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available to answer questions and 

accept oral and written comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Doug Corkran, Environmental 

Coordinator, Bonneville Power 

Administration—KEC–4, P.O. Box 3621, 

Portland, Oregon, 97208–3621; toll-free 

telephone number 1–800–622–4519; 

direct number (503) 230–7646; fax 

number 503–230–5699; or e-mail 

dfcorkran@bpa.gov. You may also 

contact Erich Orth, Project Manager, 

Bonneville Power Administration— 

TEP–TPP–3, P.O. Box 3621, Portland, 

Oregon 97208–3621; toll-free telephone 

1–800–622–4519; direct telephone 360– 

619–6559; or e-mail etorth@bpa.gov 

Additional information can be found at 

BPA’s Web site: http:// 

www.efw.bpa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Proposed Action: BPA proposes to 

rebuild a 32-mile section of the AlbanyEugene 115-kV No. 1 Transmission 

Line. No major work has been done on 

the line since it was built in 1940. Many 

of the structures, the electric wire 

(conductor), and associated structural 

components (cross arms, insulators, and 

dampers) are physically worn and 

structurally unsound in places. The 

wood transmission poles have lasted 

beyond the expected 55 to 60 years and 

now need to be replaced due to age, rot, 

and deterioration. Rebuilding the 

deteriorated line would maintain 

reliable electrical service and avoid 

risks to the safety of the public and 

maintenance crews. 

Proposed activities would include 

establishing temporary access to the 

line, improving some access roads, 

developing staging areas for storage of 

materials, removing and replacing 

existing wood pole structures and 

associated structural components and 

conductor, and revegetating areas 

disturbed by construction activities. The 

existing structures would be replaced 

with structures of similar design within 

or near to their existing locations. The 

line would continue to operate at 115- 

kV. Danger trees and brush located off 

the existing right-of-way (ROW) would 

be removed. A danger tree is a tree 

located off the ROW that is a present or 

future hazard to the transmission line. A 

tree is identified as a danger tree if it 

would contact BPA facilities should it 

fall, bend, grow within a swing 

displacement of the conductor, or grow 

into the conductor. Danger tree removal 

would take place concurrently with 

project construction. 

Process to Date: In February 2010, 

BPA announced its proposed rebuild 

and its intent to prepare an 

Environmental Assessment (EA) for the 

proposed project. BPA held a public 

meeting in March 2010, in Junction 

City, Oregon. Two comment letters were 

received during the comment period, 

which closed on March 27, 2010. Since 

that time BPA has determined that a 

significant number of danger trees 

would need to be removed to prevent 

damage to the line and that a different 

kind of NEPA document—an EIS rather 

than an EA—is required because of the 

potential for significant environmental 

impact. 

Alternatives Proposed for 

Consideration: In addition to the 

Proposed Action, BPA will evaluate the 

No Action Alternative. Under the No 

Action Alternative, BPA would not 

rebuild the line; current operation and 

maintenance activities would continue. 

Public Participation and 

Identification of Environmental Issues: 

The potential environmental issues 

identified for most transmission line 

projects include land use, cultural 

resources, visual impact, sensitive 

plants and animals, erosion/soils, 

wetlands, floodplains, and fish and 

water resources. BPA has established a 

30-day scoping period during which 

affected landowners, concerned 

citizens, special interest groups, local 

governments, and any other interested 

parties are invited to comment on the 

scope of the proposed EIS. Scoping will 

help BPA ensure that a full range of 

issues related to this proposal is 

addressed in the EIS, and also help 

identify significant or potentially 

significant impacts that my result from 

the proposed project. When completed, 

the Draft EIS will be circulated for 

review and comment, and BPA will 

hold at least one public comment 

meeting for the Draft EIS. BPA will 

consider and respond in the Final EIS 

to comments received on the Draft EIS. 

BPA’s subsequent decision will be 

documented in a Record of Decision. 

Maps and further information are 

available from BPA at the address 

above. 

Issued in Portland, Oregon, on October 21, 

2010. 

Stephen J. Wright, 

Administrator and Chief Executive Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–27411 Filed 10–28–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP11–9–000] 

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 

Company, LLC; Notice of Request 

Under Blanket Authorization 

October 22, 2010. 

Take notice that on October 14, 2010, 

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 

Company, LLC (Transco), Post Office 

Box 1396, Houston, Texas 77251–1396, 

filed a prior notice request pursuant to 

sections 157.205 and 157.216 of the 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission’s regulations under the 

Natural Gas Act (NGA) and Transco’s 

blanket certificate issued in Docket No. 

CP82–426, for authorization to abandon 

an inactive section of pipeline. 

Specifically, Transco seeks to abandon, 

in place, an approximately 10.3-mile, 

12-inch pipeline (Supply Lateral) 

located in offshore Louisiana extending 

from East Cameron Block 57 to 

Vermilion Block 22. Transco states that 

the Supply Lateral, which has been 

pigged and filled with sea water, will be 

cut, capped and the pipeline ends 

buried to the required 3-foot cover. 

Additionally, Transco avers that the 

proposed abandonment of the Supply 

Lateral will not involve the physical 

removal of any facilities, 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. 

Any questions regarding the 

application should be directed to Nan 

Miksovsky, Transcontinental Gas Pipe 

Line Company, LLC, Post Office Box 

1396, Houston, Texas 77251–1396, 

telephone no. (713) 215–3422. 

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 

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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. 

[FR Doc. 2010–27396 Filed 10–28–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. RM11–2–000] 

Smart Grid Interoperability Standards; 

Notice of Technical Conference 

October 22, 2010. 

Take notice that the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (Commission) 

will convene a conference on November 

14, 2010, from 10:30 a.m. to 11:30 a.m. 

Eastern time in conjunction with the 

NARUC/FERC Collaborative on Smart 

Response (Collaborative), in the 

International D Ballroom at the Omni 

Hotel at CNN Center in Atlanta, GA. The 

technical conference will be open to the 

public and advance registration is not 

required. The Commission is holding 

this conference together with a number 

of State regulatory authorities that also 

are considering the adoption of Smart 

Grid Interoperability Standards 

(Standards) in their States. 

On October 6, 2010, the National 

Institute of Standards and Technology 

(NIST) informed the Commission by 

letter of the posting of several groups of 

Standards which NIST identified as 

ready for consideration by regulators. 

Commissioners from State public utility 

commissions and the Commission will 

receive briefings on the first set of 

Standards posted by NIST at the 

technical conference. 

Interested regulators may consider 

these Standards because they include 

emerging technology standards that may 

affect all electric facilities including 

generation, transmission, and 

distribution facilities as well as 

metering and communications at all 

levels. This technical conference 

provides an opportunity for both the 

Commission and interested State 

regulatory authorities to hear directly 

from NIST and others involved in the 

standards development process. The 

Commission will issue an agenda at a 

later date. 

Transcripts of the technical 

conference will be made available. 

Instructions for obtaining transcripts 

will be published at a later date. 

Prior to the technical conference other 

topics will be discussed by the 

Collaborative. Visit NARUC’s Web site, 

http://annual.narucmeetings.org/, for 

detailed information on the agenda for 

that portion of the meeting, which 

begins at 8:15 a.m. Following the 

technical conference, from 11:30 a.m. 

until 12:30 p.m., the Collaborative will 

hold an informal, off-the-record 

discussion about the Standards, the 

Standards setting process, and the 

issues that their adoption may present. 

These portions of the meeting will also 

be open to the public, but will not be 

recorded. 

Commission conferences are 

accessible under section 508 of the 

Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For 

accessibility accommodations, please 

send an e-mail to accessibility@ferc.gov 

or call toll free (866) 208–3372 (voice) 

or (202) 208–1659 (TTY), or send a FAX 

to (202) 208–2106 with the required 

accommodations. 

For more information about this 

conference, please contact Sandra 

Waldstein at (202) 502–8092 or 

sandra.waldstein@ferc.gov. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–27405 Filed 10–28–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. AD10–7–000] 

ILP Effectiveness Evaluation 2010; 

Additional Notice of Multi-Stakeholder 

Technical Conference on the 

Integrated Licensing Process 

October 21, 2010. 

As announced in the May 18, 2010, 

‘‘Notice of Interviews, Teleconferences, 

Regional Workshops And MultiStakeholder Technical Conference On 

The Integrated Licensing Process,’’ a 

technical conference will be held on 

November 3, 2010, from 11 a.m. (EST) 

to 3 p.m. (EST) in the Commission 

Meeting Room at the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

While we encourage interested parties 

to attend the technical conference in 

person, a limited number of phone lines 

will be available on a first-come-firstserve basis for interested parties to 

participate via teleconference. If you 

would like to participate via 

teleconference, e-mail Stephanie Obadia 

at sobadia@kearnswest.com by October 

29, 2010 to receive the toll-free 

telephone number and password to join 

the teleconference. Also, please register 

to attend the technical conference by emailing Stephanie Obadia at 

sobadia@kearnswest.com by October 29, 

2010. 

For more information about this 

conference, please contact David Turner 

at (202) 502–6091 or 

david.turner@ferc.gov. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–27399 Filed 10–28–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. AD11–2–000] 

Transmission Vegetation Management 

Practices; Supplemental Notice of 

Technical Conference 

October 21, 2010. 

On October 5, 2010 the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission 

announced that a Technical Conference 

on Transmission Vegetation 

Management Practices would be held on 

Tuesday, October 26, from 1 p.m. to 5 

p.m. This staff-led conference will be 

held in the Commission Meeting Room 

at the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20426. The conference 

will be open for the public to attend and 

advance registration is not required. 

Members of the Commission may attend 

the conference. 

Attached is an agenda for this 

meeting. The conference will be 

Webcast. Anyone with Internet access 

who desires to listen to this event can 

do so by navigating to http:// 

www.ferc.gov’s Calendar of Events and 

locating this event in the Calendar. The 

event will contain a link to the webcast. 

The Capitol Connection provides 

technical support for webcasts and 

offers the option of listening to the 

meeting via phone-bridge for a fee. If 

you have any questions, visit http:// 

www.CapitolConnection.org or call 703– 

993–3100. 

Commission conferences are 

accessible under section 508 of the 

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