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long-term management and storage of 

elemental mercury generated within the 

United States. DOE’s facility or facilities 

must be operational by January 1, 2013, 

and ready to accept custody of 

elemental mercury delivered to such a 

facility. The Act also requires DOE to 

assess fees based upon the pro rata costs 

of long-term management and storage. 

For additional supplementary 

information regarding anticipated 

mercury inventory, proposed NEPA 

alternatives, and preliminary 

identification of environmental issues, 

please refer to the July 2, 2009, Notice 

of Intent. 

Purpose and Need for Action 

DOE needs to develop a capability for 

the safe and secure long-term 

management and storage of elemental 

mercury as required by the Act. 

Accordingly, the Department needs to 

identify an appropriate facility or 

facilities to host this activity. 

Proposed Action 

DOE proposes to select one or more 

existing (including modification as 

needed) or new facilities for the longterm management and storage of 

elemental mercury in accordance with 

the Act. Facilities to be constructed as 

well as existing or modified facilities 

must comply with applicable 

requirements of section 5(d) of the Act, 

Management Standards for a Facility, 

including the requirements of the Solid 

Waste Disposal Act, as amended by the 

Resource Conservation and Recovery 

Act (RCRA), and other permitting 

requirements. DOE intends to identify 

the facility or facilities through the 

NEPA process. EPA is a cooperating 

agency on the EIS. 

EIS Process and Invitation to Comment 

NEPA implementing regulations 

require an early and open process for 

determining the scope of an EIS and for 

identifying the significant issues related 

to the proposed action. Accordingly, 

DOE has invited Federal agencies, State, 

local and Tribal governments, the 

general public and international 

community to comment on the scope of 

the EIS, including identification of 

reasonable alternatives and specific 

issues to be addressed. DOE will hold 

public meetings on the scope of the EIS. 

(See DATES section above for detailed 

information.) 

At each scoping meeting, DOE plans 

to hold an open house one hour prior 

to the formal portion of the meetings to 

allow participants to register to provide 

oral comments, view informational 

materials, and engage project staff. The 

registration table will have an oral 

comment registration form as well as a 

sign up sheet for those who do not wish 

to give oral comments but who would 

like to be included on the mailing list 

to receive future information. The 

public may provide written and/or oral 

comments at the scoping meetings. 

Analysis of all public comments 

provided during the scoping meetings as 

well as those submitted as described in 

ADDRESSES above, will be considered in 

helping DOE further develop the scope 

of the EIS and potential issues to be 

addressed. DOE expects to issue a Draft 

EIS in the fall of 2009. 

Issued in Washington, DC on July 17, 2009. 

Frank Marcinowski, 

Deputy Assistant Secretary for Regulatory 

Compliance, Office of Environmental 

Management. 

[FR Doc. E9–17566 Filed 7–23–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 10359–044] 

Public Utility District No. 1 of 

Snohomish County, WA ; Notice of 

Application for Amendment of License 

and Soliciting Comments, Motions To 

Intervene, and Protests 

July 17, 2009. 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection: 

a. Application Type: Amendment of 

License. 

b. Project No.: 10359–044. 

c. Date Filed: June 19, 2009. 

d. Applicant: Public Utility District 

No. 1 of Snohomish County, WA. 

e. Name of Project: Youngs Creek 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: When constructed, the 

proposed project will be located on 

Youngs Creek, in Snohomish County, 

Washington. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791a–825r. 

h. Applicant Contact: Steve Klein, 

General Manager, Snohomish County 

PUD No. 1, 2320 California Street, P.O. 

Box 1107, Everett, Washington 98206; 

telephone (425) 783–8473. 

i. FERC Contact: Anthony DeLuca, 

telephone (202) 502–6632, and e-mail 

address Anthony.deluca@ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for filing comments, 

motions to intervene, and protests: 

August 18, 2009. 

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 

instructions on the Commission’s Web 

site (http://www.ferc.gov) under the ‘‘efiling’’ link. The Commission strongly 

encourages electronic filings. 

All documents (original and eight 

copies) filed by paper should be sent to: 

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 

Washington, DC 20426. Please include 

the project number (P–10359–044) on 

any comments or motions filed. 

The Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure require all interveners 

filing documents with the Commission 

to serve a copy of that document on 

each person whose name appears on the 

official service list for the project. 

Further, if an intervener 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. A copy of any 

motion to intervene must also be served 

upon each representative of the 

Applicant specified in the particular 

application. 

k. Description of Request: 

(i) Amendment to Project Design: The 

Public Utility District No. 1 of 

Snohomish County proposes to decrease 

the project’s rated turbine capacity from 

the originally licensed 8.3 MW (11,067 

horsepower) to 7.5 MW (10,000 

horsepower), and to change the type of 

turbine to a horizontal shaft, 2-jet 

impulse Pelton turbine connected to a 

synchronous type generator rated at 

8,333 kVA at a 0.9 power factor (7,500 

kW). This decrease in the turbine’s 

capacity will decrease the project’s 

maximum hydraulic capacity from 140 

cfs to 120 cfs. The licensee also plans to 

change the operating voltage of the 

project transmission line to 12.5 

kilovolts as originally licensed, correct 

the length of transmission line in the 

original license from 6.1 miles to 8.2 

miles, and install certain segments of 

transmission line on existing overhead 

distribution poles while installing the 

remaining segments of the transmission 

line underground. The transmission line 

will continue to follow the alignment as 

provided in the current license. 

l. Locations of the Application: A 

copy of the application is available for 

inspection and reproduction at the 

Commission’s Public Reference Room, 

located at 888 First Street, NE, Room 

2A, Washington, DC 20426, or by calling 

(202) 502–8371. 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 


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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:// 

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ferconline.asp) 


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