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pursuant to Section 7(b) of the Natural 

Gas Act (NGA) and Part 157 of the 

Commission’s regulations, requesting 

authorization to abandon certain 

inactive supply pipelines, associated 

meters, and appurtenances located in 

the West Delta area in Federal offshore 

waters and in State waters in 

Plaquemines Parish, Louisiana, all as 

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 

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, call (866) 208–3676 or TTY, 

(202) 502–8659. 

Any questions regarding this 

application should be directed to Susan 

T. Halbach, Senior Counsel, Tennessee 

Gas Pipeline Company, 1001 Louisiana 

Street, Houston, Texas 77002, or by 

calling (713) 420–5751 (telephone) or 

(713) 420–1601 (fax), 

susan.halbach@elpaso.com, Kathy Cash, 

Principal Analyst, Rates and Regulatory 

Affairs, Tennessee Gas Pipeline 

Company, 1001 Louisiana Street, 

Houston, Texas 77002, or by calling 

(713) 420–3290 (telephone) or (713) 

420–1605 (fax), kathy.cash@elpaso.com, 

or to Thomas G. Joyce, Manager, 

Certificates, Tennessee Gas Pipeline 

Company, 1001 Louisiana Street, 

Houston, Texas 77002, or by calling 

(713) 420–3299 (telephone) or (713) 

420–1605 (fax), tom.joyce@elpaso.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. 

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 

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 

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. 

Motions to intervene, protests and 

comments 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: August 26, 2009. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–19268 Filed 8–11–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2696–033] 

Albany Engineering Corporation; and 

Town of Stuyvesant; Notice of 

Application Tendered for Filing With 

the Commission and Soliciting 

Additional Study Requests 

DATES: August 5, 2009. 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: New Major 

License. 

b. Project No.: P–2696–033. 

c. Date filed: July 31, 2009. 

d. Applicants: Albany Engineering 

Corporation and the Town of 

Stuyvesant. 

e. Name of Project: Stuyvesant Falls 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: The existing project is 

located on Kinderhook Creek (in the 

Hudson River drainage basin) in the 

town of Stuyvesant, Columbia County, 

New York. The project does not occupy 

any Federal lands. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. James A. 

Besha, P.E., President, Albany 

Engineering Corporation, 5 Washington 

Square, Albany, New York 12205; (518) 

456–7712. 

i. FERC Contact: Carolyn Templeton 

at (202) 502–8785 or 

carolyn.templeton@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 

described 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 


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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 additional study 

requests and requests for cooperating 

agency status: September 29, 2009. 

All documents (original and eight 

copies) should be filed with: Kimberly 

D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

Additional study requests and 

requests for cooperating agency status 

may be filed electronically via the 

Internet in lieu of paper. The 

Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filings. 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.’’ 

m. The application is not ready for 

environmental analysis at this time. 

n. The Stuyvesant Falls Hydroelectric 

Project consists of the following existing 

facilities: (1) A 13-foot-high, 240-footlong, masonry gravity dam with a 

Taintor gate and trash sluice near the 

south abutment; (2) a 46-acre reservoir 

with a normal pool elevation of 174.3 

feet USGS datum; (3) two 7.5-footdiameter, 2,860-foot-long, riveted-steel 

pipelines; (4) a 25-foot-diameter surge 

tank; (5) two 200-foot-long steel 

penstocks; (6) a powerhouse containing 

a single 2.8-megawatt generating unit; 

and (7) other appurtenances. 

The following generating equipment 

is proposed as part of the new license: 

(1) A minimum flow turbine located in 

the powerhouse utilizing a rated flow 

range of 10—65 cubic feet per second 

(cfs) and rated at 590 horsepower at 97 

feet of head directly connected to a 440- 

kVA generator; and (2) a minimum flow 

turbine utilizing a rated flow range of 15 

cfs and rated at 37 horsepower at 30 feet 

of head, directly connected to a 35-kVA 

generator and located at the existing 

dam and intake, and discharging 

directly to the current bypass reach 

immediately below the dam via an 

equalizing weir. 

No new transmission lines are 

proposed for this project. The following 

equipment would be procured and 

installed to replace equipment 

previously removed from the project: (1) 

A new step up transformer and 50-foot 

generator leads; and (2) a new 34.5- 

kilovolt (kV) primary circuit breaker, 

adjacent to the proposed step up 

transformer and 34.5-kV, 40-foot 

primary leads to an existing adjacent 

Niagara Mohawk Power Corporation 

substation. 

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 at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or tollfree at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY, 

(202) 502–8659. 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 are initiating 

consultation with the New York State 

Historic Preservation Officer, as 

required by § 106, National Historic 

Preservation Act, and the regulations of 

the Advisory Council on Historic 

Preservation, 36, CFR, at 800.4. 

q. Procedural schedule: The 

application will be processed according 

to the following Hydro Licensing 

Schedule. Revisions to the schedule will 

be made as appropriate. 

Issue deficiency letter; September 

2009. 

Issue acceptance letter; January 2010. 

Issue Scoping Document 1 for 

comments; February 2010. 

Request additional information; 

March 2010. 

Issue Scoping Document 2; April 

2010. 

Notice of application is ready for 

environmental analysis; April 2010. 

Notice of the availability of the draft 

EA; December 2010. 

Notice of the availability of the final 

EA; April 2011. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–19269 Filed 8–11–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project Nos. 2727–085; 2666–032; 2534– 

091; 2710–053, and 2712–072] 

PPL Maine, LLC; Black Bear Hydro 

Partners, LLC; Notice of Application 

for Transfer of License, and Soliciting 

Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 

Protests 

August 5, 2009. 

On July 24, 2009, PPL Maine, LLC 

(Transferor) and Black Bear Hydro 

Partners, LLC (Transferee) filed a joint 

application for transfer of licenses of the 

Ellsworth Project No. 2727, Medway 

Project No. 2666, Milford Project No. 

2534, Orono Project No. 2710, and the 

Stillwater Project No. 2712. The 

Ellsworth Project is located on the 

Union River near the city of Ellsworth 

in Hancock County, Maine. The 

Medway Project is located on the West 

Branch Penobscot River near the city of 

Medway in Penobscot County, Maine. 

The Milford Project is located on the 

Penobscot River near the city of Old 

Town in Penobscot County, Maine. The 

Orono and Stillwater Projects are 

located on the Stillwater Branch of the 

Penobscot River near the city of Orono 

in Penobscot County, Maine. 

Applicants seek Commission approval 

to transfer the licenses for the Ellsworth, 

Medway, Milford, Orono, and Stillwater 

Projects from PPL Maine, LLC, to Black 

Bear Hydro Partners, LLC. 

Applicant Contact: For Transferor: 

Jesse A. Dillon, PPL Maine, LLC, c/o 

PPL Services Corporation, Office of 

General Counsel, Two North Ninth 

Street, Allentown, PA 18101, (610) 774– 

5013. 

For Transferee: Christine Miller, Esq. 

Black Bear Hydro Partners, LLC, c/o 

ArcLight Capital Partners, LLC, 200 

Clarendon Street, Boston, MA 02117, 

(617) 531–6338. 

FERC Contact: Steven Sachs, (202) 

502–8666 or Steven.Sachs@ferc.gov. 

Deadline for filing comments, 

protests, and motions to intervene: 30 

days from the issuance of this notice. 

Comments and motions to intervene 

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 


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