Document ID: FERC-2009-0976-0001
Agency: ferc
Document Type: Notice
Title: North American Electric Reliability Corporation; Notice of Filing Regarding Notice of Penalty and Request for Decision on Jurisdiction Issue
Posted Date: 2009-07-07T04:00Z

[Federal Register: July 7, 2009 (Volume 74, Number 128)]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. NP09-26-000]

 
North American Electric Reliability Corporation; Notice of Filing 
Regarding Notice of Penalty and Request for Decision on Jurisdiction 
Issue

June 26, 2009.
    Take notice that on June 24, 2009, the North American Electric 
Reliability Corporation (NERC) submitted a Notice of Penalty regarding 
U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) Tulsa District in the Texas 
Regional Entity region. NERC's filing includes a discussion of the 
applicability of mandatory Reliability Standards to the Corps Tulsa 
District. NERC states that the Corps Tulsa District has challenged 
NERC's jurisdiction under section 215 of the Federal Power Act (FPA). 
Therefore, NERC requests that the Commission issue a decision on the 
jurisdictional issue regarding the applicability mandatory Reliability 
Standards under section 215 of the FPA to the Corps and other Federal 
agencies. Accordingly, public comment is sought regarding the 
applicability of mandatory Reliability Standards under section 215 of 
the FPA to the Corps and other Federal agencies.
    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. Such notices, 
motions, or protests must be filed on or before the comment date. On or 
before the comment date, it is not necessary to serve motions to 
intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant.
    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 July 24, 2009.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-15896 Filed 7-6-09; 8:45 am]

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