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Richmond County, Augusta, Georgia, 

and issued an Environmental 

Assessment (EA) on December 11, 2008. 

In the EA, Commission staff analyze the 

potential environmental effects of 

relicensing the project and conclude 

that issuing a subsequent license for the 

project, with appropriate environmental 

measures, would not constitute a major 

federal action significantly affecting the 

quality of the human environment. 

A copy of the EA is on file with the 

Commission and is available for public 

inspection. The EA 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 to access documents. For 

assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or tollfree at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY, 

(202) 502–8659. 

You may also register online at http:// 

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances 

related to this or other pending projects. 

For assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

Comments on the EA should be filed 

within 30 days from the issuance date 

of this notice, and should be addressed 

to the Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE., Room 1–A, Washington, DC 

20426. Please affix King Mill Project No. 

9988–015 to all comments. Comments 

may be filed electronically via Internet 

in lieu of paper. The Commission 

strongly encourages electronic filings. 

See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the 

instructions on the Commission’s Web 

site under the eFiling link. For further 

information, contact Sarah Florentino at 

(202) 502–6863. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–332 Filed 1–9–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. ID–5948–000] 

Forsee, Gary D.; Notice of Filing 

January 5, 2009. 

Take notice that on January 2, 2009, 

Gary D. Foresee submitted for filing, an 

application for authority to hold 

interlocking positions, pursuant to 

section 305(b) of the Federal Power Act, 

16 U.S.C. 825d(b)(2008), Part 45 of Title 

18 of the Code of Federal Regulations, 

18 CFR Part 45 (2008), and Commission 

Order No. 664 (2005). 

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 January 23, 2009. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–254 Filed 1–9–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2179–042] 

Merced Irrigation District; Notice of 

Intent To File License Application, 

Filing of Pre-Application Document, 

Commencement of Licensing 

Proceeding, and Scoping; Request for 

Comments on the Pad and Scoping 

Document, and Identification of Issues 

and Associated Study Requests 

January 5, 2009. 

a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to 

File License Application for a New 

License and Commencing Licensing 

Proceeding. 

b. Project No.: 2179–042. 

c. Dated Filed: January 5, 2009. 

d. Submitted By: Merced Irrigation 

District. 

e. Name of Project: Merced River 

Hydroelectric. 

f. Location: On the Merced River in 

Mariposa County, California, about 23 

miles northeast of the City of Merced. 

The project occupies 2,941.84 acres of 

United States lands under the 

jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land 

Management. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR Part 5 of 

the Commission’s Regulations. 

h. Potential Applicant Contact: Mr. 

Dan Pope, General Manager, Merced 

Irrigation District, P.O. Box 2288, 

Merced, CA 95344, Attn. Dan Pope. 

i. FERC Contact: Matt Buhyoff at (202) 

502–6824 or e-mail at 

matt.buhyoff@ferc.gov. 

j. We are asking federal, state, local, 

and tribal agencies with jurisdiction 

and/or special expertise with respect to 

environmental issues to cooperate with 

us in the preparation of the 

environmental document. Agencies who 

would like to request cooperating status 

should follow the instructions for filing 

comments described in paragraph o 

below. Cooperating agencies should 

note the Commission’s policy that 

agencies that cooperate in the 

preparation of the environmental 

document cannot also intervene. See, 94 

FERC ¶ 61,076 (2001). 

k. With this notice, we are initiating 

informal consultation with: (a) The U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service and/or NOAA 

Fisheries under section 7 of the 

Endangered Species Act and the joint 

agency regulations thereunder at 50 

CFR, Part 402 and (b) the State Historic 

Preservation Officer, as required by 

Section 106, National Historical 

Preservation Act, and the implementing 

regulations of the Advisory Council on 

Historic Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2. 


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