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for $1.24 billion to support construction 

and start-up of the DSSFP. Accordingly, 

the DOE alternatives are to issue the 

loan guarantee to First Solar for 

construction and start-up of the DSSFP 

under the Proposed Action identified as 

the BLM Selected Alternative in the 

BLM ROD, and the No Action 

Alternative. Under the No Action 

Alternative, DOE would not issue a loan 

guarantee for the project and it is not 

likely that First Solar would implement 

the project as currently planned. 

Environmentally Preferable Alternative 

BLM’s environmentally preferred 

alternative is the No Action Alternative 

involving No Project with Plan 

Amendment to Identify the Area as 

Unsuitable for Solar Development 

(Alternative 5). This alternative would 

not allow development of the proposed 

project or other solar energy generating 

projects at this location and would have 

no impacts on the ground. BLM 

indicated in its ROD that this alternative 

would not allow the development of 

renewable energy, and this alternative 

was not chosen in full by BLM. 

However, a portion of the alternative 

was approved which made the 

remainder of the Project Study Area 

unavailable to solar development. 

DOE has decided that its proposed 

Alternative, to issue a loan guarantee for 

construction and start-up of the DSSFP 

identified as the Proposed Action in the 

Final EIS, is environmentally preferable. 

DOE has determined that this 

alternative offers substantial 

environmental benefits due to 

anticipated reductions in greenhouse 

gas emissions as described in the Final 

EIS, and because all practicable means 

to avoid or minimize environmental 

harm, as described in the Final EIS and 

BLM ROD and its appendices for the 

DSSFP, are required by BLM as 

mitigation measures. 

Consultation 

As the lead Federal agency for the 

DSSFP, BLM complied with Section 106 

of the National Historic Preservation Act 

and consulted with the Advisory 

Council on Historic Preservation, the 

California State Historic Preservation 

Officer, and interested Native American 

tribes; complied with Section 7 of the 

Endangered Species Act and the Bald 

and Golden Eagle Protection Act and 

consulted with the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service; and entered into 

government-to-government 

consultations with a number of tribal 

governments. In addition, BLM 

consulted with the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, which determined that the 

project site does not impact waters of 

the United States and that a Clean Water 

Act permit will not be required, and the 

State of California and Riverside County 

regarding compliance with state and 

local laws. Chapter 5 of the BLM Final 

EIS summarizes consultations with 

agencies and other entities. 

Intentional Destructive Acts 

As a part of its review, DOE verified 

that a discussion of acts of terrorism, 

sabotage or other intentional destructive 

acts was included in the Final EIS. DOE 

concludes that the proposed DSSFP 

presents an unlikely target for an act of 

terrorism or sabotage. Further, as 

discussed in the Final EIS, the site 

security measures provide appropriate 

levels of security to protect electrical 

infrastructure from malicious mischief, 

vandalism, or domestic/foreign terrorist 

attacks. 

Decision 

DOE has decided to issue a loan 

guarantee for construction and start-up 

of DSSFP identified as the Proposed 

Action with Land Use Plan Amendment 

alternative in the Final EIS, which BLM 

selected in its ROD. 

Approval of the loan guarantee for 

DSSFP responds to the DOE purpose 

and need pursuant to Title XVII Section 

1705 of EPAct 2005 (42 U.S.C. 16511– 

16514). Section 1705 authorizes a 

program for rapid deployment of 

renewable energy projects and related 

manufacturing facilities, electric power 

transmission projects, and leading-edge 

biofuels projects. The primary purposes 

of the Recovery Act are job preservation 

and creation, infrastructure investment, 

energy efficiency and science, assistance 

to the unemployed, and state and local 

fiscal stabilization. The Section 1705 

Program is designed to address the 

economic conditions of the Nation, in 

part, through renewable energy, 

transmission, and leading-edge biofuels 

projects. To be eligible, projects must 

commence construction by September 

30, 2011. 

Mitigation 

The DSSFP project for which DOE has 

decided to issue a loan guarantee, 

includes mitigation measures, terms, 

and conditions applied by BLM in its 

ROW grants. The mitigation measures, 

terms, and conditions represent 

practicable means by which to avoid or 

minimize environmental harm from the 

selected alternative (Proposed Action). 

BLM is the lead Federal agency for the 

DSSFP project under NEPA and is 

responsible for ensuring compliance 

with all adopted mitigation measures, 

terms, and conditions for the DSSFP 

project set forth in the Final EIS and 

BLM ROD. The mitigation measures, 

terms, and conditions are provided in 

Appendix L of the Final EIS and 

Appendix 2 of the BLM ROD. A 

Compliance Monitoring Plan for those 

measures, terms, and conditions is 

provided in Appendix 5 of the BLM 

ROD. 

The DOE loan guarantee agreement 

requires that the applicant comply with 

all applicable laws and the terms of the 

ROW grant, including mitigation 

measures contained therein. An 

applicant’s failure to comply with 

applicable laws and the ROW grant 

would constitute a default. Upon 

continuance of a default, DOE would 

have the right under the loan guarantee 

agreement between DOE and the 

applicant to exercise usual and 

customary remedies. To ensure that the 

applicant so performs, the Loan 

Programs Office proactively monitors all 

operative loan guarantee transactions. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on September 

29, 2011. 

Jonathan M. Silver, 

Executive Director, Loan Programs Office. 

[FR Doc. 2011–25891 Filed 10–5–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–10–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board Chairs 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open teleconference. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

teleconference of the Environmental 

Management Site-Specific Advisory 

Board (EM SSAB) Chairs. The Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public 

notice of this teleconference be 

announced in the Federal Register. 

DATES: Thursday, October 20, 2011; 

11 a.m.–3 p.m. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Catherine Alexander, Designated 

Federal Officer, U.S. Department of 

Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC 20585; Phone: 

(202) 586–7711. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of 

the Board is to make recommendations 

to DOE–EM and site management in the 

areas of environmental restoration, 

waste management, and related 

activities. 

Tentative Agenda Topics 

Æ EM Program Update. 

Æ EM SSAB Chairs’ Round Robin: 

Top Three Site-Specific Topics and 

Achievements. 

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Æ 2012–2013 Budget Update and 

American Recovery and Reinvestment 

Act Close-Out. 

Æ Waste Disposition Update. 

Æ Update on DOE Order 435.1: 

Radioactive Waste Management. 

Æ EM SSAB Chairs’ Roundtable 

Discussion: Product Development. 

Public Participation: The 

teleconference is open to the public. 

Members of the public who would like 

to join the proceedings by telephone 

should contact Elizabeth Schmitt, 

Public Participation Coordinator, at 

least 72 hours prior to the meeting to 

register and obtain call-in information. 

Ms. Schmitt can be reached via e-mail 

at elizabeth.schmitt@em.doe.gov, or 

phone at (202) 586–1135. 

Written statements may be filed with 

the Board either before or after the 

meeting. Individuals who wish to make 

oral statements pertaining to the agenda 

during the teleconference should 

contact Catherine Alexander at the 

address or telephone number listed 

above. Requests must be received five 

days prior to the teleconference. The 

Designated Federal Officer is 

empowered to conduct the meeting in a 

fashion that will facilitate the orderly 

conduct of business. Individuals 

wishing to make public comments will 

be provided a maximum of five minutes, 

or as the agenda allows, to present 

comments. 

Minutes: Minutes will be available by 

writing or calling Catherine Alexander 

at the address or phone number listed 

above. Minutes will also be available at 

the following Web site: http:// 

www.em.doe.gov/stakepages/ 

ssabchairs.aspx. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on September 

30, 2011. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Acting Deputy Committee Management 

Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2011–25889 Filed 10–5–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. EL11–64–000; Docket No. 

ER11–3657–000] 

Mississippi Delta Energy Agency, 

Clarksdale Public Utilities 

Commission, Public Service 

Commission of Yazoo City, Arkansas 

Electric Cooperative Corporation, 

South Mississippi Electric Power 

Association v. Entergy Services, Inc.; 

Notice of Complaint 

Take notice that on September 26, 

2009, pursuant to sections 206, 306, and 

309 of the Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 

824e, 825e, and 825h and 18 CFR 

385.206 and 385.212 of the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission’s 

(Commission) Rules of Practice and 

Procedures, and the applicable Tariff on 

file with the Commission, Mississippi 

Delta Energy Agency, Clarksdale Public 

Utilities Commission of the City of 

Clarksdale, Mississippi, Public Service 

Commission of Yazoo City, Mississippi, 

Arkansas Electric Cooperative 

Corporation, and South Mississippi 

Electric Power Association 

(Complainants) filed a complaint against 

Entergy Services, Inc. (Respondent), 

alleging that the Respondent has not 

properly implemented the rate 

redetermination (Update) procedures 

contained in its Tariff, therefore, the 

2011 Update filed by the Respondent in 

Docket No. ER11–3657–000 would 

impose rates and charges that are 

contrary to the Tariff on file with the 

Commission and are unjust and 

unreasonable in violation of the Federal 

Power Act. 

The Complainant certifies that copies 

of the complaint were served on the 

contacts for Entergy Services, Inc. as 

listed on the Commission’s list of 

Corporate Officials. 

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 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. The Respondent’s answer 

and all interventions, or protests must 

be filed on or before the comment date. 

The Respondent’s answer, motions to 

intervene, and protests must be served 

on the Complainants. 

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 e-mail notification when a 

document is added to a subscribed 

docket(s). For assistance with any FERC 

Online service, please e-mail 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call 

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call 

(202) 502–8659. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on October 19, 2011. 

Dated: September 29, 2011. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2011–25833 Filed 10–5–11; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. PF11–6–000] 

Wabash Gas Storage, LLC; Notice of 

Intent To Prepare an Environmental 

Assessment for the Planned Wabash 

Gas Storage Project, Request for 

Comments on Environmental Issues, 

and Notice of Public Scoping Meeting 

The staff of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC or 

Commission) will prepare an 

environmental assessment (EA) that will 

discuss the environmental impacts of 

the Wabash Gas Storage Project (Project) 

involving construction and operation of 

facilities proposed by Wabash Gas 

Storage, LLC (Wabash) near Paris in 

Edgar County, Illinois. This EA will be 

used by the Commission in its decisionmaking process to determine whether 

the project is in the public convenience 

and necessity. 

This notice announces the opening of 

the scoping process the Commission 

will use to gather input from the public 

and interested agencies on the project. 

Your input will help the Commission 

staff determine what issues need to be 

evaluated in the EA. Please note that the 

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