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ICDocketMgr@ed.gov or faxed to 202– 

401–0920. Please specify the complete 

title of the information collection when 

making your request. 

Comments regarding burden and/or 

the collection activity requirements 

should be electronically mailed to 

ICDocketMgr@ed.gov. Individuals who 

use a telecommunications device for the 

deaf (TDD) may call the Federal 

Information Relay Service (FIRS) at 1– 

800–877–8339. 

[FR Doc. 2010–2783 Filed 2–8–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[OE Docket No. EA–361] 

Application To Export Electric Energy; 

Aquilon Power Ltd. 

AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery 

and Energy Reliability, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of application. 

SUMMARY: Aquilon Power Ltd. (Aquilon 

Power) has applied for authority to 

transmit electric energy from the United 

States to Canada pursuant to section 

202(e) of the Federal Power Act. 

DATES: Comments, protests, or requests 

to intervene must be submitted on or 

before March 11, 2010. 

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, or 

requests to intervene should be 

addressed as follows: Office of 

Electricity Delivery and Energy 

Reliability, Mail Code: OE–20, U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0350 (FAX 202– 

586–8008). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Anthony Como (Program Office) 202– 

586–5935 or Lot Cooke (Program 

Attorney) 202–586–0503. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Exports of 

electricity from the United States to a 

foreign country are regulated by the 

Department of Energy (DOE) pursuant to 

sections 301(b) and 402(f) of the 

Department of Energy Organization Act 

(42 U.S.C. 7151(b), 7172(f)) and require 

authorization under section 202(e) of 

the FPA (16 U.S.C. 824a(e)). 

On January 11, 2010, DOE received an 

application from Aquilon Power for 

authority to transmit electric energy 

from the United States to Canada as a 

power marketer using international 

transmission facilities located at the 

United States border with Canada. 

Aquilon Power does not own any 

electric transmission facilities nor does 

it hold a franchised service area. The 

electric energy which Aquilon Power 

proposes to export to Canada would be 

surplus energy purchased from electric 

utilities, Federal power marketing 

agencies, and other entities within the 

United States. Aquilon Power has 

requested an electricity export 

authorization with a 5-year term. 

The construction, operation, 

maintenance, and connection of each of 

the international transmission facilities 

to be utilized by Aquilon Power has 

previously been authorized by a 

Presidential permit issued pursuant to 

Executive Order 10485, as amended. 

Procedural Matters: Any person 

desiring to become a party to these 

proceedings or to be heard by filing 

comments or protests to this application 

should file a petition to intervene, 

comment, or protest at the address 

provided above in accordance with 

§§ 385.211 or 385.214 of the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission’s Rules 

of Practice and Procedures (18 CFR 

385.211, 385.214). Fifteen copies of each 

petition and protest should be filed with 

DOE on or before the date listed above. 

Comments on the Aquilon Power 

application to export electric energy to 

Canada should be clearly marked with 

Docket No. EA–361. Additional copies 

are to be filed directly with Mike 

Neylan, Aquilon Power Ltd., 280 King 

Street. East, 4th Floor, Toronto, ON, 

Canada, M5A 1K7 and David M. 

Perlman and William E. Wolf, Bracewell 

& Giuliani LLP, 2000 K Street, NW., 

Suite 500, Washington, DC 20006–1872. 

A final decision will be made on this 

application after the environmental 

impacts have been evaluated pursuant 

to the National Environmental Policy 

Act of 1969, and a determination is 

made by DOE that the proposed action 

will not adversely impact on the 

reliability of the U.S. electric power 

supply system. 

Copies of this application will be 

made available, upon request, for public 

inspection and copying at the address 

provided above, by accessing the 

program Web site at http:// 

www.oe.energy.gov/ 

permits_pending.htm, or by e-mailing 

Odessa Hopkins at 

Odessa.hopkins@hq.doe.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 29, 

2010. 

Anthony J. Como, 

Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of 

Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability. 

[FR Doc. 2010–2840 Filed 2–8–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Basic Energy Sciences Advisory 

Committee 

AGENCY: Department of Energy, Office of 

Science. 

ACTION: Notice of Open Meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Basic Energy Sciences 

Advisory Committee (BESAC). Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public 

notice of these meetings be announced 

in the Federal Register. 

DATES: Tuesday, March 2, 2010, 8:30 

a.m.–5 p.m., and Wednesday, March 3, 

2010, 9 a.m. to 12 noon. 

ADDRESSES: Bethesda North Hotel and 

Conference Center; 5701 Marinelli Road, 

Bethesda, MD 20852. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Katie Perine; Office of Basic Energy 

Sciences; U.S. Department of Energy; 

Germantown Building, Independence 

Avenue, Washington, DC 20585; 

Telephone: (301) 903–6529. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Meeting: The purpose 

of this meeting is to provide advice and 

guidance with respect to the basic 

energy sciences research program. 

Tentative Agenda: Agenda will 

include discussions of the following: 

■ News from Office of Science/DOE. 

■ News from the Office of Basic Energy 

Sciences. 

■ Briefing from the Advanced Research 

Projects Agency—Energy. 

■ Update from the BESAC Science for 

Energy Technologies Workshop. 

■ EFRC Update. 

■ Energy Innovation Hub Update. 

■ Graduate Fellowship Program 

Solicitation. 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. If you would like to 

file a written statement with the 

Committee, you may do so either before 

or after the meeting. If you would like 

to make oral statements regarding any of 

the items on the agenda, you should 

contact Katie Perine at 301–903–6594 

(fax) or katie.perine@science.doe.gov (email). Reasonable provision will be 

made to include the scheduled oral 

statements on the agenda. The 

Chairperson of the Committee will 

conduct the meeting to facilitate the 

orderly conduct of business. Public 

comment will follow the 10-minute 

rule. 

Minutes: The minutes of this meeting 

will be available for public review and 

copying within 30 days at the Freedom 

of Information Public Reading Room, 

1E–190, Forrestal Building, 1000 

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Washington, DC 20585, between 9 a.m. 

and 4 p.m., Monday through Friday, 

except holidays. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 4, 

2010. 

Rachel Samuel, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–2831 Filed 2–8–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Nevada 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Environmental 

Management Site-Specific Advisory 

Board (EM SSAB), Nevada Test Site. 

The Federal Advisory Committee Act 

(Pub. L. No. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) 

requires that public notice of this 

meeting be announced in the Federal 

Register. 

DATES: Wednesday, March 10, 2010, 5 

p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Centennial Hills Library, 

6711 North Buffalo Drive, Las Vegas, 

Nevada 89131. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Denise Rupp, Board Administrator, 232 

Energy Way, M/S 505, North Las Vegas, 

Nevada 89030. Phone: (702) 657–9088; 

Fax (702) 295–5300 or E-mail: 

ntscab@nv.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of 

the Board is to make recommendations 

to DOE–EM and site management in the 

areas of environmental restoration, 

waste management, and related 

activities. 

Tentative Agenda 

1. Presentation—History of the Nevada 

Test Site. 

2. Sub-Committee Updates. 

• Industrial Sites Committee 

• Membership Committee 

• Outreach Committee 

• Soils Committee 

• Transportation/Waste Committee 

• Underground Test Area Committee 

Public Participation: The EM SSAB, 

Nevada Test Site, welcomes the 

attendance of the public at its advisory 

committee meetings and will make 

every effort to accommodate persons 

with physical disabilities or special 

needs. If you require special 

accommodations due to a disability, 

please contact Denise Rupp at least 

seven days in advance of the meeting at 

the phone number listed above. Written 

statements may be filed with the Board 

either before or after the meeting. 

Individuals who wish to make oral 

presentations pertaining to agenda items 

should contact Denise Rupp at the 

telephone number listed above. The 

request must be received five days prior 

to the meeting and reasonable provision 

will be made to include the presentation 

in the agenda. The Deputy Designated 

Federal Officer is empowered to 

conduct the meeting in a fashion that 

will facilitate the orderly conduct of 

business. Individuals wishing to make 

public comments will be provided a 

maximum of five minutes to present 

their comments. 

Minutes: Minutes will be available by 

writing to Denise Rupp at the address 

listed above or at the following Web 

site: http://www.ntscab.com/ 

MeetingMinutes.htm. 

Issued at Washington, DC on February 4, 

2010. 

Rachel Samuel, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–2833 Filed 2–8–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. RM05–1–000] 

Regulations Governing the Conduct of 

Open Seasons for Alaska Natural Gas 

Transportation Projects; Notice of 

Alaska Natural Gas Transportation 

Projects Open Season Pre-Filing 

Workshop 

February 2, 2010. 

On February 11, 2010, the Staff of the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 

(FERC) will hold a workshop on the 

procedures and process for holding and 

commenting on an open season for an 

Alaska Natural Gas Transportation 

Project. The Workshop is being held at 

the Commission’s headquarters in 

Washington. 

In 2005, in the above-referenced 

docket, FERC enacted regulations under 

the Alaska Natural Gas Pipeline Act 

which established the procedures for 

conducting open seasons for the 

purpose of making binding 

commitments for the acquisition of 

capacity on Alaska natural gas 

transportation projects. TransCanada 

Alaska Company LLC (TC Alaska) has 

recently filed its request for approval of 

its Open Season plan for its Alaska 

Pipeline Project in Docket No. PF09–11– 

001. Denali—The Alaska Gas Pipeline 

LLC has publicly stated that it intends 

to hold an open season for its project in 

2010. 

Under FERC’s open season 

regulations, prior to conducting an open 

season for an Alaskan natural gas 

transportation project, each project 

sponsor is required to submit a detailed 

open season plan to FERC. After 

receiving the project sponsor’s open 

season plan, FERC will issue a notice 

requesting public comments on the 

open season plan and explain the 

procedure for submitting such 

comments. Absent unusual 

circumstances, FERC will act on the 

open season plan within 60 days its 

submission by the project sponsor. 

Both of these project sponsors have 

initiated FERC’s pre-filing process, 

which is typically focused on FERC’s 

environmental review of a project. 

However in this instance, the pre-filing 

process also includes FERC’s review, 

approval, and oversight of the project 

sponsors’ open season. FERC Staff is 

holding this Open Season Pre-Filing 

Workshop to provide interested parties 

an opportunity to learn about and 

discuss the procedures and process for 

commenting upon and holding an open 

season. 

The workshop will be held on 

February 11, 2010, from 1 p.m. to 4 p.m. 

(EST) at: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 1st Street, NE., Room 

3M3, Washington, DC 20426. 

All interested parties may attend. The 

agenda for the Open Season Pre-Filing 

Workshop is attached. There will be no 

discussion of TC Alaska’s filing in 

Docket No. PF09–11–001, or any other 

aspect of the proposed Alaska pipeline 

projects. Rather, the Workshop will 

focus on the requirements of the 

Commission’s regulations and 

procedures and process for commenting 

upon and holding an open season. In 

order to ensure that questions can be 

appropriately answered, it is requested 

that interested parties provide any 

questions in advance (by February 8, 

2010) to Richard Foley at 

richard.foley@ferc.gov, and they will be 

added to the Agenda without 

attribution. 

The workshop will not be transcribed 

by the FERC Staff. Telephone 

participation will be available; by 

calling: 

Conference number: (888) 673–9807. 

Participant passcode: 25121. 

For security reasons, the passcode 

will be required to join the call. 

Restrictions may exist when accessing 

freephone/toll free numbers using a 

mobile telephone. 

For additional information concerning 

this event, please contact Richard Foley 


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