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[FR Doc. E9–9147 Filed 4–20–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Bonneville Power Administration 

Whistling Ridge Energy Project 

AGENCY: Bonneville Power 

Administration (BPA), Department of 

Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Notice of Intent to prepare an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

and floodplain and wetland 

involvement. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces BPA’s 

intention to prepare a joint National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA)/State 

Environmental Policy Act (SEPA) EIS 

with the Washington Energy Facility 

Site Evaluation Council (EFSEC) for a 

proposed 75 megawatt (MW) wind 

energy generation project to be located 

on 1,152 acres in Skamania County, 

Washington. This project, referred to as 

the Whistling Ridge Energy Project, has 

been proposed by Whistling Ridge 

Energy LLC (WRE or ‘‘applicant’’). The 

joint EIS will address Washington 

EFSEC’s proposed action of granting 

necessary permits and approvals for 

siting WRE’s proposed project, as well 

as BPA’s proposed action of allowing 

the electrical interconnection of WRE’s 

proposed project to the Federal 

Columbia River Transmission System 

(FCRTS). BPA will act as the federal 

lead agency under NEPA and the 

Washington EFSEC will act as the state 

lead agency under SEPA. 

In accordance with DOE regulations 

for compliance with floodplain and 

wetland environmental review 

requirements, BPA will prepare a 

floodplain and wetland assessment as 

necessary to avoid or minimize 

potential harm to or within any affected 

floodplains and wetlands. The 

assessment will be included in the EIS 

being prepared for the proposed project 

in accordance with the NEPA. 

DATES: Written comments are due to the 

address below no later than May 18, 

2009. Comments may also be made at an 

EIS scoping meeting to be held on May 

6, 2009, at the address below. 

ADDRESSES: Send letters with comments 

and suggestions on the proposed scope 

of the Whistling Ridge Energy Project 

Draft EIS (DOE/EIS–0419), and requests 

to be placed on the project mailing list, 

to Bonneville Power Administration, 

Public Affairs Office—DKC–7, P.O. Box 

14428, Portland, OR 97293–4428. You 

may also call BPA’s toll-free comment 

line at 1–800–622–4519, and record 

your comments, naming this project. 

Comments can be submitted online at: 

www.bpa.gov/comment. 

On May 6, 2009, in Stevenson, 

Washington, a public meeting/scoping 

meeting will be held from 6:30 p.m. to 

8:30 p.m. at the Rock Creek Center, 710 

SW. Rock Creek Drive, Stevenson, 

Washington 98648. At this informal 

meeting, information, including maps, 

will be provided about the project, and 

members of the project team will be 

available to answer questions and 

accept oral and written comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Andrew M. Montan ̃ o, Bonneville Power 

Administration, KEC–4, P.O. Box 3621, 

Portland, Oregon 97208–3621; toll-free 

telephone number 1–800–282–3713; fax 

number 503–230–5699; e-mail address 

ammontano@bpa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: WRE has 

proposed the 75–MW Whistling Ridge 

Energy Project on commercial forestland 

in an unincorporated area of Skamania 

County, Washington. The proposed 

wind energy generation facility, to be 

built and operated by WRE, would be 

located approximately 7 miles 

northwest of the City of White Salmon. 

The Project site is outside the Columbia 

Gorge National Scenic Area, and 

encompasses roughly 1,152 acres in 

Sections 5, 6, 7, 8, and 18 of Township 

3 North, Range 10 East, and in Section 

13 of Township 3 North, Range 9 East, 

Willamette Meridian. 

The Project would consist of up to 

approximately 50, 1.2– to 2.5–MW wind 

turbines, as well as infrastructure such 

as newly-constructed and improved 

roads, transformers, underground 

collector lines, a substation, and an 

operations and maintenance (O&M) 

facility. Each turbine would be up to 

426 feet tall (measured from the ground 

to the turbine blade tip), and would be 

mounted on a concrete pad. Spaced 

from 350 to 800 feet apart, the turbines 

would be grouped in strings of 3 to 21 

turbines and connected by an 

underground electrical collector system. 

The turbines would operate at wind 

speeds ranging from 9 to 56 miles per 

hour (mph). 

The electrical output of each string of 

turbines would be connected to the 

Project substation by underground 

collector cables. The Project substation 

would be built directly adjacent to an 

existing BPA transmission line 

interconnecting to the FCRTS. 

WRE proposes that construction of the 

Project would begin in 2010. Access to 

the Project site would likely require 

improving some existing private logging 

roads and constructing several miles of 

new gravel roads on private land. 

During construction, about 330 workers 

would be employed. During its yearround operation, there would be eight to 

nine permanent full-time and/or parttime employees on the Operations and 

Maintenance staff. The Project is 

expected to function for at least 30 

years. 

Washington EFSEC has siting 

jurisdiction over WRE’s proposed 

project. EFSEC has determined that it 

will prepare an EIS to analyze the 

potential environmental impacts of the 

proposed project. This EIS will inform 

EFSEC’s decision whether or not to 

grant the necessary permits and 

approvals for siting WRE’s proposed 

project. 

BPA’s Proposed Action: BPA has 

received a request from SDS Lumber 

Company (SDS) (parent company to 

WRE) to interconnect the proposed 

Project to the FCRTS. This request is 

referenced as Request No. G0108 in 

BPA’s Generator Interconnection Queue. 

In order to allow this interconnection, 

BPA would need to grant the applicant’s 

request for generation interconnection. 

Granting this request would involve 

offering contract terms to the applicant 

for this interconnection. Thus, BPA’s 

proposed action is to offer contract 

terms for the proposed interconnection. 

Alternatives Proposed for 

Consideration: The alternatives under 

consideration by BPA include the 

proposed action and a no-action 

alternative. For BPA, the proposed 

action alternative is to offer contract 

terms for the interconnection of the 

Project to BPA’s transmission system. 

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The no-action alternative is for BPA to 

deny WRE’s request that BPA offer 

contract terms for this interconnection. 

The scoping process may help identify 

other alternatives suitable for 

consideration in the EIS. 

Process to Date: WRE has filed an 

application for a site certificate to 

construct the Project. Surveys for 

sensitive plant and wildlife species and 

cultural resources were initiated in the 

spring of 2001 and have been ongoing. 

Scoping will help identify what 

additional studies will be needed for the 

Project and the interconnection. 

Public Participation and 

Identification of Environmental Issues: 

The potential issues of concern 

identified for most wind projects 

include visual issues, noise levels, 

impacts to cultural resources, socioeconomic ramifications, effects on rare 

plant and animal species, and impacts 

to wildlife, including migratory birds 

and bats. The joint EIS will assess these 

potential impacts for the proposed 

Project, as well as potential 

environmental impacts from the 

proposed interconnection. Other issues, 

identified during scoping, will also be 

addressed in the EIS. 

When completed, a Draft EIS will be 

circulated for review and comment, and 

BPA and EFSEC will hold at least one 

combined public comment meeting for 

the Draft EIS. BPA and EFSEC will 

consider and respond in the Final EIS 

to comments received on the Draft EIS. 

BPA’s subsequent decision will be 

documented in a Record of Decision. 

Issued in Portland, Oregon, on April 13, 

2009. 

Stephen J. Wright, 

Administrator and Chief Executive Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–9096 Filed 4–20–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Bonneville Power Administration 

Leaning Juniper II Wind Project 

AGENCY: Bonneville Power 

Administration (BPA), Department of 

Energy (DOE). 

ACTION: Notice of Record of Decision 

(ROD). 

SUMMARY: This notice announces the 

availability of the ROD to offer contract 

terms for interconnection of up to 200 

megawatts of wind generation from the 

Iberdrola Renewables, Inc.’s proposed 

Leaning Juniper II Wind Project into the 

Federal Columbia River Transmission 

System. This decision is consistent with 

and tiered to BPA’s Business Plan Final 

Environmental Impact Statement (DOE/ 

EIS–0183, June 1995), and the Business 

Plan Record of Decision (BP ROD, 

August 15, 1995). The wind project will 

be interconnected at BPA’s Jones 

Canyon Switching Station (SS), about 

three miles southwest of Arlington, 

Gilliam County, Oregon. The Jones 

Canyon SS will provide the wind 

project with transmission access to 

BPA’s McNary-Jones Canyon 230- 

kilovolt transmission line and the Jones 

Canyon-Santiam 230-kilovolt 

transmission line. 

ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD and EIS 

may be obtained by calling BPA’s tollfree document request line, 1–800–622– 

4520. The ROD and EIS Summary are 

also available on our Web site, http:// 

www.efw.bpa.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Andrew M. Montan ̃ o, Bonneville Power 

Administration—KEC–4, P.O. Box 3621, 

Portland, Oregon 97208–3621; toll-free 

telephone number 1–800–622–4519; fax 

number 503–230–5699; or e-mail 

ammontano@bpa.gov. 

Issued in Portland, Oregon, on April 3, 

2009. 

Stephen J. Wright, 

Administrator and Chief Executive Officer. 

[FR Doc. E9–9094 Filed 4–20–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 459–264] 

AmerenUE; Notice of Application for 

Amendment of License and Soliciting 

Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 

Protests 

April 14, 2009. 

a. Type of Application: Non-project 

use of project lands and waters. 

b. Project Number: 459–264. 

c. Date Filed: April 2, 2009. 

d. Applicant: AmerenUE. 

e. Name of Project: Osage 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: The proposed non-project 

use is located at mile marker 25 + 0.7 

of Kinchlow Hollow on the Lake of the 

Ozarks, in Camden County, Missouri. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791a–825r. 

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Jeff Green, 

Shoreline Supervisor, Ameren/UE, P.O. 

Box 993, Lake Ozark, MO 65049, (573) 

365–9214. 

i. FERC Contact: Any questions on 

this notice should be addressed to 

Shana High at (202) 502–8674. 

j. Deadline for filing comments and or 

motions: May 15, 2009. 

All documents (original and eight 

copies) should be filed with: Secretary, 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

The Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure require all interveners 

filing documents with the Commission 

to serve a copy of that document on 

each person whose name appears on the 

official service list for the project. 

Further, if an intervener files comments 

or documents with the Commission 

relating to the merits of an issue that 

may affect the responsibilities of a 

particular resource agency, they must 

also serve a copy of the document on 

that resource agency. A copy of any 

motion to intervene must also be served 

upon each representative of the 

Applicant specified in the particular 

application. 

k. Description of Request: Union 

Electric Company, dba AmerenUE, filed 

an application seeking Commission 

authorization to permit three existing 

docks that were installed in 2006 

without proper authorization and 

agency review. The three docks, which 

would be permitted to DIM, LLC, serve 

a multi-family residential development, 

and accommodate a total of 36 boats. No 

dredging, fuel dispensing, or sewage 

pumping facilities were performed or 

installed, nor are any proposed. This 

application was filed after consultation 

with the appropriate agencies. 

l. Locations of the Application: A 

copy of the application is available for 

inspection and reproduction at the 

Commission’s Public Reference Room, 

located at 888 First Street, NE., Room 

2A, Washington, DC 20426, or by calling 

(202) 502–8371. This filing may also 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 (P–459) to 

access the document. You may also 

register online at http://www.ferc.gov/ 

docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be 

notified via e-mail of new filings and 

issuances related to this or other 

pending projects. For assistance, call 1– 

866–208–3372 or e-mail 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, for TTY, 

call (202) 502–8659. A copy is also 

available for inspection and 

reproduction at the address in item (h) 

above. 

m. Individuals desiring to be included 

on the Commission’s mailing list should 

so indicate by writing to the Secretary 

of the Commission. 

n. Comments, Protests, or Motions to 

Intervene: Anyone may submit 

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