28044 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 112 / Friday, June 12, 2009 / Notices 

1 20 FERC ¶ 62,412 (1982). 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. EL09–57–000] 

Astoria Gas Turbine Power LLC, 

Complainant v. New York Independent 

System Operator, Inc., Respondent; 

Notice of Complaint 

June 5, 2009. 

Take notice that on June 2, 2009, 

Astoria gas Turbine Power LLC (NRG) 

filed a complaint against the New York 

Independent System Operator, Inc. 

(NYISO) pursuant to section 206 of the 

Federal Power Act regarding NYISO’s 

failure to place the Astoria Repowering 

Project into the 2009 Class Year Annual 

Transmission Reliability Assessment, 

necessary to allow the project to 

interconnect with the NYISO 

transmission system. 

NRG certifies that copies of the 

complaint were served on the NYISO. 

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. The Respondent’s answer 

and all interventions, or protests must 

be filed on or before the comment date. 

The Respondent’s answer, motions to 

intervene, and protests must be served 

on the Complainants. 

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 June 22, 2009. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–13790 Filed 6–11–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP04–36–005] 

Weavers Cove Energy, LLC; Notice of 

Technical Conference 

June 5, 2009. 

On Tuesday, June 16, 2009, at 9 a.m. 

(EDT), staff of the Office of Energy 

Projects will convene an engineering 

design and technical conference 

regarding the proposed Weavers Cove 

Energy Offshore Berth Project (cryogenic 

conference). The conference will be 

held at the Venus de Milo in Swansea, 

Massachusetts. The Venus de Milo is 

located at 75 GAR Highway, Swansea, 

MA 02777. For venue details call (508) 

678–3901. 

In view of the nature of Critical 

Energy Infrastructure Information to be 

explored, the cryogenic conference will 

not be open to the public. No recording 

devices will be allowed at the 

conference. Attendance at this 

conference will be limited to existing 

parties to the proceeding (anyone who 

has specifically requested to intervene 

as a party) and to representatives of 

interested Federal, State, and local 

agencies. Any person planning to attend 

the June 16th cryogenic conference must 

register by close of business on 

Thursday, June 11, 2009. Registrations 

may be submitted either online at 

http://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/ 

registration/cryo-conf-form.asp or by 

faxing a copy of the form (found at the 

referenced online link) to 202–208– 

0353. All attendees must sign a nondisclosure statement prior to entering 

the conference. For additional 

information regarding the cryogenic 

conference, please contact Heather 

Ferree at 202–502–6414. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–13792 Filed 6–11–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP09–426–000] 

Northwest Pipeline GP; Notice of 

Request Under Blanket Authorization 

June 5, 2009. 

Take notice that on June 2, 2009, 

Northwest Pipeline GP (Northwest), 

P.O. Box 58900, Salt Lake City, Utah 

84158–0900, filed in Docket No. CP09– 

426–000, an application, pursuant to 

sections 157.205 and 157.210 of the 

Commission’s Regulations under the 

Natural Gas Act (NGA) as amended, to 

install pipeline looping at Northwest’s 

Plymouth compressor station in Benton 

County, Washington, under Northwest’s 

blanket certificate issued in Docket No. 

CP82–433–000,1 all as more fully set 

forth in the application which is on file 

with the Commission and open to the 

public for inspection. 

Northwest proposes to install 

approximately 3,500 feet of 24-inch 

diameter pipeline looping and 

associated bypass piping and 

appurtenances at the Plymouth 

compressor station in Benton County. 

Northwest states that the proposed 

facilities would provide an additional 

10,000 Dekatherms per day (Dth/d) of 

firm transportation capacity between 

Northwest’s Stanfield interconnect with 

Gas Transmission Northwest 

Corporation (GTN) located in Umatilla 

County, Oregon, and the Plymouth 

compressor station. Northwest states 

that it would finance the estimated 

$1,634,662 construction cost of the 

proposed facilities with funds on hand. 

Any questions concerning this 

application may be directed to Lynn 

Dalberg, Manager, Certificates and 

Tariffs, Northwest Pipeline GP, P.O. Box 

58900, Salt Lake City, Utah 84158, 

telephone at (801) 584–6851, facsimile 

at (801) 584–7764, or via e-mail: 

ldalhber@williams.com. 

This filing is available for review at 

the Commission 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 

filed to access the document. For 

assistance, please contact FERC Online 

Support at FERC 

OnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call toll-free 

at (866) 206–3676, or, for TTY, contact 

(202) 502–8659. Comments, protests and 

interventions may be filed electronically 

via the Internet in lieu of paper. See, 18 

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

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instructions on the Commission’s Web 

site under the ‘‘e-Filing’’ link. The 

Commission strongly encourages 

intervenors to file electronically. 

Any person or the Commission’s staff 

may, within 60 days after issuance of 

the instant notice by the Commission, 

file pursuant to Rule 214 of the 

Commission’s Procedural Rules (18 CFR 

385.214) a motion to intervene or notice 

of intervention and pursuant to Section 

157.205 of the regulations under the 

NGA (18 CFR 157.205), a protest to the 

request. If no protest is filed within the 

time allowed therefore, the proposed 

activity shall be deemed to be 

authorized effective the day after the 

time allowed for filing a protest. If a 

protest is filed and not withdrawn 

within 30 days after the allowed time 

for filing a protest, the instant request 

shall be treated as an application for 

authorization pursuant to Section 7 of 

the NGA. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–13788 Filed 6–11–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[ER–FRL–8594–4] 

Environmental Impact Statements and 

Regulations; Availability of EPA 

Comments 

Availability of EPA comments 

prepared pursuant to the Environmental 

Review Process (ERP), under section 

309 of the Clean Air Act and Section 

102(2)(c) of the National Environmental 

Policy Act as amended. Requests for 

copies of EPA comments can be directed 

to the Office of Federal Activities at 

202–564–7146. 

An explanation of the ratings assigned 

to draft environmental impact 

statements (EISs) was published in 

Federal Register dated April 17, 2009 

(74 FR 17860). 

Draft EISs 

EIS No. 20050084, ERP No. D–FRC– 

L03012–WA, Capacity Replacement 

Project, Construction and Operation 

of 79.5 miles Pipeline; Modify 5 

Existing Compressor Stations, U.S. 

Army COE 10 and 404 Permits, 

Whatcom, Skagit, Snohomish, King, 

Pierce and Thurston Counties, WA. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns because 

wetland impacts have not been fully 

mitigated; and recommended the 

implementation of a project-specific 

erosion control plan. Rating EC2. 

EIS No. 20090102, ERP No. D–FAA– 

A12046–00, PROGRAMMATIC— 

Streamlining the Processing of 

Experimental Permit Applications, 

Issuing Experimental Permits for the 

Launch and Reentry of Useable 

Suborbital Rockets. 

Summary: EPA has no objection to the 

proposed action. Rating LO. 

EIS No. 20090131, ERP No. D–AFS– 

F65074–WI, Grub Hoe Vegetation and 

Transportation Management Project, 

Proposes to Implement Vegetation 

Management Activities, Eagle River 

Florence Ranger District, 

Chequamegon-Nicolet National 

Forest, Florence County, WI. 

Summary: EPA does not object to the 

proposed project. Rating LO. 

Final EISs 

EIS No. 20080419, ERP No. F–NHT– 

A86245–00, Corporate Average Fuel 

Economy (CAFE) Proposed Standards 

for Model Year 2011–2015 Passenger 

Cars and Light Trucks, 

Implementation. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about limited 

information in the FEIS on the technical 

assumptions and inputs upon which the 

document is based. 

EIS No. 20090110, ERP No. F–USN– 

C11023–NJ, Laurelwood Housing 

Area, Access at Naval Weapons 

Station Earle, Lease Agreement, 

Monmouth County, NJ. 

Summary: No formal comment letter 

was sent to the preparing agency. 

EIS No. 20090118, ERP No. F–AFS– 

L65544–AK, Navy Timber Sale 

Project, To Address the Potential 

Effects of Timber Harvesting on Etolin 

Island, Wrangell Ranger District, 

Tongass National Forest, AK. 

Summary: EPA has no objection to the 

proposed action. 

EIS No. 20090129, ERP No. F–AFS– 

K65346–CA, Round Valley Fuels 

Reduction and Vegetation 

Management Project, Proposes to 

Reduce Fuel and Manage Vegetation, 

Funding, Goosenest Ranger District, 

Klamath National Forest, Siskiyou 

County, CA. 

Summary: No formal comment letter 

was sent to the preparing agency. 

EIS No. 20090130, ERP No. F–NPS– 

E65079–TN, Great Smoky Mountains 

National Park General Management 

Plan Amendment, Implementation, 

Elkmont Historic District, Sevier 

County, TN. 

Summary: EPA has no objection to the 

proposed action. 

EIS No. 20090135, ERP No. F–BLM– 

K60041–NV, Lincoln County Land Act 

(LCLA) Groundwater Development 

and Utility Right-of-Way Project, 

Implementation, To Grant a Right-ofWay Permit for Groundwater 

Development and Utility Facilities, 

Lincoln County, NV. 

Summary: EPA expressed 

environmental concerns about the longterm availability of the water supply, 

conservation and water use efficiency, 

and indirect and cumulative impacts. 

EPA recommends continued 

collaboration through a regional 

groundwater framework to ensure 

efficient long-term sustainable use of the 

deep carbonate-rock aquifer, and 

evaluation and consideration of specific 

climate change adaptation measures and 

back-up water supplies. 

EIS No. 20090149, ERP No. F–NOA– 

A91077–00, Amendment 1 to the 

Tilefish Fishery Management Plan, 

Proposed Individual Fishing Quota 

(IFQ) Program, To Reduce 

Overcapacity in the Commercial 

Tilefish Fishery, Maine to North 

Carolina. 

Summary: EPA has no objection to the 

proposed action. 

EIS No. 20090169, ERP No. FS–FHW– 

H40397–MO, Interstate 70 Corridor 

Improvements, Kansas City to St. 

Louis, Updated Information, 

Evaluates if a Truck-Only Lane 

Strategy is Viable, Kansas City to St. 

Louis, MO. 

Summary: EPA’s previous issues have 

been resolved; therefore, EPA has no 

objection to the proposed action. 

Dated: June 9, 2009. 

Robert W. Hargrove, 

Director, NEPA Compliance Division, Office 

of Federal Activities. 

[FR Doc. E9–13861 Filed 6–11–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6560–50–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[ER–FRL–8594–3] 

Environmental Impacts Statements; 

Notice of Availability 

Responsible Agency: Office of Federal 

Activities, General Information (202) 

564–1399 or http://www.epa.gov/ 

compliance/nepa/. 

Weekly receipt of Environmental Impact 

Statements 

Filed 06/01/2009 Through 06/05/2009 

Pursuant to 40 CFR 1506.9 

EIS No. 20090183, Final EIS, NRC, PA, 

Generic—License Renewal of Nuclear 

Plants, Supplement 36 to NUREG– 

1437, Regarding Beaver Valley Power 

Station, Units 1 and 2, Plant-Specific, 

Issuing Nuclear Power Plant 

Operating License for an Additional 

20-Year Period, PA, Wait Period Ends: