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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. PH08–34–000] 

IIF US Holding 1GP, LLC; Notice of 

Filing 

September 5, 2008. 

Take notice that on August 14, 2008, 

IIF US Holding 1GP, LLC tendered for 

filing its FERC–65A notification of 

exemption on behalf of itself and its 

subsidiary holding companies. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest this filing must file in 

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). 

Protests will be considered by the 

Commission in determining the 

appropriate action to be taken, but will 

not serve to make protestants parties to 

the proceeding. Any person wishing to 

become a party must file a notice of 

intervention or motion to intervene, as 

appropriate. Such notices, motions, or 

protests must be filed on or before the 

comment date. On or before the 

comment date, it is not necessary to 

serve motions to intervene or protests 

on persons other than the Applicant. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper using the 

‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 14 copies 

of the protest or intervention to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

This filing is accessible on-line at 

http://www.ferc.gov, using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for 

review in the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room in Washington, DC. 

There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the 

Web site that enables subscribers to 

receive e-mail notification when a 

document is added to a subscribed 

docket(s). For assistance with any FERC 

Online service, please e-mail 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call 

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call 

(202) 502–8659. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on September 12, 2008. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–21152 Filed 9–11–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. RM98–1–000] 

Records Governing Off-the Record 

Communications; Public Notice 

September 5, 2008. 

This constitutes notice, in accordance 

with 18 CFR 385.2201(b), of the receipt 

of prohibited and exempt off-the-record 

communications. 

Order No. 607 (64 FR 51222, 

September 22, 1999) requires 

Commission decisional employees, who 

make or receive a prohibited or exempt 

off-the-record communication relevant 

to the merits of a contested proceeding, 

to deliver to the Secretary of the 

Commission, a copy of the 

communication, if written, or a 

summary of the substance of any oral 

communication. 

Prohibited communications are 

included in a public, non-decisional file 

associated with, but not a part of, the 

decisional record of the proceeding. 

Unless the Commission determines that 

the prohibited communication and any 

responses thereto should become a part 

of the decisional record, the prohibited 

off-the-record communication will not 

be considered by the Commission in 

reaching its decision. Parties to a 

proceeding may seek the opportunity to 

respond to any facts or contentions 

made in a prohibited off-the-record 

communication, and may request that 

the Commission place the prohibited 

communication and responses thereto 

in the decisional record. The 

Commission will grant such a request 

only when it determines that fairness so 

requires. Any person identified below as 

having made a prohibited off-the-record 

communication shall serve the 

document on all parties listed on the 

official service list for the applicable 

proceeding in accordance with Rule 

2010, 18 CFR 385.2010. 

Exempt off-the-record 

communications are included in the 

decisional record of the proceeding, 

unless the communication was with a 

cooperating agency as described by 40 

CFR 1501.6, made under 18 CFR 

385.2201(e)(1)(v). 

The following is a list of off-therecord communications recently 

received by the Secretary of the 

Commission. The communications 

listed are grouped by docket numbers in 

ascending order. These filings are 

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. 

Docket No. File date Presenter or requester 

Prohibited 

1. ER08–1281–000 .................................................................................................................................. 8–21–08 Elias G. Farrah. 

2. ER08–1281–000 .................................................................................................................................. 8–22–08 Kevin S. Law. 

3. Project No. 9300–000 .......................................................................................................................... 8–29–08 Brian Martin.1

Exempt 

1. CP08–31–000 ...................................................................................................................................... 8–25–08 Duane D. Milne, PhD. 

2. Project No. 2157–000 .......................................................................................................................... 8–26–08 Robert G. Whitlam, PhD. 

3. Project No. 2210–169 .......................................................................................................................... 8–27–08 Barclay Andrews.2

4. Project No. 12589–001, Project No. 400–051 .................................................................................... 8–27–08 Larry Thompson.3

5. Project No. 2545–091, Project No. 12606–000 .................................................................................. 9–2–08 Michael F. Gearheard. 

6. Project No. 2545–091, Project No. 12606–000 .................................................................................. 9–2–08 Michael F. Gearheard.4

1E-mail communication. 

2One of 79 pieces of correspondence entered into the docket for Project No. 2157–000 between August 27, 2008 and September 3, 2008 

(Smith Mountain Lake). 3Telephone record. 

4 Different letter from entry No. 6 (addressed to a Mr. Jay Manning with ‘‘cc’’ to Ms. Ann F. Miles). 


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52980 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 178 / Friday, September 12, 2008 / Notices 

1FERC confirmed and approved Rate Order No. 

WAPA–117 on June 13, 2006, in Docket EF05–5171. 

See United States Department of Energy, Western 

Area Power Administration, Salt Lake City 

Integrated Projects, 115 FERC ¶ 62,271 (June 13, 

2006). 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E8–21151 Filed 9–11–08; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Western Area Power Administration 

Salt Lake City Area Integrated Projects 

and Colorado River Storage Project— 

Rate Order No. WAPA–137 

AGENCY: Western Area Power 

Administration, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of Order Concerning 

Power, Transmission, and Ancillary 

Services Rates. 

SUMMARY: The Acting Deputy Secretary 

of Energy confirmed and approved Rate 

Order No. WAPA–137 and Rate 

Schedule SLIP–F9, placing firm power 

rates for the Salt Lake City Area 

Integrated Projects (SLCA/IP) of the 

Western Area Power Administration 

(Western) into effect on an interim basis. 

The Acting Deputy Secretary also 

confirmed Rate Schedules SP–PTP7, 

SP–NW3, SP–NFT6, SP–SD3, SP–RS3, 

SP–EI3, SP–FR3, and SP–SSR3, placing 

firm and non-firm transmission rates 

and ancillary services rates on the 

Colorado River Storage Project (CRSP) 

transmission system into effect on an 

interim basis. The provisional rates will 

be in effect until the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC) 

confirms, approves, and places them 

into effect on a final basis or until they 

are replaced by other rates. The 

provisional rates will provide sufficient 

revenue to pay all annual costs, 

including interest expense, and 

repayment of power investment and 

irrigation aid, within the allowable 

periods. 

DATES: Rate Schedules SLIP–F9, SP– 

PTP7, SP–NW3, SP–NFT6, SP–SD3, SP– 

RS3, SP–EI3, SP–FR3, and SP–SSR3 

will be placed into effect on an interim 

basis on the first day of the first full 

billing period beginning on or after 

October 1, 2008, and will be in effect 

until FERC confirms, approves, and 

places the rate schedules in effect on a 

final basis through September 30, 2013, 

or until the rate schedules are 

superseded. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Bradley S. Warren, CRSP Manager, 

Colorado River Storage Project 

Management Center, Western Area 

Power Administration, 150 East Social 

Hall Avenue, Suite 300, Salt Lake City, 

UT 84111–1580, (801) 524–5493, e-mail 

warren@wapa.gov, or Ms. Carol A. 

Loftin, Rates Manager, Colorado River 

Storage Project Management Center, 

Western Area Power Administration, 

150 East Social Hall Avenue, Suite 300, 

Salt Lake City, UT 84111–1580, (801) 

524–6380, e-mail loftinc@wapa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Deputy Secretary of Energy approved 

Rate Order No. WAPA–117 on August 1, 

2005 (70 Fed. Reg. 47823). This Order 

included existing Rate Schedule SLIP– 

F8 for SLCA/IP firm power.1 The 

existing firm power Rate Schedule 

SLIP–F8 is being superseded by Rate 

Schedule SLIP–F9. Under Rate 

Schedule SLIP–F8, the energy rate is 

10.43 mills/kilowatthour (mills/kWh), 

and the capacity rate is $4.43/ 

kilowattmonth ($/kWmonth). The 

composite rate is 25.28 mills/kWh. The 

provisional firm power rate will be 

implemented over a 2-year period. In 

the first year, the provisional firm power 

rate consists of an energy charge of 

11.06 mills/kWh and a capacity charge 

of $4.70/kWmonth. The second step of 

the rate will be effective October 1, 

2009, and will be capped at the energy 

charge of 12.29 mills/kWh and a 

capacity charge of $5.22/kWmonth. The 

provisional rates for SLCA/IP firm 

power in Rate Schedule SLIP–F9 will 

result in an overall composite rate of 

26.80 mills/kWh on October 1, 2008, 

and a composite rate capped at 29.68 

mills/kWh on October 1, 2009, through 

September 30, 2013, or until 

superseded. This second step rate 

adjustment will result in an overall 

increase of about 17.4 percent when 

compared with the existing SLCA/IP 

firm power composite rate under Rate 

Schedule SLIP–F8. 

The firm power rate will continue to 

include a cost recovery mechanism 

called the Cost Recovery Charge (CRC). 

The CRC is necessary to adequately 

maintain a sufficient cash balance in the 

Upper Colorado River Basin Fund. The 

CRC is a charge on Sustainable 

Hydropower (SHP) energy, as 

determined by financial conditions. 

Every May, Western will provide 

customers with information concerning 

any anticipated CRC for the upcoming 

fiscal year (FY). If Western determines 

a CRC is necessary, firm power 

customers may choose not to take as 

much firm energy and, in exchange, 

Western will waive the CRC charge. In 

addition to the potential for a CRC being 

implemented every year, Western will 

consider assessing the CRC upon a 45- 

day notice to customers, should water 

releases at Glen Canyon Dam be reduced 

to less than 8.23 million acre-feet (MAF) 

in a FY. 

By Delegation Order No. 00–037.00, 

effective December 6, 2001, the 

Secretary of Energy delegated: (1) The 

authority to develop power and 

transmission rates to Western’s 

Administrator, (2) the authority to 

confirm, approve, and place such rates 

into effect on an interim basis to the 

Deputy Secretary of Energy, and (3) the 

authority to confirm, approve, and place 

into effect on a final basis, to remand or 

to disapprove such rates to FERC. 

Existing Department of Energy 

procedures for public participation in 

power rate adjustments (10 CFR part 

903) were published on September 18, 

1985. 

Under Delegation Order Nos. 00– 

037.00 and 00–001.00A, 10 CFR part 

903, and 18 CFR part 300, I hereby 

confirm, approve, and place Rate Order 

No. WAPA–137, the proposed SLCA/IP 

firm power rate, CRSP firm and nonfirm transmission rates, and ancillary 

services rates into effect on an interim 

basis. 

The new Rate Schedules SLIP–F9, 

SP–PTP7, SP–NW3, SP–NFT6, SP–SD3, 

SP–RS3, SP–EI3, SP–FR3, and SP–SSR3 

will be promptly submitted to FERC for 

confirmation and approval on a final 

basis. 

Dated: September 4, 2008. 

Jeffrey F. Kupfer, 

Acting Deputy Secretary. 

Department of Energy 

Deputy Secretary 

[Rate Order No. WAPA–137] 

In the Matter of: Western Area Power 

Administration Rate Adjustment for the Salt 

Lake City Area Integrated Projects and 

Colorado River Storage Project; Order 

Confirming, Approving, and Placing the Salt 

Lake City Area Integrated Projects Firm 

Power, Colorado River Storage Project 

Transmission and Ancillary Services Rates 

Into Effect on an Interim Basis 

These rates were established in 

accordance with section 302 of the 

Department of Energy (DOE) 

Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7152). This 

Act transferred to and vested in the 

Secretary of Energy the power marketing 

functions of the Secretary of the 

Department of the Interior and the 

Bureau of Reclamation (Reclamation) 

under the Reclamation Act of 1902 (ch. 

1093, 32 Stat. 388), as amended and 

supplemented by subsequent laws, 

particularly section 9(c) of the 

Reclamation Project Act of 1939 (43 

U.S.C. 485h(c)), and other acts that 

specifically apply to the project 

involved. 

By Delegation Order No. 00–037.00, 

effective December 6, 2001, the 


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