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interventions in lieu of paper, using the 

FERC Online links at http:// 

www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic 

service, persons with Internet access 

who will eFile a document and/or be 

listed as a contact for an intervenor 

must create and validate an 

eRegistration account using the 

eRegistration link. Select the eFiling 

link to log on and submit the 

intervention or protests. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 14 copies 

of the intervention or protest to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First St., NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

The filings in the above proceedings 

are accessible in the Commission’s 

eLibrary system by clicking on the 

appropriate link in the above list. They 

are also 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 dockets(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. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–22104 Filed 9–14–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. PR09–23–002] 

Overland Trail Transmission, LLC; 

Notice of Compliance Filing 

September 4, 2009. 

Take notice that on August 28, 2009, 

Overland Trail Transmission, LLC 

(OTTCO) filed its Statement of 

Operating Conditions in compliance 

with the August 17, 2009 Letter Order 

(August 17th Letter Order) in Docket 

Nos. PR09–23–000 and PR09–23–001 

pursuant to section 284.123(e) of the 

Commission’s regulations. OTTCO 

states that it made revisions to include 

a statement of rates, as required by the 

August 17th Letter Order. 

Any person desiring to participate in 

this proceeding must file a motion to 

intervene or to protest this filing must 

file in accordance with Rules 211 and 

214 of the Commission’s Rules of 

Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 

and 385.214). Protests will be 

considered by the Commission in 

determining the appropriate action to be 

taken, but will not serve to make 

protestants parties to the proceeding. 

Any person wishing to become a party 

must file a notice of intervention or 

motion to intervene, as appropriate. 

Such notices, motions, or protests must 

be filed on or before the date as 

indicated below. Anyone filing an 

intervention or protest must serve a 

copy of that document on the Applicant. 

Anyone filing an intervention or protest 

on or before the intervention or protest 

date need not serve motions to intervene 

or protests on persons other than the 

Applicant. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of 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 on-line 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: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

Friday, September 11, 2009. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–22102 Filed 9–14–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13234–001] 

City and Borough of Sitka; Notice of 

Scoping Meeting and Site Visit and 

Soliciting Scoping Comments for an 

Applicant Prepared Environmental 

Assessment Using the Alternative 

Licensing Process 

September 4, 2009. 

a. Type of Application: Alternative 

Licensing Process. 

b. Project No.: 13234–001. 

c. Applicant: City and Borough of 

Sitka. 

d. Name of Project: Takatz Lake 

Hydroelectric Project. 

e. Location: On the Takatz Lake and 

Takatz Creek, approximately 20 miles 

east of the City of Sitka, Alaska, on the 

east side of Baranof Island. The project 

would occupy lands of the Tongass 

National Forest, administered by the 

U.S. Forest Service. 

f. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

g. Applicant Contact: Christopher 

Brewton, Utility Manager, City and 

Borough of Sitka, Electric Department, 

105 Jarvis Street, Sitka, Alaska 99835; 

(907) 747–1870, e-mail: 

chrisb@cityofsitka.com. 

h. FERC Contact: Joseph Adamson, at 

(202) 502–2085; or at e-mail at 

joseph.adamson@ferc.gov. 

i. Deadline for filing scoping 

comments: December 8, 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. 

The Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure require all interveners 

filing documents with the Commission 

to serve a copy of that document on 

each person on the official service list 

for the project. Further, if an intervener 

files comments or documents with the 

Commission relating to the merits of an 

issue that may affect the responsibilities 

of a particular resource agency, they 

must also serve a copy of the document 

on that resource agency. 

Scoping comments 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 ‘‘e-filing’’ link. 

For a simpler method of submitting text 

only comments, click on ‘‘Quick 

Comment.’’ 

j. The Takatz Lake project would 

consist of: (1) A newly constructed 

concrete arch dam with a crest elevation 

of 1,052 feet mean sea level (msl), a 

spillway elevation of 1,040 feet msl, and 

a structural height of 200 feet; (2) a 30- 

foot-high secondary saddle dam; (3) an 

increase in the Takatz Lake 

impoundment with a 740-acre surface 

area and a 124,000 acre-feet storage 

capacity at spillway elevation of 1,040 

feet msl; (4) an intake structure for a 

2,800-foot-long, 6.5-foot by 7-foot 

modified unlined horseshoe tunnel, 

leading to a 72-inch-diameter 1,000- 

foot-long steel penstock; (5) a 4,000 

square foot powerhouse: (6) two 

Francis-type generating units, having a 

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megawatts; (7) an approximately 4-milelong access road; (8) an approximately 

21-mile-long, 115 kilovolt (kv) or 138 kv 

transmission line that consists of a 

combination of submarine, overhead, 

and underground segments; and (9) 

other appurtenant equipment. 

k. Scoping Process: The City and 

Borough of Sitka (City) is using the 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission’s (Commission) alternative 

licensing process (ALP). Under the ALP, 

the City will prepare an Applicant 

Prepared Environmental Assessment 

(APEA) and license application for the 

Takatz Lake Hydroelectric Project. 

Although it is our intent to prepare an 

EA, there is a possibility the 

Commission will prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for the project. This meeting will satisfy 

the NEPA scoping requirements. 

The purpose of this notice is to inform 

you of the opportunity to participate in 

the upcoming scoping meetings 

identified below, and to solicit your 

scoping comments. 

Scoping Meetings 

The City and the Commission staff 

will hold two scoping meetings, one in 

the daytime and one in the evening, to 

help us identify the scope of issues to 

be addressed in the APEA. 

The daytime scoping meeting will 

focus on resource agency concerns, 

while the evening scoping meeting is 

primarily for public input. All 

interested individuals, organizations, 

and agencies are invited to attend one 

or both of the meetings, and to assist the 

staff in identifying the environmental 

issues that should be analyzed in the 

APEA. The times and locations of these 

meetings are as follows: 

Daytime Meeting 

Wednesday, October 7, 2009, 1 p.m. 

(Alaska ST), U.S. Forest Service 

Conference Room, 5th Floor, Room 

541A, Federal Building, 709 West 9th 

Street, Juneau, AK 99801. 

Evening Meeting 

Thursday, October 8, 2009, 7 p.m. 

(Alaska ST), Centennial Hall, Harrigan 

Centennial Hall, 330 Harbor Drive, 

Sitka, AK 99835. 

To help focus discussions, Scoping 

Document 1 was mailed September 4, 

2009, outlining the subject areas to be 

addressed in the APEA to the parties on 

the mailing list. Copies of the SD1 also 

will be available at the scoping 

meetings. SD1 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. You may also register 

online at http://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/esubscription.asp to be notified 

via e-mail of new filings and issuances 

related to this or other pending projects. 

For assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

Site Visit 

The potential applicant and 

Commission staff will conduct a site 

visit of the project on Thursday, October 

8, 2009, starting at 8:30 a.m. All 

participants should meet at City of 

Sitka’s Electric Department at 105 Jarvis 

Street, Sitka, Alaska 99835. Anyone 

with questions about the site visit 

should contact Mr. Christopher Brewton 

of the City and Borough of Sitka at (907) 

747–1870 on or before October 2, 2009. 

Based on all written comments 

received, a Scoping Document 2 (SD2) 

may be issued. SD2 will include a 

revised list of issues, based on the 

scoping sessions. 

Objectives 

At the scoping meetings, the staff will: 

(1) Summarize the environmental issues 

tentatively identified for analysis in the 

APEA; (2) solicit from the meeting 

participants all available information, 

especially quantifiable data, on the 

resources at issue; (3) encourage 

statements from experts and the public 

on issues that should be analyzed in the 

APEA, including viewpoints in 

opposition to, or in support of, the 

staff’s preliminary views; (4) determine 

the resource issues to be addressed in 

the APEA; and (5) identify those issues 

that require a detailed analysis, as well 

as those issues that do not require a 

detailed analysis. 

Procedures 

The meetings will be recorded by a 

stenographer and will become part of 

the formal record of the Commission 

proceeding on the project. 

Individuals, organizations, and 

agencies with environmental expertise 

and concerns are encouraged to attend 

the meetings and to assist the City in 

defining and clarifying the issues to be 

addressed in the APEA. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–22091 Filed 9–14–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP09–449–000] 

Wyoming Interstate Company, Ltd.; 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Assessment for the 

Proposed Diamond Mountain 

Compressor Station Project, Request 

for Comments on Environmental 

Issues, and Notice of Site Visit 

September 4, 2009. 

The staff of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC or 

Commission) will prepare an 

Environmental Assessment (EA) that 

will discuss the environmental impacts 

of the Diamond Mountain Compressor 

Station Project involving construction 

and operation of facilities by Wyoming 

Interstate Company, Ltd. (WIC) in 

Uintah County, Utah. This EA will be 

used by the Commission in its decisionmaking process to determine whether 

the project is in the public convenience 

and necessity. 

This notice announces the opening of 

the scoping process the Commission 

will use to gather input from the public 

and interested agencies on the project. 

Your input will help the Commission 

staff determine what issues need to be 

evaluated in the EA. Please note that the 

scoping period will close on October 5, 

2009. 

On September 9, 2009, the Office of 

Energy Projects staff will conduct a site 

visit of WIC’s Diamond Mountain 

Compressor Station Project in Uintah 

County, Utah. This site visit is being 

conducted to evaluate the proposed 

compressor station site and possible 

alternatives. A ground inspection will 

be conducted by automobile and on 

foot. 

All interested parties are welcome, 

although those attending must provide 

their own transportation. Those 

interested in accompanying staff on this 

site visit should meet promptly at 8 a.m. 

(MDT) in the Best Western Dinosaur Inn 

lobby located at: 251 East Main Street, 

Vernal, Utah 84078. 

For additional information, please 

contact the Commission’s Office of 

External Affairs at 1–866–208–FERC. 

This notice is being sent to the 

Commission’s current environmental 

mailing list for the project, which 

includes affected landowners; Federal, 

State, and local government 

representatives and agencies; elected 

officials; environmental and public 

interest groups; Native American Tribes; 

parties to this proceeding; and local 

libraries and newspapers. State and 


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