69962 Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 222 / Friday, November 18, 2005 / Notices 

the Rueter-Hess Reservoir, currently 

under construction in Parker, CO to 

provide peaking storage of Denver Basin 

groundwater for selected South Metro 

Denver area water providers and to 

assist in sustaining the Denver Basin 

Aquifer. The reservoir is located in 

Douglas County, CO approximately 12 

miles southeast of Denver and 3 miles 

southwest of the town of Parker. The 

proposal is to enlarge the reservoir from 

the 16,670 acre-feet by 54,330 acre-feet 

for a total storage capacity of 71,000 

acre-feet. The surface area of the 

reservoir would increase by 

approximately 658 acres, from 468 acres 

at the normal pool elevation of 6,145 

feet to 1,126 acres (elev. 6,212 feet). The 

proposed dam design would change 

from 135 feet high to 196 feet high (61- 

foot increase) and from 4,822.5 feet long 

to 7,479.8 feet long (2,657.3-foot 

increase). 

The basic need for the project, as 

identified by the Applicant, is to 

provide a terminal storage facility 

capable of storing Denver Basin 

groundwater on a year-round basis for 

the projected build-out demands for 

PWSD, Castle Rock, Stonegate and 

Castle Pines North. New pipelines 

would be installed to deliver the water 

to and from these new project 

participants. 

Scoping meetings will be held at two 

locations: 

1. Tuesday, December 6, 2005 at 6:30 

p.m. at the North Water Reclamation 

Plant, 18100 E. Woodman Drive, Parker, 

CO. 

2. Wednesday, December 7, 2005 at 

6:30 p.m. at the County Office Building, 

Hearing Room, 100 Third Street, Castle 

Rock, CO. 

These Scoping Meetings will be held 

to describe the proposed project, 

preliminary alternatives, the NEPA 

compliance process, and to solicit input 

on the issues and alternatives to be 

evaluated and other related matters. 

Written comments will also be 

requested. 

Russell W. Rocheford, 

Chief, Regulatory Branch, Operations 

Division. 

[FR Doc. 05–22808 Filed 11–17–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

Notice of Availability of GovernmentOwned Invention; Available for 

Licensing 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: The invention listed below is 

assigned to the United States 

Government as represented by the 

Secretary of the Navy and is available 

for licensing by the Department of the 

Navy. U.S. Patent Application Serial No. 

11/099,781 entitled ‘‘One-Dimensional 

Iris Signature for Iris Identification’’, 

Navy Case No. 96,365, and any 

continuations, divisionals or re-issues 

thereof. 

ADDRESSES: Requests for copies of the 

inventions cited should be directed to 

the Naval Research Laboratory, Code 

1004, 4555 Overlook Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20375–5320, and must 

include the Navy Case number. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Reza 

Malek-Madani, Director of Research and 

Scholarship Research Office, U.S. Naval 

Academy, 589 McNair Road, MS 10m, 

Nimitz Room 17, telephone 410–293–

2504 or Jane F. Kuhl, Head, Technology 

Transfer Office, NRL Code 1004, 4555 

Overlook Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 

20375–5320, telephone 202–767–3083. 

Due to temporary U.S. Postal Service 

delays, please fax 202–404–7920, email: kuhl@utopia.nrl.navy.mil or use 

courier delivery to expedite response. 

(Authority: 35 U.S.C. 207, 37 CFR Part 404) 

Dated: November 14, 2005. 

Eric McDonald, 

Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate 

General’s Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register 

Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 05–22869 Filed 11–17–05; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[OE Docket No. PP–305] 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Assessment and To 

Conduct Public Scoping Meetings and 

Notice of Floodplain and Wetlands 

Involvement; Montana Alberta Tie, Ltd. 

AGENCY: Department of Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

environmental assessment and to 

conduct public scoping meetings. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Energy 

(DOE) announces its intention to 

prepare an environmental assessment 

(EA) and to conduct public scoping 

meetings on an application for a 

Presidential permit to construct a new 

international transmission line that 

crosses the U.S.-Canada international 

border in northwest Montana. The EA 

will be prepared in compliance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA) and applicable regulations, 

including DOE NEPA implementing 

regulations at 10 CFR part 1021. 

Montana Alberta Tie, Ltd., (MATL) 

has applied to DOE’s Office of 

Electricity Delivery and Energy 

Reliability (OE) for a Presidential permit 

to construct a 230,000-volt (230–kV) 

electric transmission line across the U.S. 

border with Canada, and to the State of 

Montana Department of Environmental 

Quality (DEQ) for a Linear Facilities 

construction permit. The proposed 

transmission line would originate at a 

new substation to be constructed 

northeast of Lethbridge, Alberta, 

Canada, cross the U.S.-Canada 

international border, and terminate 

north of Great Falls, Montana, at an 

existing 230–kV substation owned by 

NorthWestern Energy (NWE). The total 

length of the proposed transmission line 

would be 203 miles, with approximately 

126 miles constructed inside the U.S. 

DOE and the State of Montana have 

decided to cooperate on the preparation 

of an EA that would be used for their 

respective planning and decisionmaking 

processes. 

With this Notice of Intent, DOE and 

the Montana DEQ invite public 

participation in the EA scoping process 

and solicit pubic comments for 

consideration in establishing the scope 

and content of the EA. Because the 

proposed project may involve an action 

in a floodplain or wetland, the EA will 

include a floodplain and wetlands 

assessment and floodplain statement of 

findings in accordance with DOE 

regulations for compliance with 

floodplain and wetlands environmental 

review requirements (10 CFR part 1022). 

The Montana DEQ must issue a 

certification pursuant to section 401 of 

the Federal Clean Water Act that any 

project-related activities will comply 

with water quality standards and issue 

permits for any discharges of pollutants 

to State waters. 

DATES: DOE and the Montana DEQ 

invite interested agencies, organizations, 

and members of the public to submit 

comments or suggestions to assist in 

identifying significant environmental 

issues and in determining the 

appropriate scope of the EA. The public 

scoping period starts with the 

publication of this Notice in the Federal 

Register and will continue until January 

3, 2006. In addition, DEQ will publish 

a notice on its Web site, in a press 

release, and also in Montana 

newspapers. Written and oral comments 

will be given equal weight, and DOE 

and DEQ will consider all comments 

received or postmarked by January 3, 

2006 in defining the scope of this EA.