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to IOUs that occurred under the REP 

settlements. This aggregate benefit is in 

the middle of the $200 million to $220 

million range contained in the 

Recommendations of Representatives of 

the Investor-Owned and Certain 

Consumer-Owned Utilities Regarding 

the Residential Exchange Benefits for 

Customers Served by the Pacific 

Northwest Investor-Owned Utilities 

dated November 7, 2007. BPA 

understands that this document enjoys 

broad, albeit not universal, customer 

support. BPA views such support as a 

measure of the reasonableness of its 

approach to recovering the Lookback 

Amounts over time. 

Table 4 shows FY 2009 REP benefits 

due and REP benefits paid before 

consideration of any deemer obligations. 

TABLE 4.—FY 2009 REP BENEFITS

DUE AND BENEFITS PAID BEFORE

DEEMER ADJUSTMENT

[Millions of dollars] 

Utility name 

FY 2009 

REP benefits due 

FY 2009 

REP benefits paid 

Avista ................ $27.8 $23.3 

Idaho Power ..... 9.2 7.7 

Northwestern 

Energy ........... 7.6 6.4 

PacifiCorp ......... 50.8 42.7 

Portland General 

Electric .......... 54.6 45.8 

Puget Sound 

Energy ........... 100.2 84.1 

Total .............. 250.2 210.0 

BPA maintains the position that Idaho 

Power has a substantial deemer balance 

at the end of FY 2008. BPA is proposing 

to apply the same treatment to Idaho 

Power’s deemer balance for FY 2009 

that was applied when determining the 

Lookback Amounts for FY 2002–2008. 

Specifically, REP benefits will first be 

applied toward deemer balances. Only 

when Idaho Power’s deemer balance is 

extinguished would REP benefits be 

available to apply against Lookback 

Amounts and to provide positive REP 

benefits to Idaho Power. Based on Idaho 

Power’s current deemer balance and 

reasonable expectations of future REP 

benefits, Idaho Power is not expected to 

amortize its Lookback Amount by 2028. 

BPA acknowledges that Idaho Power 

disputes its current deemer balance and 

has requested to explore with BPA the 

possibility of settling this dispute. 

F. Summary 

In summary, BPA’s proposal responds 

to the Court’s rulings in several ways to 

remedy the improper allocation of REP 

settlement costs to the PF Preference 

rate. First, the WP–07 Supplemental 

Proposal results in an average PF 

Preference rate of $26.2/MWh—about a 

four percent (4%) reduction from 

current rates. This proposed reduction 

results from several changes or revisions 

to the WP–07 Final Studies. The most 

significant change is a reduction in the 

costs of the REP for FY 2009 from about 

$336 million to $202 million, which 

includes $39 million of the Lookback 

Amount. 

Second, BPA is determining the 

magnitude of the Lookback Amounts for 

FY 2002–2007 that need to be recovered 

from the region’s IOUs and returned to 

public utilities. BPA proposes to recover 

this total, approximately $620 million, 

out of future REP benefits, starting with 

the $39 million for FY 2009 noted 

above. BPA proposes that the amount of 

future Lookback Amounts recovered, 

and by extension the associated PF rate 

reduction, will be decided in each 

subsequent rate case. 

Lastly, BPA is proposing to provide 

public utilities with either a one-time 

payment or a credit on their power bills 

for the difference between the REP 

settlements costs in power rates for FY 

2007–2008, and the amount of FY 2007–

2008 REP benefits the IOUs would be 

paid under BPA’s proposal. If BPA 

offers, and preference customers sign, 

Standstill Payment Agreements, they 

will receive a portion of this credit in 

FY 2008 and the remainder in FY 2009. 

If they do not sign Standstill Payment 

Agreements, or the agreements are not 

offered, preference customers will 

receive the credit in FY 2009. BPA has 

the financial reserves to provide this FY 

2008–2009 payment or credit of about 

$315 million because BPA has been 

collecting REP settlement costs in the 

PF Preference rate but has not been 

paying benefits to the IOUs since the 

Court’s May, 2007, rulings. 

Part VII—2007 Supplemental 

Wholesale Power Rate Schedules (FY 

2009) and 2007 Supplemental General 

Rate Schedule Provisions (GRSPs) (FY 

2009) 

BPA’s proposed 2007 Supplemental 

Wholesale Power Rate Schedules and 

GRSPs, as well as the Section 7(b)(2) 

Legal Interpretation and Section 7(b)(2) 

Implementation Methodology, 

incorporated by reference as a part of 

this Notice, are available for viewing 

and downloading on BPA’s Web site at 

http://www.bpa.gov/corporate/ratecase. 

A copy of the proposed rate schedules 

and GRSPs are also available for 

viewing in BPA’s Public Reference 

Room at the BPA Headquarters, 1st 

Floor, 905 NE 11th Avenue, Portland, 

OR. 

Issued this 1st day of February, 2008. 

Stephen J. Wright, 

Administrator and Chief Executive Officer. 

[FR Doc. E8–2339 Filed 2–7–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[ER–FRL–6695–7] 

Environmental Impacts Statements; 

Notice of Availability 

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal 

Activities, General Information (202) 

564–7167 or http://www.epa.gov/ 

compliance/nepa/ 

Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact 

Statements 

Filed 01/28/2008 through 02/01/2008 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9 

EIS No. 20080035, Draft EIS, IBR, WA, 

Yakima River Basin Water Storage 

Feasibility Study, Create Additional 

Water Storage, Benton, Yakima, 

Kittitas Counties, WA, Comment 

Period Ends: 03/31/2008, Contact: 

David Kaumheimer 509–575–5848 

Ext. 612. 

EIS No. 20080036, Final EIS, GSA, CO, 

Denver Federal Central Site Plan 

Study, Master Site Plan, 

Implementation, City of Lakewood, 

Jefferson County, CO, Wait Period 

Ends: 03/10/2008, Contact: Lisa D. 

Morpurgo 303–236–8000 Ext. 5039. 

EIS No. 20080037, Draft EIS, AFS, ID, 

Yakus Creek Project, Proposes Timber 

Harvest, Watershed Improvement, and 

Access Management Activities, 

Lochsa Ranger District, Clearwater 

National Forest, Idaho County, ID, 

Comment Period Ends: 03/24/2008, 

Contact: Craig Trulock 208–926–4274. 

EIS No. 20080038, Draft EIS, BLM, WY, 

West Antelope Coal Lease 

Application (Federal Coal Lease 

Application WYW163340), 

Implementation, Converse and 

Campbell Counties, WY, Comment 

Period Ends: 04/08/2008, Contact: 

Sarah Bucklin 307–261–7587. 

EIS No. 20080039, Final EIS, BLM, NV, 

Kane Springs Valley Groundwater 

Development Project, To Construct 

Infrastructure Required to Pump and 

Convey Groundwater Resources, 

Right-of-Way Application, Lincoln 

County Water District, Lincoln 

County, NV, Wait Period Ends: 03/10/ 

2008, Contact: Penny Wood 775–861–

6466. 

EIS No. 20080040, Draft EIS, IBR, NV, 

Folsam Lake State Recreation Area & 

Folsam Powerhouse State Historic 

Park, General Plan/Resource 

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Ends: 03/24/2008, Contact: Laura 

Cabollero 916–989–7172. 

EIS No. 20080041, Final Supplement, 

AFS, 00, Southwest Idaho Ecogroup 

Land and Resource Management Plan, 

Supplements the Rangeland Resource 

Section of the 2003 FEIS Concerning 

Terrestrial Management Indicator 

Species (MIS), Boise National Forest, 

Payette National Forest and Sawtooth 

National Forest, Forest Plan Revision, 

Implementation, Several Counties, ID; 

Malhaur County, OR and Box Elder 

County, UT, Wait Period Ends: 03/10/ 

2008, Contact: Sharon LaBrecque 

208–737–3277. 

EIS No. 20080042, Draft EIS, AFS, MT, 

Debaugan Fuels Reduction Project, 

Proposed Fuels Reduction Activities, 

Lolo National Forest, Superior Ranger 

District, Mineral County, MT, 

Comment Period Ends: 03/24/2008, 

Contact: Sharon Sweeney 406–822–

4233. 

EIS No. 20080043, Draft EIS, FTA, HI, 

Lahaina Small Boat Harbor Ferry Pier 

Project, To Build a New Interisland 

Ferry Pier, Maui, HI, Comment Period 

Ends: 03/24/2008, Contact: Ted 

Matley 415–744–2737. 

Amended Notices 

EIS No. 20070526, Draft EIS, AFS, WY, 

Thunder Basin National Grassland 

Prairie Dog Management Strategy, 

Land and Resource Management Plan 

Amendment #3, Proposes to 

Implement a Site-Specific Strategy to 

Manage Black-Trailed Prairie Dogs, 

Douglas Ranger District, Medicine 

Bow-Routt National Forests and 

Thunder Basin National Grassland, 

Campbell, Converse, Niobrara and 

Weston Counties, WY, Comment 

Period Ends: 03/24/2008, Contact: 

Misty Hays 307–358–4690, Revision 

of FR Notice Published 12/21/2007: 

Extending Comment Period from 

02/04/2008 to 03/24/2008. 

Dated: February 5, 2008. 

Robert W. Hargrove, 

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office 

of Federal Activities. 

[FR Doc. 08–576 Filed 2–7–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–M 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[ER–FRL–6695–8] 

Environmental Impact Statements and 

Regulations; Availability of EPA 

Comments 

Availability of EPA comments 

prepared pursuant to the Environmental 

Review Process (ERP), under section 

309 of the Clean Air Act and section 

102(2)(c) of the National Environmental 

Policy Act as amended. Requests for 

copies of EPA comments can be directed 

to the Office of Federal Activities at 

202–564–7167. 

An explanation of the ratings assigned 

to draft environmental impact 

statements (EISs) was published in FR 

dated April 6, 2007 (72 FR 17156). 

Draft EISs 

EIS No. 20070559, ERP No. D1–DOE–

A06181–00, Rail Alignment for the 

Construction and Operation of a 

Railroad in Nevada to a Geologic 

Repository (DOE/EIS–0369D) at Yucca 

Mountain, Nye County, NV. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about the 

preferred alignment (the Caliente rail 

alignment) because it could require the 

filling of up to 81 acres of waters of the 

U.S., including wetlands associated 

with the Meadow Valley Wash and 

Clover Creek. EPA also expressed 

concerns about the limited analysis 

regarding the hydrologic effects of the 

rail line construction to the Meadow 

Valley Wash area. Rating EC2. 

EIS No. 20070419, ERP No. D–BLM–

J65493–UT, Kanab Field Office 

Resource Management Plan, 

Implementation, Portions of Kane and 

Garfield Counties, UT. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about potential 

adverse impacts to water quality, 

aquatic resources, air quality, and 

sensitive/rare wildlife and their habitat. 

Rating EC2. 

EIS No. 20070440, ERP No. D–FHW–

J40178–UT, Mountain View Corridor 

(MVC) Project, Proposed 

Transportation Improvement 2030 

Travel Demand in Western Salt Lake 

County south of I–80 and west of 

Bangerter Highway and in 

northwestern Utah County of I–15, 

south of the Salt Lake County Line, 

and north of Utah Lake, Salt Lake and 

Utah County, UT. 

Summary: EPA has environmental 

concerns about the potential 

impairment of water quality in the 

Jordan River. Rating EC1. 

EIS No. 20070469, ERP No. D–NOA–

E91021–00, Snapper Grouper 

Amendment 15B, Fishery 

Management Plan, To Analyze the 

Effects of Updating Management 

Reference Points for Golden Tilefish 

(Lopholatilus chamaeleonticeps); 

Define Allocations for Snowy Grouper 

(Epinephelus niveatus) and Red Porgy 

(Pagrus pagrus), NC, SC, FL and GA. 

Summary: EPA does not object to the 

proposed action. Rating LO. 

EIS No. 20070484, ERP No. D–FHW–

F40818–00, Interstate–94, I–43, I–894, 

and WI–119 (Airport Spur) I–94/USH 

41 Interchange to Howard Avenue, To 

Address Freeway System’s 

Deteriorated Conditions, Funding and 

U.S. Army COE Section 404 Permit, 

Kenosha, Racine and Milwaukee 

Counties, WI and Lake County, IL. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about the 

impacts to wetlands, and has requested 

further analysis regarding mobile source 

air toxics and suggests air quality 

mitigation strategies that should be 

considered. Rating EC2. 

EIS No. 20070498, ERP No. D–FHW–

J40181–UT, I–15 Corridor Project, 

Transportation Improvement from 

Utah County to Salt Lake County, UT. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about the 

potential increases in PM 2.5 as well as 

the project’s contribution of total 

dissolved solids to impaired the Jordan 

River. Rating EC1. 

EIS No. 20070517, ERP No. D–USN–

D11043–MD, National Naval Medical 

Center, Activities to Implement 2005 

Base Realignment and Closure 

Actions, Construction and Operation 

of New Facilities for Walter Reed 

National Military Medical Center, 

Bethesda, MD. 

Summary: EPA expressed concern 

about potential wetland and historic 

resource impacts. Rating EC2. 

EIS No. 20070519, ERP No. D–AFS–

J65502–MT, Cooney McKay Forest 

Health and Fuels Reduction Project, 

Proposed to Restore Desirable 

Vegetative Conditions, Swan Valley 

near Condon, Swan Lake Ranger 

District, Flathead National Forest, 

Lake and Missoula Counties, MT. 

Summary: EPA supports activities to 

reduce hazardous fuels and fire risk in 

wildland urban interface areas, but 

expressed environmental concerns 

about adverse impacts from logging and 

road construction on water quality. EPA 

also identified the need for consistency 

with the downstream Swan Lake TMDL. 

Rating EC2. 

EIS No. 20070428, ERP No. DA–DOE–

A06181–00, Geologic Repository for 

the Disposal of Spent Nuclear Fuel 

and High-Level Radioactive Waste at 

Yucca Mountain, Nye County, 

Nevada—Nevada Rail Transportation 

Corridor (DOE/EIS–0250F–S2D), 

Railroad Construction and Operation 

within the Mina Rail Corridor to 

connect Yucca Mountain Repository 

to Rail Line near Wabusha, NV. 


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