5928 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 21 / Tuesday, February 3, 2009 / Notices 

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 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: February 17, 2009. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–2219 Filed 2–2–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13331–000] 

City of Quincy, IL; Notice of Competing 

Preliminary Permit Application 

Accepted for Filing and Soliciting 

Comments and Motions To Intervene 

January 27, 2009. 

On November 10, 2008, the City of 

Quincy, Illinois filed an application, 

pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal 

Power Act, proposing to study the 

feasibility of the Quincy Area 

Hydropower Project, which would be 

located near the town of Clarksville on 

the Mississippi River at the existing U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers’ Lock and Dam 

No. 24 and Reservoir in Calhoun 

County, Illinois and Pike County, 

Missouri. The proposed project would 

utilize federal lands. 

The proposed Quincy Area 

Hydropower Project would utilize the 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Lock and 

Dam No. 24 and would consist of the 

following new facilities: (1) An intake 

structure, (2) a powerhouse containing 

30 generating units with a total installed 

capacity of 15 MW, (3) a 2.7-mile-long, 

34.5 kV underground transmission line, 

connecting to an existing power line, 

and (4) appurtenant facilities. The 

project would have an annual 

generation of 88 gigawatt-hours, which 

would be sold to a local utility. 

Applicant Contact: Mr. Kenneth 

Cantrell, Director of Administrative 

Services, City of Quincy, 730 Maine 

Street, Quincy, Illinois 62301; phone: 

(217) 228–4500. FERC Contact: Tom 

Papsidero, (202) 502–6002. 

Competing Application: This 

application competes with Project No. 

13127–000 filed March 3, 2008. 

Competing applications must be filed on 

or before November 30, 2008. 

Deadline for filing comments and 

motions to intervene: 60 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 ‘‘e-Filing’’ link. If unable 

to be filed electronically, documents 

may be paper-filed. 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 these types of filings please go 

to the Commission’s Web site located at 

http://www.ferc.gov/filingcomments.asp. More information about 

this project can be viewed or printed on 

the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link of the Commission’s 

Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/elibrary.asp. Enter the docket 

number (P–13331) in the docket number 

field to access the document. For 

assistance, call toll-free 1–866–208– 

3372. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–2216 Filed 2–2–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13356–000] 

Slatersville Hydro, LLC; Notice of 

Application Tendered for Filing With 

the Commission, Soliciting Additional 

Study Requests, and Establishing 

Procedural Schedule for Licensing and 

Deadline for Submission of Final 

Amendments 

January 27, 2009. 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: Exemption 

From Licensing. 

b. Project No.: P–13356–000. 

c. Date Filed: January 15, 2009. 

d. Applicant: Slatersville Hydro, LLC. 

e. Name of Project: Slatersville 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: On the Branch River in 

Providence County, Rhode Island. The 

project would not occupy any land of 

the United States. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Public Utilities 

Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, 16 

U.S.C. 2705, 2708. 

h. Applicant Contact: Michael P. 

DeFrancesco, 87 Hall Road, Exeter, RI 

02822, (401) 742–1968. 

i. FERC Contact: Tom Dean, (202) 

502–6041. 

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. 

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 an adequate factual basis 


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