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term. A preliminary permit does not
authorize the permit holder to perform
any land-disturbing activities or
otherwise enter upon lands or waters
owned by others without the owners’
express permission.
The proposed project would consist of
the following: (1) A control structure
with three 9.5-foot-wide, 25-foot-long
spill gates; (2) one 6-foot-diameter, 98foot-long penstock with a butterfly
valve; (3) a bifurcation structure; (4) two
4-foot-diameter, 32-foot-long penstocks;
(5) a powerhouse containing two
generating units with a total capacity of
1.65 megawatts; (6) a 1000-foot-long,
220-foot-wide tailrace; (7) a substation;
and (8) a 2.5-mile-long, 69 kV
transmission line. The proposed project
would have an estimated average annual
generation of 5,200 megawatt-hours, and
operate as directed by the Corps.
Applicant Contact: Mr. Ander
Gonzalez, Energy Resources USA Inc.,
2655 Le Jeune Road, Suite 804, Coral
Gables, Florida 33134; Phone: (954)
248–8425; Email: agonzalez@energy
resources.es.
FERC Contact: Christiane Casey;
phone: (202) 502–8577.
Deadline for filing comments and
motions to intervene: 60 days from the
issuance of this notice.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filing. Please file comments
and motions to intervene using the
Commission’s eFiling system at https://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp.
Commenters can submit brief comments
up to 6,000 characters, without prior
registration, using the eComment system
at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
ecomment.asp. You must include your
name and contact information at the end
of your comments. For assistance,
please contact FERC Online Support at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866)
208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659
(TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please
send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
The first page of any filing should
include docket number P–14750–000.
More information about this project,
including a copy of the application, can
be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’
link of the Commission’s Web site at
https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number
(P–14750) in the docket number field to
access the document. For assistance,
contact FERC Online Support.
Dated: March 29, 2016.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No., 14745–000]
Energy Resources USA, Inc.; Notice of
Preliminary Permit Application
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting
Comments and Motions To Intervene
On December 22, 2015, Energy
Resources USA, Inc. (Energy Resources)
filed an application for a preliminary
permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the
Federal Power Act (FPA), proposing to
study the feasibility of the Rough River
Lake Dam Hydroelectric Project (Rough
River Project or project) to be located at
the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’
Rough River Lake Dam on the Rough
River in Breckinridge and Grayson
Counties, Kentucky. The sole purpose of
a preliminary permit, if issued, is to
grant the permit holder priority to file
a license application during the permit
term. A preliminary permit does not
authorize the permit holder to perform
any land-disturbing activities or
otherwise enter upon lands or waters
owned by others without the owners’
express permission.
The proposed project would consist of
the following: (1) A control structure
with three 9.5-foot-wide, 25-foot-long
spill gates; (2) one 9.5-foot-diameter,
130-foot-long penstock with a butterfly
valve; (3) a bifurcation structure; (4) two
6.5-foot-diameter, 32-foot-long
penstocks; (5) a powerhouse containing
two generating units with a total
capacity of 10 megawatts; (6) a 1000foot-long, 220-foot-wide tailrace; (7) a
substation; and (8) a 0.3-mile-long, 69
kV transmission line. The proposed
project would have an estimated average
annual generation of 8,700 megawatthours, and operate as directed by the
Corps.
Applicant Contact: Mr. Ander
Gonzalez, Energy Resources USA Inc.,
2655 Le Jeune Road, Suite 804, Coral
Gables, Florida 33134; Phone: (954)
248–8425; E-mail:
agonzalez@energyresources.es.
FERC Contact: Christiane Casey;
phone: (202) 502–8577.
Deadline for filing comments and
motions to intervene: 60 days from the
issuance of this notice.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filing. Please file comments
and motions to intervene using the
Commission’s eFiling system at https://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp.
Commenters can submit brief comments
up to 6,000 characters, without prior
registration, using the eComment system
at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
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ecomment.asp. You must include your
name and contact information at the end
of your comments. For assistance,
please contact FERC Online Support at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866)
208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659
(TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please
send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
The first page of any filing should
include docket number P–14745–000.
More information about this project,
including a copy of the application, can
be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’
link of the Commission’s Web site at
https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number
(P–14745) in the docket number field to
access the document. For assistance,
contact FERC Online Support.
Dated: March 29, 2016.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016–07528 Filed 4–1–16; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. AD16–2–000]
Review of Cost Submittals by Other
Federal Agencies for Administering
Part I of the Federal Power Act; Notice
of Postponing Technical Conference
In a prior notice, the Commission
scheduled a technical conference to
review the submitted Other Federal
Agency costs in the above-captioned
docket. Due to the impact of the Nuclear
Security Summit on March 31, 2016 the
conference is postponed to April 7,
2016.
The technical conference will be held
on April 7, 2016, in Conference Room
3M–1 at the Commission’s headquarters,
888 First Street NE., Washington, DC.
The technical conference will begin at
2:00 p.m. (EST).
Dated: March 29, 2016.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2016–07539 Filed 4–1–16; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Western Area Power Administration
Boulder Canyon Project
Western Area Power
Administration, DOE.
AGENCY:
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Notice of proposed base charge
and rates.
ACTION:
Western Area Power
Administration (Western) is proposing
an adjustment to the Boulder Canyon
Project (BCP) electric service base
charge and rates. The current base
charge and rates under Rate Schedule
BCP–F9 expire September 30, 2016. The
current base charge is not sufficient to
cover all annual costs including
operation and maintenance,
replacements, and interest expense; and
repay investment obligations within the
required period. The proposed base
charge will provide sufficient revenue to
cover all annual costs and to repay
investment obligations within the
allowable period. Western will post a
detailed rate package that identifies the
reasons for the base charge and rates
adjustment on its Web site during the
consultation and comment period. The
proposed base charge and rates are
scheduled to become effective October
1, 2016, and will remain in effect
through September 30, 2017.
Publication of this Federal Register
notice initiates the formal process for
the proposed base charge and rates.
DATES: The consultation and comment
period begins today and will end July 5,
2016. Western will present a detailed
explanation of the proposed base charge
and rates at a public information forum
that will be held on April 27, 2016, at
10:30 a.m. Mountain Standard Time
(MST), in Phoenix, Arizona. Western
will accept oral and written comments
at a public comment forum that will be
held on May 25, 2016, at 10:30 a.m.
SUMMARY:
MST. Western will accept written
comments any time during the
consultation and comment period.
The public information
forum and public comment forum will
be held at Western’s Desert Southwest
Customer Service Regional Office,
located at 615 South 43rd Avenue,
Phoenix, Arizona 85009. Send written
comments to Mr. Ronald E. Moulton,
Regional Manager, Desert Southwest
Customer Service Region, Western Area
Power Administration, P.O. Box 6457,
Phoenix, AZ 85005–6457, email
moulton@wapa.gov. Written comments
may also be faxed to (602) 605–2490,
attention: Mr. Scott Lund, Rates
Manager. Western will post information
about the rate process, as well as
comments received via letter, email, and
fax, on its Web site at: https://
www.wapa.gov/regions/DSW/Rates/
Pages/boulder-canyon-rates.aspx.
Written comments must be received by
the end of the consultation and
comment period to be considered by
Western in its decision process.
As access to Western facilities is
controlled, any United States (U.S.)
citizen wishing to attend the forums
must present an official form of picture
identification (ID), such as a U.S.
driver’s license, U.S. passport, U.S.
Government ID, or U.S. Military ID.
Foreign nationals should contact
Western via Mr. Scott Lund, Rates
Manager, telephone (602) 605–2442 or
email slund@wapa.gov 30 days in
advance of the meeting to obtain the
necessary form for admittance to
Western.
ADDRESSES:
Mr.
Scott Lund, Rates Manager, Desert
Southwest Customer Service Region,
Western Area Power Administration,
P.O. Box 6457, Phoenix, AZ 85005–
6457, (602) 605–2442, or email slund@
wapa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Rate
Schedule BCP–F9 under Rate Order No.
WAPA–171 was approved on an interim
basis by the Deputy Secretary of Energy
for a five-year period beginning on
October 1, 2015, and ending September
30, 2020.1 Final approval is pending
from the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (FERC).
The proposed base charge and rates
for BCP electric service are designed to
recover an annual revenue requirement
that includes investment repayment,
interest, operation and maintenance,
replacements, payments to states, visitor
services, and uprating payments. The
total costs are offset by the projected
revenue from water sales, the visitor
center, ancillary services, and late fees.
The annual revenue requirement is the
base charge for electric service divided
equally between capacity and energy.
The annual composite rate is the base
charge divided by annual energy sales.
Rate Schedule BCP–F9 requires the
annual calculation of the base charge
and rates based on updated financial
and hydrology data. The proposed base
charge for fiscal year (FY) 2017 is
$68,572,989 and the proposed
composite rate is 19.60 mills/
kilowatthour. The following table
compares the existing and proposed
base charge and composite rate.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
COMPARISON OF EXISTING AND PROPOSED BASE CHARGE AND COMPOSITE RATE
Existing
October 1,
2015
through
September 30,
2016
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Base Charge ($) ..........................................................................................................................
Composite Rate (mills/kWh) ........................................................................................................
The proposed FY 2017 base charge
represents an increase of approximately
8 percent compared to the FY 2016 base
charge. Increases in annual operation
and maintenance and replacement costs,
and decreases in projections of nonpower revenue and carryover revenue
account for the overall base charge
increase.
The proposed FY 2017 composite rate
represents an increase of approximately
7 percent compared to the FY 2016
1 80
composite rate. Increases in the
proposed base charge and forecasted
energy sales account for the composite
rate increase. This proposal, effective
October 1, 2016, is preliminary and is
subject to change upon publication of
the final base charge and rates.
Legal Authority
Western will hold both a public
information forum and a public
comment forum. After review of public
Proposed
October 1,
2016
through
September 30,
2017
63,735,856
18.33
68,572,989
19.60
comments, Western will take further
action on the proposed base charge and
rates and follow procedures for public
participation consistent with 10 CFR
parts 903 and 904.
Western is establishing an electric
service base charge and rates for BCP
under the Department of Energy (DOE)
Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7152); the
Reclamation Act of 1902 (ch. 1093, 32
Stat. 388), as amended and
supplemented by subsequent
FR 44098 (July 24, 2015).
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enactments; and other acts that
specifically apply to the project
involved.
By Delegation Order No. 00–037.00A,
effective December 25, 2013, the
Secretary of Energy delegated: (1) The
authority to develop power and
transmission rates to Western’s
Administrator; (2) the authority to
confirm, approve, and place such rates
into effect on an interim basis to the
Deputy Secretary of Energy; and (3) the
authority to confirm, approve, and place
into effect on a final basis, to remand,
or to disapprove such rates to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Availability of Information
All brochures, studies, comments,
letters, memorandums, or other
documents Western initiates or uses to
develop the proposed base charge and
rates are available for inspection and
copying at the Desert Southwest
Customer Service Regional Office,
Western Area Power Administration,
located at 615 South 43rd Avenue,
Phoenix, Arizona 85009. Many of these
documents and supporting information
are available on Western’s Web site at:
https://www.wapa.gov/regions/DSW/
Rates/Pages/boulder-canyon-rates.aspx.
Ratemaking Procedure Requirements
Environmental Compliance
In compliance with the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of
1969, 42 U.S.C. 4321–4347; the Council
on Environmental Quality Regulations
for implementing NEPA (40 CFR parts
1500–1508); and DOE NEPA
Implementing Procedures and
Guidelines (10 CFR part 1021), Western
is in the process of determining whether
an environmental assessment or an
environmental impact statement should
be prepared or if this action can be
categorically excluded from those
requirements.
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Determination Under Executive Order
12866
Western has an exemption from
centralized regulatory review under
Executive Order 12866; accordingly, no
clearance of this notice by the Office of
Management and Budget is required.
Dated: March 28, 2016.
Mark A. Gabriel,
Administrator.
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AGENCY
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I. General Information
A. Does this action apply to me?
You may be potentially affected by
this action if you are an agricultural
Pesticide Product Registration;
producer, food manufacturer, or
Receipt of Applications for New Uses
pesticide manufacturer. The following
list of North American Industrial
AGENCY: Environmental Protection
Classification System (NAICS) codes is
Agency (EPA).
not intended to be exhaustive, but rather
ACTION: Notice.
provides a guide to help readers
SUMMARY: EPA has received applications determine whether this document
to register new uses for pesticide
applies to them. Potentially affected
products containing currently registered entities may include:
active ingredients. Pursuant to the
• Crop production (NAICS code 111).
Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and
• Animal production (NAICS code
Rodenticide Act (FIFRA), EPA is hereby 112).
• Food manufacturing (NAICS code
providing notice of receipt and
311).
opportunity to comment on these
• Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS
applications.
code 32532).
DATES: Comments must be received on
or before May 4, 2016.
B. What should I consider as I prepare
my comments for EPA?
ADDRESSES: Submit your comments,
identified by the docket identification
1. Submitting CBI. Do not submit this
(ID) number and the File Symbol of
information to EPA through
interest as shown in the body of this
regulations.gov or email. Clearly mark
document, by one of the following
the part or all of the information that
methods:
you claim to be CBI. For CBI
• Federal eRulemaking Portal: https:// information in a disk or CD–ROM that
www.regulations.gov. Follow the online you mail to EPA, mark the outside of the
instructions for submitting comments.
disk or CD–ROM as CBI and then
Do not submit electronically any
identify electronically within the disk or
information you consider to be
CD–ROM the specific information that
Confidential Business Information (CBI) is claimed as CBI. In addition to one
or other information whose disclosure is complete version of the comment that
restricted by statute.
includes information claimed as CBI, a
• Mail: OPP Docket, Environmental
copy of the comment that does not
Protection Agency Docket Center (EPA/
contain the information claimed as CBI
DC), (28221T), 1200 Pennsylvania Ave.
must be submitted for inclusion in the
NW., Washington, DC 20460–0001.
public docket. Information so marked
• Hand Delivery: To make special
will not be disclosed except in
arrangements for hand delivery or
accordance with procedures set forth in
delivery of boxed information, please
40 CFR part 2.
follow the instructions at https://
2. Tips for preparing your comments.
www.epa.gov/dockets/contacts.html.
When preparing and submitting your
Additional instructions on
comments, see the commenting tips at
commenting or visiting the docket,
https://www.epa.gov/dockets/
along with more information about
comments.html.
dockets generally, is available at https://
II. Registration Applications
www.epa.gov/dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
EPA has received applications to
Robert McNally, Biopesticides and
register new uses for pesticide products
Pollution Prevention Division (BPPD)
containing currently registered active
(7511P), email address:
ingredients. Pursuant to the provisions
BPPDFRNotices@epa.gov., Susan Lewis, of FIFRA section 3(c)(4) (7 U.S.C.
Registration Division (RD) (7505P),
136a(c)(4)), EPA is hereby providing
email address: RDFRNotices@epa.gov.
notice of receipt and opportunity to
The mailing address for each contact
comment on these applications. Notice
person is: Office of Pesticide Programs,
of receipt of these applications does not
Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 imply a decision by the Agency on these
Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington,
applications.
DC 20460–0001. The main telephone
1. EPA Registration Number: 100–
number: (703) 305–7090. As part of the
RLON. Docket ID number: EPA–HQ–
mailing address, include the contact
OPP–2016–0049. Applicant: Syngenta
person’s name, division, and mail code. Crop Protection LLC, 410 Swing Road,
The division to contact is listed at the
P.O. Box 18300, Greensboro, NC 27419–
end of each application summary.
8300. Active ingredient:
Oxathiapiprolin. Product type:
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
[EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0022; FRL–9944–05]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Western Area Power Administration
Boulder Canyon Project
AGENCY: Western Area Power Administration, DOE.
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ACTION: Notice of proposed base charge and rates.
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SUMMARY: Western Area Power Administration (Western) is proposing an
adjustment to the Boulder Canyon Project (BCP) electric service base
charge and rates. The current base charge and rates under Rate Schedule
BCP-F9 expire September 30, 2016. The current base charge is not
sufficient to cover all annual costs including operation and
maintenance, replacements, and interest expense; and repay investment
obligations within the required period. The proposed base charge will
provide sufficient revenue to cover all annual costs and to repay
investment obligations within the allowable period. Western will post a
detailed rate package that identifies the reasons for the base charge
and rates adjustment on its Web site during the consultation and
comment period. The proposed base charge and rates are scheduled to
become effective October 1, 2016, and will remain in effect through
September 30, 2017. Publication of this Federal Register notice
initiates the formal process for the proposed base charge and rates.
DATES: The consultation and comment period begins today and will end
July 5, 2016. Western will present a detailed explanation of the
proposed base charge and rates at a public information forum that will
be held on April 27, 2016, at 10:30 a.m. Mountain Standard Time (MST),
in Phoenix, Arizona. Western will accept oral and written comments at a
public comment forum that will be held on May 25, 2016, at 10:30 a.m.
MST. Western will accept written comments any time during the
consultation and comment period.
ADDRESSES: The public information forum and public comment forum will
be held at Western's Desert Southwest Customer Service Regional Office,
located at 615 South 43rd Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona 85009. Send written
comments to Mr. Ronald E. Moulton, Regional Manager, Desert Southwest
Customer Service Region, Western Area Power Administration, P.O. Box
6457, Phoenix, AZ 85005-6457, email moulton@wapa.gov. Written comments
may also be faxed to (602) 605-2490, attention: Mr. Scott Lund, Rates
Manager. Western will post information about the rate process, as well
as comments received via letter, email, and fax, on its Web site at:
https://www.wapa.gov/regions/DSW/Rates/Pages/boulder-canyon-rates.aspx.
Written comments must be received by the end of the consultation and
comment period to be considered by Western in its decision process.
As access to Western facilities is controlled, any United States
(U.S.) citizen wishing to attend the forums must present an official
form of picture identification (ID), such as a U.S. driver's license,
U.S. passport, U.S. Government ID, or U.S. Military ID. Foreign
nationals should contact Western via Mr. Scott Lund, Rates Manager,
telephone (602) 605-2442 or email slund@wapa.gov 30 days in advance of
the meeting to obtain the necessary form for admittance to Western.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Scott Lund, Rates Manager, Desert
Southwest Customer Service Region, Western Area Power Administration,
P.O. Box 6457, Phoenix, AZ 85005-6457, (602) 605-2442, or email
slund@wapa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Rate Schedule BCP-F9 under Rate Order No.
WAPA-171 was approved on an interim basis by the Deputy Secretary of
Energy for a five-year period beginning on October 1, 2015, and ending
September 30, 2020.\1\ Final approval is pending from the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC).
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The proposed base charge and rates for BCP electric service are
designed to recover an annual revenue requirement that includes
investment repayment, interest, operation and maintenance,
replacements, payments to states, visitor services, and uprating
payments. The total costs are offset by the projected revenue from
water sales, the visitor center, ancillary services, and late fees. The
annual revenue requirement is the base charge for electric service
divided equally between capacity and energy. The annual composite rate
is the base charge divided by annual energy sales.
Rate Schedule BCP-F9 requires the annual calculation of the base
charge and rates based on updated financial and hydrology data. The
proposed base charge for fiscal year (FY) 2017 is $68,572,989 and the
proposed composite rate is 19.60 mills/kilowatthour. The following
table compares the existing and proposed base charge and composite
rate.
Comparison of Existing and Proposed Base Charge and Composite Rate
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Existing Proposed
October 1, October 1,
2015 through 2016 through Percent change
September 30, September 30,
2016 2017
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Base Charge ($)................................................. 63,735,856 68,572,989 8
Composite Rate (mills/kWh)...................................... 18.33 19.60 7
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The proposed FY 2017 base charge represents an increase of
approximately 8 percent compared to the FY 2016 base charge. Increases
in annual operation and maintenance and replacement costs, and
decreases in projections of non-power revenue and carryover revenue
account for the overall base charge increase.
The proposed FY 2017 composite rate represents an increase of
approximately 7 percent compared to the FY 2016 composite rate.
Increases in the proposed base charge and forecasted energy sales
account for the composite rate increase. This proposal, effective
October 1, 2016, is preliminary and is subject to change upon
publication of the final base charge and rates.
Legal Authority
Western will hold both a public information forum and a public
comment forum. After review of public comments, Western will take
further action on the proposed base charge and rates and follow
procedures for public participation consistent with 10 CFR parts 903
and 904.
Western is establishing an electric service base charge and rates
for BCP under the Department of Energy (DOE) Organization Act (42
U.S.C. 7152); the Reclamation Act of 1902 (ch. 1093, 32 Stat. 388), as
amended and supplemented by subsequent
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enactments; and other acts that specifically apply to the project
involved.
By Delegation Order No. 00-037.00A, effective December 25, 2013,
the Secretary of Energy delegated: (1) The authority to develop power
and transmission rates to Western's Administrator; (2) the authority to
confirm, approve, and place such rates into effect on an interim basis
to the Deputy Secretary of Energy; and (3) the authority to confirm,
approve, and place into effect on a final basis, to remand, or to
disapprove such rates to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission.
Availability of Information
All brochures, studies, comments, letters, memorandums, or other
documents Western initiates or uses to develop the proposed base charge
and rates are available for inspection and copying at the Desert
Southwest Customer Service Regional Office, Western Area Power
Administration, located at 615 South 43rd Avenue, Phoenix, Arizona
85009. Many of these documents and supporting information are available
on Western's Web site at: https://www.wapa.gov/regions/DSW/Rates/Pages/boulder-canyon-rates.aspx.
Ratemaking Procedure Requirements
Environmental Compliance
In compliance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of
1969, 42 U.S.C. 4321-4347; the Council on Environmental Quality
Regulations for implementing NEPA (40 CFR parts 1500-1508); and DOE
NEPA Implementing Procedures and Guidelines (10 CFR part 1021), Western
is in the process of determining whether an environmental assessment or
an environmental impact statement should be prepared or if this action
can be categorically excluded from those requirements.
Determination Under Executive Order 12866
Western has an exemption from centralized regulatory review under
Executive Order 12866; accordingly, no clearance of this notice by the
Office of Management and Budget is required.
Dated: March 28, 2016.
Mark A. Gabriel,
Administrator.
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