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trashracks connected to two water 

conveyance channels, one 12-foot-high, 

35-foot-long and one 12-foot-high, 85- 

foot-long; (6) an existing powerhouse 

with two new Kaplan turbine generating 

units with a total installed capacity of 

360 kilowatts; (7) a new 1.5-footdiameter valve in the powerhouse that 

would discharge flows to the tailrace; 

and (8) a new buried 480-volt, 125-footlong transmission line connecting the 

powerhouse to the regional grid. In 

addition to installing the new turbine 

generating units and new transmission 

line listed above, the applicant proposes 

to renovate and repair the trashracks 

and tailrace retaining wall, and excavate 

a new tailrace downstream of the 

primary dam. The project would be 

operated in a run-of-river mode and 

would generate an annual average of 

approximately 1,454 megawatt-hours. 

o. Carbon Zero, LLC prepared an 

application for an exemption from 

licensing, which it subsequently revised 

and refiled on February 17, 2012, as an 

application for an original minor license 

with a request to use the Traditional 

Licensing Process (TLP). Based on the 

contents of the exemption and license 

applications, the TLP three-stage 

consultation process has been 

completed; therefore, the Commission is 

providing notice that it intends to 

approve Carbon Zero’s request to use 

the TLP. 

p. 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 at 

FERCONlineSupport@ferc.gov. 

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. 

q. With this notice, we are initiating 

consultation with the Vermont State 

Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as 

required by 106, National Historic 

Preservation Act, and the regulations of 

the Advisory Council on Historic 

Preservation, 36, CFR, at 800.4. 

r. Procedural schedule: The 

application will be processed according 

to the following Hydro Licensing 

Schedule. Revisions to the schedule will 

be made as appropriate. 

Milestone Target 

date 

Issue Notice of Acceptance April 2012. 

Issue Notice of Ready for 

Environmental Analysis.

May 2012. 

Notice of the availability of 

the EA.

Nov. 2012. 

Dated: March 2, 2012. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5614 Filed 3–7–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket Nos. EG12–16–000, EG12–17–000, 

EG12–18–000, EG12–19–000, EG12–20–000, 

EG12–21–000, EG12–22–000, EG12–23–000] 

Rocky Ridge Wind Project, LLC, 

Blackwell Wind, LLC, CPV Cimarron 

Renewable Energy Company, LLC, 

Minco Wind Interconnection Services, 

LLC, Shiloh III Lessee, LLC, California 

Ridge Wind Energy LLC, Perrin Ranch 

Wind, LLC, Erie Wind, LLC: Notice of 

Effectiveness of Exempt Wholesale 

Generator Status 

Take notice that during the month of 

February 2012, the status of the abovecaptioned entities as Exempt Wholesale 

Generators or Foreign Utility Companies 

became effective by operation of the 

Commission’s regulations. 18 CFR 

366.7(a). 

Dated: March 2, 2012. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5616 Filed 3–7–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP11–515–000] 

Millennium Pipeline Company, LLC; 

Notice of Availability of the 

Environmental Assessment for the 

Proposed: Minisink Compressor 

Project 

The staff of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC or 

Commission) has prepared an 

environmental assessment (EA) for the 

Minisink Compressor Project, proposed 

by Millennium Pipeline Company, LLC 

(Millennium) in the above-referenced 

docket. Millennium requests 

authorization to construct and operate a 

natural gas compressor station in 

Minisink, New York to increase 

deliveries to its interconnection with 

Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC at 

Ramapo, New York, to approximately 

675,000 dekatherms per day. 

This EA assesses the potential 

environmental effects of the 

construction and operation of the 

Minisink Compressor Project in 

accordance with the requirements of the 

National Environmental Policy Act. 

Staff concludes that the proposed 

project, with appropriate mitigation, 

would not constitute a major federal 

action significantly affecting the quality 

of the human environment. 

Millennium’s proposed Minisink 

Compressor Project consists of two 

6,130-horsepower gas-fired compressor 

units that would be housed within a 

new building, as well as an access 

driveway, parking areas, a station 

control/auxiliary building, intake and 

exhaust silencers, turbine lube oil 

coolers, unit blowdown silencers, a 

filter-separator with a liquids tank, and 

an emergency electrical power 

generator. Pipeline facilities required for 

the project include approximately 545 

feet of new 36-inch-diameter suction 

and discharge pipelines which would 

connect the compressor station to the 

existing mainline. A new mainline valve 

assembly would also be required on the 

existing pipeline located between the 

new suction and discharge pipelines. 

The FERC staff mailed copies of the 

EA to federal, state, and local 

government representatives and 

agencies; elected officials; 

environmental and public interest 

groups; Native American tribes; 

potentially affected landowners and 

other interested individuals and groups; 

newspapers and libraries in the project 

area; and parties to this proceeding. In 

addition, the EA is available for public 

viewing on the FERC’s Web site 

(www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary link. 

A limited number of copies of the EA 

are available for distribution and public 

inspection at: 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

Public Reference Room, 888 First 

Street NE., Room 2A, Washington, DC 

20426, (202) 502–8371. 

Any person wishing to comment on 

the EA may do so. Your comments 

should focus on the potential 

environmental effects, reasonable 

alternatives, and measures to avoid or 

lessen environmental impacts. The more 

specific your comments, the more useful 

they will be. To ensure that the 

Commission has the opportunity to 

consider your comments prior to 

making its decision on this project, it is 


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1See the previous discussion on the methods for 

filing comments. 

important that we receive your 

comments in Washington, DC on or 

before April 2, 2012. 

For your convenience, there are three 

methods you can use to file your 

comments to the Commission. In all 

instances, please reference the project 

docket number (CP11–515–000) with 

your submission. The Commission 

encourages electronic filing of 

comments and has expert staff available 

to assist you at (202) 502–8258 or 

efiling@ferc.gov. 

(1) You can file your comments 

electronically using the eComment 

feature on the Commission’s Web site 

(www.ferc.gov) under the link to 

Documents and Filings. This is an easy 

method for submitting brief, text-only 

comments on a project; 

(2) You can also file your comments 

electronically using the eFiling feature 

on the Commission’s Web site 

(www.ferc.gov) under the link to 

Documents and Filings. With eFiling, 

you can provide comments in a variety 

of formats by attaching them as a file 

with your submission. New eFiling 

users must first create an account by 

clicking on ‘‘eRegister.’’ You must select 

the type of filing you are making. If you 

are filing a comment on a particular 

project, please select ‘‘Comment on a 

Filing’’; or 

(3) You can file a paper copy of your 

comments by mailing them to the 

following address: 

Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE., Room 1A, 

Washington, DC 20426. 

Any person seeking to become a party 

to the proceeding must file a motion to 

intervene pursuant to Rule 214 of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedures (18 CFR 385.214).1 Only 

intervenors have the right to seek 

rehearing of the Commission’s decision. 

The Commission grants affected 

landowners and others with 

environmental concerns intervenor 

status upon showing good cause by 

stating that they have a clear and direct 

interest in this proceeding which no 

other party can adequately represent. 

Simply filing environmental comments 

will not give you intervenor status, but 

you do not need intervenor status to 

have your comments considered. 

Additional information about the 

project is available from the 

Commission’s Office of External Affairs, 

at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC Web 

site (www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary 

link. Click on the eLibrary link, click on 

‘‘General Search,’’ and enter the docket 

number excluding the last three digits in 

the Docket Number field (i.e., CP11– 

515). Be sure you have selected an 

appropriate date range. For assistance, 

please contact FERC Online Support at 

FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free 

at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, contact 

(202) 502–8659. The eLibrary link also 

provides access to the texts of formal 

documents issued by the Commission, 

such as orders, notices, and 

rulemakings. 

In addition, the Commission offers a 

free service called eSubscription which 

allows you to keep track of all formal 

issuances and submittals in specific 

dockets. This can reduce the amount of 

time you spend researching proceedings 

by automatically providing you with 

notification of these filings, document 

summaries, and direct links to the 

documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/ 

esubscribenow.htm. 

Dated: March 2, 2012. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5615 Filed 3–7–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket Nos. EL12–41–000; QF11–44–001; 

QF11–45–001] 

Rainbow Ranch Wind, LLC, Rainbow 

West Wind, LLC; Notice of Petition for 

Enforcement 

Take notice that on March 1, 2012, 

pursuant to section 210(h) of the Public 

Utility Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 

(PURPA), 16 USA 8242–3(h), Rainbow 

Ranch Wind, LLC (Rainbow Ranch) and 

Rainbow West Wind, LLC (Rainbow 

West) (collectively, Petitioners) filed a 

petition requesting the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (Commission) 

initiate an enforcement action against 

the Idaho Public Utilities Commission 

(Idaho PUC) to remedy the rejection of 

(1) a Firm energy Sales Agreement 

between Rainbow Ranch and Idaho 

Power Company (IPC) and (2) a Firm 

Energy Sales Agreement between 

Rainbow West and IPC. In the 

alternative, Petitioners request that the 

Commission make specific findings 

with respect to Idaho PUC Order Nos. 

32256 and 32300, as would allow 

Petitioners to pursue enforcement action 

in a U.S. Federal District Court. 

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, 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: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on March 22, 2012. 

Dated: March 2, 2012. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5617 Filed 3–7–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[FRL–9645–2] 

Assessment of Potential Large-Scale 

Mining on the Bristol Bay Watershed of 

Alaska: Nomination of Peer Reviewers 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Call for nominations; extension. 

SUMMARY: On February 24, 2012 EPA 

announced a two week period for the 

public to nominate qualified experts to 

be considered for the external review 

panel of an anticipated EPA draft report 

describing impacts associated with 

potential large-scale mining 

development in the Nushagak and 

Kvichak watersheds of Bristol Bay, 


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