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1On November 16, 2011, DOE’s Acting General 

Counsel delegated to Western’s Administrator all 

the authorities of the General Counsel respecting 

environmental impact statements. 

Western’s action. Western’s action does 

not affect floodplains or wetlands. 

Alternatives Considered 

FHWA examined several road 

alignment alternatives, ultimately 

selecting Alternative D as their preferred 

alternative. Western had to wait for 

FHWA to decide on its course of action 

before determining which transmission 

structures and lines would be affected 

and need to be modified. The no action 

alternative assumed that the Project 

would not be constructed and no 

transmission structures or lines would 

need to be modified. FHWA did not 

select the no action alternative since it 

did not meet their purpose and need. 

Mitigation Measures 

Western will adhere to its 

Construction Standard 13 

‘‘Environmental Quality Protection.’’ 

Long-term operations of the 

transmission line will follow Western’s 

standard operating procedures and will 

not be affected by this action. In 

addition to Construction Standard 13, 

the following measures apply to the 

modifications that will be made to 

Western’s transmission system: 

1. Protection of the desert tortoise 

through compliance with the FHWA 

Biological Opinion. 

2. Protection of cultural and historical 

resources as signatories to the 

Programmatic Agreement. 

Decision 

Western’s decision is to modify its 

transmission system as described above 

in support of FHWA’s decision to 

construct Alternative D.1 This ROD was 

prepared following the requirements of 

the Council on Environmental Quality 

Regulations for Implementing NEPA (40 

CFR parts 1500–1508) and DOE’s 

Procedures for Implementing NEPA (10 

CFR part 1021). 

Dated: September 19, 2012. 

Anita J. Decker, 

Acting Administrator. 

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Environmental Impacts 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 10/08/2012 

Through 10/12/2012 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. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: As of 

October 1, 2012, EPA will not accept 

paper copies or CDs of EISs for filing 

purposes; all submissions on or after 

October 1, 2012 must be made through 

e-NEPA. While this system eliminates 

the need to submit paper or CD copies 

to EPA to meet filing requirements, 

electronic submission does not change 

requirements for distribution of EISs for 

public review and comment. To begin 

using e-NEPA, you must first register 

with EPA’s electronic reporting site— 

https://cdx.epa.gov/epa_home.asp. 

EIS No. 20120326, Draft EIS, USFS, WI, 

Lakewood Southeast Project, 

Proposes to Manage Vegetation and 

Habitat, Lakewood-Laona Ranger 

District, Chequamegon-Nicolet 

National Forest, Oconto County, 

WI, Comment Period Ends: 12/03/ 

2012, Contact: Marilee Houtler 715– 

276–6333. 

EIS No. 20120327, Final EIS, FHWA, 

CA, Interstate 80/Interstate 680/ 

State Route 12 Interchange Project, 

Improvements, Solano County, CA, 

Review Period Ends: 11/19/2012, 

Contact: Melanie Brent 510–286– 

5907. 

EIS No. 20120328, Draft EIS, FHWA, 

TN, James White Parkway (State 

Route 71) Construction, from 

Chapman Highway to Moody 

Avenue, Knox County, TN, 

Comment Period Ends: 12/03/2012, 

Contact: Theresa Claxton 615–781– 

5770. 

EIS No. 20120329, Draft EIS, FAA, AK, 

Kodiak Airport Runway Safety Area 

Improvements, Kodiak, AK, 

Comment Period Ends: 12/18/2012, 

Contact: Leslie Grey 907–271–5453. 

EIS No. 20120330, Draft EIS, USFS, MT, 

Flint Foothills Vegetation 

Management Project, BeaverheadDeerlodge National Forest, Pintler 

Ranger District, Granite and Powell 

Counties, MT, Comment Period 

Ends: 12/03/2012, Contact: Karen 

Gallogly 208–756–5103. 

EIS No. 20120331, Draft EIS, BLM, OR, 

West Eugene Wetlands Resource 

Management Plan, Proposes to 

Adopt a Resource Management Plan 

for the BLM-Administered Lands, 

Lane County, OR, Comment Period 

Ends: 01/17/2013, Contact: Richard 

Hardt 541–683–6600. 

EIS No. 20120332, Draft EIS, USFS, MT, 

Jack Rabbit to Big Sky Meadow 

Village 161 kV Transmission Line 

Upgrade, Bozeman Ranger District, 

Gallatin National Forest, Gallatin 

County, MT, Comment Period Ends: 

12/03/2012, Contact: Amy Waring 

406–255–1451. 

EIS No. 20120333, Final Supplement, 

USFS, APHIS, 00, Gypsy Moth 

Management in the United States, A 

Cooperative Approach—Proposing 

New Treatment Options, United 

States, Review Period Ends: 11/19/ 

2012, Contact: Noel Schneeberger 

610–557–4121. 

The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s 

Forest Service and the Animal Plant 

Health Inspection Service are joint lead 

agencies for the above project. 

Dated: October 16, 2012. 

Cliff Rader, 

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office 

of Federal Activities. 

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Notification of a Public Teleconference 

of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory 

Committee (CASAC) Ozone Review 

Panel 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory 

Board (SAB) Staff Office announces a 

public teleconference of the CASAC 

Ozone Review Panel to discuss its draft 

reviews of four EPA documents: 

Integrated Science Assessment for 

Ozone and Related Photochemical 

Oxidants (Third External Review 

Draft—June 2012), Health Risk and 

Exposure Assessment for Ozone (First 

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2012), Welfare Risk and Exposure 

Assessment for Ozone (First External 

Review Draft—Updated August 2012), 

and Policy Assessment for the Review of 

the Ozone National Ambient Air Quality 

Standards (First External Review 

Draft—August 2012). 

DATES: The CASAC Ozone Review Panel 

teleconference will be held on Monday, 

November 5, 2012, from 9:00 a.m. to 

1:00 p.m. (Eastern Time). 

ADDRESSES: The public teleconference 

will take place by telephone only. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public who wants further 

information concerning the public 

teleconference may contact Dr. Holly 

Stallworth, Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO), via telephone at (202) 564–2073 

or email at stallworth.holly@epa.gov. 

General information concerning the 

CASAC can be found on the EPA Web 

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

CASAC was established pursuant to the 

Clean Air Act (CAA) Amendments of 

1977, codified at 42 U.S.C. 7409D(d)(2), 

to provide advice, information, and 

recommendations to the Administrator 

on the scientific and technical aspects of 

issues related to the criteria for air 

quality standards, research related to air 

quality, sources of air pollution, and the 

strategies to attain and maintain air 

quality standards and to prevent 

significant deterioration of air quality. 

The CASAC is a Federal Advisory 

Committee chartered under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA), 5 

U.S.C., App. 2. The CASAC Ozone 

Review Panel and the CASAC will 

comply with the provisions of FACA 

and all appropriate SAB Staff Office 

procedural policies. 

Section 109(d)(1) of the CAA requires 

that the Agency periodically review and 

revise, as appropriate, the air quality 

criteria and the NAAQS for the six 

‘‘criteria’’ air pollutants, including 

ozone. EPA is currently reviewing the 

primary (health-based) and secondary 

(welfare-based) NAAQS for ozone. The 

CASAC Ozone Review Panel held a 

face-to-face meeting on September 11– 

13, 2012 (as noticed in 77 FR 46755– 

46756) to review four EPA documents: 

Integrated Science Assessment for 

Ozone and Related Photochemical 

Oxidants (Third External Review 

Draft—June 2012), Health Risk and 

Exposure Assessment for Ozone (First 

External Review Draft—Updated August 

2012), Welfare Risk and Exposure 

Assessment for Ozone (First External 

Review Draft—Updated August 2012), 

and Policy Assessment for the Review of 

the Ozone National Ambient Air Quality 

Standards (First External Review 

Draft—August 2012). Information about 

these review activities may be found on 

the CASAC Web site at http://www.epa.

gov/casac. Pursuant to FACA and EPA 

policy, notice is hereby given that the 

CASAC Ozone Review Panel will hold 

a follow-up public teleconference to 

discuss its draft reviews of these four 

EPA documents. 

Availability of Meeting Materials: 

Prior to the meeting, the review 

documents, agenda and other materials 

will be accessible through the calendar 

link on the blue navigation bar at 

http://www.epa.gov/casac/. 

Procedures for Providing Public Input: 

Public comment for consideration by 

EPA’s federal advisory committees and 

panels has a different purpose from 

public comment provided to EPA 

program offices. Therefore, the process 

for submitting comments to a federal 

advisory committee is different from the 

process used to submit comments to an 

EPA program office. 

Federal advisory committees and 

panels, including scientific advisory 

committees, provide independent 

advice to EPA. Members of the public 

can submit relevant comments for a 

federal advisory committee to consider 

pertaining to EPA’s charge to the panel 

or meeting materials. Input from the 

public to the CASAC will have the most 

impact if it provides specific scientific 

or technical information or analysis for 

CASAC panels to consider or if it relates 

to the clarity or accuracy of the 

technical information. Members of the 

public wishing to provide comment 

should contact the DFO directly. 

Oral Statements: In general, 

individuals or groups requesting an oral 

presentation at a public teleconference 

will be limited to three minutes. 

Interested parties should contact Dr. 

Holly Stallworth, DFO, in writing 

(preferably via email) at the contact 

information noted above by October 29, 

2012, to be placed on the list of public 

speakers for the teleconference. 

Written Statements: Written 

statements should be supplied to the 

DFO via email at the contact 

information noted above by October 29, 

2012 for the teleconference so that the 

information may be made available to 

the Panel members for their 

consideration. Written statements 

should be supplied in one of the 

following electronic formats: Adobe 

Acrobat PDF, MS Word, MS 

PowerPoint, or Rich Text files in IBM– 

PC/Windows 98/2000/XP format. It is 

the SAB Staff Office general policy to 

post written comments on the Web page 

for the advisory meeting or 

teleconference. Submitters are requested 

to provide an unsigned version of each 

document because the SAB Staff Office 

does not publish documents with 

signatures on its Web sites. Members of 

the public should be aware that their 

personal contact information, if 

included in any written comments, may 

be posted to the CASAC Web site. 

Copyrighted material will not be posted 

without explicit permission of the 

copyright holder. 

Accessibility: For information on 

access or services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Dr. Holly 

Stallworth at (202) 564–2073 or 

stallworth.holly@epa.gov. To request 

accommodation of a disability, please 

contact Dr. Stallworth preferably at least 

ten days prior to the teleconference to 

give EPA as much time as possible to 

process your request. 

Dated: October 10, 2012. 

Thomas H. Brennan, 

Deputy Director, EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office. 

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Notification of a Public Teleconference 

of the Science Advisory Board; 

Perchlorate Advisory Panel 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board 

(SAB) Staff Office announces two public 

teleconferences of the SAB Perchlorate 

Advisory Panel to discuss its revised 

draft report concerning EPA’s draft 

white paper Life Stage Considerations 

and Interpretation of Recent 

Epidemiological Evidence to Develop a 

Maximum Contaminant Level Goal 

(MCLG) for Perchlorate. 

DATES: The public teleconferences will 

be held on Wednesday December 5, 

2012 and Friday December 7, 2012. The 

teleconferences will be held from 2:00 

p.m. to 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Standard 

Time) on both days. 

ADDRESSES: The teleconference will be 

conducted by telephone only. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public who wants further 

information concerning the meeting 

may contact Mr. Thomas Carpenter, 

Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA 

Science Advisory Board (1400R), U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1300 

Pennsylvania Avenue NW., Washington, 

DC 20460; via telephone/voice mail 


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