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to achieving world class status, and an 

overview of several new program 

proposals for FY2011. The agenda may 

change to accommodate committee 

business. For updates, one is directed 

the NEAC Web site: http:// 

www.ne.doe.gov/neac/ 

neNeacMeetings.html. 

Public Participation: Individuals and 

representatives of organizations who 

would like to offer comments and 

suggestions may do so on the day of the 

meeting, Thursday, April 29, 2010. 

Approximately thirty minutes will be 

reserved for public comments. Time 

allotted per speaker will depend on the 

number who wish to speak but is not 

expected to exceed 5 minutes. Anyone 

who is not able to make the meeting or 

has had insufficient time to address the 

committee is invited to send a written 

statement to Kenneth Chuck Wade, U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585, or e-mail 

Kenneth.wade@nuclear.energy.gov. 

Minutes: The minutes of the meeting 

will be available by contacting Mr. 

Wade at the address above or on the 

Department of Energy, Office of Nuclear 

Energy Web site at http:// 

www.ne.doe.gov/neac/ 

neNeacMeetings.html. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 16, 

2010. 

Rachel Samuel, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–6048 Filed 3–18–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

State Energy Advisory Board (STEAB) 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open teleconference. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the State Energy Advisory 

Board (STEAB). The Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463; 86 

Stat.770) requires that public notice of 

these meetings be announced in the 

Federal Register. 

DATES: Thursday, April 15, 2010 1 to 2 

p.m. EST 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Gary 

Burch, STEAB Designated Federal 

Officer, Senior Management Technical 

Advisor, Intergovernmental Projects, 

Golden Field Office, U.S. Department of 

Energy, 1617 Cole Boulevard, Golden, 

CO 80401, Telephone 303–275–4801. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: To make 

recommendations to the Assistant 

Secretary for the Office of Energy 

Efficiency and Renewable Energy 

regarding goals and objectives, 

programmatic and administrative 

policies, and to otherwise carry out the 

Board’s responsibilities as designated in 

the State Energy Efficiency Programs 

Improvement Act of 1990 (Pub. L. 101– 

440). 

Tentative Agenda: Discuss ways 

STEAB can continue to support DOE’s 

implementation of the Economic 

Recovery Act, conduct follow-up 

discussion regarding presentations 

given at the March live Board meeting, 

discuss the draft of Resolution 10–02, 

begin thinking about the June Board 

meeting, and update members of the 

Board on routine business matters. 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public. Written statements 

may be filed with the Board either 

before or after the meeting. Members of 

the public who wish to make oral 

statements pertaining to agenda items 

should contact Gary Burch at the 

address or telephone number listed 

above. Requests to make oral comments 

must be received five days prior to the 

meeting; reasonable provision will be 

made to include requested topic(s) on 

the agenda. The Chair of the Board is 

empowered to conduct the meeting in a 

fashion that will facilitate the orderly 

conduct of business. 

Minutes: The minutes of the meeting 

will be available for public review and 

copying within 60 days on the STEAB 

Web site, http://www.steab.org. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on March 15, 

2010. 

Rachel Samuel, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–6047 Filed 3–18–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 12841–001] 

Ute Water Conservancy District; Notice 

of Application Accepted for Filing and 

Soliciting Comments, Motions To 

Intervene, Protests, 

Recommendations, and Terms and 

Conditions 

March 12, 2010. 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection: 

a. Type of Application: Conduit 

Exemption. 

b. Project No.: P–12841–001. 

c. Date filed: February 23, 2010. 

d. Applicant: Ute Water Conservancy 

District. 

e. Name of Project: Plateau Creek 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: The Plateau Creek 

Hydroelectric Project would be located 

on the Plateau Creek Pipeline at the 

Rapid Creek Water Treatment Plant, in 

Mesa County, Colorado. The land in 

which all the project structures are 

located is owned by the applicant. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act 16 U.S.C. 791a–825r. 

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Larry 

Clever, General Manager, Ute Water 

Conservancy District, 560 25 Road, P.O. 

Box 460, Grand Junction, CO 81502; 

lclever@utewater.org. 

i. FERC Contact: Kelly Houff, (202) 

502–6393, Kelly.Houff@ferc.gov. 

j. Status of Environmental Analysis: 

This application is ready for 

environmental analysis at this time, and 

the Commission is requesting 

comments, reply comments, 

recommendations, terms and 

conditions, and prescriptions. 

k. Deadline for filing responsive 

documents: Due to the small size and 

location of the proposed project in a 

closed system, as well as the resource 

agency consultation letters filed with 

the application, the 60-day timeframe 

specified in 18 CFR 4.43(b) for filing all 

comments, motions to intervene, 

protests, recommendations, terms and 

conditions, and prescriptions is 

shortened to 30 days from the issuance 

date of this notice. All reply comments 

filed in response to comments 

submitted by any resource agency, 

Indian tribe, or person, must be filed 

with the Commission within 45 days 

from the issuance date of this notice. 

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. 

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. 

l. Description of Project: The 

proposed Plateau Creek Hydroelectric 

Project consists of: (1) A proposed 

turbine generating unit having an 

installed capacity of 610 kilowatts at the 


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