Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 205 / Monday, October 26, 2009 / Notices 54983 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13555–000] 

Montana Department of Natural 

Resources and Conservation; Notice 

of Competing Preliminary Permit 

Application Accepted for Filing and 

Soliciting Comments and Motions To 

Intervene 

October 16, 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 Red Lodge Creek Power 

Project, which would be located at the 

existing Cooney Dam on Red Lodge 

Creek, in Carbon 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 102-foot-high, 2,369-foot-long 

earthen dam with spillway, and the 

existing 630-foot-long, 6-foot by 6-foot 

horseshoe-shaped tunnel conduit. 

MDNRC proposes to construct and 

install: (1) A new 5-foot-diameter, 630- 

foot-long steel liner in the existing dam 

outlet conduit; (2) a new 5-footdiameter, 100-foot-long steel penstock 

extending to a bifurcation; (3) a new 5- 

foot-diameter, 50-foot-long steel 

penstock extending from the bifurcation 

to the powerhouse; (4) a new 5-footdiameter, 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 1,000 

kilowatts, discharging flows into Red 

Lodge Creek; (6) a new substation next 

to the powerhouse; (7) a new 25- 

kilovolt, 4,000-foot-long transmission 

line; (8) a new switchyard at the 

interconnection point with the local 

grid; (9) a new approximately 650-footlong access road; and (10) appurtenant 

facilities. The proposed project would 

have an average annual generation of 4.1 

gigawatt-hours. 

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. 

13373–000 filed February 12, 2009. The 

April 23, 2009, notice for Project No. 

13373–000 established a June 22, 2009, 

deadline for filing competing 

applications or notices of intent to file 

a competing application. MDNRC’s 

notice of intent to file a competing 

application was timely filed on May 19, 

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–13555) in 

the docket number field to access the 

document. For assistance, contact FERC 

Online Support. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–25614 Filed 10–23–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings 

October 19, 2009. 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric corporate 

filings: 

Docket Numbers: EC10–5–000. 

Applicants: Puget Sound Energy, Inc. 

Description: Application for 

Authorization for Acquisition of an 

Existing Generation Facility. 

Filed Date: 10/15/2009. 

Accession Number: 20091015–5105. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Thursday, November 5, 2009. 

Docket Numbers: EC10–6–000. 

Applicants: Millennium Power 

Partners, L.P., New Harquahala 

Generating Company, LLC, MACH Gen, 

LLC, New Athens Generating Company, 

LLC, Varde Partners, L.P., Varde 

Management, L.P., Varde Management 

International, L.P. 

Description: Application of MACH 

Gen, LLC, et al. for Order Authorizing 

Disposition of Jurisdictional Facilities 

Under Section 203 of the Federal Power 

Act and Request for Waivers and 

Expedited Action. 

Filed Date: 10/19/2009. 

Accession Number: 20091019–5020. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Monday, November 9, 2009. 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric rate 

filings: 

Docket Numbers: ER98–855–011. 

Applicants: Wisconsin Electric Power 

Company. 

Description: Amendment to 

Application of Wisconsin Electric 

Power Company. 

Filed Date: 10/19/2009. 

Accession Number: 20091019–5081. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Monday, November 9, 2009. 

Docket Numbers: ER03–552–011; 

ER03–984–009. 

Applicants: New York Independent 

System Operator, Inc. 

Description: Status Report of the New 

York Independent System Operator, Inc. 

Filed Date: 10/15/2009. 

Accession Number: 20091015–5101. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Thursday, November 5, 2009. 

Docket Numbers: ER05–1218–005; 

ER00–2887–008; ER05–1219–005; 

ER06–703–004; ER07–1341–005; ER07– 

911–003. 

Applicants: York Generation 

Company LLC, Bayonne Plant Holding, 

L.L.C., Camden Plant Holding, L.L.C., 

Pedricktown Cogeneration Company LP, 

Newark Bay Cogeneration Partnership, 

L.P., RPL Holdings, Inc. 

Description: Notice of Change in 

Status of Bayonne Plant Holding, L.L.C., 

et al. 

Filed Date: 10/16/2009. 

Accession Number: 20091016–5059. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time 

on Friday, November 6, 2009. 

Docket Numbers: ER08–1377–002. 

Applicants: Xcel Energy Services Inc. 

Description: Northern States Power 

Company et al. submits Substitute 

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