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[FR Doc. E9–12668 Filed 6–1–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC09–556–001] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (FERC–556); Comment 

Request; Submitted for OMB Review 

May 26, 2009. 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirements of section 3507 of the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 

USC 3507, the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (Commission or 

FERC) has submitted the information 

collection described below to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review of the information collection 

requirements. Any interested person 

may file comments directly with OMB 

and should address a copy of those 

comments to the Commission as 

explained below. The Commission 

received no comments in response to 

the Federal Register notice (74FR7679, 

2/19/2009) and has made this notation 

in its submission to OMB. 

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due by July 6, 2009. 

ADDRESSES: Address comments on the 

collection of information to the Office of 

Management and Budget, Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs, 

Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission Desk Officer. Comments to 

OMB should be filed electronically, c/o 

oira_submission@omb.eop.gov and 

include OMB Control Number 1902– 

0075 as a point of reference. The Desk 

Officer may be reached by telephone at 

202–395–4638. 

A copy of the comments should also 

be sent to the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission and should refer to Docket 

No. IC09–556–001. Comments may be 

filed either electronically or in paper 

format. Those persons filing 

electronically do not need to make a 

paper filing. Documents filed 

electronically via the Internet must be 

prepared in an acceptable filing format 

and in compliance with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission 

submission guidelines. Complete filing 

instructions and acceptable filing 

formats are available at http:// 

www.ferc.gov/help/submissionguide.asp. To file the document 

electronically, access the Commission’s 

Web site, click on Documents & Filing, 

E–Filing (http://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/efiling.asp), and then follow the 

instructions for each screen. New users 

will have to establish a user name and 

password. The Commission will send an 

automatic acknowledgement to the 

sender’s e-mail address upon receipt of 

comments. 

For paper filings, an original and 2 

copies of the comments should be 

submitted to the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, Secretary of the 

Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20426, and should refer 

to Docket No. IC09–556–001. 

All comments may be viewed, printed 

or downloaded remotely via the Internet 

through FERC’s homepage using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link. For user assistance, 

contact fercolinesupport@ferc.gov or 

toll-free at (866) 208–3676 or for TTY, 

contact (202) 502–8659. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ellen Brown may be reached by 

telephone at (202) 502–8663, by fax at 

(202) 273–0873, and by e-mail at 

ellen.brown@ferc.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Commission uses the FERC Form No. 

556 (Cogeneration and Small Power 

Production, OMB Control Number 

1902–0075) to implement the statutory 

26384 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 104 / Tuesday, June 2, 2009 / Notices 

1The average employee works 2,080 hours per 

year. The estimated average annual cost per 

employee is $128,297. 

provisions in Federal Power Act (FPA) 

section 3 (16 USC 792–828c) and 

sections 201 and 210 of the Public 

Utility Regulatory Policies Act (PURPA) 

of 1978 (16 USC 2601). These statutes 

authorize the Commission to encourage 

cogeneration and small power 

production and to prescribe such rules 

as necessary in order to carry out these 

statutory directives. Commission 

regulations pertaining to FERC Form 

No. 556 can be found in 18 CFR 131.80 

and 18 CFR Part 292. 

A primary objective of PURPA, as 

indicated in section 2 of the FPA, is the 

conservation of energy through efficient 

use of energy resources and facilities by 

electric utilities. One means of 

achieving this goal is to encourage 

production of electric power by 

cogeneration facilities which make use 

of reject heat associated with 

commercial or industrial processes, and 

by small power production facilities 

which use other wastes and renewable 

resources as fuel. Congress, through 

PURPA, established various regulatory 

benefits to encourage the development 

of small power production facilities and 

cogeneration facilities which meet 

certain technical and corporate criteria. 

Facilities that meet these criteria are 

deemed qualifying facilities (QFs). 

The Energy Policy Act of 2005 (EPAct 

2005), and in particular section 1253(a), 

added section 210(m) to the PURPA 

providing, among other things, for 

termination of the requirement that an 

electric utility enter into a new contract 

or obligation to purchase electric energy 

from qualifying cogeneration facilities 

and qualifying small power production 

facilities, if the Commission finds that 

the QF has nondiscriminatory access to 

one of three categories of markets 

defined in section 210(m)(1)(A), (B) or 

(C). Thus, to relieve an electric utility of 

its mandatory purchase obligation under 

PURPA, the Commission has to identify 

which, if any, markets meet the criteria 

contained in 210(m)(1)(A), (B) or (C), 

and, if such markets are identified, it 

must determine whether QFs have 

nondiscriminatory access to those 

markets. 

In 18 CFR Part 292, the Commission 

provides: (1) QF certification criteria, (2) 

QF application information, (3) a 

description of some of the benefits 

afforded QFs, and (4) transaction 

obligations that electric utilities have 

with respect to QFs. 

Among the PURPA benefits identified 

in Part 292, are the requirements for 

electric utilities: (1) To make avoided 

cost information and system capacity 

needs available to the public; (2) to 

purchase energy and capacity from QFs 

favorably priced on the basis of the 

avoided cost of the power that is 

displaced by the QF power (i.e., the 

incremental cost to the purchasing 

utility if it had generated the displaced 

power or purchased it from another 

source); (3) to sell backup, maintenance, 

and other power services to QFs at rates 

based on the cost of rendering the 

services; (4) to provide certain 

interconnection and transmission 

services priced on a nondiscriminatory 

basis; and (5) to operate in ‘‘parallel’’ 

with other interconnected QFs so that 

they may be electrically synchronized 

with electric utility grids. 

A blank FERC Form No. 556 may be 

downloaded from the Commission’s 

Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/hard-fil.asp#556. Click on the 

Electric tab, then click the Form No. 556 

link, and choose from an MS Word or 

RTF format (in the Downloads & Links 

column). Examples of filings may be 

viewed through the Commission’s 

eLibrary system. Click on the red 

eLibrary link found at the top of any of 

the Commission’s web pages, and 

choose General Search. Under Class/ 

Type Info, choose Type: Qualifying 

Facility Application or PURPA Energy 

Utility Filing; then click the Submit 

button at the bottom of the page. 

Action: The Commission is requesting 

a three-year extension of the current 

expiration date, with no change to the 

existing reporting requirements in 

FERC–556. 

Burden Statement: The estimated 

annual public reporting burden and cost 

for FERC–556 follow. 

FERC–556 

Number of 

respondents 

annually 

Number of 

responses per 

respondent 

Average 

burden 

hours per 

response 

Total annual 

burden 

hours 

(1) (2) (3) (1)x(2)x(3) 

FERC Certification ........................................................................................... 4 1 20 80 

Self Certification ............................................................................................... 820 1 3 2460 

Total .......................................................................................................... 824 ........................ ........................ 2540 

The estimated total cost to 

respondents 1 is $156,670.36 [2,540 

hours divided by 2,080 hours per year, 

times $128,297 equals $156,670.36]. The 

average cost per respondent is $190.13. 

The reporting burden includes the 

total time, effort, or financial resources 

expended to generate, maintain, retain, 

disclose, or provide the information 

including: (1) Reviewing instructions; 

(2) developing, acquiring, installing, and 

utilizing technology and systems for the 

purposes of collecting, validating, 

verifying, processing, maintaining, 

disclosing and providing information; 

(3) adjusting the existing ways to 

comply with any previously applicable 

instructions and requirements; (4) 

training personnel to respond to a 

collection of information; (5) searching 

data sources; (6) completing and 

reviewing the collection of information; 

and (7) transmitting, or otherwise 

disclosing the information. 

The estimate of cost for respondents 

is based upon salaries for professional 

and clerical support, as well as direct 

and indirect overhead costs. Direct costs 

include all costs directly attributable to 

providing this information, such as 

administrative costs and the cost for 

information technology. Indirect or 

overhead costs are costs incurred by an 

organization in support of its mission. 

These costs apply to activities which 

benefit the whole organization, rather 

than any one particular function or 

activity. 

Comments are invited on: (1) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the Commission, 

including whether the information will 

have practical utility; (2) the accuracy of 

the agency’s estimates of the burden of 

the proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (3) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (4) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on those who are to respond, including 

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the use of appropriate automated, 

electronic, mechanical, or other 

technological collection techniques or 

other forms of information technology, 

e.g. permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–12701 Filed 6–1–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 12704–002] 

Tidewalker Associates; Notice of Intent 

To File License Application, Filing of 

Pre-Application Document, 

Commencement of Licensing 

Proceeding, Scoping Meetings, 

Solicitation of Comments on the Pad 

and Scoping Document, and 

Identification of Issues and Associated 

Study Requests 

May 26, 2009. 

a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to 

File License Application for a New 

License and Commencing Licensing 

Proceeding. 

b. Project No.: 12704–002. 

c. Dated Filed: March 25, 2009. 

d. Submitted By: Tidewalker 

Associates. 

e. Name of Project: Half Moon Cove 

Tidal Power Project. 

f. Location: Cobscook Bay, between 

the City of Eastport and Town of Perry, 

Washington County, Maine. No federal 

lands are involved. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR Part 5 of 

the Commission’s Regulations. 

h. Potential Applicant Contact: 

Normand Laberge, Tidewalker 

Associates, 46 Place Cover Road, 

Trescott, Maine 04652. (207) 733–5513. 

i. FERC Contact: Steve Kartalia, 

Stephen.kartalia@ferc.gov, (202) 502– 

6131. 

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. 

l. With this notice, we are designating 

Tidewalker Associates as the 

Commission’s non-federal 

representative for carrying out informal 

consultation, pursuant to Section 7 of 

the Endangered Species Act and Section 

106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act. 

m. Tidewalker Associates filed a PreApplication Document (PAD; including 

a proposed process plan and schedule) 

with the Commission, pursuant to 18 

CFR 5.6 of the Commission’s 

regulations. The Commission issued a 

Scoping Document on May 26, 2009. 

n. A copy of the PAD and the scoping 

document are available for review at the 

Commission in the Public Reference 

Room or may be viewed on the 

Commission’s Web site (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 toll 

free at 1–866–208–3676, of for TTY, 

(202) 502–8659. A copy is also available 

for inspection and reproduction at the 

address in paragraph h. 

Register online at http://ferc.gov/ 

esubscribenow.htm to be notified via email of new filing and issuances related 

to this or other pending projects. For 

assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

o. With this notice, we are soliciting 

comments on the PAD and the scoping 

document, as well as study requests. All 

comments on the PAD and the scoping 

document, and study requests should be 

sent to the address above in paragraph 

h. In addition, all comments on the PAD 

and the scoping document, study 

requests, requests for cooperating 

agency status, and all communications 

to and from Commission staff related to 

the merits of the potential application 

(original and eight copies) must be filed 

with the Commission at the following 

address: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20426. All filings with the Commission 

must include on the first page, Half 

Moon Cove Tidal Power Project) and 

number (P–12704–002), and bear the 

heading ‘‘Comments on Pre-Application 

Document,’’ ‘‘Study Requests,’’ 

‘‘Comments on Scoping Document 1,’’ 

‘‘Request for Cooperating Agency 

Status,’’ or ‘‘Communications to and 

from Commission Staff.’’ Any 

individual or entity interested in 

submitting study requests, commenting 

on the PAD or the scoping document, 

and any agency requesting cooperating 

status must do so by July 23, 2009. 

Comments on the PAD and the 

scoping document, study requests, 

requests for cooperating agency status, 

and other permissible forms of 

communications with the Commission 

may be filed electronically via the 

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 (http:// 

www.ferc.gov) under the ‘‘e-filing’’ link. 

p. Although our current intent is to 

prepare an environmental assessment 

(EA), there is the possibility that an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

will be required. Nevertheless, these 

meetings will satisfy the NEPA scoping 

requirements, irrespective of whether an 

EA or EIS is issued by the Commission. 

Scoping Meetings 

Commission staff will hold two 

scoping meetings in the vicinity of the 

project at the time and place noted 

below. The daytime meeting will focus 

on resource agency, Indian tribes, and 

non-governmental organization 

concerns, while the evening meeting is 

primarily for receiving input from the 

public. We invite all interested 

individuals, organizations, and agencies 

to attend one or both of the meetings, 

and to assist staff in identifying 

particular study needs, as well as the 

scope of environmental issues to be 

addressed in the environmental 

document. The times and locations of 

these meetings are as follows: 

Daytime Scoping Meeting 

Date: Wednesday June 24, 2009. 

Time: 10 a.m. 

Location: Marine Trades Center, 16 

Deep Cove Road, Eastport, ME. 

Phone: Normand Laberge at (207) 

733–5513. 

Evening Scoping Meeting 

Date: Wednesday June 24, 2009. 

Time: 7 p.m. 

Location: Marine Trades Center, 16 

Deep Cove Road, Eastport, ME. 

Phone: Normand Laberge at (207) 

733–5513. 

The scoping document, which 

outlines the subject areas to be 

addressed in the environmental 

document, was mailed to the