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—Impact on wildlife and fishery

habitats.

—Potential impact on Federal- and

State-listed threatened or endangered

species.

• Cultural Resources

—Effect on prehistoric and historic

sites.

—Native American concerns.

• Land Use

—Impact on residential areas (7

residences within 50 feet of the

construction work area in Virginia

and 1 residence within 50 feet of the

construction work area in Tennessee).

—Impact on public lands and special

use areas including the Tennessee

River Park.

—Visual effect of the new aboveground

facilities on surrounding areas.

• Air and Noise Quality

—Impacts on local air quality and noise

environment as a result of the

operation of the uprated horsepower

units at existing Compressor Stations

3101 and 3210.

Public Participation

You can make a difference by

providing us with your specific

comments or concerns about the project.

By becoming a commentor, your

concerns will be addressed in the EA

and considered by the Commission. You

should focus on the potential

environmental effects of the proposal,

alternatives to the proposal (including

alternative locations or routes), and

measures to avoid or lessen

environmental impact. The more

specific your comments, the more useful

they will be. Please carefully follow

these instructions to ensure that your

comments are received in time and

properly recorded:

• Send two copies of your letter to:

David P. Boergers, Secretary, Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First St., NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC

20426;

• Label one copy of the comments for

the attention of Environmental Gas

Group 1, PJ–11.1;

• Reference Docket Nos. CP00–51–

000 and CP00–51–001; and

• Mail your comments so that they

will be received in Washington, DC on

or before July 14, 2000.

[If you do not want to send comments

at this time but still want to remain on

our mailing list, please return the

Information Request (appendix 3). If you

do not return the Information Request,

you will be removed from the

environmental mailing list.]

Becoming an Intervener

In addition to involvement in the EA

scoping process, you may want to

become an official party to the

proceeding known as an ‘‘intervenor.’’

Intervenors play a more formal role in

the process. Among other things,

intervenors have the right to receive

copies of case-related Commission

documents and filings by other

intervenors. Likewise, each intervenor

must provide 14 copies of its filings to

the Secretary of the Commission and

must send a copy of its filings to all

other parties on the Commission’s

service list for this proceeding. If you

want to become an intervenor you must

file a motion to intervene according to

Rule 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR

385.214) (see appendix 2). Only

intervenors have the right to seek

rehearing of the Commission’s decision.

Affected landowners and parties with

environmental concerns may be granted

intervenor status upon showing good

cause by stating that they have a clear

and direct interest in this proceeding

which would not be adequately

represented by any other parties. You do

not need intervenor status to have your

environmental comments considered.

Additional information about the

proposed project is available from Mr.

Paul McKee of the Commission’s Office

of External Affairs at (202) 208–1088 or

on the FERC website (www.ferc.fed.us)

using the ‘‘RIMS’’ link to information in

this docket number. Click on the

‘‘RIMS’’ link, select ‘‘Docket #’’ from the

RIMS Menu, and follow the

instructions. For assistance with access

to RIMS, the RIMS helpline can be

reached at (202) 208–2222.

Similarly, the ‘‘CIPS’’ link on the

FERC Internet website provides access

to the texts of formal documents issued

by the Commission, such as orders,

notices, and rulemakings. From the

FERC Internet website, click on the

‘‘CIPS’’ link, select ‘‘Docket #’’ from the

CIPS menu, and follow the instructions.

For assistance with access to CIPS, the

CIPS helpline can be reached at (202)

208–2474.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[IL 200, IN 130, WI 97–01–7328; FRL–6719–

6]

Adequacy Status of Chicago, IL,

Northwest Indiana, IN, and Milwaukee,

WI in Submitted Ozone Attainment

Demonstrations for Transportation

Conformity Purposes

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of adequacy.

SUMMARY: In this document, EPA is

notifying the public that EPA has found

that the motor vehicle emissions

budgets in each of the three Lake

Michigan area ozone attainment

demonstrations are adequate for

transportation conformity purposes. The

three areas affected are: Chicago,

Illinois; Northwest Indiana (Lake and

Porter Counties), Indiana, and

Milwaukee, Wisconsin. On March 2,

1999, the D.C. Circuit Court ruled that

submitted State Implementation Plans

(SIPs) cannot be used for transportation

conformity determinations until EPA

has affirmatively found the motor

vehicle emission budgets adequate. We

have made that finding in letters to the

States affected and are providing notice

to the public in this Federal Register.

As a result of our finding, Chicago,

Northwest Indiana and Milwaukee can

use the motor vehicle emissions budgets

from their submitted ozone attainment

demonstrations for future transportation

conformity determinations. The motor

vehicle emissions budgets are for two

pollutants, volatile organic compounds

(VOC) and oxides of nitrogen (NOx),

that combine to form ground levelozone. Ozone can cause inflamation of

the lungs, decrease lung capacity, and

aggravate asthma. These budgets are

effective July 5, 2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The

finding and the response to comments

will be available at EPA’s transportation

conformity website: http://

www.epa.gov/oms/traq, (once there,

click on the ‘‘Conformity’’ button, then

look for ‘‘Adequacy Review of SIP

Submissions for Conformity’’).

Ryan Bahr, Environmental Engineer,

Regulation Development Section (AR–

18J), Air Programs Branch, Air and

Radiation Division, United States

Environmental Protection Agency,

Region 5, 77 West Jackson Boulevard,

Chicago, Illinois 60604, (312) 353–4366,

bahr.ryan@epa.gov.

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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background:

Throughout this document, whenever

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

EPA. Today’s notice is simply an

announcement of a finding that we have

already made. EPA Region 5 sent letters

to the Illinois Environmental Protection

Agency on March 24, 2000, and May 31,

2000, stating that both the VOC and

NOx motor vehicle emissions budgets in

the Chicago, Illinois submitted ozone

attainment demonstration for 2007 are

adequate. EPA sent similar letters to the

Indiana Department of Environmental

Management on May 8, 2000, and May

31, 2000. Similar letters were sent to the

Wisconsin Department of Natural

Resources on May 1, 2000, and May 31,

2000.

Before making these findings, we

opened a 30 day public comment period

for the adequacy of mobile source

vehicle emission budgets in the States’

submittals. No comments were received

during this comment period. However,

there were comments received during

the comment period relating to the

proposed conditional approval of the

attainment demonstration SIPs. After

examining those comments, we

determined that several applied to the

adequacy process and while they were

not submitted during the adequacy

comment period, they should be

addressed. We responded to these

comments and issued supplemental

letters to Illinois, Indiana, and

Wisconsin finalizing the adequacy

findings on May 31, 2000. All three

letters found that the VOC and NOx

motor vehicle emissions budgets in the

submitted ozone attainment

demonstrations for 2007 are adequate.

These findings and the response to

comments will also be announced on

EPA’s conformity website: http://

www.epa.gov/oms/traq, (once there,

click on the ‘‘Conformity’’ button, then

look for ‘‘Adequacy Review of SIP

Submissions for Conformity’’).

Transportation conformity is required

by section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act.

EPA’s conformity rule requires that

transportation plans, programs, and

projects conform to state air quality

implementation plans and establishes

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 standards.

The criteria by which we determine

whether a SIP’s motor vehicle emission

budgets are adequate for transportation

conformity purposes are outlined in 40

CFR 93.118(e)(4). Please note that an

adequacy review is separate from EPA’s

completeness review, and it also should

not be used to prejudge EPA’s ultimate

approval of the SIP. Even if we find a

budget adequate, the SIP could later be

disapproved.

We’ve described our process for

determining the adequacy of submitted

SIP motor vehicle emission budgets in

guidance (May 14, 1999 memo titled

‘‘Conformity Guidance on

Implementation of March 2, 1999

Conformity Court Decision’’). We

followed this guidance in making our

adequacy determination.

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401–7671q.

Dated: June 8, 2000.

Norman Niedergang,

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 5.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6719–5]

Drinking Water Utilities Team;

Strategic SDWA Compliance Planning

for Small Systems Workshops

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice; announcement of

Workshops on Strategic SDWA

Compliance Planning for Small

Systems.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency (EPA) has scheduled

a series of one-day workshops on

‘‘Strategic SDWA Compliance Planning

for Small Systems’’ for consulting

engineers, state regulatory agency staff,

and other individuals who provide

advice or assistance to small water

systems. Water system managers and

decision-makers are also encouraged to

attend. The agency is conducting these

workshops in cooperation with the

Association of State Drinking Water

Administrators, American Consulting

Engineers Council, American Water

Works Association, National

Association of Regulatory Utility

Commissioners, National Association of

State Utility Consumer Advocates,

National Association of Water

Companies, National Drinking Water

Clearinghouse, National Rural Water

Association, Rural Community

Assistance Program, and U.S.

Department of Agriculture—Rural

Utilities Service. One workshop will be

offered in each EPA Region. There will

be no teleconferencing available at any

of these workshops.

The purpose of the workshops is to

offer approaches designed to assist

small systems in understanding the full

range of challenges and opportunities

they face in the very near future.

Acknowledging the increasing

regulatory burden to be faced by small

systems, the workshops will cover

issues such as: source water supply and

protection; existing infrastructure repair

and replacement; system organizational

structures; new regulations;

technologies for compliance; and

financial issues. Specific tools and

techniques to assist systems in

identifying and prioritizing strategic

issues and to identify optimum

solutions will also be presented.

Included on the agenda for these

workshops will be:

Strategic Planning in the 21st Century

Internal System Assessment

• Existing Infrastructure

• Technical, Financial, and

Managerial Capacity

Assessing External Challenges

• New Regulations

• Treatment Technology for

regulatory compliance

• Source Water Supply

• Competition

Assessing External Opportunities

• Partnerships

• Source Water Protection

• Resources

• Public Awareness

Identifying Options and Determining

Optimum Solutions

DATES: All workshops will be held from

8 a.m. to 5 p.m. The schedule for the

workshops is as follows:

June 27—DoubleTree Riverfront Hotel,

50 Warren Street, Lowell, MA 01852,

Phone #: 978–452–1200; For group

rate, must contact hotel by June 12

June 28—Desmond Hotel and

Conference Center, Albany, NY

12211, 800–448–3500; For group rate,

must contact hotel by June 13

June 29—The Venice Inn, 431 Dual

Highway, Hagerstown, MD 21740,

Phone #: 301–733–0830; For group

rate, must contact hotel by June 15

301–733–0830

July 12—Clarion Hotel, 3601 N. Desert

Drive, Atlanta, GA 30344, Phone #:

404–762–5566; For group rate, must

contact hotel by June 21

July 13—Radisson Hotel Dallas, 1893

West Mockingbird Lane, Dallas, TX

75235, Phone #: 888–588–9846; For

group rate, must contact hotel by June

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