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1 16 U.S.C. 797(f) (2000). 

2 Moriah Hydro Corporation, 117 FERC ¶ 62,149 

(2006). 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Notice of Application Accepted for 

Filing and Soliciting Motions To 

Intervene, Protests, and Comments 

April 6, 2007. 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection: 

a. Type of Application: Amendment 

of Preliminary Permit. 

b. Project No.: 12611–002. 

c. Date Filed: March 16, 2007. 

d. Applicant: Verdant Power, LLC. 

e. Name of Project: Roosevelt Island 

Tidal Energy Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: The project would be 

located in the East River—East and West 

Channels off Roosevelt Island, and on 

Roosevelt Island lands bordering the 

northern Channel, in Queens County, 

New York. The project would not 

occupy Federal or Tribal lands. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. William H. 

Taylor, Verdant Power, LLC, 4640 13th 

Street North, Arlington, VA 22207–

2102, (703) 528–6445. 

i. FERC Contact: Robert Bell, (202) 

502–6062. 

j. Deadline for filing comments, 

protests, and motions to intervene: May 

7, 2007. 

All documents (original and eight 

copies) should be filed with: Philis 

Posey, Acting Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

Comments, protests, and interventions 

may be filed electronically via the 

Internet in lieu of paper; see 18 CFR 

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

on the Commission’s Web site under the 

‘‘e-Filing’’ link. The Commission 

strongly encourages electronic filings. 

Please include the project number (P–

12611–002) on any comments or 

motions filed. 

The Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure require all intervenors 

filing documents with the Commission 

to serve a copy of that document on 

each person in the official service list 

for the project. Further, if an intervenor 

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. 

k. Description of Amendment: The 

permittee proposes to increase the 

project boundary to include the 

following to fields: 

Field 1. The boundary would be 

extended from the Roosevelt Island 

Bridge to the northern tip of Roosevelt 

Island on the east side of the island in 

the east channel of the east River. 

Field 2. The boundary would be 

extended from an area across from the 

southern tip of Roosevelt Island as 

designated within the United Nations 

navigation security zone to the 59th 

Street Bridge, on the west side of the 

west channel of the East River. This 

field is discontinuous due to cable/ 

tunnel right of ways. 

l. Locations of Applications: A copy of 

the application is available for 

inspection and reproduction at the 

Commission in the Public Reference 

Room, located at 888 First Street, NE., 

Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426, or by 

calling (202) 502–8371. This filing may 

also 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, call toll-free 

1–866–208–3676 or e-mail 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. For TTY, 

call (202) 502–8659. A copy is also 

available for inspection and 

reproduction at the address in item h 

above. 

m. Individuals desiring to be included 

on the Commission’s mailing list should 

so indicate by writing to the Secretary 

of the Commission. 

n. Comments, Protests, or Motions to 

Intervene: Anyone may submit 

comments, a protest, or a motion to 

intervene in accordance with the 

requirements of Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, 385.211, 

385.214. In determining the appropriate 

action to take, the Commission will 

consider all protests or other comments 

filed, but only those who file a motion 

to intervene in accordance with the 

Commission’s Rules may become a 

party to the proceeding. Any comments, 

protests, or motions to intervene must 

be received on or before the specified 

comment date for the particular 

application. 

Comments, protests and interventions 

may be filed electronically via the 

Internet in lieu of paper. See 18 CFR 

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

on the Commission’s Web site under ‘‘efiling’’ link. The Commission strongly 

encourages electronic filing. 

o. Filing and Service of Responsive 

Documents: Any filings must bear in all 

capital letters the title ‘‘COMMENTS’’, 

‘‘COMPETING APPLICATION’’, 

‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS FOR TERMS 

AND CONDITIONS’’, ‘‘PROTEST’’, or 

‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE’’, as 

applicable, and the Project Number of 

the particular application to which the 

filing refers. Any of the above-named 

documents must be filed by providing 

the original and the number of copies 

provided by the Commission’s 

regulations to: The Secretary, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

A copy of any motion to intervene must 

also be served upon each representative 

of the Applicant specified in the 

particular application. 

p. Agency Comments: Federal, state, 

and local agencies are invited to file 

comments on the described application. 

A copy of the application may be 

obtained by agencies directly from the 

Applicant. If an agency does not file 

comments within the time specified for 

filing comments, it will be presumed to 

have no comments. One copy of an 

agency’s comments must also be sent to 

the Applicant’s representatives. 

Philis J. Posey, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–6915 Filed 4–11–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 12635–000] 

Moriah Hydro Corporation; Notice 

Rejecting Late Intervention 

April 6, 2007. 

On January 3, 2006, Moriah Hydro 

Corporation (Moriah) filed an 

application for a three-year preliminary 

permit under Section 4(f) of the Federal 

Power Act 1 to study the proposed 189- 

megawatt Mineville Pumped Storage 

Project No. 12635. Public notice of the 

application was issued on April 20, 

2006, with a deadline of June 19, 2006, 

for comments and motions to intervene. 

On November 13, 2006, a preliminary 

permit was issued to Moriah.2 The order 

became final on December 13, 2006. 

On March 7, 2007, the New York State 

Council of Trout Unlimited (Trout 

Unlimited) filed a late motion to 

intervene in the permit application 

proceeding. The permit application 

proceeding was terminated upon 

issuance of the permit. Because there is 

no proceeding in which to intervene, 


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