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would publish a separate notice in the

Federal Register establishing a period of

time for the filing of protests.

Accordingly, any person desiring to be

heard concerning the blanket approvals

of issuances of securities or assumptions

of liability by Valencia Power, should

file a protest with the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, in

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of

the Commission's Rules of Practice and

Procedure. -18 CFR 385.211, 385.214

(2004). The Commission encourages the

electronic submission of protests using.

the.FERC Online link at http://

www.ferc.gov.

Notice is hereby given that the

deadline, for filing protests is July 7,

2008.

Absent a request to be heard in

opposition to such blanket approvals by

the deadline above, Valencia Power is

authorized to issue securities and

assume obligations or liabilities as a

guarantor, indorser, surety, or otherwise

in respect of any security of another

person; provided that such issuance or

assumption is for some lawful object

within the corporate purposes of

Valencia Power, compatible with the

public interest, and is reasonably"

necessary or appropriate for such

purposes.

The Commission reserves the right to

require a further showing that neither

public nor private interests will be

adversely affect6d by continued

approvals of Valencia Power's issuance

of securities or assumptions of liability.

Copies of the full text of the Director's

Order are available from the

Commission's Public Reference Room,

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC

20426. The Order may also be viewed

on the Oommission's Web site at

http://www.ferc.gov, using the eLibrary

link. Enter the docket number excluding

the last three digits in the docket

number field to access the document.

Comments, protests, and interventions

may be filed electronically via the

Internet in lieu of paper. See 18 CFR

385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions

on the Commission's Web site under the

"e-Filing" link. The Commission

strongly encourages electronic filings.

Kimberly D. Bose,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 2242-078]

Eugene Water and Electric Board;

Notice of Meeting To Discuss

Additional Information Responses

June 6, 2008.

a. Type of App!ication: New Major

License.

b. Project No.: 2242-078.

c. Date Filed: November 24, 2006.

d. Applicant: Eugene Water and

Electric Board.

e. Name of Project: Carmen-Smith

Hydroelectric Project.

f. Location: On the McKenzie River in

Lane and Linn Counties, near McKenzie

Bridge, Oregon. The project occupies

approximately 560 acres of the

Willamette National Forest.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).

h. Applicant Contact: Randy L.

Berggren, General Manager, Eugene

Water and Electric Board, 500 East 4th

Avenue, P.O. Box 10148, Eugene, OR

97440, (541) 484-2411.

i. Date and Time of Meeting: June 26,

2008, at 1 p.m. EST.

j. Place: This meeting will primarily

occur via conference call; however, it is

possible to participate in person at the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

(FERC) located in Washington, D.C. See

item n. below for obtaining instructions

on how to participate in the meeting.

k. FERC Contact: Bob Easton, (202)

502-6045 or robert.easton@ferc.gov.

1. Background and Purpose of

Meeting: On November 24,-2006, Eugene

Water and Electric Board filed a license

application for the Carmen-Smith

Project (FERC No. 2242). On October 30,

2007, FERC staff issued a request for

additional information. Eugene Water

and Eltectric Board filed its response to

the additional information request on

April 29, 2008. The purpose of this

meeting is to clarify several issues

associated with the filing of this

information.

m. Proposed Agenda: -

1. Introduction of Participants;

2. Response to AIR 1-sources of the

fishway operational costs;

3. Response to AIR 15 and 24-the

location of roads relative to project

boundary and their nexus to the project;

4. Response to AIR 16-effects of the

proposed new road on spotted owl

habitat; 5. Response to AIR 19-the location of

Ice Creek, Trail Bridge, and Lakes End

campgrounds and their nexus to the

project;

6. Response to'AIR 24-acreage of

federal lands within the project

boundary

7. Other items;

8. Follow-up Actions.

n. All local, state, and federal

agencies, Indian tribes, and other

interested parties are invited to

participate by phone (or in person).

Please contact Bob Easton (see item k.

for contact information) or Patti Leppert

((,202) 502-6034;

patricia.leppert@ferc.gov) by June 24,

2008, to RSVP and to receive specific

instructions on how to participate in the

meeting.

Kimberly D. Bose,

Secretary.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[EPA-R09-OAR-2008-0443; FRL-8580-1]

Adequacy Status of Motor Vehicle

Budget in Submitted Five Percent Plan

for PM-10 for the Phoenix Metropolitan

Nonattainment Area for Transportation

Conformity Purposes; Arizona

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of Adequacy.

SUMMARY: In this notice, EPA is

notifying the public that the Agency has

found that the motor vehicle emissions

budget in the submitted MAG 2007 Five

Percent Plan for PM-IO for the Maricopa

County Nonattainment Area (December

2007) ("2007 MAG 5% Plan") is

adequate for transportation conformity

purposes. The 2007 MAG 5% Plan was

submitted to EPA on December 21, 2007

by the Arizona Department of

Environmental Quality as a revision to

the Arizona state implementation plan.

The 2007 MAG 5% Plan includes a

demonstration of no less than five

percent annual emissipns reductions in

particulate matter with an aerodynamic

diameter less than or equal to a nominal

10 micrometers (PM-10) and a

demonstration of PM-I attainment in

the Phoenix metropolitan area by 2010.

As a result of our finding, the Maricopa

Association of Governments and the

U.S. Department of Transportation must

use the motor vehicle emissions budget

from the submitted five percent plan for

PM-10 for future conformity

determinations.

DATES: This finding is effective July 1,

2008.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Wienke Tax, U.S. EPA, Region IX, Air

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Division AIR-2, 75 Hawthorne Street,

San Francisco, CA 94105-3901; (520)

622-1622 or tax.wienke@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

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 IX sent a

letter to the Arizona Department of

Environmental Quality and the

Maricopa Association of Governments

on May 30, 2008 stating that the 2010

motor vehicle emissions budget for PM10 in the submitted 2007 MAG 5% Plan

is adequate. The budget corresponds to

the Phoenix metropolitan PM-10

nonattainment area, which encompasses

roughly half of Maricopa County,

including the cities of Phoenix and

Mesa, and also the Apache Junction area

of Pinal County, in central Arizona.

Receipt of this motor vehicle emissions

budget was announced on EPA's

transportation conformity Web site, and

no comments were submitted. The

finding is available at EPA's conformity

Web site: http://www.epa.gov/otaql

stateresources/transconf/adequacy.htm.

The adequate 2010 motor vehicle

emissions budget (calculated for an

annual average day) are provided in the

following table:

ADEQUATE MOTOR VEHICLE

EMISSIONS BUDGET

[In metric tons per day]

PM-10

Budget year motor vehicle

emissions budget

2010 .................................. 103.3

Transportation conformity is required

by Clean Air Act section 176(c). EPA's

conformity rule requires that

transportation plans, transportation

improvement programs, and projects

conform to state air quality

implementation plans (SIPs) and

establishes the criteria and procedures

for determining whether or not they do

conform. 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 emissions

budgets are adequate for conformity

purposes are outlined in 40 CFR

93.118(e)(4). We have described our

process for determining the adequacy of

submitted SIP budgets in our July 1,

2004, preamble starting at 69 FR 40038,

and we used the information in these

resources while makingour adequacy

determination. Please note that an

adequacy review is separate from EPA's

completeness review, and should not be

used to prejudge EPA's ultimate

approval action for the SIP. Even if we

find a budget adequate, .the SIP could

later be disapproved.

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.

Dated: June 5, 2008.

Laura Yoshii,

Acting Regional Administrator, Region LX.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[EPA-HO-ORD-2008-0054; FRL-8579-9]

Board of Scientific Counselors,

Homeland Security Subcommittee

Meeting-July 2008

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION:-Notice of meeting.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal

Advisory Committee Act, Public Law

92-463, the Environmental Protection

Agency, Office of Research and

Development (ORD), gives notice of a

meeting of the Board of Scientific

Counselors (BOSC) Homeland Security

Subcommittee.

DATES: The meeting (teleconference call)

will be held on Friday, July 11, 2008,

from 1 p.m. to 3 p.m. eastern time. The

meeting may adjourn early if all

business is finished. Requests for the

draft agenda or for making oral

presentations at the meetings will be

accepted up to 1 business day before the

meeting.

ADDRESSES: Participation in the

conference call will be by

teleconference only-meeting rooms

will not be used. Members of the public

may obtain the call-in number and

access code for the call from Greg

Susanke, whose contact information is

listed under the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section of' this

notice. Sibmit your comments,

identified by Docket ID No. EPA-HQORD-2008-0054, by one of the

following methods:

e http://www.regulations.gov: Follow

the on-line instructions for submitting

comments.

e E-mail: Send comments by

electronic mail (e-mail) to:

ORD.Docket@epa.gov, Attention Docket

ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2008-0054. o Fax: Fax comments to: (202) 566-

0224, Attention Docket ID No. EPAHQ-ORD-2008-0054.

* Mail: Send comments by mail to:

Board of Scientific Counselors,

Homeland Security Subcommittee

Meeting-Spring 2008 Docket, ,

Mailcode: 28221T, 1200 Pennsylvania

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460,

Attention Docket ID No. EPA-HQORD-2008-0054.

* Hand Delivery or Courier. Deliver

comments to: EPA Docket Center (EPA/

DC), Room B102, EPA West Building,

1301 Constitution Avenue, NW.,

Washington, DC, Attention Docket ID

No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2008-0054. Note:

this is not a mailing address. 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 cmments to

Docket ID No. EPA-HQ-ORD-2008-

0054. 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

the comment includes information

claimed to be Confidential Business

Information (CBI) or other information

whose disclosure is restricted by statute.

Do not submit information that you

consider to be CBI or otherwise

protected through http://

www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The

http://www.regulations.gov Web site is

an "anonymous access" system, which

means EPA will not know your identity

or contact information unless you

provide it in the body of your comment.

If you send an e-mail comment directly

to EPA without going through http:/f

www.regulations.gov,'your e-mail

address will be automatically captured

and included as part of the comment

that is placed in the public docket and

made available on the Internet. If you

submit an electronic comment, EPA

recommends that you include your

name and other contact information in

the body of your comment and with any

disk or CD-ROM you submit. If EPA

cannot read your comment due to

technical difficulties and cannot contact

you for clarification, EPA may not be

able to consider your comment.

Electronic files should avoid the use of

special characters, any form of

encryption, and be free of any defects or

viruses. For additional information

about EPA's public docket visit the EPA

Docket Center homepage at http://

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htmn.

Docket: All documents in the docket

are listed in the http://

www.regulations.gov index. Although

listed in the index, some information is

not publicly available, e.g., CBI or other

information whose disclosure is

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