69338 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 219 / Tuesday, November 15, 2005 / Notices 

agency’s comments must also be sent to 

the Applicant’s representatives. 

Magalie R. Salas, 

Secretary. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Western Area Power Administration 

Solicitation of Interest for New 

Transmission Capacity Between 

Wyoming and Colorado 

AGENCY: Western Area Power 

Administration, DOE. 

ACTION: Request for Statements of 

Interest. 

SUMMARY: The electricity corridor 

between southeastern Wyoming and 

northeastern Colorado has experienced 

a transmission constraint for a number 

of years. This constraint is designated in 

the Western Electricity Coordinating 

Council’s Path Rating Catalog and 

referenced in this notice as ‘‘TOT 3.’’

To examine possibilities for relieving 

the TOT 3 constraint, the Western Area 

Power Administration (Western) has 

entered into a Memorandum of 

Understanding (MOU) with the 

Wyoming Infrastructure Authority 

(WIA) and Trans-Elect, Inc. (TransElect). Under this MOU, Western is 

soliciting expressions of interest from 

entities desiring transmission rights on 

a new line potentially to be built across 

TOT 3. 

DATES: To be assured of consideration, 

all Statements of Interest should be 

submitted in a non-confidential manner 

and received at Western’s Rocky 

Mountain Regional Office by December 

15, 2005. 

ADDRESSES: Statements of Interest 

should be mailed to: Mr. Robert 

Kennedy, Restructuring Manager, Rocky 

Mountain Region, Western Area Power 

Administration, 5555 East Crossroads 

Boulevard, Loveland, CO 80538. 

Statements of Interest may also be faxed 

to (970) 461–7423 or e-mailed to 

rkennedy@wapa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: TOT 3, a 

long-recognized transmission constraint 

between Colorado and Wyoming, has 

been the subject of many studies and 

reports over the past several years. Most 

recently, the September 2004 ‘‘Rocky 

Mountain Area Transmission Study’’

(RMATS) report identified TOT 3 as a 

transmission expansion project that, if 

and when completed, could bring 

substantial benefits to the area by 

encouraging the siting and construction 

of low-cost clean coal and wind projects 

in Wyoming to serve the electricity 

needs of customers along Colorado’s 

Front Range. Such a project is supported 

by Wyoming’s Governor David 

Freudenthal, the Wyoming 

Congressional delegation, and the wide 

range of stakeholders that comprised the 

RMATS effort. However, due to 

economic and operational factors, 

interest from entities willing to fund 

transmission capacity expansions across 

TOT 3 has been significantly less than 

that envisioned by the RMATS 

participants. To encourage interested 

entities to consider participating in the 

TOT 3 expansion, Western entered into 

a MOU with WIA and Trans-Elect as 

part of a collaborative attempt to 

examine possibilities for constructing 

such a project. 

The three MOU parties represent a 

diverse range of stakeholder interests. 

Western, a power marketing 

administration within the Department of 

Energy, has extensive experience in 

transmission operations, construction, 

and maintenance across its 15-state 

service territory. Western has general 

authority under the Department of 

Energy Organization Act to construct, 

operate, and maintain transmission 

lines and related facilities, and is a 

partial owner of the existing 

transmission capacity across, and the 

path operator of, TOT 3. WIA was 

formed in June 2004 by the State of 

Wyoming to facilitate expansion of the 

state’s transmission system, including 

TOT 3, and has been granted bonding 

authority by the State legislature for that 

purpose. Trans-Elect is an independent 

transmission developer, owner, and 

operator. Trans-Elect previously 

partnered with Western on the Path 15 

transmission expansion project in 

California. 

Western is issuing this notice to 

solicit the interest of entities desiring 

new transmission capacity across TOT 

3. WIA and Trans-Elect will contribute 

the funding and staffing necessary to 

conduct (1) coordination meetings 

among interested entities, and (2) 

feasibility studies that may be generated 

as a result of those meetings. Western 

has agreed to provide technical 

assistance for the feasibility studies, but 

has no project-related funding 

commitments. 

Specifically, Western seeks to identify 

all entities interested in acquiring 

transmission rights on a new 500- 

megawatt line potentially to be built 

across TOT 3, the cost of which was 

estimated by the RMATS study to be 

$318 million for a 345-kilovolt project. 

Interested entities should submit 

Statements of Interest including the 

following information: 

1. Name and general description of 

the entity. 

2. Name, mailing address, telephone 

number, facsimile number, and e-mail 

address of the entity’s primary contact. 

3. Amount of transmission rights the 

entity may desire if and when the 

project is completed. 

Western will compile and forward all 

Statements of Interest to WIA and 

Trans-Elect. Accordingly, to be assured 

of consideration, Statements of Interest 

should be submitted in a nonconfidential manner as discussed 

previously. 

Dated: November 3, 2005. 

Michael S. Hacskaylo, 

Administrator. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–7996–5] 

Science Advisory Board Staff Office; 

Clean Air Scientific Advisory 

Committee (CASAC); Notification of 

Advisory Committee Meeting of the 

CASAC Ozone Review Panel 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board 

(SAB) Staff Office announces a public 

meeting of the Clean Air Scientific 

Advisory Committee’s (CASAC) Ozone 

Review Panel (Panel) to conduct a peer 

review of the Air Quality Criteria for 

Ozone and Related Photochemical 

Oxidants (Second External Review 

Draft), Volumes I, II, and III (second 

draft Ozone AQCD, August 2005); and a 

consultation on the Review of the 

National Ambient Air Quality 

Standards for Ozone: Policy Assessment 

of Scientific and Technical Information 

(first draft Ozone Staff Paper, November 

2005) and two related draft technical 

support documents, Ozone Health Risk 

Assessment for Selected Urban Areas: 

First Draft Report (first draft Ozone Risk 

Assessment, November 2005) and 

Ozone Population Exposure Analysis for 

Selected Urban Areas: Draft Report (first 

draft Ozone Exposure Assessment, 

October 2005). 

DATES: The meeting will be held from 9 

a.m. (eastern time) on Tuesday, 

December 6, 2005, through 3 p.m. 

(eastern time) on Thursday, December 8, 

2005. 

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LOCATION: The meeting will take place at 

the Hilton Durham near Duke 

University, 3800 Hillsborough Road, 

Durham, NC 27705, Phone: (919) 383–

8033. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any 

member of the public who would like to 

submit written or brief oral comments; 

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 SAB can be found on the EPA 

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

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: Section 109(d)(1) of the 

Clean Air Act (CAA or Act) requires that 

EPA periodically review and revise, as 

appropriate, the air quality criteria and 

the national ambient air quality 

standards (NAAQS) for the six ‘‘criteria’’

air pollutants, including ambient ozone. 

EPA is in the process of updating, and 

revising where appropriate, the air 

quality criteria document (AQCD) for 

ozone and related photochemical 

oxidants published in 1996. Under CAA 

sections 108 and 109, the purpose of the 

revised Ozone AQCD is to provide an 

assessment of the latest scientific 

information on the effects of ambient 

ozone on the public health and welfare, 

for use in EPA’s current review of the 

NAAQS for ozone. In January 2005, 

EPA’s National Center for 

Environmental Assessment, Research 

Triangle Park, NC (NCEA–RTP), within 

the Agency’s Office of Research and 

Development (ORD), made available for 

public review and comment a First 

External Review Draft of a revised 

document, Air Quality Criteria for 

Ozone and Related Photochemical 

Oxidants (First External Review Draft), 

Volumes I, II, and III, (EPA/600/R–05/ 

004aA, bA, and cA, first draft Ozone 

AQCD, January 2005). Detailed 

summary information on EPA’s first 

draft Ozone AQCD is contained in a 

previous EPA Federal Register notice 

(70 FR 4850, January 31, 2005). 

EPA is soliciting advice and 

recommendations from the CASAC by 

means of a peer review of the second 

draft Ozone AQCD. The CASAC, which 

is comprised of seven members 

appointed by the EPA Administrator, 

was established under section 109(d)(2) 

of the CAA (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 

NAAQS under sections 108 and 109 of 

the Act. The CASAC is a Federal 

advisory committee chartered under the 

Federal Advisory Committee Act 

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

CASAC Ozone Review Panel complies 

with the provisions of FACA and all 

appropriate SAB Staff Office procedural 

policies. This meeting is a continuation 

of the CASAC Ozone Review Panel’s 

peer review of the current draft Ozone 

AQCD. The Panel met in a public 

meeting on May 4–5, 2005 to conduct its 

initial peer review of the first draft 

Ozone AQCD. The report from that 

meeting, dated June 22, 2005, is posted 

on the SAB Web site at: http:// 

www.epa.gov/sab/pdf/ 

casac_ozone_casac-05–010.pdf. 

In addition, pursuant to sections 108 

and 109 of the CAA, EPA is in the 

process of reviewing the ozone NAAQS, 

which the Agency most recently revised 

in July 1997. EPA’s Office of Air Quality 

Planning and Standards (OAQPS), 

within the Office of Air and Radiation 

(OAR), has developed a draft updated 

Staff Paper for ambient ozone as part of 

its review of the ozone NAAQS. This 

draft Ozone Staff Paper evaluates the 

policy implications of the key scientific 

and technical information contained in 

the current draft Ozone AQCD and 

identifies critical elements that EPA 

believes should be considered in its 

review of the ozone NAAQS. The Ozone 

Staff Paper is intended to ‘‘bridge the 

gap’’ between the scientific review 

contained in the Ozone AQCD and the 

public health and welfare policy 

judgments required of the EPA 

Administrator in reviewing the ozone 

NAAQS. EPA is soliciting early advice 

and recommendations from the CASAC 

by means of a consultation on the first 

draft Ozone Staff Paper and the first 

drafts of the Ozone Exposure Analysis 

and Risk Assessment. 

Technical Contact: Any questions 

concerning the second draft Ozone 

AQCD should be directed to Dr. Lori 

White, NCEA-RTP, at phone: (919) 541–

3146, or e-mail: white.lori@epa.gov. Any 

questions concerning the first draft 

Ozone Staff Paper and the first drafts 

Ozone Exposure Analysis and Risk 

Assessment should be directed to Dr. 

Dave McKee, OAQPS, at phone: (919) 

541–5288, or e-mail: 

mckee.dave@epa.gov. 

Availability of Meeting Materials: The 

second draft Ozone AQCD (EPA 600/R–

05/004aB, bB, and cB, August 2005) can 

be accessed via the Agency’s NCEA Web 

site at: http://cfpub.epa.gov/ncea/cfm/ 

recordisplay.cfm?deid=137307. The first 

draft Ozone Staff Paper, the first drafts 

of the Ozone Exposure Analysis and 

Risk Assessment, and additional staff 

technical support memos referenced in 

the draft Ozone Staff Paper can be 

accessed via the Agency’s Technology 

Transfer Network (TTN) Web site at: 

http://www.epa.gov/ttn/naaqs/ 

standards/ozone/s_o3_index.html in the 

‘‘Documents for Current Review’’

section under ‘‘Staff Papers’’ and 

‘‘Technical Documents,’’ respectively. 

In addition, a copy of the draft agenda 

for this meeting will be posted on the 

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

sab (under the ‘‘Agendas’’ subheading) 

in advance of this CASAC Ozone 

Review Panel meeting. Other meeting 

materials, including the charge to the 

CASAC Ozone Review Panel, will be 

posted on the SAB Web site at: http:// 

www.epa.gov/sab/panels/ 

casacorpanel.html prior to this meeting. 

Procedures for Providing Public 

Comment: The SAB Staff Office accepts 

written public comments of any length, 

and will accommodate oral public 

comments whenever possible. The SAB 

Staff Office expects that the public will 

not repeat previously-submitted oral or 

written statements. Oral Comments: 

Requests to provide oral comments must 

be in writing (e-mail, fax or regular mail) 

and received by Mr. Butterfield no later 

than November 29, 2005 to reserve time 

on the meeting agenda. Opportunities 

for oral comments will be limited to five 

minutes per speaker. Written 

Comments: Written comments should 

be received in the SAB Staff Office by 

December 1, 2005 so that these 

comments may be made available to the 

members of the CASAC Ozone Review 

Panel for their consideration. Comments 

should be supplied to Mr. Butterfield at 

the contact information provided above, 

in the following formats: one hard copy 

(original signature optional), or one 

electronic copy via e-mail (acceptable 

file format: Adobe PDF, WordPerfect, 

MS Word, or Rich Text files (in IBM-PC/ 

Windows 98/2000/XP format)). 

Accessibility: For information on 

access or services for individuals with 

disabilities, please contact Mr. 

Butterfield at the phone number or email address noted above, preferably at 

least ten days prior to the meeting, to 

give EPA as much time as possible to 

process your request. 

Dated: November 8, 2005. 

Anthony F. Maciorowski, 

Associate Director for Science, EPA Science 

Advisory Board Staff Office. 

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