41586 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 153 / Wednesday, August 8, 2001 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Dockets Nos. CP00–232–000 and CP00–

232–001]

Iroquois Gas Transmission System,

L.P.; Notice of Availability of the Draft

Environmental Impact Statement for

the Proposed Eastchester Project

August 2, 2001.

The staff of the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (FERC or

Commission) has prepared a Draft

Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS)

on the natural gas pipeline facilities

proposed by Iroquois Gas Transmission

System, L.P. (Iroquois) in the above

referenced docket.

The DEIS was prepared to satisfy the

requirements of the National

Environmental Policy Act. The staff

concludes that approval of the proposed

project, with the mitigation measures

recommended in the DEIS (including a

route variation to Hunts Point), would

have limited adverse environmental

impact.

The DEIS addresses the potential

environmental effects of the project

proposed by Iroquois to convey natural

gas from Northport, Long Island, to the

Bronx, New York. The pipeline would

be constructed across Long Island

Sound and be comprised of the

following facilities:

32.8 miles of 24-inch diameter pipe;

Pipeline maintenance facilities

constructed in Northport and the

Bronx;

One mainline valve at Locus Point;

A gas meter, regulator, heater, odorant

facility, and mainline valve at the

project terminus in the Bronx;

Two new compressor stations along the

existing Iroquois pipeline;

Additions and modifications to three

existing compressor stations; and

Workspace and access roads to

construct, operate, and maintain the

above facilities.

The purpose of the proposed facilities

would be to provide natural gas for

electric generation and to serve

residential, industrial, and commercial

customers in New York City. The

proposed project would serve:

Consolidated Edison Energy, Inc.—

30,000 dekatherms per day (Dth/day)

Keyspan Ravenswood, Inc.—60,000

Dth/day

Orion Power Holdings, Inc.—60,000

Dth/day

Miriant New York Management, Inc.—

60,000 Dth/day

Virginia Power Energy Marketing, Inc.—

20,000 Dth/day.

This DEIS is provided to the U.S. Fish

and Wildlife Service (USFWS) and to

the National Marine Fisheries Service

(NMFS) as our biological assessment

under the Endangered Species Act

(ESA). Sections 4.7, 5, and 6 of the DEIS

specifically discuss listed species and

measures to mitigate any project related

impacts to those species and any critical

habitat in the project vicinity. Staff

concludes, the project, with the

proposed mitigation in the DEIS, would

not likely adversely affect listed species

or their critical habitat. We request

written concurrence from the USFWS

and the NMFS on this conclusion.

Absent the requested concurrence, we

request initiation of formal consultation

under section 7(a)(2) of the ESA.

Pursuant to section 305(b) of the

Magnuson-Stevens Fishery

Conservation and Management Act,

federal agencies are required to consult

with the NMFS on any action that may

result in adverse effects to essential fish

habitat (EFH). Sections 4.6.2 through

4.6.2.2, 5, and 6 and Appendix E assess

the impacts of the proposed project on

EFH, and propose specific mitigation

measures to minimize those impacts.

We request NMFS provide any EFH

Conservation Recommendations during

the comment period for the DEIS.

Comment Procedures

Any person wishing to comment on

the DEIS may do so. To ensure

consideration prior to a Commission

decision on the proposal, it is important

that we receive your comments before

the date specified below. Please

carefully follow these instructions to

ensure that your comments are received

in time and properly recorded.

• Send an original and two copies of

your comments to: Secretary, Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, NE, Room 1A, Washington,

DC 20426.

• Label one copy of the comments for

the attention of GHG, PJ11.3;

• Reference Docket Nos. CP00–232–

000 and 001; and

• Mail your comments so that they

will be received in Washington DC on

or before September 24, 2001.

Comments, protests and interventions

may be filed electronically via the

Internet in lieu of paper. See, 18 CFR

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

on the Commission’s web site under the

‘‘e-Filing’’ link.

After comments are reviewed, any

significant new issues are investigated,

and modifications are made in the DEIS,

a Final Environmental Impact Statement

(FEIS) will be published and distributed

by the staff. The FEIS will contain the

staff’s responses to timely comments on

the DEIS.

All appropriately filed comments will

be considered by the Commission.

Anyone with an interest in the outcome

of this proceeding may wish to become

an intervenor. An intervenor has certain

legal rights and responsibilities, notably

the right to contest any action the

Commission may take in this

proceeding. Commenting on the DEIS

will not make you an intervenor. Any

person seeking to intervene and become

a party to the proceeding must file a

motion to intervene pursuant to Rule

214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedures (18 CFR

385.214). Interventions may also be filed

electronically via the Internet.

The DEIS has been placed in the

public files of the FERC and is available

for distribution and public inspection

at: Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, Public Reference and Files

Maintenance Branch, 888 First Street,

NE, Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426.

A limited number of copies are

available from the Public Reference and

Files Maintenance Branch identified

above. In addition, copies of the DEIS

have been mailed to federal, state and

local agencies, public interest groups,

individuals who have requested the

DEIS, newspapers, and parties to this

proceeding. It has also been distributed

to the commentors and libraries listed in

Appendix A of the DEIS.

Additional information about the

proposed project is available from the

Commission’s Office of External Affairs,

at (202) 208–1088 or on the FERC

Internet website (www.ferc.gov) using

the ‘‘RIMS’’ link, select ‘‘Docket #’’ from

the RIMS Menu, and follow the

instructions. For assistance with access

to RIMS, the RIMS helpline can be

reached at (202) 208–2222.

Similarly, the ‘‘CIPS’’ link on the

FERC Internet website provides access

to the text of formal documents issued

by the Commission, such as orders,

notices, and rulemakings. From the

FERC Internet website, click on the

‘‘CIPS’’ link, select ‘‘Docket #’’ from the

CIPS menu, and follow the instructions.

For assistance with access to CIPS, the

CIPS helpline can be reached at (202)

208–2474.

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

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1 18 CFR 385.2010.

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket Nos. RP00–336–000, RP00–336–001

and RP00–336–002]

El Paso Natural Gas Company; Notice

of Technical Conference

August 2, 2001.

On July 18 and 19, 2001, a technical

conference was held in the abovecaptioned proceeding. It was agreed at

the conference that El Paso would

provide the parties and the Commission

staff with additional analysis of the use

of capacity on its system and with

written answers to several questions

raised at the conference. It was also

agreed that after submission of this

information, a second technical

conference would be held.

Take notice that a technical

conference will be held in this

proceeding on Tuesday, August 28,

2001 at 10 am, in a room to be

designated at the offices of the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.

The conference will continue through

Wednesday, August 29, 2001, if

necessary.

All interested parties and staff are

permitted to attend.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 2000–010]

New York Power Authority; Notice

Modifying a Restricted Service List for

Comments on a Programmatic

Agreement for Managing Properties

Included in or Eligible for Inclusion in

the National Register of Historic Places

August 2, 2001.

On April 14, 2000, the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission (Commission)

issued a notice for the St. Lawrence-FDR

Power Project (FERC No. 2000–010)

proposing to establish a restricted

service list for the purpose of

developing and executing a

Programmatic Agreement (PA) for

managing properties included in or

eligible for inclusion in the National

Register of Historic Places. On June 5,

2000, the restricted service list was

modified to include the Department of

the Interior (Interior). The St. LawrenceFDR Power Project is located on the St.

Lawrence River, in St. Lawrence

County, New York. The New York

Power Authority is the licensee.

Rule 2010 of the Commission’s Rules

of Practice and Procedure provides that,

to eliminate unnecessary expense or

improve administrative efficiency, the

Secretary may establish a restricted

service list for a particular phase or

issue in a proceeding.1 The restricted

service list should contain the names of

persons on the service list who, in the

judgment of the decisional authority

establishing the list, are active

participants with respect to the phase or

issue in the proceeding for which the

list is established. The following

changes to the existing restricted service

list are noted.

The address for Mr. Thomas Tatham

has changed. Delete ‘‘1633 Broadway,

22C, New York, NY 10019–6756’’ and

replace with ‘‘123 Main Street, White

Plains, NY 10601’’.

The contact for the Saint Regis

Mohawk Tribe has changed. Delete

‘‘Francis Jock’’ and replace with

‘‘Francis Boots’’.

The contact for Interior has changed.

Delete ‘‘Lydia T. Grimm’’ and replace

with ‘‘Kimberly Owens’’.

Delete ‘‘Robert Dean, Dean & Barbour,

P.O. Box 176, Old Route 17, Steamburg,

NY, 14783’’.

As a result of these changes, the

revised final restricted service list, for

the purpose of commenting on the PA

for the St. Lawrence-FDR Power Project,

is as follows:

Dr. Robert Kuhn, NY Office of Parks,

Recreation, and Historic Preservation,

Peebles Island, P.O. Box 189,

Waterford, NY, 12188–0189

Dr. Laura Henley Dean, Advisory

Council on Historic Preservation, The

Old Post Office Building, Suite 803,

1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW,

Washington, DC 20004

William Slade, New York Power

Authority, 123 Main Street, White

Plains, NY 10601

Thomas Tatham, New York Power

Authority, 123 Main Street, White

Plains, NY 10601

Kevin Mendik, National Park Service,

15 State Street, Boston, MA 02109

Judith M. Stolfo, Department of the

Interior, Office of the Regional

Solicitor, One Gateway Center, Suite

612, Newton, MA 02458–2802

Malka Pattison, Department of the

Interior, Bureau of Indian Affairs,

1849 C Street, NW, Mail Stop 4513,

Washington, DC 20240

Francis Boots, THPO, Saint Regis

Mohawk Tribe, 412 State Route 37,

Hogansburg, NY 13655

Salli Benedict, Henry Lickers, Mohawk

Council of Akwesasne, P.O. Box 579,

Cornwall, Ontario K6H 5T3

Maxine Cole, Akwesasne Task Force on

the Environment, P.O. Box 992,

Hogansburg, NY 13655

David Blaha, Environmental Resources

Management, 2666 Riva Road, Suite

200, Annapolis, MD 21401

James Teitt, Environmental Resources

Management, 355 East Campus View

Blvd, Suite 250, Columbus, OH 43235

Brian Skidders, Mohawk Nation Council

of Chiefs, Box 366, Rooseveltown, NY

13683

Kimberly Owens, Department of the

Interior, 1849 C Street, NW,

Washington, DC 20240.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[OPP–34243; FRL–6789–3]

Thiophanate-methyl; Availability of

Risk Assessments

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the

availability of risk assessments that

were developed as part of EPA’s process

for making pesticide Reregistration

Eligibility Decisions (REDs) and

tolerance reassessments consistent with

the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic

Act (FFDCA), as amended by the Food

Quality Protection Act of 1996 (FQPA).

These risk assessments are the human

health and ecological risk assessments

and related documents for thiophanatemethyl. This notice also starts a 60–day

public comment period for the risk

assessments. By allowing access and

opportunity for comment on the risk

assessments, EPA is seeking to

strengthen stakeholder involvement and

help ensure decisions made under

FQPA are transparent and based on the

best available information. The

tolerance reassessment process will

ensure that the United States continues

to have the safest and most abundant

food supply.

DATES: Comments, identified by the

docket control number OPP–34243 for

thiophanate-methyl, must be received

on or before October 9, 2001.