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is on file with the Commission and open 

to public inspection. Additionally, 

Southern Star requests a determination 

that the project qualifies for market 

based rates pursuant to section 4(f) of 

the NGA. This filing 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 the document. For 

assistance, call (866) 208–3676 or TTY, 

(202) 502–8659. 

Any questions regarding this 

application should be directed to David 

N. Roberts, Manager, Regulatory Affairs, 

Southern Star Central Gas Pipeline, Inc., 

4700 Highway 56, Owensboro, 

Kentucky 42301, or by calling (270) 

852–4654 (telephone) or (270) 852–5010 

(fax). 

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 comment date 

stated below, 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 

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: November 9, 2009. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13562–000] 

Montana Department of Natural 

Resources and Conservation; Notice 

of Competing Preliminary Permit 

Application Accepted for Filing and 

Soliciting Comments and Motions To 

Intervene 

October 19, 2009. 

On July 31, 2009, the Montana 

Department of Natural Resources and 

Conservation (MDNRC) filed an 

application for a preliminary permit, 

pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal 

Power Act, proposing to study the 

feasibility of the Ruby River Power 

Project, which would be located at the 

existing Ruby River Dam on the Ruby 

River, in Madison County, Montana. 

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 would use the 

existing 111-foot-high, 846-foot-long 

earthen dam with spillway, and the 

existing 635-foot-long, 90-inch 

horseshoe-shaped tunnel conduit. 

MDNRC proposes to construct and 

install: (1) A new 60-inch-diameter, 635- 

foot-long steel liner in the existing dam 

outlet conduit; (2) a new 60-inchdiameter, 100-foot-long steel penstock 

extending to a bifurcation; (3) a new 60- 

inch-diameter, 50-foot-long steel 

penstock extending from the bifurcation 

to the powerhouse; (4) a new 60-inchdiameter, 50-foot-long steel conduit 

extending from the bifurcation to an 

energy dissipation structure for excess 

flows and bypass during turbine 

outages; (5) a new powerhouse 

containing two generating units with a 

combined installed capacity of 1,800 

kilowatts, discharging flows into the 

Ruby River; (6) a new substation next to 

the powerhouse; (7) a new 25-kilovolt, 

6,000-foot-long transmission line; (8) a 

new switchyard at the interconnection 

point with the local grid; (9) a new 

approximately 650-foot-long access road 

and bridge across the river channel; (10) 

a new 50-foot by 60-foot parking area; 

and (11) appurtenant facilities. The 

proposed project would have an average 

annual generation of 7.6 gigawatt-hours. 

Applicant Contact: Kevin Smith, State 

Water Projects Bureau, Montana 

Department of Natural Resources and 

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Conservation, 1424 9th Ave., P.O. Box 

201601, Helena, MT 59620–1601; 

phone: (406) 444–6646. 

FERC Contact: Dianne Rodman, (202) 

502–6077. 

Competing Application: This 

application competes with Project No. 

13360–000 filed January 29, 2009. The 

May 8, 2009 notice for Project No. 

13360–000 established a July 7, 2009 

deadline for filing competing 

applications and notices of intent to file 

a competing application. MDNRC’s 

notice of intent to file a competing 

application was timely filed on June 3, 

2009, and its competing application was 

timely filed on July 31, 2009. 

Deadline for filing comments and 

motions to intervene: 60 days from the 

issuance of this notice. Comments and 

motions to intervene 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/ 

ferconline.asp) under the ‘‘eFiling’’ link. 

For a simpler method of submitting text 

only comments, click on ‘‘Quick 

Comment.’’ For assistance, please 

contact FERC Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov; call tollfree at (866) 208–3676; or, for TTY, 

contact (202) 502–8659. Although the 

Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing, documents may also be 

paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an 

original and eight 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 Commission’s Web site at http:// 

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 

Enter the docket number (P–13562) in 

the docket number field to access the 

document. For assistance, contact FERC 

Online Support. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–25620 Filed 10–23–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13556–000] 

Montana Department of Natural 

Resources and Conservation; Notice 

of Competing Preliminary Permit 

Application Accepted for Filing and 

Soliciting Comments and Motions To 

Intervene 

October 19, 2009. 

On July 16, 2009, the Montana 

Department of Natural Resources and 

Conservation (MDNRC) filed an 

application for a preliminary permit, 

pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal 

Power Act, proposing to study the 

feasibility of the Tongue River Power 

Project, which would be located at the 

existing Tongue River Reservoir Dam on 

the Tongue River, in Big Horn County, 

Montana. 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 would use the 

existing 93-foot-high, 1,824-foot-long 

earthen dam with spillway, and the 

existing 765-foot-long, 16-foot-diameter 

horseshoe-shaped auxiliary outlet 

conduit. MDNRC proposes to construct 

and install: (1) A new 8-foot-diameter, 

765-foot-long steel liner in the existing 

auxiliary outlet conduit; (2) a new 8- 

foot-diameter, 400-foot-long steel 

penstock extending to a bifurcation; (3) 

a new 8-foot-diameter, 60-foot-long steel 

penstock extending from the bifurcation 

to the powerhouse; (4) a new 8-footdiameter, 60-foot-long steel conduit 

extending from the bifurcation to an 

energy dissipation structure for excess 

flows and bypass during turbine 

outages; (5) a new powerhouse 

containing two generating units with a 

combined installed capacity of 3,000 

kilowatts, discharging flows into the 

Tongue River; (6) a new substation next 

to the powerhouse; (7) a new 25- 

kilovolt, 0.75-mile-long transmission 

line; (8) a new switchyard at the 

interconnection point with the local 

grid; and (9) appurtenant facilities. The 

proposed project would have an average 

annual generation of 11.5 gigawatthours. 

Applicant Contact: Kevin Smith, State 

Water Projects Bureau, Montana 

Department of Natural Resources and 

Conservation, 1424 9th Ave., P.O. Box 

201601, Helena, MT 59620–1601; 

phone: (406) 444–6646. 

FERC Contact: Dianne Rodman, (202) 

502–6077. 

Competing Application: This 

application competes with Project No. 

13372–000 filed February 12, 2009. The 

April 23, 2009 notice for Project No. 

13372–000 established a June 22, 2009 

deadline for filing competing 

applications and notices of intent to file 

a competing application. MDNRC’s 

notice of intent to file a competing 

application was timely filed on June 2, 

2009, and its competing application was 

timely filed on July 16, 2009. 

Deadline for filing comments and 

motions to intervene: 60 days from the 

issuance of this notice. Comments and 

motions to intervene 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/ 

ferconline.asp) under the ‘‘eFiling’’ link. 

For a simpler method of submitting text 

only comments, click on ‘‘Quick 

Comment.’’ For assistance, please 

contact FERC Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov; call tollfree at (866) 208–3676; or, for TTY, 

contact (202) 502–8659. Although the 

Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing, documents may also be 

paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an 

original and eight 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 Commission’s Web site at 

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

elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number 

(P–13556) in the docket number field to 

access the document. For assistance, 

contact FERC Online Support. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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