51352 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 167 / Tuesday, August 30, 2005 / Notices 

Docket Numbers: ER01–931–008; 

ER01–931–009; ER01–930–008; ER01–

930–009. 

Applicants: Panda Gila River, L.P.; 

Union Power Partners, L.P. 

Description: Panda Gila River Power, 

L.P. and Union Power Partners, L.P. 

submits response to the Commission’s 

deficiency letter issued 8/12/05 in 

Docket No. ER99–2342–004, et al. 

Filed Date: 08/18/2005. 

Accession Number: 20050823–0172. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. eastern time on 

Thursday, September 08, 2005. 

Docket Numbers: ER02–1600–004. 

Applicants: Green Mountain Energy 

Company. 

Description: Green Mountain Energy 

Company submits revisions to its FERC 

Electric Tariff, Original Volume No. 1 , 

to include the change in status language 

required by the Commission’s Order No. 

652 and the market behavior rules 

language. 

Filed Date: 08/19/2005. 

Accession Number: 20050823–0146. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. eastern time on 

Friday, September 09, 2005. 

Docket Numbers: ER05–1322–000. 

Applicants: Xcel Energy Operating 

Companies. 

Description: Xcel Energy submits 

compliance tariff pages to the Xcel 

Energy Operating Companies the Fourth 

Revised Sheet No. 9, First Revised Sheet 

no. 168.1, Original Sheet No. 329 and 

Original Sheet Nos. 345 to 446 to its 

Joint Open Access Transmission Tariff, 

First Revised Volume No. 1. 

Filed Date: 08/12/2005. 

Accession Number: 20050815–0216. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. eastern time on 

Tuesday, September 06, 2005. 

Docket Numbers: ER05–1365–000. 

Applicants: Premcor Power Marketing 

LLC. 

Description: Premcor Power 

Marketing, LLC submits notice of 

cancellation of its FERC Electric Tariff, 

Original Volume No. 1, First Revised 

Sheet Nos. 1–5, Superseding Original 

Sheet Nos. 1–5 to be effective 8/31/05. 

Filed Date: 08/19/2005. 

Accession Number: 20050823–0144. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. eastern time on 

Friday, August 26, 2005. 

Docket Numbers: ER05–1377–000. 

Applicants: Idaho Power Company. 

Description: Idaho Power Company 

submits an amendment to its Market 

Based Rate Tariff, FERC Electric Tariff 

Original Volume No. 6, to be effective 

10/18/05. 

Filed Date: 08/18/2005. 

Accession Number: 20050822–0082. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. eastern time on 

Thursday, September 08, 2005. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest in any of the above proceedings 

must file in accordance with Rules 211 

and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of 

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 

and 385.214) on or before 5 p.m. eastern 

time on the specified comment date. It 

is not necessary to separately intervene 

again in a subdocket related to a 

compliance filing if you have previously 

intervened in the same docket. 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. 

Anyone filing a motion to intervene or 

protest must serve a copy of that 

document on the Applicant. In reference 

to filings initiating a new proceeding, 

interventions or protests submitted on 

or before the comment deadline need 

not be served on persons other and the 

Applicant. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper, using the 

FERC Online links at http:// 

www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic 

service, persons with Internet access 

who will eFile a document and/or be 

listed as a contact for an intervenor 

must create and validate an 

eRegistration account using the 

eRegistration link. Select the eFiling 

link to log on and submit the 

intervention or protests. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 14 copies 

of the intervention or protest to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First St., NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

The filings in the above proceedings 

are accessible in the Commission’s 

eLibrary system by clicking on the 

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. 

[FR Doc. E5–4721 Filed 8–29–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[R01–OAR–2005–ME–0006; FRL–7962–5] 

Adequacy Status of Submitted State 

Implementation Plans (SIP) for 

Transportation Conformity Purposes: 5 

Percent Increment of Progress Motor 

Vehicle Emissions Budgets for the 

Portland Maine 8-Hour Ozone 

Nonattainment Area 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of adequacy 

determination. 

SUMMARY: In this action, EPA is 

notifying the public that we have found 

the on-road motor vehicle emissions 

budgets contained in the Portland 

Maine marginal 8-hour ozone 

nonattainment area 5 Percent Increment 

of Progress SIP adequate for 

transportation conformity purposes. As 

a result of our finding, the motor vehicle 

emissions budgets from the submitted 

SIP revision must be used for future 

conformity determinations in the 

Portland Maine area. 

DATES: These motor vehicle emissions 

budgets are effective September 14, 

2005. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The 

essential information in this notice will 

be available at EPA’s conformity Web 

site: http://www.epa.gov/oms/transp/ 

conform/adequacy.htm. You may also 

contact Mr. Donald O. Cooke, Air 

Quality Unit, U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, EPA New England 

Regional Office, One Congress Street, 

Suite 1100 (CAQ), Boston, MA 02114–

2023, telephone number (617) 918–

1668, fax number (617) 918–0668, email cooke.donald@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: By letters 

dated June 9, 13 and 14, 2005, the 

Maine Department of Environmental 

Protection (ME DEP) submitted to EPA 

its State Implementation Plan Revision 

for Portland Maine’s 15 Percent Rate of 

Progress Plan; 5 Percent Increment of 

Progress Plan; Motor Vehicle Emissions 

Budget; and 2002 Base Year Emission 

Inventory. As the 1-hour ozone standard 

was revoked on June 15, 2005, and the 

Portland Maine 1-hour ozone 

nonattainment area covers a different 

geographic area than the Portland Maine 

8-hour ozone nonattainment area, EPA 

has not taking action to determine the 

adequacy of the 1-hour motor vehicle 

emission budgets, nor is EPA approving 

the 1-hour budgets for conformity 

purposes. The 2007 volatile organic 

compounds (VOC) and nitrogen oxides 

(NOX) motor vehicle emissions budgets 

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associated with the Portland Maine 8- 

hour ozone 5 Percent Increment of 

Progress SIP are 20.115 tons per summer 

weekday of VOC and 39.893 tons per 

summer weekday of NOX. These 2007 

budgets cover Sagadahoc County and 

portions of York, Cumberland, and 

Androscoggin Counties. On July 12, 

2005, the availability of these budgets 

was posted on EPA’s website for the 

purpose of soliciting public comments. 

The comment period closed on August 

11, 2005, and EPA received no 

comments. 

Today’s notice is simply an 

announcement of a finding that we have 

already made. EPA New England sent a 

letter to Maine Department of 

Environmental Protection on August 12, 

2005, finding that the 2007 MOBILE6.2 

motor vehicle emissions budgets for the 

Portland Maine 8-hour ozone 

nonattainment area are adequate and 

must be used for transportation 

conformity determinations. 

Transportation conformity is required 

by section 176(c) of the Clean Air Act. 

EPA’s conformity rule, 40 CFR part 93, 

requires that transportation plans, 

programs, and projects conform to state 

air quality implementation plans and 

establishes the criteria and procedures 

for determining whether or not they do. 

Conformity to a SIP means that 

transportation activities will not 

produce new air quality violations, 

worsen existing violations, or delay 

timely attainment of the national 

ambient air quality standards. The 

criteria by which we determine whether 

a SIP’s motor vehicle emission budgets 

are adequate for conformity purposes 

are outlined in 40 CFR 93.118(e)(4). 

Please note that an adequacy review is 

separate from EPA’s completeness 

review, and it also should not be used 

to prejudge EPA’s ultimate approval of 

the SIP. Even if we find a budget 

adequate, the SIP could later be 

disapproved. 

List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52 

Environmental protection, Air 

pollution control, Intergovernmental 

relations, Nitrogen dioxide, Ozone, 

Reporting and recordkeeping 

requirements, Volatile organic 

compounds. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. 

Dated: August 20, 2005. 

Robert W. Varney, 

Regional Administrator, EPA New England. 

[FR Doc. 05–17202 Filed 8–29–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–7962–7] 

Science Advisory Board Staff Office; 

Clean Air Scientific Advisory 

Committee (CASAC); Notification of 

Advisory Meeting of the CASAC 

Ambient Air Monitoring and Methods 

(AAMM) Subcommittee 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency Science Advisory Board (SAB) 

Staff Office announces a public meeting 

of the Clean Air Scientific Advisory 

Committee’s (CASAC) Ambient Air 

Monitoring and Methods (AAMM) 

Subcommittee to conduct a peer review 

on the Federal Reference Method (FRM) 

for thoracic coarse particulate matter 

(PM10–2.5) and a consultation on various 

PM monitoring-related issues. 

DATES: The meeting will be held 

Wednesday, September 21, 2005, from 9 

a.m. to 5:30 p.m. (eastern time), and 

Thursday, September 22, 2005, from 

8:30 a.m. to 3 p.m. (eastern time). 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will take place 

at the Marriott Durham Civic Center 

Hotel, 210 Foster Street, Durham, NC 

27701. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public who would like to 

submit written or brief oral comments (5 

minutes or less), or wants further 

information concerning this meeting, 

should contact Mr. Fred Butterfield, 

Designated Federal Officer (DFO), EPA 

Science Advisory Board (1400F), U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460; via telephone/ 

voice mail: (202) 343–9994; fax: (202) 

233–0643; or e-mail at: 

butterfield.fred@epa.gov. General 

information concerning the CASAC or 

the EPA Science Advisory Board can be 

found on the EPA Web site at: http:// 

www.epa.gov/sab. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: CASAC 

and the AAMM Subcommittee: The 

CASAC, which comprises seven 

members appointed by the EPA 

Administrator, 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, in part to provide advice, 

information and recommendations on 

the scientific and technical aspects of 

issues related to air quality criteria and 

national ambient air quality standards 

(NAAQS) under sections 108 and 109 of 

the Act. The CASAC, which is 

administratively located under the SAB 

Staff Office, is a Federal advisory 

committee chartered under the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA), as 

amended, 5 U.S.C., App. 

The SAB Staff Office established the 

CASAC AAMM Subcommittee in early 

2004 as a standing subcommittee to 

provide the EPA Administrator, through 

the CASAC, with advice and 

recommendations, as necessary, on 

topical areas related to ambient air 

monitoring, methods and networks. The 

Subcommittee complies with the 

provisions of FACA and all appropriate 

SAB Staff Office procedural policies. 

Background: Under section 108 of the 

CAA, the Agency is required to establish 

NAAQS for each pollutant for which 

EPA has issued criteria, including 

particulate matter (PM). Section 109(d) 

of the Act subsequently 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 and welfare. The Agency is also 

to revise the NAAQS, if appropriate, 

based on the revised criteria. 

EPA is currently reviewing the 

NAAQS for PM. As part of this review, 

the Agency is considering potential 

NAAQS for thoracic coarse particulate 

matter (PM10–2.5). Further information 

on EPA’s ongoing PM NAAQS review is 

available at the following URL: http:// 

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

s_pm_index.html. 

In conjunction with the review of the 

PM NAAQS, EPA is evaluating potential 

monitoring methods for measurement of 

PM10–2.5. The Agency’s Office of Air 

Quality Planning and Standards 

(OAQPS), within EPA’s Office of Air 

and Radiation (OAR), has requested that 

the CASAC conduct a peer review of the 

Federal Reference Method (FRM) for 

PM10–2.5 to provide independent 

scientific advice on the appropriateness 

of this method for being the basis of 

comparison in approving coarse-particle 

continuous monitors. The FRM for 

PM10–2.5 will establish the basis for 

approval of continuous-monitoring 

methods in a performance-based 

measurement system process. In 

addition, OAQPS has asked the CASAC 

to conduct a consultation to the Agency 

on: Fine particle (PM2.5) FRM 

optimization and equivalency criteria 

for continuous monitors; and PM10–2.5

methods evaluation, network data 

quality objectives (DQOs), and 

equivalency criteria for continuous 

monitors. The CASAC AAMM 

Subcommittee provided advice and 

recommendations for this ongoing work 

at a July 22, 2004 consultative meeting 

on PM10–2.5 methods and DQOs.