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appropriate link in the above list. They 

are also available for review in the 

Commission’s Public Reference Room in 

Washington, DC. There is an 

eSubscription link on the Web site that 

enables subscribers to receive e-mail 

notification when a document is added 

to a subscribed dockets(s). For 

assistance with any FERC Online 

service, please e-mail 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. or call 

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call 

(202) 502–8659. 

Linda Mitry, 

Deputy Secretary. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket Nos. EC05–21–000, et al.] 

Reliant Energy Wholesale Generation, 

LLC, et al. Electric Rate and Corporate 

Filings 

August 29, 2005. 

The following filings have been made 

with the Commission. The filings are 

listed in ascending order within each 

docket classification. 

1. Reliant Energy Wholesale 

Generation, LLC 

[Docket No. EC05–21–000] 

Take notice that on August 25, 2005, 

Reliant Energy Wholesale Generation, 

LLC tendered for filing a withdrawal of 

the application filed November 23, 2004 

in Docket No. EC05–21–000. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. eastern time on 

September 15, 2005. 

2. United States Department of Energy 

and Western Area Power 

Administration 

[Docket No. EF05–5161–000] 

Take notice that on August 17, 2005, 

the Deputy Secretary of the Department 

of Energy, confirmed and approved Rate 

Order No. WAPA–119 and Rate 

Schedule SNF–6, placing a non-firm 

power formula rate from the Stampede 

Powerplant of the Washoe Project of the 

Western Area Power Administration 

into effect on an interim basis. Rate 

Schedule SNF–6 will be placed into 

effect on an interim basis on the first 

day of the first full billing period 

beginning on or after October 1, 2005, 

and will be in effect until the 

Commission confirms, approves, and 

places the rate schedule in effect on a 

final basis through September 30, 2010, 

or until the rate schedule is superseded. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. eastern time on 

September 7, 2005. 

3. Larswind, LLC 

[Docket No. EG05–99–000] 

Take notice that on August 24, 2005, 

Larswind, LLC (Larswind) filed with the 

Commission an application for 

determination of exempt wholesale 

generator status pursuant to part 365 of 

the Commission regulations. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. eastern time on 

September 14, 2005. 

4. Wisconsin Public Service 

Corporation v. Midwest Independent 

transmission System Operator, Inc. 

[Docket Nos. EL03–40–004 and EL05–51–

004] 

Take notice that on August 22, 2005, 

the Midwest Independent Transmission 

System Operator, Inc. (Midwest ISO) 

submitted a compliance filing pursuant 

to the Commission’s Order issued July 

22, 2005, 112 FERC ¶ 61,093 (2005). 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. eastern time on 

September 12, 2005. 

Standard Paragraph 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest this filing must file in 

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). 

Protests will be considered by the 

Commission in determining the 

appropriate action to be taken, but will 

not serve to make protestants parties to 

the proceeding. Any person wishing to 

become a party must file a notice of 

intervention or motion to intervene, as 

appropriate. Such notices, motions, or 

protests must be filed on or before the 

comment date. Anyone filing a motion 

to intervene or protest must serve a copy 

of that document on the Applicant and 

all the parties in this proceeding. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper using the 

‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 14 copies 

of the protest or intervention to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

This filing is accessible on-line at 

http://www.ferc.gov, using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for 

review in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room in Washington, DC. 

There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the 

Web site that enables subscribers to 

receive e-mail notification when a 

document is added to a subscribed 

docket(s). For assistance with any FERC 

Online service, please e-mail 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call 

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call 

(202) 502–8659. 

Linda Mitry, 

Deputy Secretary. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–7964–9] 

Clean Air Scientific Advisory 

Committee; Science Advisory Board 

(SAB) Staff Office; Clean Air Scientific 

Advisory Committee (CASAC) Lead 

Review Panel; Request for 

Nominations 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA or Agency) 

Science Advisory Board (SAB) Staff 

Office is announcing the formation of 

the Clean Air Scientific Advisory 

Committee (CASAC) Lead Review Panel 

(Panel) and is soliciting nominations for 

this Panel. Nominees in response to this 

request for nominations will be 

considered for membership on the 

CASAC Lead Review Panel. This 

process supplements other efforts to 

identify qualified candidates for this 

Panel. 

DATES: New nominations should be 

submitted by September 27, 2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public wishing further 

information regarding this Request for 

Nominations may contact Mr. Fred 

Butterfield, Designated Federal Officer 

(DFO), EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff: by telephone at (202) 343–9994; 

by e-mail at butterfield.fred@epa.gov; or 

by mail at the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, EPA Science 

Advisory Board Staff Office (Mail Code 

1400F), 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, 

NW., Washington, DC, 20640. General 

information concerning the CASAC or 

the SAB can be found on the EPA Web 

site at: http://www.epa.gov/sab. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

The Clean Air Scientific Advisory 

Committee (CASAC) was established 

under section 109(d)(2) of the Clean Air 

Act (CAA or Act) (42 U.S.C. 7409) as an 

independent scientific advisory 

committee. CASAC provides advice, 

information and recommendations on 

the scientific and technical aspects of 

air quality criteria and national ambient 

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air quality standards (NAAQS) under 

sections 108 and 109 of the Act. The 

CASAC Lead Review Panel will consist 

of the seven members of the chartered 

CASAC, supplemented by additional 

subject matter experts. This solicitation 

is seeking nominations for the 

additional experts. The CASAC is a 

Federal advisory committee chartered 

under the Federal Advisory Committee 

Act (FACA), as amended, 5 U.S.C., App. 

The CASAC Lead Review Panel will 

comply with the provisions of FACA 

and all appropriate SAB Staff Office 

procedural policies. 

The CAA Act requires periodic review 

and, if appropriate, revision of the 

criteria and NAAQS for lead. EPA’s Air 

Quality Criteria Document (AQCD) for 

Lead was first published in 1978, and 

revised in 1986. An addendum was 

published in 1986, and a Supplement to 

the Lead AQCD was published in 1990. 

The latter document evaluated lead 

effects on cardiovascular endpoints, 

pregnancy, and early postnatal 

exposures. The 1990 supplement did 

not lead to revision of the primary and 

secondary lead standards issued in 

1978. The National Center for 

Environmental Assessment, Research 

Triangle Park, NC (NCEA-RTP), in 

EPA’s Office of Research and 

Development, released a draft Project 

Work Plan for Revised Air Quality 

Criteria for Lead in January 2005. The 

chartered CASAC conducted a 

consultation on this draft work plan on 

March 28, 2005. The Agency is 

scheduled to release the First External 

Review Draft AQCD for Lead (First Draft 

Lead AQCD) in January 2006. At that 

time, the Agency will also invite public 

comments on the First Draft Lead 

AQCD. The Agency has asked CASAC to 

peer-review the First Draft Lead AQCD 

at a public meeting in May 2006. 

The SAB Staff Office is announcing 

the formation of the CASAC Lead 

Review Panel to review the criteria and 

the Agency’s Staff Paper for Lead. The 

Staff Paper for Lead evaluates policy 

implications of the key scientific and 

technical information contained in the 

AQCD for Lead. As such, the staff paper 

bridges the gap between the science in 

the Lead AQCD, and the public health 

and welfare policy judgments that the 

EPA Administrator must also consider 

when reviewing the Lead National 

Ambient Air Quality Standard 

(NAAQS). 

The SAB Staff Office is soliciting 

nominations for qualified scientists to 

serve on the CASAC Lead Review Panel. 

The CASAC Lead Review Panel will 

operate for two to four years, and will 

be provided with a separate charge for 

each review or project. 

Technical Contact 

Any questions concerning the AQCD 

for Lead should be directed to Dr. 

Robert Elias, NCEA–RTP, at phone: 

(919) 541–4167; or e-mail: 

elias.robert@epa.gov. NCEA–RTP 

expects to release and post the First 

Draft Lead AQCD on the NCEA Web site 

at: http://www.epa.gov/ncea/ for 

external review in January 2006. 

Nominator’s Assessment of Expertise 

The SAB Staff Office requests 

nominees who are nationally-recognized 

experts in one or more of the following 

disciplines: 

(a) Chemistry, environmental sources, 

transport and deposition of lead. 

Includes expertise in: (1) Inorganic and 

organometallic chemistry of lead; (2) 

methods of measuring environmental 

sources and source strengths from 

smelters, coal combustion plants, 

vehicles (historic and modern) and 

natural sources; (3) atmospheric 

transport, including methods of 

detecting transported lead (e.g., isotope 

analysis) in the gas phase, liquid phase, 

particle phase (both primary and 

resuspended); and (4) deposition of 

lead, including measurement of 

deposition rate as a function of surface 

properties. 

(b) Multimedia routes of human 

exposure to lead. Includes knowledge of 

measurement methods (e.g., air 

sampling methodology) and observed 

environmental concentrations for 

multimedia human exposure pathways 

via inhalation and ingestion (relevant 

concentrations for various sources: soil, 

dust, drinking water, food, as well as 

others such as lead-based paint, pica for 

paint or soil, etc.). 

(c) Modeling of multimedia human 

exposure uptake/absorption of lead to 

predict internal biokinetic distribution 

(blood/bone lead burdens): 

(1) Lead exposure pathway 

assessment. Expertise in the physical 

and chemical properties of lead and the 

biogeochemical processes involved in 

the pathways involved in human 

exposure to lead. These pathways 

include: 

(i) Air (both direct inhalation and 

deposition to surfaces likely to be 

contacted by humans); 

(ii) drinking water (from typical 

sources including municipal systems, 

bottled water, public drinking fountains, 

and private wells); 

(iii) food (including market sources, 

home gardens and recreational and 

subsistence fishing/hunting); and 

(iv) soil/dust ingestion. 

(2) Lead uptake/absorption. Expertise 

in the processes of uptake or absorption 

of lead in the digestive tract and lungs, 

including knowledge of digestive 

processes that affect the form of lead 

thus making it more (or less) available 

for absorption. Experience on the fate of 

inhaled particles is also desirable, 

including olfactory uptake. 

(3) Internal biokinetic distribution 

and physiological effects of lead. 

Expertise on the physiological processes 

that determine the distribution of 

absorbed lead among the various organs 

and tissues of the human body. This 

would include expertise on the 

mechanisms of transport within the 

human body, the organs and tissues that 

accumulate significant amounts of lead, 

the concentrations at the organ/tissue 

level that might impair physiological 

processes, and the residence times (or 

other measures of potential impact) of 

lead in these tissues and organs. 

Expertise on the various mechanisms 

and routes of elimination and the 

mechanisms of this elimination is 

desirable. 

(4) Tissue concentrations of lead. 

Includes expertise on measurement 

methods and observed concentrations 

for various biological tissues, including 

blood, teeth, and bone lead 

concentrations and lead levels in soft 

tissues such as brain, kidney, etc. 

(5) Human growth and activity 

patterns. Expertise on growth patterns 

and typical human activity patterns 

from prenatal to elderly, including 

recreational, occupational, leisurely, 

and household activities. This would 

include knowledge of published data 

and of modeling applications. 

(6) Exposure assessment modeling. 

Expertise and experience in measuring 

human population exposure to lead 

and/or in modeling human exposure to 

ambient and indoor pollutants. 

Expertise in relating indicators of 

human exposure to potential health 

outcomes and quantification of risk 

related to adverse health outcomes. 

(d) Lead-induced health effects. 

Experience in epidemiologic/clinical 

evaluation and/or evaluation in 

laboratory animals or in in vitro test 

systems of lead-induced effects on: 

(1) Neurological development and 

other neurological endpoints; 

(2) Cardiovascular function; 

(3) Immune system function; 

(4) Heme synthesis; 

(5) Genotoxic effects; and 

(6) Carcinogenicity. 

(e) Risk assessment and uncertainty 

characterization. Expertise in human 

health risk assessment for lead or other 

pollutants causing non-cancer and 

cancer health effects, including 

Bayesian statistical approaches and 

biostatistics. Expertise in designing 

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uncertainty characterization frameworks 

for complex multi-media health 

assessments involving use of PBPK 

models, empirical data, 

microenvironmental exposure modeling 

and concentration-response functions 

drawing on both toxicological and 

epidemiological data. Specific areas of 

expertise should include probabilistic 

methods and Bayesian techniques. 

(f) Evaluation of environmental effects 

of lead on terrestrial and aquatic 

ecosystems. Includes expertise and/or 

knowledge of most current methods and 

state-of-the-science for assessing: modes 

of action of lead in plants, animals, and 

microorganisms; exposure of aquatic 

and terrestrial organisms to lead in 

various forms and from various sources; 

bioavailability of lead and factors which 

modify the lead uptake by aquatic and 

terrestrial ecosystems; ecosystem 

responses at a range of spatial and 

temporal scales; lead sources, fate, 

transport, and mobility using stable 

isotopes; and critical loads for lead in 

aquatic and terrestrial ecosystems. 

(g) Evaluation of economic effects of 

lead. Experience in evaluating economic 

effects of lead on consumptive-use 

ecological entities such as agriculture, 

commercial forests, aquaculture, shell 

fisheries, and commercial fisheries; and 

ability to monetize non-consumptiveuse ecological entities such as 

recreation, aesthetics, biodiversity, and 

other ecological goods and services that 

are not typically assigned a monetary 

value. 

Process and Deadline for Submitting 

Nominations 

Any interested person or organization 

may nominate qualified individuals to 

add expertise to the CASAC Lead 

Review Panel in the areas of expertise 

described above. Nominations should be 

submitted in electronic format through 

the SAB Web site at the following URL: 

http://www.epa.gov/sab; or directly via 

the Form for Nominating Individuals to 

Panels of the EPA Science Advisory 

Board link found at URL: http:// 

www.epa.gov/sab/panels/ 

paneltopics.html. Please follow the 

instructions for submitting nominations 

carefully. To be considered, 

nominations should include all of the 

information required on the associated 

forms. Anyone unable to submit 

nominations using the electronic form 

and who has any questions concerning 

the nomination process may contact Mr. 

Fred Butterfield, DFO, as indicated 

above in this notice. Nominations 

should be submitted in time to arrive no 

later than September 27, 2005. 

To be considered, all nominations 

should include: a current curriculum 

vitae (C.V.) which provides the 

nominee’s background, qualifications, 

relevant research expertise and 

publications for service on the Panel; 

and a brief biographical sketch 

(‘‘biosketch’’). The biosketch should be 

no longer than one page and should 

contain the following information for 

the nominee: 

(a) Current professional affiliations 

and positions held; 

(b) Area(s) of expertise, and research 

activities and publications relevant to 

the Panel; 

(c) Leadership positions in national 

associations or professional publications 

or other significant distinctions; 

(d) Educational background, 

especially advanced degrees, including 

when and from which institutions these 

were granted; 

(e) Service on other advisory 

committees or professional societies, 

especially those associated with issues 

under discussion in this review; and 

(f) Sources of recent (i.e., within the 

preceding two years) grant and/or other 

contract support, from government, 

industry, academia, etc., including the 

topic area of the funded activity. 

Please note that even negative 

responsive information (e.g., no recent 

grant or contract funding) should be 

indicated on the biosketch (by ‘‘N/A’’ or 

‘‘None’’). Incomplete biosketches will 

not be considered. The EPA SAB Staff 

Office will acknowledge receipt of 

nominations. 

The credentials of nominees received 

in reply to this notice will be compared 

to the specific expertise sought for the 

CASAC Lead Review Panel. Qualified 

nominees will be included in a smaller 

subset (known as the ‘‘Short List’’). The 

Short List will be posted on the SAB 

Web site at: http://www.epa.gov/sab, 

and will include, for each candidate, the 

nominee’s name and their biosketch. 

Public comments will be accepted for 21 

calendar days on the Short List. During 

this comment period, the public will be 

requested to provide relevant 

information or other documentation on 

nominees that the SAB Staff Office 

should consider in evaluating 

candidates. Panelists will be selected 

from the Short List. 

For the EPA SAB Staff Office, a 

balanced subcommittee or review panel 

includes candidates who possess the 

necessary domains of knowledge, the 

relevant scientific perspectives (which, 

among other factors, can be influenced 

by work history and affiliation), and the 

collective breadth of experience to 

adequately address the charge. In 

establishing the final Panel, the SAB 

Staff Office will consider public 

responses to the Short List, information 

provided by candidates, and 

background information independentlygathered by the SAB Staff Office on each 

candidate (e.g., financial disclosure 

information and computer searches to 

evaluate a nominee’s prior involvement 

with the topic under review). Specific 

criteria to be used in evaluating Short 

List candidates for Panel membership 

include: (a) Scientific and/or technical 

expertise, knowledge, and experience 

(primary factors); (b) availability and 

willingness to serve; (c) absence of 

financial conflicts of interest; (d) 

absence of an appearance of a lack of 

impartiality; and (e) skills working in 

committees, subcommittees and 

advisory panels; and, for the Panel as a 

whole, (f) diversity of, and balance 

among, scientific expertise, viewpoints, 

etc. 

Prospective candidates will also be 

required to fill-out the ‘‘Confidential 

Financial Disclosure Form for Special 

Government Employees Serving on 

Federal Advisory Committees at the 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’’

(EPA Form 3110–48). This confidential 

form allows Government officials to 

determine whether there is a statutory 

conflict between that person’s public 

responsibilities (which includes 

membership on an EPA Federal 

advisory committee) and private 

interests and activities, or the 

appearance of a lack of impartiality, as 

defined by Federal regulation. The form 

may be viewed and downloaded from 

the following URL address: http:// 

www.epa.gov/sab/sge_course/pdf_sge/ 

epaform3110_48.pdf. 

The approved policy under which the 

EPA SAB Office selects subcommittees 

and review panels is described in the 

following document: Overview of the 

Panel Formation Process at the 

Environmental Protection Agency 

Science Advisory Board (EPA–SAB–EC–

02–010), which is posted on the SAB 

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

pdf/ec02010.pdf. 

Dated: August 30, 2005. 

Anthony Maciorowski, 

Acting Director, EPA Science Advisory Board 

Staff Office. 

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