26854 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 94 / Tuesday, May 15, 2001 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 2899–099 Idaho]

Idaho Power Company; Notice of

Availability of Environmental

Assessment

May 9, 2001.

In accordance with the National

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and

the Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission’s regulations, 18 CFR Part

380 (Order No. 486, 52 FR 47910), the

Office of Energy Projects has reviewed

Idaho Power Company’s application for

license amendment to waive for 1 year

the target flow requirements at the

Milner Hydroelectric project, located on

the Snake River in Twin Falls and

Cassia Counties, Idaho, and has

prepared an environmental assessment

(EA). The project includes about 109

acres of federal land administered by

the Bureau of Land Management.

The EA contains the staff’s analysis of

the potential environmental impacts of

the proposed amendment and concludes

that the approval of the proposed

amendment with staff’s modifications

would not constitute a major federal

action that would significantly affect the

quality of the human environment.

The EA is attached to a Commission

order issued on May 8, 2001, for the

above application. Copies of the EA can

be obtained by calling the Commission’s

Public Reference Room at (202) 208–

1371. Copies of the EA can also be

obtained through the Commission’s

homepage at http://www.ferc.fed.us.

For further information, contact

Kenneth Hogan at (202) 208–0434.

David P. Boergers,

Secretary.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–6972–9]

Proposed Settlement, Clean Air Act

Citizen Suit

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of proposed consent

decree; request for public comment.

SUMMARY: In accordance with section

113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended

(‘‘Act’’), 42 U.S.C. 7413(g), notice is

hereby given of a proposed consent

decree which was lodged with the

United States District Court for the

Northern District of California by the

United States Environmental Protection

Agency (‘‘EPA’’) on April 16, 2001 to

address a lawsuit filed by Our

Children’s Earth Foundation. This

lawsuit, which was filed pursuant to

section 304(a) of the Act, 42 U.S.C.

7604(a), addresses EPA’s alleged failure

to publish a comprehensive document

for each State in EPA Region 9, setting

forth all requirements of each such

State’s applicable State Implementation

Plan under section 110(h) of the Act, 42

U.S.C. 7410(h). Our Children’s Earth

Foundation v. EPA, Civil No. C–01–

1475 EDL (N.D. Cal.).

DATES: Written comments on the

proposed consent decree must be

received by June 14, 2001.

ADDRESSES: Written comments should

be sent to Jeff Wehling, Office of

Regional Counsel, U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency Region 9, 75

Hawthorne Street, San Francisco, CA

94105. Copies of the proposed consent

decree are available from Janet Taber,

(415) 744–1341.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Clean

Air Act requires EPA to assemble and

publish a comprehensive document for

each State setting forth all requirements

of the applicable implementation plan

for such State. See section 110(h), 42

U.S.C. 7410(h). Such an applicable plan

is referred to as a State implementation

plan or ‘‘SIP.’’ Under the proposed

consent decree, EPA shall make

available to the general public on the

Region 9 website (i.e., make ‘‘web

accessible’’) certain information

concerning the SIPs. This information

shall include a log of current EPAapproved SIP rules for each local air

quality management district or air

pollution control district within Region

9 (referred to as ‘‘District’’) showing

approval dates and Federal Register

citations and a copy of the rules

themselves. In addition, EPA shall make

web accessible summaries of the SIP

commitments made by each District in

local plans developed under part D of

Title I of the Act, as amended in 1990.

These plan summaries shall identify

each control measure approved by EPA

for adoption and implementation by the

District, the emissions reductions to

which the District has committed, the

schedule of adoption and

implementation dates to which the

District has committed, and any rule

number for the SIP rule adopted by the

District relating to the control measure.

The proposed consent decree provides

for a series of deadlines for making

these SIP requirements web accessible

with the last such deadline occurring on

March 31, 2002.

For a period of thirty (30) days

following the date of publication of this

notice, EPA will receive written

comments relating to the proposed

consent decree from persons who were

not named as parties to the litigation in

question. EPA or the Department of

Justice may withhold or withdraw

consent to the proposed consent decree

if the comments disclose facts or

circumstances that indicate that such

consent is inappropriate, improper,

inadequate, or inconsistent with the

requirements of the Act. Unless EPA or

the Department of Justice determines,

following the comment period, that

consent is inappropriate, the final

consent decree will then be executed by

the parties.

Dated: April 24, 2001.

Anna L. Wolgast,

Acting General Counsel.

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FEDERAL EMERGENCY

MANAGEMENT AGENCY

[FEMA–1367–DR]

Iowa; Major Disaster and Related

Determinations

AGENCY: Federal Emergency

Management Agency (FEMA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This is a notice of the

Presidential declaration of a major

disaster for the State of Iowa (FEMA–

1367–DR), dated May 2, 2001, and

related determinations.

EFFECTIVE DATE: May 2, 2001.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Madge Dale, Response and Recovery

Directorate, Federal Emergency

Management Agency, Washington, DC

20472, (202) 646–3772.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Notice is

hereby given that, in a letter dated May

2, 2001, the President declared a major

disaster under the authority of the

Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and

Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C.

5121, as follows:

I have determined that the damage in

certain areas of the State of Iowa, resulting

from severe storms, tornadoes, and flooding

beginning on April 8, 2001, and continuing,

is of sufficient severity and magnitude to

warrant a major disaster declaration under

the Robert T. Stafford Disaster Relief and

Emergency Assistance Act, 42 U.S.C. 5121

(Stafford Act). I, therefore, declare that such

a major disaster exists in the State of Iowa.

In order to provide Federal assistance, you

are hereby authorized to allocate from funds