, Office of Corporate 

Operations, Southwestern Power 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Energy, One West Third Street, Tulsa, 

Oklahoma 74103, (918) 595–6690, 

jim.mcdonald@swpa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Originally 

established by Secretarial Order No. 

1865 dated August 31, 1943, 

Southwestern is an agency within the 

U.S. Department of Energy created by 

the Department of Energy Organization 

Act, Public Law 95–91, dated August 4, 

1977. Guidelines for preparation of 

power repayment studies are included 

in DOE Order No. RA 6120.2 entitled 

Power Marketing Administration 

Financial Reporting. Procedures for 

Public Participation in Power and 

Transmission Rate Adjustments of the 

Power Marketing Administrations are 

found at title 10, part 903, subpart A of 

the Code of Federal Regulations (10 CFR 

903). Procedures for the confirmation 

and approval of rates for the Federal 

Power Marketing Administrations are 

found at title 18, part 300, subpart L of 

the Code of Federal Regulations (18 CFR 

300). 

Southwestern markets power from 24 

multi-purpose reservoir projects with 

hydroelectric power facilities 

constructed and operated by the U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers (Corps). These 

projects are located in the states of 

Arkansas, Missouri, Oklahoma, and 

Texas. Southwestern’s marketing area 

includes these States plus Kansas and 

Louisiana. The costs associated with the 

hydropower facilities of 22 of the 24 

projects are repaid via revenues 

received under the Integrated System 

rates, as are those of Southwestern’s 

transmission facilities, which consist of 

1,380 miles of high-voltage transmission 

lines, 25 substations, and 46 microwave 

and VHF radio sites. Costs associated 

with the Sam Rayburn and Robert D. 

Willis Dams, two Corps projects that are 

isolated hydraulically, electrically, and 

financially from the Integrated System, 

are repaid under separate rate schedules 

and are not addressed in this notice. 

Following Department of Energy 

guidelines, the Administrator, 

Southwestern, prepared a Current 

Power Repayment Study using existing 

system rates. The Study indicates that 

Southwestern’s legal requirement to 

repay the investment in power 

generating and transmission facilities 

for power and energy marketed by 

Southwestern will not be met without 

an increase in revenues. The need for 

increased revenues is primarily due to 

increased costs associated with 

compliance requirements of the North 

American Electric Reliability 

Corporation and to cover increased 

investments and replacements in 

hydroelectric generating facilities for the 

Corps. The Revised Power Repayment 

Study shows that additional annual 

revenues of $9,569,425 (a 5.4 percent 

increase) are needed to satisfy 

repayment criteria. 

A Rate Design Study has also been 

completed which allocates the revenue 

requirement to the various system rate 

schedules for recovery, and provides for 

transmission service rates in general 

conformance with FERC Order No. 888.1

The proposed new rates would increase 

estimated annual revenues from 

$177,191,800 to $186,761,225 and 

would satisfy the present financial 

criteria for repayment of the project and 

transmission system investments within 

the required number of years. As 

indicated in the Integrated System Rate 

Design Study, this revenue would be 

developed primarily through increases 

in the charges for power sales capacity 

and energy and transmission services, 

including some of the ancillary services 

for deliveries of both Federal and nonFederal power and associated energy 

from the transmission system of 

Southwestern. 

A second component of the Integrated 

System rates for power and energy, the 

Purchased Power Adder (PPA), 

produces revenues which are segregated 

to cover the cost of power purchased to 

meet contractual obligations. The PPA is 

established to reflect what is expected to 

be needed by Southwestern to meet 

purchased power needs on an average 

annual basis. The PPA rate will decrease 

slightly to reflect the incorporation of 

the White River Minimum Flows 

legislation as applied to our projected 

power needs. The Administrator’s 

authority to adjust the PPA at his 

discretion with the Purchased Power 

Adder Adjustment (PPAA) will remain 

in force.2 The PPAA is limited to two 

adjustments per year not to exceed a 

total of ± 6.2 mills per kilowatthour per 

year. The PPA will decrease to $0.0062 

per kilowatthour and the PPAA will 

remain at zero effective November 1, 

2011. 

A revision to the component for 

Regulation Purchased Adder service has 

been proposed to the existing rate 

schedules to include a refinement of 

current procedures for calculating the 

prorated share of the costs for supplying 

regulation service to those customers 

inside the Balancing Authority Area. 

This revision to the Regulation 

Purchased Adder is being proposed so 

that all users of regulation service 

within the Balancing Authority Area are 

appropriately assessed for their 

consumption of the service that is 

purchased to supplement the Federal 

resource used to support the Balancing 

Authority’s requirement to regulate for 

loads. A copy of the proposed 

Regulation Purchased Adder language 

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contained within the proposed Rate 

Schedules can be requested from Mr. 

James K. McDonald at the address listed 

above. 

Below is a general comparison of the 

existing and proposed system rates: 

GENERATION RATES 

Existing Rates Proposed Rates 

Rate Schedule P–09 

(System Peaking) 

Rate Schedule P–11 

(System Peaking) 

Capacity 

Grid or 138–161kV 

$4.06/kW/Mo $4.29/kW/Mo 

Required Ancillary Services 

(generation in BA) 

$0.11/kW/Mo $0.13/kW/Mo 

Regulation & Freq. Response 

(generation in BA) 

$0.09/kW/Mo $0.09/kW/Mo 

Regulation Purchased Adder 

(load within SWPA BA) 

prorata share of total energy cost prorata share of total energy cost 

(includes refinement to procedure) 

Reserve Ancillary Services $0.0184/kW/Mo $0.0224/kW/Mo 

Purchased Power Adder $0.0067/kWh $0.0062/kWh 

Administrator’s Discretionary Adder Adjustment 

Limit 

±$0.0067/kWh annually ±$0.0062/kWh annually 

Transformation Service 

69 kV(applied to usage, not reservation) 

$0.42/kW/Mo $0.42/kW/Mo 

Energy 

Peaking Energy 

$0.0086/kWh $0.0091/kWh 

Supplemental Peaking Energy $0.0086/kWh $0.0091/kWh 

Rate Schedule 

NFTS–09 

Rate Schedule 

NFTS–11 

TRANSMISSION RATES (Transmission) (Transmission) 

Capacity (Firm Reservation with energy) Grid 

or 138–161 kV 

$1.18/kW/Mo 

$0.295/kW/Week 

$0.0536/kW/Day 

$1.28/kW/Mo 

$0.320/kW/Week 

$0.0582/kW/Day 

Required Ancillary Services 

(generation in BA) 

$0.11/kW/Mo, or 

$0.028/kW/Week, or 

$0.005/kW/Day 

$0.13/kW/Mo, or 

$0.033/kW/Week, or 

$0.006/kW/Day 

Reserve Ancillary Services (generation in BA) $0.0184/kW/Mo, or 

$0.0046/kW/Week, or 

$0.00084/kW/Day 

$0.0224/kW/Mo, or 

$0.0056/kW/Week, or 

$0.00102/kW/Day, 

Regulation & Freq Response 

(deliveries within BA) 

$0.09/kW/Mo, or 

$0.023/kW/Week, or 

$0.0041/kW/Day 

$0.09/kW/Mo, or 

$0.023/kW/Week, or 

$0.0041/kW/Day 

Transformation Service 69 kV and below (applied on usage, not reservation) Weekly and 

daily rates not applied 

$0.42/kW/Mo $0.42/kW/Mo 

Capacity (Non-firm with energy) 80% of firm monthly charge divided by 4 for 

weekly rate, divided by 22 for daily rate, and 

divided by 352 for hourly rate 

80% of firm monthly charge divided by 4 for 

weekly rate, divided by 22 for daily rate, and 

divided by 352 for hourly rate 

Network Service $1.18/kW/Mo $1.28/kW/Mo 

Required Ancillary Services $0.11/kW/Mo $0.13/kW/Mo 

Reserve Ancillary Services 

(generation in BA) 

$0.00184/kW/Mo $0.00224/kW/Mo 

Regulation & Freq Response 

(deliveries within BA) 

$0.09/kW/Mo $0.09/kW/Mo 

Rate Schedule EE–09 Rate Schedule EE–11 

EXCESS ENERGY RATES (Excess Energy) (Excess Energy) 

Energy $0.0086/kWh $0.0091/kWh 

Opportunity is presented for 

Southwestern’s customers and other 

interested parties to receive copies of 

the Integrated System Studies. If you 

desire a copy of the Integrated System 

Power Repayment Studies and Rate 

Design Study Data Package, submit your 

request to Mr. James K. McDonald, 

Assistant Administrator, Office of 

Corporate Operations, Southwestern 

Power Administration, One West Third, 

Tulsa, OK 74103; phone: (918) 595– 

6690; e-mail: jim.mcdonald@swpa.gov. 

A Public Information and Comment 

Forum is tentatively scheduled for 

August 30, 2011, to explain to the 

public the proposed rates and 

supporting studies and to allow for 

comment. A chairman, who will be 

responsible for orderly procedure, will 

conduct the Forum if a Forum is 

requested. Questions concerning the 

rates, studies, and information 

presented at the Forum will be 

answered, to the extent possible, at the 

Forum. Questions not answered at the 

Forum will be answered in writing. 

Questions involving voluminous data 

contained in Southwestern’s records 

may best be answered by consultation 

and review of pertinent records at 

Southwestern’s offices. 

Persons desiring to attend the Forum 

should indicate in writing (address cited 

above) by letter, email or facsimile 

transmission (918–595–6656) by August 

22, 2011, their intent to appear at such 

Forum. If no one so indicates his or her 

intent to attend, no such Forum will be 

held. Persons interested in speaking at 

the Forum should submit a request to 

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Mr. James K. McDonald, Assistant 

Administrator, Southwestern, at least 

seven (7) calendar days prior to the 

Forum so that a list of forum 

participants can be developed. The 

chairman may allow others to speak if 

time permits. 

A transcript of the Forum will be 

made. Copies of the transcript and all 

documents introduced will be available 

for review at Southwestern’s offices (see 

ADDRESSES) during normal business 

hours. Copies of the transcript and all 

documents introduced may also be 

obtained, for a fee, from the transcribing 

service. A copy of all written comments 

or an electronic copy in MS Word on 

the proposed Integrated System Rates is 

due on or before October 7, 2011. 

Comments should be submitted to Mr. 

James K. McDonald, Assistant 

Administrator, Southwestern, at the 

above-mentioned address for 

Southwestern’s offices. 

Following review of the oral and 

written comments and the information 

gathered in the course of the 

proceeding, the Administrator will 

submit the finalized Integrated System 

Rate Proposal, Power Repayment 

Studies, and Rate Design Study in 

support of the proposed rates to the 

Deputy Secretary of Energy for 

confirmation and approval on an 

interim basis, and subsequently to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 

(Commission) for confirmation and 

approval on a final basis. The 

Commission will allow the public an 

opportunity to provide written 

comments on the proposed rate increase 

before making a final decision. 

Dated: July 28, 2011. 

Jon C. Worthington, 

Administrator. 

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9449–2 ] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities OMB Responses 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This document announces the 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB) responses to Agency Clearance 

requests, in compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.). An agency may not 

conduct or sponsor, and a person is not 

required to respond to, a collection of 

information unless it displays a 

currently valid OMB control number. 

The OMB control numbers for EPA 

regulations are listed in 40 CFR part 9 

and 48 CFR chapter 15. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Rick 

Westlund (202) 566–1682, or e-mail at 

westlund.rick@epa.gov and please refer 

to the appropriate EPA Information 

Collection Request (ICR) Number. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

OMB Responses to Agency Clearance 

Requests 

OMB Approvals 

EPA ICR Number 2402.01; 

Willingness to Pay Survey for Section 

316(b) Existing Facilities Cooling Water 

Intake Structures; was approved on 07/ 

01/2011; OMB Number 2040–0283; 

expires on 07/31/2013; Approved with 

change. 

EPA ICR Number 1367.09; Regulation 

of Fuels and Fuel Additives: Gasoline 

Volatility; 40 CFR 80.27; was approved 

on 07/27/2011; OMB Number 2060– 

0178; expires on 07/31/2014; Approved 

without change. 

EPA ICR Number 1051.11; NSPS for 

Portland Cement Plants (40 CFR part 60, 

subpart F) (Renewal); was approved on 

07/29/2011; OMB Number 2060–0025; 

expires on 07/31/2014; Approved with 

revisions. 

EPA ICR Number 1767.06; NESHAP 

for Primary Aluminum Reduction Plants 

(40 CFR part 63, subpart LL) (Renewal); 

was approved on 07/29/2011; OMB 

Number 2060–0360; expires on 07/31/ 

2014; Approved without change. 

Short Term Approvals 

EPA ICR Number 1704.14: Toxic 

Chemical Release Reporting, Alternate 

Threshold for Low Annual Reportable 

Amounts (Form A) was granted a short 

term approval to 01/31/2012 on 07/27/ 

2011. 

EPA ICR Number 1425.07: 

Application for Reimbursement to Local 

Governments for Emergency Response 

to Hazardous Substance Releases Under 

CERCLA section 123 was granted a short 

term approval to 10/31/2011 on 07/25/ 

2011. 

Dated: August 2, 2011. 

John Moses, 

Director, Collections Strategies Division. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FARM CREDIT ADMINISTRATION 

Farm Credit Administration Board; 

Sunshine Act; Regular Meeting 

AGENCY: Farm Credit Administration. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given, 

pursuant to the Government in the 

Sunshine Act (5 U.S.C. 552b(e)(3)), of 

the regular meeting of the Farm Credit 

Administration Board (Board). 

DATE AND TIME: The regular meeting of 

the Board will be held at the offices of 

the Farm Credit Administration in 

McLean, Virginia, on August 11, 2011, 

from 9 a.m. until such time as the Board 

concludes its business. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dale 

L. Aultman, Secretary to the Farm 

Credit Administration Board, (703) 883– 

4009, TTY (703) 883–4056. 

ADDRESSES: Farm Credit 

Administration, 1501 Farm Credit Drive, 

McLean, Virginia 22102–5090. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Parts of 

this meeting of the Board will be open 

to the public (limited space available), 

and parts will be closed to the public. 

In order to increase the accessibility to 

Board meetings, persons requiring 

assistance should make arrangements in 

advance. The matters to be considered 

at the meeting are: 

Open Session 

A. Approval of Minutes 

• July 14, 2011 

B. New Business 

• Capital Adequacy—Ratings-Based 

Approach—Advance Notice of 

Proposed Rulemaking 

C. Report 

• Office of Management Services 

Quarterly Report 

Closed Session * 

Reports 

• Office of Secondary Mortgage 

Oversight Quarterly Report 

* Session Closed-Exempt pursuant to 

5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(8) and (9). 

Dated: August 4, 2011. 

Dale L. Aultman, 

Secretary, Farm Credit Administration Board. 

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BILLING CODE 6705–01–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

Information Collection Being 

Submitted for Review and Approval to 

the Office of Management and Budget 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Communications 

Commission (FCC), as part of its 

continuing effort to reduce paperwork 

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