Federal Register / Vol. 65, No. 112 / Friday, June 9, 2000 / Notices 36689

1 18 CFR 385.2010.

Notice is hereby given that the

deadline for filing motions to intervene

or protests, as set forth above, is June 30,

2000.

Copies of the full text of the Order are

available from the Commission’s Public

Reference Branch, 888 First Street, N.E.,

Washington, D.C. 20426. The Order may

also be viewed on the Internet at http:/

/www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call

202–208–2222 for assistance).

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–14631 Filed 6–8–00; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 2000–010]

New York Power Authority; Notice

Modifying a Restricted Service List for

Comments on a Programmatic

Agreement for Managing Properties

Included in or Eligible for Inclusion in

the National Register of Historic Places

June 5, 2000.

On April 14, 2000, the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (Commission)

issued a notice of the St. Lawrence-FDR

Power Project (FERC No. 2000–010)

proposing to establish a restricted

service list for the purpose of

developing and executing a

Programmatic Agreement for managing

properties included in or eligible for

inclusion in the National Register of

Historic Places. The St. Lawrence-FDR

Power Project is located on the St.

Lawrence River, in St. Lawrence

County, New York. The New York

Power Authority is the licensee.

On May 1, 2000, the Department of

the Interior (Interior) filed a request to

be added to the restricted service list

established pursuant to Commission’s

Notice of April 14, 2000. In support of

the request, Interior notes that it has an

interest in the development of a

Programmatic Agreement for managing

and protecting Historic Properties

affected by the St. Lawrence-FDR Power

Project. Furthermore, Interior notes that

it is an active participant in the St.

Lawrence-FDR Power Project

proceeding and should be included on

the restricted service list.

Rule 2010 of the Commission’s Rules

of Practice and Procedure provides that,

to eliminate unnecessary expense or

improve administrative efficiency, the

Secretary may establish a restricted

service list for a particular phase or

issue in a proceeding.1 The restricted

service list should contain the names of

persons on the service list who, in the

judgment of the decisional authority

establishing the list, are active

participants with respect to the phase or

issue in the proceeding for which the

list is established.

Interior has been and would continue

to be an active party in the relicensing

proceeding for the project. Therefore,

Interior will be added to the restricted

service list.

The following additions are made to

the restricted service list notice issued

on April 14, 2000, for Project No. 2000–

010:

Francis Jock, St. Regis Mohawk Tribe,

561 County Rte. 1, Fort Covington,

NY 12937.

Lydia T. Grimm, Department of the

Interior, Office of the Solicitor-Div.

Indian Affairs, 1849 C Street, NW,

Mailstop 6456, Washington, DC

20240.

Malka Pattison, Department of the

Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs,

1849 C Street, NW, Mailstop 4513,

Washington, DC 20240.

Kevin Mendik, National Park Service,

15 State Street, Boston, MA 02109.

Judith M. Stolfo, Department of the

Interior, Office of the Regional

Solicitor, One Gateway Center,

Suite 612, Newton, MA 02458–

2802.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 00–14552 Filed 6–8–00; 8:45 am]

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6712–6]

Adequacy Status of the Submitted

Attainment Demonstration for the

Ozone National Ambient Air Quality

Standards for Transportation

Conformity Purposes for the New

Jersey Severe Ozone Nonattainment

Areas

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of adequacy.

SUMMARY: In this notice, EPA is

notifying the public that we have found

that the motor vehicle emissions

budgets for volatile organic compounds

and nitrogen oxides in the submitted

ozone attainment demonstration for the

New Jersey severe nonattainment areas

to be adequate for conformity purposes.

On March 2, 1999, the D.C. Circuit

Court ruled that submitted state

implementation plans (SIPs) cannot be

used for conformity determinations

until EPA has affirmatively found them

adequate. As a result of our finding, the

New Jersey portions of the New YorkNew Jersey-Connecticut and

Philadelphia-Wilmington-Trenton

severe ozone nonattainment areas can

use the motor vehicle emissions budgets

of volatile organic compounds and

nitrogen oxides for 2007 and 2005,

respectively, from the submitted ozone

attainment demonstration for future

conformity determinations.

DATES: This finding is effective June 26,

2000.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Matthew B. Cairns, Mobile Source

Team, Air Programs Branch,

Environmental Protection Agency, 290

Broadway, 25th Floor, New York, New

York 10007–1866, (212) 637–3895, email address: cairns.matthew@epa.gov.

The finding and the response to

comments will be available at 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’’).

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Background

Today’s notice is simply an

announcement of a finding that we have

already made. EPA Region 2 sent a letter

to the New Jersey Department of

Environmental Protection on May 31,

2000, stating that the motor vehicle

emissions budgets in the submitted

ozone attainment demonstration (dated

April 26, 2000) for the New Jersey

portions of the New York-New JerseyConnecticut and PhiladelphiaWilmington-Trenton severe

nonattainment areas are adequate for

conformity purposes. This finding 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 (SIPs) 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.