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the party or parties directly involved in 

the protest. 

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 seven 

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. There is an 

‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the Web site 

that enables subscribers to receive email 

notification when a document is added 

to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance 

with any FERC Online service, please 

email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or 

call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, 

call (202) 502–8659. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on March 8, 2012. 

Dated: February 16, 2012. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4414 Filed 2–24–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13680–001] 

Bryant Mountain, LLC; Notice of Intent 

To File License Application, Filing of 

Pre-Application Document (PAD), and 

Commencement of Pre-Filing Process; 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement and 

Conduct Scoping; Request for 

Comments on the PAD and Scoping 

Document, and Identification of Issues 

and Associated Study Requests 

a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to 

File License Application for an Original 

License and Commencing Pre-filing 

Process. 

b. Project No.: 13680–001. 

c. Dated Filed: December 21, 2011. 

d. Submitted By: Bryant Mountain, 

LLC. 

e. Name of Project: Bryant Mountain 

Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: Near Malin in Klamath 

County, Oregon, on lands administered 

by the U.S. Bureau of Reclamation and 

private lands. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR Part 5 of 

the Commission’s Regulations. 

h. Potential Applicant Contact: Mr. 

Bart O’Keeffe, Bryant Mountain, LLC, 

P.O. Box 1916, Discovery Bay, 

California, 94505, (925) 634–1550 or 

email at bmokeeffe@sbcglobal.net. 

i. FERC Contact: Ryan Hansen at (202) 

502–8074 or email at ryan.hansen@ferc.

gov. 

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 o 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. With this notice, we are initiating 

informal consultation with: (a) The U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service under section 

7 of the Endangered Species Act and the 

joint agency regulations thereunder at 

50 CFR, part 402 and (b) the State 

Historic Preservation Officer, as 

required by section 106, National 

Historical Preservation Act, and the 

implementing regulations of the 

Advisory Council on Historic 

Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2. 

l. With this notice, we are designating 

Bryant Mountain, LLC, as the 

Commission’s non-federal 

representative for carrying out informal 

consultation, pursuant to section 7 of 

the Endangered Species Act and section 

106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act. 

m. Bryant Mountain, LLC, filed with 

the Commission a Pre-Application 

Document (PAD; including a proposed 

process plan and schedule), pursuant to 

18 CFR 5.6 of the Commission’s 

regulations. 

n. A copy of the PAD is available for 

review at the Commission in the Public 

Reference Room or may be viewed on 

the Commission’s Web site (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 toll free at 1–866–208–3676, or 

for TTY, (202) 502–8659. A copy is also 

available for inspection and 

reproduction at the address in 

paragraph h. 

Register online at http://www.ferc.

gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be 

notified via email of new filing and 

issuances related to this or other 

pending projects. For assistance, contact 

FERC Online Support. 

o. With this notice, we are soliciting 

comments on the PAD and 

Commission’s staff Scoping Document 1 

(SD1), as well as study requests. All 

comments on the PAD and SD1, and 

study requests should be sent to the 

address above in paragraph h. In 

addition, all comments on the PAD and 

SD1, study requests, requests for 

cooperating agency status, and all 

communications to and from 

Commission staff related to the merits of 

the potential application must be filed 

with the Commission. 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/

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. 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. 

All filings with the Commission must 

include on the first page, the project 

name (Bryant Mountain Pumped 

Storage Hydroelectric Project) and the 

project number (P–13680–001), and bear 

the appropriate heading: ‘‘Comments on 

Pre-Application Document,’’ ‘‘Study 

Requests,’’ ‘‘Comments on Scoping 

Document 1,’’ ‘‘Request for Cooperating 

Agency Status,’’ or ‘‘Communications to 

and from Commission Staff.’’ Any 

individual or entity interested in 

submitting study requests, commenting 

on the PAD or SD1, and any agency 

requesting cooperating status must do so 

by April 16, 2012. 

p. We intend to prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

for this project. The scoping meetings 

identified below satisfy the NEPA 

scoping requirements. 

Scoping Meetings 

Commission staff will hold two 

scoping meetings in the vicinity of the 

project at the time and place noted 

below. The daytime meeting will focus 

on resource agency, Indian tribes, and 

non-governmental organization 

concerns, while the evening meeting is 

primarily for receiving input from the 

public. We invite all interested 

individuals, organizations, and agencies 

to attend one or both of the meetings, 

and to assist staff in identifying 

particular study needs, as well as the 

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addressed in the environmental 

document. The times and locations of 

these meetings are as follows: 

Daytime Scoping Meeting 

Date and Time: Wednesday, March 

14, 2012, 9 a.m.–12 p.m. 

Location: Shilo Inn Suites Hotel, 2500 

Almond St., Klamath Falls, OR 97601. 

Phone Number: (541) 885–7980. 

Evening Scoping Meeting 

Date and Time: Tuesday, March 13, 

2012, 6 p.m.–9 p.m. 

Location: Malin City Park Hall, 2307 

Third Street, Malin, OR 97632. 

Phone Number: (541) 723–2021. 

Scoping Document 1 (SD1), which 

outlines the subject areas to be 

addressed in the environmental 

document, was mailed to the 

individuals and entities on the 

Commission’s mailing list. Copies of 

SD1 will be available at the scoping 

meetings, or may be viewed on the Web 

at http://www.ferc.gov, using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Follow the directions 

for accessing information in paragraph 

n. Based on all oral and written 

comments, a Scoping Document 2 (SD2) 

may be issued. SD2 may include a 

revised process plan and schedule, as 

well as a list of issues, identified 

through the scoping process. 

Environmental Site Review 

The potential applicant and 

Commission staff will conduct an 

Environmental Site Review of the 

project on Tuesday, April 13, 2012, 

starting at 1 p.m. In addition to the 

scoping meetings, we will be 

conducting an environmental site 

review on Tuesday, March 13, 2012. All 

interested participants should meet no 

later than 1 p.m. in the parking lot of 

Malin City Park Hall, 2307 Third Street, 

Malin, OR 97632. All participants are 

responsible for their own transportation. 

Meeting Objectives 

At the scoping meetings, staff will: (1) 

Initiate scoping of the issues; (2) review 

and discuss existing conditions and 

resource management objectives; (3) 

review and discuss existing information 

and identify preliminary information 

and study needs; (4) review and discuss 

the process plan and schedule for prefiling activity that incorporates the time 

frames provided for in Part 5 of the 

Commission’s regulations and, to the 

extent possible, maximizes coordination 

of federal, state, and tribal permitting 

and certification processes; and (5) 

discuss the appropriateness of any 

federal or state agency or Indian tribe 

acting as a cooperating agency for 

development of an environmental 

document. 

Meeting participants should come 

prepared to discuss their issues and/or 

concerns. Please review the PAD in 

preparation for the scoping meetings. 

Directions on how to obtain a copy of 

the PAD and SD1 are included in item 

n. of this document. 

Meeting Procedures 

The meetings will be recorded by a 

stenographer and will be placed in the 

public records of the project. 

Dated: February 16, 2012. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–4412 Filed 2–24–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP12–54–000] 

Town of Walden, Colorado; Notice of 

Application 

Take notice that on February 1, 2012, 

Town of Walden, Colorado (Walden) 

filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission (Commission) an 

application under section 7(f) of the 

Natural Gas Act (NGA) for 

determination of a service area within 

which Walden may, without further 

Commission authorization, provide 

natural gas distribution service to 

customers in Colorado and Wyoming. 

Walden requests that the Commission: 

(1) Determine that Walden is a local 

distribution company for purposes of 

Section 311 of the NGPA; (2) grant 

Walden a service area determination 

pursuant to Section 7(f) of the NGA as 

described in the body of this 

Application; (3) grant Walden a waiver 

of all regulatory, accounting, and 

reporting requirements applicable to 

natural gas companies under the NGA 

and the NGPA with respect to the 

activities covered by this Application 

and the designated service area; and (4) 

grant such further relief as the 

Commission may deem appropriate, all 

as more fully set forth in the application 

which is on file with the Commission 

and open to public inspection. This 

filing is available for review at the 

Commission in the Public Reference 

Room or may be viewed on the 

Commission’s Web site web 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 at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202) 

502–8659. 

Any questions regarding the 

application should be directed to Bruce 

S. Asay, Esq., 1807 Capitol Avenue 

#203, Cheyenne, WY 82001, or 

telephone 307–632–2888 or by email 

basay@associatedlegal.com or to Steven 

Shute, contract operator of Walden Gas 

at P.O. Box 1054, Glenwood Springs, CO 

81602 or telephone 970–928–9208 or by 

email pipeline@rof.net. 

Pursuant to section 157.9 of the 

Commission’s rules, 18 CFR 157.9, 

within 90 days of this Notice the 

Commission staff will either: complete 

its environmental assessment (EA) and 

place it into the Commission’s public 

record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or 

issue a Notice of Schedule for 

Environmental Review. If a Notice of 

Schedule for Environmental Review is 

issued, it will indicate, among other 

milestones, the anticipated date for the 

Commission staff’s issuance of the final 

environmental impact statement (FEIS) 

or EA for this proposal. The filing of the 

EA in the Commission’s public record 

for this proceeding or the issuance of a 

Notice of Schedule for Environmental 

Review will serve to notify federal and 

state agencies of the timing for the 

completion of all necessary reviews, and 

the subsequent need to complete all 

federal authorizations within 90 days of 

the date of issuance of the Commission 

staff’s FEIS or EA. 

There are two ways to become 

involved in the Commission’s review of 

this project. First, any person wishing to 

obtain legal status by becoming a party 

to the proceedings for this project 

should, on or before the comment date 

stated below file with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, 

a motion to intervene in accordance 

with the requirements of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211) 

and the Regulations under the NGA (18 

CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party 

status will be placed on the service list 

maintained by the Secretary of the 

Commission and will receive copies of 

all documents filed by the applicant and 

by all other parties. A party must submit 

seven copies of filings made in the 

proceeding with the Commission and 

must mail a copy to the applicant and 

to every other party. Only parties to the 

proceeding can ask for court review of 

Commission orders in the proceeding. 

However, a person does not have to 

intervene in order to have comments 

considered. The second way to 

participate is by filing with the 


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