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all eligible customers, consistent with 

all BPA requirements (including the 

availability or development of sufficient 

transmission capacity) and subject to an 

environmental review under NEPA. The 

proposed Central Ferry–Lower 

Monumental Transmission Line Project 

would respond to these requests for 

transmission service. BPA, therefore, 

will prepare an EIS under NEPA to 

assist the agency as it decides whether 

to build the proposed project, and if a 

decision is made to build a line, which 

alternative transmission line route 

should be constructed. 

BPA will be the lead agency for 

preparation of the EIS. In furtherance of 

existing cooperative agreements 

between BPA and the State of 

Washington, the Washington Energy 

Facility Site Evaluation Council 

(Washington EFSEC) also will 

participate in preparation of the EIS. 

Among other things, this state agency 

will assist BPA in evaluating alternative 

transmission line routes and identifying 

state interests that should be addressed 

in the EIS. In addition, cooperating 

agencies for the EIS may be identified as 

the proposed project proceeds through 

the NEPA process. 

Alternatives Proposed for 

Consideration. For the proposed 500-kV 

transmission line, BPA will consider 

and evaluate two routing alternatives in 

the EIS. One routing alternative for the 

transmission line is about 38 miles long, 

and the other is about 40 miles long. 

Both alternatives would require new 

transmission line right-of-way to allow 

adequate system reliability spacing of 

the proposed line from existing 500-kV 

transmission lines in the area. BPA 

proposes to construct the new line using 

lattice steel towers for both routing 

alternatives. 

Both routing alternatives would 

originate at a new 500-kV substation, 

referred to as the Central Ferry 

Substation, that BPA is separately 

proposing to build in northwestern 

Garfield County, Washington, at a point 

along BPA’s existing Little Goose-Lower 

Granite lines approximately two miles 

southeast of the Snake River near the 

Port of Central Ferry, Washington. The 

Central Ferry Substation is being 

independently proposed to respond to 

requests received by BPA for 

interconnection of proposed wind 

projects in the area to BPA’s existing 

transmission system. 

Both routing alternatives also would 

terminate at the existing BPA 500-kV 

Lower Monumental Substation, which 

is located at Lower Monumental Dam on 

the Snake River in Walla Walla County, 

Washington. Both routing alternatives 

would avoid crossing existing BPA 500- 

kV lines and the Snake River by 

remaining to the south of these features. 

The following describes the general 

locations of the two routing alternatives: 

• North Alternative: This routing 

alternative is approximately 40 miles in 

length. From the new Central Ferry 

Substation, this route would proceed 

southwesterly and westerly for about 12 

miles. This portion of the route would 

run parallel to and about 1200 feet to 

one half-mile south of BPA’s existing 

Little Goose—Lower Granite lines. At 

this point, the route would angle away 

from the existing Little Goose—Lower 

Granite lines and proceed in a 

southwesterly direction for about 6 

miles before crossing the Tucannon 

River directly north of the Town of 

Starbuck. From the Tucannon River 

crossing, the route would continue 

southwest and west for about 3 miles 

before angling northwest for about 5 

miles to a point approximately 1500 feet 

south of BPA’s two existing Lower 

Monumental—Little Goose lines. From 

this point, the route would proceed west 

for about 14 miles to BPA’s existing 

Lower Monumental Substation, with 

much of this portion of the route 

running parallel to and approximately 

1500 feet south of these existing lines. 

• South Alternative: This routing 

alternative is approximately 38 miles in 

length. From the new Central Ferry 

Substation, this route would proceed 

southwesterly for about 3 miles, with 

this portion of the route running parallel 

to and approximately 1200 feet south of 

BPA’s existing Little Goose—Lower 

Granite lines. At this point, instead of 

following these existing lines as they 

angle to the west, the route would 

continue southwesterly and then 

westerly for about 15 miles before 

crossing the Tucannon River directly 

north of the Town of Starbuck. From the 

Tucannon River crossing, the route 

would continue westerly for about 20 

miles to BPA’s existing Lower 

Monumental Substation. 

BPA is also considering the No Action 

Alternative, that is, not building the 

proposed transmission line. Other 

alternatives may be identified through 

the scoping process. 

Public Participation and 

Identification of Environmental Issues. 

The potential environmental issues 

identified for most transmission line 

projects include land use, 

socioeconomics, cultural resources, 

visual resources, electric and magnetic 

field issues, sensitive plants and 

animals, soil erosion, wetlands, 

floodplains, and fish and water 

resources. BPA has established a 45-day 

scoping period during which tribes, 

affected landowners, concerned 

citizens, special interest groups, local 

and federal governments, and any other 

interested parties are invited to 

comment on the scope of the proposed 

EIS, including potential routing 

alternatives to be considered and 

environmental impacts to be evaluated. 

Scoping will help BPA ensure that a full 

range of issues related to this proposal 

is addressed in the EIS, and also will 

identify significant or potentially 

significant impacts that may result from 

the proposed project. When completed, 

the Draft EIS will be circulated for 

review and comment, and BPA will 

hold public meetings to hear comments. 

The Draft EIS is expected to be 

published in summer 2010. BPA will 

consider and respond to comments 

received on the Draft EIS in the Final 

EIS. The Final EIS is expected to be 

published in spring-summer 2011. 

BPA’s decision will be documented in 

a Record of Decision that will follow the 

Final EIS. 

Issued in Portland, Oregon, on June 9, 

2009. 

Stephen J. Wright, 

Administrator and Chief Executive Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–14448 Filed 6–18–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. RM08–11–000] 

North American Electric Reliability 

Corporation; Notice of Filing 

June 12, 2009. 

Take notice that on May 29, 2009, the 

North American Electric Reliability 

Corporation (NERC) submitted 

modifications to Violation Severity 

Levels (VSLs) for three revised Facilities 

Design, Connections, and Maintenance 

(FAC) Reliability Standards: FAC–010– 

2—System Operating Limits 

Methodology for the Planning Horizon; 

FAC–011–2—System Operating Limits 

Methodology for the Operations 

Horizon; and FAC–014–2—Establish 

and Communicate System Operating 

Limits in compliance with Order No. 

722 issued on March 20, 2009, 126 

FERC ¶ 61,255 (2009). 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest this filing must file in 

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). 

Protests will be considered by the 

Commission in determining the 

appropriate action to be taken, but will 

not serve to make protestants parties to 

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the proceeding. Any person wishing to 

become a party must file a notice of 

intervention or motion to intervene, as 

appropriate. Such notices, motions, or 

protests must be filed on or before the 

comment date. Anyone filing a motion 

to intervene or protest must serve a copy 

of that document on the Applicant and 

all the parties in this proceeding. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper using the 

‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 14 copies 

of the protest or intervention to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

This filing is accessible on-line at 

http://www.ferc.gov, using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for 

review in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room in Washington, DC. 

There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the 

Web site that enables subscribers to 

receive e-mail notification when a 

document is added to a subscribed 

docket(s). For assistance with any FERC 

Online service, please e-mail 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call 

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call 

(202) 502–8659. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on July 6, 2009. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–14450 Filed 6–18–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OPP–2005–0558; FRL–8421–1] 

Coppers Amendment to the 

Reregistration Eligibility Decision 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces EPA’s 

decision to modify certain provisions 

that were specified in the 2006 

Reregistration Eligibility Decision (RED) 

for the copper pesticides. EPA 

conducted this reassessment of the 

Coppers RED in response to public 

comments received during the comment 

period, and updated information that 

would impact product labeling. Based 

on the new information received, and in 

a continuing effort to mitigate risk, the 

Agency has made certain modifications 

in the Coppers RED. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Rosanna Louie, Special Review and 

Reregistration Division (7508P), Office 

of Pesticide Programs, Environmental 

Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania 

Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460– 

0001; telephone number: (703) 308– 

0037; fax number: (703) 308–8090; email address: louie.rosanna@epa.gov 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

A. Does This Action Apply to Me? 

This action is directed to the public 

in general, and may be of interest to a 

wide range of stakeholders including 

environmental, human health, farm 

worker and agricultural advocates; the 

chemical industry; pesticide users; and 

members of the public interested in the 

sale, distribution, or use of pesticides. 

Since others also may be interested, the 

Agency has not attempted to describe all 

the specific entities that may be affected 

by this action. If you have any questions 

regarding the applicability of this action 

to a particular entity, consult the person 

listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION

CONTACT. 

B. How Can I Get Copies of This 

Document and Other Related 

Information? 

1. Docket. EPA has established a 

docket for this action under docket 

identification (ID) number EPA–HQ– 

OPP–2005–0558. Publicly available 

docket materials are available either in 

the electronic docket at http:// 

www.regulations.gov, or, if only 

available in hard copy, at the Office of 

Pesticide Programs (OPP) Regulatory 

Public Docket in Rm. S–4400, One 

Potomac Yard (South Bldg.), 2777 S. 

Crystal Dr., 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 Facility telephone 

number is (703) 305–5805. 

2. Electronic access. You may access 

this Federal Register document 

electronically through the EPA Internet 

under the ‘‘Federal Register’’ listings at 

http://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr. 

II. Background 

A. What Action Is the Agency Taking? 

Section 4 of the Federal Insecticide, 

Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) 

directs EPA to reevaluate existing 

pesticides to ensure that they meet 

current scientific and regulatory 

standards. In 2006, EPA issued a RED 

for coppers under section 4(g)(2)(A) of 

FIFRA. In response to a notice of 

availability published in the Federal 

Register of August 9, 2006 (71 FR 

45550) (FRL–8085–4), the Agency 

received substantive comments and 

information from commenters. The 

amended Coppers RED reflects changes 

resulting from Agency consideration of 

these comments received on the RED, as 

well as efforts by the Agency to 

appropriately mitigate overall risk. The 

RED amendment for coppers concludes 

EPA’s reregistration eligibility decisionmaking process for this pesticide. 

A total of 46 submissions were 

received, which included comments 

from various growers that use copper 

products, university extension services, 

registrants, and publicly-owned 

treatment works facilities. Comments 

received during the public comment 

period included information on 

application rates, copper use in aquatic 

areas and water treatment facilities, and 

human health exposures. In 

consideration of these comments, and 

other decisions that occurred after the 

RED was published, the RED has been 

updated to reflect current product 

labeling requirements. Appendix A, 

which is a summary of the use sites and 

application rates eligible for 

reregistration, has been updated based 

on input received from stakeholders. 

The label table has also been revised to 

include modifications to some of the 

restricted entry intervals after copper 

pesticide applications, labeling language 

for spray drift management 

requirements, and personal protective 

equipment requirements for workers 

who handle and apply copper 

pesticides. 

B. What Is the Agency’s Authority for 

Taking This Action? 

Section 4(g)(2) of FIFRA, as amended, 

directs that, after submission of all data 

concerning a pesticide active ingredient, 

‘‘the Administrator shall determine 

whether pesticides containing such 

active ingredient are eligible for 

reregistration,’’ before calling in product 

specific data on individual end-use 

products and either reregistering 

products or taking other ‘‘appropriate 

regulatory action.’’ 

List of Subjects 

Environmental protection, Pesticides 

and pests, Coppers. 

Dated: June 6, 2009. 

Richard P. Keigwin, Jr., 

Director, Special Review and Reregistration 

Division, Office of Pesticide Programs. 

[FR Doc. E9–14336 Filed 6–18–09; 8:45 am] 

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