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cultural impact assessment prepared in 

accordance with Hawai‘i law, 

specifically Act 50, SLH 2000. 

Impacts will be analyzed across a 

number of resource areas, including: 

• Air quality (including climate 

change and greenhouse gas emissions). 

• Water resources and drainage. 

• Coastal zone resources. 

• Geography, geology, and soils. 

• Land and submerged land use. 

• Threatened and endangered 

species, special status species, and 

related sensitive resources such as the 

Hawaiian Islands Humpback Whale 

National Marine Sanctuary. 

• Land transportation. 

• Marine transportation and 

commerce. 

• Airspace utilization. 

• Public health and safety. 

• Noise. 

• Natural hazards. 

• Hazardous materials. 

• Accidents and intentional 

destructive acts. 

• Cultural and historical resources. 

• Recreational resources. 

• Visual resources. 

• Socioeconomic impacts, 

community services and infrastructure. 

• Environmental justice 

considerations (disproportionately high 

and adverse impacts to minority and 

low income populations). 

• Cumulative impacts (past, present, 

and reasonably foreseeable future 

actions). 

• Irreversible and irretrievable 

commitments of resources. 

The programmatic analysis will 

identify best management practices, 

outline regulatory procedures, address 

mitigation of environmental impacts 

and support the development of general 

guidance for major components of an 

interisland undersea cable energy grid 

for the transmission of wind energy. 

7. Public Participation: Scoping, EIS 

Distribution, Schedule 

As indicated in the DATES section, 

public scoping meetings will be 

conducted in early 2011. Each scoping 

meeting will be structured in two parts: 

first an informal ‘‘workshop’’ discussion 

period that will not be recorded, then a 

formal commenting session, which will 

be transcribed by a court stenographer. 

The meetings will provide interested 

parties the opportunity to view exhibits 

on the HIREP: Wind, ask questions, and 

submit comments orally or in writing. 

Representatives from DOE, Hawai‘i, and 

any cooperating agencies will be 

available to answer questions and 

provide additional information to 

participants. Individuals who submit 

comments during the scoping process 

will receive paper or electronic copies 

of the draft EIS, according to their 

preference. Persons who do not wish to 

submit comments or suggestions at this 

time, but would like to receive a copy 

of the draft EIS when it is issued should 

submit a request as provided in the 

ADDRESSES section and include their 

preference for a paper or electronic 

copy. 

In preparing the draft EIS, DOE and 

Hawai‘i will consider comments 

received during the scoping period. The 

agencies plan to issue the draft EIS by 

October 2011. After the agencies issue 

the draft EIS, the U.S. Environmental 

Protection Agency will publish a notice 

of availability of the draft EIS in the 

Federal Register, which will begin a 

minimum 45-day public comment 

period. In addition to and concurrent 

with this NOI publication in the Federal 

Register, the State of Hawai‘i is 

preparing a state-level environmental 

review notice. That notice along with 

this NOI will be published in the State 

of Hawai‘i Environmental Notice 

consistent with all state requirements. 

The agencies will announce how to 

comment on the draft EIS and will hold 

public hearings during the public 

comment period, but no sooner than 15 

days after the notice of availability is 

published. In preparing the final EIS, 

the agencies will respond to comments 

received on the draft EIS. The agencies 

plan to issue the final EIS by April 2012. 

No sooner than 60 days after the 

Environmental Protection Agency 

publishes a Notice of Availability of the 

final EIS, DOE and Hawai‘i will each 

issue its Record of Decision regarding 

their actions considered in the EIS. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on December 8, 

2010. 

Patricia A. Hoffman, 

Assistant Secretary, Office of Electricity 

Delivery and Energy Reliability. 

[FR Doc. 2010–31310 Filed 12–13–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP11–42–000] 

Dominion Transmission, Inc; Notice of 

Application 

December 7, 2010. 

Take notice that on November 23, 

2010, Dominion Transmission, Inc. 

(DTI), 120 Tredegar Street, Richmond, 

Virginia 23219, filed in Docket No. 

CP11–42–000 an application pursuant 

to section 7(b) of the Natural Gas Act 

and Part 157 the Commission’s Rules 

and Regulations for all the necessary 

authorizations required to 

refunctionalize its existing Line No. TL– 

404, a 26-mile, 24- and 30-inch pipeline 

which extends from DTI’s Hastings 

Extraction Plant in Wetzel County, WV 

to its terminus in Monroe County, OH, 

from a transmission function to a 

gathering function. The details of the 

request are more fully set forth in the 

application, which is on file with the 

Commission and open to public 

inspection. This filing may also be 

viewed on the web 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 at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202) 

502–8659. 

Any questions regarding this 

application should be directed to Brad 

A. Knisley, Regulatory and Certificates 

Analyst III, Dominion Transmission, 

Inc., 701 East Cary Street, Richmond, 

VA 23219, or telephone (804) 777–4412, 

or facsimile (804) 771–4804 or e-mail 

Brad.A.Knisley@dom.com. 

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 with the 

Commission and must mail a copy to 

the applicant and to every other party in 

the proceeding. 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 

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to the proceeding. The Commission’s 

rules require that persons filing 

comments in opposition to the project 

provide copies of their protests only to 

the party or parties directly involved in 

the protest. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filings of comments, protests, 

and interventions 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 under the ‘‘e-Filing’’ link. 

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. 

Comment Date: December 29, 2010. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–31257 Filed 12–13–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project Nos. 13825–000; 13827–000] 

FFP Missouri 16, LLC, Solia 9 

Hydroelectric, LLC; Notice of 

Competing Preliminary Permit 

Applications Accepted for Filing and 

Soliciting Comments, Motions To 

Intervene, and Competing Applications 

December 7, 2010. 

On August 6, 2010, FFP Missouri 16, 

LLC (FFP) and Solia 9 Hydroelectric, 

LLC filed preliminary permit 

applications, pursuant to section 4(f) of 

the Federal Power Act, proposing to 

study the feasibility of a hydropower 

project at the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers’ (Corps) Mississippi River 

Lock and Dam #15 structure, located on 

the Mississippi River near Rock Island, 

Illinois. 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. 

FFP’s Mississippi Lock and Dam #15 

Project (Project No. 13825–000) would 

consist of: (1) Four modular generation 

units placed in nine of the existing gate 

bays of the Corps’ lock and dam 

structure. These 36 units would contain 

compact bulb turbines with individual 

unit capacities of 835 KW each and have 

a combined capacity of 30 MW; (2) a 

separate 50-foot x 60-foot control 

building; (3) a new 30 MVa substation 

located on the north side of the river; (4) 

a new 5,500-foot-long transmission line 

extending to an interconnection point 

with the existing Mid American Energy 

substation on the southern edge of Rock 

Island; and (5) appurtenant facilities. 

The proposed operating voltage would 

be 115-kilovolt (kV). FFP is also 

exploring an alternative that would 

involve construction of a new 260-footlong x 210-foot-wide x 70-foot-high 

conventional concrete powerhouse and 

intake in the northern two roller gate 

bays. The new proposed powerhouse 

would contain four horizontal bulb 

turbines rated at 7.5 MW each. Each 

design would have a total energy 

generation of 200 gigawatt-hours per 

year. The project would utilize Corps 

designated flows from the Mississippi 

Lock and Dam #15 structure and operate 

as directed by the Corps. 

Applicant Contact: Mr. Ramya 

Swaminathan, Free Flow Power 

Corporation, 33 Commercial Street, 

Gloucester, MA 01930; Telephone: (978) 

283–2822. 

Solia 9 Hydroelectric’s proposed Lock 

and Dam #15 Hydropower Project 

(Project No. 13827–000) would consist 

of: (1) One 245-foot-long x 160-footwide x 60-foot-high concrete 

powerhouse. The proposed powerhouse 

would contain 6 turbine generator units 

with individual unit capacities of 5.2 

MW each and have a combined capacity 

of 31 MW; (2) a new 26,400-foot-long 34 

to 230-kV transmission line extending 

from the switchyard near the proposed 

powerhouse to an existing nearby 

distribution line; and (3) appurtenant 

facilities. The proposed project design 

would have a total energy generation of 

172 gigawatt-hours per year. The project 

would operate run-of-river and utilize 

flows released from the dam. 

Applicant Contact: Mr. Douglas 

Spaulding, P.E., Nelson Energy, LLC, 

8441 Wayzata Blvd., #101, Golden 

Valley, MN 55426; Telephone: (952) 

544–8133. 

FERC Contact: Tyrone A. Williams, 

tyrone.williams@ferc.gov or (202) 502– 

6331. 

Deadline for filing comments, motions 

to intervene, and competing 

applications (without notices of intent), 

or notices of intent to file competing 

applications: 60 days from the issuance 

date of this notice. 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.gov; call toll-free at 

(866) 208–3676; or, for TTY, contact 

(202) 502–8659. Although the 

Commission strongly recommends 

electronic filing, documents may also be 

paper-filed. To paper-file, an original 

and eight copies should be mailed to: 

Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

For more information on how to submit 

these types of filings please go to the 

Commission’s Web site located at 

http://www.ferc.gov/filingcomments.asp. 

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–13795) in the docket number field to 

access the document. For assistance, 

contact FERC Online Support. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–31258 Filed 12–13–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Sunshine Act Meeting 

December 9, 2010. 

The following notice of meeting is 

published pursuant to section 3(a) of the 

government in the Sunshine Act (Pub. 

L. 94–409), 5 U.S.C. 552b: 

AGENCY HOLDING MEETING: Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission. 

DATE AND TIME: December 16, 2010, 

10 a.m. 

PLACE: Room 2C, 888 First Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20426. 

STATUS: Open. 

MATTERS TO BE CONSIDERED: Agenda. 

* Note —Items listed on the agenda may be 

deleted without further notice. 

CONTACT PERSON FOR MORE INFORMATION: 

Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Telephone 

(202) 502–8400. 

For a recorded message listing items 

struck from or added to the meeting, call 

(202) 502–8627. 

This is a list of matters to be 

considered by the Commission. It does 

not include a listing of all documents 

relevant to the items on the agenda. All 


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