Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 33 / Friday, February 19, 2010 / Notices 7469 

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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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 

provide copies of their protests only to 


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