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confirm, approve, and place into effect

on a final basis, to remand, or to

disapprove such rates to the FERC.

Existing DOE procedures for public

participation in power rate adjustments

are found at 10 CFR part 903.

Regulatory Flexibility Analysis

Pursuant to the Regulatory Flexibility

Act of 1980 (5 U.S.C. 601, et seq.), each

agency, when required to publish a

proposed rule, is further required to

prepare and make available for public

comment an initial regulatory flexibility

analysis to describe the impact of the

proposed rule on small entities. In this

instance the initiation of the LAP

transmission rate and ancillary service

rate adjustments are related to nonregulatory services provided by Western

at particular rates. Under 5 U.S.C.

601(2), rules of particular applicability

relating to rates or services are not

considered rules within the meaning of

the act. Since the LAP transmission

rates and ancillary services are of

limited applicability, no flexibility

analysis is required.

Environmental Compliance

Western will conduct an

environmental evaluation of the

proposed rates and develop the

appropriate level of environmental

documentation pursuant to the National

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of

1969 (42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq.); the

Council on Environmental Quality

Regulations for implementing NEPA (40

CFR parts 1500 through 1508); and the

DOE NEPA Implementing Procedures

and Guidelines (10 CFR part 1021).

Determination Under Executive Order

12866

DOE has determined that this is not

a significant regulatory action because it

does not meet the criteria of Executive

Order 12866, 58 FR 51735. Western has

an exemption from centralized

regulatory review under Executive

Order 12866; accordingly, no clearance

of this notice by Office of Management

and Budget is required.

Availability of Information

All brochures, studies, comments,

letters, memoranda, or other documents

made or kept by Western for developing

the proposed rates, will be made

available for inspection and copying at

the RMR Office, located at 5555 East

Crossroads Boulevard, Loveland,

Colorado, 80537, during normal

business hours.

Dated: Sepember 11, 1997.

Michael S. Hacskaylo,

Acting Administrator.

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Environmental Impact Statements;

Notice of Availability

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal

Activities, General Information (202)

564–7167 OR (202) 564–7153. Weekly

receipt of Environmental Impact

Statements Filed September 08, 1997

Through September 12, 1997 Pursuant

to 40 CFR 1506.9.

EIS No. 970357, Draft EIS, FHW, WV,

Elkins Bypass Project, Relocation of

US–33 between Aggregates and

Canfield, Constructions, Funding

NPDES Permit and COE Section 404

Permit, Randolph County, WV, Due:

November 20, 1997, Contact: David A.

Leighow (304) 347–5268.

EIS No. 970358, Final Supplement,

AFS, ID, Katka Peak Timber Sale and

Road Construction, Implementation,

New Information from Interior

Columbia Basin Ecosystem

Management Project, to implement

Ecosystem Restoration Treatment,

Bonners Ferry Ranger District, Idaho

Panhandle National Forests,

Boundary County, ID, Due: October

20, 1997, Contact: Barry Wynsma

(208) 262–5561.

EIS No. 970359, Final EIS, BLM, WY,

Greybull Valley Irrigation District

Dam and Reservoir Project, Issuance

of Right-of-Way Permit and COE

Section 404 Permit, Park County, WY,

Due: October 20, 1997, Contact: Don

Ogaard (307) 347–5160.

EIS No. 970360, Draft EIS, USN, FL, SC,

VA, NC, Cecil Field Naval Air Station,

Realignment of F/A–18 Aircraft and

Operational Functions, to Other East

Coast Installations; NAS Oceana, VA;

MCAS Beaufort, SC and MCAS Cherry

Point, NC, Implementation, COE

Section 404 Permit, FL, SC, NC and

VA, Due: November 18, 1997, Contact:

J. Daniel Cecchini (757) 322–4891.

EIS No. 970361, Final EIS, FRC, MA,

NH, VT, ME, Portland Natural Gas

Transmission System Project (PNGTS)

and (PNGTS)/Maritimes & Northeast

Pipeline L.L.C., Phase II Joint

Facilities Project, Construction and

Operation, COE Section 10 and 404

Permits, MA, York and Cumberland

Counties, ME, Coos County, NH and

Essex County, VT, Due: October 20,

1997, Contact: Paul McKee (202) 208–

1088.

EIS No. 970362, Final EIS, GSA, CO,

Denver Federal Center Master Site

Plan, Implementation, City of

Lakewood, Jefferson County, CO, Due:

October 24, 1997, Contact: Lisa

Morpurgo (303) 236–7231 ext 250.

EIS No. 970363, Final EIS, FRC, WA,

Nooksack River Basin Hydroelectric

Projects, Seven Projects—(FERC No.

4628) (FERC No. 4738) (FERC No.

4270) (FERC No. 4282) (FERC No.

9231) (FERC No. 4312) and (FERC No.

3721) Construction and Operation,

Licensing, Whatcom County, WA,

Due: October 20, 1997, Contact: Tom

Dean (202) 219–2778.

EIS No. 970364, Draft EIS, SFW, MN,

IA, Northern Tallgrass Prairie Habitat

Preservation Area (HPA), Preserve,

Restore and Manage, several counties,

MN and several counties, IA, Due:

November 06, 1997, Contact: Jane

West (612) 725–3306.

Amended Notices

EIS No. 970247, Draft EIS, SFW, ID, MT,

Grizzly Bear (Ursus arctos horribilus)

Recovery Plan in the Bitterroot

Ecosystem, Implementation,

Endangered Species Act, Proposed

Special Rule 10(j) Establishment of a

Nonessential Experimental

Population of Grizzly Bears in the

Bitterroot Area, Rocky Mountain,

Blaine, Camas, Boise, Clearwater,

Custer, Elmore, Idaho, Lemhi,

Shoshone, Due: November 03, 1997,

Contact: Dr. Christopher Servheen

(406) 243–4903. Published FR 07–11–

97—Review Period Extended.

EIS No. 970266, Draft EIS, BLM, CA,

Fourmile Hill Geothermal

Development Project, Construction,

Operation and Maintenance, 49.9

megawatt (MW) Geothermal Power

Plant, Federal Geothermal Leases CA–

21924 and CA–21926, Glass Mountain

Known Geothermal Resource Area,

Klamath and Modoc National Forests,

Siskiyou and Modoc Counties, CA,

Due: September 30, 1997, Contact:

Randall Sharp (916) 233–5811.

Published FR 07–11–97—Review

Period extended.

EIS No. 970356, Final EIS, FHW, VA,

DC, MD, Woodrow Wilson Bridge

Improvement, I–95 from the

Telegraph Road/Capital Beltway

Interchange in Alexandria, VA to the

MD–210/Capital Beltway Interchange

in Oxon Hill, MD, Funding, Section

10 and 404 Permits and CGD Bridge

Permit, Fairfax County, VA; Prince

George’s County, MD, and DC , Due:

October 20, 1997, Contact: David C.

Lawton (410) 962–0077. Published
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Extended.

Dated: September 16, 1997.

William D. Dickerson,

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office

of Federal Activities.

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Environmental Impact Statements and

Regulations; Availability of EPA

Comments

Availability of EPA comments

prepared August 18, 1997 Through

August 22, 1997 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

04, 1997 (62 FR 16154).

Draft EISs

ERP No. D–AFS–J65269–MT Rating

EC2, Poorman Project, Implementation,

Harvesting and Road Construction,

Helena National Forest, Lincoln Ranger

District, Lewis and Clark County MT.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns about

inadequate analysis and disclosure of

potential adverse impacts to air quality

and wetlands, and identified the need

for a project water monitoring program,

and for TMDL development for

Poorman Creek. Additional information

is needed to fully assess and mitigate all

potential environmental impacts of the

management actions.

ERP No. D–AFS–J65271–MT Rating

EC2, Jericho Salvage Timber Sale,

Implementation, Salvage Treatments

and Temporary Road Construction,

Helena National Forest, Helena Ranger

District, Powell County, MT.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns about sediment

transport to area streams and the

proposed reduction of streamside buffer

zone widths below INFISH

recommended widths. EPA also

expressed concerns about the limited

range of alternatives analyzed in the

draft EIS, and about insufficient analysis

and disclosure of potential adverse

impacts to air quality and wetlands; and

identified the need for a project water

monitoring program, and for TMDL

development for Telegraph Creek.

Additional information is needed to

fully assess and mitigate all potential

environmental impacts of the

management actions.

ERP No. D–AFS–J65274–MT Rating

EC2, Beaver Creek Ecosystem

Management Project and Associate

Timber Sale, Implementation, Little and

Big Beaver Creek Drainage, Kootenai

National Forest, Cabinet Ranger District,

Sanders County, MT.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns about potential

adverse water quality, fisheries,

wetlands, and wildlife impacts, and the

lack of analysis and disclosure of the

monitoring plan to evaluate impacts to

aquatic and air resources. Additional

information is needed to fully assess

and mitigate all potential environmental

impacts of the management actions.

ERP No. D–AFS–L65291–ID Rating

EC2, Paradise Integrated Resource

Management Project, Implementation,

To Commercial Thin and Timber

Salvage Harvest Boise National Forest,

Mountain Home Ranger District, Elmore

County, ID.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns on the potential

impacts to water quality, impacts to the

Rainbow Roadless Area, the need for

information to support modeling

methodologies, the lack of grazing

impact evaluation and monitoring

needs.

Final EISs

ERP No. F–AFS–J65266–MT, Tansy

Ragwort Control Project,

Implementation, Little Wolf Fire Area,

Flathead National Forest, Tally Lake

Ranger District, Flathead County, MT.

Summary: EPA supported control of

the tansy ragwort weed infestation, and

expressed lack of objections.

ERP No. F–AFS–K61141–CA,

Snowcreek Golf Course Expansion,

Construction and Operation, Special

Use Permit, Inyo National Forest System

Lands, Mono County, CA.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns about the

approval of a special use permit to

expand a golf course onto Forest Service

land may result in impacts to wetlands

in violation of the Clean Water Act, and

requested that the Forest Service delay

issuing the special use permit pending

the completion of a federally-acceptable

jurisdiction delineation of ‘‘waters of

the United States.’’

ERP No. F–AFS–K65197–CA, Canyons

Analysis Area, Implementation, Tahoe

National Forest, Trucker Ranger District,

Sierra and Nevada Counties, CA.

Summary: EPA expressed

environmental concerns regarding to

construction of 1 mile OHV trail

without appropriate NEPA analysis, and

requested that the Forest Service modify

the Canyons Record of Decision to

eliminate this new construction or

prepare an addendum to the Canyons

Final EIS disclosing the impacts

associated with this construction.

ERP No. F–AFS–K65270–CA, Damon

Fire Salvage and Restoration Project,

Implementation, Modoc National Forest,

Modoc County, CA.

Summary: Review of the Final EIS has

been completed and the project found to

be satisfactory. No formal comment

letter was sent to the preparing agency.

ERP No. F–AFS–L65137–AK, Tongass

Land Management Plan,

Implementation, Tongass National

Forest, AK.

Summary: EPA provided no formal

written comments. EPA had no

objection to the preferred alternative as

described in the EIS.

ERP No. F–AFS–L65282–OR,

Robinson-Scott Landscape Management

Project, Timber Harvest and other

Vegetation Management, Willamette

National Forest, McKenzie Ranger

District, Lane and Linn Counties, OR.

Summary: Review of the Final EIS

was not deemed necessary. No formal

comment letter was sent to the

preparing agency.

ERP No. F–FTA–G54005–LA, Canal

Streetcar Line Reintroduction, Canal

Street from the Mississippi River to

the Cemeteries, with a Spur Line to City

Park, Funding, City of New Orleans,

Orleans Parish, LA.

Summary: Review of the Final EIS has

been completed and the project found to

be satisfactory. No formal comment

letter was sent to the preparing agency.

Other

ERP No. LF–AFS–L61187–WA,

Legislative EIS—Upper White Salmon

River Wild and Scenic River Study,

Possible Designation, National Wild and

Scenic Rivers System, Gifford Pinchot

National Forest, Yakima Indian Nation,

Klickitat County, WA.

Summary: Review of the Final EIS has

been completed and the project found to

be satisfactory. No formal comment

letter was sent to the preparing agency.

Dated: September 16, 1997.

William D. Dickerson,

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office

of Federal Activities.

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