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3Not applicable. 

4 2080 hours = 40 hours/week * 52 weeks (1 year). 

5Average annual salary per employee. 

FERC–65, FERC–65A, AND FERC–65B (IC12–5–000): NOTIFICATION OF HOLDING COMPANY STATUS, EXEMPTION

NOTIFICATION, AND WAIVER NOTIFICATION—Continued 

Number of 

respondents 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Total number of 

responses 

Average burden 

hours per 

response 

Estimated 

total annual 

burden 

(hours) 

(A) (B) (A) × (B) = (C) (D) (C) × (D) 

FERC–65B Waiver Notification ........................ 0 1 0 1 0 

Total .......................................................... 3 N/A 3 N/A 9 3 N/A 25 

The total estimated annual cost 

burden to respondents is $1,725.35. [25 

hours ÷ 2080 4 hours/year = 0.01202 

years * $143,540/year 5 = $1,725.35] 

The estimated annual cost of filing the 

FERC–65, FERC–65A, and FERC–65B 

per response is $191.71. [$1725.31 ÷ 9 

responses = $191.71/response] 

Comments: Comments are invited on: 

(1) Whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Commission, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden and cost of the collection 

of information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility 

and clarity of the information collection; 

and (4) ways to minimize the burden of 

the collection of information on those 

who are to respond, including the use 

of automated collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

Dated: February 8, 2012. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–3407 Filed 2–13–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 349–173] 

Alabama Power Company; Notice of 

Application Accepted for Filing, 

Soliciting Motions To Intervene and 

Protests, Ready for Environmental 

Analysis, and Soliciting Comments, 

Recommendations, Preliminary Terms 

and Conditions, and Preliminary 

Fishway Prescriptions 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: New Major 

License. 

b. Project No.: 349–173. 

c. Date filed: June 8, 2011. 

d. Applicant: Alabama Power 

Company (Alabama Power) 

e. Name of Project: Martin Dam 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: The existing Martin Dam 

Project is located on the Tallapoosa 

River in northeast Alabama, in 

Tallapoosa, Coosa, and Elmore 

Counties, Alabama, near the cities of 

Alexander City and Dadeville, Alabama. 

The project occupied 1.36 acres of 

federal lands. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)–825(r) 

h. Applicant Contacts: Theodore J. 

McCullough, Senior Vice President and 

Senior Production Officer, Alabama 

Power Company, 600 North 18th Street, 

P.O. Box 2641, Birmingham, AL 35291, 

telephone (205) 257–8180; James F. 

Crew, Manager, Hydro Services, 

Alabama Power Company, 600 North 

18th Street, P.O. Box 2641, Birmingham, 

AL 35291, telephone (205) 257–4265. 

i. FERC Contact: Jennifer Adams, 

(202) 502–8087 or 

jennifer.adams@ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for filing motions to 

intervene and protests, comments, 

recommendations, preliminary terms 

and conditions, and preliminary 

prescriptions: 60 days from the issuance 

date of this notice; reply comments are 

due 105 days from the issuance date of 

this notice. 

Motions to intervene, protests, 

comments, recommendations, 

preliminary terms and conditions, and 

preliminary fishway prescriptions 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/ 

efiling.asp. Commenters can submit 

brief comments up to 6,000 characters, 

without prior registration, using the 

eComment system at http:// 

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

ecomment.asp. You must include your 

name and contact information at the end 

of your comments. For assistance, 

please contact FERC Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll 

free at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY, 

(202) 502–8659. Although the 

Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing, documents may also be 

paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an 

original and seven copies to: 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. 

k. This application has been accepted 

for filing and is now ready for 

environmental analysis. 

l. Project Description: The existing 

Martin Dam Project is located at river 

mile 420.0 on the Tallapoosa River near 

the cities of Alexander City and 

Dadeville, Alabama. Martin dam 

impounds about 31 miles of the 

Tallapoosa River, forming Martin 

reservoir (or Lake Martin), a 41,150-acre 

reservoir with (a) 880 miles of shoreline, 

(b) a gross storage capacity of 1,622,000 

acre-feet, and (c) active storage of 

1,381,077 acre-feet at a 45.5-foot 

drawdown. 

The Martin Dam Project consists of: 

(1) A 2,000-foot-long, 168-foot-high 

concrete gravity dam and an earth dike 

section, and includes (a) a 720-foot-long 

gated spillway section with 20 vertical 

lift spillway gates, each measuring 30 

feet wide by 16 feet high; (b) a 250-footlong concrete gravity intake structure, 

(c) a 255-foot-long concrete gravity nonoverflow section, and (d) an 

approximately 1,000-foot-long earth 

embankment; (2) a reservoir with a 

surface area of 41,150 acres at normal 

full pool elevation of 491 feet mean sea 

level (msl); (3) headworks containing 

four steel penstocks and 12 intake gates, 

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each fitted with trash racks; (4) a 307.9- 

foot-long, 58-foot-wide, and 99-foot-high 

brick and concrete, steel-frame 

powerhouse; (5) four vertical Francis 

turbines that power four generating 

units with a total installed capacity of 

182.5 megawatts; (6) two 450-foot-long 

transmission lines; and (7) appurtenant 

facilities. The project generates about 

33,000,000 megawatt-hours annually. 

The Martin Dam Project operates as a 

peaking project using a multipurpose 

storage reservoir (Lake Martin), in 

which the water levels fluctuate 

seasonally. Under its normal peaking 

operations, the project operates between 

elevations 481 and 491 feet msl. Flows 

from the dam vary from leakage during 

periods of non-generation to 17,900 

cubic feet per second (cfs) during 

generation. The Martin Dam Project 

typically generates Monday through 

Friday for eight hours per day. Releases 

from Martin dam are made directly into 

Alabama Power’s Yates and Thurlow 

Hydroelectric Project No. 2407. The 

Thurlow dam is required to release a 

minimum flow of 1,200 cfs. Releases 

from Martin dam are often necessary to 

maintain the 1,200-cfs minimum flow 

requirement. 

Alabama Power uses three guide 

curves for the Martin Dam Project: (1) A 

flood control guide; (2) an operating 

guide; and (3) a drought contingency 

curve. The flood control guide 

maximizes lake elevations for flood 

control purposes. The operating guide 

limits fluctuations in Lake Martin to 

water levels that stakeholders deemed 

acceptable during the previous 

relicensing process for the Martin Dam 

Project. The area between the flood 

control guide and operating guide 

represents the range that Alabama 

Power operates the project under 

normal inflow conditions. The drought 

contingency plan provides an indication 

of impending hydrologic drought 

conditions. 

m. 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. 

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 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. 

All filings must (1) bear in all capital 

letters the title ‘‘PROTEST,’’ ‘‘MOTION 

TO INTERVENE,’’ ‘‘COMMENTS,’’ 

‘‘REPLY COMMENTS,’’ 

‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS,’’ 

‘‘PRELIMINARY TERMS AND 

CONDITIONS,’’ or ‘‘PRELIMINARY 

FISHWAY PRESCRIPTIONS’’; (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) 

otherwise comply with the requirements 

of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. 

All comments, recommendations, terms 

and conditions or prescriptions must set 

forth their evidentiary basis and 

otherwise comply with the requirements 

of 18 CFR 4.34(b). 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. A copy of all other filings 

in reference to this application must be 

accompanied by proof of service on all 

persons listed in the service list 

prepared by the Commission in this 

proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 

4.34(b) and 385.2010. 

o. Procedural Schedule: The 

application will be processed according 

to the following revised Hydro 

Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the 

schedule may be made as appropriate. 

Milestone Target date 

Deadline for filing comments, recommendations, preliminary terms 

and conditions, and preliminary fishway prescriptions.

April 2012. 

Draft EIS issued ................ October 2012. 

Comments on draft EIS 

due.

December 2012. 

Deadline for filing modified 

terms and conditions.

December 2012. 

Final EIS issued ................ March 2013. 

p. Final amendments to the 

application must be filed with the 

Commission no later than 30 days from 

the issuance date of this notice. 

q. A license applicant must file no 

later than 60 days following the date of 

issuance of the notice of acceptance and 

ready for environmental analysis 

provided for in 18 CFR 5.22: (1) A copy 

of the water quality certification; (2) a 

copy of the request for certification, 

including proof of the date on which the 

certifying agency received the request; 

or (3) evidence of waiver of water 

quality certification. 

r. Any qualified applicant desiring to 

file a competing application must 

submit to the Commission, on or before 

the specified intervention deadline date, 

a competing development application, 

or a notice of intent to file such an 

application. Submission of a timely 

notice of intent allows an interested 

person to file the competing 

development application no later than 

120 days after the specified intervention 

deadline date. Applications for 

preliminary permits will not be 

accepted in response to this notice. 

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 a development application. A 

notice of intent must be served on the 

applicant named in this public notice. 

Dated: February 8, 2012. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–3402 Filed 2–13–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP12–55–000] 

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, 

L.L.C. Notice of Application 

Take notice that on February 2, 2012, 

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, 

L.L.C. (Tennessee), 1001 Louisiana 

Street, Houston, Texas 77002, filed an 

application in Docket No. CP12–55–000 

pursuant to section 7(b) of the Natural 

Gas Act (NGA) and Part 157 of the 

Commission’s regulations, requesting 

authorization to abandon in place and 

by removal certain inactive supply 

pipelines and associated appurtenances 

located in the Eugene Island and Ship 

Shoal Areas in Federal offshore waters 

of the Outer Continental Shelf, 

Louisiana. 

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