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and government entities interested in 

and/or potentially affected by the 

proposed project. This includes all 

landowners who are potential right-ofway grantors, whose property may be 

used temporarily for project purposes, 

or who own homes within distances 

defined in the Commission’s regulations 

of certain aboveground facilities. By this 

notice we are also asking governmental 

agencies, especially those in Appendix 

2, to express their interest in becoming 

cooperating agencies for the preparation 

of the EA. 

Additional Information 

Additional information about the 

project is available from the 

Commission’s Office of External Affairs, 

at 1–866–208-FERC or on the FERC 

Internet Web site (http://www.ferc.gov) 

using the eLibrary link. Click on the 

eLibrary link, click on ‘‘General Search’’ 

and enter the docket number excluding 

the last three digits in the Docket 

Number field. Be sure you have selected 

an appropriate date range. For 

assistance, please contact FERC Online 

Support at FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov 

or toll free at 1–866–208–3676, or for 

TTY, contact (202) 502–8659. The 

eLibrary link also provides access to the 

texts of formal documents issued by the 

Commission, such as orders, notices, 

and rulemakings. 

In addition, the Commission now 

offers a free service called eSubscription 

which allows you to keep track of all 

formal issuances and submittals in 

specific dockets. This can reduce the 

amount of time you spend researching 

proceedings by automatically providing 

you with notification of these filings, 

document summaries and direct links to 

the documents. Go to http:// 

www.ferc.gov/esubscribenow.htm. 

Finally, public meetings or site visits 

will be posted on the Commission’s 

calendar located at http://www.ferc.gov/ 

EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along 

with other related information. 

Philis J. Posey, 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–8535 Filed 5–3–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[ Project No. 12478–001] 

Dam Hydroelectric Company, LLC; 

Notice of Application Accepted for 

Filing and Soliciting Motions To 

Intervene, Protests, and Comments 

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: Preliminary 

Permit. 

b. Project No.: 12478–001. 

c. Date filed: April 3, 2007. 

d. Applicant: Gibson Dam 

Hydroelectric Company, LLC. 

e. Name of Project: Gibson Dam 

Project. 

f. Location: North Fork Sun Fork in 

Teton and Lewis and Clark Counties, 

Montana. It would use the U.S. Bureau 

of Reclamation’s Gibson Dam. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act, 16 USC. 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Steven C. 

Marmon, Project Manager, Gibson Dam 

Hydroelectric Company, LLC, 3633 

Alderwood Avenue, Bellingham, WA 

98225, (360) 738–9999. 

i. FERC Contact: Robert Bell, (202) 

502–4126. 

j. Deadline for filing comments, 

protests, and motions to intervene: 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. 

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– 

12748–001) 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 Project: The 

proposed project using the U.S. Bureau 

of Reclamation’s Gibson Dam and 

operated in a run-of-river mode, would 

consist of: (1) Two proposed 300-footlong, steel penstocks, (2) a powerhouse 

containing two generating units having 

a total installed capacity of 15 

megawatts, (3) A proposed 34.5 kilovolt 

underground transmission line, and (4) 

appurtenant facilities. The Gibson Dam 

Hydroelectric Company, LLC project 

would have an average annual 

generation of 50 gigawatt-hours. 

l. This 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, 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. Competing Preliminary Permit— 

Anyone desiring to file a competing 

application for preliminary permit for a 

proposed project must submit the 

competing application itself, or a notice 

of intent to file such an application, to 

the Commission on or before the 

specified comment date for the 

particular application (see 18 CFR 4.36). 

Submission of a timely notice of intent 

allows an interested person to file the 

competing preliminary permit 

application no later than 30 days after 

the specified comment date for the 

particular application. A competing 

preliminary permit application must 

conform with 18 CFR 4.30(b) and 4.36. 

n. Competing Development 

Application—Any qualified 

development applicant desiring to file a 

competing development application 

must submit to the Commission, on or 

before a specified comment date for the 

particular application, either a 

competing development application or a 

notice of intent to file such an 

application. Submission of a timely 

notice of intent to file a development 

application allows an interested person 

to file the competing application no 

later than 120 days after the specified 

comment date for the particular 

application. A competing license 

application must conform with 18 CFR 

4.30(b) and 4.36. 

o. Notice of Intent—A notice of intent 

must specify the exact name, business 

address, and telephone number of the 

prospective applicant, and must include 

an unequivocal statement of intent to 

submit, if such an application may be 

filed, either a preliminary permit 


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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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