54984 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 182 / Wednesday, September 20, 2006 / Notices 

This notice announces a meeting of 

the Methane Hydrate Advisory 

Committee. Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 

770) requires that notice of these 

meetings be announced in the Federal 

Register. 

DATES: Wednesday, November 8, 2006, 

8 a.m. to 5 p.m., and Thursday, 

November 9, 2006, 8:30 a.m. to 2:30 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Marriott West Loop–by the 

Galleria, 1750 West Loop South, 

Houston, TX 77027. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Edith Allison, U.S. Department of 

Energy, Office of Oil and Natural Gas, 

Washington, DC 20585. Phone: 202–

586–1023. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose of 

the Committee: The purpose of the 

Methane Hydrate Advisory Committee 

is to provide advice on potential 

applications of methane hydrate to the 

Secretary of Energy, and assist in 

developing recommendations and 

priorities for the Department of Energy, 

Methane Hydrate Research and 

Development Program. 

Tentative Agenda: 

Wednesday, November 8: 

• Reports on key Department of 

Energy-supported field projects. 

• Report on August Fast Track 

Subcommittee Meeting and Discussion 

of Recommendations. 

• Environmental Aspects of Gas 

Hydrates including Barkley Canyon 

Hydrate Cruise. 

• Report on India Expedition and 

Other International Cooperation. 

• Discussion of Draft Methane 

Hydrate Five-Year Plan. 

Thursday, November 9: 

• Discussion of Recommendations, 

Methane Hydrate Five-Year Plan, and 

2007 Report to Congress. 

• Planning for the Future and Topics 

for April 2007 Methane Hydrate 

Advisory Committee Meeting. 

• Subcommittee Meetings. 

• Wrap-up and Discussion of Action 

Items. 

• Adjourn. 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. The Chairman of the 

Committee will conduct the meeting to 

facilitate the orderly conduct of 

business. If you would like to file a 

written statement with the Committee, 

you may do so either before or after the 

meeting. If you would like to make oral 

statements regarding any of the items on 

the agenda, you should contact Edith 

Allison at the address or telephone 

number listed above. You must make 

your request for an oral statement at 

least five business days prior to the 

meeting, and reasonable provisions will 

be made to include the presentation on 

the agenda. Public comment will follow 

the 10 minute rule. 

Minutes: The minutes of this meeting 

will be available for public review and 

copying within 60 days at the Freedom 

of Information Public Reading Room, 

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 September 

14, 2006. 

Rachel Samuel, 

Deputy Advisory Committee, Management 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 06–7807 Filed 9–19–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings #1 

September 13, 2006. 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric corporate 

filings: 

Docket Numbers: EC06–160–000. 

Applicants: Duquesne Light Holdings, 

Inc.; Duquesne Light Company; 

Duquesne Power, LLC; Duquesne, 

Keystone LLC; Duquesne Conemaugh, 

LLC; Monmouth energy, Inc., DQE 

Holdings, LLC; DQE Merger Sub, Inc.; 

DUET Investment Holding; GIF2–MFIT 

United Pty. Limited; Industry Funds 

Management (Nominees) Limited, as 

trustee of the IFM (International 

Infrastructure) Wholesale Trust; CLH 

Holdings, GP. 

Description: Duquesne Light 

Holdings, Inc. et al. submits an 

application requesting authorization for 

merger of Merger Sub with and into DL 

Holdings, which will result in the 

Duquesne Companies becoming whollyowned subsidiaries of Holdings. 

Filed Date: 09/06/2006. 

Accession Number: 20060912–0387. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Tuesday, October 10, 2006. 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric rate 

filings: 

Docket Numbers: ER05–1418–002. 

Applicants: Reliant Energy Wholesale 

Generation, LLC. 

Description: Reliant Energy Wholesale 

Generation, LLC submits its refund 

report pursuant to FERC’s 7/20/06 

order. 

Filed Date: 08/30/2006. 

Accession Number: 20060912–0376. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Wednesday, September 20, 2006. 

Docket Numbers: ER05–1508–002. 

Applicants: Interstate Power and 

Light Company. 

Description: Midwest Independent 

Transmission System Operator, Inc. 

submits an amendment to its 6/21/06 

compliance filing. 

Filed Date: 09/08/2006. 

Accession Number: 20060912–0167. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Friday, September 29, 2006. 

Docket Numbers: ER06–451–009; 

ER06–1467–000. 

Applicants: Southwest Power Pool, 

Inc. 

Description: Southwest Power Pool, 

Inc. submits an errata to its 9/1/06 filing 

of proposed revisions to its OAT Tariff 

relating to its real-time energy 

imbalance service market etc. 

Filed Date: 09/07/2006. 

Accession Number: 20060912–0166. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Friday, September 22, 2006. 

Docket Numbers: ER06–785–002. 

Applicants: Midwest Independent 

Transmission System Operator, Inc.; 

Midwest ISO Transmission Owners. 

Description: Midwest Independent 

Transmission System Operator, Inc. and 

Midwest ISO submit revisions to the 

Midwest ISO Agreement pursuant to 

Commission’s 8/11/06 order. 

Filed Date: 09/08/2006. 

Accession Number: 20060912–0378. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Friday, September 29, 2006. 

Docket Numbers: ER06–1476–000. 

Applicants: Pacific Gas & Electric 

Company. 

Description: Pacific Gas and Electric 

Company submits its Generator Special 

Facilities Agreement and a Generator 

Interconnection Agreement with The 

County of Sonoma. 

Filed Date: 09/07/2006. 

Accession Number: 20060912–0447. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Thursday, September 28, 2006. 

Docket Numbers: ER06–1482–000. 

Applicants: Southern California 

Edison Company. 

Description: Southern California 

Edison Co submits an amended 

Interconnection Facilities Agreement 

with Oasis Power Partners, Service 

Agreement 25, FERC Electric Tariff, 

Second Revised Volume No. 6. 

Filed Date: 09/11/2006. 

Accession Number: 20060912–0375. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Monday, October 02, 2006. 

Docket Numbers: ER06–1485–000. 


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Applicants: Xcel Energy Operating 

Companies. 

Description: Xcel Energy Services Inc 

on behalf Southwestern Public Service 

Company submits First Revised Sheet 8 

et al. to FERC Electric Tariff, First 

Revised Volume 1, effective 11/1/06. 

Filed Date: 08/31/2006. 

Accession Number: 20060905–0098. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Thursday, September 28, 2006. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest in any of the above proceedings 

must file in accordance with Rules 211 

and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of 

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 

and 385.214) on or before 5 p.m. Eastern 

time on the specified comment date. It 

is not necessary to separately intervene 

again in a subdocket related to a 

compliance filing if you have previously 

intervened in the same docket. Protests 

will be considered by the Commission 

in determining the appropriate action to 

be taken, but will not serve to make 

protestants parties to the proceeding. 

Anyone filing a motion to intervene or 

protest must serve a copy of that 

document on the Applicant. In reference 

to filings initiating a new proceeding, 

interventions or protests submitted on 

or before the comment deadline need 

not be served on persons other than the 

Applicant. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper, using the 

FERC Online links at http:// 

www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic 

service, persons with Internet access 

who will eFile a document and/or be 

listed as a contact for an intervenor 

must create and validate an 

eRegistration account using the 

eRegistration link. Select the eFiling 

link to log on and submit the 

intervention or protests. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 14 copies 

of the intervention or protest to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First St. NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

The filings in the above proceedings 

are accessible in the Commission’s 

eLibrary system by clicking on the 

appropriate link in the above list. They 

are also available for review in the 

Commission’s Public Reference Room in 

Washington, DC. There is an 

eSubscription link on the Web site that 

enables subscribers to receive e-mail 

notification when a document is added 

to a subscribed dockets(s). For 

assistance with any FERC Online 

service, please e-mail 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. or call 

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call 

(202) 502–8659. 

Magalie R. Salas, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 06–7980 Filed 9–19–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–R01–OAR–2006–0226; A–1–FRL–

8221–1] 

Adequacy Status of Motor Vehicle 

Budgets in Submitted State 

Implementation Plan for 

Transportation Conformity Purposes; 

Maine; Maintenance Plan Motor 

Vehicle Emissions Budgets for the 

Portland Maine 8-Hour Ozone Area, 

and the Hancock, Knox, Lincoln and 

Waldo Counties Maine 8-Hour Ozone 

Area 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of adequacy. 

SUMMARY: In this notice, EPA is 

notifying the public that EPA has found 

that the 2016 motor vehicle emissions 

budgets in the August 3, 2006 Maine 

State Implementation Plan (SIP) 

revision are adequate for transportation 

conformity purposes. The submittal 

included MOBILE6.2 motor vehicle 

emissions budgets for 2016 for the 

Portland Maine 8-Hour Ozone Area, and 

the Hancock, Knox, Lincoln and Waldo 

Counties (Midcoast) Maine 8-Hour 

Ozone Area. On March 2, 1999, the DC 

Circuit Court ruled that budgets in 

submitted SIPs cannot be used for 

conformity determinations until EPA 

has affirmatively found them adequate. 

As a result of our finding, the Portland 

Maine 8-hour ozone area and the 

Midcoast Maine 8-hour ozone area can 

use the MOBILE6.2 motor vehicle 

emissions budgets from the submitted 

plan for future conformity 

determinations. 

DATES: These motor vehicle emissions 

budgets are effective October 5, 2006. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Donald O. Cooke, Environmental 

Scientist, Air Quality Planning Unit, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

EPA New England Regional Office, One 

Congress Street, Suite 1100 (CAQ), 

Boston, MA 02114–2023, (617) 918–

1668, cooke.donald@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 New England sent a 

letter to Maine Department of 

Environmental Protection on September 

8, 2006, stating that the 2016 

MOBILE6.2 motor vehicle emissions 

budgets in the August 3, 2006 State 

Implementation Plans (SIPs) are 

adequate for transportation conformity 

purposes. This finding will also be 

announced on EPA’s conformity Web 

site: http://www.epa.gov/otaq/ 

stateresources/transconf/adequacy.htm, 

(once there, click on ‘‘What SIP 

submissions has EPA already found 

adequate or inadequate?’’). The 

adequate motor vehicle emissions 

budgets (MVEBs) are provided in the 

following table: 

ADEQUATE MOTOR VEHICLE

EMISSIONS BUDGETS

VOC 

(tons per 

summer 

day) 

NOX

(tons per 

summer 

day) 

Year 2016 

MVEBs for the 

Portland 8- 

hour Ozone 

Area ............... 16.659 32.837 

Year 2016 

MVEBs for the 

Midcoast 8- 

hour Ozone 

Area ............... 3.763 6.245 

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 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 have described our process for 

determining the adequacy of submitted 

SIP budgets in a May 14, 1999 

memorandum entitled ‘‘Conformity 

Guidance on Implementation of March 

2, 1999 Conformity Court Decision.’’

Additional guidance on EPA’s adequacy 


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