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2MRT’s certificated maximum withdrawal 

volume is 480,000 Mcf/d [51 FPC ¶ 1,866 (1974)]. 

3 98 FERC ¶ 61,021 (2002). 

authorization to drill, own and operate 

four new vertical storage wells, 3.4 

miles of 6-inch and 4-inch associated 

storage field flow lines, 4-inch orifice 

meters and appurtenant measurement 

facilities including one automatic and 

three manual control valves, and 

approximately 1.3 miles of new 

permanent access roads, all within 

MRT’s East Unionville Storage Field 

(East Unionville) in Lincoln Parish, 

Louisiana, all as more fully set forth in 

the application which is on file with the 

Commission and open to public 

inspection. The filing may also be 

viewed on the Web at http:// 

www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. 

Enter the docket number excluding the 

last three digits in the docket number 

field to access the document. For 

assistance, contact FERC at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202) 

502–8659. 

Specifically, MRT proposes to 

construct, own and operate the four new 

wells and appurtenant facilities for the 

purpose of recovering non-effective gas 

and restoring late season deliverability 

for MRT’s customers. Pursuant to the 

requirements of section 157.213(b) of 

the Commission’s regulations, the 

proposed facilities will not impact the 

total inventory, pressure, boundaries, or 

certificated capacity of East Unionville. 

MRT projects that after successful 

completion of the project, it will be able 

to increase its mid-to late-season 

deliverability from 340 MMcf/d to 390 

MMcf/d.2 As MRT is obligated by 

Article 7.4 of its 2001 Uncontested 

Stipulation and Agreement in Docket 

Nos. TM00–1-25–000, et al., and RP01–

292–000, et al., to restore the late season 

deliverability and to bear all costs 

incurred to meet customer deliverability 

requirements,3 MRT is not requesting 

rolled-in rate treatment for the 

approximately $15.9 million cost 

associated with the construction of the 

proposed facilities. These costs will be 

recorded and maintained in a separate 

account to be excluded from MRT’s rate 

base in any future rate case. 

Any questions regarding this 

application should be directed to 

Lawrence O. Thomas, Director, Rate & 

Regulatory, CenterPoint EnergyMississippi River Transmission 

Corporation, P.O. Box 21743, 

Supervisor—Rate & Regulatory, 

CenterPoint Energy Gas Transmission 

Company, P.O. Box 21734, Shreveport, 

Louisiana 71151, or call (318) 429–2804, 

FAX (318) 429–3133. 

Any person or the Commission’s Staff 

may, within 60 days after the issuance 

of the instant notice by the Commission, 

file pursuant to Rule 214 of the 

Commission’s Procedural Rules (18 CFR 

385.214) a motion to intervene or notice 

of intervention and, pursuant to section 

157.205 of the Commission’s 

Regulations under the NGA (18 CFR 

157.205) a protest to the request. If no 

protest is filed within the time allowed 

therefore, the proposed activity shall be 

deemed to be authorized effective the 

day after the time allowed for protest. If 

a protest is filed and not withdrawn 

within 30 days after the time allowed 

for filing a protest, the instant request 

shall be treated as an application for 

authorization pursuant to Section 7 of 

the NGA. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filings of comments, protests, 

and interventions via the Internet in lieu 

of paper. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) 

and the instructions on the 

Commission’s Web site (http:// 

www.ferc.gov) under the ‘‘e-Filing’’ link. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 14 copies 

of the protest or intervention to the 

Federal Energy regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

Comment Date: October 14, 2008. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–19823 Filed 8–26–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8708–9] 

Clean Water Act Section 303(d): 

Availability of 30 Modified Total 

Maximum Daily Loads (TMDLs) in 

Louisiana 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability for comment of the 

administrative record files for 30 

modified TMDLs and the calculations 

for these TMDLs prepared by EPA 

Region 6 for waters listed in the Lower, 

Middle, and Upper Terrebonne Basins, 

under section 303(d) of the Clean Water 

Act (CWA). These TMDLs were 

completed in response to the court order 

styled Sierra Club, et al. v. Clifford, et 

al., No. 96–0527, (E.D. La.). 

DATES: Comments must be submitted in 

writing to EPA on or before September 

26, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Comments on the 30 

modified TMDLs should be sent to 

Diane Smith, Environmental Protection 

Specialist, Water Quality Protection 

Division, U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency Region 6, 1445 Ross Ave., 

Dallas, TX 75202–2733 or e-mail: 

smith.diane@epa.gov. For further 

information, contact Diane Smith at 

(214) 665–2145 or fax (214) 665–7373. 

The administrative record files for these 

TMDLs are available for public 

inspection at this address as well. 

Documents from the administrative 

record file may be viewed at http:// 

www.epa.gov/region6/water/npdes/ 

tmdl/index.htm, or obtained by calling 

or writing Ms. Smith at the above 

address. Please contact Ms. Smith to 

schedule an inspection. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Diane Smith at (214) 665–2145. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 1996, 

two Louisiana environmental groups, 

the Sierra Club and Louisiana 

Environmental Action Network 

(plaintiffs), filed a lawsuit in Federal 

Court against the United States 

Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA), styled Sierra Club, et al. v. 

Clifford et al., No. 96–0527, (E.D. La.). 

Among other claims, plaintiffs alleged 

that EPA failed to establish Louisiana 

TMDLs in a timely manner. EPA 

originally established these TMDLs 

pursuant to a consent decree entered in 

this lawsuit. EPA has modified these 

TMDLs. 

EPA Seeks Comments on 30 Modified 

TMDLs 

By this notice EPA is seeking 

comment on the following 30 modified 

TMDLs for waters located within the 

Terrebonne basin: 

Subsegment Waterbody name Pollutant 

120102 ............... Bayou Poydras ......................................................................... Dissolved Oxygen and Nutrients. 

120103 ............... Bayou Choctaw ........................................................................ Dissolved Oxygen, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Nutrients. 

120105 ............... Chamberlin Canal .................................................................... Dissolved Oxygen, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, and Nutrients. 


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Subsegment Waterbody name Pollutant 

120106 ............... Bayou Plaquemine ................................................................... Dissolved Oxygen and Nutrients. 

120107 ............... Upper Grand River and Lower Flat River—Headwaters to Intracoastal Waterway.Dissolved Oxygen. 

120109 ............... Intracoastal Waterway—in Morgan City to Port Allen Route—

Port Allen Locks to Bayou Sorrel Locks.

Dissolved Oxygen and Nutrients. 

120110 ............... Bayou Cholpe—Headwaters to Bayou Choctaw ..................... Dissolved Oxygen. 

120202 ............... Bayou Black—Intracoastal Waterway to Houma ..................... Dissolved Oxygen and Nutrients. 

120204 ............... Lake Verret and Grassy Lake .................................................. Dissolved Oxygen and Nutrients. 

120304 ............... Intracoastal Waterway—Houma to Larose .............................. Dissolved Oxygen and Nutrients. 

120403 ............... Intracoastal Waterway—Bayou Boeuf ..................................... Dissolved Oxygen. 

120604 ............... Bayou Blue—Intracoastal Waterway to boundary between 

segments 1206 and 1207.

Dissolved Oxygen. 

120401 ............... Bayou Penchant—Bayou Chene to Lake Penchant ................ Dissolved Oxygen. 

120404 ............... Lake Penchant ......................................................................... Dissolved Oxygen. 

120405 ............... Lake Hatch and Lake Theriot .................................................. Dissolved Oxygen and Nutrients. 

120406 ............... Lake de Cade ........................................................................... Dissolved Oxygen and Nutrients. 

EPA previously requested the public 

to provide EPA with any significant data 

or information that might impact the 

original 30 TMDLs in Federal Register 

Notices: Volume 72, Number 206, pages 

60666 and 60667 (October 25, 2007); 

Volume 72, Number 209, pages 61355 

and 61356 (October 30, 2007); Volume 

73, Number 22, pages 6178 and 6179 

(February 1, 2008). 

EPA now requests that the public 

provide any water quality related data 

and information that may be relevant to 

the calculations for these 30 modified 

TMDLs. EPA will review all data and 

information submitted during the public 

comment period and revise the 

modifications to the TMDLs where 

appropriate. EPA will then forward the 

modified TMDLs to the Louisiana 

Department of Environmental Quality 

(LDEQ). The LDEQ will incorporate the 

modified TMDLs into its current water 

quality management plan. 

Dated: August 20, 2008. 

James R. Brown, 

P.G., Acting Director, Water Quality 

Protection Division, Region 6. 

[FR Doc. E8–19863 Filed 8–26–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–8709–1] 

National Environmental Justice 

Advisory Council; Notification of 

Public Meeting and Public Comment 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (FACA), Public 

Law 92–463, the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency (EPA) hereby 

provides notice that the National 

Environmental Justice Advisory Council 

(NEJAC) will convene a meeting on the 

date and time described below. All 

meetings are open to the public. 

Members of the public are encouraged 

to provide comments relevant to the 

specific issues being considered by the 

NEJAC. For additional information 

about registering for public comment, 

please see SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION. 

DATES: The NEJAC will convene an 

open meeting via teleconference call on 

Thursday, September 11, 2008, from 2 

p.m. to 4 p.m. (all times noted are 

Eastern Time). Due to limited telephone 

lines, all members of the public who 

wish to attend the teleconference 

meeting or to provide public comment 

must register in advance, no later than 

Monday, September 8, 2008. 

ADDRESSES: Because this meeting will 

be held via teleconference call, there is 

no physical location where members of 

the public can listen in. To attend, you 

must register in advance. See FOR

FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT section 

below. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Preregistration for all attendees is required. 

Because this meeting is conducted via 

teleconference call, online registrations 

will not be accepted. Rather, requests 

should be sent to Ms. Julianne Pardi of 

ICF International at: 33 Hayden Avenue, 

3rd Floor, Lexington, MA 02421; 

Telephone: (781) 676–4010; E-mail: 

jpardi@icfi.com, or FAX: (781) 676–

4005. Please provide name, 

organization, and telephone number for 

follow-up as necessary. 

Correspondence concerning the 

meeting should be sent to Ms. Victoria 

Robinson, NEJAC Program Manager, 

U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, 

at 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

(MC2201A), Washington, DC 20460; via 

e-mail at environmental-justiceepa@epa.gov; by telephone at (202) 564–

6349; or by FAX at (202) 564–1624. 

Additional information about the 

meeting is available at the Internet Web 

site: http://www.epa.gov/compliance/ 

environmentaljustice/nejac/ 

meetings.html. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Charter of the NEJAC states that the 

advisory committee shall provide 

independent advice to the 

Administrator on areas that may 

include, among other things, ‘‘advice 

about EPA’s progress, quality and 

adequacy in planning, developing and 

implementing environmental justice 

strategies, projects and programs’’

relating to environmental justice. The 

purpose of the teleconference meeting is 

to review progress made by the Goods 

Movement Work Group and the State 

Environmental Justice Grant Program 

Work Group. 

Public Comment: Individuals or 

groups making oral presentations during 

the public comment period will be 

limited to a total time of five minutes. 

Only one representative of a 

community, an organization, or a group 

will be allowed to speak. Any number 

of written comments can be submitted 

for the record. The suggested format for 

individuals making public comment 

should be as follows: Name of Speaker, 

Name of Organization/Community, 

Address/Telephone/E-mail, Description 

of Concern and its relationship to the 

policy issue(s), and Recommendations 

or desired outcome. Written comments 

received by September 8, 2008, will be 

included in the materials distributed to 

the members of the NEJAC. Written 

comments received after that date will 

be provided to the NEJAC as logistics 

allow. All information should be sent to 

the address, e-mail, or fax number listed 

in the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT section above. 

Information About Services for the 

Handicapped: Individuals requiring 

accommodations for a disability should 

contact Ms. Julianne Pardi by September 


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