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the docket number field to access the 

document. 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, call 1–866–208–3676 or 

e-mail FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, 

for TTY, call (202) 502–8659. A copy is 

also available for inspection and 

reproduction at the address in item (h) 

above. 

m. Individuals desiring to be included 

on the Commission’s mailing list should 

so indicate by writing to the Secretary 

of the Commission. 

n. Comments, Protests, or Motions to 

Intervene: Anyone may submit 

comments, a protest, or a motion to 

intervene in accordance with the 

requirements of Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, .214. 

In determining the appropriate action to 

take, the Commission will consider all 

protests or other comments filed, but 

only those who file a motion to 

intervene in accordance with the 

Commission’s Rules may become a 

party to the proceeding. Any comments, 

protests, or motions to intervene must 

be received on or before the specified 

comment date for the particular 

application. 

o. Any filings must bear in all capital 

letters the title ‘‘COMMENTS’’, 

‘‘PROTEST’’, or ‘‘MOTION TO 

INTERVENE’’, as applicable, and the 

Project Number of the particular 

application to which the filing refers. 

p. Agency Comments: Federal, state, 

and local agencies are invited to file 

comments on the described application. 

A copy of the application may be 

obtained by agencies directly from the 

Applicant. If an agency does not file 

comments within the time specified for 

filing comments, it will be presumed to 

have no comments. One copy of an 

agency’s comments must also be sent to 

the Applicant’s representatives. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–17692 Filed 7–23–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13160–002] 

Red River Hydro LLC; Notice of Intent 

To File License Application, Filing of 

Pre-Application Document, 

Commencement of Licensing 

Proceeding, and Scoping; Request for 

Comments on the Pad and Scoping 

Document, and Identification of Issues 

and Associated Study Requests 

July 17, 2009. 

a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to 

File License Application for a New 

License and Commencing Licensing 

Proceeding. 

b. Project No.: 13160–002. 

c. Dated Filed: July 16, 2009. 

d. Submitted by: Red River Hydro 

LLC. 

e. Name of Project: Overton Lock and 

Dam Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: On the Red River in 

Rapides Parish, Louisiana at the U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers’ existing 

Overton Lock and Dam. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR Part 5 of 

the Commission’s Regulations. 

h. Potential Applicant Contact: Brent 

L. Smith, COO, Symbiotics LLC, P.O. 

Box 535, Rigby, Idaho 83442, (208) 745– 

0834 or e-mail at 

brent.smith@symbioticsenergy.com. 

i. FERC Contact: Lesley Kordella at 

(202) 502–6406 or e-mail at 

Lesley.Kordella@ferc.gov. 

j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, 

local, and tribal agencies with 

jurisdiction and/or special expertise 

with respect to environmental issues 

that wish to cooperate in the 

preparation of the environmental 

document should follow the 

instructions for filing such requests 

described in item 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. Red River Hydro LLC 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. 

m. A copy of the PAD is 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:// 

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filing and issuances related 

to this or other pending projects. For 

assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

n. With this notice, we are soliciting 

comments on the PAD and Scoping 

Document 1 (SD1), as well as study 

requests. All comments on the PAD and 

SD1, and study requests should be sent 

to the address above in paragraph h. In 

addition, all comments on the PAD and 

SD1, 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, the project 

name (Overton Lock and Dam 

Hydroelectric Project) and number (P– 

13160–002), 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 SD1, and any agency 

requesting cooperating status must do so 

by September 15, 2009. 

Comments on the PAD and SD1, 

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:// 

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under the ‘‘e-filing’’ link. For a simpler 

method of submitting text only 

comments, click on ‘‘Quick Comment.’’ 

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, this 

meeting 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 August 12, 2009. 

Time: 7 p.m. 

Location: Sai Convention Center, 2301 

N. MacArthur Drive, Alexandria, LA, 

71301. 

Phone: (318) 619–3300. 

Evening Scoping Meeting 

Date: Thursday August 13, 2009. 

Time: 10 a.m. 

Location: Sai Convention Center, 2301 

N. MacArthur Drive, Alexandria, LA, 

71301. 

Phone: (318) 619–3300. 

Scoping Document 1 (SD1), which 

outlines the subject areas to be 

addressed in the environmental 

document, was mailed to the 

individuals and entities on the 

Commission’s mailing list. Copies of 

SD1 will be available at the scoping 

meetings, or may be viewed on the Web 

at http://www.ferc.gov, using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Follow the directions 

for accessing information in paragraph 

n. Based on all oral and written 

comments, a Scoping Document 2 (SD2) 

may be issued. SD2 may include a 

revised process plan and schedule, as 

well as a list of issues, identified 

through the scoping process. 

Site Visit 

The potential applicant and 

Commission staff will conduct a site 

visit of the project on Wednesday, 

August 12, 2009. Those wishing to 

participate should meet at the John H. 

Overton Lock and Dam Recreation Area 

(west) at 9 a.m. For directions, and to 

appropriately accommodate persons 

interested in attending the site visit, 

participants should contact Erik Steimle 

by August 6, 2009 [e-mail, 

erik.steimle@symbioticsenergy.com or 

phone, (503) 235–3424]. All participants 

are responsible for their own 

transportation. 

Meeting Objectives 

At the scoping meetings, staff will: (1) 

Initiate scoping of the issues; (2) review 

and discuss existing conditions and 

resource management objectives; (3) 

review and discuss existing information 

and identify preliminary information 

and study needs; (4) review and discuss 

the process plan and schedule for prefiling activity that incorporates the time 

frames provided for in Part 5 of the 

Commission’s regulations and, to the 

extent possible, maximizes coordination 

of federal, state, and tribal permitting 

and certification processes; and (5) 

discuss the appropriateness of any 

federal or state agency or Indian tribe 

acting as a cooperating agency for 

development of an environmental 

document. 

Meeting participants should come 

prepared to discuss their issues and/or 

concerns. Please review the PAD in 

preparation for the scoping meetings. 

Directions on how to obtain a copy of 

the PAD and SD1 are included in item 

n. of this document. 

Meeting Procedures 

The meetings will be recorded by a 

stenographer and will become part of 

the formal record of the Commission 

proceeding on the project. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–17693 Filed 7–23–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project Nos. 2492–010, 2618–020 and –021, 

and 2660–024 and –025] 

Domtar Maine Corporation and Domtar 

Maine LLC; Notice of Applications for 

Transfer of Licenses, Substitution of 

Relicense Applicant, and Soliciting 

Comments, Motions To Intervene, and 

Protests 

July 17, 2009. 

On June 9, 2009, Domtar Maine 

Corporation (Transferor) and Domtar 

Maine LLC (Transferee) filed a joint 

application for: (1) The transfer of 

licenses of the Vanceboro Project No. 

2492, located on the East Branch of the 

St. Croix River in Washington County, 

Maine and New Brunswick, Canada, the 

West Branch Project No. 2618, located 

on the West Branch of the St. Croix 

River in Hancock, Penobscot, and 

Washington Counties, Maine, and the 

Forest City Project No. 2660, located on 

the East Branch of the St. Croix River in 

Washington and Aroostock Counties, 

Maine, and New Brunswick, Canada, 

and (2) the substitution of the 

Transferee for the Transferor as the 

applicant in the pending applications 

for new licenses filed by the Transferor 

in Project Nos. 2618–020 and 2660–024. 

The transfer application was filed 

within five years of the expiration of the 

license for Project Nos. 2618 and 2660, 

which are the subject of pending 

relicensing applications. In 

Hydroelectric Relicensing Regulations 

Under the Federal Power Act (54 FR 

23756 FERC Stats. and Regs., Regs. 

Preambles 1986–1990 30,854 at 

p. 31,437), the Commission declined to 

forbid all license transfers during the 

last five years of an existing license, and 

instead indicated that it would 

scrutinize all such transfer requests to 

determine if the transfer’s primary 

purpose was to give the transferee an 

advantage in relicensing. 

Applicant Contact: C. Scott Beal, 

Domtar Maine LLC, 144 Maine Street, 

Baileyville, ME 04694, phone (207) 427– 

4004. 

FERC Contact: Robert Bell, (202) 502– 

6062. 

Deadline for filing comments, 

protests, and motions to intervene: 30 

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 under the 

‘‘e-Filing’’ link. If unable to be filed 

electronically, documents may be paperfiled. To paper-file, an original and eight 

copies should be mailed to: Kimberly D. 

Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. For 

more information on how to submit 

these types of filings, please go to the 

Commission’s Web site located at 

http://www.ferc.gov/filingcomments.asp. More information about 

this project can be viewed or printed on 

the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link of the Commission’s 

Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/elibrary.asp. Enter the docket 

number (P–2492–010, 2618–021, and 

2660–025) in the docket number field to 


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