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limited response severely restricts the 

usefulness of the data, and the analysis 

that can be done. Reducing the scope of 

the survey will also reduce the reporting 

burden on the survey respondents. 

The proposed modifications include 

elimination of most of Schedules 5812 

‘‘Domestic Electric Power Segments, 

Purchases and Sales of Fuel and Electric 

Power’’ and 5841 ‘‘Electric Power 

Capacity and Output Statistics.’’ The 

following schedules for the downstream 

natural gas and electric power lines of 

business will be reduced in scope: 

• Schedule 5710, Downstream 

Natural Gas, Consolidating Statement of 

Income, 

• Schedule 5810, Electric Power, 

Consolidating Statement of Income, and 

• Schedule 5811, Electric Power, 

General Operating Expense Detail. 

The following schedules will be 

expanded to include foreign activities: 

• Schedule 5211, Petroleum 

Segments, Refining/Marketing 

Operating Expense Detail, 

• Schedule 5212, Petroleum 

Segments, Purchases and Sales of Raw 

Materials and Refined Products, and 

• Schedule 5711, Downstream 

Natural Gas, General Operating Expense 

Detail. 

Copies of the proposed new schedules 

and the instructions are available from 

Mr. Davis. 

III. Request for Comments 

Prospective respondents and other 

interested parties should comment on 

the actions discussed in item II. The 

following guidelines are provided to 

assist in the preparation of comments. 

As a Potential Respondent to the 

Request for Information 

A. Is the proposed collection of 

information necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency and does the information have 

practical utility? 

B. What actions could be taken to 

help ensure and maximize the quality, 

objectivity, utility, and integrity of the 

information to be collected? 

C. Are the instructions and definitions 

clear and sufficient? If not, which 

instructions need clarification? 

D. Can the information be submitted 

by the respondent by the due date? 

E. Public reporting burden for this 

collection is estimated to average 500 

hours per response. The estimated 

burden includes the total time necessary 

to provide the requested information. In 

your opinion, how accurate is this 

estimate? 

F. The agency estimates that the only 

cost to a respondent is for the time it 

will take to complete the collection. 

Will a respondent incur any start-up 

costs for reporting, or any recurring 

annual costs for operation, maintenance, 

and purchase of services associated with 

the information collection? 

G. What additional actions could be 

taken to minimize the burden of this 

collection of information? Such actions 

may involve the use of automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology. 

H. Does any other Federal, State, or 

local agency collect similar information? 

If so, specify the agency, the data 

element(s), and the methods of 

collection. 

As a Potential User of the Information 

To Be Collected 

A. Is the proposed collection of 

information necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency and does the information have 

practical utility? 

B. What actions could be taken to 

help ensure and maximize the quality, 

objectivity, utility, and integrity of the 

information disseminated? 

C. Is the information useful at the 

levels of detail to be collected? 

D. For what purpose(s) would the 

information be used? Be specific. 

E. Are there alternate sources for the 

information and are they useful? If so, 

what are their weaknesses and/or 

strengths? 

Comments submitted in response to 

this notice will be summarized and/or 

included in the request for OMB 

approval of the form. They also will 

become a matter of public record. 

Statutory Authority: Section 3507(h)(1) of 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 

(15 U.S.C. 761 et seq.), and the DOE 

Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.). 

Issued in Washington, DC, April 1, 2009. 

Stephanie Brown, 

Director, Statistics and Methods Group, 

Energy Information Administration. 

[FR Doc. E9–7814 Filed 4–6–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13357–000] 

Project 7 Water Authority; Notice of 

Conduit Exemption Application 

Accepted for Filing and Soliciting 

Comment, Motions To Intervene, and 

Competing Applications 

March 31, 2009. 

On January 15, 2009, and 

supplemented on March 24, 2009, 

Project 7 Water Authority filed an 

application pursuant to 16 U.S.C. 791a– 

825r of the Federal Power Act, for 

conduit exemption of the Project 7 

Hydro Plant Hydroelectric Project, to be 

located on the raw water supply conduit 

from the Fairview Reservoir to the 

Project 7 water treatment plant in 

Montrose, Montrose County, Colorado. 

The proposed Project 7 Hydro Plant 

Hydroelectric Project consists of: (1) a 

proposed flow control building 

containing two generating units having 

installed capacities of 61 kilowatts and 

91 kilowatts, and (2) appurtenant 

facilities. The Project 7 Water Authority 

estimates the project would have an 

average annual generation of 600,000 

kilowatt-hours that would be used by 

the water treatment facility with any 

excess being sold to a local utility. 

Applicant Contact: Mr. Dick Margetts, 

Manager, Project 7 Water Authority, 

P.O. Box 1185, 69128 E. Highway 50, 

Montrose, CO 81401, Tel: (970) 249– 

5935, project7@montrose.net. 

FERC Contact: Christopher Chaney, 

(202) 502–6778, 

chirstopher.chaney@ferc.gov. 

Deadline for filing comments, motions 

to intervene, protests, 

recommendations, terms and 

conditions, prescriptions, competing 

applications (without notices of intent), 

or notices of intent to file competing 

applications: 60 days from the issuance 

of this notice. All filings 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 

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

number (P–13357) in the docket number 

field to access the document. For 

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

3372. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–7768 Filed 4–6–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Western Area Power Administration 

DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE 

Rural Utility Service 

Proposed PrairieWinds Project, South 

Dakota 

AGENCIES: Western Area Power 

Administration, U.S. Department of 

Energy; Rural Utilities Service, U.S. 

Department of Agriculture. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement and to 

Conduct Scoping Meetings; Notice of 

Floodplain and Wetlands Involvement. 

SUMMARY: The Western Area Power 

Administration (Western), an agency 

within the U.S. Department of Energy 

(DOE), and Rural Utilities Service 

(RUS), an agency within the U.S. 

Department of Agriculture (USDA), 

intend to jointly prepare an 

environmental impact statement (EIS) 

for the proposed PrairieWinds Project 

(Project) in South Dakota. Western is 

issuing this Notice of Intent (NOI) to 

inform the public and interested parties 

about the proposed Project, conduct a 

public scoping process, and invite the 

public to comment on the scope, 

proposed action, alternatives, and other 

issues to be addressed in the EIS. 

The EIS will address the construction, 

maintenance and operation of the 

proposed Project, which would include 

a 151.5-megawatt (MW) nameplate 

capacity wind-powered generating 

facility consisting of wind turbine 

generators, electrical collector lines, 

collector substation(s), transmission 

line(s), communications system, and 

service roads to access wind turbine 

sites. The EIS will also address the 

proposed interconnection with existing 

Western substations. The proposed 

Project would be located within 

portions of Brule, Aurora, and Jerauld 

counties, South Dakota or entirely 

within Tripp County, South Dakota. 

Portions of the proposed Project may 

affect floodplains and wetlands, so this 

NOI also serves as a notice of proposed 

floodplain or wetland action. Western 

and RUS will hold public scoping 

meetings near the proposed Project 

areas to share information and receive 

comments and suggestions on the scope 

of the EIS. 

DATES: Open house public scoping 

meetings will be held on April 28, 2009, 

at the Holiday Inn Express and Suites, 

1360 East Highway 44, Winner, South 

Dakota, 57580, from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. 

CDT; and on April 29, 2009, at the 

Commerce Street Grille, 118 N. Main 

Street, Plankinton, South Dakota, 57368, 

from 4 p.m. to 7 p.m. CDT. The public 

scoping period starts with the 

publication of this notice in the Federal 

Register and will continue through May 

15, 2009. To help define the scope of the 

EIS, written comments should be 

submitted through the project’s Web 

address: http://www.wapa.gov/ 

sdprairiewinds.htm, or sent by letter, 

fax, or e-mail no later than May 15, 

2009. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments on the 

scope of the EIS should be addressed to 

Ms. Liana Reilly, Document Manager, 

Western Area Power Administration, 

Corporate Services Office, A7400, P.O. 

Box 281213, Lakewood, Colorado 

80228–8213, fax (720) 962–7263, or sent 

by e-mail to sdprairiewinds@wapa.gov. 

Comments may also be submitted 

through the project’s Web address: 

http://www.wapa.gov/ 

sdprairiewinds.htm. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

information on the proposed Project, the 

EIS process, and general information 

about interconnections with Western’s 

transmission system, contact Ms. Reilly 

at (800) 336–7288 or the address 

provided above. Parties wishing to be 

placed on the Project mailing list for 

future information, and to receive 

copies of the Draft and Final EIS when 

they are available, should also contact 

Ms. Reilly. 

For information on RUS financing, 

contact Mr. Dennis Rankin, Project 

Manager, Engineering and 

Environmental Staff, Rural Utilities 

Service, Utilities Program, 1400 

Independence Avenue, SW., Mail Stop 

1571, Washington, DC 20250–1571, 

telephone (202) 720–1953 or e-mail 

dennis.rankin@wdc.usda.gov. 

For general information on DOE 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321–4347 review 

procedures or status of a NEPA review, 

contact Ms. Carol M. Borgstrom, 

Director of NEPA Policy and 

Compliance, GC–20, U.S. Department of 

Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, 

SW., Washington, DC 20585, telephone 

(202) 586–4600 or (800) 472–2756. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Western, 

an agency within DOE, markets Federal 

hydroelectric power to preference 

customers, as specified by law. These 

customers include municipalities, 

cooperatives, public utilities, irrigation 

districts, Federal and State agencies, 

and Native American Tribes in 15 

western states, including South Dakota. 

Western owns and operates about 

17,000 miles of transmission lines. 

RUS, an agency that delivers the 

USDA’s Rural Development Utilities 

Program, is authorized to make loans 

and loan guarantees that finance the 

construction of electric distribution, 

transmission, and generation facilities, 

including system improvements and 

replacements required to furnish and 

improve electric service in rural areas, 

as well as demand side management, 

energy conservation programs, and ongrid and off-grid renewable energy 

systems. 

Basin Electric is a regional wholesale 

electric generation and transmission 

cooperative owned and controlled by its 

member cooperatives. Basin Electric 

serves approximately 2.5 million 

customers covering 430,000 square 

miles in portions of nine states, 

including Colorado, Iowa, Minnesota, 

Montana, Nebraska, New Mexico, North 

Dakota, South Dakota, and Wyoming. 

PrairieWinds, SD1, Incorporated 

(PrairieWinds), is a wholly owned 

subsidiary of Basin Electric. 

Project Description 

PrairieWinds proposes to construct, 

own, operate, and maintain the South 

Dakota PrairieWinds Project, a 151.5– 

MW nameplate capacity wind-powered 

generation facility, including windturbine generators, electrical collector 

lines, collector substation(s), 

transmission line, communications 

system, and service access roads to 

access wind-turbine sites. 

There are two possible locations for 

the proposed Project. One site is located 

on about 37,000 acres about 15 miles 

north of White Lake, South Dakota, 

within Brule, Aurora, and Jerauld 

counties, South Dakota. For this 

alternative, the requested 

interconnection is with Western’s 

electric transmission system at 

Wessington Springs Substation, located 

in Jerauld County, South Dakota. The 

other site is located on about 83,000 

acres about 8 miles south of Winner, 

South Dakota, entirely within Tripp 

County, South Dakota. If this alternative 

is selected, the interconnection request 

will be with Western’s electric 

transmission system at Winner 

Substation, located in Tripp County.