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Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on June 13, 2007. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–9973 Filed 5–23–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. OA07–23–000] 

Alcoa Power Generating Inc., Tapoco 

Division; Notice of Filing 

May 18, 2007. 

Take notice that on May 14, 2007, the 

Tapoco Division of Alcoa Power 

Generating, Inc. filed a request for 

waiver of Order No. 889 Oasis 

requirements and for partial waiver for 

Order No. 890, III FERC Statue & 

Regulations, ¶ 31,035 (1996) and 

¶ 31,131 (2007). 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest this filing must file in 

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). 

Protests will be considered by the 

Commission in determining the 

appropriate action to be taken, but will 

not serve to make protestants parties to 

the proceeding. Any person wishing to 

become a party must file a notice of 

intervention or motion to intervene, as 

appropriate. Such notices, motions, or 

protests must be filed on or before the 

comment date. On or before the 

comment date, it is not necessary to 

serve motions to intervene or protests 

on persons other than the Applicant. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of 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. 

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(202) 502–8659. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on June 13, 2007. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E7–9986 Filed 5–23–07; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. P–2197–073] 

Alcoa Power Generating Inc.; Notice of 

Settlement Agreement and Soliciting 

Comments 

May 17, 2007. 

Take notice that the following 

settlement agreement has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: Settlement 

Agreement. 

b. Project Nos.: P–2197–073. 

c. Date Filed: May 7, 2007. 

d. Applicant: Alcoa Power Generating 

Inc. (Alcoa Generating). 

e. Name of Project: Yadkin 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: On the Yadkin River in 

Stanly, Davidson, Montgomery, and 

Rowan Counties, North Carolina. The 

project does not occupy federal lands. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Rule 602 of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.602. 

h. Applicant Contact: Gene Ellis, 

Licensing and Property Manager, Alcoa 

Power Generating, Inc., Yadkin 

Division, NC Highway 740, P.O. Box 

576, Badin, North Carolina 28009–0576, 

Phone: (909) 394–8667. 

i. FERC Contact: Lee Emery, 888 First 

St, NE., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 

502–8379. 

j. Deadline for filing comments: June 

6, 2007. Reply comments due June 18, 

2007. 

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. 

Comments 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 ‘‘e-Filing’’ link. 

k. Alcoa Generating filed a settlement 

on behalf of itself and 24 other entities 

that signed the settlement. Other parties 

signing the settlement included state 

agencies, county governments, an 

Indian tribe, and various other 

stakeholders involved in the relicense 

proceeding. The purpose of the 

settlement agreement is to resolve most 

of the issues that have or could have 

been raised by the settling parties in 

connection with the Commission’s 

issuance of a new license for the project 

and to establish Alcoa Generating’s 

obligations for the protection, 

mitigation, and enhancement of 

resources affected by the project. Major 

issues covered in the settlement 

include: (1) Revising the operating rule 

curve for High Rock Lake, (2) stabilizing 

water levels at all four project reservoirs 

to enhance fish spawning, (3) increasing 

minimum flow releases from the project, 

(4) implementing a dissolved oxygen 

monitoring plan, (5) improving 

recreational facilities, and (6) 

developing a flow and reservoir 

monitoring and compliance plan. 

l. A copy of the settlement agreement 

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. 

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