The U.S. Department of Energy, Western Area Power Administration (Western) is canceling the preparation of an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) on a proposal by Western to participate with TriState Generation and Transmission Association, Incorporated (TriState), in the construction of the Eastern Plains Transmission Project (EPTP). Western

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY : Western Area Power Administration

This action is to temporarily extend the existing formula rates for power, transmission, and ancillary services for the Central Valley Project (CVP), transmission service on the CaliforniaOregon Transmission Project (COTP), transmission service on the Pacific Alternating Current Intertie (PACI), and thirdparty transmission service through

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY : Western Area Power Administration

This action is being taken to extend the existing Loveland Area Projects (LAP) transmission and ancillary services formula rates through February 28, 2011. The existing LAP transmission and ancillary services formula rates will expire February 28, 2009, with the exception of the Regulation and Frequency Response service rate which expires May 31,

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY : Western Area Power Administration

We are revising the Medicare hospital inpatient prospective payment systems (IPPS) for operating and capitalrelated costs to implement changes arising from our continuing experience with these systems, and to implement certain provisions made by the Deficit Reduction Act of 2005, the Medicare Improvements and Extension Act, Division B, Title I of

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Western Area Power Administration

The Western Area Power Administration (Western) is proposing revised rates for Loveland Area Projects (LAP) firm electric service. LAP consists of the FryingpanArkansas Project (FryArk) and the Pick Sloan Missouri Basin Program (PickSloan)Western Division, which were integrated for marketing and ratemaking purposes in 1989. Current rates, under

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY : Western Area Power Administration

The Western Area Power Administration (Western) is proposing revised rates for PickSloan Missouri Basin ProgramEastern Division (PSMBPED) firm electric and firm peaking power service. Current rates, under Rate Schedules PSEDF9 and PSEDFP9, extend through December 31, 2012, but are not sufficient to meet the PSMBPED revenue requirements. The

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY : Western Area Power Administration

This Notice identifies unutilized, underutilized, excess, and surplus Federal property reviewed by HUD for suitability for possible use to assist the homeless.

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT : Western Area Power Administration

The Department of Energy (DOE) proposes to amend its test procedures for battery chargers and external power supplies to include provisions for measuring standby mode and off mode energy consumption, as directed by the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007. DOE also proposes to add a test procedure for measuring the energy consumption of

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY : Western Area Power Administration

The Veterans' Employment and Training Service (VETS) of the Department of Labor (Department or DOL) is proposing a rule to implement priority of service in qualified job training programs prescribed in section 2(a)(1) of the Jobs for Veterans Act (JVA). The Department undertakes this rulemaking in accordance with section 605 of the Veterans'

DEPARTMENT OF LABOR : Western Area Power Administration

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (hereinafter, Service or we) proposes special migratory bird hunting regulations for certain Tribes on Federal Indian reservations, offreservation trust lands, and ceded lands for the 200809 migratory bird hunting season.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Western Area Power Administration

The Deputy Secretary of Energy approved the Fiscal Year (FY) 2009 Base Charge and Rates (Rates) for Boulder Canyon Project (BCP) electric service provided by the Western Area Power Administration (Western). The Rates will provide sufficient revenue to pay all annual costs, including interest expense, and repay investments within the allowable

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY : Western Area Power Administration

We, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), designate critical habitat for the Devils River minnow (Dionda diaboli) under the Endangered Species Act of 1973, as amended (Act). In total, approximately 26.5 stream kilometers (km) (16.5 stream miles (mi)) are within the boundaries of the critical habitat designation. The critical habitat is

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Western Area Power Administration

The Deputy Secretary of Energy confirmed and approved Rate Order No. WAPA136 and Rate Schedule SNF7, placing a nonfirm power formula rate from the Stampede Powerplant (Stampede) of the Washoe Project of the Western Area Power Administration (Western) into effect on an interim basis. The provisional rate will be in effect until the Federal Energy

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY : Western Area Power Administration

Western Area Power Administration (Western), a Federal power marketing agency of the Department of Energy, is publishing this response to letters of interest and comments resulting from Western's Notice of Request for Letters of Interest in the Federal Register (72 FR 34679), dated June 25, 2007. The notice provided an opportunity for potential

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY : Western Area Power Administration

This proposed rule would address proposed changes to Medicare Part B payment policy. We are proposing these changes to ensure that our payment systems are updated to reflect changes in medical practice and the relative value of services. This proposed rule also discusses refinements to resourcebased practice expense (PE) relative value units

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Western Area Power Administration

The Western Area Power Administration (Western) is publishing this final rule to adopt revisions to current regulations that require customers to prepare integrated resource plans (IRP). These revisions are the result of a periodic review of IRP regulations. On August 21, 2007, Western published a Federal Register notice proposing three changes to

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY : Western Area Power Administration

We, the Office of Surface Mining Reclamation and Enforcement (OSM), are proposing regulation changes to the Abandoned Mine Reclamation Fund (Fund) and the Abandoned Mine Land (AML) program. This proposed rule revises our regulations to be consistent with the Tax Relief and Health Care Act of 2006, Pub. L. 109432, signed into law on December 20,

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Western Area Power Administration

This final rule establishes a federal manufactured home installation program, as required by section 605(c)(2)(A) of the National Manufactured Housing Construction and Safety Standards Act of 1974. States that have their own installation programs that include the elements required by statute are permitted to administer, under their state

DEPARTMENT OF HOUSING AND URBAN DEVELOPMENT : Western Area Power Administration

This tentative partial final decision proposes to adopt changes to the manufacturing cost allowances and the butterfat yield factor used in Class III and Class IV productprice formulas applicable to all Federal milk marketing orders on an interim basis. A separate decision regarding the collection of manufacturing cost information, the use of an

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Western Area Power Administration

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Continuation of the National Emergency With Respect to the Risk of Nuclear Proliferation Created by the Accumulation of Weapons-Usable Fissile

Presidential Documents : Western Area Power Administration

This notice announces that Western Area Power Administration (Western), an agency of the Department of Energy (DOE), has sent an Information Collection Request (ICR) to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review, comment and approval. Western submitted the ICR as required under the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995.\1\ The ICR described

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY : Western Area Power Administration

The U.S. Census Bureau (Census Bureau) issues this final rule to amend its regulations to implement provisions in the Foreign Relations Authorization Act. Specifically, the Census Bureau is requiring mandatory filing of export information through the Automated Export System (AES) or through AESDirect for all shipments where a Shipper's Export

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : Western Area Power Administration

The Secretary proposes to amend regulations governing the Impact Aid program under Title VIII of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 (Act), as amended by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. The program, in general, provides assistance for maintenance and operations costs to local educational agencies (LEAs) that are affected by

DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION : Western Area Power Administration

This document makes non-substantive, editorial revisions to the Commission's Table of Frequency Allocations (Allocation Table) and to various other Commission Rules. The purpose of this action is to update and clarify the Allocation Table, to remove obsolete and outdated provisions from the Commission's Rules, and to ensure that the Allocation

FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION : Western Area Power Administration

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Law Day, U.S.A., 2008
By the President of the United States of America A Proclamation
The right of ordinary men and

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