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Decision 

On October 7, 2010, BLM issued its 

ROD and approved the Proposed Plan 

Amendment to the CDCA Plan to allow 

for solar energy right-of-way grants to 

Solar Partners for the ISGES project to 

be constructed on BLM-managed land. 

The Secretary of the Interior also issued 

Secretarial Approval of these decisions 

on this date. 

DOE has decided to select alternative 

(1) identified above: To issue loan 

guarantees for construction and start-up 

of the Mitigated Ivanpah 3 Project, 

which BLM selected in its ROD. The 

Mitigated Ivanpah 3 Project would be 

the development of three solar 

concentrating thermal power plants. 

Under alternative (2), the No Action 

Alternative, DOE would not issue loan 

guarantees for the project, and it is 

unlikely that Solar Partners would 

implement the project as currently 

planned. While the direct and indirect 

environmental impacts of the ISEGS 

would be avoided under the No Action 

Alternative, the benefits of reduced 

greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and the 

opportunity to make use of new 

technology to reduce GHG emissions 

and air pollutants would be lost. 

Approval of the loan guarantees for 

the ISEGS project responds to DOE’s 

purpose and need pursuant to Title XVII 

of EPAct 05 (42 U.S.C. 16511–16514) for 

eligible projects under Section 1703 of 

Title XVII, which authorizes the 

Secretary of Energy to make loan 

guarantees for projects that (1) avoid, 

reduce, or sequester air pollutants or 

anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse 

gases and (2) employ new or 

significantly improved technologies as 

compared to commercial technologies in 

service in the United States at the time 

the guarantee is issued. Issuance of loan 

guarantees for projects under Section 

1703 of Title XVII of EPAct 05 facilitates 

the acceleration of the 

commercialization of innovative, 

environmentally-friendly technologies 

that will have an impact on ensuring 

clean, affordable, and reliable supplies 

of energy. The purpose and need for 

DOE’s loan guarantee action is to 

comply with DOE’s mandate under Title 

XVII of EPAct 2005 by selecting eligible 

projects that meet the goals of the Act. 

In addition, approval of the loan 

guarantees for the ISEGS project also 

responds to DOE’s purpose and need 

pursuant to Title XVII of the Energy 

Policy Act of 2005, which authorizes the 

Secretary to make loan guarantees for 

eligible projects under Section 1705 of 

Title XVII (implemented pursuant to 

Section 406 of the American Recovery 

and Reinvestment Act of 2009). Eligible 

projects include renewable energy 

projects and related manufacturing 

facilities, electric power transmission 

projects, and leading edge biofuels 

projects. The primary purposes of the 

Recovery Act are job preservation and 

creation, infrastructure investment, 

energy efficiency and science, assistance 

to the unemployed, and State and local 

fiscal stabilization. Issuances of loan 

guarantees for eligible projects under 

Section 1705 are designed to address the 

current economic conditions of the 

nation, in part, through renewable 

energy, transmission, and leading edge 

biofuels projects. Eligible projects must 

commence construction by September 

30, 2011. 

Mitigation 

The ISEGS project that will be 

supported by issuance of the DOE loan 

guarantees includes all mitigation 

conditions applied by BLM in its ROW 

grants for this project. BLM is the 

Federal lead agency for the ISEGS 

project under NEPA and is responsible 

for ensuring compliance with all 

adopted mitigation measures for the 

ISEGS project set out in the Final EIS. 

The complete language of all the 

measures is provided in the BLM ROD 

and in Appendix 4, Compliance 

Monitoring Plan. BLM has also 

incorporated these mitigation measures 

into the ROW grants as terms and 

conditions. 

DOE’s loan guarantee agreements 

require the applicant to comply with all 

applicable laws and the terms of the 

ROW grants, including mitigation 

measures contained therein. An 

applicant’s failure to comply with 

applicable laws and the ROW grants 

would constitute a default. Upon the 

continuance of a default, DOE would 

have the right under the loan guarantee 

agreement between it and the applicant 

to exercise usual and customary 

remedies. To ensure that the applicant 

so performs, the DOE Loan Programs 

Office proactively monitors all operative 

loan guarantee transactions. 

Environmentally Preferred Alternative 

Following analysis and comparison of 

the alternatives in the Supplemental 

Draft and Final EISs, the 370 MW 

Mitigated Ivanpah 3 Alternative was 

identified by BLM as the 

Environmentally Preferred Alternative 

and is the Selected Alternative 

identified in the BLM ROD. 

DOE has decided that its alternative 

(1), to issue loan guarantees for 

construction and start-up of the 

Mitigated Ivanpah 3 Project, is 

environmentally preferable. DOE has 

determined that this alternative offers 

substantial environmental benefits due 

to reductions in GHG emissions and that 

all practicable means to avoid or 

minimize environmental harm have, as 

described in the BLM ROD and 

Appendices for the ISEGS project, been 

adopted as mitigation measures by BLM. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on April 4, 

2011. 

Jonathan M. Silver, 

Executive Director, Loan Programs Office. 

[FR Doc. 2011–9272 Filed 4–15–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 12796–004] 

City of Wadsworth, OH; Notice of 

Application Tendered for Filing With 

the Commission and Soliciting 

Additional Study Requests 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: Major Original 

License. 

b. Project No.: P–12796–004. 

c. Date filed: March 28, 2011. 

d. Applicant: City of Wadsworth, 

Ohio. 

e. Name of Project: R.C. Byrd 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: On the Ohio River at the 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (Corps), 

R.C. Byrd Locks and Dam (river mile 

279.2), approximately 12.7 miles south 

of the confluence of the Ohio River and 

the Kanawha River, nine miles south of 

the Town of Gallipolis, Gallia County, 

Ohio. The project would occupy 7.6 

acres of Federal land managed by the 

Corps. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act 16 U.S.C., 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Chris 

Easton, Director of Public Service, the 

City of Wadsworth, Ohio, 120 Maple 

Street, Wadsworth, OH 44281 (330– 

335–2777); Philip E. Meier, Hydro 

Development, American Municipal 

Power, Inc., 1111 Schrock Road, Suite 

100, Columbus, OH (614–540–0913). 

i. FERC Contact: Gaylord Hoisington, 

(202) 502–6032 or 

gaylord.hoisington@ferc.gov. 

j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, 

State, local, and Tribal agencies with 

jurisdiction and/or special expertise 

with respect to environmental issues 

that wish to cooperate in the 

preparation of the environmental 

document should follow the 


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instructions for filing such requests 

described in item l below. Cooperating 

agencies should note the Commission’s 

policy that agencies that cooperate in 

the preparation of the environmental 

document cannot also intervene. See, 94 

FERC ¶ 61,076 (2001). 

k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 

CFR of the Commission’s regulations, if 

any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or 

person believes that an additional 

scientific study should be conducted in 

order to form an adequate factual basis 

for a complete analysis of the 

application on its merit, the resource 

agency, Indian Tribe, or person must file 

a request for a study with the 

Commission not later than 60 days from 

the date of filing of the application, and 

serve a copy of the request on the 

applicant. 

l. Deadline for filing additional study 

requests and requests for cooperating 

agency status: May 27, 2011. 

All documents may be filed 

electronically via the Internet. See 18 

CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the 

instructions on the Commission’s Web 

site (http://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 http:// 

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 or toll 

free at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY, 

(202) 502–8659. Although the 

Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filings, documents may also 

be paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an 

original and seven copies to: Kimberly 

D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

m. The application is not ready for 

environmental analysis at this time. 

n. The proposed project would utilize 

the existing Corps’ R.C. Byrd Locks and 

Dam and would consist of the following 

new facilities: (1) A 1,200-foot long 

intake channel; (2) a trashrack located in 

front of each of the generating unit 

intakes, with a bar spacing of 

approximately 8 inches; (3) a reinforced 

concrete powerhouse measuring 

approximately 258 feet long by 145 feet 

wide by 110 feet high, and housing two 

bulb-type turbine generator units with a 

total installed capacity of 50 megawatts; 

(4) a 900-foot-long tailrace channel; (5) 

a 2.41-mile-long, 138-kilovolt 

transmission line; and (6) appurtenant 

facilities. The proposed project would 

have an average annual generation of 

266 gigawatt-hours. 

o. A copy of the application is 

available for review at the Commission 

in the Public Reference Room or may be 

viewed on the Commission’s Web site at 

http://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. A copy is also available for 

inspection and reproduction at the 

address in item h above. 

You may also register online at 

http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

esubscription.asp to be notified via 

e-mail of new filings and issuances 

related to this or other pending projects. 

For assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

p. With this notice, we are initiating 

consultation with the Ohio State 

Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as 

required by 106, National Historic 

Preservation Act, and the regulations of 

the Advisory Council on Historic 

Preservation, 36 CFR 800.4. 

q. Procedural schedule: The 

application will be processed according 

to the following preliminary Hydro 

Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the 

schedule will be made as appropriate. 

Issue Notice of Acceptance ................................................................................................................................................ July 2011 

Issue Scoping Document I .................................................................................................................................................. August 2011. 

Comments on Scoping Document I .................................................................................................................................... September 2011. 

Revised Scoping Document ................................................................................................................................................ November 2011. 

Issue notice of ready for environmental analysis ............................................................................................................... November 2011. 

Commission issues EA, draft EA ........................................................................................................................................ April 2012. 

Notice of the availability of the EA ...................................................................................................................................... June 2012. 

Dated: April 11, 2011. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–9249 Filed 4–15–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings No. 2 

Take notice that the Commission has 

received the following Natural Gas 

Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings: 

Docket Numbers: RP04–274–028. 

Applicants: Kern River Gas 

Transmission Company. 

Description: Additional Refund 

Report of Kern River Gas Transmission 

Company. 

Filed Date: 04/04/2011. 

Accession Number: 20110404–5088. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Monday, April 18, 2011. 

Docket Numbers: RP10–1152–002. 

Applicants: Florida Gas Transmission 

Company, LLC. 

Description: Florida Gas Transmission 

Company, LLC submits tariff filing per 

154.203: Implement Settlement 

correction to be effective 4/1/2011. 

Filed Date: 04/04/2011. 

Accession Number: 20110404–5080. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Monday, April 18, 2011. 

Docket Numbers: RP11–1918–001. 

Applicants: Pine Needle LNG 

Company, LLC. 

Description: Pine Needle LNG 

Company, LLC submits tariff filing per 

154.205(b): PN EP and Fuel Tracker 

Amended For Approved Stipulation and 

Agreement Rates to be effective 5/1/ 

2011. 

Filed Date: 04/06/2011. 

Accession Number: 20110406–5086. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Monday, April 18, 2011. 

Docket Numbers: RP11–1776–001. 

Applicants: Nautilus Pipeline 

Company, L.L.C. 

Description: Nautilus Pipeline 

Company, L.L.C. submits tariff filing per 

154.203: Nautilus Non-Conforming 

Agreements Refile to be effective 2/14/ 

2011. 

Filed Date: 04/07/2011. 

Accession Number: 20110407–5109. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Tuesday, April 19, 2011. 

Any person desiring to protest this 

filing must file in accordance with Rule 

211 of the Commission’s Rules of 

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 

385.211). Protests to this filing will be 

considered by the Commission in 

determining the appropriate action to be 

taken, but will not serve to make 

protestants parties to the proceeding. 

Such protests must be filed on or before 

5 p.m. Eastern time on the specified 


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