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a Presidential permit issued pursuant to 

Executive Order (EO) 10485, as 

amended by EO 12038. Existing 

Presidential permits are not transferable 

or assignable. However, in the event of 

a proposed voluntary transfer of 

facilities, in accordance with DOE 

regulations at 10 CFR 205.323, the 

existing permit holder and the 

transferee are required to file a joint 

application with DOE that includes a 

statement of reasons for the transfer. 

On June 23, 2010, BCTC and BC 

Hydro (collectively the ‘‘Applicants’’) 

jointly filed an application with DOE 

requesting that Presidential Permit No. 

PP–22, as amended, issued to BCTC be 

rescinded and that a new Presidential 

permit be issued simultaneously to BC 

Hydro for the same international 

transmission facilities. The international 

transmission facilities authorized by 

Presidential Permit No. PP–22, as 

amended, include seven single 

conductor 132 kilovolt (kV) submarine 

cables and three single conductor 260 

kV DC submarine cables. These cables 

do not connect to any U.S. electrical 

facility, but rather connect to the 

mainland of British Columbia, Canada 

and Vancouver Island. They do, 

however, pass through the United States 

territorial waters in the Strait of Georgia. 

The Applicants requested that the 

issuance of the new permit be made 

effective as of July 5, 2010, to coincide 

with the date that BCTC was to be 

integrated into BC Hydro by operation 

of law pursuant to British Columbia’s 

Clean Energy Act. 

Since restructuring of the electric 

power industry began, resulting in the 

introduction of different types of 

competitive entities into the 

marketplace, DOE has consistently 

expressed its policy that cross-border 

trade in electric energy should be 

subject to the same principles of 

comparable open access and nondiscrimination that apply to 

transmission in interstate commerce. 

DOE has stated that policy in export 

authorizations granted to entities 

requesting authority to export over 

international transmission facilities. 

Specifically, DOE expects transmitting 

utilities owning border facilities to 

provide access across the border in 

accordance with the principles of 

comparable open access and nondiscrimination contained in the FPA 

and articulated in the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission Order No. 888 

(Promoting Wholesale Competition 

Through Open Access NonDiscriminatory Transmission Services 

by Public utilities; FERC Stats. & Regs. 

¶31,036 (1996)), as amended. In 

furtherance of this policy, on July 27, 

1999, (64 FR 40586) DOE initiated a 

proceeding in which it noticed its 

intention to condition existing and 

future Presidential permits, appropriate 

for third party transmission, on 

compliance with a requirement to 

provide non-discriminatory open access 

transmission service. That proceeding is 

not yet complete. In that proceeding, 

DOE determined that the international 

transmission lines authorized by the 

Presidential permit currently held by 

BCTC are not appropriate for third party 

transmission, because the lines are not 

connected to the U.S. domestic electric 

power system. Therefore, a requirement 

to provide non-discriminatory open 

access transmission service will not be 

added to the permit being issued to BC 

Hydro. 

Procedural Matters: Any person 

desiring to become a party to this 

proceeding or to be heard by filing 

comments or protests to this application 

should file a petition to intervene, 

comment or protest at the address 

provided above in accordance with 

§ 385.211 or 385.214 of the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) 

Rules of Practice and Procedures (18 

CFR 385.211, 385.214). Fifteen copies of 

each comment, petition and protest 

should be filed with DOE on or before 

the date listed above. 

Additional copies of such petitions to 

intervene or protests also should be 

filed directly with: Glenn S. Benson, 

Perkins, Coie, LLP, 607 Fourteenth 

Street, NW., Washington, DC 20005 

AND Joanna Sofield, Chief Regulatory 

Officer, BC Hydro, 333 Dunsmuir Street, 

16th Floor, Vancouver British Columbia 

V6B 5R3. 

Before a Presidential permit may be 

granted or amended, DOE must 

determine that the proposed action will 

not adversely impact on the reliability 

of the U.S. electric power supply 

system. In addition, DOE must consider 

the environmental impacts of the 

proposed action (i.e., granting the 

Presidential permit or amendment, with 

any conditions and limitations, or 

denying the permit) pursuant to the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969. DOE also must obtain the 

concurrences of the Secretary of State 

and the Secretary of Defense before 

taking final action on a Presidential 

permit application. 

Copies of this application will be 

made available, upon request, for public 

inspection and copying at the address 

provided above. In addition, the 

application may be reviewed or 

downloaded electronically at http:// 

www.oe.energy.gov/permits/ 

permits_pending.htm. Upon reaching 

the home page, select ‘‘Pending 

Applications.’’ 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 2, 

2010. 

Anthony J. Como, 

Director, Permitting and Siting Office of 

Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability. 

[FR Doc. 2010–19403 Filed 8–5–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

National Commission on the BP 

Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill and 

Offshore Drilling 

AGENCY: Department of Energy, Office of 

Fossil Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of Open Meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces an 

open meeting for the National 

Commission on the BP Deepwater 

Horizon Oil Spill and Offshore Drilling 

(the Commission). The Commission was 

organized pursuant to the Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, 86 Stat. 770) (the Act). The Act 

requires that agencies publish these 

notices in the Federal Register. The 

Charter of the Commission can be found 

at: http://www.OilSpillCommission.gov. 

DATES: Wednesday, August 25, 2010, 9 

a.m.–5 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Ronald Reagan Building 

and International Trade Center, 1300 

Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., 

Washington, DC 20004; telephone 

number: 1–202–312–1300. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher A. Smith, Designated 

Federal Officer, Mail Stop: FE–30, U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585; telephone (202) 

586–0716 or facsimile (202) 586–6221; 

e-mail: BPDeepwaterHorizon

Commission@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Background: The President directed 

that the Commission be established to 

examine the relevant facts and 

circumstances concerning the root 

causes of the BP Deepwater Horizon 

explosion, fire and oil spill and to 

develop options to guard against, and 

mitigate the impact of, any oil spills 

associated with offshore drilling in the 

future. 

The Commission is composed of 

seven members appointed by the 

President to serve as special 

Government employees. The members 

were selected because of their extensive 

scientific, legal, engineering, and 

environmental expertise, and their 

knowledge of issues pertaining to the oil 


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and gas industry. Information on the 

Commission can be found at its Web 

site: http://www.OilSpillCommission.

gov. 

Purpose of the Meeting: Inform the 

Commission members about the 

relevant facts and circumstances 

concerning the root causes of the BP 

Deepwater Horizon oil disaster. The 

meeting will provide the Commission 

with the opportunity to hear 

presentations and statements from 

various experts and provide additional 

information for the Commission’s 

consideration. 

Tentative Agenda: The meeting is 

expected to start on August 25 at 9 a.m. 

Presentations to the Commission are 

expected to begin shortly thereafter. 

Public comments can be made from 3:45 

p.m. to 4:45 p.m. The final agenda will 

be available at the Commission’s Web 

site at http://www.OilSpillCommission.

gov. 

Public Participation: The meeting is 

open to the public, with capacity and 

seats available on a first-come, firstserve basis. The Designated Federal 

Officer is empowered to conduct the 

meeting in a fashion that will facilitate 

the orderly conduct of business. 

Approximately one hour will be 

reserved for public comments. Time 

allotted per speaker will be 3 minutes. 

Opportunity for public comment will be 

available on August 25 from 3:45 p.m. 

to 4:45 p.m. Registration for those 

wishing to request an opportunity to 

speak opens on-site at 8 a.m. Speakers 

will be chosen on a first-come, firstserve basis. Members of the public 

wishing to provide oral comments are 

encouraged to provide a written copy of 

their comments for collection at the 

time of on-site registration. 

Those not able to attend the meeting 

may view the meeting live on the 

Commission Web site: http://www.Oil

SpillCommission.gov. Those individuals 

who are not able to attend the meeting, 

or who are not able to provide oral 

comments during the meeting, are 

invited to send a written statement to 

Christopher A. Smith, Mail Stop FE–30, 

U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Ave., SW., Washington, 

DC 20585, or e-mail: BPDeepwater

HorizonCommission@hq.doe.gov. 

Minutes: The minutes of the meeting 

will be available at the Commission’s 

Web site: http://www.OilSpill

Commision.gov or by contacting Mr. 

Smith. He may be reached at the postal 

or e-mail addresses above. 

Accommodation for the hearing 

impaired: A sign language interpreter 

will be on site for the duration of the 

meeting. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 3, 

2010. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Acting Deputy Committee Management 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2010–19405 Filed 8–5–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13381–001] 

Jonathan and Jayne Chase; Notice of 

Application Tendered for Filing With 

the Commission and Soliciting 

Additional Study Requests 

July 30, 2010. 

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.: 13381–001. 

c. Date filed: July 23, 2010. 

d. Applicant: Jonathan and Jayne 

Chase. 

e. Name of Project: Troy Hydroelectric 

Project. 

f. Location: On the Missisquoi River, 

in the Town of Troy, Orleans County, 

Vermont. The project would not occupy 

lands of the United States. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Public Utility 

Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, 16 

U.S.C. 2705, 2708. 

h. Applicant Contact: Jonathan and 

Jayne Chase, 361 Goodall Road, Derby 

Line, VT 05830, (802) 895–2980. 

i. FERC Contact: Tom Dean, (202) 

502–6041. 

j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, 

local, and tribal agencies with 

jurisdiction and/or special expertise 

with respect to environmental issues 

that wish to cooperate in the 

preparation of the environmental 

document should follow the 

instructions for filing such requests 

described in item l below. Cooperating 

agencies should note the Commission’s 

policy that agencies that cooperate in 

the preparation of the environmental 

document cannot also intervene. See, 94 

FERC ¶ 61,076 (2001). 

k. Pursuant to Section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 

CFR of the Commission’s regulations, if 

any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or 

person believes that an additional 

scientific study should be conducted in 

order to form an adequate factual basis 

for a complete analysis of the 

application on its merit, the resource 

agency, Indian Tribe, or person must file 

a request for a study with the 

Commission not later than 60 days from 

the date of filing of the application, and 

serve a copy of the request on the 

applicant. 

l. Deadline for filing additional study 

requests and requests for cooperating 

agency status: September 21, 2010. 

All documents may be filed 

electronically via the Internet. See 18 

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

instructions on the Commission’s Web 

site (http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

ferconline.asp) under the ‘‘eFiling’’ link. 

For a simpler method of submitting text 

only comments, click on ‘‘Quick 

Comment.’’ For assistance, please 

contact FERC Online Support at 

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

contact (202) 502–8659. Although the 

Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing, documents may also be 

paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an 

original and eight copies to: Kimberly D. 

Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

m. The application is not ready for 

environmental analysis at this time. 

n. The Troy Project would consist of: 

(1) The existing 180-foot-long, 55.7-foothigh Bakers Fall dam with a 134-footlong spillway and a 3.33-foot-wide, 4.0- 

foot-high wastegate located below the 

spillway; (2) an existing 6.9-acre 

impoundment with a normal water 

surface elevation of 739.4 feet above 

mean sea level; (3) an existing intake 

structure equipped with two 3.33-footwide, 4.0-foot-high headgates; (4) an 

existing forebay with a 2.0-foot-wide, 

2.0-foot-high wastegate; (5) an existing 

250-foot-long, 6.5-foot-diameter 

penstock; (6) an existing powerhouse 

containing one inoperable 600-kilowatt 

(kW) generating unit; and (7) an existing 

90-foot-long, 12.47-kilovolt transmission 

line. 

The applicant proposes to: (1) 

Rehabilitate and increase the capacity of 

the inoperable generating unit to 850 

kW; and (2) replace the existing 

transmission line with new 

transmission line. The proposed project 

is estimated to generate an average of 

1,500 megawatt-hours annually. 

o. A copy of the application 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. A copy is also available for 

inspection and reproduction at the 

address in item h above. 


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