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1Order Confirming and Approving Rate 

Schedules on a Final Basis, FERC Docket Nos. 

EF16–5–000 and EF16–5–001, 158 FERC ¶ 62,181 

(2017). 

2Order Confirming and Approving Rate 

Schedules on a Final Basis, FERC Docket Nos. 

EF21–8–000 and EF21–10–000, 178 FERC ¶ 62,147 

(2022). 

3Order Confirming and Approving Rate 

Schedules on a Final Basis, FERC Docket No. EF21– 

9–000, 178 FERC ¶ 62,177 (2022). 

4 50 FR 37835 (Sept. 18, 1985) and 84 FR 5347 

(Feb. 21, 2019). 

5 88 FR 26298 (Apr. 28, 2023). 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 2/12/24. 

Any person desiring to protest in any 

the above proceedings must file in 

accordance with Rule 211 of the 

Commission’s Regulations (18 CFR 

385.211) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

time on the specified comment date. 

The filings are accessible in the 

Commission’s eLibrary system (https:// 

elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/search/

fercgensearch.asp) by querying the 

docket number. 

eFiling is encouraged. More detailed 

information relating to filing 

requirements, interventions, protests, 

service, and qualifying facilities filings 

can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/ 

docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For 

other information, call (866) 208–3676 

(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. 

The Commission’s Office of Public 

Participation (OPP) supports meaningful 

public engagement and participation in 

Commission proceedings. OPP can help 

members of the public, including 

landowners, environmental justice 

communities, Tribal members and 

others, access publicly available 

information and navigate Commission 

processes. For public inquiries and 

assistance with making filings such as 

interventions, comments, or requests for 

rehearing, the public is encouraged to 

contact OPP at (202) 502–6595 or OPP@

ferc.gov. 

Dated: February 1, 2024. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–02467 Filed 2–6–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Western Area Power Administration 

Loveland Area Projects, Western Area 

Colorado Missouri Balancing 

Authority, and Colorado River Storage 

Project—Rate Order No. WAPA–214 

AGENCY: Western Area Power 

Administration, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed extension of 

transmission and ancillary services 

formula rates. 

SUMMARY: The Rocky Mountain Region 

(RM) of the Western Area Power 

Administration (WAPA) proposes to 

extend existing formula rates (without 

any changes) for the Loveland Area 

Projects (LAP), the Western Area 

Colorado Missouri Balancing Authority 

(WACM), and the Colorado River 

Storage Project (CRSP) through 

September 30, 2026. The existing rates 

RM proposes to extend are: L–NT1 

(network), L–FPT1 (firm point-topoint), L–NFPT1 (non-firm point-topoint), L–NFJDT (joint dispatch 

transmission), L–UU1 (unreserved use), 

L–AS1 (scheduling and dispatch), L– 

AS2 (reactive supply and voltage 

control (VAR) support), L–AS3 

(regulation), L–AS4 (energy imbalance), 

L–AS5 (spinning reserves), L–AS6 

(supplemental reserves), L–AS7 

(balancing authority (BA) real power 

losses), and L–AS9 (generator 

imbalance). The existing rates expire on 

September 30, 2024. 

DATES: A consultation and comment 

period will begin February 7, 2024, and 

end March 8, 2024. RM will accept 

written comments at any time during 

the consultation and comment period. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

requests to be informed of Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) 

actions concerning the proposed 

extension submitted by WAPA to FERC 

for approval should be sent to: Barton V. 

Barnhart, Regional Manager, Rocky 

Mountain Region, Western Area Power 

Administration, 5555 East Crossroads 

Boulevard, Loveland, CO 80538–8986, 

or email: LAPtransadj@wapa.gov. RM 

will post information about the 

proposed formula rate extension and 

written comments received to its 

website at: www.wapa.gov/2025- 

transmission-and-ancillary-servicesrate-extension. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Sheila D. Cook, Rates Manager, Rocky 

Mountain Region, Western Area Power 

Administration, 5555 East Crossroads 

Boulevard, Loveland, CO 80538–8986, 

(970) 685–9562 or email: LAPtransadj@

wapa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On March 

9, 2017, FERC approved and confirmed 

LAP transmission and LAP, WACM, and 

CRSP ancillary services formula rates 

under Rate Schedules L–NT1, L–FPT1, 

L–NFPT1, L–UU1, L–AS1, L–AS2, L– 

AS3, L–AS4, L–AS5, L–AS6, L–AS7, 

and L–AS9 under Rate Order No. 

WAPA–174 for a 5-year period through 

September 30, 2021.1

On December 29, 2020, WAPA’s 

Administrator approved rates for shortterm sales for RM to use under the 

Western Energy Imbalance Service 

(WEIS) Market, which superseded rate 

schedules L–AS4, L–AS9, and L–AS7 

(BA real power losses), for the 8-month 

period of February 1, 2021, through 

September 30, 2021. 

On March 10, 2022, FERC confirmed 

and approved Rate Order No. WAPA– 

196 extending Rate Schedules L–NT1, 

L–FPT1, L–NFPT1, L–UU1, L–AS1, L– 

AS2, L–AS3, L–AS5, and L–AS6 

through September 30, 2024, on a final 

basis.2

On March 29, 2022, FERC confirmed 

and approved Rate Order No. WAPA– 

197, putting long-term rates in place for 

RM to use under the WEIS Market under 

Rate Schedules L–AS4, L–AS9, L–AS7, 

and L–NFJDT through September 30, 

2024, on a final basis.3

In accordance with 10 CFR 903.23(a),4

RM is proposing to extend the existing 

formula rates under Rate Schedules L– 

NT1, L–FPT1, L–NFPT1, L–NFJDT, L– 

UU1, L–AS1, L–AS2, L–AS3, L–AS4, L– 

AS5, L–AS6, L–AS7, and L–AS9 for the 

period of October 1, 2024, through 

September 30, 2026. The existing 

formula rates are viewable on WAPA’s 

website at: www.wapa.gov/about-wapa/ 

regions/rm/rm-rates/rate-schedules. The 

existing formula rates provide sufficient 

revenue to pay all annual costs, 

including interest expense, and repay 

investment within the allowable period 

consistent with the cost recovery criteria 

set forth in Department of Energy (DOE) 

Order RA 6120.2. 

On April 28, 2023, WAPA published 

a Federal Register notice titled 

‘‘Recommendation for Western Area 

Power Administration’s Rocky 

Mountain Region and Colorado River 

Storage Project Management Center to 

Pursue Final Negotiations Regarding 

Membership in the Southwest Power 

Pool Regional Transmission 

Organization and for the Upper Great 

Plains Region to Expand Its 

Participation’’.5 On September 8, 2023, 

WAPA’s Administrator authorized staff 

to move forward with the 

recommendation to pursue final 

negotiations for membership and 

expanded participation in the 

Southwest Power Pool Regional 

Transmission Organization (SPP RTO). 

RM and CRSP Management Center’s 

(MC) membership in the SPP RTO 

would have significant impacts on the 

above rate methodologies. Extending the 

existing rates for two years would allow 

RM and CRSP MC time to evaluate rate 

methodologies and then conduct major 

rate adjustment processes to put new 

rates in place that would become 

effective upon RM and CRSP MC joining 


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6The determination was done in compliance with 

the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 

1969, as amended, 42 U.S.C. 4321–4347, the 

Council on Environmental Quality Regulations for 

implementing NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500–1508); and 

DOE NEPA Implementing Procedures and 

Guidelines (10 CFR part 1021). 

the SPP RTO (currently planned on 

April 1, 2026). 

In accordance with 10 CFR 903.23(a), 

RM has determined that it is not 

necessary to hold public information or 

public comment forums for this rate 

action but is initiating a 30-day 

consultation and comment period to 

give the public an opportunity to 

comment on the proposed extension. 

RM will review and consider all timely 

public comments at the conclusion of 

the consultation and comment period 

and adjust the proposal as appropriate. 

Legal Authority 

By Delegation Order No. S1–DEL– 

RATES–2016, effective November 19, 

2016, the Secretary of Energy delegated: 

(1) the authority to develop power and

transmission rates to WAPA’s

Administrator; (2) the authority to

confirm, approve, and place such rates

into effect on an interim basis to the

Deputy Secretary of Energy; and (3) the

authority to confirm, approve, and place

into effect on a final basis, or to remand

or disapprove such rates to FERC. By

Delegation Order No. S1–DEL–S3–2023,

effective April 10, 2023, the Secretary of

Energy also delegated the authority to

confirm, approve, and place such rates

into effect on an interim basis to the

Under Secretary for Infrastructure. By

Redelegation Order No. S3–DEL–

WAPA1–2023, effective April 10, 2023,

the Under Secretary for Infrastructure

further redelegated the authority to

confirm, approve, and place such rates

into effect on an interim basis to

WAPA’s Administrator.

Ratemaking Procedure Requirements 

Environmental Compliance 

Categorical exclusion determinations 

were previously issued for these rates 

under the following categorical 

exclusion listed in appendix B to 

subpart D of 10 CFR part 1021: B4.3 

(Electric power marketing rate 

changes).6 Those categorical exclusion 

determinations are also applicable to 

this rate action. Copies of the categorical 

exclusion determinations are available 

on WAPA’s website at: www.wapa.gov/ 

about-wapa/regions/rm/rmenvironment/cx2016/and 

www.wapa.gov/about-wapa/regions/rm/ 

rm-environment/2021-cx/. Look for files 

titled, ‘‘2016–077 Proposed Formula 

Rate Adjustment for Transmission 

Ancillary Services and Sale of Surplus’’ 

and ‘‘2021–088 Rate Change Categorical 

Exclusion Determination-WAPA– 

197.08052021.’’ 

Determination Under Executive Order 

12866 

WAPA has an exemption from 

centralized regulatory review under 

Executive Order 12866; accordingly, no 

clearance of this notice by the Office of 

Management and Budget is required. 

Signing Authority 

This document of the Department of 

Energy was signed on January 26th, 

2024, by Tracey A. LeBeau, 

Administrator, Western Area Power 

Administration, pursuant to delegated 

authority from the Secretary of Energy. 

That document, with the original 

signature and date, is maintained by 

DOE. For administrative purposes only, 

and in compliance with requirements of 

the Office of the Federal Register, the 

undersigned DOE Federal Register 

Liaison Officer has been authorized to 

sign and submit the document in 

electronic format for publication, as an 

official document of the Department of 

Energy. This administrative process in 

no way alters the legal effect of this 

document upon publication in the 

Federal Register. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on February 2, 

2024. 

Treena V. Garrett, 

Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. 

Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2024–02462 Filed 2–6–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–11700–01–OA] 

Public Meeting of the Science Advisory 

Board 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board 

(SAB) Staff Office is announcing a 

public meeting of the chartered Science 

Advisory Board. The purpose of the 

meeting is to: receive a briefing from 

EPA on the Agency’s Scientific Integrity 

Policy; conduct a quality review of the 

draft SAB report titled: Review of the 

Clean Air Status and Trends Ambient 

Air Monitoring Network (CASTNet); 

discuss the draft SAB report on the 

proposed rule titled New Source 

Performance Standards: Greenhouse 

Gas Emissions from New, Modified, and 

Reconstructed Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric 

Generating Units; Emission Guidelines 

for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from 

Existing Fossil Fuel-Fired Electric 

Generating Units; and Repeal of the 

Affordable Clean Energy Rule (RIN 

2060–AV09); and discuss 

recommendations received from the 

SAB Work Group for Review of Science 

Supporting EPA Decisions concerning 

SAB review of EPA planned regulatory 

actions. 

DATES: Public meeting: The chartered 

Science Advisory Board will meet on 

Thursday, February 29, 2024, from 12– 

5 p.m. eastern time. 

Comments: See the section titled 

‘‘Procedures for providing public input’’ 

under SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION for 

instructions and deadlines. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be 

conducted virtually. Please refer to the 

SAB website at https://sab.epa.gov for 

information on how to attend the 

meeting. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public who wants further 

information concerning this notice may 

contact Dr. Thomas Armitage, 

Designated Federal Officer (DFO), via 

telephone (202) 564–2155, or email at 

armitage.thomas@epa.gov. General 

information about the SAB, as well as 

any updates concerning the meeting 

announced in this notice, can be found 

on the SAB website at https://

sab.epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: 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 EPA 

Administrator on the scientific and 

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. Code 10. 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 chartered Science Advisory 

Board will hold a public meeting to 

receive a briefing from EPA on the 

Agency’s Scientific Integrity Policy and 

discuss the following topics. (1) The 

SAB will conduct a quality review of a 

draft report developed by an SAB panel. 

The draft report is titled: Review of the 

Clean Air Status and Trends Ambient 

Air Monitoring Network (CASTNet). The 

SAB quality review process ensures that 

draft reports developed by SAB panels, 


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