Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 146 / Friday, July 31, 2009 / Notices 38175 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Navy 

Meeting of the Ocean Research and 

Resources Advisory Panel 

AGENCY: Department of the Navy, DOD. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: The Ocean Research and 

Resources Advisory Panel (ORRAP) will 

hold its third regularly scheduled 

meeting of the year. The meeting will be 

open to the public. 

DATES: The meeting will be held on 

Tuesday, August 11, 2009 from 9 a.m. 

to 5:30 p.m. and Wednesday, August 12, 

2009 from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Members of 

the public should submit their 

comments one week in advance of the 

meeting to the meeting Point of Contact. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting will be held in 

the offices of the Consortium of Ocean 

Leadership, 1201 New York Avenue, 

NW., 4th Floor, Washington, DC. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. 

Charles L. Vincent, Office of Naval 

Research, 875 North Randolph Street, 

Suite 1425, Arlington, VA 22203–1995, 

telephone (703) 696–4118. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

notice of open meeting is provided in 

accordance with the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (5 U.S.C. App. 2). The 

meeting will include discussions on 

coastal hazards, fishery management 

initiatives, ocean science policy, ocean 

observations, ocean mapping, 

education, and other current issues in 

the ocean science and resource 

management communities. 

Dated: July 24, 2009. 

A.M. Vallandingham, 

Lieutenant Commander, Judge Advocate 

General’s Corps, U.S. Navy, Federal Register 

Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–18382 Filed 7–30–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[OE Docket No. EA–360] 

Application To Export Electric Energy; 

Iberdrola Renewables, Inc. 

AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery 

and Energy Reliability, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of Application. 

SUMMARY: Iberdrola Renewables, Inc. 

(IRI) has applied for authority to 

transmit electric energy from the United 

States to Canada pursuant to section 

202(e) of the Federal Power Act. 

DATES: Comments, protests, or requests 

to intervene must be submitted on or 

before August 31, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, or 

requests to intervene should be 

addressed as follows: Office of 

Electricity Delivery and Energy 

Reliability, Mail Code: OE–20, U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0350 (FAX 202– 

586–8008). 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ellen Russell (Program Office) 202–586– 

9624 or Michael Skinker (Program 

Attorney) 202–586–2793. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Exports of 

electricity from the United States to a 

foreign country are regulated by the 

Department of Energy (DOE) pursuant to 

sections 301(b) and 402(f) of the 

Department of Energy Organization Act 

(42 U.S.C. 7151(b), 7172(f)) and require 

authorization under section 202(e) of 

the FPA (16 U.S.C.824a(e)). 

On July 24, 2009, DOE received an 

application from IRI for authority to 

transmit electric energy from the United 

States to Canada as a power marketer 

using international transmission 

facilities located at the United States 

border with Canada. IRI does not own 

any electric transmission facilities nor 

does it hold a franchised service area. 

The electric energy which IRI proposes 

to export to Canada would be surplus 

energy purchased from electric utilities, 

Federal power marketing agencies, and 

other entities within the United States. 

IRI has requested an electricity export 

authorization with a 5-year term. 

The construction, operation, 

maintenance, and connection of each of 

the international transmission facilities 

to be utilized by IRI has previously been 

authorized by a Presidential permit 

issued pursuant to Executive Order 

10485, as amended. 

Procedural Matters: Any person 

desiring to become a party to these 

proceedings or to be heard by filing 

comments or protests to this application 

should file a petition to intervene, 

comment, or protest at the address 

provided above in accordance with 

§§ 385.211 or 385.214 of the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission’s Rules 

of Practice and Procedures (18 CFR 

385.211, 385.214). Fifteen copies of each 

petition and protest should be filed with 

DOE on or before the date listed above. 

Comments on the Iberdrola 

Renewables, Inc. application to export 

electric energy to Canada should be 

clearly marked with Docket No. EA– 

360. Additional copies are to be filed 

directly with Toan-Hao Nguyen and 

Julie Morris, Iberdrola Renewables, Inc. 

1125 NW Couch Street, Suite 700, 

Portland, Oregon 97209. A final 

decision will be made on this 

application after the environmental 

impacts have been evaluated pursuant 

to the National Environmental Policy 

Act of 1969, and a determination is 

made by DOE that the proposed action 

will not adversely impact on the 

reliability of the U.S. electric power 

supply system. 

Copies of this application will be 

made available, upon request, for public 

inspection and copying at the address 

provided above, by accessing the 

program Web site at http:// 

www.oe.energy.gov/ 

permits_pending.htm, or by e-mailing 

Odessa Hopkins at 

Odessa.hopkins@hq.doe.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on July 27, 

2009. 

Anthony J. Como, 

Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of 

Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability. 

[FR Doc. E9–18288 Filed 7–30–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13431–000] 

Resilient Energy LLC; Notice of 

Preliminary Permit Application 

Accepted for Filing and Soliciting 

Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 

Competing Applications 

July 27, 2009. 

On April 13, 2009, Resilient Energy 

LLC (Resilient) filed an application, 

pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal 

Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the 

feasibility of the Thomaston Dam 

Project. The Thomaston Dam Project 

would be located on the Naugatuck 

River at the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers’ Thomaston Dam in the town 

of Thomaston, Litchfield County, 

Connecticut. 

The proposed Thomaston Dam Project 

would consist of: (1) One or more 

turbine generator units with a total 

installed capacity of 2,750 kilowatts; (2) 

a 3-mile-long transmission line; and (3) 

appurtenant facilities. The project 

would have an estimated annual 

generation of 4,850 megawatt-hours. 

Applicant Contact: Mr. Hoon T. Won, 

9 Benedict Place, 2nd Floor, Greenwich, 

Connecticut 06830; (203) 340–2517. 

FERC Contact: Patrick Murphy, (202) 

502–8755. 

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. 


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