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2As set forth in the City’s motion to intervene 

(filed February 25, 2009) and service list correction 

(filed February 27, 2009), the City’s designated 

representatives for service in these proceedings are 

William H. Pickrell, North American Hydro 

Holdings, Inc., and Donald H. Clarke, Law Offices 

of GKRSE (counsel for Marseilles Hydro Power LLC 

and development agent for the City of Marseilles). 

1Contract Reporting Requirements of Intrastate 

Natural Gas Companies, Order No. 735, 131 FERC 

¶ 61,150 (May 20, 2010). 

historic preservation issues and will be 

added to the restricted service list.2

The following is an addition to the 

restricted service list established in the 

notice issued on June 22, 2010: 

William H. Pickrell, North American 

Hydro Holdings, Inc., 116 State Street, 

695 Garland Ave., Winnetka, IL 

60093. 

Donald H. Clarke, Law Offices of 

GKRSE, 1500 K Street, NW., Suite 

330, Washington, DC 20005. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–22937 Filed 9–14–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. PR09–1–002] 

Eagle Rock Desoto Pipeline, LP; Notice 

of Motion for Extension of Rate Case 

Filing Deadline 

September 8, 2010. 

Take notice that on September 8, 

2010, Eagle Rock Desoto Pipeline, L.P. 

(Eagle Rock) filed a request to extend 

the date for filing its next rate case to 

May 1, 2012. Eagle Rock states that in 

Order No. 735 the Commission modified 

its policy concerning periodic reviews 

of rates charges by section 311 and 

Hinshaw pipelines to extend the cycle 

for such reviews from three to five 

years.1 Therefore, Eagle Rock requests 

that the date for Eagle Rock’s next rate 

filing be extended to May 1, 2012, 

which is five years from the date of 

Eagle Rock’s most recent rate filing with 

this Commission. 

Any person desiring to participate in 

this rate proceeding must file a motion 

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 

and 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 date as 

indicated below. Anyone filing an 

intervention or protest must serve a 

copy of that document on the Applicant. 

Anyone filing an intervention or protest 

on or before the intervention or protest 

date need not 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 7 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 Monday, September 13, 2010. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–22940 Filed 9–14–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13828–000] 

FFP Mass 1, LLC; Notice of Preliminary 

Permit Application Accepted for Filing 

and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 

Intervene, and Competing Applications 

September 3, 2010. 

On August 9, 2010, FFP Mass 1, LLC 

filed an application for a preliminary 

permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the 

Federal Power Act (FPA), proposing to 

study the feasibility of the Cape Cod 

Tidal Energy Project to be located in the 

Cape Cod Canal and a portion of the 

Hog Island Channel, between Cape Cod 

Bay and Buzzards Bay, in Plymouth and 

Barnstable Counties, Massachusetts. The 

sole purpose of a preliminary permit, if 

issued, is to grant the permit holder 

priority to file a license application 

during the permit term. A preliminary 

permit does not authorize the permit 

holder to perform any land-disturbing 

activities or otherwise enter upon lands 

or waters owned by others without the 

owners’ express permission. 

The proposed project will consist of 

the following: (1) 2,000 hydrokinetic 

tidal devices consisting of a turbine 

blade assembly and an integrated 10- 

kilowatt generator for a combined 

capacity of 20 megawatts; (2) a mooring 

system; (3) submersible cables 

connecting the turbine-generating units 

to a shore station; (4) an approximately 

15-mile-long transmission line 

connecting the shore station to an 

existing distribution line; and (5) 

appurtenant facilities. The estimated 

annual generation of the Cape Cod Tidal 

Energy Project would be 53 gigawatthours. 

Applicant Contact: Ramya 

Swaminathan, Vice President of 

Development, Free Flow Power 

Corporation, 33 Commercial Street, 

Gloucester, MA 01930; phone: (978) 

283–2822. 

FERC Contact: Michael Watts (202) 

502–6123. 

Deadline for filing comments, motions 

to intervene, competing applications 

(without notices of intent), or notices of 

intent to file competing applications: 60 

days from the issuance of this notice. 

Competing applications and notices of 

intent must meet the requirements of 18 

CFR 4.36. Comments, motions to 

intervene, notices of intent, and 

competing applications 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/ 

efiling.asp. Commenters can submit 

brief comments up to 6,000 characters, 

without prior registration, using the 

eComment system at http:// 

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

ecomment.asp. You must include your 

name and contact information at the end 

of your comments. For assistance, 

please contact FERC Online Support. 

Although the Commission strongly 

encourages electronic filing, documents 

may also be paper-filed. To paper-file, 

mail an original and seven copies to: 

Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

More information about this project, 

including a copy of the application, can 

be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’ 

link of the Commission’s Web site at 

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

elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number 

(P–13828–000) in the docket number 

field to access the document. For 


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assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2010–22938 Filed 9–14–10; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Western Area Power Administration 

[DOE–EIS 0398] 

Delta-Mendota Canal Intertie Project 

AGENCY: Western Area Power 

Administration, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of Record of Decision 

and Floodplain Statement of Findings. 

SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of 

Energy (DOE), Western Area Power 

Administration (Western), plans to 

authorize a new interconnection and 

design, construct, own, operate, and 

maintain a new 69-kilovolt (kV) 

transmission line and fiber optic cable 

for delivery of project use power as part 

of the Department of the Interior, 

Bureau of Reclamation, Mid-Pacific 

Region’s (Reclamation) Delta-Mendota 

Canal (DMC)/California Aqueduct 

Intertie (Intertie) project. The Intertie, 

including the interconnection to 

Western’s system and transmission line 

and fiber optic cable, was analyzed in a 

Reclamation Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) with the Final EIS dated 

and released in November 2009. The EIS 

was developed in compliance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA). 

Reclamation issued a Record of 

Decision (ROD) dated December 28, 

2009, to proceed with the Intertie, 

described as its Proposed Action in the 

EIS. The Intertie would be located in 

Alameda County, California, and 

involves constructing and operating a 

pumping plant, a pipeline connection 

between the DMC and the California 

Aqueduct at Mile 7.2 of the DMC and 

Mile 9 of the California Aqueduct, a 

switchyard, access roads, and the 

transmission line. Reclamation served 

as the lead agency in the preparation of 

the NEPA documents for this project. 

Western, in accordance with the 

Council on Environmental Quality 

(CEQ) Regulations for Implementing 

NEPA (40 CFR Parts 1500–1508) and 

DOE NEPA Implementing Procedures 

(10 CFR Part 1021), served as a 

cooperating agency. Western adopted 

the EIS in March 2010 (DOE/EIS–0398) 

to meet its NEPA responsibilities for its 

transmission actions in support of the 

Intertie. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

David Young, Environmental Protection 

Specialist, Western Area Power 

Administration, Sierra Nevada Region, 

114 Parkshore Drive, Folsom, CA 

95630–4710; telephone (916) 353–4542; 

e-mail dyoung@wapa.gov. Copies of the 

Draft EIS and Final EIS are available 

online at http://www.usbr.gov/mp/nepa/ 

nepa_projdetails.cfm?Project_ID=1014. 

For general information about the DOE 

NEPA process, visit the DOE NEPA 

Program Web site at http:// 

nepa.energy.gov/ or contact Ms. Carol 

M. Borgstrom, Director, Office of NEPA 

Policy and Compliance, GC–54, U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue, SW., 

Washington, DC 20585; telephone (800) 

472–2756. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

purpose of the Intertie is to improve the 

DMC conveyance conditions that 

restrict the C.W. ‘‘Bill’’ Jones Pumping 

Plant to less than its original-design 

authorized pumping capacity of 4,600 

cubic feet per second (cfs) and to 

improve operational flexibility for 

operation, maintenance, and emergency 

activities. A lack of operational 

flexibility presently compromises the 

ability of the Central Valley Project, 

owned and operated by Reclamation, 

and the State Water Project to respond 

to emergencies, conduct necessary 

system maintenance, and provide 

capacity to respond to environmental 

opportunities in the Sacramento-San 

Joaquin River Delta (Delta). The amount, 

timing, and location of water deliveries 

from the DMC, apparent canal 

subsidence, siltation, the facility design, 

and other factors have resulted in a 

mismatch between designed/authorized 

Jones Pumping Plant export capacity 

and DMC conveyance capacity. 

The primary project component of the 

Intertie would be a pumping plant with 

four electrically-powered pumping units 

having a total pumping capacity of 467 

cfs although the maximum average 

monthly pumping is expected to be 

around 400 cfs. Water would be 

withdrawn from the DMC through a 

conventional-style intake structure and 

pumped uphill a vertical distance of 

about 50 feet through belowground 

pipelines and be discharged into the 

California Aqueduct. The pipeline 

would be located between the DMC and 

the California Aqueduct at Mile 7.2 of 

the DMC and Mile 9 of the California 

Aqueduct; all Intertie facilities would be 

in Alameda County, California. A 

switchyard would be located northwest 

of the pumping plant. The Intertie 

would be owned by Reclamation and 

operated by the San Luis & DeltaMendota Water Authority (Water 

Authority). 

Reclamation completed the EIS 

process and issued a ROD on December 

28, 2009, authorizing the construction of 

the Intertie (Reclamation’s Proposed 

Action and Preferred Alternative, also 

referred to as Alternative 2). 

Western’s Purpose and Need 

Western’s purpose and need for the 

proposed action is a result of 

Reclamation’s request for an 

interconnection with Western’s system. 

Reclamation requires a reliable 

electrical connection and power supply 

to run the Intertie pumps. Western’s 

Open Access Transmission Service 

Tariff describes all conditions necessary 

for access to its transmission system. 

Western provides an interconnection to 

its transmission system if there is 

sufficient available capacity, while 

considering transmission system 

reliability and power delivery to 

existing customers, and the applicant’s 

objectives. 

Western’s Proposed Action 

Western plans to authorize a new 

interconnection and design, construct, 

own, operate, and maintain a new 69-kV 

transmission line and fiber optic cable 

for delivery of project use power as part 

of Reclamation’s DMC Intertie project. 

Western would construct the new 4.5- 

mile-long 69-kV transmission line and 

fiber optic cable between its existing 

Tracy Substation and Reclamation’s 

new DMC Intertie pumping plant 

switchyard. The transmission line 

would run parallel to the DMC for 

approximately 4.5 miles and would be 

constructed entirely on the west side of 

the canal and within the existing 

previously disturbed canal right-of-way. 

The transmission line would be 

constructed using approximately 51 

wood poles and 25 glue laminate poles 

which would be placed in augered holes 

in the spoil piles that border the canal 

from its construction. The holes would 

be no more than 3 feet, 5 inches in 

diameter and approximately 14 feet in 

depth, supporting poles approximately 

61 feet tall. A crane using the existing 

access and maintenance road along the 

canal would be used to set the 

transmission structures. Although span 

lengths will vary according to ground 

and alignment conditions, it is 

estimated that the average span length 

across straight segments of the 

transmission line would be 

approximately 300 feet. The existing 

access and maintenance road would be 

realigned where necessary to 

accommodate transmission line 

structures, but the upgraded access road 


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