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Item No. Docket No. Company 

Administrative 

A–1 ........................... AD02–1–000 ............................................................................... Agency Business Matters. 

A–2 ........................... AD02–7–000 ............................................................................... Customer Matters, Reliability, Security and Market Operations. 

Electric 

E–1 ........................... OMITTED ....................................................................................

E–2 ........................... RM11–14–000 ............................................................................. Analysis of Horizontal Market Power under the Federal 

Power Act. 

E–3 ........................... AD10–11–001, RM11–7–001 ...................................................... Frequency Regulation Compensation in the Organized 

Wholesale Power Markets. 

E–4 ........................... RC11–6–000, RC12–1–000, RC12–2–000, RC12–6–000, 

RC12–7–000.

North American Electric Reliability Corporation. 

E–5 ........................... EL11–22–001, QF11–115–002, QF11–116–002, QF11–117– 

002, QF11–118–002, QF11–119–002, QF11–120–002, 

QF11–121–002, QF11–122–002, QF11–123–002, QF11– 

124–002.

OREG 1, Inc., OREG 2, Inc., OREG 3, Inc., and OREG 

4, Inc. 

E–6 ........................... ER08–194–000, ER08–194–001, ER08–194–002, ER08–194– 

003, ER08–194–004.

Duquesne Light Company. 

ER08–1235–000, ER08–1235–001, ER08–1309–000, ER08– 

1370–000.

Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, 

Inc. and Duquesne Light Company. 

ER08–1339–000, ER08–1339–001, ER08–1339–002, ER08– 

1345–000, ER08–1345–001, ER08–1345–002.

PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. 

E–7 ........................... ER11–3616–000, ER11–3616–001, ER11–3616–002 ............... California Independent System Operator Corporation. 

E–8 ........................... ER11–2256–000, ER11–2256–002 ............................................ California Independent System Operator Corporation. 

E–9 ........................... RC08–5–001 ............................................................................... U.S. Department of Energy, Portsmouth/Paducah 

Project Office. 

E–10 ......................... ER08–386–001, ER08–386–002 ................................................ Potomac-Appalachian Transmission Highline, LLC. 

E–11 ......................... EL10–71–000 .............................................................................. Puget Sound Energy, Inc. 

E–12 ......................... RM11–9–000 ............................................................................... Locational Exchanges of Wholesale Electric Power. 

Gas 

G–1 .......................... RM96–1–037 ............................................................................... Standards for Business Practices for Interstate Natural 

Gas Pipeline. 

G–2 .......................... RP09–487–000, RP10–307–000 ................................................ High Island Offshore System, L.L.C. 

G–3 .......................... OR12–1–000, OR12–2–000, OR12–3–000 ................................ Chevron Products Company v. SFPP, L.P., 

ConocoPhillips Company v. SFPP, L.P., Tesoro Refining and Marketing Company v. SFPP, L.P. 

Hydro 

H–1 ........................... P–13351–002 .............................................................................. Marseilles Land and Water Company. 

H–2 ........................... P–4632–035 ................................................................................ Commissioners of Public Works of the City of 

Spartanburg, South Carolina. 

Dated: February 9, 2012. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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of the Commission Meeting, a press 

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[FR Doc. 2012–3656 Filed 2–13–12; 4:15 pm] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9632–5] 

Farm, Ranch, and Rural Communities 

Advisory Committee (FRRCC) 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Charter Renewal. 

The Charter for the Environmental 

Protection Agency’s Farm, Ranch, and 

Rural Communities Advisory 

Committee (FRRCC) will be renewed for 

an additional two-year period, as a 

necessary committee which is in the 

public interest, in accordance with the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (FACA), 5 U.S.C. App.2. 

The purpose of the FRRCC is to provide 

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environmental issues and policies that 

are of importance to agriculture and 

rural communities. It is determined that 

the FRRCC is in the public interest in 

connection with the performance of 

duties imposed on the Agency by law. 

Inquiries may be directed to Alicia 

Kaiser, U.S. EPA, (mail code 1101–A), 

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW., 

Washington, DC 20460, telephone (202) 

564–7273, or kaiser.alicia@epa.gov. 

Dated: February 7, 2012. 

Lawrence Elworth, 

Agricultural Counselor to the Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 2012–3537 Filed 2–14–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9632–2] 

Final Reissuance of the NPDES 

General Permit for Facilities Related to 

Oil and Gas Extraction in the Territorial 

Seas of Texas 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice of Final NPDES General 

Permit. 

SUMMARY: The Director of the Water 

Quality Protection Division, EPA Region 

6 today announces issuance of the final 

National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System (NPDES) general 

permit for the Territorial Seas of Texas 

(No. TXG260000) for discharges from 

existing and new dischargers and New 

Sources in the Offshore Subcategory of 

the Oil and Gas Extraction Point Source 

Category as authorized by section 402 of 

the Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1342 

(CWA). The permit supersedes the 

previous general permit (TXG260000) 

which expired on November 4, 2010. 

This permit renewal authorizes 

discharges from exploration, 

development, and production facilities 

located in and discharging to the 

territorial seas off Texas. 

EPA proposed the draft permit in the 

Federal Register on October 24, 2011. 

EPA Region 6 has considered all 

comments received and makes one 

significant change to the proposed 

permit. A copy of the Region’s 

responses to comments and the final 

permit may be obtained from the EPA 

Region 6 Internet site: http:// 

www.epa.gov/region6/water/npdes/

genpermit/index.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Diane Smith, Region 6, U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1445 

Ross Avenue, Dallas, Texas 75202–2733. 

Telephone: (214) 665–2145. 

DATES: This permit was issued and 

effective on February 8, 2012, and 

expires February 7, 2017. In accordance 

with 40 CFR part 23, this permit shall 

be considered issued for the purpose of 

judicial review on February 29, 2012. 

Under section 509(b) of the CWA, 

judicial review of this general permit 

can be held by filing a petition for 

review in the United States Court of 

Appeals within 120 days after the 

permit is considered issued for judicial 

review. Under section 509(b)(2) of the 

CWA, the requirements in this permit 

may not be challenged later in civil or 

criminal proceedings to enforce these 

requirements. In addition, this permit 

may not be challenged in other agency 

proceedings. Deadlines for submittal of 

notices of intent are provided in Part 

I.A.2 of the permit. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA 

intends to use the reissued permit to 

regulate discharges from oil and gas 

extraction facilities located in the 

territorial seas off Texas under the 

CWA. To obtain discharge 

authorization, operators of such 

facilities must submit a new Notice of 

Intent (NOI). To determine whether 

your facility, company, business, 

organization, etc. is regulated by this 

action, you should carefully examine 

the applicability criteria in Part I, 

Section A.1 of the permit. If you have 

questions regarding the applicability of 

this action to a particular entity, consult 

the person listed in the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section above. 

Other Legal Requirements 

Oil Spill Requirements. Section 311 of 

the CWA prohibits the discharge of oil 

and hazardous materials in harmful 

quantities. Discharges that are in 

compliance with NPDES permits under 

normal operational conditions are 

excluded from the provisions of section 

311. However, the permit does not 

preclude the institution of legal action 

or relieve permittees from any 

responsibilities, liabilities, or penalties 

for other, unauthorized discharges of oil 

and hazardous materials which are 

covered by section 311 of the CWA. 

This general permit does not authorize 

discharges beyond normal exploration, 

development, and production of oil and 

gas extraction activities. For instance, an 

oil spill caused by explosion, like the 

Deepwater Horizon event that extended 

from April 20, 2010 to September 19, 

2010, when oil flowed from a well in 

the outer continental shelf portion of the 

Gulf of Mexico, or any potential gas 

spill, is not authorized by this general 

permit. 

Endangered Species Act. EPA 

evaluated the potential effects of 

issuance of this permit upon listed 

threatened or endangered species. Based 

on that evaluation, EPA has determined 

that authorization of the discharges is 

not likely to adversely affect any listed 

threatened or endangered species. EPA 

initiated section 7 consultations in 

accordance with the Endangered 

Species Act with the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (FWS) and the National 

Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), and 

received the concurrence letter dated 

July 15, 2011, from FWS (Consultation 

No. 21410–2004–I–0051), and a letter 

dated January 3, 2012, from NMFS (Ref. 

No. I/SER/2011/00705). 

National Environmental Policy Act. 

EPA issued a final Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) which was 

published in the Federal Register at 69 

FR 15829 on March 26, 2004, to 

evaluate the potential environmental 

consequences of this Federal general 

permit action, pursuant to its 

responsibilities under the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA). EPA responded to all issues 

raised on the Final EIS and issued a 

Record of Decision on January 11, 2005. 

EPA has prepared a Supplemental 

Information Report (SIR) dated 

September 2011 to the 2005 issued final 

EIS. The SIR is posted on the Internet 

at: http://www.epa.gov/region6/water/ 

npdes/genpermit/index.htm. 

Ocean Discharge Criteria Evaluation. 

For discharges into waters of the 

territorial sea, contiguous zone, or 

oceans, CWA section 403 requires EPA 

to consider guidelines for determining 

potential degradation of the marine 

environment in issuance of NPDES 

permits. These Ocean Discharge Criteria 

(40 CFR part 125, subpart M) are 

intended to ‘‘prevent unreasonable 

degradation of the marine environment 

and to authorize imposition of effluent 

limitations, including a prohibition of 

discharge, if necessary, to ensure this 

goal’’ (45 FR 65942, October 3, 1980). 

EPA prepared a report on ‘‘Ocean 

Discharge Criteria Evaluation for the 

NPDES General Permit for the 

Territorial Seas of the State of Texas’’ 

dated October 25, 2002, when EPA 

proposed the reissuance of the general 

permit in 2004, and concluded that 

reissuance of the Oil and Gas General 

Permit for the Territorial Seas of Texas 

would not result in unreasonable 

degradation of the marine environment. 

EPA has reevaluated the ten (10) criteria 

in the SIR mentioned above. 

Marine Protection, Research, and 

Sanctuaries Act. The Marine Protection, 

Research and Sanctuaries Act (MPRSA) 

of 1972 regulates the dumping of all 


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