61614 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 205 / Tuesday, October 25, 2005 / Notices 

Southwestern’s marketing area includes 

these States plus Kansas and Louisiana. 

Southwestern markets Federal power 

and energy, and owns and operates a 

transmission system to integrate its 

hydroelectric resources in order to 

reliably deliver such power and energy. 

Southwestern provides transmission 

services for the transmission of nonFederal power and energy across 

Southwestern’s transmission system 

only to the extent that capacity is 

available over and above that required 

to fulfill Southwestern’s mission and 

obligations under section 5 of the Flood 

Control Act of 1944. Nothing in the 

proposed tariff is intended to alter, 

amend, or abridge Southwestern’s 

statutory obligation to market Federal 

power and to repay the Federal 

investment in the hydroelectric 

generation projects from which it 

markets power as well as the investment 

in its associated transmission system. 

On March 31, 2005, Southwestern and 

the SPP RTO entered into an agreement, 

which became effective April 1, 2005, 

and which provides for the SPP RTO to 

administer Southwestern’s Tariff, 

provide regional reliability council 

services, scheduling services, operating 

reserve sharing, Open Access Same 

Time Information System (‘‘OASIS’’) 

administration, and reliability 

coordination. The agreement, accepted 

for filing by the Commission as SPP 

RTO tariff Attachment AD, also 

facilitates the reciprocal use of 

Southwestern’s and the SPP RTO’s 

transmission facilities and provides for 

Southwestern’s participation in regional 

transmission expansion. To provide 

consistency with the regional practices 

of the SPP RTO, Southwestern has made 

changes to its Tariff scheduling, 

transmission service application, 

available transmission capability, and 

facilities studies timing requirements. 

Changes have also been made to the 

provisions of Southwestern’s Tariff 

concerning generation redispatch that 

clarify Southwestern’s limitations in the 

use of its generation resources to 

provide redispatch under 

Southwestern’s Tariff. The water used to 

supply the energy from Southwestern’s 

hydroelectric generation resources is 

limited, and the use of such water and 

generation resources from Federal 

hydroelectric projects within 

congressionally authorized purposes is 

dictated by Federal statute. These 

limitations are consistent with the 

agreement between Southwestern and 

the SPP RTO. 

Following review of the oral and 

written comments and the information 

gathered in the course of the 

proceedings, the Administrator will 

submit the finalized Tariff to the 

Commission and request a declaratory 

order that the Tariff meets Commission 

requirements as set forth in Commission 

Order No. 888, et al., to the extent 

consistent with applicable law. The 

revised Tariff is posted on 

Southwestern’s Web site at http:// 

www.swpa.gov. Southwestern must 

receive written comments by the end of 

the informal comment period to ensure 

they are considered in Southwestern’s 

filing with the Commission. 

Dated: October 14, 2005. 

Michael A. Deihl, 

Administrator. 

[FR Doc. 05–21291 Filed 10–24–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–7987–8] 

Meeting of the National Drinking Water 

Advisory Council—Notice of Public 

Meeting 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Under section 10(a)(2) of 

Public Law 92–423, The Federal 

Advisory Committee Act, notice is 

hereby given for a meeting of the 

National Drinking Water Advisory 

Council (NDWAC or Council). This 

Council was authorized by the Safe 

Drinking Water Act in 1974 (42 U.S.C. 

300f et seq.) to support the 

Environmental Protection Agency in 

performing its duties and 

responsibilities related to the national 

drinking water program. The principal 

items on the Agenda for this meeting 

include: A report from the Council’s 

Working Group on the near-term efforts 

to revise performance measures and 

indicators for the drinking water 

program; a presentation and discussion 

of the water program’s sustainable 

infrastructure initiative; an update on 

the implementation of the 

recommendations in the Report on 

Water Security Practices, Incentives, 

and Measures, which the Council sent 

to EPA’s Administrator in June 2005. 

Other EPA drinking water program 

activities will be addressed if sufficient 

time is available. 

DATES: The Council meeting will be 

held on November 17, 2005, from 9 a.m. 

to 5:30 p.m. and November 18, 2005, 

from 8:30 a.m. until 11 a.m., Pacific 

Standard Time. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 

The Westin Hotel, 333 East Ocean 

Boulevard, Long Beach California 

90802. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Members of the public who would like 

to attend the meeting, present an oral 

statement, or submit a written statement 

should contact Clare Donaher by phone 

at (202) 564–3787, by e-mail at 

donaher.clare@epa.gov, or by regular 

mail at the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency, Office of Ground 

Water and Drinking Water (MC 4601M), 

1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20460. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

meeting is open to the public. The 

Council encourages the public’s input 

and will allocate one hour from 4:30–

5:30 p.m. on November 17, 2005 for his 

purpose. Oral statements will be limited 

to five minutes. It is preferred that only 

one person present the statement on 

behalf of a group or organization. To 

ensure adequate time for public 

involvement, individuals or 

organizations interested in presenting 

an oral statement should notify Clare 

Donaher by telephone at (202) 564–3787 

no later than November 9, 2005. Any 

person who wishes to file a written 

statement can do so before or after a 

Council meeting. Written statements 

received by November 7, 2005 will be 

distributed to all members of the 

Council before any final discussion or 

vote is completed. Any statements 

received after the meeting will become 

part of the permanent meeting file and 

will be forwarded to the Council 

members for their information. Any 

person needing special accommodations 

at this meeting, including wheelchair 

access, should contact Clare Donaher 

(see FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT

section). Notification of at least five (5) 

business days before the meeting is 

preferred so that appropriate special 

accommodations can be made. 

Dated: October 19, 2005. 

Cynthia C. Dougherty, 

Director, Office of Ground Water and Drinking 

Water. 

[FR Doc. 05–21263 Filed 10–24–05; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[OPPT–2002–0001; FRL–7744–3] 

National Pollution Prevention and 

Toxics Advisory Committee (NPPTAC); 

Notice of Public Teleconference 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice.