Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 173 / Friday, September 7, 2007 / Notices 51419 

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: 

Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission. 

TIME AND DATE: 3 p.m., Monday, 

September 24, 2007. 

PLACE: 1155 21st St., NW., Washington, 

DC, 9th Floor, Commission Conference 

Room. 

STATUS: Closed. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: 

Enforcement Matters. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Contact Sauntia S. Warfield, 202–418–

5084. 

David A. Stawick, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 07–4418 Filed 9–5–07; 3:46 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6351–01–M 

COMMODITY FUTURES TRADING 

COMMISSION 

Sunshine Act Meetings 

AGENCY HOLDING THE MEETING: 

Commodity Futures Trading 

Commission. 

TIME AND DATE: 2 p.m., Wednesday, 

September 12, 2007. 

PLACE: 1155 21st St., NW., Washington, 

DC, 9th Floor Commission Conference 

Room. 

STATUS: Closed. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED:: 

Enforcement Matters. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sauntia S. Warfield, 202–418–5084. 

David A. Stawick, 

Secretary of the Commission. 

[FR Doc. 07–4419 Filed 9–5–07; 3:46 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Intergovernmental Agreement Between 

the United States Department of the 

Army and the State of Florida 

Establishing Interim Targets for the 

Comprehensive Everglades 

Restoration Plan 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army of Engineers, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The Army Corps of Engineers 

and the State of Florida have established 

interim targets for the Comprehensive 

Everglades Restoration Plan as required 

by section 385.39(c) of the 

Programmatic Regulations for the 

Comprehensive Everglades Restoration 

Plan. The purpose of the interim targets 

is to evaluate progress towards other 

water related needs of the region 

provided for in the Comprehensive 

Everglades Restoration Plan throughout 

the implementation process. The parties 

have chosen to memorialize the 

proposed interim targets in an Interim 

Targets Agreement. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the Interim 

Targets Agreement can be obtained by 

request from the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, Jacksonville District, 

RECOVER, ATTN: Rebecca Weiss, 701 

San Marco Blvd., Jacksonville, FL 32207 

or by electronic mail (e-mail) to: 

Rebecca.j.weiss@usace.army.mil. In 

addition, the Intergovernmental 

agreement can be found at the following 

Web site: http:// 

www.evergladesplan.org/pm/ 

progr_regs_igit_agreements.aspx. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rebecca Weiss, (904) 232–1577. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

385.39(c) of the Programmatic 

Regulations for the Comprehensive 

Everglades Restoration Plan sets forth 

the process for establishing the interim 

targets for the Comprehensive 

Everglades Restoration Plan. This 

section provides that the interim targets 

be developed by the Secretary of the 

Army and the governor of the State of 

Florida in consultation with the 

Department of the Interior, the 

Environmental Protection Agency, the 

Department of Commerce, the 

Miccosukee Tribe of Indians of Florida, 

the Seminole Tribe of Florida, the 

Florida Department of Environmental 

Protection, and other Federal, State, and 

local agencies, and the South Florida 

Ecosystem Restoration Task Force. In 

considering the interim targets, the 

Secretary of the Army and the Governor 

of the State of Florida are required to 

consider the technical recommendations 

of RECOVER and any modifications to 

those recommendations by the Corps of 

Engineers or the South Florida Water 

Management District. The Programmatic 

Regulations require that the Secretary of 

the Army afford the public an 

opportunity to comment on the 

proposed Interim Targets Agreement 

prior to its approval and notice in the 

Federal Register when the agreement 

has been finalized. The draft final of the 

Intergovernmental agreement was 

published in the Federal Register 

November 3, 2006 (71 FR 64687). Public 

comments on the draft 

intergovernmental agreements 

establishing interim targets were 

accepted through December 4, 2006. 

The final intergovernmental agreement 

establishing the interim targets was 

signed on April 27, 2007. An electronic 

copy of this document is available at: 

http://www.evergladesplan.org/pm/ 

progr_regs_igit_agreements.aspx. 

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 07–4376 Filed 9–6–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Intergovernmental Agreement Among 

the United States Department of the 

Army, the United States Department of 

the Interior, and the State of Florida 

Establishing Interim Restoration Goals 

for the Comprehensive Everglades 

Restoration Plan 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The Army Corps of Engineers, 

the Department of the Interior and the 

State of Florida have established the 

interim goals for the Comprehensive 

Everglades Restoration Plan through the 

Interim Goals Agreement as required by 

section 385.38(d) of the Programmatic 

Regulations for the Comprehensive 

Everglades Restoration Plan. Interim 

goals are a mean by which restoration 

success of the Comprehensive 

Everglades Restoration Plan may be 

evaluated at specific points by agency 

managers, the State of Florida, the 

Congress throughout the overall 

planning and implementation process. 

This intergovernmental Agreement 

establishing the interim goals was 

signed on April 27, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: A copy of the Interim Goals 

Agreement can be obtained by request 

from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, 

Jacksonville District, RECOVER, ATTN: 

Rebecca Weiss, 701 San Marco Blvd., 

Jacksonville, FL 32207–8175 or by email to: 

Rebecca.j.weiss@usace.army.mil. In 

addition, the Intergovernmental 

agreement can be found at the following 

Web site: http:/www.evergladesplan.org/ 

pm/progr_regs_igit_agreements.aspx. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rebecca Weiss, (904) 232–1577. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Section 

385.38(d) of the Programmatic 

Regulations for the Comprehensive 

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Everglades Restoration Plan sets forth 

the process for establishing the interim 

goals for the Comprehensive Everglades 

Restoration Plan. This section provides 

that the Interim Goals Agreements be 

developed by the Secretary of the Army, 

the Secretary of the Interior, and the 

Governor of the State of Florida in 

consultation with the Miccosukee Tribe 

of Indians of Florida, the Seminole 

Tribe of Florida, the Environmental 

Protection Agency, the Department of 

Commerce, other Federal, State, and 

local agencies, and the south Florida 

Ecosystem Restoration Task Force. In 

considering the interim goals to be 

indicated in the Interim Goals 

Agreement, the Secretary of the Army, 

Secretary of the Interior and the 

Governor of the State of Florida are 

required to consider the technical 

recommendations of RECOVER and any 

modifications to those 

recommendations by the Corps of 

Engineers, the Department of the 

Interior or the South Florida Water 

Management District. The programmatic 

regulations required that the Secretary 

of the Army afford the public an 

opportunity to comment on the 

proposed Interim Goals Agreement prior 

to its approval and notice in the Federal 

Register when the agreement has been 

finalized. The draft final of the 

Intergovernmental agreement was 

published in the Federal Register on 

November 3, 2006 (71 FR 64686). Public 

comments on the draft 

intergovernmental agreements 

establishing interim goals were accepted 

through December 4, 2006. The final 

intergovernmental agreement 

establishing the interim goals was 

signed on April 27, 2007. An electronic 

copy of the document is available at: 

http://ww.evergladesplan.org/pm/ 

progr_regs_igit_agreements.aspx. 

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 07–4377 Filed 9–6–07; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Intent To Prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement for the Pee Dee 

Electrical Generating Station in 

Florence County, SC 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, Charleston District intends to 

prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) to assess the potential 

social, economic and environmental 

effects of the proposed construction of 

a coal-fired electrical generating station 

with associated facilities, a rail line 

extension and transmission corridor by 

the South Carolina Public Service 

Authority (Santee Cooper), in the 

vicinity of the Bostic Landing on the 

Great Pee Dee River, in Florence 

County, South Carolina. The EIS will 

assess potential effects of a range of 

alternatives, including an alternative 

proposed in the Federal permit 

application. 

DATES: General Public Scoping 

Meetings: Two Public Scoping meetings 

are being planned. The first will take 

place on Tuesday, September 25, 2007 

from 6 p.m. to 9 p.m. at Coastal Carolina 

University located in Conway, South 

Carolina in the Recital Hall of the 

Edwards College of Humanities and 

Fine Arts. The second Public Scoping 

meeting will be held on Thursday, 

September 27, 2007 from 6 p.m. to 9 

p.m. in the Commons Area and 

Auditorium of South Florence High 

School located at 3200 South Irby Street 

in Florence, South Carolina. 

Federal and State Agency Scoping 

Meeting: A Federal and State Agency 

Scoping Meeting is planned to be held 

on Thursday, September 20, 2007 in 

Charleston, South Carolina. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information and/or questions 

about the proposed project and EIS, 

please contact Dr. Richard Darden, 

Project Manager, by telephone: 843–

329–8043 or toll free 1–866–329–8187, 

or by mail: CESAC–RE–P, 69A Hagood 

Avenue, Charleston, SC 29403. For 

inquiries from the media, please contact 

the Corps, Charleston District Public 

Affairs Officer (PAO), Ms. Connie 

Gillette by telephone: (843) 329–8123. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: An 

application for a Department of the 

Army permit was submitted by Santee 

Cooper pursuant to section 10 of the 

Rivers and Harbors Act of 1899 (33 

U.S.C. 403) and section 404 of the Clean 

Water Act (33 U.S.C. 1344) on December 

11, 2006 and was advertised in a local 

public notice, P/N # SAC 2006–3574–

SIB, on December 22, 2006. The public 

notice is available on Charleston 

District’s public Web site at http:// 

www.sac.usace.army.mil/ 

?action=publicnotices.pn2006. Santee 

Cooper agreed that based on the 

potential social, economic, and 

environmental effects associated with 

the construction of the proposed Pee 

Dee Electrical Generating Station in 

Florence County, an EIS should be 

prepared by the Charleston District, 

Corps of Engineers. 

1. Description of Proposed Project. 

The project proposed by the South 

Carolina Public Service Authority 

(Santee Cooper) is to construct a coalfired electrical generating station with 

associated facilities on the Great Pee 

Dee River, in Florence County, SC. The 

proposed facility will involve the 

installation of an intake and discharge 

structure in the Great Pee Dee River in 

the vicinity of the Bostic Landing and 

this Notice of Intent will refer to the 

proposed project as the Pee Dee Station. 

The Pee Dee Station development will 

include the generating station structure 

and facilities that include intake and 

discharge structures, solid waste 

landfills, ash ponds, onsite-rail, rail 

switchyard, transmission lines, cooling 

towers, and roads. In total, 

approximately 93.75 acres of 

jurisdictional and non-jurisdictional 

wetlands may be impacted to construct 

the proposed Pee Dee Station. 

Construction of the Pee Dee Station may 

require filling an estimated 9.45 acres of 

jurisdictional wetlands and 5.10 acres of 

fill in non-jurisdictional wetlands, 8.14 

acres of mechanized land clearing in 

jurisdictional wetlands, 2.32 acres 

mechanized land clearing in nonjurisdictional wetlands, and 0.67 acres 

of excavation in waters of the United 

States. Construction/upgrade of the rail 

line extension may require filling of 

4.49 acres of jurisdictional wetlands and 

4.90 acres of mechanized clearing. 

Construction of the transmission line 

may involve converting an estimated 

58.68 acres of jurisdictional wetlands 

from forested wetlands to scrub shrub 

wetlands. 

2. Alternatives. The following 

alternatives have been identified as 

reasonable alternatives that will be fully 

evaluated in the EIS: No Action; the 

modification of existing Santee Cooper 

facilities to meet the purpose and need 

of and for the proposed project; 

alternative locations within the 

jurisdictional authority of Santee 

Cooper where the proposed project 

might be developed; alternative facility 

layouts for the proposed Pee Dee 

Station; alternatives for energy 

generation, and mitigation measures. 

However, this list is not exclusive and 

additional alternatives may be 

considered for inclusion as reasonable 

alternatives. 

3. Scoping and Public Involvement 

Process. Scoping meetings will be 

conducted to gather information on the 

scope of the project and the alternatives 

to be addressed in detail in the EIS. 

There will be three (3) sessions: One (1) 

Specifically for the Federal and State 

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