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1Order Confirming and Approving Rate 

Schedules on a Final Basis, FERC Docket Nos. 

EF20–3–000 and EF20–3–001. 

2Southwest Power Pool, Inc., Submission of 

Revisions to Tariff, Bylaws, and Membership 

Agreement to Expand the Regional Transmission 

Organization into the Western Interconnections 

(Part 1 of 2) and (Part 2 of 2), Docket Nos. ER24– 

2184, ER24–2185 (June 4, 2024). 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Western Area Power Administration 

Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program— 

Eastern Division—Rate Order No. 

WAPA–218 

AGENCY: Western Area Power 

Administration, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of proposed transmission 

and ancillary services formula rates. 

SUMMARY: The Upper Great Plains (UGP) 

region of the Western Area Power 

Administration (WAPA) proposes new 

formula rates for the Pick-Sloan 

Missouri Basin Program—Eastern 

Division (P–SMBP—ED) transmission 

and ancillary services for UGP’s costs to 

be recovered under the Southwest 

Power Pool’s (SPP) Open Access 

Transmission Tariff (Tariff) should UGP 

decide to expand its participation in 

SPP in the Western Interconnection. 

These rates will be used by UGP to 

provide rate data to SPP, the Regional 

Transmission Organization (RTO) of 

which UGP is a member, after SPP’s 

planned expansion of the RTO into the 

Western Interconnection on April 1, 

2026. The existing UGP rates for 

services expire on September 30, 2025, 

but are being extended under a separate 

rate process, Rate Order No, WAPA– 

217, to continue to provide existing rate 

data to SPP between October 1, 2025, 

and final implementation date of the 

planned RTO expansion into the 

Western Interconnection. The proposed 

rates will address UGP operating 

changes and new provisions and 

settlement requirements under the 

proposed revisions to SPP’s Tariff filed 

with the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission (FERC) to accommodate 

their RTO expansion into the Western 

Interconnection. The proposed formula 

rates will become effective on the golive date of the expansion of the SPP 

RTO into the Western Interconnection 

(scheduled for April 1, 2026, as of the 

date of this notice) and will remain in 

effect for five years from the effective 

date, which with an effective date of 

April 1, 2026, will be March 31, 2031, 

or until superseded. 

DATES: A consultation and comment 

period will begin December 30, 2024 

and end March 31, 2025. UGP will 

present a detailed explanation of the 

proposed formula rates and other 

modifications at a public information 

forum that will be held on February 19, 

2025, at 8 a.m. MST to no later than 9 

a.m. MST. UGP will also host a public 

comment forum on February 19, 2025, 

at 9:15 a.m. MST to no later than 10 a.m. 

MST. The public information forum and 

the public comment forum will be 

conducted virtually. Instructions for 

participating in the forums will be 

posted on UGP’s Rates website at least 

14 days prior to the public information 

and comment forums at: 

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

ugp/ugp-rates and other posting 

locations noted below. 

UGP will accept comments any time 

during the consultation and comment 

period. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments and 

requests to be informed of FERC actions 

concerning the proposed formula rates 

submitted by WAPA to FERC for 

approval should be sent to: Lloyd Linke, 

Regional Manager, Upper Great Plains 

Region, Western Area Power 

Administration, 2900 4th Ave. North, 

6th Floor, Billings, MT 59101–1266, or 

email UGPTRates@wapa.gov. UGP will 

post information about the proposed 

formula rates and written comments 

received to its Rates website at: 

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

ugp/ugp-rates and other posting 

locations noted below in the 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Linda Cady-Hoffman, Rates Manager, 

Upper Great Plains Region, Western 

Area Power Administration, (406) 255– 

2920 or email: cady@wapa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On 

September 28, 2020, FERC approved 

and confirmed Rate Schedules 

WAUGP–ATRR, WAUGP–AS1, 

WAUW–AS3, WAUW–AS4, WAUW– 

AS5, WAUW–AS6, and WAUW–AS7 

under Rate Order No. WAPA–188 on a 

final basis through September 30, 2025.1

These existing formula-based rate 

schedules are for transmission and 

ancillary services for the transmission 

facilities in the P–SMBP—ED that UGP 

transferred to the functional control of 

SPP for its existing membership. The 

existing formula rates are viewable 

online at the following locations: (1) 

UGP’s Open Access Same-time 

Information System (OASIS) at: https:// 

www.oasis.oati.com/wapa/index.html; 

(2) UGP’s Rates website at: 

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

ugp/ugp-rates; and (3) the ‘‘Western 

Area Power Administration UGP 

Information’’ link on SPP’s Member 

Related Postings website at: 

opsportal.spp.org/OASIS/Directory/ 

Member%20Related%20Postings. 

On April 28, 2023, WAPA published 

a Federal Register notice titled 

‘‘Recommendation for the 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’’ (88 FR 26298). On June 4, 

2024, SPP submitted revisions to its 

Tariff, Bylaws, and Membership 

Agreement to expand the SPP RTO into 

the Western Interconnection to FERC.2

If SPP succeeds in obtaining FERC’s 

approval of its Tariff, Bylaws, and 

Membership Agreement revisions, and 

upon further approval by the 

Administrator, UGP plans to expand its 

participation in SPP in the Western 

Interconnection. 

As of the date of this notice, SPP’s 

anticipated deadline for filing certain 

SPP Tariff documents for UGP 

(including annual revenue requirements 

(ARR), formula rate templates, and 

formula rate implementation protocols 

proposed in this rate filing, as well as 

other pertinent documents not included 

in this rate filing) with FERC is October 

2025. UGP is publishing this notice of 

proposed formula rates and initiating 

the rate consultation and comment 

period at this time in order for UGP to 

obtain FERC-approved formula rates 

prior to this SPP deadline. 

If UGP does not expand its 

participation in SPP in the Western 

Interconnection, further actions under 

this notice of proposed rates will be 

canceled, and existing formula rates will 

remain in effect. If canceled, UGP will 

inform customers by letter and by 

posting notice of such on UGP’s OASIS 

website (www.oasis.oati.com/wapa/ 

index.html), on UGP’s Rates website 

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

ugp/ugp-rates), and on the ‘‘Western 

Area Power Administration UGP 

Information’’ link on SPP’s Member 

Related Postings website 

(opsportal.spp.org/OASIS/Directory/ 

Member%20Related%20Postings) and 

will withdraw the formula rates 

proposed in this notice. 

UGP needs to adopt new formula rates 

for transmission and ancillary services 

so that UGP’s costs can continue to be 

recovered under the SPP Tariff with the 

SPP expansion of its RTO and Integrated 

Marketplace into the Western 

Interconnection, and to address the new 

and revised SPP settlements proposed 

in SPP’s FERC filing for the RTO 


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3 ‘‘DC Tie Access Charge: A charge on a 

transmission reservation utilizing a West DC Tie 

that sinks outside of the Zone where the West DC 

Tie is located. The Transmission Customer shall be 

responsible for DC Tie Access Charge determined 

in accordance with Schedule 14.’’ (SPP Proposed 

Tariff at Part I, Section 1, D Definitions.) 

4 ‘‘Incremental Market Efficiency Use 

(Incremental MEU) Charge: A market recovery 

mechanism to compensate West DC Tie 

Transmission Owners for the expected loss of life 

of certain West DC Tie facilities due to increased 

utilization of the West DC Ties by the Integrated 

Marketplace.’’ (SPP Proposed Tariff at Part I, 

Section 1, I Definitions.) 

5 ‘‘West DC Ties: A direct current interconnection 

between the Eastern Interconnection and Western 

Interconnection for which the DC Tie Access 

Charge and the Incremental Market Efficiency Use 

Charge may be applicable. In the Integrated 

Marketplace, the West DC Ties will be NonBiddable Locations that will be used in the 

settlements in the TCR [Transmission Congestion 

Rights] Markets. The West DC Ties are Miles City, 

Stegall, or Sidney.’’ (SPP Proposed Tariff at Part I, 

Section W Definitions.). 

expansion. UGP’s revenue requirements 

are added to the annual revenue 

requirements of other transmission 

owners in the multi-owner SPP pricing 

Zone 19, also identified as the Upper 

Missouri Zone (UMZ) for transmission 

service billed by SPP within the UMZ. 

UGP’s revenue requirements under 

these proposed rates also impact other 

costs for transmission service within the 

broader SPP footprint. 

The proposed rates continue the 

formula-based methodology that 

includes an annual update on January 1 

of every year, to the financial data in the 

rate formulas, and include Rate Formula 

Implementation Protocols to clarify 

UGP’s rate implementation and annual 

update procedures with changes related 

to the planned RTO expansion in the 

Western Interconnection to: (1) 

Terminate the Balancing Authority Area 

(BAA)-related ancillary services (and 

associated worksheets in the Rate 

Formula Templates) for Regulation and 

Frequency Response Service, Operating 

Reserves—Spinning Reserve Service 

and Supplemental Reserve Service, 

Energy Imbalance Service (EI), and 

Generator Imbalance Service (GI); (2) 

Incorporate changes in the Rate Formula 

Templates to calculate the Annual 

Transmission Revenue Requirement 

(ATRR) for the Miles City Direct Current 

(DC) Tie for SPP’s settlements purposes 

related to SPP’s proposed DC Tie Access 

Charge; 3 (3) Incorporate changes in the 

Rate Formula Templates to calculate the 

subtotals of the ATRR for the SPP West 

and East BAAs separately for SPP’s 

settlements purposes; (4) Incorporate a 

new worksheet in the Rate Formula 

Templates to calculate the Incremental 

Market Efficiency Use 4 (Incremental 

MEU) share for the Miles City DC Tie; 

(5) Incorporate changes in the Rate 

Formula Templates to calculate the 

ATRRs for SPP Base Plan Upgrades 

separately for SPP’s settlements 

purposes in each of the SPP West and 

East BAAs; and (6) Update, as needed, 

the existing Rate Formula Templates to 

smooth the true-up process impacts, 

increase transparency, and incorporate 

the changes noted above. The proposed 

formula rates will remain in effect for 

five years from the effective date, which 

with an effective date of April 1, 2026, 

will be March 31, 2031, or until WAPA 

changes the formula rates through 

another public rate process pursuant to 

10 CFR part 903, whichever occurs first. 

UGP is a Transmission Owner 

member of SPP pursuant to negotiated 

provisions in its SPP Membership 

Agreement, Bylaws, and SPP Tariff. 

Transmission and ancillary services are 

provided by SPP under the SPP Tariff 

for UGP’s facilities transferred to the 

functional control of SPP. UGP has 

transmission facilities in both the 

Eastern and Western Interconnections 

separated by the Miles City DC Tie and 

the Fort Peck Power Plant substation. 

UGP currently operates its Western Area 

Power Administration, Upper Great 

Plains West (WAUW) BAA in the 

Western Interconnection as the 

Balancing Authority (BA) and has not 

previously placed the portion of its 

transmission system located in the 

Western Interconnection into SPP’s 

Integrated Marketplace. However, with 

the planned SPP expansion of its RTO 

into the Western Interconnection, UGP 

will merge its WAUW BAA into the SPP 

West BAA and discontinue its current 

role as a BA. UGP will also place its 

remaining transmission system and 

other generation and load located in the 

Western Interconnection (in the existing 

WAUW BAA footprint) into SPP’s 

Integrated Marketplace on the effective 

date of UGP’s expanded participation in 

SPP in the Western Interconnection. 

The proposed formula rates will 

provide sufficient revenue to recover 

annual operation, maintenance, 

replacement, and interest expense while 

ensuring repayment of the project 

within the cost recovery criteria set 

forth in Department of Energy (DOE) 

Order RA 6120.2. For more information 

on the proposed rates, please see the 

customer rate brochure located on 

UGP’s OASIS website, on UGP’s Rates 

website, and on SPP’s Member Related 

Postings website (see web addresses 

listed previously). 

Proposed Transmission Formula Rates 

UGP proposes changes to its current 

formula rate calculation methodology 

for its ATRR, currently provided under 

Rate Schedule WAUGP–ATRR. These 

changes will more clearly, 

transparently, and separately document 

UGP’s facilities in the Western 

Interconnection, the Eastern 

Interconnection, and at the Miles City 

DC Tie and associated subtotals of the 

overall ATRR for each of these sub-sets 

of facilities. SPP will utilize these ATRR 

subtotals, along with zonal and regional 

load and other applicable information, 

to calculate the applicable charges and 

revenue distribution for SPP 

transmission service under the SPP 

Tariff. 

Consistent with UGP’s current 

formula rates, UGP proposes to continue 

recovering transmission-related 

expenses and investments on a forwardlooking basis by using projections to 

estimate transmission costs for the 

upcoming year, with a true-up of 

incurred costs in a subsequent year. 

Transmission-related annual costs 

include operation and maintenance, 

administrative and general costs, 

interest, and depreciation. The annual 

costs will be reduced by applicable 

revenue credits received by UGP under 

the SPP Tariff. 

Revenue requirement data will be 

submitted to SPP in standard formula 

rate templates with costs classified as 

either ‘‘Zonal’’ or ‘‘Regional,’’ applying 

the definitions in the SPP Tariff. 

‘‘Zonal’’ costs are those that meet 

certain criteria and are recovered within 

the local pricing zone, while ‘‘Regional’’ 

costs are those meeting certain criteria 

eligible to be recovered across SPP’s 

applicable West or East BAA, dependent 

upon where the transmission upgrade is 

located in the Western or Eastern 

Interconnection for SPP’s settlement 

purposes under the SPP Tariff. The 

Formula Rate Template for UGP ATRR 

and related information will be posted 

on UGP’s OASIS website, on UGP’s 

Rates website, and on SPP’s Member 

Related Postings website (see web 

addresses listed previously). 

Proposed Miles City DC Tie 

Incremental Market Efficiency Use 

Share Formula Rate 

In its FERC filing for the proposed 

expansion of the RTO into the Western 

Interconnection, SPP proposes to 

expand its Integrated Marketplace 

across the seam between the Eastern and 

Western Interconnections by including 

the West DC Ties 5 into the Integrated 

Marketplace 5-minute market dispatch. 

To enable this market dispatch between 

the Eastern and Western 

Interconnections, SPP included a new 

Section 8.11 to Attachment AE of the 

SPP Tariff for the calculation of the 

Incremental MEU amounts. The 


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6This Act transferred to, and vested in, the 

Secretary of Energy the power marketing functions 

of the Secretary of the Department of the Interior 

and the Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) under 

the Reclamation Act of 1902 (ch. 1093, 32 Stat. 

388), as amended and supplemented by subsequent 

laws, particularly section 9(c) of the Reclamation 

Project Act of 1939 (43 U.S.C. 485h(c)) and section 

5 of the Flood Control Act of 1944 (16 U.S.C. 825s); 

and other acts that specifically apply to the projects 

involved. 

Incremental MEU compensates each 

West DC Tie Transmission Owner for 

the expected loss of life of that owner’s 

West DC Tie facilities due to increased 

utilization of the West DC Ties by the 

Integrated Marketplace. 

For SPP to compensate UGP as a West 

DC Tie Transmission Owner of the 

Miles City DC Tie for Incremental MEU 

under SPP’s Tariff, UGP proposes to 

provide its Miles City DC Tie 

Incremental MEU share under Rate 

Schedule UGP–DCTIE–IMEU. SPP will 

utilize this Miles City DC Tie 

Incremental MEU share along with other 

applicable information to calculate the 

amount to be paid to UGP for the 

expected loss of life of certain Miles 

City DC Tie facilities due to increased 

utilization of those West DC Tie 

facilities by SPP in the Integrated 

Marketplace. 

To simplify the calculation of the 

Incremental MEU and provide a 

consistent forward-looking known 

amount to be included in the market 

uplift, a loss-of-life will be estimated for 

each of the eligible groups of West DC 

Tie equipment due to expected market 

operation impacts, and a levelized 

annual estimate will be provided to 

SPP. The loss-of-life calculations will be 

based upon pre-defined impact metrics 

directly related to the increased market 

use for each of the West DC Tie 

equipment groups eligible for cost 

recovery. Revenue received from SPP 

for UGP’s Miles City DC Tie Incremental 

MEU share will be credited against the 

Miles City DC Tie portion of the UGP 

ATRR described above. 

The Miles City DC Tie Incremental 

MEU share data will be submitted to 

SPP in a standard formula rate template 

in accordance with the new SPP Tariff 

Attachment AE, Addendum 3A. The 

Formula Rate Template for the Miles 

City DC Tie Incremental MEU share will 

be posted on UGP’s OASIS website, on 

UGP’s Rates website, and on SPP’s 

Member Related Postings website (see 

web addresses listed previously). 

Proposed Formula Rate for Scheduling, 

System Control, and Dispatch Service 

UGP proposes to continue to use its 

current formula rate calculation 

methodology for Scheduling, System 

Control, and Dispatch Service (SSCD), 

currently provided under Rate Schedule 

WAUGP–AS1. This rate schedule will 

continue to include transmission 

facilities in the Western 

Interconnection. The Formula Rate 

Template for SSCD and related 

information will be posted on UGP’s 

OASIS website, on UGP’s Rates website, 

and on SPP’s Member Related Postings 

website (see web addresses listed 

previously). 

Formula Rate Implementation 

Protocols 

For transmission service provided by 

SPP under SPP’s Tariff, UGP will 

continue to provide information relating 

to UGP’s rate implementation and 

annual update procedures and timelines 

in ‘‘Formula Rate Implementation 

Protocols’’ (Protocols). The Protocols, 

together with the above-mentioned 

formula rate templates, comprise the 

Formula Rates that will be submitted to 

SPP to be incorporated into the SPP 

Tariff. All relevant information 

pertaining to UGP’s annual updates, 

customer notifications and review 

periods, and meetings will be contained 

in the Protocols. The Protocols will be 

posted on UGP’s OASIS website, on 

UGP’s Rates website, and on SPP’s 

Member Related Postings website (see 

web addresses listed previously). 

Proposed Termination of Regulation 

and Frequency Response Service 

Formula Rate 

UGP proposes to terminate its current 

formula rate calculation methodology 

for Regulation and Frequency Response 

Service (Regulation), currently provided 

under Rate Schedule WAUW–AS3. This 

rate schedule addresses Regulation 

associated with UGP’s WAUW BAA in 

the Western Interconnection. Given the 

SPP Integrated Marketplace will extend 

into the Western Interconnection, and 

UGP will merge its WAUW BAA into 

the SPP West BAA, UGP will no longer 

provide Regulation in the WAUW BAA 

as the BA. 

Proposed Termination of Operating 

Reserves Service-Spinning and 

Supplemental Formula Rates 

UGP proposes to terminate its current 

formula rate calculation methodology 

for Operating Reserve-Spinning Reserve 

Service and for Operating ReserveSupplemental Reserve Service 

(collectively, Operating Reserves), 

currently provided under Rate 

Schedules WAUW–AS5 and WAUW– 

AS6, respectively. These rate schedules 

address Operating Reserves associated 

with UGP’s WAUW BAA in the Western 

Interconnection. Given the SPP 

Integrated Marketplace will extend into 

the Western Interconnection, and UGP 

will merge its WAUW BAA into the SPP 

West BAA, UGP will no longer provide 

Operating Reserves in the WAUW BAA 

as the BA. 

Proposed Termination of Energy 

Imbalance and Generator Imbalance 

Service Formula Rates 

UGP proposes to terminate its current 

formula rate calculation methodologies 

for EI, currently provided under Rate 

Schedule WAUW–AS4, and GI, 

currently provided under Rate Schedule 

WAUW–AS7. These rate schedules 

address Energy Imbalance and 

Generator Imbalance associated with 

UGP’s WAUW BAA in the Western 

Interconnection. Given that the SPP 

Integrated Marketplace will extend into 

the Western Interconnection, and UGP 

will merge its WAUW BAA into the SPP 

West BAA, UGP will no longer provide 

Energy Imbalance and Generator 

Imbalance in the WAUW BAA as the 

BA. 

Legal Authority 

DOE procedures for public 

participation in power and transmission 

rate adjustments are located at 10 CFR 

part 903. The proposed action is a major 

rate adjustment, as defined by 10 CFR 

903.2(d). In accordance with 10CFR 

903.15(a) and 10CFR 903.16(a), UGP 

will hold public information and public 

comment forums for this rate 

adjustment. UGP will review and 

consider all timely public comments at 

the conclusion of the consultation and 

comment period and adjust the proposal 

as appropriate. The rates will then be 

approved on an interim basis. 

WAPA is establishing the formula 

rates for UGP in accordance with 

section 302 of the DOE Organization Act 

(42 U.S.C. 7152).6

By Delegation Order No. S1–DEL– 

RATES–2016, effective November19, 

2016, the Secretary of Energy delegated: 

(1) the authority to develop power and 

transmission rates to the WAPA 

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–S3–2024, 

effective August 30, 2024, the Secretary 

of Energy also delegated the authority to 

confirm, approve, and place such rates 

into effect on an interim basis to the 


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7 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). 

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. 

Availability of Information 

All brochures, studies, comments, 

letters, memorandums, or other 

documents that UGP initiates or uses to 

develop the proposed formula rates are 

available for inspection and copying at 

the Upper Great Plains Regional office 

located at 2900 4th Ave. North, 6th 

Floor, Billings, Montana. Many of these 

documents and supporting information 

are also available on UGP’s Rates 

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

regions/ugp/ugp-rates and other posting 

locations noted. 

Ratemaking Procedure Requirements 

Environmental Compliance 

WAPA is in the process of 

determining whether an environmental 

assessment or an environmental impact 

statement should be prepared or if this 

action can be categorically excluded 

from those requirements.7

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 December 19, 

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 December 

19, 2024. 

Jennifer Hartzell, 

Alternate Federal Register Liaison Officer, 

U.S. Department of Energy. 

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Requirements: Risk Management 

Programs Under the Clean Air Act; 

Safer Communities by Chemical 

Accident Prevention; Final Action on 

Petition for Reconsideration 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

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ACTION: Notice of final action denying 

petition for reconsideration. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) received a 

petition for reconsideration of the final 

revisions to the Accidental Release 

Prevention Requirements: Risk 

Management Programs Under the Clean 

Air Act; Safer Communities by 

Chemical Accident Prevention, 

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March 11, 2024. The agency is 

providing notice that it is denying the 

petition for reconsideration. The basis 

for EPA’s action is set out fully in a 

letter addressed to the petitioner, 

available in the rulemaking docket. 

DATES: December 30, 2024. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

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NW (Mail Code 5104A), Washington, 

DC 20460; telephone number: (202) 

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guarino.kristina@epa.gov. 

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and the letter describing the full basis 

for this action are available in the 

rulemaking docket (Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–OLEM–2022–0174). Publicly 

available docket materials are available 

electronically through 

www.regulations.gov. In addition, 

following signature, an electronic copy 

of this final action and the letter will be 

available on the internet at https://

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available docket materials are available 

either electronically at https://

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the Environmental Protection Agency, 

EPA Docket Center, William Jefferson 

Clinton West Building, Room 3334, 

1301 Constitution Ave. NW, 

Washington, DC. The Public Reading 

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legal holidays. The telephone number 

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EPA Docket Center services and the 

current status, please visit https://

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II. Judicial Review 

Section 307(b)(1) of the CAA indicates 

which Federal Courts of Appeal have 

venue for petitions of review of final 

actions by the EPA. This section 

provides, in part, that ‘‘a petition for 

review of action of the Administrator in 

promulgating . . . any standard of 

performance or requirement under 

section [111] of [the CAA],’’ or any other 

‘‘nationally applicable’’ final action, 

‘‘may be filed only in the United States 

Court of Appeals for the District of 

Columbia.’’ The EPA has determined 

that its action denying the petition for 

reconsideration is nationally applicable 

for purposes of CAA section 307(b)(1) 

because the action directly relates to the 

Risk Management Program regulations 

promulgated under CAA section 112(r), 

which are nationally applicable 

requirements. Thus, any petition for 

review of the final letter denying the 

petition for reconsideration must be 

filed in the Court of Appeals for the 

District of Columbia Circuit on or before 

February 28, 2025. 

Michael S. Regan, 

Administrator. 

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AGENCY: Federal Accounting Standards 

Advisory Board. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

David Vaudt has been appointed to the 

Federal Accounting Standards Advisory 

Board (FASAB or ‘‘the Board’’). Mr. 

Vaudt’s five-year term will begin on 

January 27, 2025. 


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