Conference on Competition in Wholesale Power Markets; Second Supplemental Notice of Conference, 10208-10209 [E7-3961]

Download as PDF 10208 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 44 / Wednesday, March 7, 2007 / Notices sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES electronically via the Internet in lieu of paper. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission’s Web site (https://www.ferc.gov) under the ‘‘efiling’’ link. l. The proposed project would consist of: (1) Up to 300 5-meter-diameter kinetic hydropower axial flow turbine generator units (about 33 kW each) with a total installed capacity of 10 MW mounted on monopiles; (2) underwater power cables from each unit to a central control room; and (3) appurtenant facilities. m. A copy of the Scoping Document is available for review at the Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission’s Web site (https:// 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 Online Support at FERCONlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY, (202) 502–8659. Copies are also available for inspection and reproduction at the address in paragraph h. You may also register online at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ esubscription.asp to be notified via e-mail of new filing and issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. n. Although our current intent is to prepare an environmental assessment (EA), there is the possibility that an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will be required. Nevertheless, this meeting will satisfy the NEPA scoping requirements, irrespective of whether an EA or EIS is issued by the Commission. Scoping Meetings Commission staff will hold two scoping meetings in the vicinity of the project at the times and places noted below. The daytime meeting will focus on resource agency, Indian tribes, and non-governmental organization concerns, while the evening meeting is primarily for receiving input from the public. We invite all interested individuals, organizations, and agencies to attend these meetings, to assist staff in identifying particular study needs, as well as the scope of environmental issues to be addressed in the environmental document. Many environmental issues have already been identified (i.e. potential effects on fish population and movement, diving birds, recreational VerDate Aug<31>2005 18:25 Mar 06, 2007 Jkt 211001 opportunities), studies to assess those issues have already been developed and some are ongoing. Commission staff are particularly interested in identifying any new issues (those not identified in the Scoping Document), or previously identified issues that are not being addressed. The times and locations of these meetings are as follows: require a detailed analysis, as well as those issues that do not require a detailed analysis. Meeting participants should come prepared to discuss their issues and/or concerns. Please review the Scoping Document in preparation for the scoping meetings. Evening Scoping Meeting Date and Time: Wednesday, March 28, 2007, 7 p.m. (EST) Location: Community Center Building, 8 River Road, Roosevelt Island, NY 10044. The meetings will be recorded by a stenographer and will become part of the formal Commission record on the project. Daytime Scoping Meeting Date and Time: Thursday, March 29, 2007, 10 a.m. (EST) Location: Community Center Building, 8 River Road, Roosevelt Island, NY 10044. The Community Center Building is a low rise separate building located west (towards Manhattan) of Gristedes supermarket set back behind the brick highrise buildings near the west channel. The Scoping Document, which outlines the subject areas to be addressed in the environmental document, was mailed to the individuals and entities on the Commission’s mailing list. Copies of the Scoping Document will be available at the scoping meetings, or may be viewed on the web at https://www.ferc.gov, using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. In the event substantive comments are received and revisions are necessary, the Commission will prepare a revised Scoping Document for distribution. Site Visit Verdant will conduct a site visit at the project site on Wednesday, March 28, 2007, starting at 2 p.m. All participants should meet at Verdant’s control room located in a large beige metal cargo container box along side of the east channel of the East River of the 600 block of Main Street on Roosevelt Island. All participants are responsible for their own transportation. Scoping Meeting Objectives At the scoping meetings, staff will: (1) Present a proposed list of issues to be addressed in the EA; (2) identify the proposed studies; (3) solicit from the meeting participants all available information, especially quantifiable data, on the resources at issue; (4) encourage statements from experts and the public on issues that should be analyzed in the EA; (5) determine the resource issues to be addressed in the EA; and (6) identify those issues that PO 00000 Frm 00097 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Scoping Meeting Procedures Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E7–3996 Filed 3–6–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. AD07–7–000] Conference on Competition in Wholesale Power Markets; Second Supplemental Notice of Conference February 26, 2007. As announced in the Notice of Conference issued on January 8, 2007 and the Supplemental Notice of Conference on February 9, 2007, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) will hold the first in a series of conferences on February 27, 2007, to examine the state of competition in wholesale power markets. The first conference will be held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (EST) at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, in the Commission Meeting Room. All interested persons are invited to attend, and registration is not required. The final agenda for this conference, with a list of participating panelists, is attached. In order to allot sufficient time for questions and responses, each speaker will be provided with eight (8) minutes for prepared remarks. Following the conference, any interested person will be permitted to file written comments in the above docket on or before March 13, 2007. Transcripts of the conference will be immediately available from Ace Reporting Company (202–347–3700 or 1–800–336–6646) for a fee. They will be available for the public on the Commission’s eLibrary system seven calendar days after FERC receives the transcript. A free webcast of this event will be available through www.ferc.gov. Anyone E:\FR\FM\07MRN1.SGM 07MRN1 Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 44 / Wednesday, March 7, 2007 / Notices with Internet access who desires to view this event can do so by navigating to www.ferc.gov’s Calendar of Events and locating this event in the Calendar. The event will contain a link to its webcast. The Capitol Connection provides technical support for the free webcasts. It also offers access to this event via television in the DC area and via phone bridge for a fee. If you have any questions, visit https:// www.CapitolConnection.org or contact Danelle Perkowski or David Reininger at 703–993–3100. 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 1–866–208–3372 (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: Moon Paul, Esq., Office of the General Counsel— Energy Markets, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502–6136, Moon.Paul@ferc.gov. Magalie R. Salas, Secretary. [FR Doc. E7–3961 Filed 3–6–07; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OPPT–2005–0029; FRL–8118–9] Sound Management of Chemicals Working Group (Canada, Mexico and U.S.); Public Meeting Including Regional Implementation of the Strategic Approach to International Chemicals Management (SAICM) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. sroberts on PROD1PC70 with NOTICES AGENCY: SUMMARY: This notice is to announce that EPA will be hosting a stakeholder meeting to solicit comments in preparation for the meeting of the Sound Management of Chemicals (SMOC) Working Group. The SMOC Working Group seeks to implement the SAICM in North America, facilitating the movement of chemicals and their products across borders without compromising human health or the environment. At the April SMOC Working Group meeting, the Working Group will be discussing the implementation of its Strategy to 2020 with the North American stakeholders. This public meeting will serve as an VerDate Aug<31>2005 18:25 Mar 06, 2007 Jkt 211001 opportunity for U.S. stakeholders to share their interest in participating in the strategy drafted by the SMOC WG. EPA will be seeking comments on the areas of work proposed by the SMOC Working Group and will be inviting stakeholders to develop project proposals. The meeting will be held on March 14, 2007 from 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. Requests to participate in the meeting must be received on or before March 14, 2007. To request accommodation of a disability, please contact the technical person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATON CONTACT, preferably at least 10 days prior to the meeting, to give EPA as much time as possible to process your request. ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held at 1201 Constitution Ave., NW., Room 4225, EPA East (4th Floor), Washington, DC 20460. Requests to participate in the meeting, identified by docket identification (ID) number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2005–0029, may be submitted to the technical person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For general information contact: Colby Lintner, Regulatory Coordinator, Environmental Assistance Division (7408M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001; telephone number: (202) 554–1404; e-mail address: TSCA-Hotline@epa.gov. For technical information contact: Ana Corado, Environmental Assistance Division (7408M), Office of Pollution Prevention and Toxics, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave., NW., Washington, DC 20460– 0001; telephone number: (202) 564– 0140; e-mail address: corado.ana@epa.gov. DATES: 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 particular interest to industry, trade associations, and non-governmental organizations that deal with and are interested in chemicals management in North America. If you have any questions regarding the applicability of this action to a particular entity, consult the technical person listed under FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT. PO 00000 Frm 00098 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 10209 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 ID number EPA–HQ–OPPT–2005–0029. All documents in the docket are listed in the docket’s index available at https:// www.regulations.gov. Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly available, e.g., Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other material, such as copyrighted material, will be publicly available only in hard copy. Publicly available docket materials are available electronically at https://www.regulations.gov, or, if only available in hard copy, at the OPPT Docket. The OPPT Docket is located in the EPA Docket Center (EPA/DC) at Rm. 3334, EPA West Bldg., 1301 Constitution Ave., NW., Washington, DC. The EPA/DC PublicReading Room hours of operation are 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Monday through Friday, excluding Federal holidays. The telephone number of the EPA/DC Public Reading Room is (202) 566–1744, and the telephone number for the OPPT Docket is (202) 566–0280. Docket visitors are required to show photographic identification, pass through a metal detector, and sign the EPA visitor log. All visitor bags are processed through an X-ray machine and subject to search. Visitors will be provided an EPA/DC badge that must be visible at all times in the building and returned upon departure. 2. Electronic access. You may access this Federal Register document electronically through the EPA Internet under the ‘‘Federal Register’’ listings at https://www.epa.gov/fedrgstr. II. Background An agenda for this public meeting will be available 5 days prior to the meeting in the docket. In addition, the docket contains the advance notification for the April meeting of the Sound Management of Chemicals (SMOC) Working Group. The Strategy to 2020 of the SMOC Working Group, as well as other relevant documents for the SMOC Working Group meeting will be posted by the Commission for Environmental Cooperation (CEC) Secretariat at their web site: https://www.cec.org/ programs_projects/pollutants_health/ project/index.cfm?projectID= 25&varlan=english, as they become available. E:\FR\FM\07MRN1.SGM 07MRN1

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[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 44 (Wednesday, March 7, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Pages 10208-10209]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-3961]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. AD07-7-000]


Conference on Competition in Wholesale Power Markets; Second 
Supplemental Notice of Conference

February 26, 2007.
    As announced in the Notice of Conference issued on January 8, 2007 
and the Supplemental Notice of Conference on February 9, 2007, the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) will hold the first 
in a series of conferences on February 27, 2007, to examine the state 
of competition in wholesale power markets. The first conference will be 
held from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. (EST) at the Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, in the 
Commission Meeting Room. All interested persons are invited to attend, 
and registration is not required.
    The final agenda for this conference, with a list of participating 
panelists, is attached. In order to allot sufficient time for questions 
and responses, each speaker will be provided with eight (8) minutes for 
prepared remarks. Following the conference, any interested person will 
be permitted to file written comments in the above docket on or before 
March 13, 2007.
    Transcripts of the conference will be immediately available from 
Ace Reporting Company (202-347-3700 or 1-800-336-6646) for a fee. They 
will be available for the public on the Commission's eLibrary system 
seven calendar days after FERC receives the transcript.
    A free webcast of this event will be available through 
www.ferc.gov. Anyone

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with Internet access who desires to view this event can do so by 
navigating to www.ferc.gov's Calendar of Events and locating this event 
in the Calendar. The event will contain a link to its webcast. The 
Capitol Connection provides technical support for the free webcasts. It 
also offers access to this event via television in the DC area and via 
phone bridge for a fee. If you have any questions, visit https://
www.CapitolConnection.org or contact Danelle Perkowski or David 
Reininger at 703-993-3100.
    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 1-866-208-
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: Moon 
Paul, Esq., Office of the General Counsel--Energy Markets, Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 
20426, (202) 502-6136, Moon.Paul@ferc.gov.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E7-3961 Filed 3-6-07; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P

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