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As a Potential Respondent to the 

Request for Information 

A. Is the proposed collection of 

information necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency and does the information have 

practical utility? 

B. What actions could be taken to 

help ensure and maximize the quality, 

objectivity, utility, and integrity of the 

information to be collected? 

C. Are the instructions and definitions 

clear and sufficient? If not, which 

instructions need clarification? 

D. Can the information be submitted 

by the respondent by the due date? 

E. Public reporting burden for this 

collection is estimated to average 3 

hours per respondent monthly. The 

estimated burden includes the total time 

necessary to provide the requested 

information. In your opinion, how 

accurate is this estimate? 

F. The agency estimates that the only 

cost to a respondent is for the time it 

will take to complete the collection. 

Will a respondent incur any start-up 

costs for reporting, or any recurring 

annual costs for operation, maintenance, 

and purchase of services associated with 

the information collection? 

G. What additional actions could be 

taken to minimize the burden of this 

collection of information? Such actions 

may involve the use of automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

H. Does any other Federal, State, or 

local agency collect similar information? 

If so, specify the agency, the data 

element(s), and the methods of 

collection. 

As a Potential User of the Information 

To Be Collected 

A. Is the proposed collection of 

information necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency and does the information have 

practical utility? 

B. What actions could be taken to 

help ensure and maximize the quality, 

objectivity, utility, and integrity of the 

information disseminated? 

C. Is the information useful at the 

levels of detail to be collected? 

D. For what purpose(s) would the 

information be used? Be specific. 

E. Are there alternate sources for the 

information and are they useful? If so, 

what are their weaknesses and/or 

strengths? 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of the form. They also will 

become a matter of public record. 

Statutory Authority: Section 13(b) of the 

Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974, 

Pub. L. 93–275, codified at 15 U.S.C. 772(b). 

Issued in Washington, DC, March 4, 2010. 

Stephanie Brown, 

Director, Statistics and Methods Group, 

Energy Information Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2010–5082 Filed 3–9–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13526–001] 

Bowersock Mills and Power Company; 

Notice of Application Tendered for 

Filing With the Commission; Intent To 

Waive Stage I and Stage II Pre-Filing 

Consultation Requirements and 

Scoping; Soliciting Additional Study 

Requests; and Establishing Procedural 

Schedule for Licensing 

March 3, 2010. 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: Original Major 

License. 

b. Project No.: 13526–001. 

c. Date Filed: February 8, 2010. 

d. Applicant: Bowersock Mills Power 

Company (Bowersock). 

e. Name of Project: Bowersock Mills 

and Power Company Expanded Kansas 

River Hydropower Project. 

f. Location: The project would be 

located on the Kansas River in Douglas 

County, Kansas. The project would not 

affect Federal lands. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Sarah HillNelson, The Bowersock Mills and Power 

Company, P.O. Box 66, Lawrence, 

Kansas 66044; (785)-766–0884. 

i. FERC Contact: Monte TerHaar, (202) 

502–6035, or via e-mail at 

monte.terhaar@ferc.gov. 

j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, 

State, local, and Tribal agencies with 

jurisdiction and/or special expertise 

with respect to environmental issues 

that wish to cooperate in the 

preparation of the environmental 

document should follow the 

instructions for filing such requests in 

item l below. Cooperating agencies 

should note the Commission’s policy 

that agencies that cooperate in the 

preparation of the environmental 

document cannot also intervene. See 94 

FERC ¶ 61,076 (2001). 

k. Pursuant to Section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 

CFR of the Commission’s regulations, if 

any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or 

person believes that an additional 

scientific study should be conducted in 

order to form an adequate factual basis 

for a complete analysis of the 

application on its merit, the resource 

agency, Indian Tribe, or person must file 

a request for a study with the 

Commission not later than 60 days from 

the date of filing of the application, and 

serve a copy of the request on the 

applicant. 

l. Deadline for filing requests for 

cooperating agency status and 

additional studies: April 9, 2010. 

All documents 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 ‘‘e-Filing’’ 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. 

m. This application is not ready for 

environmental analysis at this time. 

n. Project Description: The existing 

Bowersock dam and powerhouse 

currently operates under an exemption 

(Project No. 2644) as a small 

hydropower project of 5 megawatts 

(MW) or less. The proposed project 

would consist of the existing Bowersock 

dam and two powerhouses; the existing 

powerhouse on the South bank of the 

Kansas River, and a proposed 

powerhouse on the North bank of the 

Kansas River. The proposed project 

would have a total capacity of 6.012 

MW and generate an estimated 33 

gigawatt-hours annually. The electricity 

produced by the project would be sold 

to a local utility. 

The proposed project would consist of 

the following: 

(1) The existing 665-foot-long, 17-foothigh timber-crib Bowersock Dam; (2) a 

120-foot-long gated spillway with seven 

gates; (3) raising the existing flashboards 

from 4 feet high to 5.5 feet high; (4) an 

existing 4.3-mile-long reservoir, having 

a normal water surface elevation of 

813.5 feet mean sea level; (5) an existing 

South powerhouse, containing seven 

turbine/generator units having an 

installed capacity of 2.012 MW; (6) a 

proposed North powerhouse with four 

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installed capacity of 4.6 MW; (7) a 

proposed 20-foot-wide roller gate; (8) a 

new intake flume with trashracks; (9) a 

new 150-foot-long recreational boat 

portage located along the north bank of 

the Kansas River; (10) a new 765-footlong, 12-kilovolt (kV) transmission line 

connecting to an existing 535-foot-long 

2.3-kV transmission line; and (8) 

appurtenant facilities. 

The project would be operated in a 

run-of-river mode, where water levels in 

the reservoir would be maintained near 

the top of the flash boards. To avoid 

potential flooding of upstream lands, 

the project would incorporate a 20-footwide roller gate designed to release 

flows up to 2,600 cfs. In addition, the 

flashboards would be designed to 

collapse during periods of high inflows 

when the water surface elevation rises 6 

inches above the top of the flashboards. 

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. 

You may also 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. With this notice we intend to waive 

stage I and stage II pre-filing 

consultation requirements. On October 

6, 2009 Bowersock filed a preapplication document and request for 

waiver of stage I and stage II 

consultation. As required by sections 

5.3(d)(2) of the Commission’s 

regulations, on September 24, 2009 

Bowersock published notice in a local 

paper (the Lawrence Daily Journal) of its 

request to waive consultation which 

specified that comments should be filed 

with the Commission. The application 

includes letters from the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service and the Kansas 

Department of Wildlife and Parks, both 

indicating that there is sufficient 

information available to make a 

recommendation for licensing the 

project and that no further studies are 

necessary. Commission staff reviewed 

the application and comments received 

and determined that Bowersock’s 

application adequately addresses the 

issues such that no additional agency 

consultation is necessary. 

q. With this notice we intend to waive 

scoping. Based on a review of the 

application filed by Bowersock, 

resource agency consultation letters, 

and comments filed to date, 

Commission staff intends 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. 

Commission staff determined that the 

issues that need to be addressed in its 

EA have been adequately identified 

during the pre-filing period for the 

application, which includes a public 

meeting and site visit conducted by 

Bowersock on August 13, 2009, and no 

new issues are likely to be identified 

through additional scoping. 

r. Procedural Schedule: The 

application will be processed according 

to the following Hydro Licensing 

Schedule. Revisions to the schedule will 

be made as appropriate. 

Milestone Target date 

Additional study requests and cooperating agency request due.April 9, 2010. 

Notice of Acceptance, 

Intervenors, and 

Ready for Environmental Analysis 

issued.

April 23, 2010. 

Recommendations, 

preliminary terms & 

conditions, and 

fishway prescriptions 

due.

June 22, 2010. 

Commission issues EA August 20, 2010. 

Comments on EA due. September 20, 2010. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–5040 Filed 3–9–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13616–000] 

Free Flow Power Qualified Hydro 23, 

LLC; Notice of Preliminary Permit 

Application Accepted for Filing and 

Soliciting Comments, Motions To 

Intervene, and Competing Applications 

March 3, 2010. 

On November 5, 2009, Free Flow 

Power Qualified Hydro 23, LLC (FFP 

Qualified Hydro 23) filed an application 

for a preliminary permit, pursuant to 

section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, 

proposing to study the feasibility of the 

Felts Mills Hydroelectric Project No. 

13616, to be located at an existing 

partially breached dam at river mile 

19.2, on the Black River, in Jefferson 

County, New York. 

The proposed project would consist 

of: (1) A new 18.5-foot-high by 292-footlong concrete gravity dam, a refurbish 5- 

foot-high by 520-foot-long auxiliary 

dam, and a new 6-foot-high by 1,000- 

foot-long earthen embankment; (2) a 

new 140-acre impoundment with a 

normal water surface elevation of 589 

feet mean sea level; (3) an new 54-footlong by 74-foot-wide powerhouse to 

contain two new turbine-generator units 

for a total installed capacity of 5.0 

megawatts; (4) a new 2.6-mile-long, 23- 

kilovolt transmission line; and (5) 

appurtenant facilities. The proposed 

project would operate in a run-of-river 

mode and generate an estimated average 

annual generation of 40,000 megawatthours. 

FFP Qualified Hydro 23: Ramya 

Swaminathan, FFP Qualified Hydro 23, 

LLC., 33 Commercial Street, Gloucester, 

MA 01930, (978) 283–2822. 

FERC Contact: Michael Watts, (202) 

502–6123. 

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. 

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 under the 

‘‘eFiling’’ link. If unable to be filed 

electronically, documents may be paperfiled. 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 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–13616) in the docket number field to 

access the document. For assistance, 

call toll-free 1–866–208–3372. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–5041 Filed 3–9–10; 8:45 am] 

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