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c. Date Filed: November 20, 2009. 

d. Submitted By: Whitman River Dam, 

Inc. 

e. Name of Project: Crocker Pond 

Project. 

f. Location: The project would be 

located at the existing Crocker Pond 

Dam, on the Whitman River, in 

Worcester County, Massachusetts. The 

project would not occupy any federal 

land. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 5.3 of the 

Commission’s regulations. 

h. Potential Applicant Contact: Mr. 

Robert T. Francis, Whitman River Dam, 

Inc., P.O. Box 145, 10 Tommy Francis 

Road, Westminster, MA 01473; (978) 

874–1010. 

i. FERC Contact: Jeff Browning, (202) 

502–8677, or jeffrey.browning@ferc.gov. 

j. Whitman River Dam, Inc. filed its 

request to use the Traditional Licensing 

Process on November 20, 2009. 

Whitman River Dam, Inc. provided 

public notice of its request on December 

17, 2009. In a letter dated February 1, 

2010, the Director of the Office of 

Energy Projects approved the Whitman 

River Dam, Inc. request to use the 

Traditional Licensing Process. 

k. With this notice, we are initiating 

informal consultation with: (a) the U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service under section 

7 of the Endangered Species Act; and (b) 

the Massachusetts State Historic 

Preservation Officer, as required by 

section 106, National Historical 

Preservation Act, and the implementing 

regulations of the Advisory Council on 

Historic Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2. 

l. Whitman River Dam, Inc. filed a 

Pre-Application Document (PAD; 

including a proposed process plan and 

schedule) with the Commission, 

pursuant to 18 CFR 5.6 of the 

Commission’s regulations. 

m. A copy of the PAD is available for 

review at the Commission in the Public 

Reference Room or may be viewed on 

the Commission’s Web site (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 toll 

free at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY, 

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

for inspection and reproduction at the 

address in paragraph h. 

Register online at http://ferc.gov/ 

esubscribenow.htm to be notified via email of new filing and issuances related 

to this or other pending projects. For 

assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–3105 Filed 2–18–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP04–379–003] 

Pine Prairie Energy Center, LLC; 

Notice of Application 

February 3, 2010. 

Take notice that on January 26, 2010, 

Pine Prairie Energy Center, LLC (Pine 

Prairie), 333 Clay Street, Suite 1100, 

Houston, TX 77002, filed an abbreviated 

application in Docket No. CP04–379– 

003, pursuant to section 7(c) of the 

Natural Gas Act (NGA) as amended, for 

an order amending the certificate of 

public convenience and necessity 

issued in Docket Nos. CP04–379–000, 

CP04–379–001, and CP04–379–002, to 

authorize Pine Prairie to: (1) Install six 

5,750 hp electric motor drive 

compressor units instead of the four 

4,700 hp natural gas-fueled units 

previously authorized; (2) construct and 

operate a new electrical substation at 

the Pine Prairie Gas Handling Facility 

and approximately 1,200 feet of aerial 

electric power lines between the new 

substation and the existing substation 

and (3) increase the authorized daily 

delivery capacity at Pine Prairie’s 

existing interconnection with Columbia 

Gulf Transmission Company to permit 

higher rates of delivery at peak 

conditions. Pine Prairie also seeks 

reaffirmation of its authority to charge 

market based rates for storage and hub 

services, all as more fully set forth in the 

application which is on file with the 

Commission and open for public 

inspection. 

Any questions concerning this 

application should be directed to James 

F. Bowe, Jr., Dewey & LeBoeuf LLP, 

1101 New York Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20005, 202–346–8000 

(phone), 202–346–8102 (fax), or via email at jbowe@dl.com. 

Pursuant to section 157.9 of the 

Commission’s rules, 18 CFR 157.9, 

within 90 days of this Notice the 

Commission staff will either complete 

its environmental assessment (EA) and 

place it into the Commission’s public 

record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or 

issue a Notice of Schedule for 

Environmental Review. If a Notice of 

Schedule for Environmental Review is 

issued, it will indicate, among other 

milestones, the anticipated date for the 

Commission staff’s issuance of the final 

environmental impact statement (FEIS) 

or EA for this proposal. The filing of the 

EA in the Commission’s public record 

for this proceeding or the issuance of a 

Notice of Schedule for Environmental 

Review will serve to notify federal and 

state agencies of the timing for the 

completion of all necessary reviews, and 

the subsequent need to complete all 

federal authorizations within 90 days of 

the date of issuance of the Commission 

staff’s FEIS or EA. 

This filing 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 ‘‘e-Library’’ link. 

Enter the docket number excluding the 

last three digits in the docket number 

field to access the document. For 

assistance, contact FERC at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

toll-free, (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, 

(202) 502–8659. 

There are two ways to become 

involved in the Commission’s review of 

this project. First, any person wishing to 

obtain legal status by becoming a party 

to the proceedings for this project 

should, on or before the comment date 

stated below file with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, 

a motion to intervene in accordance 

with the requirements of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211) 

and the Regulations under the NGA (18 

CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party 

status will be placed on the service list 

maintained by the Secretary of the 

Commission and will receive copies of 

all documents filed by the applicant and 

by all other parties. A party must submit 

14 copies of filings made in the 

proceeding with the Commission and 

must mail a copy to the applicant and 

to every other party. Only parties to the 

proceeding can ask for court review of 

Commission orders in the proceeding. 

However, a person does not have to 

intervene in order to have comments 

considered. The second way to 

participate is by filing with the 

Secretary of the Commission, as soon as 

possible, an original and two copies of 

comments in support of or in opposition 

to this project. The Commission will 

consider these comments in 

determining the appropriate action to be 

taken, but the filing of a comment alone 

will not serve to make the filer a party 

to the proceeding. The Commission’s 

rules require that persons filing 

comments in opposition to the project 

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the party or parties directly involved in 

the protest. 

Persons who wish to comment only 

on the environmental review of this 

project should submit an original and 

two copies of their comments to the 

Secretary of the Commission. 

Environmental commenters will be 

placed on the Commission’s 

environmental mailing list, will receive 

copies of the environmental documents, 

and will be notified of meetings 

associated with the Commission’s 

environmental review process. 

Environmental commenters will not be 

required to serve copies of filed 

documents on all other parties. 

However, the non-party commenters 

will not receive copies of all documents 

filed by other parties or issued by the 

Commission (except for the mailing of 

environmental documents issued by the 

Commission) and will not have the right 

to seek court review of the 

Commission’s final order. 

Protests and interventions 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 under the 

‘‘e-Filing’’ link. The Commission 

strongly encourages electronic filings. 

Comment Date: February 24, 2010. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–3102 Filed 2–18–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2354–10] 

Chandra Coffee and Rabun Boatworks, 

Complainants v. Georgia Power 

Company, Respondent; Notice of 

Complaint 

February 3, 2010. 

Take notice that on December 14, 

2009, as amended on January 8, 2010, 

Chandra Coffee and Rabun Boatworks 

(Complainants) filed with the Federal 

Regulatory Commission (Commission or 

FERC) a complaint against Georgia 

Power Company (Respondent), licensee 

of the North Georgia Hydroelectric 

Project No. 2354. Complainants own 

and operate a storage and boat rental 

business approximately one mile from 

Lake Rabun. Complainants, after 

contracting with boating customers offsite, place boats in the water, assist in 

loading and unloading boaters, and 

facilitate retrieval of boats from the 

water at the Lake Rabun Recreation 

Area. Complainants allege that 

Respondent has impermissibly denied 

them access to the public boat ramp at 

the Lake Rabun Recreation Area, part of 

the Respondent’s North Georgia Project. 

Complainants request that the 

Commission investigate and assert that 

Respondent has not complied with its 

FERC license. 

Complainants certify that a copy of 

the complaint was served on counsel for 

Georgia Power Company. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest this filing must file in 

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). 

Protests 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. Any person wishing to 

become a party must file a notice of 

intervention or motion to intervene, as 

appropriate. The Respondent’s answer 

and all interventions, or protests must 

be filed on or before the comment date. 

The Respondent’s answer, motions to 

intervene, and protests must be served 

on the Complainants. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper using the 

‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 14 copies 

of the protest or intervention to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

This filing is accessible on-line at 

http://www.ferc.gov, using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for 

review in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room in Washington, DC. 

There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the 

Web site that enables subscribers to 

receive e-mail notification when a 

document is added to a subscribed 

docket(s). For assistance with any FERC 

Online service, please e-mail 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call 

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call 

(202) 502–8659. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on February 23, 2010. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–3097 Filed 2–18–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2232–566] 

Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC; Notice of 

Availability of Environmental 

Assessment 

February 3, 2010. 

In accordance with the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, as 

amended, and the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission’s (Commission) 

regulations, (18 CFR Part 380), 

Commission staff has prepared an 

environmental assessment (EA) 

regarding Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC’s 

(Duke), licensee for the CatawbaWateree Project, request for approval of 

an agreement between the Town of 

Mooresville, North Carolina 

(Mooresville) and Duke, authorizing 

Mooresville to operate and maintain 

expanded water intake facilities and 

withdraw water from Lake Norman. The 

Catawba-Wateree Project (FERC No. 

2232) is located on the Catawba and 

Wateree Rivers, in nine counties in 

North Carolina and five counties in 

South Carolina. Lake Norman is the fifth 

reservoir in the series of reservoirs used 

by the project, and is located on the 

Catawba River. 

In its application, Duke proposes to 

grant an expansion of Mooresville’s 

water intake facilities and increase 

Mooresville’s water withdrawal rate 

from Lake Norman. The existing water 

intake structure would be expanded by 

connecting a new pipe to the existing 

water intake structure and the existing 

pumping plant located on Mooresvilleowned property within the project 

boundary. Mooresville has requested 

that the expanded facility have a gross 

maximum allowable water withdrawal 

rate of 18 million gallons per day 

(MGD), a 6 MGD increase from the 

current approved maximum withdrawal 

rate of 12 MGD, as approved by the 

Commission on August 23, 2005. The 

water intake and pump facility are 

located in Iredell County, North 

Carolina. 

The EA is attached to a Commission 

order titled, ‘‘Order Modifying and 

Approving Non-Project Use of Project 

Lands and Waters,’’ which was issued 

February 3, 2010, and is available for 

review at the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room, or it may be viewed on 

the Commission’s Web site at http:// 

www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. 

Enter the docket number (P–2232) in the 

docket number field to access the 

document. For assistance with eLibrary, 

contact FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or 


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