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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 

7 copies of filings made with the 

Commission and must mail a copy to 

the applicant and to every other party in 

the proceeding. 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 

Secretary of the Commission, as soon as 

possible, an original and two copies of 

comments in support of or in opposition 

to this project. The Commission will 

consider these comments in 

determining the appropriate action to be 

taken, but the filing of a comment alone 

will not serve to make the filer a party 

to the proceeding. The Commission’s 

rules require that persons filing 

comments in opposition to the project 

provide copies of their protests only to 

the party or parties directly involved in 

the protest. 

Persons who wish to comment only 

on the environmental review of this 

project should submit an original and 

two copies of their comments to the 

Secretary of the Commission. 

Environmental commentors will be 

placed on the Commission’s 

environmental mailing list, will receive 

copies of the environmental documents, 

and will be notified of meetings 

associated with the Commission’s 

environmental review process. 

Environmental commentors will not be 

required to serve copies of filed 

documents on all other parties. 

However, the non-party commentors 

will not receive copies of all documents 

filed by other parties or issued by the 

Commission (except for the mailing of 

environmental documents issued by the 

Commission) and will not have the right 

to seek court review of the 

Commission’s final order. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filings of comments, 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 7 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: January 27, 2012. 

Dated: January 6, 2012. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–509 Filed 1–12–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. P–13010–003] 

Mississippi 8 Hydro LLC; Notice of 

Application Tendered for Filing With 

the Commission and Soliciting 

Additional Study Requests 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: Original Major 

License. 

b. Project No.: P–13010–003. 

c. Date filed: December 27, 2011. 

d. Applicant: Mississippi 8 Hydro 

LLC. 

e. Name of Project: Lock and Dam 8 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: The project would be 

located on the upper Mississippi River 

in Houston County, Minnesota at an 

existing lock and dam owned and 

operated by the U.S. Corps of Engineers 

(Corps) at about river mile 679. The 

project would occupy federal lands 

managed by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Brent L. 

Smith, Chief Operating Officer, 

Symbiotics LLC, 371 Upper Terrace, 

Suite 2, Bend, OR 97702, Phone: (541) 

330–8779. 

i. FERC Contact: Lesley Kordella at 

(202) 502–6406; or email at 

Lesley.Kordella@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 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: February 27, 2012. 

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/ 

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 1–08–3676, 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. 

m. The application is not ready for 

environmental analysis at this time. 

n. The proposed project would utilize 

the existing U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers’ Lock & Dam Lock and Dam 

8, and would consist of the following 

facilities: (1) 28 0.5–MW very low head 

type hydraulic turbines attached to the 

dam’s existing Tainter and roller gate 

structures; (2) a new 30-foot-long by 40- 

foot-wide control house; (3) a new 175- 

foot-long by 200-foot-wide substation; 

(4) a new 175-foot-long by 100-foot-wide 

storage yard; (5) a new 350-foot-long 

transmission line; and (6) appurtenant 

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facilities. The average annual generation 

would be about 42.5 gigawatt hours. 

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. 

You may also 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. 

p. Procedural schedule: The 

application will be processed according 

to the following preliminary Hydro 

Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the 

schedule will be made as appropriate. 

Issue Notice of Acceptance .... April 2012. 

Issue Scoping Document 1 for 

comments.

May 2012. 

Comments on Scoping Document 1.June 2012. 

Issue Scoping Document 2 ..... August 2012. 

Issue notice of ready for environmental analysis.August 2012. 

Commission issues EA, draft 

EA, or draft EIS.

April 2013. 

Comments on EA, or draft EA, 

or draft EIS.

May 2013. 

Commission issues final EA or 

final EIS.

August 2013. 

Final amendments to the application 

must be filed with the Commission no 

later than 30 days from the issuance 

date of the notice of ready for 

environmental analysis. 

Dated: January 6, 2012. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–507 Filed 1–12–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. AC12–27–000] 

Midwest Independent Transmission 

System Operator, Inc.; Notice of Filing 

Take notice that on December 27, 

2011, Midwest Independent 

Transmission System Operator, Inc. 

submitted a request for authorization to 

defer for future recovery certain costs 

with the integration of the Entergy 

Operating Companies. 

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 or 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. 

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: January 20, 2012. 

Dated: January 6, 2012. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–508 Filed 1–12–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2928–007] 

Merrimac Paper Company, Inc.; Notice 

of Termination of License by Implied 

Surrender and Soliciting Comments 

and Motions To Intervene 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric proceeding has been 

initiated by the Commission: 

a. Type of Proceeding: Termination of 

License by Implied Surrender. 

b. Project No.: 2928–007. 

c. Date Initiated: January 06, 2012. 

d. Licensee: Merrimac Paper 

Company, Inc. 

e. Name and Location of Project: The 

Merrimac Hydroelectric Project is 

located on the Merrimack River, a 

navigable waterway in the United 

States, in the city of Lawrence, Essex 

County, Massachusetts. 

f. Proceeding Initiated Pursuant to: 

Standard Article 17 of the project’s 

license and 18 CFR 6.4 (2011). 

g. Licensee Contact Information: Ms. 

Terri Bechta, 9 South Canal Street, 

Lawrence, MA 01843–1410; phone (617) 

686–0342. 

h. FERC Contact: Krista Sakallaris, 

(202) 502–6302. 

i. Deadline for filing comments, 

protests, and motions to intervene is 30 

days from the issuance date of this 

notice. All documents 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 at http:// 

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filings. If unable to be filed 

electronically, documents may be paperfiled. To paper-file, an original and 

seven copies should be sent to: The 

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street NE., 

Washington, DC 20426. 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. Please include the 

project number (P–2928–007) on any 

documents or motions filed. 

j. Description of Existing Facilities: (1) 

Unit No. 1: (i) A 6.5-foot-high by 6.0- 

foot wide head gate and trashrack 

structure; (ii) a 260-foot-long, 5-footdiameter penstock connected to; (iii) a 

generating unit with an installed 

capacity of 200kW; (iv) an 18-foot-long 

tailrace canal; and (v) other 

appurtenances; (2) Unit No. 2: (i) A 6.5- 

foot-high by 6.0-foot-wide head gate and 

trashrack structure; (ii) a 288-foot-long, 

5.3-foot-diameter penstock connected 

to; (iii) a generating unit with an 

installed capacity of 450kW; (iv) a 15- 

foot-long tailrace canal; and (v) other 

appurtenances; (3) Unit No. 3: (i) A 6.5- 

foot-high by 6.0-foot wide head gate and 

trashrack and other appurtenances; (ii) a 

250-foot-long, 8.75-foot-diameter 

penstock connected to; (iii) a generating 

unit with an installed capacity of 

600kW; (iv) a 80-foot-long tailrace canal; 

and (v) other appurtenances. 

k. Description of Proceeding: The 

licensee is currently in violation of 

standard Article 17 of its license, 

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