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NEPA (40 CFR Parts 1500–1508), and

the DOE regulations for compliance

with NEPA (10 CFR Part 1021) to

describe the potential environmental

consequences of the range of reasonable

marketing plan alternatives.

The Sierra Nevada Region will accept

written and oral comments during the

public hearing, and a court reporter will

record the proceedings. Those wishing

to make oral comments will be asked to

register at the door prior to the

beginning of the hearing. The Sierra

Nevada Region will respond to

comments in the final EIS. There will be

an informal public information session

before the hearing to describe the results

of the analysis outlined in the draft EIS.

Interested persons can discuss aspects

of the draft EIS with Sierra Nevada

Region representatives at this session.

DATES AND ADDRESSES: The public

information session and hearing will be

held on June 13, 1996, at the Sierra

Nevada Customer Service Region, 114

Parkshore Drive, Folsom, California.

The public information session will

begin at 9 a.m., and the public hearing

will begin an hour later at 10 a.m.

Copies of the draft EIS have been

distributed to interested parties on the

EIS mailing list and to various reading

rooms. Copies of the draft EIS and

supporting documents are available for

public review at the locations listed

below:

Shasta County Public Library, Reference

Desk, 1855 Shasta Street, Redding, CA

96001

Sacramento Public Library, Central

Branch, Reference Desk, 828 ‘‘I’’

Street, Sacramento, CA 95814

Fresno Public Library, Reference Desk,

2420 Mariposa Street, Fresno, CA

93721

University of California, Berkeley,

General Library, Berkeley, CA 94720

Washoe Public Library, Reference Desk,

301 South Center Street, Reno, NV

89501

California State Library, Sacramento

Branch, 914 Capital Mall, Sacramento,

CA 95814

San Francisco Public Library, Civic

Center (Main Library), Reference

Desk, 100 Larkin Street, San

Francisco, CA 94102

Copies of the draft EIS and supporting

documents are also available for public

review at Western’s offices at:

Sierra Nevada Region, 114 Parkshore

Drive, Folsom, CA 95630

Corporate Services Office, 1627 Cole

Boulevard, Building 19, Room 175,

Golden, CO 80401

U.S. Department of Energy, Forrestal

Building, Reading Room 1E–190, 1000

Independence Avenue SW,

Washington, DC 20585

Referenced material is contained in

the official project file located at the

Sierra Nevada Regional Office at the

above-listed address.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: The

Sierra Nevada Region maintains a

mailing list of those interested in the

2004 Power Marketing Program EIS. For

further information, to submit written

comments, or to request a copy of the

draft EIS, please call or write: Jerry W.

Toeynes, Project Manager, Western Area

Power Administration, Sierra Nevada

Customer Service Region, 114 Parkshore

Drive, Folsom, CA 95630–4710, (916)

353–4455.

Written comments on the draft EIS

may be sent to the Project Manager by

July 31, 1996.

For general information on DOE’s

NEPA review process, or for status on

the review of a specific project, please

contact: Carol M. Borgstrom, Director,

Office of NEPA Policy and Assistance,

EH–42, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000

Independence Avenue SW. Washington,

DC 20585, (202) 586–4600 or (800) 472–

2756.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Sierra

Nevada Region currently markets about

1,480 MW of long-term power to

approximately 80 preference customers

in northern and central California.

Sources for this power include CVP

powerplants, the Washoe Project

powerplant at Stampede Dam, and other

suppliers. Washoe Project power is sold

as nonfirm energy. On December 31,

2004, all of the Sierra Nevada Region’s

long-term CVP power sales contracts

will expire, along with its current

resource integration and transmission

contract with Pacific Gas and Electric

Company. The Sierra Nevada Region is

developing a 2004 Power Marketing

Plan to analyze options for replacing the

expiring contracts.

The Sierra Nevada Region’s power

resources are also subject to change.

Determination of the electric capacity

and energy to be marketed will be

influenced by expected generation at

reservoirs which have water storage and

releases controlled by the Bureau of

Reclamation. Pursuant to Title 34 of

Public Law 102–575, the CVP

Improvement Act of 1992, the

Department of the Interior is preparing

a programmatic EIS addressing water

facilities and potential changes in CVP

water operations and allocations.

On August 10 and 13, 1993, Western

announced in the Federal Register (58

FR 42536 and 43105) its intent to

prepare an EIS on the Sierra Nevada

Region’s electric power marketing

activities extending beyond the year

2004. Following extensive public

involvement and analysis, the draft EIS

was prepared to analyze and describe

the environmental consequences of a

range of marketing plan alternatives.

The Sierra Nevada Region developed

four alternatives for analysis in the draft

EIS that are structured around

operations of the CVP hydroelectric

system. The four alternatives are

identified as No Action, Maximize

Hydropower Peaking, Baseload, and

Renewable Resource Acquisition. Each

alternative includes possible power

purchase and power cost analysis

options. Also, an analysis of allocations

to customer groups was done under

each alternative to determine the range

of impacts that may result from

changing the quantity of resources

available to different customer groups.

The draft EIS evaluates the potential

impacts of these alternatives, including

no action, on water resources (water

quality, temperature, pool fluctuation),

biological resources, recreation, cultural

resources, socioeconomic resources, air

resources, solid wastes, and land use.

The Sierra Nevada Region is actively

seeking public input on the draft EIS in

order to make a decision on a preferred

alternative. No preferred alternative is

identified in the draft EIS for this

reason. A decision on a preferred

alternative will be made after

considering comments on the draft EIS,

and that alternative will be

recommended in the final EIS.

Issued at Golden, Colorado, May 16, 1996.

J.M. Shafer,

Administrator.

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[FRL–5509–9]

Acid Rain Program: Draft Opt-in

Permits and Public Comment Period

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of draft opt-in permits

and public comment period.

SUMMARY: The U.S. Environmental

Protection Agency is issuing for

comment two draft opt-in permits: one

for the DuPont-Johnsonville Plant

facility (Dupont) in Tennessee and one

for the Warrick Power Plant facility

(Warrick) in Indiana, in accordance with

the Acid Rain Permits and Opt-in

regulations (40 CFR parts 72 and 74,

respectively).

DATES: Comments on the draft opt-in

permits must be received no later than
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June 24, 1996 or 30 days after the

publication date of a similar notice in

local newspapers.

ADDRESSES: Administrative Records.

The administrative records for the draft

opt-in permits, except information

protected as confidential, may be

viewed during normal operating hours

at the following locations:

For Dupont: EPA Region 4 Library,

EPA Region 4, 345 Courtland Street NE,

Atlanta, GA 30365.

For Warrick: EPA Region 5, Ralph H.

Metcalfe Federal Bldg., 77 West Jackson

Blvd., Chicago, IL 60604.

Comments. Send comments to the

following addresses:

For Dupont: Winston Smith, Director,

Air, Pesticides and Toxics Management

Division, EPA Region 4 (address above).

For Warrick: David Kee, Director, Air

and Radiation Division, EPA Region 5

(address above).

Submit comments in duplicate and

identify the commenter’s name, address,

and telephone number, and the

commenter’s interest in the matter and

affiliation, if any, to the owners and

operators of the units covered by the

permits. All timely comments will be

considered, except those pertaining to

standard provisions under 40 CFR 72.9

and issues not relevant to the permits.

Hearings. To request a public hearing,

state the issues proposed to be raised in

the hearing. EPA may schedule a

hearing if EPA finds that it will

contribute to the decision-making

process by clarifying significant issues

affecting the draft permits.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For

Dupont: Jenny Jachim, (404) 347–3555,

extension 4166, EPA Region 4; for

Warrick: Cecilia Mijares, (312) 886–

0968, EPA Region 5.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Optin Program, as part of the Acid Rain

Program, is designed to allow certain

non-utility units that are otherwise not

obligated to participate in the Acid Rain

Program (‘‘unaffected’’ units) to

voluntarily elect to become affected and

subject to the requirements of the Acid

Rain Program. As such, opt-in units

must hold allowances to account for

sulfur dioxide emissions, monitor

emissions in the same way that other

affected sources do, and apply for and

obtain an opt-in permit. The U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency is

issuing for comment draft opt-in permits

for the DuPont and Warrick facilities in

accordance with the Acid Rain Permits

and Opt-in regulations (40 CFR parts 72

and 74, respectively). The draft permit

for DuPont specifies the following

allowances to be allocated annually by

EPA to each boiler (unit) at DuPont: 889

for 1996 and 1,778 for each year 1997

through 1999 to unit JVD–1; 889 for

1996 and 1,778 for each year 1997

through 1999 to unit JVD–2; 889 for

1996 and 1,777 for each year 1997

through 1999 to unit JVD–3; 888 for

1996 and 1,777 for each year 1997

through 1999 to unit JVD–4. These

allowances will be transferred annually

from the EPA Allowance Tracking

System (ATS) accounts for DuPontJohnsonville Plant, units JVD–1, JVD–2,

JVD–3 and JVD–4, into the ATS

accounts for Tennessee Valley Authority

(TVA)-Johnsonville Plant, units 1, 2, 3,

and 4, because the TVA-Johnsonville

units are replacing the thermal energy

formerly produced at the DupontJohnsonville Plant, as specified in the

opt-in permit application and Thermal

Energy Plan between DuPontJohnsonville Plant and TVAJohnsonville Plant in the draft permit.

The allowance transfer will be adjusted

according to the actual level of

replacement documented in the opt-in

source’s and the replacement units’

annual compliance certification report.

The draft permit for Warrick specifies

the following allowances to be allocated

annually by EPA to each boiler (unit) at

Warrick: 15,272 for 1996 and 30,372 for

each year 1997 through 1999 to unit 1;

15,895 for 1996 and 30,732 for each year

1997 through 1999 to unit 2; 13,777 for

1996 and 27,668 for each year 1997

through 1999 to unit 3. The 1996

allowance allocation for Warrick units

1–3 is contingent upon the successful

completion of monitor system

certification under 40 CFR part 75 no

later than June 30, 1996.

These opt-in permits do not affect the

responsibility of units at DuPontJohnsonville, TVA-Johnsonville, or

Warrick to meet all other existing local,

state, and federal requirements related

to sulfur dioxide. The designated

representatives are J. Michael Edenfield

for DuPont-Johnsonville facility, Joseph

W. Dickey for TVA-Johnsonville facility,

and J. Gordon Hurst for Warrick facility.

Dated: May 20, 1996.

Brian J. McLean,

Director, Acid Rain Division, Office of

Atmospheric Programs, Office of Air and

Radiation.

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[FRL 5508–7]

Proposed Settlement Agreement,

Clean Air Act Citizen Suit

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency.

ACTION: Notice of proposed settlement;

Request for public comment.

SUMMARY: In accordance with section

113(g) of the Clean Air Act, as amended,

(‘‘Act’’), notice is hereby given of a

proposed partial consent decree, which

was lodged with the United States

District Court for the District of

Columbia by the United States

Environmental Protection Agency

(‘‘EPA’’) on May 9, 1996, in a lawsuit

filed by the Sierra Club Legal Defense

Fund. This lawsuit, which was filed

pursuant to section 304(a) of the Act, 42

U.S.C. § 7604(a), concerns, among other

things, EPA’s alleged failure to meet a

mandatory deadline under section

112(g) of the Clean Air Act. The

proposed partial consent decree

provides that EPA shall promulgate the

guidance identified in section 112(g) of

the CAA, with respect to constructions

and reconstructions of major sources of

hazardous air pollutants, no later than

December 15, 1996.

For a period of thirty (30) days

following the date of publication of this

notice, the Agency will receive written

comments relating to the proposed

partial consent decree from persons who

were not named as parties to the

litigation in question. EPA or the

Department of Justice may withhold or

withdraw consent to the proposed

partial consent decree if the comments

disclose facts or circumstances that

indicate that such consent is

inappropriate, improper, inadequate, or

inconsistent with the requirements of

the Act. Unless EPA or the Department

of Justice determines, following the

comment period, that consent is

inappropriate, the final partial consent

decree will establish a deadline for the

promulgation of the guidance provided

for in § 112(g).

A copy of the proposed partial

consent decree was lodged with the

Clerk of the United States District Court

for the District of Columbia on May 9,

1996. Copies are also available from

Sonja Lee, Air and Radiation Division

(2344), Office of General Counsel, U.S.

Environmental Protection Agency, 401

M Street, S.W., Washington, D.C. 20460,

(703) 235–5330. Written comments

should be sent to Jan M. Tierney at the

address above and must be submitted on

or before June 24, 1996.

Dated: May 10, 1996.

Scott C. Fulton,

Acting General Counsel.

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