55462 Federal Register / Vol. 71, No. 184 / Friday, September 22, 2006 / Notices 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket Nos. ER06–1099–000; ER06–1099–

001] 

Midwest Independent Transmission 

System Operator, Inc.; Supplemental 

Notice of Technical Conference 

September 15, 2006. 

On August 25, 2006 the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission issued a 

notice to convene a technical conference 

on September 26, 2006, from 9 a.m. to 

4 p.m. (EST) in Hearing Room 4 at the 

offices of the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20426. The technical 

conference will address issues related to 

the Midwest ISO’s proposed shortage 

and emergency procedures. 

This supplemental notice is to 

announce that the conference will be 

transcribed. A transcript of the 

conference will be immediately 

available from Ace Reporting Company 

(202) 347–3700 or (800) 336–6646 for a 

fee. It will be available to the public on 

the Commission’s eLibrary system seven 

calendar days after the Commission 

receives the transcript. 

For further information please contact 

Laurel Hyde at (202) 502–8146 or e-mail 

laurel.hyde@ferc.gov or Melissa Nimit at 

(202) 502–6638 or e-mail 

Melissa.nimit@ferc.gov. 

Magalie R. Salas. 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E6–15647 Filed 9–21–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[ER–FRL–6679–5] 

Environmental Impact Statements and 

Regulations; Availability of EPA 

Comments 

Availability of EPA comments 

prepared pursuant to the Environmental 

Review Process (ERP), under section 

309 of the Clean Air Act and Section 

102(2)(c) of the National Environmental 

Policy Act as amended. Requests for 

copies of EPA comments can be directed 

to the Office of Federal Activities at 

202–564–7167. 

An explanation of the ratings assigned 

to draft environmental impact 

statements (EISs) was published in FR 

dated April 7, 2006 (71 FR 17845). 

Draft EISs 

EIS No. 20060086, ERP No. D–BLM–

J01080–WY, Pit 14 Coal Lease-byApplication Project, Black Butte Coal 

Mine, Surface Mining Operations, 

Federal Coal Lease Application 

WYW160394, Sweetwater County, 

WY. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about increased 

fugitive dust emissions, and suggested a 

mitigation strategy of moving the coal 

hopper, conveyor and coal loading area 

closer to the proposed project area. 

Also, EPA requested that the final EIS 

discuss the range of mercury 

concentrations found in Black Butte 

coal and compare this concentration 

with other coal mined in Wyoming and 

the United States. Rating EC2. 

EIS No. 20060273, ERP No. D–RUS–

J03019–MT, Highwood Generating 

Station, 250-megawatt Coal Fired 

Power Plant and 6MW of Wind 

Generation at a Site near Great Falls, 

Construction and Operation, Licenses 

Permit, U.S. Army COE Section 10 

Permit, Cascade County, MT. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about visibility 

impairment in Class 1 Wilderness 

Areas, impacts to wetlands, and 

aquifers, and recommended 

consideration of innovative coal 

combustion power generation 

technologies. Rating EC2. 

EIS No. 20060287, ERP No. D–AFS–

J65467–MT, Little Belt-Castle-North 

Half Crazy Mountains Travel 

Management Plan, To Change the 

Management of Motorized and Nonmotorized Travel on the Road, Trails, 

and Areas within, Belt Creek, Judith, 

Musselshell, and White Sulphur 

Springs Ranger Districts, Lewis and 

Clark National Forest, Cascade, Judith 

Basin, Meagher, Wheatland, 

Sweetgrass and Park Counties, MT. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about potential 

adverse impacts to water quality, 

fisheries, and wildlife from roads and 

motorized uses, and suggested that the 

preferred alternative include greater 

commitment of resources to road/trail 

maintenance to reduce risks to water 

quality and fisheries. Rating EC2. 

EIS No. 20060296, ERP No. D–AFS–

K65315–CA, South Yuba Canal 

Maintenance Project, Hazardous Trees 

Removal, Implementation, Tahoe 

National Forest, Nevada County, CA. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about potential 

impacts to air quality, water quality and 

supply, and requested additional 

information regarding these matters 

such as erosion, sedimentation, 

mitigation and monitoring. Rating EC2. 

EIS No. 20060308, ERP No. D–FTA–

G40191–TX, Southeast Corridor 

Project, Proposed Fixed-Guideway 

Transit System, Funding, 

Metropolitan Transit Authority 

(METRO) of Harris County, Houston, 

Harris County, TX. 

Summary: EPA does not object to the 

proposed action. Rating LO. 

EIS No. 20060309, ERP No. D–NOA–

L91027–00, Pacific Coast Groundfish 

Fishery Management Plan, Proposed 

Acceptable Biological Catch and 

Optimum Yield Specifications and 

Management Measures for the 2007–

2008 Pacific Coast Groundfish Fishery 

and Amendment 16–4 Rebuilding 

Plans for Seven Depleted Pacific Coast 

Groundfish Species, WA, OR and CA. 

Summary: EPA does not object to the 

proposed actions. Rating LO. 

EIS No. 20060312, ERP No. D–AFS–

K65316–CA, SPI Road Project, 

Construction of an Access Road 

Across National Forest Land, Special 

Use Permit, Six Rivers National 

Forest, Lower Trinity Ranger District, 

Trinity County, CA. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about impacts 

to air quality, water quality, fish and 

wildlife, and recommended selection of 

Alternative 4 Helicopter Access, if it is 

practicable. Rating EC2. 

EIS No. 20060229, ERP No. DR–FHW–

G40180–TX, Grand Parkway (State 

Highway 99) Updated Information, 

Segment F–2 from SH 249 to IH 45, 

Right-of-Way Permit and U.S. Army 

COE Section 404 Permit, Harris 

County, TX. 

Summary: EPA does not object to the 

proposed project. Rating LO. 

EIS No. 20060290, ERP No. DS–NRC–

D03004–VA, Early Site Permit (ESP) 

at the North Anna Power Station ESP 

Site (TAC No. MC1128), New and 

Updated Information, Construction 

and Operation, NUREG–1811, Louisa 

County, VA. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about impacts 

on the water resources, the lack of 

information on wetland and stream 

impacts, and the affects on the 

downstream communities. Rating EC2. 

Final EISs 

EIS No. 20060097, ERP No. F–AFS–

J67932–CO, Dry Fork Federal Coal 

Lease-by-Application (COC–67232), 

Leasing Additional Federal Coal 

Lands for Underground Coal 

Resource, Special-Use-Permits and 

U.S. Army COE Section 404 Permit, 


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Grand Mesa, Uncompahgre and 

Gunnison National Forests, Gunnison 

County, CO. 

Summary: No formal comment letter 

was sent to the preparing agency. 

EIS No. 20060267, ERP No. F–BLM–

K65290–CA, Ukiah Resource 

Management Plan, Implementation, 

Several Counties, CA. 

Summary: EPA does not object to the 

selected actions, and believes that the 

management actions presented in the 

Resource Management Plan will 

minimize human exposure to naturally 

occurring asbestos (NOA) within the 

jurisdiction of the Ukiah Field Office. 

EIS No. 20060320, ERP No. F–NRC–

F06026–IL, Early Site Permit (ESP) at 

the Exelon ESP Site, Application for 

ESP on One Additional Nuclear Unit, 

within the Clinton Power Station 

(CPS), NUREG–1815, DeWitt County, 

IL. 

Summary: EPA continues to express 

concerns about the adequacy and clarity 

of radiological risk information, the 

level of wetland information provided, 

and project impacts on Clinton Lake. 

EIS No. 20060329, ERP No. F–NRS–

H34030–MO, East Locust Creek 

Watershed Revised Plan, Installation 

of Multiple-Purpose Reservoir, Flood 

Prevention and Watershed Protection, 

Sullivan and Putnam Counties, MO. 

Summary: EPA’s previous concerns 

have been resolved; therefore, EPA does 

not object to the proposed action. 

EIS No. 20060331, ERP No. F–FRC–

L05232–WA, Rocky Reach 

Hydroelectric Project, (FERC/DEIS–

0184F), Application for a New 

License for the Existing 865.76 

Megawatt Facility, Public Utility 

District No. 1 (PUD), Columbia River, 

Chelan County, WA. 

Summary: No formal comment letter 

was sent to the preparing agency. 

EIS No. 20060336, ERP No. F–NPS–

K61160–CA, Non-Native Deer 

Management Plan of Axis Deer (Axis 

axis) and Fallow Deer (Dama dama), 

Implementation, Point Reyes National 

Seashore (PRNS) and Golden Gate 

National Recreation Area, Marin 

County, CA. 

Summary: EPA does not object to the 

proposed project. 

EIS No. 20060339, ERP No. F–FRA–

J53007–00, ADOPTION—Powder 

River Basin Expansion Project, 

Construction of New Rail Facilities, 

Finance Docket No. 33407 Dakota, 

Minnesota and Eastern Railroad, SD, 

WY and MN. 

Summary: No formal comment letter 

was sent on this adopted EIS. 

EIS No. 20060353, ERP No. F–NRS–

J36054–UT, Coal Creek Flood Control 

and Parkway Project, Proposed 

Channel Improvements, Two 

Irrigation Division Structures on Coal 

Creek (the Main Street Diversion and 

the Woodbury Diversion), Cedar 

City, Iron County, UT. 

Summary: No formal comment letter 

was sent to the preparing agency. 

EIS No. 20060334, ERP No. FS–UAF–

G11038–00, Realistic Bomber Training 

Initiative, Addresses Impacts of Wake 

Vortices on Surface Structures, Dyess 

Air Force Base, TX and Barksdale Air 

Force Base, LA. 

Summary: No formal comment letter 

was sent to the preparing agency. 

Dated: September 19, 2006. 

Robert W. Hargrove, 

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office 

of Federal Activities. 

[FR Doc. 06–8051 Filed 9–21–06; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[ER–FRL–6679–4] 

Environmental Impact Statements; 

Notice of Availability 

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal 

Activities, General Information (202) 

564–7167 or http://www.epa.gov/ 

compliance/nepa/. 

Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact 

Statements 

Filed 9/11/2006 Through 9/15/2006 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9. 

EIS No. 20060378, Draft EIS, NPS, 00, 

Programmatic—Servicewide Benefits 

Sharing Project, To Clarify the Rights 

and Responsibilities of Researchers 

and National Park Service (NPS) 

Management in Connection with the 

Use of Valuable Discoveries, 

Inventions, and Other Developments, 

across the United States, Comment 

Period Ends: 12/15/2006, Contact: 

Susan M. Mills 307–344–2203. 

EIS No. 20060379, Final EIS, BPA, OR, 

Klondike III Wind Project (300 

megawatts {MW}) and Biglow Canyon 

Wind Farm (400 megawatts {MW}) 

Integration Project, Construction and 

Operation of a Double-Circuit 230- 

Kilovolt (kV) Transmission, Sherman 

County, OR, Wait Period Ends: 10/23/ 

2006, Contact: Gene Lynard 503–230–

3790. 

EIS No. 20060380, Draft EIS, AFS, CO, 

Robin Redbreast Unpatented Lode 

Claim Mining Plan of Operations, 

Implementation, U.S. Army COE 

Section 404 Permit, Located above the 

Middle Fork of the Cimarron River 

within the Uncompahgre Wilderness, 

Ouray Ranger District, Grand Mesa, 

Uncompahgre and Gunnison National 

Forests, Hinsdale County, CO, 

Comment Period Ends: 11/06/2006, 

Contact: Jeff Burch 970–874–6649. 

EIS No. 20060381, Final EIS, AFS, WV, 

Programmatic—Monongahela 

National Forest Plan Revision, 

Proposes to Revise Land and Resource 

Management Plan, Barbour, Grant, 

Greebrier, Nicholas, Pendleton, 

Pocahontab, Preston, Randolph, 

Tucker and Webster Counties, WV, 

Wait Period Ends: 10/23/2006, 

Contact: Anita Kelley 304–636–1800 

Ext. 324. 

EIS No. 20060382, Final EIS, BLM, 00, 

Lake Havasu Field Office Resource 

Management Plan, Implementation, 

Colorado River, Davis Dam in the 

north and south to Park Dam, CA and 

AZ, Wait Period Ends: 10/23/2006, 

Contact: Gine Trafton 1–888–213–

2582 Ext 273. 

EIS No. 20060383, Draft EIS, NPS, 00, 

South Florida and Caribbean Parks 

Exotic Plant Management Plan, 

Manage and Control Exotic Plants in 

Nine Parks, Five in South Florida 

Parks: Big Cypress National Preserve, 

Biscayne National Park, Canaveral 

National Seashore, Dry Tortugas 

National Park, Everglades National 

Park and Four in Caribbean Parks: 

Buck Island Reef National Monument, 

Christiansted National Historic Site, 

Salt River Bay National Historic Park 

and Ecological Preserve and Virgin 

Islands National Park, Florida and 

Caribbean, Comment Period Ends: 11/ 

20/2006, Contact: Sandra Hamilton 

303–969–2068. 

EIS No. 20060384, Final EIS, NRS, KY 

Rockhouse Creek Watershed Plan, To 

Protect Regimental and Nonresidential Structures from Recurrent 

Flood Problem, Leslie County, KY, 

Wait Period Ends: 10/23/2006, 

Contact: Anita Arends 859–224–7354. 

EIS No. 20060385, Final EIS, COE, WV, 

Spruce No. 1 Mine, Construction and 

Operation, Mining for 2.73 Million 

Ton of Bituminous Coal, NPDES 

Permit and U.S. Army COE 

Section 404 Permit, Logan County, WV, 

Wait Period Ends: 10/23/2006, 

Contact: Teresa Spagna 304–399–

5710. 

EIS No. 20060386, Final Supplement, 

AFS, WI, Northwest Howell 

Vegetation Management Project, New 

Information to Address Inadequate 

Disclosure of the Cumulative Effects 

Analysis for Six Animal and Two 

Plant Species, Eagle River-Florence 

Ranger District, Chequamegon-Nicole 

National Forest, Florence and Forest 


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