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Main Street North, Vale, OR 97918; 

phone: (541) 473–3951. 

FERC Contact: Gina Krump, (202) 

502–6704, gina.krump@ferc.gov. 

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 (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.’’ 

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. 

More information about this project, 

including a copy of the application, 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–13570) in 

the docket number field to access the 

document. For assistance, contact FERC 

Online Support. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–22100 Filed 9–14–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 12478–003] 

Gibson Dam Hydroelectric Company, 

LLC; Notice of Application Tendered 

for Filing With the Commission 

September 4, 2009. 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: Major 

Project—Existing Dam. 

b. Project No.: P–12478–003. 

c. Date Filed: August 28, 2009. 

d. Applicant: Gibson Dam 

Hydroelectric Company, LLC. 

e. Name of Project: Gibson Dam 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: On the Sun River, near the 

towns of Augusta and Fairfield, Lewis 

and Clark and Teton Counties, Montana. 

The project would occupy 95.34 acres of 

Federal land administered by the U.S. 

Forest Service and 19.39 acres of 

Federal land administered by the U.S. 

Bureau of Land Management for a total 

of 114.73 acres of Federal land. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Steve C. 

Marmon, GDHC, and Thom A. Fischer, 

P.E., Whitewater Engineering 

Corporation, 3633 Alderwood Ave., 

Bellingham, WA 98225, (360) 738–9999. 

i. FERC Contact: Matt Cutlip, phone: 

(503) 552–2762, e-mail: 

matt.cutlip@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 1 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. Deadline for filing requests for 

cooperating agency status: October 27, 

2009. 

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 ‘‘eFiling’’ 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. 

l. The application is not ready for 

environmental analysis at this time. 

m. The proposed project would utilize 

the existing facilities of the U.S. Bureau 

of Reclamation’s Gibson Dam including 

the reservoir, existing valve house, and 

two existing dam outlet pipes; and 

would consist of the following new 

facilities: (1) Two new 72-inch-diameter 

penstocks extending 40 feet from the 

existing outlet pipes to the powerhouse; 

(2) a new powerhouse located near the 

toe of the dam with four turbine/ 

generating units with total installed 

capacity of 15 megawatts; (3) a new 

25.8-mile, 34.5/69 kV overhead and 

underground transmission line from the 

powerhouse to an interconnection point 

with Sun River Electric Cooperative, 

Inc.’s existing 69 kV transmission line at 

Jackson’s Corner; (4) a new 34.5/69 kV 

step-up substation; (5) a new 

maintenance building located 

approximately 1,400 feet downstream of 

the powerhouse adjacent to existing 

Gibson Dam operations facilities; and 

(6) appurtenant facilities. The average 

annual generation is estimated to be 40 

gigawatt-hours. 

n. 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. 

o. 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 (if needed): 

October 2009. 

Issue Acceptance Letter: January 

2010. 

Notice soliciting final terms and 

conditions: February 2010. 

Notice of the availability of the draft 

EA: September 2010. 

Notice of the availability of the final 

EA: February 2011. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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