44276 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 150 / Friday, August 4, 2006 / Notices 

Secretary for 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: Update members 

on routine business matters, discuss and 

finalize a resolution that will update 

and elaborate on the continued STEAB 

support for DOE’s maintaining funding 

and oversight of the Weatherization 

Assistance Program, and adopt the 

resolution. 

Public Participation: The 

teleconference 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 conference call; 

reasonable provision will be made to 

include requested topic(s) on the 

agenda. The Chair of the Board is 

empowered to conduct the call in a 

fashion that will facilitate the orderly 

conduct of business. This notice is being 

published less than 15 days before the 

date of the meeting due to programmatic 

issues. 

Notes: The notes of the teleconference will 

be available for public review and copying 

within 60 days at the Freedom of Information 

Public Reading Room, 1E–190, Forrestal 

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on August 1, 

2006. 

Rachel Samuel, 

Deputy Advisory Committee Management 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. E6–12629 Filed 8–3–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Office of Energy Efficiency and 

Renewable Energy 

State Energy Advisory Board 

AGENCY: Department of Energy; Office of 

Energy Efficiency and Renewable 

Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open teleconference. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

teleconference 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 teleconferences be 

announced in the Federal Register. 

DATES: August 31, 2006, from 2 p.m. to 

3 p.m. EDT 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary 

Burch, STEAB Designated Federal 

Officer, Assistant Manager, 

Intergovernmental Projects & Outreach, 

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 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: Update members 

on routine business matters, discuss and 

finalize several Board resolutions, and 

adopt the same resolutions. 

Public Participation: The 

teleconference 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 conference call; 

reasonable provision will be made to 

include requested topic(s) on the 

agenda. The Chair of the Board is 

empowered to conduct the call in a 

fashion that will facilitate the orderly 

conduct of business. 

Notes: The notes of the teleconference will 

be available for public review and copying 

within 60 days at the Freedom of Information 

Public Reading Room, 1E–190, Forrestal 

Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC, between 9 a.m. and 4 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, except Federal 

holidays. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on August 1, 

2006. 

Rachel Samuel, 

Deputy Advisory Committee Management 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. E6–12631 Filed 8–3–06; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Western Area Power Administration 

Consideration of Certain Public Utility 

Regulatory Policies Act Standards Set 

Forth in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 

AGENCY: Western Area Power 

Administration, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of Public Hearing. 

SUMMARY: As a nonregulated electric 

utility, the Western Area Power 

Administration (Western) must consider 

and determine whether to implement 

certain standards under the Energy 

Policy Act of 2005, which amended the 

Public Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 

1978 (PURPA). Standards that Western 

intends to consider include net 

metering, fuel source diversity, fossil 

fuel generation efficiency, smart 

metering, and consumer 

interconnections. A brochure entitled 

‘‘Preconsideration of Sections 1251, 

1252, and 1254 of the Energy Policy Act 

of 2005’’ will be prepared and will be 

available for public review by 

September 25, 2006. 

DATES: A public hearing will be held on 

October 26, 2006, beginning at 10 a.m., 

at Western’s Corporate Service Office. 

Written comments on whether Western 

should adopt the standards must be 

received by November 10, 2006, to be 

assured of consideration. 

ADDRESSES: The public hearing location 

is at 12155 West Alameda Parkway, 

Lakewood, CO. Western will post 

information about this process, 

including an electronic copy of the 

preconsideration brochure, at http:// 

www.wapa.gov/dsw/pwrmkt/PURPA/. 

For further information concerning the 

public hearing or to request a hard copy 

of the brochure, contact Ms. Sylvia 

Macfarlane, Desert Southwest Region, 

Western Area Power Administration, 

P.O. Box 6457, Phoenix, AZ 85005–

6457; (602) 605–2575, e-mail 

macfarl@wapa.gov. Written comments 

may be submitted to this address, 

submitted electronically to 

DSW_PURPA@wapa.gov or faxed to 

(602) 605–2828, attention: Deborah 

Emler, Project Manager. 

As access to Western facilities is 

controlled, any U.S. citizen wishing to 

attend any meeting held at Western 

must present an official form of picture 

identification, such as a U.S. driver’s 

license, U.S. passport, U.S. Government 

ID, or U.S. Military ID, at the time of the 

meeting. Foreign nationals should 

contact Western at least 45 days in 

advance of the meeting to obtain the 

necessary form to be admitted to 

Western’s offices. 


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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Western, 

as a non-regulated electric utility, is 

subject to Title XII, Subtitle E of the 

Energy Policy Act of 2005—

Amendments to PURPA and is required 

to consider the implementation of 

certain standards. 

Western was established on December 

21, 1977, under the Department of 

Energy Organization Act of 1977 (DOE 

Act). The DOE Act transferred to the 

Secretary of Energy all functions of the 

Secretary of the Interior with respect to, 

among other things, the power 

marketing functions of the Bureau of 

Reclamation (Reclamation), including 

the construction, operation, and 

maintenance of transmission lines and 

attendant activities. Western was 

established to administer those 

functions transferred from Reclamation. 

Western sells power to approximately 

680 customers consisting of 

cooperatives, municipalities, public 

utility districts, private utilities, Federal 

and State Agencies, Indian tribes, water 

systems and irrigation districts. Electric 

power marketed by Western is generated 

by the hydroelectric resources of 

Reclamation, the Corps of Engineers, 

and the International Boundary and 

Water Commission. Additionally, 

Western markets the United States’

entitlement from the large Navajo coalfired plant near Page, Arizona. 

Western’s transmission system, 

totaling approximately 17,000 line miles 

with over 258 substations, includes 

several project-specific systems, some of 

which are interconnected with one 

another. There are also numerous 

interconnections between Western’s 

systems and other systems. 

Geographically, Western’s transmission 

systems operate in 15 States that are 

generally west of the Mississippi River. 

Western’s obligations to its customers 

are contractually established. Western 

neither claims nor accepts any utility 

responsibility. Customer requirements 

in excess of the power and energy 

available to that customer from Western 

must be obtained by the customer from 

other sources. 

The major projects from which 

Western markets power include the 

Boulder Canyon Project, Central 

Arizona Project, Central Valley Project, 

Colorado River Storage Project, 

Colorado River Basin Project, FalconAmistad Project, Parker-Davis Project, 

and the Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin 

Program. Each of these projects is a 

separate entity with its own geographic 

area, power marketing criteria, revenue 

requirements, and power and energy 

rates. Consideration of the PURPA 

standards will be on a Western-wide 

basis, as opposed to a project-by-project 

or system-by-system basis. 

A brochure entitled ‘‘Preconsideration 

of Sections 1251, 1252, and 1254 of the 

Energy Policy Act of 2005’’ will be 

prepared and will be made available online from Western at http:// 

www.wapa.gov/dws/permkt/PURPA/ on 

September 25, 2006, and will be 

available at the public hearing. 

After analyzing all comments 

received, Western will complete its 

consideration and will make a 

determination of the actions to be taken 

regarding the amended PURPA sections. 

Notice of Western’s final action will be 

published in the Federal Register and 

will be made available to the public at 

http://www.wapa.gov/dsw/pwrmkt/ 

PURPA/. 

Regulatory Procedure Requirements 

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis 

The Regulatory Flexibility Act of 1980 

(5 U.S.C. 601, et seq.) requires Federal 

agencies to perform a regulatory 

flexibility analysis if a final rule is likely 

to have a significant economic impact 

on a substantial number of small entities 

and there is a legal requirement to issue 

a general notice of proposed 

rulemaking. This action does not require 

a regulatory flexibility analysis since it 

is a rulemaking of particular 

applicability involving rates or services 

applicable to public property. 

Environmental Compliance 

In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321, et seq.); the 

Council on Environmental Quality 

Regulations for implementing NEPA (40 

CFR parts 1500–1508); and DOE NEPA 

Implementing Procedures and 

Guidelines (10 CFR part 1021), Western 

has determined this action is 

categorically excluded from preparing 

an environmental assessment or an 

environmental impact statement. 

Determination Under Executive Order 

12866 

Western has an exemption from 

centralized regulatory review under 

Executive Order 128656; accordingly, 

no clearance of this notice by the Office 

of Management and Budget is required. 

Small Business Regulatory Enforcement 

Fairness Act 

Western has determined that this rule 

is exempt from congressional 

notification requirements under 5 U.S.C. 

801 because the action is a rulemaking 

of particular applicability relating to 

rates or services and involves matters of 

procedures. 

Michael S. Hacskaylo, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 06–6693 Filed 8–3–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–M 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2006–0408; FRL–8205–8] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Requirements Under 

EPA’s Water Efficiency Program; EPA 

ICR No. 2233.01, OMB Control No. New 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document 

announces that EPA is planning to 

submit a request for a new Information 

Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). Before 

submitting the ICR to OMB for review 

and approval, EPA is soliciting 

comments on specific aspects of the 

proposed information collection as 

described below. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before October 3, 2006. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–

OW–2006–0408 by one of the following 

methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• E-mail: simbanin.cynthia@epa.gov. 

• Fax: 202–501–2396. 

• Mail: EPA Docket Center, Water 

Docket, Environmental Protection 

Agency, Mailcode 4101T, 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460. 

• Hand Delivery: Water Docket, in the 

EPA Docket Center, EPA West, Room 

B102, 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC. Such deliveries are 

only accepted during the Docket’s 

normal hours of operation, and special 

arrangements should be made for 

deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OW–2006–

0408. EPA’s policy is that all comments 

received will be included in the public 

docket without change and may be 

made available online at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 


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