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notice, the Commission requests public 

comments on the scope of the issues to 

address in the EA. All comments 

received will be considered during the 

preparation of the EA. 

In the EA we will discuss impacts that 

could occur as a result of the 

construction and operation of the 

proposed project under these general 

headings: 

• Geology and soils; 

• land use; 

• water resources, fisheries, and 

wetlands; 

• vegetation and wildlife; 

• endangered and threatened species; 

• cultural resources; 

• air quality and noise; and 

• public safety. 

We will also evaluate reasonable 

alternatives to the proposed project or 

portions of the project, and make 

recommendations on how to lessen or 

avoid impacts on the various resource 

areas. 

Our independent analysis of the 

issues will be presented in the EA. The 

EA will be placed in the public record 

and, depending on the comments 

received during the scoping process, 

may be published and distributed to the 

public. A comment period will be 

allotted if the EA is published for 

review. We will consider all comments 

on the EA before we make our 

recommendations to the Commission. 

To ensure your comments are 

considered, please carefully follow the 

instructions in the Public Participation 

section beginning on page 4. 

With this notice, we are asking 

agencies with jurisdiction and/or 

special expertise with respect to 

environmental issues to formally 

cooperate with us in the preparation of 

the EA. These agencies may choose to 

participate once they have evaluated the 

proposal relative to their 

responsibilities. Agencies that would 

like to request cooperating agency status 

should follow the instructions for filing 

comments provided under the Public 

Participation section of this notice. 

Public Participation 

You can make a difference by 

providing us with your specific 

comments or concerns about the project. 

Your comments should focus on the 

potential environmental effects, 

reasonable alternatives, and measures to 

avoid or lessen environmental impacts. 

The more specific your comments, the 

more useful they will be. To ensure that 

your comments are timely and properly 

recorded, please send your comments so 

they will be received in Washington, DC 

on or before January 3, 2011. 

For your convenience, there are three 

methods which you can use to submit 

your comments to the Commission. In 

all instances please reference the project 

docket number (CP11–16–000) with 

your submission. The Commission 

encourages electronic filing of 

comments and has expert eFiling staff 

available to assist you at (202) 502–8258 

or efiling@ferc.gov. 

(1) You may file your comments 

electronically by using the eComment 

feature, which is located on the 

Commission’s Web site at http:// 

www.ferc.gov under the link to 

Documents and Filings. An eComment 

is an easy method for interested persons 

to submit brief, text-only comments on 

a project; 

(2) You may file your comments 

electronically by using the eFiling 

feature, which is located on the 

Commission’s Web site at http:// 

www.ferc.gov under the link to 

Documents and Filings. With eFiling 

you can provide comments in a variety 

of formats by attaching them as a file 

with your submission. New eFiling 

users must first create an account by 

clicking on ‘‘eRegister.’’ You will be 

asked to select the type of filing you are 

making. A comment on a particular 

project is considered a ‘‘Comment on a 

Filing’’; or 

(3) You may file a paper copy of your 

comments at the following address: 

Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street, NE., Room 1A, Washington, 

DC 20426. 

Environmental Mailing List 

The environmental mailing list 

includes Federal, State, and local 

government representatives and 

agencies; elected officials; 

environmental and public interest 

groups; Native American Tribes; other 

interested parties; and local libraries 

and newspapers. This list also includes 

all affected landowners (as defined in 

the Commission’s regulations) who are 

potential right-of-way grantors, whose 

property may be used temporarily for 

project purposes, and anyone who 

submits comments on the project. We 

will update the environmental mailing 

list as the analysis proceeds to ensure 

that we send the information related to 

this environmental review to all 

individuals, organizations, and 

government entities interested in and/or 

potentially affected by the proposed 

project. 

Becoming an Intervenor 

In addition to involvement in the EA 

scoping process, you may want to 

become an ‘‘intervenor’’ which is an 

official party to the Commission’s 

proceeding. Intervenors play a more 

formal role in the process and are able 

to file briefs, appear at hearings, and be 

heard by the courts if they choose to 

appeal the Commission’s final ruling. 

An intervenor formally participates in 

the proceeding by filing a request to 

intervene. Instructions for becoming an 

intervenor are included in the User’s 

Guide under the ‘‘e-filing’’ link on the 

Commission’s Web site. 

Additional Information 

Additional information about the 

project is available from the 

Commission’s Office of External Affairs, 

at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC Web 

site at http://www.ferc.gov using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Click on the eLibrary 

link, click on ‘‘General Search’’ and enter 

the docket number, excluding the last 

three digits in the Docket Number field 

(i.e., CP11–16). Be sure you have 

selected an appropriate date range. For 

assistance, please contact FERC Online 

Support at FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov 

or toll free at (866) 208–3676, or for 

TTY, contact (202) 502–8659. The 

eLibrary link also provides access to the 

texts of formal documents issued by the 

Commission, such as orders, notices, 

and rulemakings. 

In addition, the Commission now 

offers a free service called eSubscription 

which allows you to keep track of all 

formal issuances and submittals in 

specific dockets. This can reduce the 

amount of time you spend researching 

proceedings by automatically providing 

you with notification of these filings, 

document summaries, and direct links 

to the documents. Go to http:// 

www.ferc.gov/esubscribenow.htm. 

Finally, public meetings or site visits 

will be posted on the Commission’s 

calendar located at http://www.ferc.gov/ 

EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along 

with other related information. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 12713–002] 

Reedsport OPT Wave Park, LLC; 

Oregon; Notice of Availability of 

Environmental Assessment 

December 3, 2010. 

In accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and 

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the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission’s (Commission or FERC’s) 

regulations, 18 CFR part 380 (Order No. 

486, 52 FR 47897), the Office of Energy 

Projects has reviewed Reedsport OPT 

Wave Park, LLC’s application for license 

for the Reedsport OPT Wave Park 

Project (FERC Project No. 12713–002), 

which would be located in Oregon State 

territorial waters about 2.5 nautical 

miles off the coast near Reedsport, in 

Douglas County, Oregon. 

Staff prepared an environmental 

assessment (EA), which analyzes the 

potential environmental effects of 

licensing the project and concludes that 

licensing the project, with appropriate 

environmental protective measures, 

would not constitute a major federal 

action that would significantly affect the 

quality of the human environment. 

A copy of the EA 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. 

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. 

Any comments should be filed within 

30 days from the date of this notice. 

Comments 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/ferconline.asp) 

under the ‘‘eFiling’’ link. 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. 

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. Please affix Project No. 12713– 

002 to all comments. 

For further information, contact Jim 

Hastreiter by telephone at 503–552– 

2760 or by e-mail at 

james.hastreiter@ferc.gov. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Western Area Power Administration 

2015 Resource Pool—Sierra Nevada 

Region 

AGENCY: Western Area Power 

Administration, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of Final Power 

Allocations. 

SUMMARY: The Western Area Power 

Administration (Western), a Federal 

power marketing administration of DOE, 

announces the Final 2015 Resource Pool 

allocations pursuant to its 2004 Power 

Marketing Plan (Marketing Plan) for the 

Sierra Nevada Customer Service Region 

(SNR). This notice includes a summary 

of the comments received on Western’s 

proposed 2015 Resource Pool 

allocations and Western’s responses. 

DATES: The Final 2015 Resource Pool 

allocations will become effective on 

January 10, 2011. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. 

Sonja Anderson, Power Marketing 

Manager, Western Area Power 

Administration, Sierra Nevada 

Customer Service Region, 114 Parkshore 

Drive, Folsom, CA 95630–4710, (916) 

353–4421, sanderso@wapa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background 

Western published its Marketing Plan 

for SNR in the Federal Register (64 FR 

34417, June 25, 1999). The Marketing 

Plan specifies the terms and conditions 

under which Western markets power 

from the Central Valley Project and the 

Washoe Project beginning January 1, 

2005, and continuing through December 

31, 2024. The Marketing Plan sets aside 

a portion of the SNR’s marketable power 

resources to establish a 2015 Resource 

Pool for new power allocations. 

On June 3, 2009, Western published 

the Call for 2015 Resource Pool 

Applications in the Federal Register (74 

FR 26671). On September 28, 2009, 

Western published a Notice of 

Extension in the Federal Register (74 FR 

49366). The Call for 2015 Resource Pool 

Applications required that applications 

be submitted by August 3, 2009, and the 

Notice of Extension extended the 

application date to October 28, 2009. In 

response to the call for applications, 

Western received 57 applications. After 

reviewing and considering the 

applications, on July 30, 2010, Western 

published the Proposed 2015 Resource 

Pool Allocations in the Federal Register 

(75 FR 44942) and opened a 30-day 

comment period on those allocations. 

The formal comment period on the 

proposed power allocations from the 

2015 Resource Pool ended on August 

30, 2010. A summary of the comments 

received and Western’s responses are 

provided below. After considering all 

comments, Western has decided to 

finalize the proposed power allocations. 

Responses to Comments Received on 

The Notice of Proposed 2015 Resource 

Pool Allocations (75 Fr 44942, July 30, 

2010) 

During the comment period, Western 

received six letters commenting on the 

proposed allocations from the 2015 

Resource Pool. Western reviewed and 

considered all comments. The 

comments and Western’s responses are 

provided below. 

Comment: Two commentors 

expressed their appreciation and 

support for the proposed 2015 Resource 

Pool allocations. 

Response: Western notes the 

comments of support for its 2015 

Resource Pool allocations. 

Comment: Three commentors 

requested that Western reconsider 

providing them with an allocation from 

the 2015 Resource Pool. One commentor 

stated the cost of electricity is critical to 

the success of its programs, which carry 

out energy-intensive scientific and 

national defense research. Another 

stated it is committed to the 

environment and that commitment is 

demonstrated through various projects 

using Western’s power such as 

providing power to docked ships and 

charging batteries for ground equipment 

at the airport. Another stated that it is 

ready and able to use an increased 

allocation to meet Reclamation Act 

goals of widespread use. 

Response: Western recognizes that the 

commentors perform important 

functions. Western has a limited amount 

of power to allocate, and not all 

applicants received an allocation of 

Federal power. The Resource Pool was 

made up of only 2 percent of the SNR’s 

resources available for marketing. 

Western received 57 applications for an 

allocation from the 2015 Resource Pool 

and evaluated those applications and 

made allocations according to the 

eligibility and allocation criteria set 

forth in the Marketing Plan. 

Comment: Four commentors 

requested that, in the event some 

allottees are unable to take the 

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