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**BILLING CODE 4000–01–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY**

**Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy** 

**Management of Energy and Water Efficiency in Federal Buildings:**  **Availability of Guidance**

**AGENCY :**  Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy.

**ACTION :**  Notice of availability.

**SUMMARY :**  This notice of availability announces that the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Federal Energy Management Program (FEMP) is soliciting public comments on a draft guidance document regarding Federal agency implementation of energy and water efficiency requirements. The draft Guidance for the Implementation and Follow-up of Identified Energy and Water Efficiency Measures in Covered Facilities (per 42 U.S.C. 8253 Subsection (f), Use of Energy and Water Efficiency Measures in Federal Buildings ) is available at: http://www1.eere.energy. gov/femp/pdfs/draft

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**DATES :**  Comments, data, and information regarding this draft guidance must be received by December 29, 2010.
**ADDRESSES :**  Interested parties are encouraged to submit comments to Christopher Tremper, Federal Energy Management Program, via e-mail at EISA-432-Guidance@ee.doe.gov or via mail at: Christopher Tremper, Federal Energy Management Program, EE–2L, U.S. Department of Energy; 1000 Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20585. DOE encourages respondents to submit comments electronically to ensure timely receipt.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  Mr. Christopher Tremper, U.S. Department of Energy Federal Energy Management Program, EE–2L, 1000 Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586–7632, e-mail: Chris.Tremper@ee. doe.gov. Ms. Ami Grace-Tardy, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of the General Counsel, GC–71, 1000 Independence Ave., SW., Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586–5709, e-mail: Ami.Grace-Tardy@hq.doe.gov.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :**  Section 432 of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) amends section 543 of the National Energy Conservation Policy Act, by adding a new subsection that describes Federal agency facility energy and water project management and benchmarking requirements, including:

• Designate covered facilities and assign facility energy managers for ensuring compliance of covered facilities subject to the requirements;

• Conduct comprehensive energy and water evaluations;

• Implement identified efficiency

measures;

• Follow-up on implemented efficiency measures;

• Deploy and use web-based tracking system for covered facilities’ energy use, evaluations, projects, follow-up and analysis;

• Benchmark metered buildings that are, or part of, covered facilities; and

• Disclose Federal agency progress in evaluating covered facilities, project implementation, follow-up status, and benchmarked building performance implementation status. (42 U.S.C. 8253(f)(4))

The draft Guidance for the Implementation and Follow-up of Identified Energy and Water Efficiency Measures in Covered Facilities (per 42 U.S.C. 8253 Subsection (f), Use of Energy and Water Efficiency Measures in Federal Buildings ) provides guidance to Federal agencies pertaining to the implementation of energy and water efficiency measures identified and undertaken per Section 432 of EISA (42 U.S.C. 8253(f)(4) and (5)) and details how these activities fit into the comprehensive approach to Federal agency facility energy and water management.

This draft guidance is available at: http://www1.eere.energy.gov/femp/pdfs/ draft

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guidance.pdf. DOE will accept comments, data, and information regarding the draft guidance no later than the date specified in the
**DATES** section.

More information on DOE’s FEMP is available at: http://www1.eere.energy. gov/femp/

Issued in Washington, DC, on December 10, 2010. Dr. Timothy D. Unruh, Program Manager, DOE–EERE Federal Energy Management Program.
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**BILLING CODE 6450–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY** 

**Federal Energy Regulatory Commission** 

**Notice of Competing Preliminary Permit Applications Accepted for**  **Filing and Soliciting Comments and Motions To Intervene** 

December 8, 2010

Lock+ TM Hydro

Friends Fund XXXVI. Project No. 13733–000

FFP Missouri 8,

LLC. Project No. 13752–000

Solia 6 Hydroelectric, LLC. Project No. 13768–000

Montgomery Hydro,

LLC. Project No. 13792–000

On May 18, 2010, Lock+ TM Hydro Friends Fund XXXVI, FFP Missouri 8, LLC, and Solia 6 Hydroelectric, LLC, filed applications, and on May 19, 2010, Montgomery Hydro, LLC, filed an application, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, proposing to study the feasibility of hydropower at the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Montgomery Locks and Dam on the Ohio River near the town of Industry, in Beaver County, Pennsylvania. The sole purpose of a preliminary permit, if issued, is to grant the permit holder priority to file a license application during the permit term. A preliminary permit does not authorize the permit holder to perform any land-disturbing activities or otherwise enter upon lands or waters owned by others without the owners’ express permission.

Descriptions of the proposed Montgomery Locks and Dam Projects: Lock+ TM Hydro Friends Fund XXXVI’s proposed project (Project No. 13733– 000) would consist of: (1) Two lock frame modules 170 feet long, 40 feet high, and weighing 1.16 million pounds each, and containing 15 generating units with a total combined capacity of 54 megawatts (MW); (2) a 67-foot-high, 75- foot-long prefabricated concrete wall attached to pilings in the river to support each lock frame module; (3) a 25-foot-long, 50-foot-wide switchyard containing a transformer; and (4) a 2,000-foot-long, 69-kilovolt (kV) transmission line to an existing substation. The proposed project would have an average annual generation of 236.68 gigawatt-hours (GWh), which would be sold to a local utility.

Applicant Contact: Mr. Mark R. Stover, Hydro Green Energy LLC, 5090 Richmond Avenue #390, Houston, TX 77056; phone (877) 556–6566 x709.

FFP Missouri 8, LLC’s proposed project (Project No. 13752–000) would consist of: (1) An excavated intake and