[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 141 (Friday, July 24, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36687-36688]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-17694]


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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 paper-filed. 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/filing-comments.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/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number (P-
2492-010, 2618-021, and 2660-025) in the docket number field to

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access the document. For assistance, call toll-free 1-866-208-3372.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-17694 Filed 7-23-09; 8:45 am]
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