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permit issued pursuant to Executive 

Order 10485, as amended. 

Procedural Matters: Any person 

desiring to become a party to these 

proceedings or to be heard by filing 

comments or protests to this application 

should file a petition to intervene, 

comment, or protest at the address 

provided above in accordance with 

§§ 385.211 or 385.214 of the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission’s Rules 

of Practice and Procedures (18 CFR 

385.211, 385.214). Fifteen copies of each 

comment, petition, and protest should 

be filed with DOE on or before the dates 

listed above. 

All filings in this proceeding should 

be clearly marked with Docket No. EA– 

350. Additional copies are to be filed 

directly with Allison P. Duensing, 

Assistant General Counsel, The Saracen 

Group of Companies, Five Greenway 

Plaza, Suite 1310, Houston, TX 77040 

and Daniel E. Frank, Sutherland Asbill 

& Brennan LLP, 1275 Pennsylvania 

Avenue, NW., Washington, DC 20004– 

2415. 

A final decision will be made on this 

application after the environmental 

impacts have been evaluated pursuant 

to the National Environmental Policy 

Act of 1969, and a determination is 

made by DOE that the proposed action 

will not adversely impact on the 

reliability of the U.S. electric power 

supply system. 

Copies of these applications will be 

made available, upon request, for public 

inspection and copying at the address 

provided above, by accessing the 

program Web site at http:// 

oe.energy.gov/permits.htm, or by 

e-mailing Odessa Hopkins at 

odessa.hopkins@hq.doe.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on February 23, 

2009. 

Anthony J. Como, 

Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of 

Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability. 

[FR Doc. E9–4216 Filed 2–26–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13313–000] 

BPUS Generation Development LLC; 

Notice of Preliminary Permit 

Application Accepted for Filing and 

Soliciting Comments, Motions To 

Intervene, and Competing Applications 

February 20, 2009. 

On October 31, 2008, BPUS 

Generation Development LLC (BPUS 

Generation) filed an application, 

pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal 

Power Act, proposing to study the 

feasibility of the Lake Roosevelt 

Pumped Storage Project. The project 

would be located on federal lands in 

Ferry, Grant and Okanogan Counties in 

Washington State, approximately 40 

miles northwest of the Town of 

Nespelem, Washington, and 38 miles 

southwest of the Town of Northport, 

Washington, and would utilize the U.S. 

Bureau of Reclamation’s Lake Roosevelt 

Dam. 

The proposed project would use the 

U.S. Bureau of Reclamation’s Lake 

Roosevelt Dam as its lower reservoir and 

would consist of: (1) An upper reservoir 

with a surface area of approximately 123 

acres at a normal water surface elevation 

ranging from 2,780 to 2,880 feet m.s.l.; 

(2) a proposed powerhouse containing 4 

generating units having a total installed 

capacity of 1,310 megawatts, (3) a 

proposed intake structure, (4) a 

proposed 50-mile-long, 500 kV 

transmission line, and (5) appurtenant 

facilities. The project would have an 

annual generation of approximately 

3,750 gigawatt-hours that would be sold 

to a local utility. 

Applicant Contact: BPUS 

Generation—Mr. Jeffrey M. Auser, P.E., 

BPUS Generation Development LLC, 

225 Greenfield Parkway, Suite 201, 

Liverpool, NY 13088; phone: 315–413– 

2821. FERC Contact: Tom Papsidero, 

202–502–6002. 

Deadline for filing comments, motions 

to intervene, competing applications, or 

notices of intent to file competing 

applications: 60 days from the issuance 

of this notice. Comments, motions to 

intervene, notices of intent, and 

competing applications may be filed 

electronically via the Internet. See 18 

CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the 

instructions on the Commission’s Web 

site under the ‘‘e-Filing’’ link. If unable 

to be filed electronically, documents 

may be paper-filed. To paper-file, an 

original and eight copies should be 

mailed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20426. For more information on how to 

submit these types of filings please go 

to the Commission’s Web site located at 

http://www.ferc.gov/filingcomments.asp. More information about 

this project can be viewed or printed on 

the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link of Commission’s 

Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/elibrary.asp. Enter the docket 

number (P–13313–000) in the docket 

number field to access the document. 

For assistance, call toll-free 1–866–208– 

3372. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–4162 Filed 2–26–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 12751–006] 

Finavera Renewables Ocean Energy, 

Ltd.; Notice of Application for 

Surrender of License and Soliciting 

Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 

Protests 

February 20, 2009. 

Take notice that the following 

application has been filed with the 

Commission and is available for public 

inspection: 

a. Application Type: Surrender of 

License. 

b. Project No.: 12751–006. 

c. Date Filed: February 6, 2009. 

d. Applicant: Finavera Renewables 

Ocean Energy, Ltd. 

e. Name of Project: Makah Bay 

Offshore Wave Energy Pilot Project. 

f. Location: The project is located in 

the Pacific Ocean in Makah Bay, about 

1.9 nautical miles offshore of Waatch 

Point in Clallam County, Washington. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791a–825r. 

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Thomas C. 

Jensen, Sonnenschein Nath & Rosenthal 

LLP, 1301 K Street, NW., Suite 600 East, 

Washington, DC 20005, (202) 408–6400, 

e-mail tjensen@sonnenschein.com. 

i. FERC Contact: Patricia W. Gillis, 

Telephone (202) 502–8735. 

j. Deadline for filing comments, 

motions to intervene, and protests: 45 

days from the issuance date of this 

notice. All documents (original and 

eight copies) should be filed with: 

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20426. 

k. Description of Request: The 

licensee filed an application to 

surrender its license for the 

unconstructed Makah Bay Offshore 

Wave Energy Pilot Project. The Licensee 

has not commenced construction of the 

project. No ground disturbing activities 

have occurred. Additionally, no work or 

construction on the conversion buoys or 

the shore station, roads, or transmission 

facilities has commenced. 

l. Locations of the Application: A 

copy of the application is available for 

inspection and reproduction at the 


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