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any commitment or obligation from 

DOE. Under no circumstances does this 

Request for Expressions of Interest seek 

to award a contract for services under 

the Federal Acquisition Regulations or a 

financial assistance agreement under 

Part 600 of Title 10 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations. 

DOE does not intend to formally 

respond to information submitted in 

response to this Request for Expressions 

of Interest. 

The cost for the preparation and 

submittal of a response to the Request 

for Expressions of Interest is the sole 

responsibility of the interested party. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 11, 

2009. 

Inos R. Triay, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Environmental 

Management. 

[FR Doc. E9–6136 Filed 3–19–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6540–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13–023] 

Green Island Power Authority; Notice 

of Application Tendered for Filing With 

the Commission and Establishing 

Procedural Schedule for Licensing and 

Deadline for Submission of Final 

Amendments 

March 12, 2009. 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: New major 

license. 

b. Project No.: 13–023. 

c. Date Filed: March 2, 2009. 

d. Applicant: Green Island Power 

Authority. 

e. Name of Project: Green Island 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: The existing project is 

located on the Hudson River in Albany 

County, New York. The project would 

occupy Federal land managed by the 

U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Agent Contact: James A. Besha, 

President, Albany Engineering 

Corporation, 5 Washington Square, 

Albany, NY 12205; (518) 456–7712. 

i. FERC Contact: Tom Dean, (202) 

502–6041. 

j. This application is not ready for 

environmental analysis at this time. 

k. Project Description: The existing 

Green Island Project utilizes the U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) Green 

Island-Troy lock and dam that consists 

of: (1) A dam with a main spillway with 

a fixed crest elevation of 14.33 feet 

mean sea level (msl); and (2) an 

auxiliary spillway with a crest elevation 

of 16.33 feet msl. 

The Green Island Project consists of: 

(1) 2-foot-high pneumatic flashboards 

along the top of the main spillway with 

a crest elevation of 16.33 feet msl; (2) a 

700-acre impoundment with a normal 

water surface elevation of 16.33 feet 

msl; (3) a bulkhead and forebay 

structure located downstream and at the 

west end of the Corps dam; (4) a 

powerhouse containing four 1.5 

megawatt (MW) generating units with a 

total installed capacity of 6.0 MW; (5) a 

34.5 kilovolt underground transmission 

cable; and (6) appurtenant facilities. 

Green Island Power Authority 

proposes to: (1) Lower the existing main 

spillway to a crest elevation of 12.5 feet 

msl, and install new hydraulically 

operated crest gates with a maximum 

crest gate elevation of 18.5 feet msl; (2) 

install a new trash boom extending 

across and upstream of the forebay; (3) 

construct a new bulkhead structure 

equipped with a new 300-foot-wide, 

300-foot-long fish protection system 

screen; and (4) expand the existing 

powerhouse to the east and west and 

install four new 6.0 MW generating 

units, and replace the four existing 

generating units with four new 6.0 MW 

generating units with a total installed 

capacity of 48 MW. 

l. Locations of the Application: 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 or tollfree at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY, 

(202) 502–8659. A copy is also available 

for inspection and reproduction at the 

address in item (h) above. 

m. You may also 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. 

n. Procedural Schedule: The 

application will be processed according 

to the following Hydro Licensing 

Schedule. Revisions to the schedule 

may be made as appropriate. 

Milestone Target date 

Notice of Acceptance and Ready for Environmental Analysis .................................................................................................. May 1, 2009. 

Filing interventions, comments, recommendations, preliminary terms and conditions, and fishway prescriptions .................. June 30, 2009. 

Notice of availability of the EA ................................................................................................................................................... October 28, 2009. 

Filing comments on EA .............................................................................................................................................................. November 27, 2009. 

Filing modified terms and conditions ......................................................................................................................................... January 26, 2010. 

o. Final amendments to the 

application must be filed with the 

Commission no later than 30 days from 

the issuance date of the notice of ready 

for environmental analysis. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–6071 Filed 3–19–09; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13387–000] 

Liberty University, Inc., Notice of 

Competing Preliminary Permit 

Application Accepted for Filing and 

Soliciting Comments and Motions To 

Intervene 

March 12, 2009. 

On March 6, 2009, Liberty University, 

Inc., filed an application, pursuant to 

section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act 

(FPA), proposing to study the feasibility 

of the Scott’s Mill Project No. 13387 to 

be located on the James River in 

Amherst and Bedford Counties, 

Virginia. 

The proposed project would consist 

of: (1) The existing 15-foot-high, 925- 

foot-long Scott’s Mill dam; (2) an 

existing 316-acre reservoir with a 

normal water surface elevation of 511 

feet mean sea level; (3) a new 

powerhouse containing 4 generating 

units with a total installed capacity of 

4.8 MW; (4) a new 70 to 500-foot-long 

underground transmission cable; and (5) 

appurtenant facilities. The estimated 

annual generation is 10,500 MWh. 

Applicant Contact: Lee Beaumont, 

Assistant to the Chancellor, 1971 

University Blvd., Lynchburg, VA 24502 

(434) 592–3315. 

FERC Contact: Tom Dean (202) 502– 

6041. 

Competing Application: This 

application competes with Project No. 

13302–000 filed October 14, 2008. The 

deadline to file a competing application 

or notice of intent ended February 6, 

2009. 

Deadline for filing comments and 

motions to intervene: 60 days from the 

issuance of this notice. Comments and 

motions to intervene 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 ‘‘eFiling’’ 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 the Commission’s 

Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/elibrary.asp. Click-on general 

search and enter the docket number 

(P–13387) in the docket number field to 

access the document. For assistance, 

call toll-free 1–866–208–3372. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–6072 Filed 3–19–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket Nos. CP09–76–000; PF06–34–000] 

Questar Overthrust Pipeline Company; 

Notice of Application 

March 12, 2009. 

Take notice that on March 5, 2009, 

Questar Overthrust Pipeline Company 

(Overthrust), 180 East 100 South, Salt 

Lake City, Utah 84111, filed an 

application to section 7(c) of the Natural 

Gas Act (NGA) seeking authority to 

expand its interstate natural-gas 

transmission system by constructing 

and operating two new compressor 

packages. One compressor package will 

be located at a new Compressor Station 

called Point of Rocks and the other 

compressor package will be installed in 

a vacant bay in an existing building at 

the existing Rock Springs Compressor 

Station. The proposed Point of Rocks 

station and the Rock Springs station are 

both located within Sweetwater County, 

Wyoming, all as more fully set forth in 

the application. This filing 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, please contact 

FERC Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll 

free at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, 

contact (202) 502–8659. 

Overthrust explains that the proposed 

new pipeline facilities, known as the 

Overthrust Compression Expansion 

Project (Compression Expansion), will 

enable it to transport an additional 

300,000 Dth/d of natural gas from 

receipt points at Opal, Wyoming, to the 

existing interconnect with REX near 

Wamsutter, Wyoming. It is further 

explained that Overthrust has 

negotiated a Transportation Service 

Agreement with Encana Marketing 

(USA) Inc. that has subscribed for the 

entire 300,000 Dth/d of incremental 

capacity created by the project. 

Overthrust states that by letter dated 

October 9, 2008, in Docket No. PF06– 

34–000, the Commission’s Office of 

Energy Projects granted Overthrust’s 

September 26, 2008, request to utilize 

the Commission’s Pre-Filing Process for 

the planned Compression Expansion. 

Overthrust has also submitted an 

applicant-prepared Draft Environmental 

Assessment that was prepared during 

the Pre-Filing Process that was included 

with this application. 

Any questions regarding Overthrust’s 

proposal in this application should be 

Directed to L. Bradley Burton, Manager, 

Federal Regulatory Affairs, Questar 

Pipeline Company, 180 East 100 South, 

P.O. Box 45360, Salt Lake City, Utah 

84145, telephone: (801) 324–2459 or email: brad.burton@questar.com or Tad 

M. Taylor, Division Counsel, Questar 

Pipeline Company, 180 East 100 South, 

P.O. Box 45360, Salt Lake City, Utah 

84145, telephone: (801) 324–5531. 

On October 9, 2008, the Commission 

staff granted Overthrust’s request to 

utilize the National Environmental 

Policy Act (NEPA) Pre-Filing Process 

and assigned Docket No. PF06–34–000 

to staff activities involving the project. 

Now, as of the filing of this application 

on March 5, 2009, the NEPA Pre-Filing 

Process for this project has ended. From 

this time forward, this proceeding will 

be conducted in Docket No. CP09–76– 

000, as noted in the caption of this 

notice. 

Pursuant to section 157.9 of the 

Commission’s rules, 18 CFR 157.9, 

within 90 days of this Notice the 

Commission staff will either: complete 

its environmental assessment (EA) and 

place it into the Commission’s public 

record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or 

issue a Notice of Schedule for 

Environmental Review. If a Notice of 

Schedule for Environmental Review is 

issued, it will indicate, among other 

milestones, the anticipated date for the 

Commission staff’s issuance of the final 

environmental impact statement (FEIS) 

or EA for this proposal. The filing of the 

EA in the Commission’s public record 

for this proceeding or the issuance of a 

Notice of Schedule for Environmental 

Review will serve to notify Federal and 

State agencies of the timing for the 

completion of all necessary reviews, and 

the subsequent need to complete all