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Port Canaveral include making no 

further improvements to the project (no 

action alternative), deepening ocean 

access and interior channels to 

accommodate larger vessels; deepening 

the turning circles in the west and 

middle turning basins to accommodate 

larger vessels; increasing the diameter of 

the west turning basin to accommodate 

new larger cruise ships; deepening the 

widener to accommodate larger cruise 

ships; and widening interior channels to 

accommodate larger cruise ships. 

e. Issues. The Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) will consider impacts 

on marine resources, protected species, 

water quality, fish and wildlife 

resources, cultural resources, essential 

fish habitat, socio-economics resources, 

coastal processes, aesthetics and 

recreation, and other impacts identified 

through scoping, public involvement, 

and agency coordination. 

f. Scoping Process. Based on early 

coordination, the local sponsor 

determined that an EIS was needed. 

Scoping meetings were held by the local 

sponsor with Federal agencies. 

Additional agency meetings will be held 

in the coming months. All parties are 

invited to participate in the scoping 

process by identifying any additional 

concerns on issues, studies needed, 

alternatives, procedures, and other 

matters related to the scoping process. 

At this time, there are no plans for a 

public scoping meeting. 

g. Public Involvement. We invite the 

participation of affected Federal, state 

and local agencies, affected Indian 

tribes, and other interested private 

organizations and parties. 

h. Coordination. The proposed action 

is being coordinated with the U.S. Fish 

and Wildlife Service under Section 7 of 

the Endangered Species Act, with the 

FWS under the Fish and Wildlife 

Coordination Act, and with the State 

Historic Preservation Officer. 

i. Other Environmental Review and 

Consultation. The proposed action 

would involve evaluation for 

compliance with guidelines pursuant to 

Section 404(b) of the Clean Water Act; 

application (to the State of Florida) for 

Water Quality Certification pursuant to 

Section 401 of the Clean Water Act; 

certification of state lands, easements, 

and rights of way; Essential Fish Habitat 

with National Marine Fisheries Service; 

and determination of Coastal Zone 

Management Act consistency. 

j. Agency Role. The non-Federal 

sponsor (Canaveral Port Authority) will 

provide extensive information and 

assistance on the resources to be 

impacted, mitigation measures, and 

alternatives. The corps will provide 

coordination of the EIS process. 

k. DEIS Preparation. It is estimated 

that the DEIS will be available to the 

public on or about January 2008. 

Dated: March 7, 2007. 

Stuart J. Appelbaum, 

Chief, Planning Division. 

[FR Doc. 07–1278 Filed 3–15–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3710–AJ–M 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Intent To Prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement for the Proposed 

Placer Vineyards Project, Corps Permit 

Application Number 199900737 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of intent. 

SUMMARY: The Placer Vineyards Specific 

Plan Property Group proposes to 

construct a mixed-use master planned 

community with residential, 

employment, commercial, open space, 

recreational and public/quasi-public 

land uses. The Plan provides for 14,132 

homes in a variety of housing types, 

styles, and densities. At full Plan buildout, projected to occur over a 20- to 30- 

year time period, Placer Vineyards will 

have a population of approximately 

33,000 people, 42 acres of employment 

centers, 140 acres of retail commercial 

centers and approximately 930 acres of 

new parks and open space. This project, 

as proposed, would result in impacts to 

approximately 102.7 acres of waters of 

the United States, including 8.5 acres of 

temporary impacts to water and 

wetlands. 

DATES: Two scoping meetings will be 

held on March 28, 2007. The first 

meeting will be conducted from 3 p.m. 

to 5 p.m., and the second will be 

conducted from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meetings will be held at 

the Placer County Community 

Development Resource Center, Planning 

Commission Hearing Room, 3091 

County Center Drive (corner of Bell 

Road and Richardson), Auburn, CA 

95603. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions about the proposed action 

and the Draft Environmental Impact 

Statement can be answered by Tom 

Cavanaugh, (916) 557–5261, e-mail: 

thomas.j.cavanaugh@usace.army.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

applicants have applied for a 

Department of the Army permit under 

Section 404 of the Clean Water Act to 

construct a large-scale mixed-use 

development project. As part of the 

Section 404(b)(1) application process, 

the development of an Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) is required. No 

project alternatives have been defined to 

date. The proposed project and the 

alternatives to its proposed size, design 

and location will be developed through 

the EIS process. 

Although wetland delineations have 

been conducted for each of the 

participating properties, some have not 

yet been verified. Based upon the best 

currently available information, 

approximately 156.1 acres of waters of 

the United States have been delineated 

within the participating properties. Of 

the 156.1 acres mapped on site, the 

applicants propose to result in impacts 

to approximately 61.3 acres of waters of 

the United States and to avoid 

approximately 60.1 acres of waters of 

the United States for construction of the 

project (not including infrastructure). 

For development of the infrastructure 

elements, the applicants propose to 

affect an estimated 41.4 acres of waters 

of the United States. Thus, the 

combined total proposed impacts to 

waters of the United States for all 

elements of this comprehensive permit 

application would affect 102.7 acres. 

The Placer Vineyards Plan Area is 

bounded on the north by Baseline Road, 

on the south by the Sacramento/Placer 

County line, on the west by the Sutter/ 

Placer County line and Pleasant Grove 

Road, and on the east by Dry Creek and 

Walerga Road. East to west, the Specific 

Plan area spans approximately 6 miles. 

North to south, at its widest point, it 

spans approximately 2 miles. 

The Corps’ public involvement 

program includes several opportunities 

to provide oral and written comments. 

Affected Federal, state, local agencies, 

Indian tribes and other interested 

private organizations and parties are 

invited to participate. Significant issues 

to be analyzed in depth in the EIS 

include, loss of waters to the United 

States, including vernal pools and other 

wetlands; cultural resources; threatened 

and endangered species; surface water 

and groundwater; water quality; socioeconomic effects, and aesthetics. 

The Corps will initiate formal 

consultation with the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service and the National 

Marine Fisheries Service under Section 

7 of the Endangered Species Act for two 

federally threatened and endangered 

species that may be affected by this 

project. In addition, the Corps will be 

consulting with the State Historic 

Preservation Officer under Section 106 

of the National Historic Preservation Act 

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listed or eligible for listing on the 

National Register of Historic Places. 

The estimated date when the EIS will 

be made available to the public is 

December 2008. 

Dated: March 7, 2007. 

James A. Porter, 

Lt. Col., Corps of Engineers, Deputy District 

Engineer. 

[FR Doc. 07–1287 Filed 3–15–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3710–EZ–M 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC07–549B–000; FERC–549B] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities, Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Extension 

March 12, 2007. 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirements of section 3506(c)(2)(a) of 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 

(Pub. L. 104–13), the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (Commission) is 

soliciting public comment on the 

specific aspects of the information 

collection described below. 

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due May 22, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of sample filings of 

the proposed collection of information 

can be obtained from the Commission’s 

Web site (http://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/efiling.asp) or from the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, Attn: 

Michael Miller, Office of the Executive 

Director, ED–34, 888 First Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20426. Comments may 

be filed either in paper format or 

electronically. Those parties filing 

electronically do not need to make a 

paper filing. For paper filing, the 

original and 14 copies of such 

comments should be submitted to the 

Secretary of the Commission, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426 

and refer to Docket No. IC07–549B–000. 

Documents filed electronically via the 

Internet must be prepared in 

WordPerfect, MS Word, Portable 

Document Format, or ASCII format. To 

file the document, access the 

Commission’s Web site at http:// 

www.ferc.gov, go to the tab labeled 

Documents and Filing, choose eFiling 

from the drop-down list and follow the 

instructions given. First time users will 

need to establish a user name and 

password. The Commission will send an 

automatic acknowledgement to the 

sender’s e-mail address upon receipt of 

comments. 

All comments may be viewed, printed 

or downloaded remotely via the Internet 

through the Commission’s homepage 

using the eLibrary link. For user 

assistance, contact 

FERConlinesupport@ferc.gov or toll-free 

at (866) 208–3676 or for TTY, contact 

(202) 502–8659. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael Miller may be reached by 

telephone at (202) 502–8415, by fax at 

(202) 273–0873, and by e-mail at 

michael.miller@ferc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

information collected under the 

requirements of FERC–549B ‘‘Gas 

Pipeline Rates: Capacity Information’’

(OMB No. 1902–0169) includes both the 

Index of Customers Report under 18 

CFR 284.13(c) and capacity reporting 

requirements under 18 CFR 284.13(b) 

and 284.13(d). This information is used 

by the Commission to implement the 

statutory provisions of sections 4, 5, and 

16 of the NGA, 15 U.S.C. 717c–717o, PL 

75–688, 52 Stat. 822 and 830 and Title 

III of the NGPA, 15 U.S.C. 3301–3432, 

PL. 95–621. 

Capacity Reports 

On April 4, 1992, in Order No. 636, 

the Commission established a capacity 

release mechanism under which 

shippers could release firm 

transportation and storage capacity on 

either a short or long term basis to other 

shippers wanting to obtain capacity. 

Pipelines posted available firm and 

interruptible capacity information on 

their electronic bulletin boards (EBBs) 

to inform potential shippers. On 

September 11, 1992, in Order No. 636–

A, the Commission determined, through 

staff audits, that the efficiency of the 

capacity release mechanism could be 

enhanced by standardizing the content 

and format of capacity release 

information and the methods by which 

shippers access this information, posted 

to EBBs. 

On April 4, 1995, through Order 577 

(RM95–5–000), the Commission 

amended § 284.243(h) of its regulations 

to allow shippers the ability to release 

capacity without having to comply with 

the Commission’s advance posting and 

bidding requirements. 

To create greater substitution between 

different forms of capacity and to 

enhance competition across the pipeline 

grid, on February 25, 2000, in Order No. 

637, the Commission revised its 

capacity release regulations regarding 

scheduling, segmentation and flexible 

point rights, penalties, and reporting 

requirements. This resulted in more 

reliable capacity information 

availability and price data that shippers 

needed to make informed decisions in a 

competitive market as well as to 

improve shipper’s and the 

Commission’s availability to monitor 

marketplace behavior. 

Index of Customers 

In Order 581, issued September 28, 

1995, the Commission established the 

Index of Customers (IOC) information 

requirement. The Index of Customers 

had two functions, first, for analyzing 

capacity held on pipelines and second, 

for providing capacity information to 

the market. The Index of Customers 

information aides the capacity release 

system by enabling shippers to identify 

and locate those holding capacity rights 

that the shippers may want to acquire. 

The information was required to be 

posted on the pipeline’s EBB and filed 

on electronic media with the 

Commission. This first Index contained, 

for all firm customers under contract as 

of the first day of the calendar quarter, 

the full legal name of the shipper, the 

rate schedule number for which service 

is contracted, the contract effective and 

expiration dates, and the contract 

quantities. 

In Order 637, the Commission 

required the following additional 

information: the receipt and delivery 

points held under contract and the 

zones or segments in which the capacity 

is held; the common transaction point 

codes; the contract number; a shipper 

identification number, such as DUNS; 

an indication whether the contract 

includes negotiated rates; the names of 

any agents or asset managers that 

control capacity in a pipeline rate zone; 

and any affiliate relationship between 

the pipeline and the holder of capacity. 

The Index is now provided through a 

quarterly filing on electronic media to 

the Commission and is posted on 

pipelines’ Internet Web sites. 

Action: The Commission is requesting 

a three-year extension of the current 

expiration date, with no changes to the 

existing collection of data. 

Burden Statement: Public reporting 

burden for this collection is estimated 

as: 


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