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time would enable the newly hired 

consultant team to better assist the 

federal agencies in reviewing and 

providing comments on the proposed 

study plan, collaborate with AEA and 

other licensing participants on the 

extensive studies, and meet internal 

agency document review periods. The 

revised schedule results in AEA filing 

its revised study plan by December 14, 

2012. AEA also requests that comments 

on the revised study plan be due on 

January 18, 2013, rather than on 

December 28, 2012 to avoid the holiday 

period, making Commission’s study 

plan determination due on February 1, 

2013. 

Due to complexity of the issues and 

the large number of proposed studies, 

and because the extension of time will 

not delay processing of the license 

application, the due date for all 

participants to file comments on the 

proposed study plan is extended until 

November 17, 2012, AEA’s revised 

study plan is now due December 14, 

2012, and comments on the revised 

study plan are due January 18, 2013. 

These revisions to the schedule are 

granted pursuant to section 5.29(f)(2) of 

the Commission’s regulations. This 

extension will facilitate AEA’s unique 

collaborative approach to develop study 

plans. 

Dated: September 17, 2012. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–23421 Filed 9–21–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Notice of FERC Staff Attendance at 

Entergy/Cleco Teleconference on 

Order No. 1000 

The Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission (Commission) hereby gives 

notice that members of its staff may 

participate in the teleconference noted 

below. Their participation is part of the 

Commission’s ongoing outreach efforts. 

Entergy/Cleco Teleconference on Order 

No. 1000 Compliance 

September 19, 2012 (2–4pm EDT) 

The discussions may address matters 

at issue in the following proceedings: 

Docket No. OA07–32, Entergy Services, 

Inc. 

Docket No. EL00–66, Louisiana Public 

Service Commission v. Entergy 

Services, Inc. 

Docket No. EL01–88, Louisiana Public 

Service Commission v. Entergy 

Services, Inc. 

Docket No. EL07–52, Louisiana Public 

Service Commission v. Entergy 

Services, Inc. 

Docket No. EL08–60, Ameren Services 

Co. v. Entergy Services, Inc. 

Docket No. EL09–43, Arkansas Public 

Service Commission v. Entergy 

Services, Inc. 

Docket No. EL09–50, Louisiana Public 

Service Commission v. Entergy 

Services, Inc. 

Docket No. EL09–61, Louisiana Public 

Service Commission v. Entergy 

Services, Inc. 

Docket No. EL10–55, Louisiana Public 

Service Commission v. Entergy 

Services, Inc. 

Docket No. EL10–65, Louisiana Public 

Service Commission v. Entergy 

Services, Inc. 

Docket No. EL11–34, Midwest 

Independent System Transmission 

Operator, Inc. 

Docket No. EL11–63, Louisiana Public 

Service Commission v. Entergy 

Services, Inc. 

Docket No. ER05–1065, Entergy 

Services, Inc. 

Docket No. ER07–682, Entergy Services, 

Inc. 

Docket No. ER07–956, Entergy Services, 

Inc. 

Docket No. ER08–1056, Entergy 

Services, Inc. 

Docket No. ER09–833, Entergy Services, 

Inc. 

Docket No. ER09–1224, Entergy 

Services, Inc. 

Docket No. ER10–794, Entergy Services, 

Inc. 

Docket No. ER10–1350, Entergy 

Services, Inc. 

Docket No. ER10–1676, Entergy 

Services, Inc. 

Docket No. ER10–2001, Entergy 

Arkansas, Inc. 

Docket No. ER10–3357, Entergy 

Arkansas, Inc. 

Docket No. ER11–2131, Entergy 

Arkansas, Inc. 

Docket No. ER11–2132, Entergy Gulf 

States, Louisiana, LLC 

Docket No. ER11–2133, Entergy Gulf 

States, Louisiana, LLC 

Docket No. ER11–2134, Entergy 

Mississippi, Inc. 

Docket No. ER11–2135, Entergy New 

Orleans, Inc. 

Docket No. ER11–2136, Entergy Texas, 

Inc. 

Docket No. ER11–3156, Entergy 

Arkansas, Inc. 

Docket No. ER11–3657, Entergy 

Arkansas, Inc. 

Docket No. ER12–480, Midwest 

Independent Transmission System 

Operator, Inc. 

Docket No. ER12–1378–000, Cleco 

Power LLC 

Docket No. ER12–1379–000, Cleco 

Power LLC 

Docket No. ER12–2390, Entergy 

Services, Inc. 

The meeting is open to the public. 

For more information, contact Peter 

Nagler, Office of Energy Market 

Regulation, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission at (202) 502–6083 or 

peter.nagler@ferc.gov. 

Dated: September 17, 2012. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–23427 Filed 9–21–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–R04–OAR–2010–0017; FRL–9732–3] 

Adequacy Status: South Carolina: 

Portion of York County, SC Within 

Charlotte-Gastonia-Rock Hill, NC-SC 

1997 8-Hour Ozone Nonattainment 

Area; Maintenance Plan Motor Vehicle 

Emissions Budget for Transportation 

Conformity Purposes 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of adequacy. 

SUMMARY: In this notice, EPA is 

notifying the public of its finding that 

the volatile organic compounds (VOC) 

and nitrogen oxides (NOX) motor 

vehicle emissions budget (MVEBs) for 

the portion of York County, South 

Carolina that is within the CharlotteGastonia-Rock Hill, North CarolinaSouth Carolina Area (hereafter referred 

to as the ‘‘bi-state Charlotte Area’’ or 

‘‘Area’’) are adequate for transportation 

conformity purposes. These MVEBs are 

included in South Carolina’s 

maintenance plan for the 1997 8-hour 

ozone National Ambient Air Quality 

Standard (NAAQS), submitted on June 

1, 2011, by the South Carolina 

Department of Health and 

Environmental Control (SC DHEC). The 

South Carolina portion of the bi-state 

Charlotte Area is comprised of a portion 

of York County, South Carolina. On 

March 2, 1999, the District of Columbia 

Circuit Court ruled that submitted state 

implementation plans (SIPs) cannot be 

used for transportation conformity 

determinations until EPA has 

affirmatively found them adequate. As a 

result of EPA’s finding, the South 

Carolina portion of the bi-state Charlotte 

Area must use the VOC and NOX

MVEBs from the submitted maintenance 


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plan for the Area for future conformity 

determinations. 

DATES: This adequacy finding for VOC 

and NOX MVEBs is effective October 9, 

2012. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Kelly Sheckler, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Region 4, Air 

Planning Branch, Air Quality Modeling 

and Transportation Section, 61 Forsyth 

Street SW., Atlanta, Georgia 30303. Ms. 

Sheckler can also be reached by 

telephone at (404) 562–9222, or via 

electronic mail at 

sheckler.kelly@epa.gov. The finding is 

available at EPA’s conformity Web site: 

http://www.epa.gov/otaq/ 

stateresources/transconf/adequacy.htm. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Today’s 

notice is simply an announcement of 

findings that EPA has already made. 

EPA Region 4 sent a letter to SC DHEC 

on September 5, 2012, stating that the 

2013 and 2022 VOC and NOX MVEBs in 

the 1997 8-hour ozone maintenance 

plan for the South Carolina portion of 

the bi-state Charlotte Area (also known 

as York County), dated June 1, 2011, are 

adequate. EPA posted the availability of 

these MVEBs on EPA’s Web site on 

October 28, 2011, as part of the 

adequacy process, for the purpose of 

soliciting comments. The comment 

period ran from October 28, 2011, 

through November 28, 2011. EPA did 

not receive any comments in response 

to the adequacy posting. EPA’s findings 

have also been announced on EPA’s 

conformity Web site: http:// 

www.epa.gov/otaq/stateresources/ 

index.htm, (once there, click 

‘‘Transportation Conformity’’ text icon, 

then look for ‘‘Adequacy Review of SIP 

Submissions’’). 

The VOC and NOX MVEBs for York 

County are defined in the following 

table: 

YORK COUNTY VOC AND NOX

MVEBS

[Kilograms per day] 

2013 2022 

NOX MVEBs ............. 11,272 11,368 

VOC MVEBs ............. 3,699 3,236 

Transportation conformity is required 

by section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act, 

as amended in 1990. EPA’s conformity 

rule, 40 CFR part 93, requires that 

transportation plans, programs and 

projects conform to state air quality 

implementation plans and establishes 

the criteria and procedures for 

determining whether or not they do. 

Conformity to a state implementation 

plan (SIP) means that transportation 

activities will not produce new air 

quality violations, worsen existing 

violations, or delay timely attainment of 

the NAAQS. 

The criteria by which the EPA 

determines whether a SIP’s MVEB are 

adequate for transportation conformity 

purposes are outlined in 40 CFR 

93.118(e) (4). EPA has described the 

process for determining the adequacy of 

submitted SIP budgets in a May 14, 

1999, memorandum entitled 

‘‘Conformity Guidance on 

Implementation of March 2, 1999 

Conformity Court Decision.’’ EPA has 

followed this guidance in making this 

adequacy determination. This guidance 

is incorporated into EPA’s July 1, 2004, 

final rulemaking entitled 

‘‘Transportation Conformity Rule 

Amendments for the New 8-hour Ozone 

and PM2.5 National Ambient Air Quality 

Standards and Miscellaneous Revisions 

for Existing Areas; Transportation 

Conformity Rule Amendments: 

Response to Court Decision and 

Additional Rule Changes.’’ See 69 FR 

40004. Please note that an adequacy 

review is separate from EPA’s 

completeness review, and it also should 

not be used to prejudge EPA’s ultimate 

approval of the SIP. Even if EPA finds 

the MVEBs adequate, the Agency may 

later disapprove the SIP. 

Within 24 months from the effective 

date of this notice, the transportation 

partners will need to demonstrate 

conformity to the new MVEBs if the 

demonstration has not already been 

made, pursuant to 40 CFR 93.104(e). See 

73 FR 4419 (January 24, 2008). 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. 

Dated: September 11, 2012. 

A. Stanley Meiburg, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region 4. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9731–4] 

State Program Requirements; 

Application To Administer Partial 

National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination Program; Oklahoma 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Oklahoma Department of 

Agriculture, Food and Forestry (ODAFF) 

has submitted to the Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) an application 

for authorization of the Agriculture 

Pollutant Discharge Elimination System 

(AgPDES) program pursuant to Section 

402(b) of the Clean Water Act (CWA or 

‘‘the Act’’). ODAFF seeks approval to 

administer a major category partial 

National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System (NPDES) permit 

program under Section 402(n)(3) of the 

Act for all discharges of pollutants into 

waters of the United States within its 

jurisdiction. Today, EPA is providing 

public notice of ODAFF’s request for 

AgPDES program approval and of both 

a public hearing and public comment 

period on the State’s program approval 

submission. EPA will either approve or 

disapprove authorization of the AgPDES 

program after considering all comments 

received. 

To View or Obtain Copies of 

Documents: Copies of ODAFF’s program 

approval submission (referred to 

throughout this document as ODAFF’s 

application) and all other documents in 

the official record are available for 

inspection from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., 

Monday through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays, at EPA Region 6, 1445 Ross 

Ave., Dallas, Texas 75202. 

A copy of ODAFF’s application is 

available online at the EPA Region 6 

Web page http://www.epa.gov/region6/ 

water/npdes/ok-daff/index.html. A 

paper copy of part of all of the State’s 

application may be obtained from EPA 

Region 6 in Dallas for a cost of $0.15 per 

page. 

DATES: The public comment period on 

the State’s application will run from the 

date of publication until November 8, 

2012. Comments may be submitted in 

paper or electronically and must be 

received or post-marked no later than 

midnight on November 8, 2012. Both an 

informal public meeting and a public 

hearing will be held in Oklahoma City, 

Oklahoma on October 25, 2012. The 

public meeting will include a 

presentation on the AgPDES program 

approval request and a question and 

answer session. Written, but not oral, 

comments for the official record will be 

accepted at the public meeting. The 

public hearing will be conducted in 

accordance with 40 CFR 124.12 and will 

provide interested parties with the 

opportunity to provide written and/or 

oral comments for the official record. 

The public meeting will begin at 6 p.m. 

The public hearing will begin at 7 p.m. 

Both the public meeting and the public 

hearing will be held at the Metro 

Technology Centers, Springlake 

Campus/Business Conference Center, 

Auditorium, 1900 Springlake Drive, 

Oklahoma City, Oklahoma 73111. 

ADDRESSES: Comments should be sent 

to: Ms. Diane Smith (6WQ–NP), U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 


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