### 63450 Federal Register / Vol. 75, No. 199 / Friday, October 15, 2010 / Notices

**DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY**

**DOE/NSF High Energy Physics Advisory Panel** 

**AGENCY :**  Department of Energy, Office of Science.

**ACTION :**  Notice of open meeting.

**SUMMARY :**  This notice announces a meeting of the DOE/NSF High Energy Physics Advisory Panel (HEPAP). Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of these meetings be announced in the Federal Register

. **DATES :**  Tuesday, October 26, 2010; 9 a.m.–6 p.m.

**ADDRESSES :**  Hilton Hotel, 1750 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland
20852.

**FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT :**  John Kogut, Executive Secretary; High Energy Physics Advisory Panel; U.S. Department of Energy; SC–25/ Germantown Building, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585–1290; Telephone: 301–903–1298.

**SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION :** 

Purpose of Meeting: To provide advice and guidance on a continuing basis to the Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation on scientific priorities within the field of high energy physics research.

Tentative Agenda: Agenda will include discussions of the following: Tuesday, October 26, 2010

• Discussion of proposal to run the Fermilab Tevatron Collider for three additional years (2012–2014) beyond the completion of its currently planned
program.

• Public Comment (10-minute rule). Public Participation: The meeting is open to the public. If you would like to file a written statement with the Committee, you may do so either before or after the meeting. If you would like to make oral statements regarding any of these items on the agenda, you should contact John Kogut, 301–903–1298 or John.Kogut@science.doe.gov. You must make your request for an oral statement at least 5 business days before the meeting. Reasonable provision will be made to include the scheduled oral statements on the agenda. The Chairperson of the Panel will conduct the meeting to facilitate the orderly conduct of business. Public comment will follow the 10-minute rule. This notice is being published less than 15 days before the date of the meeting due to programmatic issues.

Minutes: The minutes of the meeting will be available on the U.S. Department of Energy’s Office of High Energy Physics Advisory Panel Web site at http://www.science.doe.gov/hep/panels/ index.shtml.

Issued in Washington, DC on October 8,
2010. LaTanya R. Butler, Acting Deputy Committee Management Officer.
[FR Doc. 2010–26004 Filed 10–14–10; 8:45 am]

**BILLING CODE 6450–01–P**

**DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY**

**Federal Energy Regulatory Commission** 

**[Project No. P–12642–003]**

**Wilkesboro Hydroelectric Company; Notice of Application Ready for**  **Environmental Analysis and Soliciting Comments, Recommendations, Terms**  **and Conditions, and Prescriptions**

October 7, 2010.

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–12642–003.

c. Date filed: September 29, 2009. d. Applicant: Wilkesboro Hydroelectric Company.

e. Name of Project: W. Kerr Scott Hydropower Project.

f. Location: The proposed project would be located at the existing U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (Corps) W. Kerr Scott dam on the Yadkin River, near Wilkesboro in Wilkes County, North Carolina. A total of 3.5 acres of Federal lands, administered by the Corps, would be occupied by the proposed project.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Kevin Edwards, P.O. Box 143, Mayodan, NC 27027; Mr. Dean Edwards, P.O. Box 1565, Dover, FL 33527.

i. FERC Contact: Jennifer Adams at (202) 502–8087, or jennifer.adams@ferc.gov.

j. The deadline for filing comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, and prescriptions is 60 days from the issuance of this notice and reply comments are due 105 days from the issuance date 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 tollfree 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.

The Commission’s Rules of Practice require all intervenors filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of that document on each person on the official service list for the project. Further, if an intervenor files comments or documents with the Commission relating to the merits of an issue that may affect the responsibilities of a particular resource agency, they must also serve a copy of the document on that resource agency.

k. This application has been accepted and is ready for environmental analysis at this time.

l. The proposed project would use the Corps’ existing Kerr Scott dam, and would consist of the following modified and new facilities: (1) A multi-level intake structure with trashracks; (2) a 749-foot-long reinforced concrete waterconduit with a 580-foot-long, 11-footdiameter steel liner in the downstream portion; (3) a penstock bifurcation and two 8-foot-diameter steel penstocks; (4) a gate at the end of the water conduit, with a Howell-Bunger-ring-jet-type fixed cone valve; (5) an 80-foot-long by 30- foot-wide powerhouse containing one 2.0-MW Kaplan unit and one 2.0-MW propeller-type unit; (6) an 80-foot-wide by 30-foot-long discharge channel that joins the Yadkin River at the downstream end of the existing stilling basin; (7) a substation; (8) a new underground 12.47-kilovolt (kV) transmission line that extends 150 feet from the proposed powerhouse to an existing utility pole to the south of the powerhouse, and an upgraded 3,600- foot-long, 12.47-kV three-phase line that connects the utility pole to a Duke Energy substation; and (9) appurtenant facilities. The proposed Kerr Scott Project, using releases from the reservoir, as directed by the Corps, would generate approximately 22,400 megawatt-hours of energy annually.

m. A copy of the application is available for review at the Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be