40098 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 133 / Friday, July 11, 2014 / Notices 

Dated: July 3, 2014. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2014–16196 Filed 7–10–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP14–505–000] 

WBI Energy Transmission, Inc.; Notice 

of Request Under Blanket 

Authorization 

Take notice that on June 24, 2014, 

WBI Energy Transmission, Inc., (WBI 

Energy), 1250 West Century Avenue, 

Bismarck, North Dakota 58503, filed in 

Docket No. CP14–505–000, a prior 

notice request pursuant to sections 

157.205 and 157.210 of the 

Commission’s regulations under the 

Natural Gas Act to replace natural gas 

compression facilities at its Baker 

Compressor Station located in Fallon 

County, Montana. Specifically, WBI 

Energy proposes to replace two Ingersoll 

Rand 6SVG 330 horsepower (HP) 

natural gas fired compressor units 

(Units 6 and 7) with one Ajax 2802LE 

384 HP natural gas driven compressor 

unity (Unit 10). The certificated 

horsepower at the Baker Compressor 

Station will decrease from 4,780 HP to 

4,504 HP, all as more fully set forth in 

the application which is on file with the 

Commission and open to public 

inspection. The filing may also be 

viewed on the Web 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. For 

assistance, contact FERC at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

toll-free, (866) 208–3676 or TTY, (202) 

502–8659. 

Any questions regarding this 

Application should be directed to Keith 

A. Tiggelaar, Director of Regulatory 

Affairs, WBI Energy Transmission, Inc., 

1250 West Century Avenue, Bismarck, 

North Dakota 58503, or by calling (701) 

530–1560, or by email keith.tiggelaar@

wbienergy.com. 

Any person may, within 60 days after 

the issuance of the instant notice by the 

Commission, file pursuant to Rule 214 

of the Commission’s Procedural Rules 

(18 CFR 385.214) a motion to intervene 

or notice of intervention. Any person 

filing to intervene or the Commission’s 

staff may, pursuant to section 157.205 of 

the Commission’s Regulations under the 

NGA (18 CFR 157.205) file a protest to 

the request. If no protest is filed within 

the time allowed therefore, the proposed 

activity shall be deemed to be 

authorized effective the day after the 

time allowed for protest. If a protest is 

filed and not withdrawn within 30 days 

after the time allowed for filing a 

protest, the instant request shall be 

treated as an application for 

authorization pursuant to section 7 of 

the NGA. 

Pursuant to section 157.9 of the 

Commission’s rules, 18 CFR 157.9, 

within 90 days of this Notice the 

Commission staff will either: omplete its 

environmental assessment (EA) and 

place it into the Commission’s public 

record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or 

issue a Notice of Schedule for 

Environmental Review. If a Notice of 

Schedule for Environmental Review is 

issued, it will indicate, among other 

milestones, the anticipated date for the 

Commission staff’s issuance of the final 

environmental impact statement (FEIS) 

or EA for this proposal. The filing of the 

EA in the Commission’s public record 

for this proceeding or the issuance of a 

Notice of Schedule for Environmental 

Review will serve to notify federal and 

state agencies of the timing for the 

completion of all necessary reviews, and 

the subsequent need to complete all 

federal authorizations within 90 days of 

the date of issuance of the Commission 

staff’s FEIS or EA. 

Persons who wish to comment only 

on the environmental review of this 

project should submit an original and 

two copies of their comments to the 

Secretary of the Commission. 

Environmental commenter’s will be 

placed on the Commission’s 

environmental mailing list, will receive 

copies of the environmental documents, 

and will be notified of meetings 

associated with the Commission’s 

environmental review process. 

Environmental commenter’s will not be 

required to serve copies of filed 

documents on all other parties. 

However, the non-party commentary, 

will not receive copies of all documents 

filed by other parties or issued by the 

Commission (except for the mailing of 

environmental documents issued by the 

Commission) and will not have the right 

to seek court review of the 

Commission’s final order. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filings of comments, protests, 

and interventions via the internet in lieu 

of paper. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) 

and the instructions on the 

Commission’s Web site (www.ferc.gov) 

under the ‘‘e-Filing’’ link. Persons 

unable to file electronically should 

submit an original and 5 copies of the 

protest or intervention to the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

Dated: July 3, 2014. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2014–16195 Filed 7–10–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9913–39–OGC] 

Proposed Consent Decree, Clean Air 

Act Citizen Suit 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Consent 

Decree; Request for Public Comment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with section 

113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended 

(‘‘CAA’’ or the ‘‘Act’’), notice is hereby 

given of a proposed consent decree to 

address a lawsuit filed by the National 

Parks Conservation Association, et al., 

(‘‘Plaintiffs’) in the United States 

District Court for the District of 

Minnesota: National Parks Conservation 

Association v. McCarthy, Civil Action 

No. 12–3043 (RHK/JSM) (D. Minn.). On 

December 5, 2012, Plaintiffs filed a 

complaint alleging that Gina McCarthy, 

in her official capacity as Administrator 

of the United States Environmental 

Protection Agency (‘‘EPA’’), failed to 

perform a mandatory duty to respond to 

a 2009 certification by the Department 

of the Interior (‘‘DOI’’) that visibility 

impairment in Minnesota’s Voyageurs 

National Park and Michigan’s Isle 

Royale National Park is reasonably 

attributable to emissions from Xcel 

Energy’s coal-fired Sherburne County 

Generating Station (‘‘Sherco’’) in 

Minnesota. The proposed consent 

decree would establish deadlines for 

EPA to take such action. 

DATES: Written comments on the 

proposed consent decree must be 

received by August 11, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID number EPA– 

HQ–OGC–2014–0508 online at 

www.regulations.gov (EPA’s preferred 

method); by email to oei.docket@

epa.gov; by mail to EPA Docket Center, 

Environmental Protection Agency, 

Mailcode: 2822T, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave. NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001; 

or by hand delivery or courier to EPA 

Docket Center, EPA West, Room 3334, 

1301 Constitution Ave. NW., 

Washington, DC, between 8:30 a.m. and 

4:30 p.m. Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays. Comments on 


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a disk or CD–ROM should be formatted 

in Word or ASCII file, avoiding the use 

of special characters and any form of 

encryption, and may be mailed to the 

mailing address above. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Matthew C. Marks, Air and Radiation 

Law Office (2344A), Office of General 

Counsel, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; telephone: (202) 

564–3276; fax number: (202) 564–5603; 

email address: marks.matthew@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Additional Information About the 

Proposed Consent Decree 

The proposed consent decree would 

address a lawsuit filed by Plaintiffs 

alleging that EPA failed to perform a 

mandatory duty pursuant to 40 CFR 

51.302(c)(4)(iii) and (iv) to promulgate a 

federal reasonably attributable visibility 

impairment best available retrofit 

technology (‘‘RAVI BART’’) 

determination for the Sherco power 

plant in Minnesota in response to the 

DOI’s October 21, 2009 certification. In 

response to the lawsuit, EPA filed an 

answer on February 1, 2013, denying 

that the Administrator has a mandatory 

duty to promulgate RAVI BART for 

Sherco because EPA has not yet 

determined that visibility impairment at 

one or more Class I areas is reasonably 

attributable to emissions from Sherco. 

The proposed consent decree would 

require EPA to sign a proposed rule by 

February 27, 2015, and a final rule by 

August 31, 2015, in which EPA 

determines under 40 CFR 51.302(c)(4)(i) 

whether visibility impairment in 

Voyageurs National Park or Isle Royale 

National Park is reasonably attributable 

to Sherco. If EPA determines that 

visibility impairment in Voyageurs 

National Park or Isle Royale National 

Park is reasonably attributable to 

Sherco, then EPA’s final rulemaking 

shall also include EPA’s final 

determination of BART for Sherco. 

However, if EPA determines that 

visibility impairment in neither 

Voyageurs National Park nor Isle Royale 

National Park is reasonably attributable 

to Sherco, then BART for Sherco will 

not be required. In addition, the 

proposed consent decree states that if 

EPA signs a proposed rule by February 

27, 2015, and a final rule by August 31, 

2015, in which EPA either approves a 

State Implementation Plan (‘‘SIP’’) or 

promulgates a Federal Implementation 

Plan (‘‘FIP’’) under 40 CFR 51.308 that 

includes a final determination of BART 

for Sherco, then EPA’s obligation is 

fulfilled. The proposed consent decree 

also resolves any claim the Plaintiffs 

have for the costs of litigation, including 

attorney fees. 

For a period of thirty (30) days 

following the date of publication of this 

notice, the Agency will accept written 

comments relating to the proposed 

consent decree from persons who are 

not named as parties or interveners to 

the litigation in question. EPA or the 

Department of Justice may withdraw or 

withhold consent to the proposed 

consent decree if the comments disclose 

facts or considerations that indicate that 

such consent is inappropriate, 

improper, inadequate, or inconsistent 

with the requirements of the Act. Unless 

EPA or the Department of Justice 

determines that consent to this consent 

decree should be withdrawn, the terms 

of the consent decree will be affirmed. 

II. Additional Information about 

Commenting on the Proposed Consent 

Decree 

A. How can I get a copy of the consent 

decree? 

The official public docket for this 

action (identified by Docket ID No. 

EPA–HQ–OGC–2014–0508 contains a 

copy of the proposed consent decree. 

The official public docket is available 

for public viewing at the Office of 

Environmental Information (OEI) Docket 

in the EPA Docket Center, EPA West, 

Room 3334, 1301 Constitution Ave. 

NW., Washington, DC. The EPA Docket 

Center Public Reading Room is open 

from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The telephone number for the 

Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, 

and the telephone number for the OEI 

Docket is (202) 566–1752. 

An electronic version of the public 

docket is available through 

www.regulations.gov. You may use 

www.regulations.gov to submit or view 

public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the official 

public docket, and access those 

documents in the public docket that are 

available electronically. Once in the 

system, key in the appropriate docket 

identification number then select 

‘‘search’’. 

It is important to note that EPA’s 

policy is that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing online at www.regulations.gov 

without change, unless the comment 

contains copyrighted material, CBI, or 

other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. Information 

claimed as CBI and other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute 

is not included in the official public 

docket or in the electronic public 

docket. EPA’s policy is that copyrighted 

material, including copyrighted material 

contained in a public comment, will not 

be placed in EPA’s electronic public 

docket but will be available only in 

printed, paper form in the official public 

docket. Although not all docket 

materials may be available 

electronically, you may still access any 

of the publicly available docket 

materials through the EPA Docket 

Center. 

B. How and to whom do I submit 

comments? 

You may submit comments as 

provided in the ADDRESSES section. 

Please ensure that your comments are 

submitted within the specified comment 

period. Comments received after the 

close of the comment period will be 

marked ‘‘late.’’ EPA is not required to 

consider these late comments. 

If you submit an electronic comment, 

EPA recommends that you include your 

name, mailing address, and an email 

address or other contact information in 

the body of your comment and with any 

disk or CD–ROM you submit. This 

ensures that you can be identified as the 

submitter of the comment and allows 

EPA to contact you in case EPA cannot 

read your comment due to technical 

difficulties or needs further information 

on the substance of your comment. Any 

identifying or contact information 

provided in the body of a comment will 

be included as part of the comment that 

is placed in the official public docket, 

and made available in EPA’s electronic 

public docket. 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. 

Use of the www.regulations.gov Web 

site to submit comments to EPA 

electronically is EPA’s preferred method 

for receiving comments. The electronic 

public docket system is an ‘‘anonymous 

access’’ system, which means EPA will 

not know your identity, email address, 

or other contact information unless you 

provide it in the body of your comment. 

In contrast to EPA’s electronic public 

docket, EPA’s electronic mail (email) 

system is not an ‘‘anonymous access’’ 

system. If you send an email comment 

directly to the Docket without going 

through www.regulations.gov, your 

email address is automatically captured 

and included as part of the comment 

that is placed in the official public 

docket, and made available in EPA’s 

electronic public docket. 


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Dated: June 27, 2014. 

Lorie J. Schmidt, 

Associate General Counsel. 

[FR Doc. 2014–16306 Filed 7–10–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[ER–FRL–9015–8] 

Environmental Impact Statements; 

Notice of Availability 

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal 

Activities, General Information (202) 

564–7146 or http://www.epa.gov/

compliance/nepa/. 

Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact 

Statements 

Filed 06/30/2014 through 07/03/2014 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9. 

Notice 

Section 309(a) of the Clean Air Act 

requires that EPA make public its 

comments on EISs issued by other 

Federal agencies. EPA’s comment letters 

on EISs are available at: http://

www.epa.gov/compliance/nepa/

eisdata.html. 

EIS No. 20140186, Final EIS, USFS, NM, 

Valles Caldera National Preserve— 

Landscape Restoration and 

Stewardship Plan, Review Period 

Ends: 08/11/2014, Contact: Marie 

Rodriguez 505–661–3333. 

EIS No. 20140187, Second Final 

Supplement, USACE, WA, Grays 

Harbor Navigation Improvement 

Project, Review Period Ends: 08/11/

2014, Contact: Leah Wickstrom 206– 

764–3652. 

EIS No. 20140188, Final EIS, NPS, FL, 

Canaveral National Seashore Final 

General Management Plan, Review 

Period Ends: 08/11/2014, Contact: 

Chris Church 303–969–2276. 

EIS No. 20140189, Draft EIS, USFS, CO, 

Middle Bald Mountain Area 

Communication Site, Comment 

Period Ends: 08/25/2014, Contact: 

Carol Kruse 970–295–6663. 

EIS No. 20140190, Revised Draft EIS, 

USFS, 00, Greater Sage Grouse BiState Distinct Population Segment 

Forest Plan Amendment, Comment 

Period Ends: 10/09/2014, Contact: 

James Winfrey 775–355–5308. 

Dated: July 8, 2014. 

Dawn Roberts, 

Management Analyst, NEPA Compliance 

Division, Office of Federal Activities. 

[FR Doc. 2014–16245 Filed 7–10–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9913–44–OA] 

Notification of Two Public 

Teleconferences of the Science 

Advisory Board Panel for the Review 

of the EPA Water Body Connectivity 

Report 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory 

Board (SAB) Staff Office announces two 

public teleconferences of the SAB Panel 

to provide comments to the chartered 

SAB on the adequacy of the scientific 

and technical basis of the proposed rule 

titled Definition of Waters of the United 

States under the Clean Water Act. 

DATES: The SAB Panel for the Review of 

the EPA Water Body Connectivity 

Report will conduct public 

teleconferences on August 20, 2014 and 

August 21, 2014. Each of the 

teleconferences will begin at 1:00 p.m. 

and end at 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time). 

Location: The public teleconferences 

will be conducted by telephone only. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public wishing to obtain 

information concerning the public 

teleconferences may contact Dr. Thomas 

Armitage, Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO), EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office (1400R), U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

via telephone at (202) 564–2155 or via 

email at armitage.thomas@epa.gov. 

General information concerning the 

SAB as well as any updates concerning 

the teleconferences announced in this 

notice may be found on the EPA Web 

site at http://www.epa.gov/sab. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SAB 

was established pursuant to the 

Environmental Research, Development, 

and Demonstration Authorization Act 

(ERDDAA), codified at 42 U.S.C. 4365, 

to provide independent scientific and 

technical advice to the Administrator on 

the technical basis for Agency positions 

and regulations. The SAB is a Federal 

Advisory Committee chartered under 

the Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(FACA), 5 U.S.C., App. 2. The SAB will 

comply with the provisions of FACA 

and all appropriate SAB Staff Office 

procedural policies. Pursuant to FACA 

and EPA policy, notice is hereby given 

that the SAB Panel for the Review of the 

EPA Water Body Connectivity Report 

will hold two public teleconferences to 

provide comments to the chartered SAB 

on adequacy of the scientific and 

technical basis of the proposed rule 

titled Definition of Waters of the United 

States under the Clean Water Act. This 

proposed rule was published by the 

EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers on April 21, 2014 (79 FR 

22188). 

Background: The SAB Panel for the 

Review of the EPA Water Body 

Connectivity Report was established to 

conduct a peer review of the EPA draft 

report titled Connectivity of Streams 

and Wetlands to Downstream Waters: A 

Review and Synthesis of the Scientific 

Evidence (September, 2013 External 

Review Draft, EPA/600/R–11/098B). The 

report was written to inform 

development of a rule proposed by the 

EPA and the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers to clarify the definition of 

waters of the United States under the 

Clean Water Act (79 FR 22188). The 

Panel was charged with reviewing the 

overall clarity and technical accuracy of 

the EPA draft report, whether it 

included and correctly summarized the 

most relevant peer-reviewed scientific 

literature, and whether the findings and 

conclusions were supported by the 

available science. To conduct the peer 

review, the Panel held a face-to-face 

meeting on December 16–18, 2013 

[Federal Register Notice dated 

September 24, 2013 (78 FR 58536)], 

public teleconferences on April 28 and 

May 2, 2014 [Federal Register Notice 

dated April 1, 2014 (79 FR 18293)], and 

a public teleconference on June 19, 2014 

[Federal Register Notice dated May 23, 

2014 (79 FR 29760)]. Information about 

this activity may be found at http://

yosemite.epa.gov/sab/sabproduct.nsf/

fedrgstr_activites/

Watershed%20Connectivity

%20Report?OpenDocument. 

The ERDDAA requires the EPA to 

make available to the SAB proposed 

criteria documents, standards, 

limitations, or regulations provided to 

any other federal agency for formal 

review and comment together with the 

relevant scientific and technical 

information on which the proposed 

action is based. The SAB may then 

make available to the Administrator its 

advice and comments on the adequacy 

of the scientific and technical basis of 

the proposed actions. The purpose of 

the upcoming teleconferences is for the 

SAB Panel to develop comments to the 

chartered SAB on the adequacy of the 

scientific and technical basis of the 

proposed rule cited above. Comments 

from the Panel will inform a letter to the 

EPA Administrator, to be prepared by 

the chartered SAB, on the adequacy of 

the scientific and technical basis of the 

proposed rule titled Definition of Waters 

of the United States under the Clean 


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