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application or a development 

application (specify which type of 

application). A notice of intent must be 

served on the applicant(s) named in this 

public notice. 

p. Proposed Scope of Studies Under 

Permit—A preliminary permit, if issued, 

does not authorize construction. The 

term of the proposed preliminary permit 

would be 36 months. The work 

proposed under the preliminary permit 

would include economic analysis, 

preparation of preliminary engineering 

plans, and a study of environmental 

impacts. Based on the results of these 

studies, the Applicant would decide 

whether to proceed with the preparation 

of a development application to 

construct and operate the project. 

q. 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, .211, .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. 

r. Filing and Service of Responsive 

Documents—Any filings must bear in 

all capital letters the title 

‘‘COMMENTS’’, ‘‘NOTICE OF INTENT 

TO FILE COMPETING APPLICATION’’, 

‘‘COMPETING APPLICATION’’, 

‘‘PROTEST’’, and ‘‘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. An additional 

copy must be sent to Director, Division 

of Hydropower Administration and 

Compliance, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, at the above-mentioned 

address. A copy of any notice of intent, 

competing application or motion to 

intervene must also be served upon each 

representative of the Applicant 

specified in the particular application. 

s. 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. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–8520 Filed 5–3–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 12769–000] 

Ice House Partners, Inc.; Notice of 

Application Accepted for Filing and 

Soliciting Motions To Intervene and 

Protests 

April 27, 2007. 

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.: 12769–000. 

c. Date filed: January 22, 2007. 

d. Applicant: Ice House Partners, Inc. 

e. Name of Project: Ice House Power 

Project. 

f. Location: On the Nashua River, in 

the Town of Ayer, Middlesex County, 

Massachusetts. The project would use 

Federal land. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Public Utility 

Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, 16 

U.S.C. sections 2705 and 2708. 

h. Applicant Contact: Liisa Dowd, Ice 

House Partners, Inc., 323 West Main 

Street, Ayer, MA 01432, (978) 772–3303. 

i. FERC Contact: Tom Dean, (202) 

502–6041. 

j. Deadline for filing motions to 

intervene and protests: 60 days from the 

issuance date of this notice. 

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 

require all intervenors 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 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. 

Motions to intervene and protests 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) under the 

‘‘eFiling’’ link. 

k. This application has been accepted 

for filing, but is not ready for 

environmental analysis at this time. 

l. Description of Project: The Ice 

House Power Project would consist of 

the following existing facilities: (1) The 

300-foot-long, 10-foot-high Ice House 

Dam consisting of a 210-foot-long 

spillway topped with flashboards; (2) a 

137-acre reservoir with a normal full 

pond elevation of 215 feet National 

Geodetic Vertical Datum; (3) a 50-footwide, 600-foot-long power canal; (4) a 

restored powerhouse containing two 

generating units with a total installed 

capacity of 270 kilowatts; and (5) 

appurtenant facilities. The project 

would have an average annual 

generation of 2,500 megawatt-hours. 

m. A copy of the filing 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. 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. 

n. Anyone may submit a protest or a 

motion to intervene in accordance with 

the requirements of Rules of Practice 

and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, 

385.211, and 385.214. In determining 

the appropriate action to take, the 

Commission will consider all protests 

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 protests or 

motions to intervene must be received 

on or before the specified deadline date 

for the particular application. 

All filings must: (1) Bear in all capital 

letters the title ‘‘PROTEST’’ or ‘‘MOTION 

TO INTERVENE;’’ (2) set forth in the 

heading the name of the applicant and 

the project number of the application to 

which the filing responds; (3) furnish 

the name, address, and telephone 

number of the person protesting or 

intervening; and (4) 


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otherwise comply with the requirements 

of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. 

Agencies may obtain copies of the 

application directly from the applicant. 

A copy of any protest or motion to 

intervene must be served upon each 

representative of the applicant specified 

in the particular application. 

o. Procedural schedule: The 

application will be processed according 

to the following revised hydro licensing 

schedule. 

Notice of application is ready for 

environmental analysis September 2007. 

Notice of the availability of the EA 

February 2008. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–8521 Filed 5–3–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. DI07–8–000] 

Slatersville Hydro, LLC; Notice of 

Declaration of Intention and Soliciting 

Comments, Protests, and/or Motions 

To Intervene 

April 30, 2007. 

Take notice that the following 

application has been filed with the 

Commission and is available for public 

inspection: 

a. Application Type: Declaration of 

Intention. 

b. Docket No.: DI07–8–000. 

c. Date Filed: April 20, 2007. 

d. Applicant: Slatersville Hydro, LLC. 

e. Name of Project: Slatersville Hydro 

Project. 

f. Location: The proposed Slatersville 

Hydro Project will be located on the 

Branch River, tributary to the 

Blackstone River, near North Smithfield, 

in Providence County, Rhode Island. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Section 23(b)(1) 

of the Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 

817(b). 

h. Applicant Contact: Michael P. 

DeFrancesco, P.E., LLC, 87 Hallville 

Road, Exeter, RI 02822; telephone: (401) 

742–1968; fax: (401) 742–5014; e-mail: 

mpdpe@aol.com. 

i. FERC Contact: Any questions on 

this notice should be addressed to 

Henry Ecton, (202) 502–8768, or e-mail 

address: henry.ecton@ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for filing comments, 

protests, and/or motions: May 31, 2007. 

All documents (original and eight 

copies) should be filed with: Secretary, 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20426. Comments, protests, and/or 

interventions may be filed electronically 

via the Internet in lieu of paper. Any 

questions, please contact the Secretary’s 

Office. See, 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) 

and the instructions on the 

Commission’s Web site at http:// 

www.ferc.gov under the ‘‘e-Filing link. 

Please include the docket number 

(DI07–8–000) on any comments, 

protests, and/or motions filed. 

k. Description of Project: The 

proposed run-of-river Slatersville Hydro 

Project will include: (1) An 18-foot-high, 

100-foot-long stone-and-concrete dam; 

(2) a powerhouse containing a turbinegenerator rated at 400 kW; (3) a 45-acre 

reservoir; and (4) appurtenant facilities. 

The project will be connected to an 

interstate grid, but will not occupy any 

tribal or Federal lands 

When a Declaration of Intention is 

filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, the Federal Power Act 

requires the Commission to investigate 

and determine if the interests of 

interstate or foreign commerce would be 

affected by the project. The Commission 

also determines whether or not the 

project: (1) Would be located on a 

navigable waterway; (2) would occupy 

or affect public lands or reservations of 

the United States; (3) would utilize 

surplus water or water power from a 

government dam; or (4) if applicable, 

has involved or would involve any 

construction subsequent to 1935 that 

may have increased or would increase 

the project’s head or generating 

capacity, or have otherwise significantly 

modified the project’s pre-1935 design 

or operation. 

l. Locations of the Application: Copies 

of this filing are on file with the 

Commission and are available for public 

inspection. This filing may be viewed 

on the Web at http://www.ferc.gov using 

the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link, select ‘‘Docket#’’ and 

follow the instructions. For assistance, 

please contact FERC Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or tollfree at (866) 208–3676, or TTY, contact 

(202) 502–8659. 

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, .211, .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. 

o. Filing and Service of Responsive 

Documents—Any filings must bear in 

all capital letters the title 

‘‘COMMENTS’’, ‘‘PROTESTS’’, AND/OR 

‘‘MOTIONS TO INTERVENE’’, as 

applicable, and the Docket Number of 

the particular application to which the 

filing refers. 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, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–8536 Filed 5–3–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. RM98–1–000] 

Records Governing Off-the Record 

Communications; Public Notice 

April 30, 2007. 

This constitutes notice, in accordance 

with 18 CFR 385.2201(b), of the receipt 

of prohibited and exempt off-the-record 

communications. 

Order No. 607 (64 FR 51222, 

September 22, 1999) requires 

Commission decisional employees, who 

make or receive a prohibited or exempt 

off-the-record communication relevant 

to the merits of a contested proceeding, 

to deliver to the Secretary of the 

Commission, a copy of the 

communication, if written, or a 

summary of the substance of any oral 

communication. 

Prohibited communications are 

included in a public, non-decisional file 

associated with, but not a part of, the 

decisional record of the proceeding. 

Unless the Commission determines that 

the prohibited communication and any 

responses thereto should become a part 

of the decisional record, the prohibited 

off-the-record communication will not 


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