The Western Area Power Administration (Western), a Federal power marketing agency of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE), published its 2004 Power Marketing Plan (Marketing Plan) for Western's Sierra Nevada Customer Service Region (SNR) in the Federal Register on June 25, 1999 (64 FR 34417). The Marketing Plan specifies the terms and conditions

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY : Western Area Power Administration

This notice lists CMS manual instructions, substantive and interpretive regulations, and other Federal Register notices that were published from July 2008 through September 2008, relating to the Medicare and Medicaid programs. This notice provides information on national coverage determinations (NCDs) affecting specific medical and health care

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Western Area Power Administration

The Western Area Power Administration (Western) is publishing this notice to inform interested parties of the Draft Feasibility Study Report for the Wind Hydropower Integration Feasibility Study (WHFS). The WHFS involved a study on the integration of wind energy generated by Indian tribes
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY : Western Area Power Administration

The Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'') is adopting amendments to a rule under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (``Exchange Act'') relating to municipal securities disclosure. This final rule amends certain requirements regarding the information that the broker, dealer, or municipal securities dealer acting as an underwriter in

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION : Western Area Power Administration

NMFS issues a final rule that implements new recordkeeping and reporting requirements; a new electronic groundfish catch reporting system, the Interagency Electronic Reporting System, and its data entry component, eLandings; the integration of eLandings with existing logbook requirements and future electronic logbooks; a variety of fisheries

DEPARTMENT OF COMMERCE : Western Area Power Administration

The Western Area Power Administration, DOE (Western), a Federal power marketing agency of the U.S. Department of Energy, announces the availability of a Request for Interest (RFI) for the Purchase of Renewable Energy Products. Western is seeking interest from any supplier regarding the longterm purchase (10 to 15 years) of renewable energy with or

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY : Western Area Power Administration

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Executive Order 13480 of November 26, 2008

Exclusions From the Federal Labor-management Relations Program
By the authority vested in me as President by the

Presidential Documents : Western Area Power Administration

The United States Department of Energy (DOE or Department), acting through the Western Area Power Administration (Western), a power marketing administration within the Department, is seeking Statements of Interest (SOIs) from entities that are interested in providing contributed funds for Western's participation in the upgrade of Western's

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY : Western Area Power Administration

This Final Rule amends regulations in part 800 of 31 CFR that implement section 721 of the Defense Production Act of 1950 (``section 721''), as amended by the Foreign Investment and National Security Act of 2007, codified at 50 U.S.C. App. 2170. While the revised regulations retain many features of the prior regulations, a number of changes have

DEPARTMENT OF THE TREASURY : Western Area Power Administration

The Secretary of Health and Human Services is adopting rules to implement certain aspects of the Patient Safety and Quality Improvement Act of 2005, Pub. L. 10941, 42 U.S.C. 299b21b26 (Patient Safety Act). The final rule establishes a framework by which hospitals, doctors, and other health care providers may voluntarily report information to

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES : Western Area Power Administration

The Securities and Exchange Commission (``Commission'') is proposing a Roadmap for the potential use of financial statements prepared in accordance with International Financial Reporting Standards (``IFRS'') as issued by the International Accounting Standards Board by U.S. issuers for purposes of their filings with the Commission. This Roadmap

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION : Western Area Power Administration

Western Area Power Administration (Western), a Federal power marketing agency of the Department of Energy (DOE), is publishing this notice of allocation procedures and call for applications from preference entities interested in an allocation of Federal electric power. Subpart C of the Energy Planning and Management Program (Program), which was

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY : Western Area Power Administration

Western Area Power Administration (Western), Upper Great Plains Region, a Federal power marketing agency of the Department of Energy (DOE), is seeking comments on proposed procedures and is calling for applications from preference entities interested in an allocation of Federal power. The Energy Planning and Management Program (Program) provides

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY : Western Area Power Administration

Rural Development, a mission area within the U.S. Department of Agriculture, is proposing a unified grant platform for enhanced delivery of eight existing Rural Development grant programsCommunity Facility; Distance Learning and Telemedicine; Economic Impact Initiatives; Renewable Energy Systems and Energy Efficiency Improvement Projects; Rural

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE : Western Area Power Administration

We, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), are promulgating amendments to our public health and safety standards for radioactive material stored or disposed of in the potential repository at Yucca Mountain, Nevada. Congress directed us to develop these standards and required us to contract with the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) to conduct

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY : Western Area Power Administration

The Department of the Interior (Department) is amending its regulations by adding a new part to codify its procedures for implementing the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), which are currently located in chapters 16 of Part 516 of the Departmental Manual (DM). This rule contains Departmental policies and procedures for compliance with

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR : Western Area Power Administration

The Deputy Secretary of Energy confirmed and approved Rate Order No. WAPA138 and Rate Schedules PDF7, PDFT7, PDFCT7, and PD NFT7 placing firm electric and transmission service formula rates for the ParkerDavis Project (PDP) of the Western Area Power
Administration (Western) into effect on an interim basis. The provisional rates will be in effect

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY : Western Area Power Administration

The Acting Deputy Secretary of Energy confirmed and approved Rate Order No. WAPA137 and Rate Schedule SLIPF9, placing firm power rates for the Salt Lake City Area Integrated Projects (SLCA/IP) of the Western Area Power Administration (Western) into effect on an interim basis. The Acting Deputy Secretary also confirmed Rate Schedules SP PTP7, SPNW3,

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY : Western Area Power Administration

PHMSA proposes to revise the Federal pipeline safety regulations to address human factors and other components of control room management. The proposed rules would require operators of hazardous liquid pipelines, gas pipelines, and liquefied natural gas (LNG) facilities to amend their existing written operations and maintenance procedures,

DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION : Western Area Power Administration

In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969 (NEPA), as amended; and the Council on Environmental Quality (CEQ) regulations; the U.S. Department of Energy, Western Area Power Administration (Western), and the U.S. Department of the Interior, Fish and Wildlife Service (Service), will, as joint lead agencies, prepare a

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY : Western Area Power Administration

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 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

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

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