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comment. The comment addresses the 

FERC–912 and relates to a pending 

rulemaking in Docket No. RM09–23 

(‘‘Revisions to Form, Procedures, and 

Criteria for Certification of Qualifying 

Facility Status for a Small Power 

Production or Cogeneration Facility’’). 

The comment was also submitted in 

Docket No. RM09–23 and will be 

addressed in Docket No. RM09–23. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION: Ellen Brown 

may be reached by telephone at (202) 

502–8663, by fax at (202) 273–0873, and 

by e-mail at ellen.brown@ferc.gov. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–3099 Filed 2–18–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13606–000] 

Natural Currents Energy Services, 

LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit 

Application Accepted for Filing and 

Soliciting Comments, Motions To 

Intervene, and Competing Applications 

February 4, 2010. 

On October 21, 2009, and revised on 

December 23, 2009 and January 28, 

2010, Natural Currents Energy Services, 

LLC, filed an application for a 

preliminary permit, pursuant to section 

4(f) of the Federal Power Act, proposing 

to study the feasibility of the Gastineau 

Channel Tidal Energy Project, located 

on Gastineau Channel, in the City and 

Borough of Juneau, Alaska. The sole 

purpose of a preliminary permit, if 

issued, is to grant the permit holder 

priority to file a license application 

during the permit term. A preliminary 

permit does not authorize the permit 

holder to perform any land disturbing 

activities or otherwise enter upon lands 

or waters owned by others without the 

owners’ express permission. 

The proposed project would either 

attach turbines to the underside of an 

existing Coast Guard dock, or anchor the 

turbines to the bottom of the channel, 

and would consist of: (1) An existing 

approximately 100-foot-long by 30-footwide U.S. Coast Guard dock connected 

to the shore by an approximately 550- 

foot-long boardwalk extending into 

Gastineau Channel; (2) twelve 25- 

kilowatt (kW) Red Hawk in-stream 

turbine modules anchored to the bottom 

of the channel or attached to the 

underside of a pivoting t-dock with a 

total generating capacity of 300 kW; (3) 

one or more clusters of Tidal In-Stream 

Energy Conversion Devices (TISEC 

devices) to transmit the electricity from 

the turbines to the underwater 

transmission line; (4) an approximately 

600-foot-long, 480-volt underwater 

transmission line connecting the TISEC 

device to an existing above-ground local 

distribution system; and (5) appurtenant 

facilities. The project would have an 

estimated average annual generation of 

1,200 megawatt-hours. 

Applicant Contact: Roger Bason, 

President, Natural Currents Energy 

Services, LLC, 24 Roxanne Boulevard, 

Highland, NY 12561; phone: (845) 691– 

4009. 

FERC Contact: Jennifer Harper, 202– 

502–6136. 

Deadline for filing comments, motions 

to intervene, competing applications 

(without notices of intent), or notices of 

intent to file competing applications: 60 

days from the issuance of this notice. 

Competing applications and notices of 

intent must meet the requirements of 18 

CFR 4.36. Comments, motions to 

intervene, notices of intent, and 

competing applications 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. 

For a simpler method of submitting text 

only comments, click on ‘‘Quick 

Comment.’’ For assistance, please 

contact FERC Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov; call tollfree at (866) 208–3676; or, for TTY, 

contact (202) 502–8659. Although the 

Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing, documents may also be 

paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an 

original and eight copies to: Kimberly D. 

Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

More information about this project, 

including a copy of the application, can 

be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’ 

link of Commission’s Web site at 

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

elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number 

(P–13606) in the docket number field to 

access the document. For assistance, 

contact FERC Online Support. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–3107 Filed 2–18–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13652–000] 

Gary E. Hall and Rita C. Hall; Notice of 

Application Accepted for Filing With 

the Commision, Soliciting Motions To 

Intervene and Protests, Ready for 

Environmental Analysis, Intent To 

Waive Solicitation of Additional Study 

Requests, Intent To Waive Scoping, 

Intent To Waive Three Stage 

Consultation, Soliciting Comments, 

Terms and Conditions, 

Recommendations, and Prescriptions, 

and Establishing an Expedited 

Schedule for Processing 

February 5, 2010. 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: Exemption 

From Licensing. 

b. Project No.: 13652–000. 

c. Date filed: January 11, 2010. 

d. Applicant: Gary E. Hall and Rita C. 

Hall. 

e. Name of Project: Potter Creek 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: The project is located on 

Potter Creek in Flathead County, 

Montana. The project would be located 

on private property and 0.51 acre of 

federal lands in the Flathead National 

Forest, managed by the Forest Service. 

The applicant owns the private property 

on which the project will be located. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Public Utilities 

Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, 16 

U.S.C. 2705, 2708. 

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Gary E. Hall 

and Ms. Rita C. Hall, P.O. Box 133, 

Olney, MT 59927, (406) 881–2345. 

i. FERC Contact: Jennifer Harper, 

(202) 502–6136. 

j. Cooperating Agencies: We are 

asking Federal, state, and local agencies 

and Indian tribes with jurisdiction and/ 

or special expertise with respect to 

environmental issues to cooperate with 

us in the preparation of the 

environmental document. Agencies who 

would like to request cooperating status 

should follow the instructions for filing 

comments described in item l below. 

k. Pursuant to the Commission’s 

regulations, 18 CFR 4.32(b)(7), if any 

resource agency, Indian tribe, or person 

believes that an additional scientific 

study should be conducted in order to 

form a factual basis for complete 

analysis of the application on its merits, 

the resource agency, Indian tribe, or 

person must file a request for the study 

with the Commission. Due to the small 


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size and remote location of this project, 

the applicant’s close coordination with 

the Forest Service in the preparation of 

the application, and the lack of any 

study requests submitted during prefiling consultation with the FWS, 

Montana Department of Fish, Wildlife 

and Parks, Montana State Historic 

Preservation Office, and the Flathead 

Conservation District, we accept the 

consultation that has occurred on this 

project during the pre-filing period as 

satisfying our requirements for 

requesting additional studies specified 

in 18 CFR 4.32(b)(7). 

l. Deadline for filing motions to 

intervene and protests, comments, terms 

and conditions, recommendations, and 

prescriptions: Due to the small size and 

remote location of this project, as well 

as the applicant’s close coordination 

with the Forest Service in the 

preparation of the application, the 60- 

day timeframe specified in 18 CFR 

4.34(b) for filing motions to intervene 

and protests, comments, terms and 

conditions, recommendations, and 

prescriptions is shortened to 30 days 

from the issuance date of this notice. All 

reply comments filed in response to 

comments submitted by any resource 

agency, Indian tribe, or person, must be 

filed with the Commission within 45 

days from the date of this notice 

All documents may be filed 

electronically via the Internet in lieu of 

paper. 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. For a 

simpler method of submitting text only 

comments, click on ‘‘Quick Comment.’’ 

For assistance, please contact FERC 

Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov; call tollfree at (866) 208–3676; or, for TTY, 

contact (202) 502–8659. Although the 

Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing, documents may also be 

paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an 

original and eight copies to: Kimberly D. 

Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

The Commission’s Rules of Practice 

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. 

m. This application has been accepted 

for filing and is now ready for 

environmental analysis. 

n. Project Description: The Potter 

Creek Hydroelectric Project would 

consist of the following: (1) An existing 

50-foot-wide by 5-foot-high wood slat 

and rock impoundment; (2) an existing 

0.07-acre reservoir having a storage 

capacity of 0.14 acre-feet of water; (3) a 

4-inch-diameter, 111-foot-long PVC 

penstock; (4) a turbine box containing 

one generating unit with total installed 

generating capacity of 50 watts; and (5) 

an approximately 335-foot-long 

transmission line from the turbine box 

to the Hall residence. The project would 

have an average annual generation of 

438 kilowatt-hours. The dam, reservoir, 

penstock, turbine box, and 293 feet of 

the transmission line are located on 

federal lands in the Flathead National 

Forest managed by the Forest Service. 

The applicant proposes to operate the 

project as run-of-river. 

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. 

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. 

p. 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 a notice of intent to file such an 

application. Submission of a timely 

notice of intent allows an interested 

person to file the competing 

development application no later than 

120 days after the specified intervention 

deadline date. Applications for 

preliminary permits will not be 

accepted in response to this notice. 

A notice of intent 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. A 

notice of intent must be served on the 

applicant(s) named in this public notice. 

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, and .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’’, ‘‘NOTICE OF INTENT 

TO FILE COMPETING APPLICATION,’’ 

‘‘COMPETING APPLICATION,’’ 

‘‘COMMENTS,’’ ‘‘REPLY COMMENTS,’’ 

‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS,’’ ‘‘TERMS AND 

CONDITIONS,’’ or ‘‘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 C.F.R. §§ 385.2001 through 

385.2005. 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. 

q. With this notice, we are initiating 

consultation with the Montana State 

Historic Preservation Office, as required 

by § 106, National Historic Preservation 

Act, and the regulations of the Advisory 

Council on Historic Preservation, 36 

CFR Part 800.4. 

r. Procedural schedule and final 

amendments: We intend to accept the 

consultation that has occurred on this 

project during the pre-filing period as 

satisfying our requirements for the 

standard 3-stage consultation process 

under 18 CFR 4.38 and for National 

Environmental Policy Act scoping. The 

application will be processed according 

to the following procedural schedule. 

Revisions to the schedule may be made 

as appropriate. 

Milestone Target date 

Comments, recommendations, and terms and conditions due.March 8, 

2010. 

Reply comments due ............ March 23, 

2010. 


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Milestone Target date 

Notice of the availability of 

the EA.

April, 2010. 

s. Based on a review of the exemption 

application and resource agency 

consultation letters, Commission staff 

intend to prepare a single 

environmental assessment (EA). The EA 

will assess the potential effects of 

project construction and operation on 

geology and soils, aquatic, terrestrial, 

threatened and endangered species, 

recreation and land use, aesthetic, and 

cultural and historic resources. Because 

staff believe the issues that need to be 

addressed in its EA have been 

adequately identified, with this notice, 

we are soliciting comments on our 

intent to waive scoping for the Potter 

Creek Hydroelectric Project. Comments, 

terms and conditions, 

recommendations, prescriptions, and 

reply comments, if any, will be 

addressed in an EA. 

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. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–3103 Filed 2–18–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. AD04–4–001] 

Panel Member List for Hydropower 

Licensing Study Dispute Resolution; 

Notice Extending Filing Date for 

Applications for Panel Member List for 

Hydropower Licensing Study Dispute 

Resolution 

February 4, 2010. 

On October 20, 2009, the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission 

(Commission) requested applications to 

be included on a list of resource experts 

willing to serve as a third panel member 

in the Commission’s hydropower 

integrated licensing process (ILP) study 

dispute resolution process. We are 

extending the application period until 

August 15, 2010, to afford interested 

parties more time to respond to the 

original request. Respondents to the 

initial request need not reapply to be 

considered. Information on the 

application contents and how to file 

applications can be found in the 

October 20, 2009 notice or on the 

Commission’s Web page at: http:// 

www.ferc.gov/industries/ 

hydropower.asp. For more information 

please contact David Turner at (202) 

502–6091 or david.turner@ferc.gov. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–3158 Filed 2–18–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13605–000] 

Natural Currents Energy Services, 

LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit 

Application Accepted for Filing and 

Soliciting Comments, Motions To 

Intervene, and Competing Applications 

February 4, 2010. 

On October 21, 2009, and revised on 

January 28, 2009, Natural Currents 

Energy Services, LLC, filed an 

application for a preliminary permit, 

pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal 

Power Act, proposing to study the 

feasibility of the Icy Passage Tidal 

Energy Project, located in Icy Passage, in 

the Hoonah-Angoon Borough, Alaska. 

The sole purpose of a preliminary 

permit, if issued, is to grant the permit 

holder priority to file a license 

application during the permit term. A 

preliminary permit does not authorize 

the permit holder to perform any land 

disturbing activities or otherwise enter 

upon lands or waters owned by others 

without the owners’ express permission. 

The proposed project would either 

attach turbines to the underside of an 

existing State of Alaska dock, or anchor 

the turbines to the bottom of the 

passage, and would consist of: (1) An 

existing approximately 70-foot-long by 

220-foot-wide State of Alaska dock 

connected to the shore by an 

approximately 1,130-foot-long 

boardwalk extending into Icy Passage; 

(2) twelve 25-kilowatt (kW) Red Hawk 

in-stream turbine modules with a total 

generating capacity of 300 kW; (3) one 

or more clusters of Tidal In-Stream 

Energy Conversion Devices (TISEC 

devices) to transmit the electricity from 

the turbines to the underwater 

transmission line; (4) an approximately 

3,900-foot-long, 480-volt underwater 

transmission line connecting the TISEC 

device to an existing above-ground local 

distribution system; and (5) appurtenant 

facilities. The project would have an 

estimated average annual generation of 

1,200 megawatt-hours. 

Applicant Contact: Roger Bason, 

President, Natural Currents Energy 

Services, LLC, 24 Roxanne Boulevard, 

Highland, NY 12561; phone: (845) 691– 

4009. 

FERC Contact: Jennifer Harper, 202– 

502–6136. 

Deadline for filing comments, motions 

to intervene, competing applications 

(without notices of intent), or notices of 

intent to file competing applications: 60 

days from the issuance of this notice. 

Competing applications and notices of 

intent must meet the requirements of 18 

CFR 4.36. Comments, motions to 

intervene, notices of intent, and 

competing applications 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. 

For a simpler method of submitting text 

only comments, click on ‘‘Quick 

Comment.’’ For assistance, please 

contact FERC Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov; call tollfree at (866) 208–3676; or, for TTY, 

contact (202) 502–8659. Although the 

Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing, documents may also be 

paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an 

original and eight copies to: Kimberly D. 

Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

More information about this project, 

including a copy of the application, can 

be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’ 

link of Commission’s Web site at 

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

elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number 

(P–13605) in the docket number field to 

access the document. For assistance, 

contact FERC Online Support. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–3106 Filed 2–18–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13237–001] 

Whitman River Dam, Inc.; Notice of 

Intent To File License Application, 

Filing of Pre-Application Document, 

and Approving Use of the Traditional 

Licensing Process 

February 5, 2010. 

a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to 

File License Application and Request to 

Use the Traditional Licensing Process. 

b. Project No.: 13237–001. 


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