Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 21 / Tuesday, February 2, 2010 / Notices 5317 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP10–45–000] 

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company; 

Notice of Request Under Blanket 

Authorization 

January 26, 2010. 

Take notice that on January 25, 2010, 

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company 

(Tennessee), 1001 Louisiana Street, 

Houston, Texas 77002, filed in Docket 

No. CP10–45–000, a prior notice request 

pursuant to sections 157.205 and 

157.216 of the Commission’s regulations 

under the Natural Gas Act (NGA) for 

authority to abandon in place an 

inactive offshore supply lateral (Line 

509A–3600) and associated meter and 

appurtenances located in West Cameron 

Blocks 617 and 630 of the offshore 

continental shelf, 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, (866) 208–3676 or TTY, (202) 

502–8659. 

Specifically, Tennessee proposes to 

abandon in place Line 509A–3600 and 

appurtenances. Tennessee states that 

Line 509A–3600 extends for 

approximately 4.26 miles from a subsea 

tie-in with Tennessee’s Line 509A–3500 

in West Cameron Block 617 to a 

production platform owned and 

operated by Maritech Resources, Inc. 

(Maritech), located in West Cameron 

Block 630. Tennessee avers that the 

subject facilities have been out of 

service since the downstream pipelines 

were damaged by Hurricane Ike in 

September 2008. Additionally, 

Tennessee asserts that Maritech has 

notified Tennessee that it intends to 

abandon its platform in 2010. Tennessee 

states that it has not provided 

transportation service to any shippers 

through Line 509A–3600 for more than 

twelve months and no firm contracts are 

tied to the receipt meter located on the 

Maritech platform. Tennessee asserts 

that the estimated cost to construct 

similar facilities today is approximately 

$17.8 million. 

Any questions regarding the 

application should be directed to Susan 

T. Halbach, Senior Counsel, Tennessee 

Gas Pipeline Company, 1001 Louisiana 

Street, Houston, Texas 77002, at (713) 

420–5751 or (713) 420–1601 (facsimile) 

or Debbie Kalisek, Analyst, Certificates 

& Regulatory Compliance, at (713) 420– 

3292 or (713) 420–1605 (facsimile). 

Any person 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. Any person 

filing to intervene or the Commission’s 

staff may, pursuant to section 157.205 of 

the Commission’s Regulations under the 

NGA (18 CFR 157.205) file 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. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9108–5; Docket ID No. EPA–HQ–ORD– 

2009–0613] 

Exposure Factors Handbook: 2009 

Update 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Peer-Review 

Workshop. 

SUMMARY: EPA is announcing that 

Eastern Research Group, Inc. (ERG), an 

EPA contractor for external scientific 

peer review, will convene an 

independent panel of experts and 

organize and conduct an external peerreview workshop on March 3–4, 2010, 

to review the external review draft 

document titled, ‘‘Exposure Factors 

Handbook 2009 Update’’ (EPA/600/R– 

09/052A). EPA previously announced 

the 60-day public comment period 

(ending December 7, 2009) for the draft 

document in the Federal Register on 

October 7, 2009 (74 FR 51592). The draft 

document was prepared by the National 

Center for Environmental Assessment 

(NCEA) within EPA’s Office of Research 

and Development. The Exposure Factors 

Handbook provides information on 

various physiological and behavioral 

factors commonly used in assessing 

exposure to environmental chemicals. 

The handbook was first published in 

1989 and was updated in 1997. This 

updated version incorporates data 

available since 1997 up to June 2009. It 

also reflects the revisions made to the 

Child-Specific Exposure Factors 

Handbook, which was updated and 

published in 2008. Each chapter in the 

revised Exposure Factors Handbook 

presents recommended values for the 

exposure factors covered in the chapter 

as well as a discussion of the underlying 

data used in developing the 

recommendations. 

The public comment period and the 

external peer-review workshop are 

separate processes that provide 

opportunities for all interested parties to 

comment on the document. EPA intends 

to forward public comments submitted 

in accordance with the October 7, 2009, 

Federal Register notice (74 FR 51592) to 

ERG, for consideration by the external 

peer-review panel prior to the 

workshop. EPA will consider public 

comments and recommendations from 

the expert panel workshop as EPA 

finalizes the draft document. 

EPA is releasing this draft document 

solely for the purpose of predissemination peer review under 

applicable information quality 

guidelines. This document has not been 

formally disseminated by EPA. It does 

not represent and should not be 

construed to represent any Agency 

policy or determination. 

ERG invites the public to register to 

attend this workshop as observers. In 

addition, ERG invites the public to give 

oral comments at the workshop 

regarding the draft document under 

review. Members of the public 

interested in making oral comments at 

the workshop should also provide ERG 

with an electronic copy of their 

comments. Space is limited, and 

reservations will be accepted on a firstcome, first-served basis. The draft 

document and EPA’s peer-review charge 

are only available via the Internet on 

NCEA’s home page under the Recent 

Additions menu at http://www.epa.gov/ 

ncea. In preparing a final report, EPA 

will consider ERG’s report of the 

comments and recommendations from 

the external peer-review workshop and 

any public comments that EPA received. 

DATES: The peer-review panel workshop 

will begin on Wednesday, March 3, 

2010, at 8 a.m., and will end on 

Thursday, March 4, 2010, at 

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