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without prior registration, using the 

eComment system at http:// 

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

ecomment.asp. You must include your 

name and contact information at the end 

of your comments. For assistance, 

please contact FERC Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll 

free at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY, 

(202) 502–8659. Although the 

Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing, documents may also be 

paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an 

original and seven copies to: Kimberly 

D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

More information about this project, 

including a copy of the application, can 

be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’ 

link of Commission’s Web site at 

http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number 

(P–13843–000) in the docket number 

field to access the document. For 

assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

Dated: April 8, 2011. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–9071 Filed 4–13–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 14060–000] 

Owyhee Hydro, LLC; of Preliminary 

Permit Application Accepted for Filing 

and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 

Intervene, and Competing Applications 

On January 18, 2011, Owyhee Hydro, 

LLC filed an application for a 

preliminary permit, pursuant to section 

4(f) of the Federal Power Act (FPA), 

proposing to study the feasibility of the 

Owyhee Pumped Storage Project 

(project) to be located on Lake Owyhee, 

near Adrian, Malheur County, Oregon. 

The sole purpose of a preliminary 

permit, if issued, is to grant the permit 

holder priority to file a license 

application during the permit term. A 

preliminary permit does not authorize 

the permit holder to perform any landdisturbing activities or otherwise enter 

upon lands or waters owned by others 

without the owners’ express permission. 

The proposed project has three 

alternatives and would consist of the 

following: 

Owyhee Ridge Alternative A 

Utilizing the existing Lake Owyhee as 

the lower reservoir and constructing: (1) 

A 50-foot-high, 9,900-foot-long earthen 

or rockfill upper reservoir embankment; 

(2) a artificial, lined upper reservoir 

with a storage capacity of 8,235-acrefoot; (3) a 600-foot-long, 15.5-foot 

diameter concrete-lined low-pressure 

tunnel; (4) a 5,870-foot-long, 15.5-footdiameter concrete-lined pressure shaft; 

(5) a 1,815-foot-long, 18.6-foot-diameter 

concrete-lined tailrace; (6) a 100-footlong, 350-foot-wide, 120-foot-high 

underground powerhouse; (7) a 4.85- 

mile-long, 230 or 345-kilovolt (kV) 

transmission line interconnecting with 

either the existing Midpoint-Summer 

Lake line or the planned BoardmanHemingway line; and (8) appurtenant 

facilities. 

Owyhee Ridge Alternative B 

Utilizing the existing Lake Owyhee as 

the lower reservoir and constructing: (1) 

A 50-foot-high, 9,900-foot-long earthen 

or rockfill upper reservoir embankment; 

(2) a artificial, lined upper reservoir 

with a storage capacity of 8,235-acrefoot; (3) a 1,190-foot-long, 15.5-footdiameter concrete-lined low-pressure 

tunnel; (4) an 8,100-foot-long, 15.5-footdiameter concrete-lined pressure shaft; 

(5) a 2,000-foot-long, 18.6-foot-diameter 

concrete-lined tailrace; (6) a 100-footlong, 350-foot-wide, 120-foot-high 

underground powerhouse; (7) a 2.7- 

mile-long, 230 or 354-kV transmission 

line interconnecting with either the 

existing Midpoint-Summer Lake line or 

the planned Boardman-Hemingway line; 

and (8) appurtenant facilities. 

Long Draw Alternative 

Utilizing the existing Lake Owyhee as 

the lower reservoir and constructing: (1) 

A artificial, lined upper reservoir with 

a storage capacity of 8,235-acre-foot; (2) 

a 210-foot-high, 2,165-foot-long zoned 

earth and rockfill dam with impervious 

core or concrete-face earth and rockfill 

dam; (3) a 2,100-foot-long, 16.4-footdiameter concrete-lined low-pressure 

tunnel; (4) a 8,070-foot-long, 16.4-footdiameter concrete-lined pressure tunnel; 

(5) a 2,110-foot-long, 19.7-foot-diameter 

concrete-lined tailrace; (6) an 80-foothigh, 280-foot-wide, 120-foot-high 

underground powerhouse; (7) a 2.5- 

mile-long, 230-kV transmission line 

interconnecting with either the existing 

Midpoint-Summer Lake line or the 

planned Boardman-Hemingway line; 

and (8) appurtenant facilities. 

All of the alternatives would include 

four reversible pump-turbines with a 

total installed capacity of 500 

megawatts. 

The estimated annual generation of 

the project would be 1,533 gigawatthours. 

Applicant Contact: Mr. Matthew 

Shapiro, Owyhee Hydro, LLC, 1210 W. 

Franklin Street, Suite 2, Boise, Idaho 

83702; phone: (208) 246–9925. 

FERC Contact: Kelly Wolcott; phone: 

(202) 502–6480. 

Deadline for filing comments, motions 

to intervene, competing applications 

(without notices of intent), or notices of 

intent to file competing applications: 60 

days from the issuance of this notice. 

Competing applications and notices of 

intent must meet the requirements of 18 

CFR 4.36. Comments, motions to 

intervene, notices of intent, and 

competing applications may be filed 

electronically via the Internet. See 18 

CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the 

instructions on the Commission’s Web 

site http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

efiling.asp. Commenters can submit 

brief comments up to 6,000 characters, 

without prior registration, using the 

eComment system at http:// 

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

ecomment.asp. You must include your 

name and contact information at the end 

of your comments. For assistance, 

please contact FERC Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. or toll 

free at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY, 

(202) 502–8659. Although the 

Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing, documents may also be 

paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an 

original and seven copies to: Kimberly 

D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

More information about this project, 

including a copy of the application, can 

be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’ 

link of Commission’s Web site at 

http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number 

(P–14060–000) in the docket number 

field to access the document. For 

assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

Dated: April 8, 2011. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–9072 Filed 4–13–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9295–7; Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD– 

2011–0368] 

Implications of Climate Change for 

Bioassessment Programs and 

Approaches To Account for Effects 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

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ACTION: Notice of Peer review Workshop 

and Public Comment Period. 

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing that 

Eastern Research Group, Inc. (ERG), an 

EPA contractor for external scientific 

peer review, will convene an 

independent panel of experts and 

organize and conduct an external peer 

review workshop to review the external 

review draft report titled, ‘‘Implications 

of Climate Change for Bioassessment 

Programs and Approaches to Account 

for Effects’’ (EPA/600/R–11/036A) and 

its supporting document, ‘‘Freshwater 

Biological Traits Database’’ (EPA/600/R– 

11/038). The EPA also is announcing a 

30-day public comment period for both 

documents. These draft documents were 

prepared by the National Center for 

Environmental Assessment (NCEA) 

within EPA’s Office of Research and 

Development. 

The main report identifies the 

components of state and tribal 

bioassessment programs that may be 

affected by climate change. The study 

(1) Investigates the potential to identify 

biological response signals to climate 

change within existing bioassessment 

data from Maine, North Carolina, Ohio, 

and Utah; (2) analyzes how biological 

responses can be categorized and 

interpreted; and, (3) assesses how the 

programs may influence decisionmaking processes. The study focused on 

benthic macroinvertebrates, i.e. animals 

without backbones that are larger than 

the size of a pencil point, which are 

important indicators used in 

bioassessments of shallow rivers and 

streams. The ultimate goals of the main 

report are (1) to provide a foundation for 

understanding the potential climatic 

vulnerability of bioassessment 

indicators, and, (2) to advance the 

development of specific strategies to 

ensure the effectiveness of monitoring 

and management plans under changing 

conditions. The results of the study 

support research needs and key actions 

identified in the ‘‘National Water 

Program Strategy: A Response to 

Climate Change’’ (U.S. EPA, 2008; 

http://water.epa.gov/scitech/

climatechange/strategy.cfm). 

The public comment period and the 

external peer review workshop are 

separate processes that provide 

opportunities for all interested parties to 

comment on the documents. EPA 

intends to forward public comments 

that are submitted in accordance with 

this notice and received by 5 p.m. on 

Friday, May 6, 2011, to the external peer 

review panel prior to the meeting for 

their consideration. When finalizing the 

draft documents, EPA will consider all 

public comments received throughout 

the 30-day period in accordance with 

this notice. 

EPA is releasing these draft 

documents solely for the purpose of predissemination peer review under 

applicable information quality 

guidelines. These documents have not 

been formally disseminated by EPA. 

They do not represent and should not be 

construed to represent any Agency 

policy or determination. 

ERG invites the public to register to 

attend this workshop as observers. In 

addition, ERG invites the public to give 

oral and/or provide written comments at 

the workshop regarding the draft 

documents under review. The draft 

documents and EPA’s peer review 

charge are available primarily via the 

Internet on NCEA’s home page under 

the Recent Additions and the Data and 

Publications menus at http:// 

www.epa.gov/ncea. In preparing final 

reports, EPA will consider ERG’s report 

of the comments and recommendations 

from the external peer review workshop 

and any public comments that EPA 

receives in accordance with this notice. 

DATES: The peer review panel workshop 

will begin on Wednesday, May 11, 2011, 

at 8:30 a.m. and end at 4:30 p.m. The 

30-day public comment period begins 

April 14, 2011, and ends May 16, 2011. 

Technical comments should be in 

writing and must be received by EPA by 

May 16, 2011. 

ADDRESSES: The peer review workshop 

will be held at the Navy League 

Building, 2300 Wilson Boulevard, 1st 

Floor (Mtg. Rm. to the Left of Concierge 

Desk), Arlington, VA 22204. The EPA 

contractor, ERG, is organizing, 

convening, and conducting the peer 

review workshop. To attend the 

workshop, register by Wednesday, May 

4, 2011, by calling ERG’s subcontractor 

LCLM at 301–593–2800 (ask for Diedre 

Watkins), sending a facsimile to 301– 

593–5800 (please reference: 

‘‘Bioassessment peer review workshop’’ 

and include your name, title, affiliation, 

full address, and contact information, 

and whether you wish to make oral 

comments), or sending an e-mail to 

dwatkins@lclmllc.com (subject line: 

‘‘Bioassessment peer review workshop’’ 

and include your name, title, affiliation, 

full address, and contact information, 

and whether you wish to make oral 

comments). You may also register via 

the Internet at http://www.

regonline.com/implicationsofclimate

changeforbioassessmentprogram. 

The draft report ‘‘Implications of 

Climate Change for Bioassessment 

Programs and Approaches to Account 

for Effects’’ and its supporting draft 

document, ‘‘Freshwater Biological Traits 

Database,’’ are available primarily via 

the Internet on the National Center for 

Environmental Assessment’s home page 

under the Recent Additions and the 

Data and Publications menus at http:// 

www.epa.gov/ncea. A limited number of 

paper copies are available from the 

Information Management Team, NCEA; 

telephone: 703–347–8561; facsimile: 

703–347–8691. If you are requesting a 

paper copy, please provide your name, 

mailing address, and the document 

titles, ‘‘Implications of Climate Change 

for Bioassessment Programs and 

Approaches to Account for Effects’’ and 

‘‘Freshwater Biological Traits Database.’’ 

Copies are not available from ERG. 

Comments may be submitted 

electronically via http:// 

www.regulations.gov, by mail, by 

facsimile, or by hand delivery/courier. 

Please follow the detailed instructions 

as provided in the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION section of this notice. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions regarding information, 

registration, access, or services for 

individuals with disabilities, or logistics 

for the external peer review workshop 

should be directed to ERG’s 

subcontractor, LCLM, 1299 Lamberton 

Drive, Suite 205, Silver Spring, MD 

20902; telephone: 301–593–2800 (ask 

for Diedre Watkins); facsimile: 301– 

593–5800; e-mail: 

dwatkins@lclmllc.com (subject line: 

Bioassessment peer-review workshop). 

To request accommodation of a 

disability, please contact LCLM (ask for 

Diedre Watkins), preferably at least 10 

days prior to the meeting, to give as 

much time as possible to process your 

request. 

For information on the public 

comment period, contact the Office of 

Environmental Information Docket; 

telephone: 202–566–1752; facsimile: 

202–566–1753; or e-mail: 

ORD.Docket@epa.gov. 

If you need technical information 

about the document, please contact 

Britta Bierwagen, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment (NCEA); 

telephone: 703–347–8613; facsimile: 

703–347–8694; or e-mail: bierwagen.

britta@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Summary of Information About the 

Project/Documents 

Bioassessment is used for resource 

management to determine the ecological 

consequences of environmental 

stressors. All states utilize some form of 

bioassessment as part of their 

implementation of the Clean Water Act. 

The report identifies the components of 

state and tribal bioassessment programs 

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that may be affected by climate change. 

The study describes biological 

responses to changes in temperature, 

precipitation and flow that will, in the 

long term, affect the metrics and indices 

used to define ecological status. Not all 

regions are equally threatened or 

responsive because of large-scale 

variability in climate and other 

environmental factors. We found that 

climatically vulnerable components of 

bioassessment programs include: 

• Assessment design (e.g., multimetric indices [MMIs], selection of 

reference sites and determination of 

reference condition). 

• Implementation (e.g., data 

collection and analysis). 

• Environmental management (e.g., 

determination of impairment and water 

quality standards). 

The main report identifies methods 

that can assist with detecting climate 

change-related effects and analytically 

controlling them. The appendices to the 

main report provide more detailed 

information on data, analyses and 

results, while the supporting document 

describes the compilation of a species 

traits database used in the analyses in 

the main report. Implementing the 

recommendations in the main report 

will allow programs to continue to meet 

their goals for resource protection and 

restoration in the context of climate 

change. 

II. Workshop Information 

Members of the public may attend the 

workshop as observers, and there will 

be a limited time for comments from the 

public during the morning session. 

Please let ERG’s subcontractor, LCLM, 

know if you wish to make comments 

during the workshop. Space is limited, 

and reservations will be accepted on a 

first-come, first-served basis. 

III. How To Submit Technical 

Comments to the Docket at 

www.regulations.gov 

Submit your comments, identified by 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD 2011– 

0368, by one of the following methods: 

• http://www.regulations.gov: Follow 

the on-line instructions for submitting 

comments. 

• E-mail: ORD.Docket@epa.gov. 

• Fax: 202–566–1753. 

• Mail: Office of Environmental 

Information (OEI) Docket (Mail Code: 

2822T), U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. The phone 

number is 202–566–1752. 

• Hand Delivery: The OEI Docket is 

located in the EPA Headquarters Docket 

Center, Room 3334 EPA West Building, 

1301 Constitution Ave., NW., 

Washington, DC. The EPA Docket 

Center 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 

Public Reading Room is 202–566–1744. 

Deliveries are only accepted during the 

Docket’s normal hours of operation, and 

special arrangements should be made 

for deliveries of boxed information. 

If you provide comments by mail or 

hand delivery, please submit three 

copies of the comments. For 

attachments, provide an index, number 

pages consecutively with the comments, 

and submit an unbound original and 

three copies. 

Instructions: Direct your comments to 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2011– 

0368. Please ensure that your comments 

are submitted within the specified 

comment period. Comments received 

after the closing date will be marked 

‘‘late,’’ and may only be considered if 

time permits. It is EPA’s policy to 

include all comments it receives in the 

public docket without change and to 

make the comments available online at 

http://www.regulations.gov, including 

any personal information provided, 

unless a 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 

protected through http:// 

www.regulations.gov or e-mail. The 

http://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 EPA without going through http:// 

www.regulations.gov, your e-mail 

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, any form of 

encryption, and be free of any defects or 

viruses. For additional information 

about EPA’s public docket visit the EPA 

Docket Center homepage at http:// 

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

Docket: Documents in the docket are 

listed in the http://www.regulations.gov 

index. Although listed in the index, 

some information is not publicly 

available, e.g., CBI or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Certain other materials, such as 

copyrighted material, are publicly 

available only in hard copy. Publicly 

available docket materials are available 

either electronically in http:// 

www.regulations.gov or in hard copy at 

the OEI Docket in the EPA Headquarters 

Docket Center. 

Dated: April 7, 2011. 

Darrell A. Winner, 

Acting Director, National Center for 

Environmental Assessment. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS 

COMMISSION 

[WC Docket No. 06–122; DA 11–400] 

Wireline Competition Bureau Releases 

2011 Annual Telecommunications 

Reporting Worksheet (FCC Form 499– 

A) and Accompanying Instructions 

AGENCY: Federal Communications 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In this document, the 

Wireline Competition Bureau released 

the revised annual Telecommunications 

Reporting Worksheet (FCC Form 499–A) 

and accompanying instructions. Filers 

may now submit their FCC Form 499– 

A to the Universal Service 

Administrative Company. 

DATES: Filers must submit the FCC Form 

499–A reporting 2010 revenues by April 

1, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Nicholas Degani, Wireline Competition 

Bureau, Competition Policy Division, at 

(202) 418–7400 or via the Internet at 

nicholas.degani@fcc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Bureau revised the Form and 

instructions to make the process of 

preparing Form 499–A more userfriendly for filers. Many changes are 

intended to replace technical language 

with plain language to aid the filer. 

These non-substantive revisions 

include: 

(1) Revising the formatting throughout 

for consistency of presentation and 

readability. (2) Consolidating the 

contact information and how-to-file 

information into single sections. (3) 

Moving the table used to determine 

whether a filer is de minimis for 

universal service purposes to Appendix 

A and adjusting the factors used therein 

to estimate whether a filer will be de 

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