Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 17 / Wednesday, January 28, 2009 / Notices 4951 

1The licenses for the Smithland, Cannelton, and 

Willow Island Projects expire on May 31, 2038, 

August 31, 2039, and May 31, 2041, respectively. 

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 

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, contact FERC Online 

Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or tollfree at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, 

contact (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. Filing and Service of Responsive 

Documents: 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. 

All documents (original and eight 

copies) should be filed with: Kimberly 

D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. A 

copy of any motion to intervene must 

also be served upon each representative 

of the Applicant specified in the 

particular application. 

p. Agency Comments—Federal, state, 

and local agencies are invited to file 

comments on the 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. 

q. 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 at http://www.ferc.gov under the 

‘‘e-Filing’’ link. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–1763 Filed 1–27–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 6641–087; Project No. 6902– 

074; Project No. 10228–058] 

American Municipal Power—Ohio, Inc.; 

Notice of Application for Approval of 

Contract Under Section 22 of the 

Federal Power Act 

January 16, 2009. 

Take notice that on January 12, 2009, 

American Municipal Power—Ohio, Inc. 

filed with the Commission an 

application for approval of a contract for 

the sale of power from its licensed 

Smithland Project No. 6641 and 

Cannelton Project No. 10228, and from 

the City of New Martinsville, West 

Virginia’s licensed Willow Island 

Project No. 6902, for a period extending 

beyond the expiration of the existing 

licenses.1 The projects are located on 

the Ohio River in West Virginia, Ohio, 

and Kentucky. 

Section 22 of the Federal Power Act, 

16 U.S.C. 815, provides that contracts 

for the sale and delivery of power for 

periods extending beyond the 

termination date of a license may be 

entered into upon the joint approval of 

the Commission and the appropriate 

state public service commission or other 

similar authority in the state in which 

the sale or delivery of power is made. 

Comments on the request for approval 

of the power sales contract or motions 

to intervene may be filed with the 

Commission no later than February 17, 

2009, and replies to comments no later 

than February 24, 2009. The 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure require all intervenors filing 

documents with the Commission to 

serve a copy of that document on each 

person on the official service list for the 

project. Further, if an intervenor 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 comments 

or documents on that resource agency. 

All documents (an original and eight 

copies) must be filed with: Kimberly D. 

Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First 

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

Please include the names ‘‘Smithland 

Project No. 6641, Willow Island Project 

No. 6902, and Cannelton Project No. 

10228’’ on the first page of all 

documents. 

Comments 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 under the ‘‘eFiling’’ link. 

A copy of the filing is available for 

review in the Commission’s 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 tollfree at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY, 

(202) 502–8659. 

You may also register online at http:// 

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

esubscription.asp to be notified via 

e-mail of new filings and issuances 

related to these projects or other 

pending projects. For assistance, contact 

FERC Online Support. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–1768 Filed 1–27–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Projects Nos. 13240–000 and 13241–000 

BPUS Generation Development LLC; 

Intertie Energy Storage LLC; Notice of 

Competing Preliminary Permit 

Applications Accepted for Filing and 

Soliciting Comment, Motions to 

Intervene, and Competing Applications 

January 16, 2009. 

On June 13, 2008, at 5:01 p.m., and on 

June 16, 2008, at 12:05 a.m., 

respectively, BPUS Generation 

Development LLC (BPUS Generation) 

and Intertie Energy Storage LLC (Intertie 

Energy) filed applications, pursuant to 

section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, 

proposing to study the feasibility of the 

Lorella Pumped Storage Project and the 

Klamath County Water Power Project, to 

be located approximately two miles 


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southwest and ten miles northeast of the 

towns of Lorella and Malin in Klamath 

County, Oregon. 

The proposed projects would each 

consist of: (1) A proposed upper 

reservoir with a surface area of 

approximately 200 acres at a normal 

water surface elevation of 

approximately 5533 feet m.s.l.; (2) a 

proposed lower reservoir with a surface 

area of approximately 400 acres at a 

normal water surface elevation of 

approximately 4,200 feet m.s.l.: (3) a 

proposed powerhouse containing 4 

generating units having a total installed 

capacity of 1,000 megawatts, (4) a 

proposed intake structure, (5) a 

proposed 4-mile-long, 500 kV 

transmission line, and (6) appurtenant 

facilities. The projects would each have 

an annual generation of approximately 

1,600 gigawatt-hours that would be sold 

to a local utility. 

Applicant Contact: for BPUS 

Generation—Mr. Jeffrey M. Auser, P.E., 

BPUS Generation Development LLC, 

225 Greenfield Parkway, Suite 201, 

Liverpool, NY 13088; phone: 315–413– 

2700; for Intertie Energy—Mr. George 

Waldow, Intertie Energy Storage LLC, 

1390 Kingsview Lane, Plymouth, MN 

55447; phone: 763–476–4440. FERC 

Contact: Tom Papsidero, 202–502–6002. 

Deadline for filing comments, motions 

to intervene, competing applications 

(without notices of intent), or notices of 

intent to file competing applications: 60 

days from the issuance of this notice. 

Comments, motions to intervene, 

notices of intent, and competing 

applications 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 

these projects can be viewed or printed 

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

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

number (P–13240–000 or P–13241–000) 

in the docket number field to access the 

document. For assistance, call toll-free 

1–866–208–3372. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. E9–1766 Filed 1–27–09; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project Nos. P–2403–056; P–2721–020; P– 

2312–019] 

Penobscot River Restoration Trust; 

Notice of Application for Surrender of 

Licenses Accepted for Filing, Soliciting 

Comments, Motions to Intervene and 

Protests, Ready for Environmental 

Analysis 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: Surrender of 

Licenses. 

b. Project Nos.: P–2403–056, P–2721– 

020, P–2312–019. 

c. Date filed: November 7, 2008. 

d. Applicant: Penobscot River 

Restoration Trust (Trust). PPL Maine, 

LLC is the licensee for the Veazie (P– 

2403) and Howland (P–2721) Projects 

and PPL Great Works, LLC is the 

licensee for the Great Works Project (P– 

2312). Pursuant to the transfer orders 

issued January 6, 2009, the Trust is to 

become the licensee once the 

instruments of conveyance are signed. 

Pursuant to the Lower Penobscot River 

Basin Comprehensive Settlement 

Accord filed on June 25, 2004, the 

transfer of ownership to the Trust is 

contingent upon the issuance of the 

license surrender order. 

e. Name of Projects: Veazie, Howland 

and Great Works Hydroelectric Projects. 

f. Location: The Veazie and Great 

Works Projects are located on the 

Penobscot River in Penobscot County, 

Maine. The Howland Project is located 

on the Piscataquis River in Penobscot 

County, Maine. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act 16 U.S.C. 791a—825r. 

h. Applicant Contact: Ms. Laura Rose 

Day, Penobscot River Restoration Trust, 

P.O. Box 5695, Augusta, Maine 04332, 

Telephone (207) 430–0114, e-mail 

laura@penobscotriver.org. 

i. FERC Contact: Ms. Brandi 

Sangunett, Telephone (202) 502–8393, 

and e-mail brandi.sangunett@ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for filing motions to 

intervene and protests, comments, 

recommendations is 30 days from the 

issuance of this notice. All documents 

(original and eight copies) should be 

filed with: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

k. Description of Request: The 

applicant proposes to surrender the 

licenses for the Veazie, Great Works and 

Howland Hydroelectric Projects. In 

addition, the applicant proposes to 

decommission and remove the dams at 

the Veazie and Great Works Projects. 

Further, the applicant proposes to 

decommission the powerhouse, 

generating units, and existing fish 

ladder at the Howland Project. The 

applicant proposes to keep the Howland 

dam in place but remove the flashboards 

to lower the reservoir by 0.8 feet and 

create a nature-like fish bypass reach 

around the south end of the dam. This 

application is part of a four phase 

program to restore native sea-run fish 

through improved access to 1,000 miles 

of their historic habitat in the Penobscot 

River watershed while also 

accommodating the continued 

generation of hydroelectric power at 

specified locations. 

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 

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. Filing and Service of Responsive 

Documents: All filings must (1) Bear in 

all capital letters the title 

‘‘COMMENTS’’, ‘‘PROTEST’’, or 


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