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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project Nos. 13212–001;13211–001] 

Kenai Hydro, LLC; Notice of Scoping 

Meetings, Environmental Site Review, 

and Soliciting Scoping Comments 

May 11, 2010. 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection: 

a. Type of Application: Original 

Minor License. 

b. Project Nos.: P–13212–001 and P– 

13211–001. 

c. Date Filed: August 6, 2009. 

d. Applicant: Kenai Hydro, LLC. 

e. Name of Project: Grant Lake/Falls 

Creek Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: Grant Lake, Grand Creek, 

and Falls Creek on the Kenai Peninsula, 

near the community of Moose Pass, 

Alaska. The project would occupy lands 

within the Chugach National Forest. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Brad 

Zubeck, Kenai Hydro, LLC, 3977 Lake 

Street, Homer, Alaska 99603; (907) 335– 

6204. 

i. FERC Contact: Mark Ivy at (202) 

502–6156 or mark.ivy @ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for filing scoping 

comments: July 6, 2010. 

All documents may be filed 

electronically via the Internet. See 18 

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

instructions on the Commission’s Web 

site (http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/

ferconline.asp) under the ‘‘eFiling’’ link. 

For a simpler method of submitting text 

only comments, click on ‘‘Quick 

Comment.’’ For assistance, please 

contact FERC Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov; call tollfree at (866) 208–3676; or, for TTY, 

contact (202) 502–8659. Although the 

Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing, documents may also be 

paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an 

original and eight copies to: Kimberly D. 

Bose, 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 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. 

k. This application is not ready for 

environmental analysis at this time. 

l. The project would consist of: a new 

10-foot-high, 120-foot-wide concrete 

gravity dam on Grant Lake, with a 60- 

foot-wide spillway section at elevation 

709 feet mean sea level (msl); the 1,790- 

acre Grant Lake with active storage of 

48,000 acre-feet of storage between 675 

and 706 feet msl; a new multi-level 

intake at Grant Lake; a new 2,800-footlong, 10-foot-high horseshoe power 

tunnel; a new 8-foot-diameter, 110-foothigh surge tank; a new 650-foot-long, 

66-inch-diameter steel penstock; a new 

powerhouse containing two Francis 

generating units with total installed 

capacity of 4.5 MW; a new 200-foot-long 

open channel tailrace; a 3.5-mile-long, 

overhead or underground transmission 

line at 115, 69, or 24.9–kilovolt (kV), or 

twelve 15–kV; a new 3.4-mile-long 

access road; and appurtenant facilities. 

m. 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. 

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, 

contact FERC Online Support. 

n. Scoping Process. 

The Commission intends to prepare 

an Environmental Assessment (EA) on 

the project in accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act. The 

EA will consider both site-specific and 

cumulative environmental impacts and 

reasonable alternatives to the proposed 

action. 

Scoping Meetings 

FERC staff will conduct one daytime 

scoping meeting and one evening 

scoping meeting. The daytime scoping 

meeting will focus on resource agency 

and non-governmental organization 

concerns, while the evening scoping 

meeting is primarily for public input. 

All interested individuals, 

organizations, and agencies are invited 

to attend one or both of the meetings, 

and to assist the staff in identifying the 

scope of the environmental issues that 

should be analyzed in the EA. The times 

and locations of these meetings are as 

follows: 

Evening Scoping Meeting 

Date: Wednesday, June 2, 2010. 

Time: 7 p.m. (Alaska ST). 

Place: Moose Pass Community Hall. 

Address: Mile 29.5 Seward Highway, 

Moose Pass, AK 99631. 

Daytime Scoping Meeting 

Date: Thursday, June 3, 2010. 

Time: 10 a.m. (Alaska ST). 

Place: Moose Pass Community Hall. 

Address: Mile 29.5 Seward Highway, 

Moose Pass, AK 99631. 

Copies of the Scoping Document 1 

(SD1) outlining the subject areas to be 

addressed in the EA were distributed to 

the parties on the Commission’s mailing 

list. Copies of the SD1 will be available 

at the scoping meeting or may be 

viewed on the Web at http:// 

www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link 

[see item (m) above]. 

Environmental Site Review 

The Applicant and FERC staff will 

conduct a project environmental site 

review beginning at 8 a.m. (Alaska ST) 

on June 2, 2010. All interested 

individuals, organizations, and agencies 

are invited to attend. Participants 

should meet at Scenic Mountain Air 

boat launch, 31702 Depot Road, Moose 

Pass, AK 99631. Participants should be 

in good health and prepared/able to 

hike without assistance in unimproved 

trail conditions for the entire day (± 3 

miles with 200 feet of elevation gain). 

Participants should also pack their own 

lunch, snacks and water, wear 

waterproof, rugged footwear, and be 

prepared for inclement and potentially 

cold weather conditions. Anyone with 

questions about the environmental site 

review (or needing directions) should 

contact Jenna Borovansky at (208) 765– 

1413 or 

jborovansky@longviewassociates.com. 

Those individuals planning to 

participate in the environmental site 

review should notify Ms. Borovansky of 

their intent, no later than May 23, 2010. 

Objectives 

At the scoping meetings, the staff will: 

(1) Summarize the environmental issues 

tentatively identified for analysis in the 

EA; (2) solicit from the meeting 

participants all available information, 

especially quantifiable data, on the 

resources at issue; (3) encourage 

statements from experts and the public 

on issues that should be analyzed in the 

EA, including viewpoints in opposition 

to, or in support of, the staff’s 

preliminary views; (4) determine the 

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resource issues to be addressed in the 

EA; and (5) identify those issues that 

require a detailed analysis, as well as 

those issues that do not require a 

detailed analysis. 

Procedures 

The meetings are recorded by a 

stenographer and become part of the 

formal record of the Commission 

proceeding on the project. 

Individuals, organizations, and 

agencies with environmental expertise 

and concerns are encouraged to attend 

the meeting and to assist the staff in 

defining and clarifying the issues to be 

addressed in the EA. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–11783 Filed 5–17–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2144–038; Project No. 2225– 

013] 

City of Seattle, Public Utility District 

No. 1 of Pend Orielle County; Notice of 

Technical Conference and Site Visit for 

the Boundary Hydroelectric Project 

and Sullivan Creek Hydroelectric 

Project Settlement Agreement and 

Soliciting Scoping Comments on the 

Proposed Sullivan Creek Hydroelectric 

Project Surrender 

May 11, 2010. 

On March 29, 2010, the City of Seattle 

(City) and the Public Utility District No. 

1 of Pend Oreille, County, Washington 

(District) filed a joint comprehensive 

settlement agreement (Settlement), 

explanatory statement and a request to 

consolidate the processing of the City’s 

relicensing of the Boundary 

Hydroelectric Project No. 2144–038, and 

the District’s surrender of its license for 

the Sullivan Creek Hydroelectric Project 

No. 2225–013. On April 2, 2010, the 

District filed an application to surrender 

the Sullivan Creek Project. Parts of both 

projects occupy lands within the 

Colville National Forest. 

Technical Conference 

Commission staff will hold a 

technical conference to discuss the 

proposed license articles for a new 

license for the Boundary Project and the 

proposed Sullivan Creek license 

surrender conditions submitted as part 

of the joint Settlement. 

The technical conference will be held 

on Thursday, June 10, 2010, beginning 

at 9 a.m. (PST) at Quality Inn Oakwood, 

7919 North Division, Spokane, WA. 

Participation at the technical conference 

will be limited to Commission staff and 

the Settlement Parties. However, the 

public is free to attend and provide 

comments on the scope of issues that 

should be addressed in the 

Commission’s environmental 

assessment. The technical conference 

will be recorded by a court reporter, and 

all statements (verbal and written) will 

become part of the Commission’s public 

record for the project. The conference 

and site visit described below are posted 

on the Commission’s calendar located at 

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

EventsList.aspx along with other related 

information. 

Site Visit 

On Wednesday, June 9, 2010, 

Commission staff, along with 

representatives of the City and the 

District, will conduct a site visit of the 

Boundary and Sullivan Creek Projects. 

All interested individuals, 

organizations, and agencies are invited 

to attend. All participants should meet 

at the Boundary powerhouse gate at 

10:15 a.m. (PST). For those persons only 

interested in the Sullivan Creek 

surrender, we will be at the Sullivan 

Lake Dam at 12:15 p.m. In addition, all 

participants are responsible for their 

own transportation to the site and 

throughout the day. Anyone planning to 

attend the site visit must notify Mary 

Pat Dileva at marypat.dileva@seattle.gov 

by Wednesday, June 2, 2010. RSVPs are 

required for security and planning 

purposes. 

Scoping for the Surrender of the 

District’s Sullivan Creek Project 

Commission staff intends to prepare 

an environmental assessment (EA) 

covering both the relicensing of the 

Boundary Project and the surrender of 

the Sullivan Creek Project, pursuant to 

the National Environmental Policy Act 

of 1969, as amended. Scoping of the 

relicensing of the Boundary Project was 

completed in 2006. To support and 

assist our environmental review, we are 

conducting paper scoping of the 

Sullivan Creek surrender to ensure that 

all pertinent issues are identified and 

analyzed, and the EA is thorough. This 

notice solicits written comments from 

Federal, State, and local resource 

agencies, Indian tribes, and other 

interested persons through the scoping 

process. 

All scoping comments should be 

submitted in writing to the Commission 

no later than June 25, 2010. All 

correspondence must clearly show at 

the top of the page: ‘‘Sullivan Creek 

Hydroelectric Project, FERC No. 2225– 

013.’’ Send your comments about the 

project to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20426. Scoping comments may be filed 

electronically via the Internet in lieu of 

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

and the instructions on the 

Commission’s Web site at http:// 

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

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filings. 

For further information, contact David 

Turner at (202) 502–6091, or by e-mail 

at david.turner@ferc.gov. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–11791 Filed 5–17–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–R09–OAR–2010–0208; FRL–9152–5] 

Adequacy Determination for the Motor 

Vehicle Emissions Budgets in the 

Truckee Meadows PM10 Maintenance 

Plan for Transportation Conformity 

Purposes; State of Nevada 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of adequacy. 

SUMMARY: In this notice, EPA is 

notifying the public that the Agency has 

found that motor vehicle emissions 

budgets (MVEBs) for particles with an 

aerodynamic diameter of a nominal 10 

microns or less (PM10), contained in the 

Redesignation Request and 

Maintenance Plan for the Truckee 

Meadows 24-Hour PM10 NonAttainment Area (‘‘Truckee Meadows 

PM10 Maintenance Plan’’), are adequate 

for transportation conformity purposes. 

The Truckee Meadows PM10

Maintenance Plan was submitted to EPA 

on July 13, 2009 by the Nevada Division 

of Environmental Protection as a 

revision to the Nevada State 

Implementation Plan. As a result of our 

adequacy finding, the Washoe County 

Regional Transportation Commission 

and the U.S. Department of 

Transportation must use these budgets 

in future conformity analyses. 

DATES: This finding is effective June 2, 

2010. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Eleanor Kaplan, U.S. EPA, Region IX, 

Air Division AIR–2, 75 Hawthorne 

Street, San Francisco, CA 94105–3901; 

(415) 947–4147 or 

kaplan.eleanor@epa.gov. 

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