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party to the proceeding. Any comments, 

protests, or motions to intervene must 

be received on or before the specified 

comment date for the particular 

application. 

o. Filing and Service of Responsive 

Documents—Any filings must bear in 

all capital letters the title 

‘‘COMMENTS’’, 

‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TERMS 

AND CONDITIONS’’, ‘‘PROTEST’’, OR 

‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE’’, as 

applicable, and the Project Number of 

the particular application to which the 

filing refers. A copy of any motion to 

intervene must also be served upon each 

representative of the Applicant 

specified in the particular application. 

p. Agency Comments—Federal, state, 

and local agencies are invited to file 

comments on the described 

applications. A copy of the applications 

may be obtained by agencies directly 

from the Applicant. If an agency does 

not file comments within the time 

specified for filing comments, it will be 

presumed to have no comments. One 

copy of an agency’s comments must also 

be sent to the Applicant’s 

representatives.

Magalie R. Salas, 

Secretary.

[FR Doc. E5–378 Filed 2–1–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEAPRTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. RP04–274–000] 

Kern River Gas Transmission 

Company; Notice of Informal 

Settlement Conference 

January 25, 2005. 

Take notice that an informal 

settlement conference will be convened 

in this proceeding commencing at 10:00 

am (EST) on Wednesday, February 2, 

2005 at the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20426, for the purpose 

of exploring a possible settlement in the 

above-referenced proceeding. 

Any party, as defined by 18 CFR 

385.102(c), or any participant as defined 

by 18 CFR 385.102(b), is invited to 

attend. Persons wishing to become a 

party must move to intervene and 

receive intervenor status pursuant to the 

Commission’s regulations (18 CFR 

385.214). 

For additional information, please 

contact Thomas J. Burgess (202–502–

6058).

Magalie R. Salas, 

Secretary.

[FR Doc. E5–381 Filed 2–1–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regualtory 

Commission 

[Docket Nos. RM05–2–000] 

Policy for Selective Discounting by 

Natural Gas Pipelines; Notice of 

Extension of Time 

January 25, 2005. 

On January 21, 2005, the Interstate 

Natural Gas Association of America 

(INGAA) filed a motion for an extension 

of time to file comments in response to 

the Commission’s Notice of Inquiry 

(NOI) issued November 22, 2004, in the 

above-docketed proceeding. 109 FERC 

¶ 61,202. INGAA states that additional 

time is needed because of the broad 

scope of the Commission’s inquiry in 

this proceeding and because preparation 

of a response will require significant 

input from gas industry members. 

INGAA also states that an extension is 

needed due the press of Commission 

deadlines in other natural gas industry 

proceedings. INGAA finally states that 

the American Gas Association, 

American Public Gas Association, 

Independent Petroleum Association of 

America, Illinois Municipal Gas 

Association, Natural Gas Supply 

Association and Process Gas Consumers 

either support or do not oppose the 

request for additional time. 

Upon consideration, notice is hereby 

given that an extension of time for filing 

comments on the NOI is granted to and 

including March 2, 2005.

Magalie R. Salas, 

Secretary.

[FR Doc. E5–379 Filed 2–1–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[IL–224–1; FRL–7867–6] 

Adequacy Status of Metro-East St. 

Louis, IL Submitted 1-Hour Ozone 

Maintenance Plan for Transportation 

Conformity Purposes

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of adequacy.

SUMMARY: In this notice, EPA is 

notifying the public that EPA has found 

that the motor vehicle emissions 

budgets in the Metro-East St. Louis, 

Illinois 1-hour ozone maintenance plan 

are adequate for conformity purposes. 

On March 2, 1999, the DC Circuit Court 

ruled that submitted State 

Implementation Plans (SIPs) cannot be 

used for conformity determinations 

until EPA has affirmatively found them 

adequate. As a result of our finding, 

Metro-East St. Louis can use the motor 

vehicle emissions budgets from the 

submitted 1-hour ozone maintenance 

plan for future conformity 

determinations. These budgets are 

effective February 17, 2005. The finding 

and the response to comments will be 

available at EPA’s conformity Web site: 

http://www.epa.gov/otaq/transp.htm,

(once there, click on the ‘‘Conformity’’

button, then look for ‘‘Adequacy Review 

of SIP Submissions for Conformity’’).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Anthony Maietta, Life Scientist, Criteria 

Pollutant Section (AR–18J), Air 

Programs Branch, Air and Radiation 

Division, United States Environmental 

Protection Agency, Region 5, 77 West 

Jackson Boulevard, Chicago, Illinois 

60604, (312) 353–8777, 

Maietta.anthony@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Throughout this document, whenever 

‘‘we’’, ‘‘us’’ or ‘‘our’’ is used, we mean 

EPA. 

Background 

Today’s notice is simply an 

announcement of a finding that we have 

already made. EPA Region 5 sent a letter 

to the Illinois Environmental Protection 

Agency on January 10, 2005, stating that 

the motor vehicle emissions budgets in 

the Metro-East St. Louis, Illinois 

submitted 1-hour ozone maintenance 

plan for 2007 are adequate. This finding 

has been announced on EPA’s 

conformity Web site: http://

www.epa.gov/otaq/transp.htm, (once 

there, click on the ‘‘Conformity’’ button, 

then look for ‘‘Adequacy Review of SIP 

Submissions for Conformity’’). 

Transportation conformity is required 

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

EPA’s conformity rule 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. 

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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. 

We’ve described our process for 

determining the adequacy of submitted 

SIP budgets in guidance (May 14, 1999 

memo titled ‘‘Conformity Guidance on 

Implementation of March 2, 1999 

Conformity Court Decision’’). We 

followed this guidance in making our 

adequacy determination.

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

Dated: January 18, 2005. 

Norman Niedergang, 

Acting Regional Administrator.

[FR Doc. 05–1996 Filed 2–1–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY

[OPP–2004–0418; FRL–7693–9]

Methyl Eugenol; Tolerance 

Reassessment Decision for Low Risk 

Pesticide; Notice of Availability

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice.

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of EPA’s Tolerance 

Reassessment Decision (TRED) for the 

pesticide methyl eugenol, and opens a 

public comment period on this 

document, related risk assessments, and 

other support documents. EPA has 

reviewed the low risk pesticide methyl 

eugenol through a modified, 

streamlined version of the public 

participation process that the Agency 

uses to involve the public in developing 

pesticide tolerance reassessment and 

reregistration decisions. Through the 

tolerance reassessment program, EPA is 

ensuring that all pesticides meet current 

health and food safety standards.

DATES: Comments, identified by docket 

ID number OPP–2004–0418, must be 

received on or before February 3, 2005.]

ADDRESSES: Comments may be 

submitted electronically, by mail, or 

through hand delivery/courier. Follow 

the detailed instructions as provided in 

Unit I. of the SUPPLEMENTARY

INFORMATION.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:

Nathan Mottl, Special Review and 

Reregistration Division (7508C), Office 

of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460–

0001; telephone number: (703) 305–

0208; fax number: e-mail 

address:mottl.nathan@epa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

I. General Information

A. Does this Action Apply to Me?

This action is directed to the public 

in general, and may be of interest to a 

wide range of stakeholders, including 

environmental human health, and 

agricultural advocates; the chemical 

industry; pesticide users; and members 

of the public interested in the sale, 

distribution, or use of pesticides. Since 

others also may be interested, the 

Agency has not attempted to describe all 

the specific entities that may be affected 

by this action. If you have any questions 

regarding the applicability of this action 

to a particular entity, consult the person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT.

B. How Can I Get Copies of this 

Document and Other Related 

Information?

1. Docket. EPA has established an 

official public docket for this action 

under docket ID number OPP–2004–

0418. The official public docket consists 

of the documents specifically referenced 

in this action, any public comments 

received, and other information related 

to this action. Although a part of the 

official docket, the public docket does 

not include Confidential Business 

Information (CBI) or other information 

whose disclosure is restricted by statute. 

The official public docket is the 

collection of materials that is available 

for public viewing at the Public 

Information and Records Integrity 

Branch (PIRIB), Rm. 119, Crystal Mall 

#2, 1801 S. Bell St., Arlington, VA. This 

docket facility is open from 8:30 a.m. to 

4 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

excluding legal holidays. The docket 

telephone number is (703) 305–5805.

2. Electronic access. You may access 

this Federal Register document 

electronically through the EPA Internet 

under the ‘‘Federal Register’’ listings at 

http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr/.

An electronic version of the public 

docket is available through EPA’s 

electronic public docket and comment 

system, EPA Dockets. You may use EPA 

Dockets at http://www.epa.gov/edocket/

to submit or view public comments, 

access the index listing of the contents 

of the official public docket, and to 

access those documents in the public 

docket that are available electronically. 

Once in the system, select ‘‘search,’’

then key in the appropriate docket ID 

number.

Certain types of information will not 

be placed in the EPA Dockets. 

Information claimed as CBI and other 

information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute, which is not 

included in the official public docket, 

will not be available for public viewing 

in EPA’s electronic public docket. EPA’s 

policy is that copyrighted material will 

not be placed in EPA’s electronic public 

docket, but will be available only in 

printed, paper form in the official public 

docket. To the extent feasible, publicly 

available docket materials will be made 

available in EPA’s electronic public 

docket. When a document is selected 

from the index list in EPA Dockets, the 

system will identify whether the 

document is available for viewing in 

EPA’s electronic public docket. 

Although not all docket materials may 

be available electronically, you may still 

access any of the publicly available 

docket materials through the docket 

facility identified in Unit I.B.1. EPA 

intends to work towards providing 

electronic access to all of the publicly 

available docket materials through 

EPA’s electronic public docket.

For public commenters, it is 

important to note that EPA’s policy is 

that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing in EPA’s electronic public 

docket as EPA receives them and 

without change, unless the comment 

contains copyrighted material, CBI, or 

other information whose disclosure is 

restricted by statute. When EPA 

identifies a comment containing 

copyrighted material, EPA will provide 

a reference to that material in the 

version of the comment that is placed in 

EPA’s electronic public docket. The 

entire printed comment, including the 

copyrighted material, will be available 

in the public docket.

Public comments submitted on 

computer disks that are mailed or 

delivered to the docket will be 

transferred to EPA’s electronic public 

docket. Public comments that are 

mailed or delivered to the docket will be 

scanned and placed in EPA’s electronic 

public docket. Where practical, physical 

objects will be photographed, and the 

photograph will be placed in EPA’s 

electronic public docket along with a 

brief description written by the docket 

staff.

C. How and to Whom Do I Submit 

Comments?

You may submit comments 

electronically, by mail, or through hand