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to ensure continuity in the functioning 

of the Committee. The Chair and Vice 

Chair of the Committee will be 

appointed by the Assistant Secretary for 

EERE, from among the selected 

members, and the Committee is 

expected to meet approximately twice 

per year, or as necessary. 

Subcommittees may be formed to 

address appliance standards. Some 

Committee members may be appointed 

as special Government employees, 

experts in fields relevant to energy 

efficiency and appliance and 

commercial equipment standards; or as 

representatives of industry (including 

manufacturers and trade associations 

representing manufacturers, component 

manufacturers and related suppliers, 

and retailers), utilities, energy 

efficiency/environmental advocacy 

groups and consumers. Special 

Government employees will be subject 

to certain ethical restrictions and such 

members will be required to submit 

certain information in connection with 

the appointment process. 

Process and Deadline for Submitting 

Nominations: Qualified individuals can 

self-nominate or be nominated by any 

individual or organization. Nominators 

should submit (via email to 

asrac@ee.doe.gov) on or before April 2, 

2012, a description of the nominee’s 

qualifications, including matters 

enabling the Department to make an 

informed decision, not limited to, the 

nominee’s education and professional 

experience. Should more information be 

needed, DOE staff will contact the 

nominee, obtain information from the 

nominee’s past affiliations or obtain 

information from publicly available 

sources, such as the internet. A 

selection team will review the 

nomination packages. This team will be 

comprised of representatives from 

several DOE Offices. The selection team 

will seek balanced viewpoints and 

consider many criteria, including: 

(a) Scientific or technical expertise, 

knowledge, and experience; 

(b) stakeholder representation; 

(c) availability and willingness to serve; 

and (d) skills working in committees, 

subcommittees and advisory panels. 

The selection team will make 

recommendations regarding 

membership to the Assistant Secretary 

for EERE. The Assistant Secretary for 

EERE will submit a list of recommended 

candidates to the Secretary of Energy for 

review and selection of Committee 

members. 

Nominations are open to all 

individuals without regard to race, 

color, religion, sex, national origin, age, 

mental or physical handicap, marital 

status, or sexual orientation. To ensure 

that recommendations to the Committee 

take into account the needs of the 

diverse groups served by DOE, 

membership shall include, to the extent 

practicable, individuals with 

demonstrated ability to represent 

minorities, women, and persons with 

disabilities. Please note, however, that 

Federally-registered lobbyists and 

individuals already serving on another 

Federal advisory committee are 

ineligible for nomination. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: John 

Cymbalsky, Designated Federal Officer, 

by telephone at (202) 287–1692. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 1, 

2012. 

Carol A. Matthews, 

Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2012–5661 Filed 3–7–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 14308–001] 

Carbon Zero, LLC.; Notice of 

Application Tendered for Filing With 

the Commission, Intent To Waive 

Solicitation of Additional Study 

Requests, and Intent To Approve of the 

Use of the Traditonal Licensing 

Process 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: Original 

Minor License. 

b. Project No.: 14308–001. 

c. Date filed: February 17, 2012. 

d. Applicant: Carbon Zero, LLC. 

e. Name of Project: Vermont Tissue 

Mill Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: On the Walloomsac River, 

in the Town of Bennington, Bennington 

County, Vermont. The project would not 

occupy lands of the United States. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: William F. 

Scully, Carbon Zero, LLC., P.O. Box 338, 

North Bennington, VT 05257; (802) 442– 

0311; wfscully@gmail.com. 

i. FERC Contact: Amy K. Chang, (202) 

502–2850, or email at 

amy.chang@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. The Commission previously 

solicited additional study requests on 

November 7, 2011. No studies were 

requested; therefore, the Commission is 

providing notice that it intends to waive 

solicitation of additional study requests 

on the application filed on February 17, 

2012. 

l. Deadline for filing comments on the 

use of the Traditional Licensing Process 

and requests for cooperating agency 

status: 30 days from the issuance of this 

notice. 

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 1–866–208–3676, 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. 

m. This application is not ready for 

environmental analysis at this time. 

n. Project Description: Vermont 

Tissue Mill Hydroelectric Project would 

consist of two existing dams separated 

by a 400-foot-wide island and include: 

(1) An existing 15-foot-high, 85-footlong primary dam with a spillway crest 

elevation of 555.0 feet above mean sea 

level (msl) topped with reinstalled 4- 

inch-high flashboards; (2) an existing 6- 

foot-high, 80-foot-long emergency 

spillway dam with a crest elevation of 

555.5 feet above msl and a proposed 2.5- 

foot-high, 2.5-foot-wide minimum flow 

weir equipped with stop logs; (3) an 

existing 6-foot-high, 8-foot-wide flood 

gate located on the south abutment of 

the primary dam; (4) an existing 2,400- 

foot-long, 6.4-acre impoundment with a 

normal water surface elevation of 550 

feet above msl; (5) an existing intake 

structure equipped with two 12-foothigh, 16-foot-wide flume openings 

equipped with stop log slots and new 


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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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