1408 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 6 / Monday, January 11, 2010 / Notices 

information in the table remains the 

same. 

Dated: December 31, 2009. 

Larry Echo Hawk, 

Assistant Secretary—Indian Affairs. 

[FR Doc. 2010–242 Filed 1–8–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–4J–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Reclamation 

Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, 

Eastern and Western Division 

Proposed Project Use Power Rate 

AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of Proposed Pick-Sloan 

Missouri Basin Program, Eastern and 

Western Divisions, Project Use Power 

Rate Adjustment. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation 

(Reclamation) is proposing a rate 

adjustment (proposed rate) for Project 

Use Power for the Pick-Sloan Missouri 

Basin Program (P–SMBP), Eastern and 

Western Divisions. The proposed rate 

for Project Use Power is to recover all 

annual operating, maintenance, and 

replacement expenses. The analysis of 

the proposed Project Use Power Rate is 

included in a booklet available upon 

request. The proposed rate for Project 

Use Power will become effective 

February 19, 2010. 

This notice provides the opportunity 

for public comment. After review of 

comments received, Reclamation will 

consider them, revise the rates if 

necessary, and recommend a proposed 

rate for approval to the Secretary of the 

Interior’s Office. 

DATES: The comment period will begin 

with publication of this notice in the 

Federal Register. To be assured 

consideration, please submit comments 

on or before February 10, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Please send written 

comments to Mike Ferguson, GP–2020, 

Power O&M Administrator, Bureau of 

Reclamation, P.O. Box 36900, Billings, 

MT 59107–6900. 

All booklets, studies, comments, 

letters, memoranda, and other 

documents made or kept by 

Reclamation for the purpose of 

developing the proposed rate for Project 

Use Power will be made available for 

inspection and copying at the Great 

Plains Regional Office, located at 316 

North 26th Street, Billings, MT 59101. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Mike Ferguson, Bureau of Reclamation, 

Great Plains Regional Office at (406) 

247–7705 or by e-mail at 

MFerguson@usbr.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Proposed Rate Adjustment 

Power rates for the P–SMBP are 

established pursuant to the Reclamation 

Act of 1902 (43 U.S.C. 371 et seq.), as 

amended and supplemented by 

subsequent enactments, particularly 

section 9(c) of the Reclamation Project 

Act of 1939 (43 U.S.C. 485h (c)) and the 

Flood Control Act of 1944 (58 Stat. 887). 

Beginning February 19, 2010, 

Reclamation proposes to: 

(a) Increase the energy charge from 

12.55 mills/kWh to 16.17 mills/kWh. 

(b) the monthly demand charge will 

remain at zero. 

The Project Use Power Rate will be 

reviewed each time Western Area Power 

Administration (Western) adjusts the P– 

SMBP Firm Power Rate. Western will 

conduct the necessary studies and use 

the methodology identified in this rate 

proposal to determine a new rate. 

The existing rate schedule MRB–P12 

placed into effect on January 21, 2006, 

will be replaced by rate schedule MRB– 

P13. The new rate schedule will include 

clarifying language for entities 

exceeding the contract rate of delivery 

(CROD). Coincident electrical demand 

in excess of the CROD will result in a 

penalty where a share of that month’s 

energy proportional to the excess will be 

charged at ten (10) times the current 

project use rate as reflected in rate 

schedule MRB–13. The penalty will be 

calculated as follows: 

P = (((BD/CROD)—1) * BE) * (10 * CR) 

Where: P = Penalty ($) 

BD = Billed Demand (kW) 

CROD = Contract Rate of Delivery (kW) 

BE = Billed Energy (kWh) 

CR = Current Project Use Power Rate 

(mills/kWh) 

The customer will also be billed for 

any increased capacity and transmission 

charges incurred by the Government as 

a result of exceeding the CROD. 

In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA), 42 U.S.S. 4321 et seq.; Council 

on Environmental Quality Regulations 

(40 CFR Parts 1500–1508); and 

Reclamation’s Regulations (10 CFR Part 

1021), Reclamation has determined that 

this action is categorically excluded 

from the preparation of an 

Environmental Assessment or 

Environmental Impact Statement. 

Before including your name, address, 

phone number, e-mail address, or other 

personal identifying information in any 

correspondence, you should be aware 

that your entire correspondence, 

including your personal identifying 

information, may be made publicly 

available at any time. While you can 

request in your correspondence that 

Reclamation withhold your personal 

identifying information from public 

review, we cannot guarantee 

Reclamation is able to do so. 

Reclamation will make all submissions 

from organizations or businesses, and 

from individuals identifying themselves 

as representatives or officials of 

organizations or businesses, available 

for public disclosure in their entirety. 

Dated: November 20, 2009. 

Gary W. Campbell, 

Deputy Regional Director. 

[FR Doc. 2010–213 Filed 1–8–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4310–MN–P 

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR 

Bureau of Land Management 

[LLNVL00000. L51010000.ER0000 

.LVRWF09F8510; MO4500008904; N–79734; 

9–08807; TAS:14X5017] 

Notice of Availability of the Record of 

Decision for the Lincoln County Land 

Act Groundwater Development and 

Utility Right-of-Way Project, Nevada 

AGENCY: Bureau of Land Management, 

Interior. 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: The Bureau of Land 

Management (BLM) announces the 

availability of the Record of Decision 

(ROD) for the Lincoln County Land Act 

Groundwater Development and Utility 

Right-of-Way (ROW) Project (the 

project). The BLM Ely District Manager 

signed the ROD on January 8, 2010, 

which constitutes the final decision of 

the BLM and makes the decision 

effective immediately. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD are 

available upon request from the Field 

Manager, BLM Ely District Office, 

Bureau of Land Management, or at the 

following Web site: http://www.blm.gov/ 

nv/. A printed copy or electronic copy 

on compact disc of the ROD is available 

on request from the BLM Nevada State 

Office, 1340 Financial Boulevard, P.O. 

Box 12000, Reno, Nevada 89520, phone 

(775) 861–6681 or e-mail: 

nvgwprojects@blm.gov. Copies of the 

ROD will be available for review at the 

following locations in Nevada: 

• BLM Nevada State Office, 1340 

Financial Boulevard, Reno, Nevada 

• BLM Ely District Office, 702 North 

Industrial Way, Ely, Nevada 

• BLM Caliente Field Office, US 

Highway 93, Building #1, Caliente, 

Nevada 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Penny Woods, BLM Project Manager, 

P.O. Box 12000, Reno, Nevada 89520, 


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