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generation of the project would be 

525,600 kilowatt-hours 

o. A copy of the draft license 

application and all pre-filing materials 

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. 

p. Pre-filing process schedule. The 

pre-filing process will be conducted 

pursuant to the following tentative 

schedule. Revisions to the schedule 

below may be made based on staff’s 

review of the draft application and any 

comments received. 

Milestone Date 

Comments on pre-filing materials due .............................................................................. July 14, 2009. 

Issuance of meeting notice (if needed) ............................................................................. July 29, 2009. 

Public meeting/technical conference (if needed) .............................................................. August 28, 2009. 

Issuance of notice concluding pre-filing process and ILP waiver request determination August 13, 2009 (if no meeting is needed).

September 14, 2009 (if meeting is needed). 

q. 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. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–12080 Filed 5–22–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket Nos. CP09–409–000] 

Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline 

Company; Notice of Application 

May 15, 2009. 

Take notice that on May 12, 2009, 

Williston Basin Interstate Pipeline 

Company (Williston Basin), P.O. Box 

5601, Bismarck North Dakota 58506– 

5601, filed in Docket Number CP09– 

409–000, pursuant to section 7(c) of the 

Natural Gas Act (NGA), an application 

for authority to acquire certain gas 

volumes to replenish lost cushion gas in 

its Elk Basin Storage Reservoir located 

in Park County, Wyoming and Carbon 

County, Montana. This filing 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, please contact 

FERC Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll 

free at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, 

contact (202) 502–8659. 

Any questions regarding this 

Application or Petition should be 

directed to Keith A. Tiggelaar, Director 

of Regulatory Affairs for Williston 

Basin, 1250 West Century Avenue, 

Bismarck, North Dakota 58503, by 

phone at (701) 530–1560 or by e-mail at 

keith.tiggelaar@wbip.com. 

Pursuant to section 157.9 of the 

Commission’s rules, 18 CFR 157.9, 

within 90 days of this Notice the 

Commission staff will either: complete 

its environmental assessment (EA) and 

place it into the Commission’s public 

record (eLibrary) for this proceeding, or 

issue a Notice of Schedule for 

Environmental Review. If a Notice of 

Schedule for Environmental Review is 

issued, it will indicate, among other 

milestones, the anticipated date for the 

Commission staff’s issuance of the final 

environmental impact statement (FEIS) 

or EA for this proposal. The filing of the 

EA in the Commission’s public record 

for this proceeding or the issuance of a 

Notice of Schedule for Environmental 

Review will serve to notify federal and 

state agencies of the timing for the 

completion of all necessary reviews, and 

the subsequent need to complete all 

federal authorizations within 90 days of 

the date of issuance of the Commission 

staff’s FEIS or EA. 

There are two ways to become 

involved in the Commission’s review of 

this project. First, any person wishing to 

obtain legal status by becoming a party 

to the proceedings for this project 

should, on or before the below listed 

comment date, file with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, 

a motion to intervene in accordance 

with the requirements of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211) 

and the Regulations under the NGA (18 

CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party 

status will be placed on the service list 

maintained by the Secretary of the 

Commission and will receive copies of 

all documents filed by the applicant and 

by all other parties. A party must submit 

14 copies of filings made with the 

Commission and must mail a copy to 

the applicant and to every other party in 

the proceeding. Only parties to the 

proceeding can ask for court review of 

Commission orders in the proceeding. 

However, a person does not have to 

intervene in order to have comments 

considered. The second way to 

participate is by filing with the 

Secretary of the Commission, as soon as 

possible, an original and two copies of 

comments in support of or in opposition 

to this project. The Commission will 

consider these comments in 

determining the appropriate action to be 

taken, but the filing of a comment alone 

will not serve to make the filer a party 

to the proceeding. The Commission’s 

rules require that persons filing 

comments in opposition to the project 

provide copies of their protests only to 

the party or parties directly involved in 

the protest. 

Persons who wish to comment only 

on the environmental review of this 

project should submit an original and 

two copies of their comments to the 

Secretary of the Commission. 

Environmental commenters will be 

placed on the Commission’s 

environmental mailing list, will receive 

copies of the environmental documents, 

and will be notified of meetings 

associated with the Commission’s 

environmental review process. 

Environmental commenters will not be 

required to serve copies of filed 

documents on all other parties. 

However, the non-party commenters 

will not receive copies of all documents 

filed by other parties or issued by the 

Commission (except for the mailing of 

environmental documents issued by the 

Commission) and will not have the right 

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to seek court review of the 

Commission’s final order. 

Motions to intervene, protests and 

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 under the ‘‘e-Filing’’ link. The 

Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filings. 

Comment Date: May 29, 2009. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–12078 Filed 5–22–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 12775–001] 

City of Spearfish, South Dakota; Notice 

of Application Ready for 

Environmental Analysis and Soliciting 

Comments, Recommendations, Terms 

and Conditions, and Prescriptions 

May 18, 2009. 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: Major Project. 

b. Project No.: 12775–001. 

c. Date Filed: September 10, 2008. 

d. Applicant: City of Spearfish, South 

Dakota. 

e. Name of Project: Spearfish 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: On Spearfish Creek in 

Lawrence County, South Dakota. The 

project occupies about 57.3 acres of 

United States lands within the Black 

Hills National Forest administered by 

the U.S. Forest Service. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Ms. Cheryl 

Johnson, Public Works Administrator, 

City of Spearfish, 625 Fifth Street, 

Spearfish, SD 57783; (605) 642–1333; or 

e-mail at cherylj@city.spearfish.sd.us. 

i. FERC Contact: Steve Hocking at 

(202) 502–8753 or 

steve.hocking@ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for filing comments, 

recommendations, terms and 

conditions, and prescriptions is 60 days 

from the issuance of this notice; reply 

comments are due 105 days from the 

issuance date of this notice. 

All documents (original and eight 

copies) should be filed with: Kimberly 

D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

The Commission’s Rules of Practice 

require all intervenors 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 intervenor 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. 

Comments, recommendations, terms 

and conditions, and prescriptions 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/docs-filing/ 

ferconline.asp) under the ‘‘e-filing’’ link. 

For a simpler method of submitting text 

only comments, click on ‘‘Quick 

Comment.’’ 

k. This application has been accepted 

and is now ready for environmental 

analysis. 

l. The existing Spearfish Project 

consists of: (1) A 130-foot-long gravity 

dam with an effective height of 4 feet; 

(2) a 0.32-acre reservoir; (3) a gatehouse 

next to the dam that contains four 2- 

foot-high, 4-foot-wide steel intake gates; 

(4) a 4.5-mile-long, 6.5-foot-wide, 9-foothigh concrete-lined aqueduct; (5) a 

forebay pond; (6) two 1,200-foot-long, 

48-inch diameter, wood stave pipelines; 

(7) four 36-inch-diameter, 54-foot-high 

standpipe surge towers; (8) two 5,250- 

foot-long, 30- to 34-inch diameter steel 

penstocks; (9) a reinforced concrete 

powerhouse containing two Pelton 

turbines and two 2,000-kilowatt (kW) 

generators; and (10) 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 (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. 

All filings must (1) bear in all capital 

letters the title ‘‘COMMENTS,’’ ‘‘REPLY 

COMMENTS,’’ 

‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS,’’ ‘‘TERMS 

AND CONDITIONS,’’ or 

‘‘PRESCRIPTIONS;’’ (2) set forth in the 

heading the name of the applicant and 

the project number of the application to 

which the filing responds; (3) furnish 

the name, address, and telephone 

number of the person submitting the 

filing; and (4) otherwise comply with 

the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 

through 385.2005. All comments, 

recommendations, terms and conditions 

or prescriptions must set forth their 

evidentiary basis and otherwise comply 

with the requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b). 

Agencies may obtain copies of the 

application directly from the applicant. 

Each filing must be accompanied by 

proof of service on all persons listed on 

the service list prepared by the 

Commission in this proceeding, in 

accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and 

385.2010. 

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. 

n. Public notice of the filing of the 

initial development application, which 

has already been given, established the 

due date for filing competing 

applications or notices of intent. Under 

the Commission’s regulations, any 

competing development application 

must be filed in response to and in 

compliance with public notice of the 

initial development application. No 

competing applications or notices of 

intent may be filed in response to this 

notice. 

o. A license applicant must file no 

later than 60 days following the date of 

issuance of this notice: (1) A copy of the 

water quality certification; (2) a copy of 

the request for certification, including 

proof of the date on which the certifying 

agency received the request; or (3) 

evidence of waiver of water quality 

certification. 

p. Procedural Schedule: The 

application will be processed according 

to the following revised Hydro 

Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the 

schedule will be made as appropriate. 

Milestone Target date 

All stakeholders: recommendations, terms, and conditions due ............................................................................................. July 17, 2009. 

All stakeholders: reply comments due .................................................................................................................................... August 31, 2009.