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eFiling expert staff available to assist 

you at 202–502–8258 or 

efiling@ferc.gov. 

(1) You may file your comments 

electronically by using the Quick 

Comment feature, which is located on 

the Commission’s internet Web site at 

http://www.ferc.gov under the link to 

Documents and Filings. A Quick 

Comment is an easy method for 

interested persons to submit text-only 

comments on a project; 

(2) You may file your comments 

electronically by using the eFiling 

feature, which is located on the 

Commission’s internet Web site at 

http://www.ferc.gov under the link to 

Documents and Filings. eFiling involves 

preparing your submission in the same 

manner as you would if filing on paper, 

and then saving the file on your 

computer’s hard drive. You will attach 

that file as your submission. New 

eFiling users must first create an 

account by clicking on ‘‘Sign up’’ or 

‘‘eRegister.’’ You will be asked to select 

the type of filing you are making. A 

comment on a particular project is 

considered a ‘‘Comment on a Filing;’’ or 

(3) You may file your comments via 

mail to the Commission by sending an 

original and two copies of your letter to: 

Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First St., NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 

20426. 

Label one copy of the comments for 

the attention of Gas Branch 3, PJ11.3. 

Environmental Mailing List 

An effort is being made to send this 

notice to all individuals, organizations, 

and government entities interested in 

and/or potentially affected by the 

proposed project. This includes all 

landowners who are potential right-ofway grantors, whose property may be 

used temporarily for project purposes, 

or who own land within distances 

defined in the Commission’s regulations 

of certain aboveground facilities. 

If you do not want to send comments 

at this time but still want to remain on 

our mailing list, please return the 

Information Request (Appendix 2). If 

you do not return the Information 

Request, you will be taken off the 

mailing list. 

Becoming an Intervenor 

In addition to involvement in the EA 

scoping process, you may want to 

become an ‘‘intervenor,’’ which is an 

official party to the proceeding. 

Intervenors play a more formal role in 

the process and are able to file briefs, 

appear at hearings, and be heard by the 

courts if they choose to appeal the 

Commission’s final ruling. An 

intervenor formally participates in a 

Commission proceeding by filing a 

request to intervene. Instructions for 

becoming an intervenor are included in 

the User’s Guide under the ‘‘e-filing’’ 

link on the Commission’s Web site. 

Additional Information 

Additional information about the 

project is available from the 

Commission’s Office of External Affairs, 

at 1–866–208–FERC or on the FERC 

Internet Web site (http://www.ferc.gov) 

using the eLibrary link. Click on the 

eLibrary link, click on ‘‘General Search’’ 

and enter the docket number excluding 

the last three digits in the Docket 

Number field. Be sure you have selected 

an appropriate date range. For 

assistance, please contact FERC Online 

Support at FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov 

or toll free at 1–866–208–3676, or for 

TTY, contact (202) 502–8659. The 

eLibrary link also provides access to the 

texts of formal documents issued by the 

Commission, such as orders, notices, 

and rulemakings. 

In addition, the Commission now 

offers a free service called eSubscription 

which allows you to keep track of all 

formal issuances and submittals in 

specific dockets. This can reduce the 

amount of time you spend researching 

proceedings by automatically providing 

you with notification of these filings, 

document summaries and direct links to 

the documents. Go to http:// 

www.ferc.gov/esubscribenow.htm. 

Finally, public meetings or site visits, 

if applicable, will be posted on the 

Commission’s calendar located at 

http://www.ferc.gov/EventCalendar/ 

EventsList.aspx along with other related 

information. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–7080 Filed 3–30–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13234–001] 

City and Borough of Sitka 

Notice of Request To Use Alternative 

Procedures in Preparing a License 

Application 

March 24, 2009. 

Take notice that the following request 

to use alternative procedures to prepare 

a license application has been filed with 

the Commission. 

a. Type of Application: Request to use 

alternative procedures to prepare an 

original license application. 

b. Project No.: 13234–001 

c. Date filed: March 20, 2009 

d. Applicant: City and Borough of 

Sitka 

e. Name of Project: Takatz Lake 

Hydroelectric Project 

f. Location: On the Takatz Lake and 

Takatz Creek, approximately 20 miles 

east of the City of Sitka, Alaska, on east 

side of Baranof Island. The project 

would occupy federal lands within the 

Tongass National Forest, administered 

by the U.S. Forest Service. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Christopher 

Brewton, Utility Manager, City and 

Borough of Sitka, Electric Department, 

105 Jarvis Street, Sitka, Alaska 98335, 

(907) 747–1870, chrisb@cityofsitka.com. 

i. FERC Contact: Joseph Adamson, 

phone at (202) 502–8085; e-mail at 

joseph.adamson@ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for Comments: 30 days 

from the date of this notice. 

All documents (original and eight 

copies) should be filed with: Kimberly 

D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

Comments may be filed electronically 

via the Internet in lieu of paper. The 

Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filings. See 18 CFR 

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

on the Commission’s Web site (http:// 

www.ferc.gov) under the ‘‘e-Filing’’ link. 

k. The project would consist of a 200- 

foot-high primary concrete arch dam 

with spillway and parapet wall that 

would raise the elevation of the existing 

lake; 30-foot-high secondary saddle 

dam; an impoundment with a 740-acre 

surface area at a full pool elevation of 

1,040 feet mean sea level, with an active 

capacity of 82,000 acre-feet; an 

approximately 4-mile-long access road; 

a 2,800-foot-long, 6.5-foot by 7-foot 

modified unlined horseshoe tunnel fed 

by an intake into a 72-inch-diameter 

1,000-foot-long steel penstock leading to 

a powerhouse containing two Francistype generating units, having a total 

installed capacity of 27,700 kilowatts; 

an approximately 21-mile-long, 115 

kilovolt (kv) or 138 kv transmission line 

that consists of a combination of 

submarine, overhead, and underground 

segments. 

l. A copy of the request to use 

alternative procedures 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 


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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. 

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. 

m. The City and Borough of Sitka has 

demonstrated that it has made an effort 

to contact all federal and state resources 

agencies, non-governmental 

organizations (NGO), and others affected 

by the project. The City and Borough of 

Sitka has also demonstrated that a 

consensus exists that the use of 

alternative procedures is appropriate in 

this case. The City and Borough of Sitka 

has submitted a communications 

protocol that is supported by the 

stakeholders. 

The purpose of this notice is to invite 

any additional comments on the City 

and Borough of Sitka’s request to use 

the alternative procedures, pursuant to 

section 4.34(i) of the Commission’s 

regulations. Additional notices seeking 

comments on the specific project 

proposal, interventions and protests, 

and recommended terms and conditions 

will be issued at a later date. The City 

and Borough of Sitka will complete and 

file a preliminary Environmental 

Assessment, in lieu of Exhibit E of the 

license application. This differs from 

the traditional process, in which an 

applicant consults with agencies, Indian 

tribes, NGOs, and other parties during 

preparation of the license application 

and before filing the application, but the 

Commission staff performs the 

environmental review after the 

application is filed. The alternative 

procedures are intended to simplify and 

expedite the licensing process by 

combining the pre-filing consultation 

and environmental review processes 

into a single process, to facilitate greater 

participation, and to improve 

communication and cooperation among 

the participants. 

The City and Borough of Sitka has 

met with federal and state resources 

agencies regarding the proposed Takatz 

Lake Hydroelectric Project. The City and 

Borough of Sitka intends to file 6-month 

progress reports during the alternative 

procedures process that leads to the 

filing of a license application by 

September 2011. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–7079 Filed 3–30–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP09–79–000] 

Leaf River Energy Center LLC; Notice 

of Request Under Blanket 

Authorization 

March 24, 2009. 

Take notice that on March 10, 2009, 

Leaf River Energy Center LLC (Leaf 

River), 53 Riverside Avenue, Westport, 

Connecticut, 06880, filed in Docket 

number CP09–79–000, a prior notice 

request pursuant to sections 157.205 

and 157.208 of the Commission’s 

regulations under the Natural Gas Act 

(NGA), and Leaf River’s blanket 

certificate issued in Docket number 

CP08–8–000. Leaf River asked for 

authorization to construct, own and 

operate a new natural gas pipeline 

lateral and associated facilities (Sonat 

Lateral) that will connect the Leaf River 

Energy Center, a certificated 

underground natural gas storage and 

pipeline header facilities, located in 

Smith, Jasper and Clarke Counties, 

Mississippi, with a Southern Natural 

Gas Company (Sonat) interstate natural 

gas transmission pipeline in place of the 

facilities that Leaf River originally 

proposed for that purpose. Leaf River 

submitted information supplementing 

prior notice of proposed construction 

activity under blanket certificate on 

March 23, 2009, all as more fully set 

forth in the application which is on file 

with the Commission and open to 

public inspection. The filing may also 

be viewed on the Web 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 TTY, contact 

(202) 502–8659. 

Any questions concerning this 

application may be directed to Laura L. 

Luce, Leaf River Energy Center LLC, 53 

Riverside Avenue, Westport, CT 06880, 

at (203) 557–1000 or at 

lluce@ngsenergy.com. 

Any person may, within 60 days after 

the issuance of the instant notice by the 

Commission, file pursuant to Rule 214 

of the Commission’s Procedural Rules 

(18 CFR 385.214) a motion to intervene 

or notice of intervention. Any person 

filing to intervene or the Commission’s 

staff may, pursuant to section 157.205 of 

the Commission’s Regulations under the 

Natural Gas Act (NGA) (18 CFR 157.205) 

file a protest to the request. If no protest 

is filed within the time allowed 

therefore, the proposed activity shall be 

deemed to be authorized effective the 

day after the time allowed for protest. If 

a protest is filed and not withdrawn 

within 30 days after the time allowed 

for filing a protest, the instant request 

shall be treated as an application for 

authorization pursuant to section 7 of 

the NGA. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filings of comments, protests, 

and interventions via the Internet in lieu 

of paper. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a) (1) (iii) 

and the instructions on the 

Commission’s Web site (http:// 

www.ferc.gov) under the ‘‘e-Filing’’ link. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–7081 Filed 3–30–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OARM–2008–0827; FRL–8788–2] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Submission to OMB for 

Review and Approval; Comment 

Request; Contractor Cumulative Claim 

and Reconciliation (Renewal), EPA ICR 

Number 0246.10, OMB Control Number 

2030–0016 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

Paperwork Reduction Act (PRA) (44 

U.S.C. 3501 et seq.), this document 

announces that an Information 

Collection Request (ICR) has been 

forwarded to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review and 

approval. This is a request to renew an 

existing approved collection. The ICR, 

which is abstracted below, describes the 

nature of the information collection and 

its estimated burden and cost. 

DATES: Additional comments may be 

submitted on or before April 30, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments, 

referencing docket ID number EPA–HQ– 

OARM–2008–0827, to (1) EPA Online 

using http://www.regulations.gov (our 

preferred method), by e-mail to 


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