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b. all other Western power and 

transmission facilities. 

4. Ensures that project beneficiaries 

repay project costs. 

III. Project Funding 

A. Applicability: All projects selected 

for funding under this authority will be 

governed by the principles, policies, 

and practices outlined in this notice. 

B. Policies and Practices: 

1. Western will use generally accepted 

accounting principles and practices in 

recording and tracking all expenses and 

revenue transactions for each project 

selected. 

2. Western will isolate these financial 

accounting transactions in its existing 

financial management system. 

3. Western will look for public-private 

partnerships to maximize the leveraging 

of funds. 

IV. Project Evaluation 

A. Applicability: All projects to be 

considered for funding under this 

authority will be evaluated against the 

minimum criteria outlined below. 

B. Criteria: Project evaluation 

includes feasibility of developing a 

project that meets the following 

minimum criteria: 

1. Facilitates the delivery to market of 

power generated by renewable resources 

constructed or reasonably expected to 

be constructed; 

2. is in the public interest; 

3. will not adversely impact system 

reliability or operations, or other 

statutory obligations; 

4. establishes the reasonable 

expectation that the project will 

generate enough transmission service 

revenue to repay the principal 

investment; all operating costs, 

including overhead; and the accrued 

interest by the end of the project’s 

service life; 

5. has at least one terminus located 

within Western’s service territory; 

6. describes the economic 

developmental benefits of the project, 

including an estimate of how many and 

the type, how fast, and where in the 

country jobs are created; 

7. gives priority to projects that satisfy 

Western’s Open Access Transmission 

Tariff or related requests; 

8. addresses the technical merits and 

feasibility of a project; 

9. demonstrates the financial stability 

and capability of all potential project 

partners; 

10. describes project readiness (e.g., 

permitting, local, state and/or regional 

approval); and 

11. describes all project partners’ 

participation in a region-wide 

interconnection-wide planning group or 

forum. 

C. Policies and Practices: 

1. Western will establish additional 

criteria to evaluate proposed projects as 

necessary. 

2. Western may, at its discretion, use 

outside expertise to assist in evaluating 

proposed projects seeking funding 

under this authority. Western will use 

its current acquisition practices to retain 

any contractors to assist in project 

evaluation and will use the specific 

regulations in the FAR to address any 

organizational conflicts of interest. 

3. Western will treat data submitted 

by project participants related to this 

authority, including project 

descriptions, participation and 

financing arrangements by other parties, 

as available to the public through the 

FOIA. However, participants may 

request confidential treatment of all or 

part of a submitted document under 

FOIA’s exemption for ‘‘Confidential 

Business Information.’’ Materials so 

designated and which meet the criteria 

stipulated in the FOIA will be treated as 

exempt from FOIA inquiries. 

V. Project Development and Operations 

and Maintenance 

A. Applicability: All projects funded 

under this authority. 

B. Policies and Practices: 

1. For study, facility development, 

construction and any other related 

purposes, where applicable, Western 

will consider projects that are 

constructed pursuant to its authority 

under section 402 of the Recovery Act 

separately from procedures and 

requirements for arranging for 

transmission service or interconnection 

under its OATT, or related 

interconnection agreements. Western 

will use the appropriate project 

management methods to initiate, plan, 

execute, monitor, control and close all 

transmission projects approved for 

funding under this authority. 

2. Available transfer capability 

surplus to Western’s need will be made 

available in a nondiscriminatory 

manner consistent with FERC open 

access transmission rules, Federal 

statute, and Western policies. 

3. Western will comply with all other 

applicable Federal laws, regulations and 

policies, including the National 

Environmental Policy Act, the FAR, and 

other applicable provisions of the 

Recovery Act. 

VI. Project Rates and Repayment 

A. Applicability: All projects funded 

under this authority. 

B. Criteria: The repayment 

requirements and applicable 

transmission rates will be designed so 

that proceeds from the project meet the 

repayment obligation. 

C. Policies and Practices: 

1. Before project development, 

Western will confirm the reasonable 

likelihood that the project will generate 

enough transmission service revenue to 

meet Western’s financial repayment 

obligations including principal 

investment, operating costs including 

overhead, accrued interest, and other 

appropriate costs. 

2. Transmission rates for transmission 

capacity Western controls will be 

developed in a public process following 

the applicable requirements outlined in 

10 CFR part 903 and RA6120.2, and set 

by the Administrator as specified in 

relevant DOE orders. 

Environmental Compliance 

In compliance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 

(NEPA) (42 U.S.C. 4321, et seq.), the 

Council on Environmental Quality 

Regulations for implementing NEPA (40 

CFR parts 1500–1508) and the DOE 

NEPA Implementing Procedures and 

Guidelines (10 CFR part 1021). 

Western has determined that this 

action is categorically excluded from 

further NEPA analysis. Future actions 

under this authority will undergo 

appropriate NEPA analysis. 

Dated: April 21, 2009. 

Timothy J. Meeks, 

Administrator. 

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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–R09–OAR–2008–0728; FRL–8905–2] 

Adequacy Status of Motor Vehicle 

Emissions Budgets in Submitted Early 

Progress Plan for Clark County 8-hour 

Ozone for Transportation Conformity 

Purposes; Nevada 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of Adequacy. 

SUMMARY: In this notice, EPA is 

notifying the public that the Agency has 

found that the motor vehicle emissions 

budgets for 8-hour ozone in the 8-hour 

Ozone Early Progress Plan for Clark 

County, Nevada (June 2008) (‘‘Clark 

County Ozone EPP’’) are adequate for 

transportation conformity purposes. The 

Clark County Ozone EPP was submitted 

to EPA on July 28, 2008 by the Nevada 

Division of Environmental Protection 

(NDEP) as a revision to the Nevada State 

Implementation Plan (SIP). As a result 


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of our adequacy findings, the Southern 

Nevada Regional Transportation 

Commission (RTC) and the U.S. 

Department of Transportation must use 

these budgets in future transportation 

conformity analyses once the finding 

becomes effective. 

DATES: This finding is effective May 29, 

2009. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Karina O’Connor, U.S. EPA, Region IX, 

Air Division AIR–2, 75 Hawthorne 

Street, San Francisco, CA 94105–3901; 

(775) 833–1276 or 

oconnor.karina@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Throughout this document, whenever 

‘‘we,’’ ‘‘us,’’ or ‘‘our’’ is used, we mean 

EPA. 

Today’s notice is simply an 

announcement of a finding that we have 

already made. EPA Region IX sent a 

letter to NDEP on May 5, 2009 stating 

that the motor vehicle emissions 

budgets in the submitted Clark County 

Ozone EPP for the year 2008 are 

adequate. Receipt of the motor vehicle 

emissions budgets in the Clark County 

Ozone EPP was announced on EPA’s 

transportation conformity Web site on 

August 19, 2008. We received no 

comments in response to the adequacy 

review posting. The finding is available 

at EPA’s conformity Web site: http:// 

www.epa.gov/otaq/stateresources/ 

transconf/adequacy.htm. 

The adequate motor vehicle emissions 

budgets are provided in the following 

table: 

Motor vehicle emissions budgets (Ozone 

season) 

Budget year 

Volatile 

organic 

compounds 

(tons per 

day) 

Nitrogen 

oxides 

(tons per 

day) 

2008 .................. 64.2 76.1 

Transportation conformity is required 

by Clean Air Act section 176(c). EPA’s 

conformity rule requires that 

transportation plans, transportation 

improvement programs, and projects 

conform to state air quality 

implementation plans (SIPs) and 

establishes the criteria and procedures 

for determining whether or not they do. 

Conformity to an SIP means that 

transportation activities will not 

produce new air quality violations, 

worsen existing violations, or delay 

timely attainment of the national 

ambient air quality standards. 

The criteria by which we determine 

whether an SIP’s motor vehicle 

emission budgets are adequate for 

conformity purposes are outlined in 40 

CFR 93.118(e)(4) which was 

promulgated in our August 15, 1997 

final rule (62 FR 43780, 43781–43783). 

We have described our process for 

determining the adequacy of submitted 

SIP budgets in our July 1, 2004 

preamble starting at 69 FR 40038 and 

we used the information in these 

resources in making our adequacy 

determination. Please note that an 

adequacy review is separate from EPA’s 

completeness review, and should not be 

used to prejudge EPA’s ultimate 

approval action for the SIP. Even if we 

find a budget adequate, the SIP could 

later be disapproved. 

Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq. 

Dated: May 5, 2009. 

Laura Yoshii, 

Acting Regional Administrator, Region IX. 

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BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2008–0156; FRL–8905–1] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Use of Consumer Research 

in Developing Improved Labeling for 

Pesticide Products, EPA ICR No. 

2297.01, OMB Control No. 2070–NEW 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 

3501 et seq.), this document announces 

that an Information Collection Request 

(ICR) has been forwarded to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval. This is a request 

for a new collection. This ICR describes 

the nature of the information collection 

and its estimated burden and cost. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before June 15, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID number EPA–HQ– 

OPP–2008–0156, to (1) EPA Online to 

http://www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), or by mail to: Office 

of Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory 

Public Docket (7502P), 1200 

Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, 

DC 20460, and (2) OMB at: Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), Attention: Desk Officer for EPA, 

725 17th Street, NW., Washington, DC 

20503. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Cameo Smoot, Field and External 

Affairs Division, 7506P, Office of 

Pesticide Programs, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460; 

telephone number: (703) 305–5454; fax 

number: (703) 305–5884; e-mail address: 

smoot.cameo@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: EPA has 

submitted the following ICR to OMB for 

review and approval according to the 

procedures prescribed in 5 CFR 1320.12. 

On April 2, 2008 (73 FR 17971), EPA 

sought comments on this ICR pursuant 

to 5 CFR 1320.8(d). EPA received one 

comment and has addressed the 

comment received. 

EPA has established a public docket 

for this ICR under Docket ID No. EPA– 

HQ–OPP–2008–0156, which is available 

for Online viewing at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or in person 

viewing at the OPP Regulatory Public 

Docket in Rm. S–4400, One Potomac 

Yard (South Building), 2777 S. Crystal 

Drive, Arlington, VA. The hours of 

operation of this Docket Facility are 

from 8:30 a.m. to 4 p.m., Monday 

through Friday, excluding legal 

holidays. The Docket telephone number 

is (703) 305–5805. 

Use EPA’s electronic docket and 

comment system at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, to submit or view 

public comments, access the index 

listing of the contents of the docket, and 

to access those documents in the docket 

that are available electronically. Once in 

the system, select ‘‘docket search,’’ then 

key in the docket ID number identified 

above. Please note that EPA’s policy is 

that public comments, whether 

submitted electronically or in paper, 

will be made available for public 

viewing at http://www.regulations.gov 

as EPA receives them and without 

change, unless the comment contains 

copyrighted material, Confidential 

Business Information (CBI), or other 

information whose public disclosure is 

restricted by statute. For further 

information about the electronic docket, 

go to http://www.regulations.gov. 

Title: Use of Consumer Research in 

Developing Improved Labeling for 

Pesticide Products. 

ICR Numbers: EPA ICR No. 2297.01, 

OMB Control No. 2070–New. 

ICR Status: This ICR is for a new 

information collection activity. An 

Agency may not conduct or sponsor, 

and a person is not required to respond 

to, a collection of information, unless it 

displays a currently valid OMB control 

number. The OMB control numbers for 

EPA’s regulations in title 40 of the CFR, 

after appearing in the Federal Register 


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