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VA 23219 or at 804–771–4412 or 

Brad.A.Knisley@dom.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 

the 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 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 

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 commentors 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 commentors will not be 

required to serve copies of filed 

documents on all other parties. 

However, the non-party commentors 

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. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filings of comments, protests 

and interventions in lieu of paper using 

the ‘‘eFiling’’ link at http:// 

www.ferc.gov. 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. 

This filing is accessible online at 

http://www.ferc.gov, using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for 

review in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room in Washington, DC. 

There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the 

Web site that enables subscribers to 

receive e-mail notification when a 

document is added to a subscribed 

docket(s). For assistance with any FERC 

Online service, please e-mail 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call 

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call 

(202) 502–8659. 

Comment Date: February 17, 2009. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–2158 Filed 1–30–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 12628–002] 

The City of Nashua, IA; Notice of 

Application Tendered for Filing With 

the Commission, Soliciting Additional 

Study Requests, and Establishing a 

Deadline for Submission of Final 

Amendments 

January 26, 2009. 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: Original 

License. 

b. Project No.: 12628–002. 

c. Date filed: January 13, 2009. 

d. Applicant: The City of Nashua, 

Iowa. 

e. Name of Project: Cedar Lake Dam 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: The project would be 

located at the existing Cedar Lake Dam, 

on the Cedar River, in Chickasaw 

County, Iowa. The project would not 

occupy any Federal land. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Ms. Rebecca 

Neal, The City of Nashua, 402 Main 

Street, Nashua, IA 50658; (641) 435– 

4156. 

i. FERC Contact: Michael Watts, 

Michael.Watts@ferc.gov, (202) 502– 

6123. 

j. Cooperating Agencies: We are 

asking Federal, State, and local agencies 

and Indian tribes with jurisdiction and/ 

or special expertise with respect to 

environmental issues to cooperate with 

us in the preparation of the 

environmental document. Agencies who 

would like to request cooperating status 

should follow the instructions for filing 

comments 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 

person believes that an additional 

scientific study should be conducted in 

order to form a factual basis for 

complete analysis of the application on 

its merits, the resource agency, Indian 

tribe, or person must file a request for 

the study with the Commission no later 

than 60 days from the application filing 

date, and serve a copy of the request on 

the applicant. 


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l. Deadline for filing additional study 

requests and requests for cooperating 

agency status: March 16, 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 may be 

filed electronically via the Internet in 

lieu of paper. The Commission strongly 

encourages electronic filing. See 18 CFR 

385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions 

on the Commission’s Web site (http:// 

www.ferc.gov) under the ‘‘eFiling’’ link. 

After logging into the eFiling system, 

select ‘‘Comment on Filing’’ from the 

Filing Type Selection screen and 

continue with the filing process. 

m. This application is not ready for 

environmental analysis at this time. 

n. Project Description: The existing 

dam and integral powerhouse are 

owned by the City of Nashua (City) and 

were constructed in 1917 and used for 

power generation until 1965. The City is 

proposing to rehabilitate the project and 

install new turbine generators and 

associated equipment. The proposed 

project would consist of: (1) An existing 

15.5-foot-high concrete dam with a 258- 

foot-long spillway equipped with four 6- 

foot-high taintor gates, a 6-foot-high 

control gate, and three 4-foot-high 

flashboards; (2) an existing 405-acre 

reservoir with a normal full pond 

elevation of 960.1 feet above mean sea 

level; (3) an existing 50-foot-wide 

concrete intake structure connected to; 

(4) an existing powerhouse to contain 

four new turbine generating units with 

a total installed capacity of 800 

kilowatts; (5) a new 75-foot-long, 13.8- 

kilovolts overhead transmission line; 

and (6) appurtenant facilities. The 

proposed project would generate an 

estimated average annual generation of 

3,285 megawatt hours. 

The project would operate in a run-ofriver mode. 

o. A copy of the application is on file 

with the Commission and is available 

for 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 

filed to access the documents. For 

assistance, please contact FERC Online 

Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll 

free at (866) 208–3676 or for TTY, 

contact (202) 502–8659. A copy is also 

available for inspection and 

reproduction at the address in item h 

above. 

p. 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. 

q. Procedural schedule and final 

amendments: The application will be 

processed according to the following 

Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to 

the schedule will be made as 

appropriate. The Commission staff 

proposes to issue one environmental 

assessment rather than issue a draft and 

final EA. Comments, terms and 

conditions, recommendations, 

prescriptions, and reply comments, if 

any, will be addressed in an EA. Staff 

intends to give at least 30 days for 

entities to comment on the EA, and will 

take into consideration all comments 

received on the EA before final action is 

taken on the license application. 

Issue Acceptance or Deficiency Letter.April 2009. 

Issue Scoping Document ....... May 2009. 

Notice of application is ready 

for environmental analysis.

August 2009. 

Notice of the availability of the 

EA.

March 2010. 

Final amendments: 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. E9–2156 Filed 1–30–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project Nos. P–2403–056; P–2721–020; P– 

2312–019] 

Penobscot River Restoration Trust; 

Notice of Application for Surrender of 

Licenses Accepted for Filing, Soliciting 

Comments, Motions To Intervene and 

Protests, Ready for Environmental 

Analysis 

January 26, 2009. 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: Surrender of 

Licenses. 

b. Project Nos.: P–2403–056, P–2721– 

020, P–2312–019. 

c. Date filed: November 7, 2008. 

d. Applicant: Penobscot River 

Restoration Trust (Trust). PPL Maine, 

LLC is the licensee for the Veazie (P– 

2403) and Howland (P–2721) Projects 

and PPL Great Works, LLC is the 

licensee for the Great Works Project (P– 

2312). Pursuant to the transfer orders 

issued January 6, 2009, the Trust is to 

become the licensee once the 

instruments of conveyance are signed. 

Pursuant to the Lower Penobscot River 

Basin Comprehensive Settlement 

Accord filed on June 25, 2004, the 

transfer of ownership to the Trust is 

contingent upon the issuance of the 

license surrender order. 

e. Name of Projects: Veazie, Howland 

and Great Works Hydroelectric Projects. 

f. Location: The Veazie and Great 

Works Projects are located on the 

Penobscot River in Penobscot County, 

Maine. The Howland Project is located 

on the Piscataquis River in Penobscot 

County, Maine. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Ms. Laura Rose 

Day, Penobscot River Restoration Trust, 

P.O. Box 5695, Augusta, Maine 04332, 

Telephone (207) 430–0114, e-mail 

laura@penobscotriver.org. 

i. FERC Contact: Ms. Brandi 

Sangunett, Telephone (202) 502–8393, 

and e-mail brandi.sangunett@ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for filing motions to 

intervene and protests, comments, 

recommendations is 30 days from the 

issuance of this notice. 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. 

k. Description of Request: The 

applicant proposes to surrender the 

licenses for the Veazie, Great Works and 

Howland Hydroelectric Projects. In 

addition, the applicant proposes to 

decommission and remove the dams at 

the Veazie and Great Works Projects. 

Further, the applicant proposes to 

decommission the powerhouse, 

generating units, and existing fish 

ladder at the Howland Project. The 

applicant proposes to keep the Howland 

dam in place but remove the flashboards 

to lower the reservoir by 0.8 feet and 

create a nature-like fish bypass reach 

around the south end of the dam. This 

application is part of a four phase 

program to restore native sea-run fish 

through improved access to 1,000 miles 

of their historic habitat in the Penobscot 

River watershed while also 

accommodating the continued 

generation of hydroelectric power at 

specified locations. 

l. Locations of the Application: A 

copy of the application is available for 

inspection and reproduction at the 

Commission’s Public Reference Room, 

located at 888 First Street, NE., Room 


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