Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 185 / Tuesday, September 23, 2008 / Notices 54793 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Raymond Swider, 703–607–1122. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

The Department of Defense (DoD) 

provides the GPS Standard Positioning 

Service (SPS) for peaceful civil, 

commercial, and scientific uses on a 

continuous worldwide basis free of 

direct user fees. The SPS is a singlefrequency GPS service which is 

presently limited to the coarse 

acquisition (C/A) code on the L1 

frequency. 

Access to two or more civil signals are 

needed to enable high accuracy civil 

applications. Civil users are currently 

employing codeless or semi-codeless 

techniques to gain access to encrypted 

GPS signals, L1 P(Y) and L2 P(Y). To 

facilitate expansion of civil GPS 

applications, the DoD has planned and 

begun to broadcast additional civil 

signals that will obviate the further need 

for use of codeless and semi-codeless 

techniques. The second coded civil GPS 

signal (L2C) and the third coded civil 

GPS signal (L5) are planned to be 

broadcast from 24 GPS satellites in 2016 

and 2018, respectively. Full operational 

capability of the L2C and L5 GPS signals 

in combination with the existing L1 C/ 

A signal will enable the full spectrum of 

dual frequency applications without 

using the P(Y) signals. 

The U.S. Government acknowledges 

global use of GPS codeless and semicodeless techniques and commits to 

maintaining the existing GPS L1 C/A, L1 

P(Y), L2C and L2 P(Y) signal 

characteristics until December 31, 2020 

when the second and third civil signals 

(L2C and L5) are planned to be 

broadcast from a minimum of 24 GPS 

satellites. After the planned transition 

date, the characteristics of the L1 P(Y) 

and L2 P(Y) signals transmitted by any 

or all GPS satellites broadcasting two or 

more civil-coded signals may change 

without further notice and may 

preclude the use of P(Y) coded signals 

for high accuracy applications. 

The U.S. Government is committed to 

support civil PNT services based on 

GPS civil signals: L1 C/A, L2C, L5, and 

L1C. To this end, GPS civil signal 

characteristics are specified in the 

relevant Interface Specifications (ISs) 

and will be included in Performance 

Standards (PSs) subject to the operating 

descriptions contained in the Federal 

Radionavigation Plan (FRP). The U.S. 

Government has met or exceeded GPS 

service performance commitments in 

the Standard Positioning Service 

Performance Standard since 1993 and is 

committed to continually improving 

GPS services as codeless and semicodeless users complete a timely 

transition to dual-coded civil GPS 

equipment. 

Dated: September 16, 2008. 

Patricia L. Toppings, 

OSD Federal Register Liaison Officer, 

Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. E8–22197 Filed 9–22–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 5001–06–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Idaho 

National Laboratory 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Environmental 

Management Site-Specific Advisory 

Board (EM SSAB), Idaho National 

Laboratory. The Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. No. 92–463, 86 

Stat. 770) requires that public notice of 

this meeting be announced in the 

Federal Register. 

DATES: Tuesday, October 7, 2008 

8 a.m.–5 p.m. 

Opportunities for public participation 

will be held on Tuesday, October 7, 

2008, from 1 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. and from 

3:15 p.m. to 3:30 p.m. 

These times are subject to change; 

please contact the Federal Coordinator 

(below) for confirmation of times prior 

to the meeting. 

ADDRESSES: Coeur d’Alene Hampton 

Inn, 1500 Riverstone Drive, Coeur 

d’Alene, Idaho 83814. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Robert L. Pence, Federal Coordinator, 

Department of Energy, Idaho Operations 

Office, 1955 Fremont Avenue, 

MS–1203, Idaho Falls, ID 83415. Phone 

(208) 526–6518; Fax (208) 526–8789 or 

e-mail: pencerl@id.doe.gov or visit the 

Board’s Internet home page at: http:// 

www.inlemcab.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of 

the Board is to make recommendations 

to DOE in the areas of environmental 

restoration, waste management, and 

related activities. 

Tentative Topics (agenda topics may 

change up to the day of the meeting; 

please contact Robert L. Pence for the 

most current agenda): 

• Progress to Cleanup. 

• Advanced Mix Waste Treatment 

Plant—Performance Status Review. 

• Waste Area Group 7 (WAG–7) Final 

Record of Decision. 

• Implementation of Buried Waste 

Agreement. 

• WAG–10 Proposed Plan. 

• Preparation to Process OffsiteGenerated Waste. 

• Fiscal Year 2009 EM Idaho Cleanup 

Project Budget. 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. Written statements 

may be filed with the Board either 

before or after the meeting. Individuals 

who wish to make oral presentations 

pertaining to agenda items should 

contact Robert L. Pence at the address 

or telephone number listed above. The 

request must be received five days prior 

to the meeting and reasonable provision 

will be made to include the presentation 

in the agenda. The Deputy Designated 

Federal Officer is empowered to 

conduct the meeting in a fashion that 

will facilitate the orderly conduct of 

business. Individuals wishing to make 

public comment will be provided a 

maximum of five minutes to present 

their comments. 

Minutes: Minutes will be available by 

writing or calling Robert L. Pence, 

Federal Coordinator, at the address and 

phone number listed above. Minutes 

will also be available at the following 

Web site: http://www.inlemcab.org/ 

meetings.html. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on September 

18, 2008. 

Rachel Samuel, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. E8–22214 Filed 9–22–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2244–022] 

Energy Northwest; Notice of 

Application Accepted for Filing, and 

Soliciting Motions To Intervene 

September 16, 2008. 

Take notice that we are soliciting 

motions to intervene for the Packwood 

Lake Hydroelectric Project application. 

Notice of the Application’s tendering 

was issued on March 7, 2008. The 

Commission accepted the application 

and deemed the application ready for 

environmental analysis by public notice 

on June 19, 2008, and solicited 

comments, recommendations, terms and 

conditions, and prescriptions. We are 

now soliciting motions to intervene. The 

application, associated filings and 

issuances are available for public 

inspection. 

a. Type of Application: New Major 

License. 

b. Project No.: 2244–022. 

c. Date filed: February 25, 2008. 


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d. Applicant: Energy Northwest. 

e. Name of Project: Packwood Lake 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: The existing project is on 

Lake Creek, a tributary to Cowlitz River, 

in Lewis County in southwestern 

Washington near the unincorporated 

town of Packwood. The upper portion of 

the lake lies within the Goat Rocks 

Wilderness Area. The project occupies 

511.65 acres of United States Forest 

Service land, 23.66 acres of Energy 

Northwest-owned land, 8.78 acres of 

Washington State lands, and 1.52 acres 

of Lewis County Public Utility District 

lands. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act 16 U.S.C.791 (a)—825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Jack W. Baker, 

Vice President, Energy Northwest, Mail 

Drop 1035, P.O. Box 968, Richland, WA 

99352–0968; telephone (509) 377–5078, 

or e-mail at jwbaker@energynorthwest.com; or D.L. Ross, Energy 

Northwest, Mail Drop 1030, P.O. Box 

968, Richland, WA 99352–0968. 

i. FERC Contact: Kenneth Hogan, 

telephone (202) 502–8464, or e-mail at 

kenneth.hogan@ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for filing motions to 

intervene is 60 days from the issuance 

of this notice. 

All documents (original and eight 

copies) should be filed with: Kimberly 

D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

The Commission’s Rules of Practice 

require all intervenors filing documents 

with the Commission to serve a copy of 

that document on each person on the 

official service list for the project. 

Further, if an intervenor files comments 

or documents with the Commission 

relating to the merits of an issue that 

may affect the responsibilities of a 

particular resource agency, they must 

also serve a copy of the document on 

that resource agency. 

Motions to intervene may be filed 

electronically via the Internet in lieu of 

paper. The Commission strongly 

encourages electronic filings. See 18 

CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the 

instructions on the Commission’s Web 

site (http://www.ferc.gov) under the ‘‘eFiling’’ link. 

k. This application has been accepted 

for filing, as of February 25, 2008. 

l. Project description: The existing 

project consists of the following: (1) An 

intake canal, a concrete drop structure 

(dam), intake building on Lake Creek 

located about 424 feet downstream from 

the outlet of Packwood Lake, a 21,691- 

foot system of concrete pipe and 

tunnels, a 5,621-foot penstock, a surge 

tank, and a powerhouse with a 26.1- 

megawatt turbine generator; (2) a 452- 

acre reservoir (Packwood Lake) at a 

normal full pool elevation of 2,857 feet 

above mean sea level with 

approximately 4,162 acre-feet of usable 

storage; and (3) appurtenant facilities. 

The average annual generation at the 

project is about 90,998 megawatt-hours. 

The applicant proposes a modified 

reservoir operational regime and higher 

instream flow releases to the bypassed 

reach on Lake Creek. Several other 

proposed measures for the project 

include: (1) Developing and 

implementing a stream restoration and 

enhancement plan in the anadromous 

zone in lower Lake Creek; (2) improving 

fish passage on Snyder Creek where it 

crosses the tailrace canal; (3) 

maintaining and monitoring of tailrace 

fish barrier; and (4) developing and 

implementing numerous resource 

protection and enhancement plans. 

m. A copy of the application is 

available for review at the Commission 

in the Public Reference Room or may be 

viewed on the Commission’s Web site 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 

Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport 

@ferc.gov or toll-free at 1–866–208– 

3676, or for TTY, (202) 502–8659. A 

copy is also available for inspection and 

reproduction at the address in item h 

above. 

All filings must (1) bear in all capital 

letters the title ‘‘MOTION TO 

INTERVENE’’; (2) set forth in the 

heading the name of the applicant and 

the project number of the application to 

which the filing responds; (3) furnish 

the name, address, and telephone 

number of the person submitting the 

filing; and (4) otherwise comply with 

the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 

through 385.2005. Agencies may obtain 

copies of the application directly from 

the applicant. Each filing must be 

accompanied by proof of service on all 

persons listed on the service list 

prepared by the Commission in this 

proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 

4.34(b) and 385.2010. 

You may also register online at 

http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances 

related to this or other pending projects. 

For assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–22160 Filed 9–22–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings 

September 17, 2008. 

Take notice that the Commission has 

received the following Natural Gas 

Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings: 

Docket Numbers: RP08–481–001. 

Applicants: Texas Gas Transmission, 

LLC. 

Description: Texas Gas Transmission, 

LLC submits Substitute Fourth Revised 

Sheet 240 to FERC Gas Tariff, Second 

Revised Volume No. 1, to be effective 

09/01/2008. 

Filed Date: 09/11/2008. 

Accession Number: 20080912–0081. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Monday, September 22, 2008. 

Docket Numbers: RP08–621–000. 

Applicants: CenterPoint Energy Gas 

Transmission Company. 

Description: CenterPoint Energy Gas 

Transmission Company submits 

Eighteenth Revised Sheet No. 17, et al., 

to FERC Gas Tariff, Sixth Revised 

Volume No. 1, to be effective 10/01/ 

2008. 

Filed Date: 09/15/2008. 

Accession Number: 20080917–0122. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Monday, September 29, 2008. 

Docket Numbers: RP08–622–000. 

Applicants: CenterPoint Energy Gas 

Transmission Company. 

Description: CenterPoint Energy Gas 

Transmission Company submits First 

Revised Sheet No. 229, et al., to FERC 

Gas Tariff, Sixth Revised Volume No. 1, 

to be effective 11/01/2008. 

Filed Date: 09/15/2008. 

Accession Number: 20080917–0123. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

Monday, September 29, 2008. 

Docket Numbers: CP06–76–003. 

Applicants: Algonquin Gas 

Transmission LLC. 

Description: Algonquin Gas 

Transmission LLC submits an 

application for amendment to certificate 

of public convenience and necessity and 

request for expedited treatment. 

Filed Date: 09/10/2008. 

Accession Number: 20080916–0030. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Monday, September 22, 2008. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest in any of the above proceedings 

must file in accordance with Rules 211 

and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of 

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 

and 385.214) on or before 5 p.m. Eastern 

time on the specified comment date. It 

is not necessary to separately intervene 


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