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issuance of a new license for the project 

or other disposition under the FPA, 

whichever comes first. If issuance of a 

new license (or other disposition) does 

not take place on or before March 31, 

2013, notice is hereby given that, 

pursuant to 18 CFR 16.18(c), an annual 

license under section 15(a)(1) of the 

FPA is renewed automatically without 

further order or notice by the 

Commission, unless the Commission 

orders otherwise. If the project is not 

subject to section 15 of the FPA, notice 

is hereby given that the Madison Paper 

Industries, FPL Energy Maine Hydro, 

LLC, and Merimil Limited Partnership 

are authorized to continue operation of 

the Brassua Hydroelectric Project, until 

such time as the Commission acts on its 

application for a subsequent license. 

Dated: April 9, 2012. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9015 Filed 4–13–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. PR12–20–000] 

NorthWestern Corporation; Notice of 

Petition for Rate Approval 

Take notice that on April 2, 2012, 

NorthWestern Corporation 

(NorthWestern) filed a Rate Election 

pursuant to 284.123(b)(1) of the 

Commissions regulations and to revise 

its Statement of Operating Conditions. 

NorthWestern proposes to utilize rates 

that are the same as those contained in 

NorthWestern’s transportation rate 

schedules for comparable intrastate 

service on file with the South Dakota 

Public Utilities Commission as more 

fully detailed in the petition. 

Any person desiring to participate in 

this rate filing must file in accordance 

with Rules 211 and 214 of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 

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 

date as indicated below. Anyone filing 

an intervention or protest must serve a 

copy of that document on the Applicant. 

Anyone filing an intervention or protest 

on or before the intervention or protest 

date need not 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 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: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Monday, April 16, 2012. 

Dated: April 4, 2012. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2012–9014 Filed 4–13–12; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Western Area Power Administration 

Interconnection of the Grande Prairie 

Wind Farm, Holt County, NE 

AGENCY: Western Area Power 

Administration, Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of intent to prepare an 

environmental impact statement and 

conduct scoping meetings; Notice of 

potential floodplain and wetlands 

involvement. 

SUMMARY: The Western Area Power 

Administration (Western), an agency of 

the Department of Energy (DOE), 

intends to prepare an environmental 

impact statement (EIS) on the proposed 

interconnection of the Grande Prairie 

Wind Farm (Project) in Holt County, 

near the city of O’Neill, Nebraska. 

Grande Prairie Wind, LLC (Grande 

Prairie Wind), a majority-owned 

subsidiary of Midwest Wind Energy, 

LLC, has applied to Western to 

interconnect their proposed wind 

energy generation project to Western’s 

power transmission system. Western’s 

Federal action would be to execute an 

interconnection agreement with Grande 

Prairie Wind and make any necessary 

modifications to the transmission 

system to accommodate the 

interconnection at Grande Prairie 

Wind’s expense. Western is issuing this 

notice to inform the public and 

interested parties about Western’s intent 

to prepare an EIS, conduct a public 

scoping process, and invite the public to 

comment on the scope, proposed action, 

alternatives, and other issues to be 

addressed in the EIS. 

Construction activities proposed by 

Grande Prairie Wind may affect 

floodplains and wetlands, so this Notice 

of Intent (NOI) also serves as a notice of 

proposed floodplain or wetland action 

in accordance with DOE floodplain and 

wetland environmental review 

requirements. 

DATES: The public scoping period begins 

with the publication of this notice and 

closes on May 16, 2012. To provide the 

public an opportunity to review the 

proposal and project information, 

Western will hold one public meeting in 

O’Neill, Nebraska. Western will 

announce the date and location of the 

public scoping meeting through local 

news media, and posting on the Western 

Web site at http://www.wapa.gov/ugp/ 

Environment/default.htm at least 15 

days prior to the meeting. While 

comments will be accepted at any time 

during the EIS process, submission of 

comments by the end of the scoping 

comment period will ensure full 

consideration in the Draft EIS. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the 

scope of the EIS should be addressed to 

Mr. Matt Marsh, Western Area Power 

Administration, P.O. Box 35800, 2900 

4th Avenue, North, Billings, MT 59107, 

fax (406) 255–2900 or email at 

grandeprairie@wapa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Matt Marsh, Western Area Power 

Administration, P.O. Box 35800, 2900 

4th Avenue, North, Billings, MT 59107, 

telephone (406) 255–2811, or email 

grandeprairie@wapa.gov. For general 

information on DOE’s National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 

review procedures or status of a NEPA 

review, contact Ms. Carol M. Borgstrom, 

Director, Office of NEPA Policy and 

Compliance, GC–54, U.S. Department of 

Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC 20585, telephone 

(202) 586–4600 or (800) 472–2756, fax 

(202) 586–7031. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Western, 

an agency within DOE, markets Federal 

hydroelectric power to preference 

customers, as specified by law. These 

customers include municipalities, 

cooperatives, irrigation districts, Federal 

and State agencies, and Native 


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