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free at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY, 

(202) 502–8659. Although the 

Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing, 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. 

The Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure require all intervenors 

filing documents with the Commission 

to serve a copy of that document on 

each person on the official service list 

for the project. Further, if an intervenor 

files comments or documents with the 

Commission relating to the merits of an 

issue that may affect the responsibilities 

of a particular resource agency, they 

must also serve a copy of the document 

on that resource agency. 

k. This application has been accepted 

for filing and is now ready for 

environmental analysis (EA). 

l. The Project Description: The 

proposed Admiralty Inlet Pilot Tidal 

Project would consist of: (1) Two 19.7- 

foot-diameter Open-Centre turbines, 

supplied by OpenHydro Group Ltd., 

mounted on completely submerged 

gravity foundations; (2) two 

transmission cables which run from the 

turbines to the cable termination vault; 

(3) two transmission cables from the 

cable termination vault to the proposed 

cable control building; (4) a cable 

control building housing the power 

conditioning and monitoring 

equipment; (5) a transmission cable 

bringing power from the cable control 

building to an existing 12.47-kilovolt 

transmission line; and (6) appurtenant 

facilities for operation and maintenance. 

The estimated average annual 

generation of the project is 216,000 

kilowatt-hours. 

m. 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. 

Register online at http:// 

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

esubscription.asp to be notified via 

email of new filings and issuances 

related to this or other pending projects. 

For assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

n. Anyone may submit comments, a 

protest, or a motion to intervene in 

accordance with the requirements of 

Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 

385.210, .211, .214. In determining the 

appropriate action to take, the 

Commission will consider all protests or 

other comments filed, but only those 

who file a motion to intervene in 

accordance with the Commission’s 

Rules may become a party to the 

proceeding. Any comments, protests, or 

motions to intervene must be received 

on or before the specified comment date 

for the particular application. 

All filings must (1) bear in all capital 

letters the title ‘‘PROTEST,’’ ‘‘MOTION 

TO INTERVENE,’’ ‘‘COMMENTS,’’ 

‘‘REPLY COMMENTS,’’ 

‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS,’’ ‘‘TERMS 

AND CONDITIONS,’’ or ‘‘FISHWAY 

PRESCRIPTIONS;’’ (2) set forth in the 

heading the name of the applicant and 

the project number of the application to 

which the filing responds; (3) furnish 

the name, address, and telephone 

number of the person protesting or 

intervening; and (4) otherwise comply 

with the requirements of 18 CFR 

385.2001 through 385.2005. All 

comments, recommendations, terms and 

conditions or prescriptions must set 

forth their evidentiary basis and 

otherwise comply with the requirements 

of 18 CFR 4.34(b) except to the extent 

that this notice establishes deadlines 

different from those in the regulation. 

Agencies may obtain copies of the 

application directly from the applicant. 

A copy of any protest or motion to 

intervene must be served upon each 

representative of the applicant specified 

in the particular application. A copy of 

all other filings in reference to this 

application must be accompanied by 

proof of service on all persons listed in 

the service list prepared by the 

Commission in this proceeding, in 

accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and 

385.2010. 

o. Procedural Schedule: 

The application will be processed 

according to the following Hydro 

Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the 

schedule may be made as appropriate. 

Milestone Due date 

Filing of recommendations, terms and conditions, and fishway 

prescriptions.

May 23, 2012. 

Commission issues Single EA.July 23, 2012. 

Comments on EA .......... August 22, 2012. 

p. Waiver of deadline to file 

competing applications filed pursuant 

to a notice of intent (NOI): 

Any qualified applicant desiring to 

file a competing application must 

submit to the Commission, on or before 

the specified intervention deadline date, 

a competing development application or 

an NOI to file such an application. 

Section 4.36(b)(2) of the Commission’s 

regulations, which allows 120 days from 

the specified intervention deadline date 

for interested parties to file competing 

development applications in which 

timely NOIs have been submitted, is 

hereby waived. Due to the expedited 

nature of the pilot project licensing 

procedures, the submission of a timely 

NOI will instead allow an interested 

person to file the competing 

development application no later than 

30 days after the specified intervention 

deadline date. Applications for 

preliminary permits will not be 

accepted in response to this notice. 

An NOI must specify the exact name, 

business address, and telephone number 

of the prospective applicant, and must 

include an unequivocal statement of 

intent to submit a development 

application. An NOI must be served on 

the applicant named in this public 

notice. 

Dated: April 23, 2012. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary . 

[FR Doc. 2012–10221 Filed 4–26–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 1256–031] 

Loup River Public Power District; 

Notice of Application Tendered for 

Filing With the Commission and 

Establishing Procedural Schedule for 

Licensing and Deadline for 

Submission of Final Amendments 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: New Major 

License. 

b. Project No.: 1256–031. 

c. Date Filed: April 16, 2012. 

d. Applicant: Loup River Public 

Power District (Loup Power District). 

e. Name of Project: Loup River 

Hydroelectric Project (Loup River 

Project). 

f. Location: On the Loup River, Loup 

Canal (a diversion canal off the Loup 

River), and Platte River in Nance and 

Platte counties, Nebraska. The project 

does not occupy federal lands. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Neal Suess, 

President/CEO, Loup Power District, 

P.O. Box 988, 2404 15th Street, 

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Columbus, Nebraska 68602, Telephone 

(866) 869–2087. 

i. FERC Contact: Lee Emery, (202) 

502–8379 or lee.emery@ferc.gov. 

j. This application is not ready for 

environmental analysis at this time. 

k. Project Description: The project 

consists of (upstream to downstream): 

(1) A 1,320-foot-long, 6-foot-high 

diversion dam on the Loup River; (2) an 

intake structure composed of eleven 24- 

foot-long by 5-foot-high steel intake 

gates located on the north bank of the 

Loup River immediately upstream of the 

diversion dam; (3) three 20-foot-long by 

6-foot-high steel sluice gates located 

between the diversion dam and the 

intake structure; (4) the 35-mile-long 

Loup Canal; (5) a 2-mile-long settling 

basin located in the upper portion of the 

Loup Canal and containing a floating 

hydraulic dredge and skimming weir; 

(6) the Monroe Powerhouse containing 

three Francis-type, turbine-generating 

units each with a rated capacity of 2.612 

megawatts (MW); (7) a 760-acre 

regulating reservoir, Lake Babcock, with 

a storage capacity of 2,270 acre-feet at 

its full pool elevation of 1,531 feet; (8) 

a 200-acre regulating reservoir, Lake 

North, with a storage capacity of 2,080 

acre-feet at an elevation of 1,531 feet; (9) 

a concrete control structure in the south 

dike linking the two reservoirs; (10) a 

60-foot-long by 104-foot-wide by 40- 

foot-high inlet structure with trashracks; 

(11) three 20-foot-diameter by 385-footlong steel penstocks connecting the inlet 

structure with a powerhouse (Columbus 

Powerhouse); (12) the Columbus 

Powerhouse containing three Francistype, turbine-generating units each with 

a rated capacity of 15.2 MW; and (13) 

appurtenant facilities. The project has a 

combined installed capacity of 53.4 

MW. 

The Monroe Powerhouse operates in 

a run-of-river mode (i.e., canal inflow to 

the powerhouse closely approximates 

outflow from the powerhouse with no 

storage of canal flow). The maximum 

hydraulic capacity of the canal at the 

Monroe Powerhouse is 3,500 cubic feet 

per second (cfs). The Monroe 

Powerhouse spans the canal and 

functions as an energy-producing canal 

drop structure. 

The Columbus Powerhouse operates 

as a daily peaking facility. The water 

levels in Lake Babcock and Lake North 

are generally drawn down about 2 to 3 

feet to produce power during times of 

peak electrical demand. In off-peak 

hours, when there is less demand for 

electricity, the turbines are turned down 

or shut off, which allows Lake Babcock 

and Lake North to refill, thereby 

allowing peaking operations to occur 

the following day. The hydraulic 

capacity of the canal at the Columbus 

Powerhouse is 4,800 cfs. 

The minimum leakage rate at the 

Loup River diversion dam and sluice 

gate structure is about 50 cfs. During hot 

weather conditions, Loup Power District 

operates the diversion in a manner that 

allows flows of between 50 to 75 cfs 

(including the leakage flow) to pass into 

the Loup River downstream of the 

diversion to prevent high water 

temperatures that could cause fish 

mortality. 

Loup Power District proposes new 

and improved recreational amenities at 

the project; however, there are no 

proposed changes to the existing project 

facilities or operations. 

Loup Power District proposes to 

remove three areas of land from the 

project boundary that it finds are not 

necessary for project operations or 

purposes. In addition, Loup Power 

District proposes to add three parcels of 

land to the project boundary that it finds 

are needed for project purposes. 

l. Locations of the Application: 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 at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or tollfree at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY, 

(202) 502–8659. A copy is also available 

for inspection and reproduction at the 

address in item (h) above. 

m. You may also register online at 

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

esubscription.asp to be notified via 

email of new filings and issuances 

related to this or other pending projects. 

For assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

n. Procedural Schedule: 

The application will be processed 

according to the following preliminary 

Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to 

the schedule may be made as 

appropriate. 

Milestone Target date 

Notice of Acceptance/Notice 

of Ready for Environmental Analysis.

June 2012. 

Filing of recommendations, 

preliminary terms and 

conditions, and fishway 

prescriptions.

August 2012. 

Commission issues Draft EA February 2013. 

Comments on Draft EA ....... March 2013. 

Modified terms and conditions.May 2013. 

Commission issues Final EA August 2013. 

o. Final amendments to the 

application must be filed with the 

Commission no later than 30 days from 

the issuance date of the notice of ready 

for environmental analysis. 

Dated: April 23, 2012. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–10222 Filed 4–26–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings #1 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following exempt 

wholesale generator filings: 

Docket Numbers: EG12–59–000. 

Applicants: Copper Mountain Solar 2, 

LLC. 

Description: Self-Certification of EG or 

FC of Copper Mountain Solar 2, LLC in 

EG12–59. 

Filed Date: 4/18/12. 

Accession Number: 20120418–5245. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/9/12. 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric rate 

filings: 

Docket Numbers: ER10–1806–004; 

ER11–1939–002; ER11–2754–002. 

Applicants: AP Gas & Electric (PA), 

LLC, AP Gas & Electric (TX), LLC, AP 

Holdings, LLC. 

Description: Change-in-Status Report 

of AP Holdings, LLC, et al. 

Filed Date: 4/18/12. 

Accession Number: 20120418–5242. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/9/12. 

Docket Numbers: ER10–3082–002. 

Applicants: Motiva Enterprises LLC. 

Description: Supplement to Notice of 

Change in Status of Motiva Enterprises 

LLC. 

Filed Date: 4/18/2012. 

Accession Number: 20120418–5260. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 5/9/12. 

Docket Numbers: ER12–165–001. 

Applicants: Midwest Independent 

Transmission System Operator, Inc. 

Description: G746 Compliance filing 

to be effective 12/21/2011. 

Filed Date: 4/18/12. 

Accession Number: 20120418–5163. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/9/12. 

Docket Numbers: ER12–1552–000. 

Applicants: Southwest Power Pool, 

Inc. 

Description: Errata Filing in Docket 

No. ER12–1552—Implement Balanced 

Portfolio Transfers to be effective N/A. 

Filed Date: 4/18/12. 

Accession Number: 20120418–5127. 

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