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1On March 3, 2009, NorthWestern filed an 

answer to protests in Docket Nos. EL09–29–000 and 

EL09–30–000. We note that NorthWestern answered 

some of the protestors’ and Staff’s concerns in that 

answer; however, Staff would still like to further 

discuss the topics listed in the instant notice, even 

where there is overlap with the answers already 

provided. 

2Petitioners are NorthWestern Corporation and 

Mountain States Transmission Intertie, LLC. 

recommended (and may be required in 

wet weather). Please bring water and 

wear suitable field attire and footwear. 

Date: Wednesday, April 1, 2009. 

Time: 8:45 a.m. (PST). 

Place: Civic Center Plaza, Mitchell 

Room. 

Address: 210 North Broadway, 

Escondido, CA 92025. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–5261 Filed 3–11–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. EL09–29–000; Docket No. 

EL09–30–000] 

NorthWestern Corporation; Mountain 

States Transmission Intertie, LLC, 

NorthWestern Corporation; 

Supplemental Notice of Technical 

Conference 

March 5, 2009. 

By notice issued on February 25, 

2009, Commission Staff established an 

informal technical conference in the 

above-referenced proceedings to be held 

on Thursday, March 12, 2009, at 1 p.m. 

(EDT), at the offices of the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426 

(February 25 Notice). 

The technical conference will afford 

Commission Staff and interested 

persons an opportunity to informally 

discuss issues associated with the 

Mountain States Transmission Intertie, 

LLC (MSTI) and Collector Projects 

proposed in the above-mentioned 

dockets. As indicated in the February 25 

Notice, Commission Staff is now 

providing further details relating to the 

issues to be discussed at the 

conference.1

Rates and Service on the MSTI and 

Collector Projects 

• Explain the proposed rate structures 

for the Collector Project and for MSTI. 

• Explain how transmission rates will 

be calculated for transmission service 

on the NorthWestern Corporation 

(Northwestern) system in relation to 

transmission service on the Collector 

Project and/or MSTI, and explain 

whether the proposals will result in rate 

pancaking (i.e., separate rates for service 

on each entity or segment) or a form of 

‘‘And’’ pricing. 

• What cost-based alternatives to the 

MSTI project, not affiliated with 

NorthWestern, do customers have in the 

relevant geographic area? 

• Identify any benefits to customers 

(other than the MSTI customers) 

associated with closing the 500kV loop 

in the Pacific Northwest. Describe how 

those benefits, if any, are reflected in the 

‘‘negotiated’’ rates to MSTI customers. 

Distinctions Between the MSTI and 

Collector Projects 

• Setting aside the statement that 

MSTI is a stand-alone entity, what 

distinguishes the Collector Project from 

MSTI? 

• Explain how and by whom service 

on MSTI will be scheduled, generation 

using the line will be dispatched, and 

the line will be maintained. 

• Discuss the affiliation between 

NorthWestern and MSTI and 

distinguish it from the affiliate concerns 

addressed in Chinook Power 

Transmission, LLC, 126 FERC ¶ 61,134 

(2009). 

Open Season Issues 

• To the extent the Collector Project 

or MSTI are sized with greater capacity 

than is requested in the open season, 

who will pay for the excess capacity? 

What rights will be associated with such 

additional payments? If projects are 

sized at less than the capacity requested 

in the open season, how will requests 

for capacity be rationed? 

• Will customers have exit rights if 

the offered capacity is greater than or 

less than what they requested in the 

open season? If so, what are those exit 

rights? Are there any penalties for 

withdrawing? 

• Explain whether and under what 

circumstances NorthWestern will 

permit customers to opt out of the 

Collector cluster study. 

• Describe NorthWestern’s pre-open 

season industry interest contact process 

and the results of those contacts. 

Queue Issues 

• Provide details about the current 

transmission service requests in 

NorthWestern’s queue, including, but 

not limited to, the amount, when and 

how they were submitted, the terms of 

the requests, and any commitments 

made by those customers or 

NorthWestern with respect to those 

transmission service requests. 

• Explain the reasoning for the 

preference afforded to MSTI customers 

that are currently in NorthWestern’s 

queue, and whether those customers 

have entered into binding agreements to 

date. 

System Configuration and Siting Issues 

• Describe the physical configuration 

of the Collector and MSTI Projects and 

how they are interconnected to the 

NorthWestern system, and each other. 

• Describe the paths and sources of 

energy that may flow onto or from the 

Collector Project and MSTI through 

NorthWestern’s existing system or from 

other systems. 

• Describe any filings related to the 

Collector and MSTI Projects that have 

thus far been filed with Montana or 

Idaho state agencies. 

• Has NorthWestern or MSTI 

obtained rights to eminent domain 

through all or any part of the MSTI 

project area? 

Requested Waivers 

• Explain the basis for and 

justification supporting the requests for 

waivers for the Collector Project, and 

specifically the waiver of the 

requirement to file unexecuted service 

agreements with the Commission and 

the waiver of the requirement regarding 

posting of transmission service request 

studies information. 

The Petitioners 2 should be prepared 

to address these issues, as well as the 

concerns raised in the protests or by 

interested persons at the technical 

conference. Petitioners are also invited 

to provide additional support for the 

filings. 

All interested persons are permitted 

to attend. For further information please 

contact either Timothy Duggan at (202) 

502–8326 or e-mail 

Timothy.Duggan@ferc.gov, or Katie 

Detweiler at (202) 502–6426 or e-mail 

Katie.Detweiler@ferc.gov. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–5259 Filed 3–11–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. RP09–194–000] 

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company; 

Notice of Technical Conference 

March 4, 2009. 

Take notice that the Commission will 

convene a technical conference in the 

above-referenced proceeding on 


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Tuesday, March 31, 2009, at 10 a.m. 

(EDT), in a room to be designated at the 

offices of the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20426. 

The Commission determined to hold 

a technical conference to explore a 

proposal by Tennessee Gas Pipeline 

Company (Tennessee) to enhance the 

flexibility of shippers that using its 

supply area and/or market area pooling 

points and issues raised by that 

proposal including, but not limited to, 

the possible degradation of existing 

service, and the possible effects on 

scheduling and nomination priorities, 

primary firm rights, and the allocation 

of mainline versus receipt point 

capacity among proposed and existing 

points. 

FERC conferences are accessible 

under section 508 of the Rehabilitation 

Act of 1973. For accessibility 

accommodations please send an e-mail 

to accessibility@ferc.gov or call toll free 

(866) 208–3372 (voice) or (202) 502– 

8659 (TTY), or send a fax to (202) 208– 

2106 with the required 

accommodations. 

All interested persons are permitted 

to attend. For further information please 

contact Robert McLean at (202) 502– 

8156 or e-mail Robert McLean@ferc.gov. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–5246 Filed 3–11–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL8779–4; Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD– 

2007–0925] 

Draft Integrated Science Assessment 

for Carbon Monoxide 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of public comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) is announcing 

the availability of a document titled, 

‘‘First External Review Draft Integrated 

Science Assessment for Carbon 

Monoxide’’ (EPA/600/R–09/019). This 

draft document was prepared by the 

National Center for Environmental 

Assessment (NCEA) within EPA’s Office 

of Research and Development as part of 

the review of the national ambient air 

quality standards (NAAQS) for carbon 

monoxide. 

EPA is releasing this draft document 

to seek review by the Clean Air 

Scientific Advisory Committee (CASAC) 

and the public. The draft document 

does not represent and should not be 

construed to represent any final EPA 

policy, viewpoint, or determination. 

EPA will consider any timely public 

comments submitted in response to this 

notice when revising the document. 

DATES: Comments must be received on 

or before May 8, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: The ‘‘First External Review 

Draft Integrated Science Assessment for 

Carbon Monoxide’’ will be available 

primarily via the Internet on the 

National Center for Environmental 

Assessment’s home page under the 

Recent Additions and Publications 

menus at http://www.epa.gov/ncea. A 

limited number of CD–ROM or paper 

copies will be available. Contact Ms. 

Debbie Wales by phone (919–541–4731), 

fax (919–541–5078), or e-mail 

(wales.deborah@epa.gov) to request 

either of these, and please provide your 

name, your mailing address, and the 

document title, ‘‘First External Review 

Draft Integrated Science Assessment for 

Carbon Monoxide’’ (EPA/600/R–09/019) 

to facilitate processing of your request. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

technical information, contact Dr. 

Thomas C. Long, NCEA; telephone: 

919–541–1880; facsimile: 919–541– 

2985; or e-mail: long.tom@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. Information About the Document 

Section 108(a) of the Clean Air Act 

directs the EPA Administrator to 

identify certain pollutants that ‘‘cause or 

contribute to air pollution which may 

reasonably be anticipated to endanger 

public health or welfare’’ and to issue 

air quality criteria for them. These air 

quality criteria are to ‘‘accurately reflect 

the latest scientific knowledge useful in 

indicating the kind and extent of all 

identifiable effects on public health or 

welfare which may be expected from the 

presence of such pollutant in the 

ambient air * * *.’’ Under section 109 

of the Act, EPA is to establish national 

ambient air quality standards (NAAQS) 

for each pollutant for which EPA has 

issued criteria. Section 109(d) of the Act 

requires periodic review and, if 

appropriate, revision of existing air 

quality criteria to reflect advances in 

scientific knowledge on the effects of 

the pollutant on public health or 

welfare. EPA is also to revise the 

NAAQS, if appropriate, based on the 

revised air quality criteria. 

Carbon monoxide (CO) is one of six 

‘‘criteria’’ pollutants for which EPA has 

established NAAQS. Periodically, EPA 

reviews the scientific basis for these 

standards by preparing an Integrated 

Science Assessment (ISA) (formerly 

called an Air Quality Criteria 

Document). The ISA and supplementary 

annexes, in conjunction with additional 

technical and policy assessments, 

provide the scientific basis for EPA 

decisions on the adequacy of the current 

NAAQS and the appropriateness of 

possible alternative standards. The 

Clean Air Scientific Advisory 

Committee (CASAC), an independent 

science advisory committee whose 

review and advisory functions are 

mandated by Section 109(d)(2) of the 

Clean Air Act, is charged (among other 

things) with independent scientific 

review of EPA’s air quality criteria. 

On September 13, 2007 (72 FR 52369), 

EPA formally initiated its current 

review of the air quality criteria for CO, 

requesting the submission of recent 

scientific information on specified 

topics. A workshop was held on January 

28–29, 2008 (73 FR 2490) to discuss 

policy-relevant science to inform EPA’s 

planning for the CO NAAQS review. 

Following the workshop, a draft of 

EPA’s ‘‘Plan for Review of the National 

Ambient Air Quality Standards for 

Carbon Monoxide’’ (EPA–452/D–08– 

001) was made available in March 2008 

for public comment and was discussed 

by the CASAC via a publicly accessible 

teleconference consultation on April 8, 

2008 (73 FR 12998). EPA finalized the 

plan and made it available in August 

2008 (EPA/452/R–08/005; http:// 

www.epa.gov/ttn/naaqs/standards/co/ 

s_co_cr_pd.html). In November 2008, 

EPA held an authors’ teleconference to 

discuss, with invited scientific experts, 

preliminary draft materials prepared 

during the ongoing development of the 

CO ISA and its supplementary annexes. 

After the end of the comment period 

on the First External Review Draft ISA 

for CO, the CASAC review panel will 

review the draft at a public meeting. 

Timely public comments received will 

be provided to the CASAC review panel. 

A future Federal Register notice will 

inform the public of the exact date and 

time of that meeting. 

II. How To Submit Technical Comments 

to the Docket at http:// 

www.regulations.gov 

Submit your comments, identified by 

Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD–2007– 

0925, 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., 


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