11570 Federal Register / Vol. 66, No. 38 / Monday, February 26, 2001 / Notices

1Regulation of Short-Term Natural Gas

Transportation Services, and Regulation of

biological, and herbicide—spot,

localized, broadcast, and aerial

application);

• Allow the use of herbicides

available to treat any kind of vegetation

needing management for rights-of-way;

• Continue our current practice of

controlling vegetation in electrical yards

using primarily pre-emergent

herbicides;

• For other non-electric facilities,

continue to have available a variety of

methods for use to manage vegetation,

including manual and mechanical

methods, herbicides, and fertilizers;

• Use the planning steps outlined in

the FEIS to guide site-specific vegetation

projects and their environmental review

tiered to the FEIS;

• Use only a list of herbicides that

Bonneville approves for use; and

• Adopt a procedure of

environmental review tiered to the FEIS

for adding or eliminating herbicide

ingredients, or new methods or

techniques to the program.

This supplemental ROD addresses

three herbicide-use decisions that were

overlooked in the original ROD.

c. Rationale for the Decisions

The rationales for adopting the

decisions described in this

supplemental ROD are as follows:

(1) Herbicide Mixtures. Bonneville

analyzed the impacts of herbicide active

ingredients in the FEIS. In most cases,

the toxicity ratings for a herbicide

mixture will be the same as that of the

single active ingredient in the mixture

that has the highest toxicity rating.

Therefore, the potential environmental

impacts of using the mixture would be

the same as using the ingredients singly,

and those impacts have been analyzed

in the FEIS.

There is a potential that mixing two

herbicides could cause a synergistic

effect such that the toxicity of the

herbicide mixture is greater than that of

either herbicide used singly. Therefore,

if the mixtures have known synergistic

effects, or are likely to have synergistic

effects, we would conduct further NEPA

review to determine (a) the potential

impacts of those effects, (b) if the

impacts are consistent with impacts

disclosed in the FEIS, and (c) whether

the use of the mixture would be allowed

in the program. This process ensures

that Bonneville will be considering the

environmental impact of the use of

herbicide mixtures.

(2) Adjuvants. Adjuvants are

ingredients mixed with herbicides to

enhance the usefulness of the herbicide

(such as sticking agents, thickening

agents, stabilizers, etc.). Adjuvants by

themselves can potentially cause

environmental impacts. If Bonneville

wants to add adjuvants not considered

in the FEIS for use in the program, we

will develop a supplement analysis,

which includes public involvement as

discussed in the initial ROD, to make

sure the potential impacts are

considered.

(3) Herbicide Facility Use Correction.

Bonneville intended to list glyphosate

as a herbicide to be used at non-electric

facilities (it was analyzed in the FEIS

and approved for use on rights-of-way

and in electric yards). The human

health toxicity assessment and

ecological toxicities and characteristics

of glyphosate are as researched and

reported in the FEIS. Glyphosate is

practically non-toxic to mammals, avian

species, and microorganisms.

Glyphosate is moderately toxic to

aquatic species. Glyphosate has no soil

residual activity and must be applied by

direct foliar application thereby

reducing direct or indirect introduction

into water bodies. Keeping in mind that

using glyphosate at non-electric

facilities typically means for use in

landscaping, adding glyphosate for

landscaping will potentially decrease or

eliminate the use and amount of more

toxic active ingredients already

approved for use at non-electric

facilities.

Issued in Portland, Oregon, on February

16, 2001.

Steven G. Hickok,

Acting Administrator and Chief Executive

Officer.

[FR Doc. 01–4640 Filed 2–23–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. ER01–294–000 and ER01–294–

001]

Ameren Energy Development

Company; Notice of Issuance of Order

February 14, 2001.

Ameren Energy Development

Company (Ameren Energy) submitted

for filing a rate schedule under which

Ameren Energy will engage in

wholesale electric power and energy

transactions at market-based rates.

Ameren Energy also requested waiver of

various Commission regulations. In

particular, Ameren Energy requested

that the Commission grant blanket

approval under 18 CFR part 34 of all

future issuances of securities and

assumptions of liability by Ameren

Energy.

On February 9, 2001, pursuant to

delegated authority, the Director,

Division of Corporate Applications,

Office of Markets, Tariffs and Rates,

granted requests for blanket approval

under Part 34, subject to the following:

Within thirty days of the date of the

order, any person desiring to be heard

or to protest the blanket approval of

issuances of securities or assumptions of

liability by Ameren Energy should file

a motion to intervene or protest with the

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC

20426, in accordance with Rules 211

and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211

and 385.214).

Absent a request for hearing within

this period, Ameren is authorized to

issue securities and assume obligations

or liabilities as a guarantor, indorser,

surety, or otherwise in respect of any

security of another person; provided

that such issuance or assumption is for

some lawful object within the corporate

purposes of the applicant, and

compatible with the public interest, and

is reasonably necessary or appropriate

for such purposes.

The Commission reserves the right to

require a further showing that neither

public nor private interests will be

adversely affected by continued

approval of Ameren’s issuances of

securities or assumptions of liability.

Notice is hereby given that the

deadline for filing motions to intervene

or protests, as set forth above, is March

12, 2001.

Copies of the full text of the Order are

available from the Commission’s Public

Reference Branch, 888 First Street, NE.,

Washington, DC 20426. The Order may

also be viewed on the Internet at http:/

/www.ferc.fed.us/online/rims.htm (call

202–208–2222 for assistance).

Linwood A. Watson, Jr.,

Acting Secretary.

[FR Doc. 01–4574 Filed 2–23–01; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–M

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. MG01–20–000]

Egan Hub Partners, L.P.; Notice of

Filing

February 20, 2001.

On February 12, 2001, Egan Hub

Partners, L.P. filed revised standards of

conduct under Order No. 637.1