Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program (P-SMBP), Eastern and Western Division Proposed Project Use Power Rate

Document Headings Document headings vary by document type but may contain the following: the agency or agencies that issued and signed a document the number of the CFR title and the number of each part the document amends, proposes to amend, or is directly related to the agency docket number / agency internal file number the RIN which identifies each regulatory action listed in the Unified Agenda of Federal Regulatory and Deregulatory Actions See the Document Drafting Handbook for more details. Department of the Interior Bureau of Reclamation AGENCY: Bureau of Reclamation, Interior. ( printed page 76070) ACTION: Approval of new rate for Pick-Sloan Missouri Basin Program, Eastern and Western Division Project Use Power SUMMARY: The Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) determined, after public input, that the proposed P-SMBP project use power rate of 12.55 mills per kilowatt-hour (kWh) is approved and will become effective 30 days after this notice is published. DATES: Effective Date: The P-SMBP project use power rate of 12.55 mills/kWh will become effective 30 days after this notice is published. Explanation of Public Comment Format: Reclamation, by Federal Register Notice (FRN) dated April 29, 2005, stated its intent to adjust the project use power rate with a 30-day written comment period which would end on June 6, 2005. Reclamation published another FRN on June 26, 2005, that extended the comment period to July 31, 2005. A total of 7 letters with written comments were received during the comment period. All booklets, studies, comments/letters that were utilized to develop the rate for project use power are available for inspection and copying at the Great Plains Regional Office, located at 316 North 26th Street, Billings, Montana 59101. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mike Ferguson, Bureau of Reclamation, Great Plains Regional Office, at (406) 247-7705 or by e-mail at mferguson@gp.usbr.gov . SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Power rates for the P-SMBP are established purs…