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Fifth Revised Sheet No. 142C 

First Revised Sheet No. 146A 

First Revised Sheet No. 155 

Ninth Revised Sheet No. 200 

Fourth Revised Sheet No. 206A 

Sixth Revised Sheet No. 222 

Sixth Revised Sheet No. 251 

Thirteenth Revised Sheet No. 252 

Seventh Revised Sheet No. 253 

Third Revised Sheet No. 253A 

Fourth Revised Sheet No. 254 

Sixth Revised Sheet No. 255 

Fifth Revised Sheet No. 256 

Fifth Revised Sheet No. 305 

Northern states that the above sheets 

are being filed to modify outdated 

information required to request 

throughput service on Northern’s 

system. 

Northern states that copies of the 

filing have been mailed to each of its 

customers and interested State 

Commissions. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest this filing 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). 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. Any person wishing to 

become a party must file a notice of 

intervention or motion to intervene, as 

appropriate. Such notices, motions, or 

protests must be filed in accordance 

with the provisions of § 154.210 of the 

Commission’s regulations (18 CFR 

154.210). Anyone filing an intervention 

or protest must serve a copy of that 

document on the Applicant. Anyone 

filing an intervention or protest on or 

before the intervention or protest date 

need not serve motions to intervene or 

protests on persons other than the 

Applicant. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper using the 

‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 14 copies 

of the protest or intervention to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

This filing is accessible online at 

http://www.ferc.gov, using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is 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 

docket(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. 

Philis J. Posey, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–9623 Filed 5–17–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2007–0281; FRL–8316–4] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed Collection; 

Comment Request; Final Rule for 

Implementation of the New Source 

Review (NSR) Program for Particulate 

Matter Less Than 2.5 Micrometers 

(PM2.5); EPA ICR No. 1230.21; OMB 

Control No. 2060–0003 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document 

announces that EPA is planning to 

submit a request for an update to an 

existing approved Information 

Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB). Before 

submitting this ICR to OMB for review 

and approval, EPA is soliciting 

comments on specific aspects of the 

proposed information collection as 

described below. 

DATES: Comments must be submitted on 

or before July 17, 2007. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

identified by Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–

OAR–2007–0281, by one of the 

following methods: 

• www.regulations.gov: Follow the 

on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• E-mail: a-and-r-Docket@epa.gov. 

• Fax: (202) 566–9744. 

• Mail: Air and Radiation Docket 

Information Center, EPA Docket Center 

(EPA/DC), U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Mail Code 2822T, 

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. 

• Hand Delivery: U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, EPA West (Air 

Docket), Room 3334, 1301 Constitution 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC. Such 

deliveries are accepted only during the 

Docket’s normal hours of operation, and 

special arrangements should be made 

for deliveries of boxed information. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2007–

0281. The EPA’s policy is that all 

comments received will be included in 

the public docket without change and 

may be made available online at 

www.regulations.gov, including any 

personal information provided, unless 

the comment includes information 

claimed to be Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Do not submit information that you 

consider to be CBI or otherwise to be 

protected through www.regulations.gov 

or e-mail. The www.regulations.gov Web 

site is an ‘‘anonymous access’’ system, 

which means EPA will not know your 

identity or contact information unless 

you provide it in the body of your 

comment. If you send an e-mail 

comment directly to us without going 

through www.regulations.gov, your email address will be automatically 

captured and included as part of the 

comment that is placed in the public 

docket and made available on the 

Internet. If you submit an electronic 

comment, EPA recommends that you 

include your name and other contact 

information in the body of your 

comment and with any disk or CD–ROM 

you submit. 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. Electronic files should avoid 

the use of special characters or any form 

of encryption and be free of any defects 

or viruses. For additional information 

about the EPA public docket visit the 

EPA Docket Center homepage at http:// 

www.epa.gov/epahome/dockets.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Raj 

Rao, Air Quality Policy Division, Office 

of Air Quality Planning and Standards 

(C504–03), U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Research Triangle 

Park, NC 27711; telephone number: 

(919) 541–5344; fax number: (919) 541–

5509; e-mail address: rao.raj@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

How Can I Access the Docket and/or 

Submit Comments? 

The EPA has established a public 

docket for this ICR under Docket ID No. 

EPA-HQ-OAR–2007–0281, which is 

available for online viewing at 

www.regulations.gov, or in-person 

viewing at the Air and Radiation Docket 

in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC), 

EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Avenue, NW., Washington, 

DC. The EPA/DC 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 

reading room is (202) 566–1744, and the 

telephone number for the Air and 

Radiation Docket is (202) 566–1742. 


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Use www.regulations.gov to obtain a 

copy of the draft collections of 

information, submit or view public 

comments, access the index listing of 

the contents of the docket, and to access 

those documents in the public docket 

that are available electronically. Once in 

the system, select ‘‘search,’’ then key in 

the docket ID number identified in this 

document. 

What Information Particularly Interests 

EPA? 

Pursuant to section 3506(c)(2)(A) of 

the PRA, EPA specifically solicits 

comments and information to enable it 

to: 

(i) Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the Agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

(ii) Evaluate the accuracy of the 

Agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

(iii) Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and 

(iv) Minimize the burden of the 

collection of information on those who 

are to respond, including through the 

use of appropriate automated electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms of 

information technology, e.g., permitting 

electronic submission of responses. In 

particular, EPA is requesting comments 

from very small businesses (those that 

employ less than 25) on examples of 

specific additional efforts that EPA 

could make to reduce the paperwork 

burden for very small businesses 

affected by this collection. 

What Should I Consider When I 

Prepare My Comments for EPA? 

You may find the following 

suggestions helpful for preparing your 

comments: 

1. Explain your views as clearly as 

possible and provide specific examples. 

2. Describe any assumptions that you 

used. 

3. Provide copies of any technical 

information and/or data you used that 

support your views. 

4. If you estimate potential burden or 

costs, explain how you arrived at the 

estimate that you provide. 

5. Offer alternative ways to improve 

the collection activity. 

6. Make sure to submit your 

comments by the deadline identified 

under DATES. 

7. To ensure proper receipt by EPA, 

be sure to identify the docket ID number 

assigned to this action in the subject 

line on the first page of your response. 

You may also provide the name, date, 

and Federal Register citation. 

To What Information Collection 

Activity or ICR Does This Apply? 

Affected entities: Entities potentially 

affected by this action are major sources 

of air pollutants that emit PM2.5 and 

must apply for and obtain a 

preconstruction permit under the major 

New Source Review (NSR) program. In 

addition, State and local air regulatory 

agencies (‘‘reviewing authorities’’) who 

administer the major NSR program are 

potentially affected entities. 

Title: Final Rule for Implementation 

of the New Source Review (NSR) 

Program for Particulate Matter Less 

Than 2.5 Micrometers (PM2.5). 

ICR numbers: EPA ICR No. 1230.21 

and OMB Control No. 2060–0003. 

ICR status: This ICR is for an update 

to an existing, approved information 

collection activity. An Agency may not 

conduct or sponsor, and a person is not 

required to respond to, a collection of 

information, unless it displays a 

currently valid OMB control number. 

The OMB control numbers for EPA’s 

regulations in title 40 of the CFR, after 

appearing in the Federal Register when 

approved, are listed in 40 CFR part 9, 

are displayed either by publication in 

the Federal Register or by other 

appropriate means, such as on the 

related collection instrument or form, if 

applicable. The display of OMB control 

numbers in certain EPA regulations is 

consolidated in 40 CFR part 9. 

Abstract: The major NSR program is 

a preconstruction review and permitting 

program for new major sources of air 

pollutants and major modifications at 

existing major sources. The program is 

required under parts C and D of title I 

of the Clean Air Act. The types of 

information collection activities 

associated with the major NSR program 

are those necessary for the preparation 

and submittal of construction permit 

applications (by major sources) and the 

issuance of final permits (by the State 

and local reviewing authorities). For 

EPA to carry out its required oversight 

function of reviewing construction 

permits and assuring adequate 

implementation of the program, it must 

have available to it information on 

proposed construction and 

modifications. The major NSR rule 

changes addressed in this ICR add PM2.5

and its precursors to the list of 

pollutants that must be addressed in a 

major NSR permit action, but do not 

otherwise change the requirements of 

the program. 

Burden Statement: The public 

reporting and recordkeeping burden for 

this collection of information is 

estimated to increase by an average of 

52 hours per major NSR permit over the 

currently approved level of 668 hours 

per permit. The annual burden for 

reviewing authorities to administer a 

major NSR program is estimated to 

increase by an average of 144 hours over 

the currently approved level of 1,117 

hours per year (equivalent to an average 

increase of 21 hours per major NSR 

permit over the currently approved level 

of 166 hours per permit). 

Burden means the total time, effort, or 

financial resources expended by persons 

to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose 

or provide information to or for a 

Federal agency. This includes the time 

needed to review instructions; develop, 

acquire, install, and utilize technology 

and systems for the purposes of 

collecting, validating, and verifying 

information, processing and 

maintaining information, and disclosing 

and providing information; adjust the 

existing ways to comply with any 

previously applicable instructions and 

requirements which have subsequently 

changed; train personnel to be able to 

respond to a collection of information; 

search data sources; complete and 

review the collection of information; 

and transmit or otherwise disclose the 

information. 

The ICR provides a detailed 

explanation of the Agency’s estimate, 

which is only briefly summarized here: 

Estimated total number of potential 

respondents: 753 major NSR permits per 

year obtained by sources; 112 State and 

local reviewing authorities. These 

values are unchanged from the currently 

approved ICR for the major NSR 

program. 

Estimated frequency of response: On 

occasion (unchanged from currently 

approved ICR). 

Estimated increase in annual burden 

hours: The incremental increase in 

annual burden estimated to result from 

the revisions to the major NSR 

regulations totals about 39,000 hours for 

sources and 16,000 hours for reviewing 

authorities. The currently approved ICR 

for the entire NSR program (major and 

minor) includes about 3.5 million hours 

per year for sources and about 2.4 

million hours per year for reviewing 

authorities. 

Estimated increase in annual costs: 

The incremental increase in annual 

costs attributable to the major NSR rule 

revisions is about $4.3 million for 

sources, which includes an estimated 

burden cost of $2.55 million and an 

estimated cost of $1.72 million for 

preconstruction monitoring for the 


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subset of permitted sources required to 

perform such monitoring. The currently 

approved ICR for the entire NSR 

program (major and minor) includes 

about $228 million in annual burden 

costs and about $9 million in annual 

preconstruction monitoring costs for 

sources. 

The incremental annual cost increase 

for reviewing authorities is estimated at 

$700,000, all as a result of the increased 

burden hours. The currently approved 

ICR for the entire NSR program includes 

about $103 million per year for 

reviewing authorities. 

What Is the Next Step in the Process for 

This ICR? 

The EPA will consider the comments 

received and amend the ICR as 

appropriate. The final ICR package will 

then be submitted to OMB for review 

and approval pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.12. When the final rule is 

published in the Federal Register, EPA 

will issue another Federal Register 

notice pursuant to 5 CFR 

1320.5(a)(1)(iv) to announce the 

submission of the ICR to OMB and the 

opportunity to submit additional 

comments to OMB. If you have any 

questions about this ICR or the approval 

process, please contact the technical 

person listed under FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT. 

Dated: May 8, 2007. 

William T. Harnett, 

Director, Air Quality Policy Division, Office 

of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Office 

of Air and Radiation. 

[FR Doc. E7–9599 Filed 5–17–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[ER-FRL–6687–1] 

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 the 

Federal Register dated April 6, 2007 (72 

FR 17156). 

Draft EISs 

EIS No. 20070003, ERP No. D–AFS–

L65530–AK, Tongass Land and 

Resource Management Plan, Plan 

Amendment, Implementation, 

Tongass National Forest, AK. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about impacts 

to water quality and aquatic and 

terrestrial habitats. Rating EC2. 

EIS No. 20070019, ERP No. D–FHW–

G40192–TX, Grand Parkway/State 

Highway 99 Improvement Project, 

Segment G, from Interstate Highway 

(IH) 45 to US 59, Funding, Right-ofWay Grant, U.S. Army COE Section 

404 Permit, Harris and Montgomery 

Counties, TX. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about impacts 

to wetlands, streams, and air quality. 

Rating EC2. 

EIS No. 20070067, ERP No. D–SFW–

C64004–PR, Vieques National 

Wildlife Refuge Comprehensive 

Conservation Plan, Implementation, 

Vieques, PR. 

Summary: EPA has no objection to the 

proposed management plan for 

restoration and operation of new refuge 

on Vieques, PR. Rating LO. 

EIS No. 20070073, ERP No. D–IBR–

K39106–00, Colorado River Interim 

Guidelines for Lower Basin Shortages 

and Coordinated Operations for Lake 

Powell and Lake Mead, 

Implementation, Colorado River, CO 

and CA. 

Summary EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about adverse 

impacts of reduced water availability on 

beneficial uses and the need for 

additional information on the effects of 

climate change, banking of conserved 

water, and monitoring. Rating EC2. 

EIS No. 20060539, ERP No. DE–AFS–

L65155–00, Northern Spotted Owl 

Management Plan, Removal or the 

Modification to the Survey and 

Manage Mitigation Measures, 

Standards and Guidelines (to the 

Northwest Forest Plan), Addresses the 

Effects of an Additional No-Action 

Alternative to the (July 2006) Draft 

Supplement and to the (2004) Final 

Supplemental EIS, Northwest Forest 

Plan, OR, WA, and CA. 

Summary: EPA has no objection to the 

proposed project. Rating LO. 

EIS No. 20070098, ERP No. DS–AFS–

J65417–MT, Frenchtown Face 

Ecosystem Restoration Project, 

Additional Information Maintenance 

and Improvement of Forest Health, 

Risk Reduction of Damage Insects and 

Disease, Lolo National Forest, 

Ninemile Ranger District, Missoula, 

MT. 

Summary: While EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about shortterm effects to 303(d) listed waters, we 

believe that watershed restoration 

activities included in the project would 

likely result in overall water quality 

improvement in the long-term. Rating 

EC2. 

EIS No. 20070129, ERP No. DS–NOA–

A91061–00, Atlantic Mackerel, Squid 

and Butterfish, Fishery Management 

Plan, Amendment #9, 

Implementation, Essential Fish 

Habitat (EFH), Exclusive Economic 

Zone(EEZ). 

Summary: EPA has no objection to the 

proposed action. Rating LO. 

Final EISs 

EIS No. 20070035, ERP No. F–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 the 

potential for visibility impairment to 

Class I wilderness areas, and 

recommended the implementation of 

mitigation to reduce visibility 

impairments. 

EIS No. 20070100, ERP No. F–AFS–

J65448–UT, West Bear Vegetation 

Management Project, Timber 

Harvesting, Prescribed Burning, Roads 

Construction, Township 1 North, 

Range 9 East, Salt Lake Principle 

Meridian, Evanston Ranger District, 

Wasatch-Cache National Forest, 

Summit County, UT. 

Summary: EPA continues to express 

concern about the need for an effective 

environmental impact monitoring plan 

and an adaptive management program. 

EIS No. 20070107, ERP No. F–USA–

G15000–TX, Fort Sam Houston, Texas 

Project, Base Realignment and Closure 

(BRAC) Actions and Other 

Transformation Activities, 

Implementation, City of San Antonio, 

TX. 

Summary: No formal comment letter 

was sent to the preparing agency. 

EIS No. 20070108, ERP No. F–AFS–

L65519–AK, Scratchings Timber Sale 

Project, Timber Harvest up to 

Approximately 42 Million Board Feet, 

Suemez Island, Craig Ranger District, 

Tongass National Forest, AK. 

Summary: EPA continues to express 

environmental concerns about the 

potential for cumulative adverse 


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