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6Estimated number of hours an employee works 

each year. 

7Estimated average annual cost (salary plus 

benefits) per employee. 

1FERC confirmed and approved Rate Order No. 

WAPA–124 on June 29, 2006, in Docket No. EF06– 

5111–000. See Order Confirming and Approving 

Rate Schedules on a Final Basis, 115 FERC ¶ 

62,326. 

2 76 FR 548 (January 5, 2011). 

Information Collection Costs: The 

Commission staff seeks comments on 

the costs to comply with the proposed 

revisions to the Plan and Procedures. 

The total estimated annual cost burden 

to prepare new or modified information 

collections based on the proposed Plan 

and Procedure revisions is $17,459.43 

(253 hours/2,080 hours 6 per year, times 

$143,540 7). 

We expect the estimated burden 

would reduce in subsequent years, as 

companies adjust to the modified 

information collections and have 

trained their personnel to collect 

information per the revised Plan and 

Procedures. 

Interested persons may obtain 

additional information on the OMB 

process and information collection 

statement by contacting Ellen Brown, 

Office of the Executive Director, via 

email at DataClearance@ferc.gov; by 

phone (202) 502–8663, or facsimile 

(202) 273–0973. 

Dated: July 31, 2012. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Western Area Power Administration 

Central Arizona Project-Rate Order No. 

WAPA–158 

AGENCY: Western Area Power 

Administration, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Extension of 

Transmission Formula Rates. 

SUMMARY: The Western Area Power 

Administration (Western), a power 

marketing administration with the 

Department of Energy (DOE), is 

proposing to extend the existing formula 

rates for Central Arizona Project (CAP) 

transmission services on the CAP 115- 

kilovolt (kV) and 230-kV transmission 

facilities through December 31, 2015. 

The existing Transmission Service 

Formula Rate Schedules CAP–FT2, 

CAP–NFT2, and CAP–NITS2, expire 

December 31, 2012. This notice of 

proposed extension of rates is issued 

pursuant to 10 CFR 903.23(a). 

Publication of this Federal Register 

notice begins the formal process for the 

proposed extension of the CAP 

Transmission Formula Rates. 

DATES: The consultation and comment 

period will end on September 6, 2012. 

Western will accept oral and written 

comments any time during the 

consultation and comment period. In 

accordance with 10 CFR 903.23(a), 

Western has determined it is not 

necessary to hold a public information 

or public comment forum. 

ADDRESSES: Send written comments to: 

Deborah Emler, Acting Regional 

Manager, Desert Southwest Customer 

Service Regional Office, Western Area 

Power Administration, P.O. Box 6457, 

Phoenix, AZ 85005–6457, email 

EMLER@wapa.gov. Written comments 

may also be faxed to (602) 605–2490, 

attention: Jack Murray. Western will 

post official comments received via 

letter, fax and email to its Web site at 

http://www.wapa.gov/dsw/pwrmkt/ 

CAPTRP/CAPTRP.htm after the close of 

the comment period. Western must 

receive written comments by the end of 

the consultation and comment period to 

ensure they are considered in Western’s 

decision process. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Jack Murray, Rates Manager, Desert 

Southwest Customer Service Regional 

Office, Western Area Power 

Administration, P.O. Box 6457, 

Phoenix, AZ 85005–6457, (602) 605– 

2442, email jmurray@wapa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By 

Delegation Order No. 00–037.00, 

effective December 6, 2001, the 

Secretary of Energy delegated: (1) The 

authority to develop power and 

transmission rates to the Administrator 

of Western; (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, to remand, 

or to disapprove such rates to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 

(FERC). 

The existing Rate Schedules consist of 

separate transmission service rates for 

firm point-to-point transmission service, 

non-firm point-to-point transmission 

service, and Network Integration 

Transmission Service (NITS) on the 

CAP 115-kV and 230-kV transmission 

system. Rate Schedules CAP–FT2, CAP– 

NFT2, CAP–NITS2, Rate Order No. 

WAPA–124,1 were approved for a 5-year 

period beginning on January 1, 2006, 

and ending December 31, 2010. Rate 

Order No. WAPA–153 2 extended these 

rate schedules for a 2-year period, 

beginning January 1, 2011, and ending 

December 31, 2012. 

The existing formula transmission 

service rates provide adequate revenue 

to pay all annual costs, including 

interest expense, and to repay 

investment on the CAP 115-kV and 230- 

kV transmission facilities within the 

allowable periods. The rates are updated 

annually using updated financial and 

transmission reservation data. Western 

is proposing no change at this time to 

the rate formula, and based on 

preliminary financial and contractual 

information available, it is expected the 

rate will remain at its current level 

through calendar year 2013. Since no 

changes are anticipated to the formula 

rate, and the existing rate provides 

sufficient revenue to recover all 

appropriate costs, Western proposes to 

extend the current rate schedules 

pursuant to 10 CFR 903.23(a). 

All documents made or kept by 

Western for developing the proposed 

extension for the Transmission Service 

Rate Schedules are available for 

inspection and copying at the Desert 

Southwest Customer Service Regional 

Office, Western Area Power 

Administration, 615 South 43rd 

Avenue, Phoenix, AZ 85005–6457. 

These documents are also available on 

Western’s Web site at: http://www.wapa.

gov/dsw/pwrmkt/CAPTRP/

CAPTRP.htm. 

After review of public comments, 

Western will take further action on the 

proposed extension of rates consistent 

with 10 CFR part 903. 

Dated: July 31, 2012. 

Anthony H. Montoya, 

Acting Administrator. 

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BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9712–7] 

Final National Pollutant Discharge 

Elimination System (NPDES) General 

Permit for Stormwater Discharges 

From Construction Activities 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of corrections to the 2012 

Construction General Permit. 

SUMMARY: EPA previously announced 

the issuance of the NPDES general 

permit for stormwater discharges from 

construction activity, also referred to as 

the 2012 Construction General Permit 

(2012 CGP), in the February 29, 2012 

Federal Register. Today’s action 

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provides notice of final 2012 CGP 

issuance for Idaho; Washington (for 

projects involving federal operators); the 

Fond Du Lac Band and Grand Portage 

Band of Lake Superior Chippewa in 

Minnesota; the Bad River Band and Lac 

Du Flambeau Band of Lake Superior 

Chippewa in Wisconsin. EPA is also 

today providing notice of its correction 

of typographical errors made in the 2012 

CGP pertaining to New Mexico’s statespecific requirements and the state’s list 

of designated Tier 2 and Tier 3 waters, 

and a correction to EPA’s omission of 

Idaho’s list of designated Tier 2 and Tier 

3 waters. 

DATES: The 2012 CGP became effective 

in Idaho on April 9, 2012; for federal 

operators in Washington on April 13, 

2012; and for the above-referenced 

Tribal areas in Minnesota and 

Wisconsin on May 9, 2012. These 

effective dates provide dischargers with 

the immediate opportunity to comply 

with Clean Water Act requirements in 

light of the expiration of the 2008 CGP 

on February 15, 2012. The 2012 CGP 

and the authorization to discharge will 

expire at midnight on February 16, 

2017. Within 90 days of the permit’s 

date of issuance, operators of existing 

projects must submit an NOI for 

coverage under the new permit. 

Therefore, for existing projects located 

in areas in the State of Idaho (except for 

Indian country) NOIs must be submitted 

by no later than July 8, 2012. For 

existing projects located in areas in the 

State of Washington (except for Indian 

country) subject to construction activity 

by a Federal Operator, NOIs must be 

submitted by no later than July 12, 2012. 

For existing projects located in the 

following areas, NOIs must be submitted 

no later than August 7, 2012: The Fond 

Du Lac Band and Grand Portage Band of 

Lake Superior Chippewa in Minnesota; 

the Bad River Band and Lac Du 

Flambeau Band of Lake Superior 

Chippewa in Wisconsin. Operators of 

new projects who elect to be covered 

under the 2012 CGP are required to 

submit an NOI for coverage at least 14 

days prior to the commencement of 

earth-disturbing activities. If a permitted 

operator is transferring control of a 

construction project to a new operator, 

the new operator must submit a NOI 14 

days prior to the date of transfer. 

In accordance with 40 CFR part 23, 

this permit shall be considered issued 

for the purpose of judicial review on the 

date of this publication. Under section 

509(b) of the Clean Water Act, judicial 

review of this general permit can be had 

by filing a petition for review in the 

United States Court of Appeals within 

120 days after the permit is considered 

issued for purposes of judicial review. 

Under section 509(b)(2) of the Clean 

Water Act, 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 for projects 

located in the areas listed above are 

provided as part of this action. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

further information on the CGP, contact 

the appropriate EPA Regional office 

listed in Section I.C, or you can send an 

email to cgp@epa.gov. You may also 

contact Greg Schaner or Erika Farris, 

EPA Headquarters, Office of Water, 

Office of Wastewater Management at 

tel.: schaner.greg@epa.gov or 

farris.erika@epa.gov, respectively. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

supplementary information is organized 

as follows: 

Table of Contents 

I. General Information 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

B. How can I get copies of these documents 

and other related information? 

C. Who are the EPA regional contacts for 

this permit? 

II. Summary of Permit Actions 

A. Issuance of 2012 CGP for Additional 

States and Tribes 

B. Correction of Typographical Errors in 

New Mexico Requirements 

C. Correction to Omission of Idaho’s List of 

Sensitive Waters 

III. Compliance With Other Statutes 

I. General Information 

EPA summarized the CGP permit 

conditions, as well as changes from the 

previous version of the CGP, in the 

February 29, 2012, Federal Register 

notice. 

A. Does this action apply to me? 

The final 2012 construction general 

permit (also referred to as ‘‘CGP’’ or 

‘‘2012 CGP’’) applies to the following 

construction activities: 

TABLE 1—ENTITIES POTENTIALLY REGULATED BY THIS PERMIT

Category Examples of affected entities 

North American Industry 

Classification 

System 

(NAICS) code 

Industry .... Construction site operators disturbing 1 or more acres of land, or less than 1 acre but part of a larger common plan of development 

or sale if the larger common plan will ultimately disturb 1 acre or more, and performing the following activities: 

Construction Buildings ................................................................................................................................................... 236 

Heavy and Civil Engineering Construction .................................................................................................................... 237 

EPA does not intend the preceding 

table to be exhaustive, but provides it as 

a guide for readers regarding entities 

likely to be regulated by this action. 

This table lists the types of activities 

that EPA is now aware of that could 

potentially be affected by this action. 

Other types of entities not listed in the 

table could also be affected. To 

determine whether your facility is 

regulated by this action, you should 

carefully examine the definition of 

‘‘construction activity’’ and ‘‘small 

construction activity’’ in existing EPA 

regulations at 40 CFR 122.26(b)(14)(x) 

and 122.26(b)(15), respectively. If you 

have questions regarding the 

applicability of this action to a 

particular entity, consult one of the 

persons listed for technical information 

in the preceding FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

B. How can I get copies of these 

documents and other related 

information? 

1. Docket. EPA has established an 

official public docket for this action 

under Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–OW– 

2010–0782. The official public docket is 

the collection of materials that is 

available for public viewing at the Water 

Docket in the EPA Docket Center, (EPA/ 

DC) EPA West, Room 3334, 1301 

Constitution Ave. NW., Washington, DC 

20460. Although all documents in the 

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docket are listed in an index, some 

information is not publicly available, 

i.e., Confidential Business Information 

(CBI) or other information whose 

disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Publicly available docket materials are 

available in hard copy at the EPA 

Docket Center Public Reading Room, 

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 

and the telephone number for the Water 

Docket is (202) 566–2426. 

2. Electronic Access. You may access 

this Federal Register document 

electronically through the United States 

government on-line source for Federal 

regulations at http:// 

www.regulations.gov. 

Electronic versions of this final permit 

and fact sheet are available on EPA’s 

NPDES Web site at http://www.epa.gov/ 

npdes/stormwater/cgp. 

An electronic version of the public 

docket is available through the EPA’s 

electronic public docket and comment 

system, EPA Dockets. You may use EPA 

Dockets at http://www.regulations.gov to 

submit or view public comments, access 

the index listing of the contents of the 

official public docket, and to access 

those documents in the public docket 

that are available electronically. For 

additional information about EPA’s 

public docket, visit the EPA Docket 

Center homepage at http:// 

www.epa.gov/dockets. Although not all 

docket materials may be available 

electronically, you may still access any 

of the publicly available docket 

materials through the Docket Facility 

identified in Section I.B.1. 

C. Who are the EPA regional contacts? 

For EPA Region 5, contact Brian Bell 

at tel.: (312) 886–0981 or email at 

bell.brianc@epa.gov. 

For EPA Region 6, contact Suzanna 

Perea at tel.: (214) 665–7217 or email at 

perea.suzanna@epa.gov. 

For EPA Region 10, contact Margaret 

McCauley at tel.: (206) 553–1772 or 

email at mccauley.margaret@epa.gov. 

II. Summary of Permit Actions 

A. Issuance of 2012 CGP for Additional 

States and Tribes 

On February 16, 2012, EPA issued the 

2012 CGP for most of the areas where 

EPA is the permitting authority. Because 

EPA had not yet received Clean Water 

Act Section 401 certifications from 

certain states and tribes, EPA was not 

able to issue the final CGP in these 

areas. The following states and tribes 

were affected: 

• The State of Idaho; 

• Federal operators in Washington; 

• The Fond Du Lac Band and Grand 

Portage Band of Lake Superior 

Chippewa in Minnesota; and 

• The Bad River, Lac Du Flambeau, 

and Sokaogon Chippewa (Mole Lake) 

Community in Wisconsin. 

Now that EPA has received the 

required Clean Water Act 401 

certifications, the Agency has issued the 

final 2012 CGP for these areas, except 

for the Sokaogon Chippewa (Mole Lake) 

Community in Wisconsin, who denied 

certification of the permit. Pursuant to 

CWA section 401(d), the limitations and 

requirements contained in these 

certifications are now conditions of the 

2012 CGP and are included in Part 9 of 

the permit. See Parts 9.3, 9.7.1, and 

9.7.3. 

The complete text of the updated 

2012 CGP as well as additional 

information on Webcasts, Guidance, and 

Other Implementation Assistance can be 

obtained through EPA’s Web site at 

http://www.epa.gov/npdes/stormwater/ 

cgp. 

B. Correction of Typographical Errors in 

New Mexico Requirements 

Following the issuance of the 2012 

CGP on February 16, 2012, EPA 

discovered that a few of the 

requirements in Part 9.4.1 were 

incorrectly transcribed from the State of 

New Mexico’s Section 401 certification 

conditions. The errors related to EPA’s 

misinterpretation of a few of the state’s 

site stabilization conditions. 

Additionally, EPA learned that the 

permit’s list of New Mexico waterbodies 

designated by the state as Tier 2 or Tier 

3 for antidegradation purposes 

(Appendix F) was inaccurate. As a 

result of the errors, Appendix F did not 

properly inform construction operators 

of which waters are designated by the 

state as Tier 2; construction sites 

discharging to Tier 2-designated waters 

are subject to stricter stabilization and 

inspection requirements. See Part 3.3.2. 

In consultation with the state, EPA has 

corrected the errors and included 

updated requirements in Part 9.4.1 and 

Appendix F of the permit. 

C. Correction to Omission of Idaho’s List 

of Sensitive Waters 

Subsequent to permit issuance, EPA 

also discovered that it had erroneously 

omitted Idaho’s list of state Tier 2 and 

3 waters (Appendix F). In consultation 

with the state, EPA has corrected the 

omission, and has updated the 

Appendix F list to include instructions 

on how to determine if particular waters 

are designated as Tier 2 or 3. 

III. Compliance With Other Statutes 

EPA summarized the Agency’s 

compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), 

Executive Orders 12866 and 13563, 

Executive Order 12898, and Executive 

Order 13175 in the February 29, 2012 

Federal Register notice. See 77 FR 

12292 for more information. 

Authority: Clean Water Act, 33 U.S.C. 1251 

et seq. 

Dated: May 30, 2012. 

Michael A. Bussell, 

Director, Office of Water and Watersheds, 

EPA Region 10. 

Dated: May 31, 2012. 

Timothy C. Henry, 

Associate Director, Water Division, EPA 

Region 5. 

Dated: May 30, 2012. 

William K. Honker, P.E., 

Acting Director, Water Quality Protection 

Division, EPA Region 6. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9712–6] 

Notification of Two Public Quality 

Review Teleconferences of the 

Chartered Science Advisory Board 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The EPA Science Advisory 

Board (SAB) Staff Office announces two 

public teleconferences of the chartered 

SAB to conduct quality reviews of: (1) 

An SAB draft review report on EPA’s 

ecological assessment action plan and 

(2) an SAB draft review report on EPA’s 

accounting framework for biogenic 

carbon dioxide emissions from 

stationary sources. 

DATES: The public teleconference on 

August 28, 2012, will be held from 2:00 

p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The public 

teleconference on August 31, 2012, will 

be held from 11:00 a.m. to 2:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The public teleconferences 

will be conducted by telephone only. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public wishing to obtain 

general information the quality review 

teleconferences should contact Dr. 

Angela Nugent, Designated Federal 

Officer (DFO), EPA Science Advisory 

Board (1400R), 1200 Pennsylvania 

Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

via telephone/voice mail (202) 564– 

2218; fax (202) 565–2098 or via email at 

nugent.angela@epa.gov. General 

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