Alaska Power & Telephone Company; Notice of Request to Use Alternative Procedures In Preparing a License Application, 17966-17967 [E8-6723]

Download as PDF 17966 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 64 / Wednesday, April 2, 2008 / Notices rmajette on PROD1PC64 with NOTICES C. Can the information be submitted by the due date? D. Public reporting burden for the surveys included in the Natural Gas Data Collection Program Package is shown below as an average hour(s) per response. The estimated burden includes the total time necessary to provide the requested information. In your opinion, how accurate are these estimates for the proposed forms? (1) Form EIA–176, ‘‘Annual Report of Natural and Supplemental Gas Supply and Disposition,’’ 12 hours per response. (2) Form EIA–191A, ‘‘Annual Underground Gas Storage Report,’’ 1 hour per response. (3) Form EIA–191M, ‘‘Monthly Underground Gas Storage Report,’’ 2.5 hours per response. (4) Form EIA–857, ‘‘Monthly Report of Natural Gas Purchases and Deliveries to Consumers,’’ 3.5 hours per response. (5) Form EIA–895, ‘‘Annual Quantity and Value of Natural Gas Production Report,’’ .5 hours per response. (6) Form EIA–910, ‘‘Monthly Natural Gas Marketer Survey,’’ 2 hours per response. (7) Form EIA–912, ‘‘Weekly Underground Natural Gas Storage Report,’’ 0.5 hours per response. (8) Form EIA–757, ‘‘Natural Gas Processing Plant Survey,’’ Schedule A, 0.5 hours per response; Schedule B, 1.5 hours per response. E. The agency estimates that the only cost to a respondent is for the time it will take to complete the collection. Will a respondent incur any start-up costs for reporting, or any recurring annual costs for operation, maintenance, and purchase of services associated with the information collection? F. What additional actions could be taken to minimize the burden of this collection of information? Such actions may involve the use of automated, electronic, mechanical, or other technological collection techniques or other forms of information technology. G. Does any other Federal, State, or local agency collect similar information? If so, specify the agency, the data element(s), and the methods of collection. As a Potential User of the Information To Be Collected A. What actions could be taken to help ensure and maximize the quality, objectivity, utility, and integrity of the information disseminated? B. Is the information useful at the levels of detail to be collected? C. For what purpose(s) would the information be used? Be specific. D. Are there alternate sources for the information and are they useful? If so, VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:36 Apr 01, 2008 Jkt 214001 what are their weaknesses and/or strengths? Comments submitted in response to this notice will be summarized and/or included in the request for OMB approval of the form. They also will become a matter of public record. Statutory Authority: Section 3507(h)(1) of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995 (Pub. L. No. 104–13, 44 U.S.C. Chapter 35.), Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974 (Pub. L. No. 93–275, 15 U.S.C. 761 et seq.), and the DOE Organization Act (Pub. L. No. 95–91, 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.). Issued in Washington, DC, March 27, 2008. Jay Casselberry, Agency Clearance Officer, Energy Information Administration. [FR Doc. E8–6801 Filed 4–1–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 12615–001] Alaska Power & Telephone Company; Notice of Request to Use Alternative Procedures In Preparing a License Application March 26, 2008. Take notice that the following request to use alternative procedures to prepare a license application has been filed with the Commission. a. Type of Application: Request to use alternative procedures to prepare an original license application. b. Project No.: 12615–001. c. Date filed: March 10, 2008. d. Applicant: Alaska Power & Telephone Company. e. Name of Project: Soule River Hydroelectric Project. f. Location: On the Soule River, tributary to Portland Canal, approximately 9 miles south of the community of Hyder, Alaska. The project would occupy approximately 1,112 acres of federal lands within the Tongass National Forest, administered by the U.S. Forest Service. g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). h. Applicant Contact: Glen Martin, Project Manager, Alaska Power & Telephone Company, 193 Otto Street, P.O. Box 3222, Port Townsend, Washington 98368, (360) 385–1733 X 122, glen.m@aptalaska.com. i. FERC Contact: Matt Cutlip, phone at (503) 552–2762; e-mail at matt.cutlip@ferc.gov. j. Deadline for Comments: 30 days from the date of this notice. All documents (original and eight copies) should be filed with: Kimberly PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426. 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 (https:// www.ferc.gov) under the ‘‘e-Filing’’ link. k. The project would consist of a 160foot-high concrete-faced, rock-fill dam; an impoundment with a 950-acre surface area at a full pool elevation of 550 feet mean sea level; a 2.5-mile-long, 14-foot-wide access road with a 100foot-long bridge across the Soule River; marine access facilities along the Portland Canal at the mouth of the Soule River; an 18-foot-diameter 11,100foot-long power tunnel; a 50-foot by 120-foot powerhouse containing two Francis-type generating units, having a total installed capacity of 75,000 kilowatts; a 9.72-mile-long, 138 kilovolt submarine cable that would interconnect in Stewart, British Columbia with British Columbia Transmission Corporation’s existing electrical transmission system;1 and appurtenant facilities. l. A copy of the request to use alternative procedures is available for review at the Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission’s Web site at https:// 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. A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at the address in item h above. You may also register online at https://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. m. Alaska Power & Telephone Company has demonstrated that it has made an effort to contact all federal and state resources agencies, nongovernmental organizations (NGO), and others affected by the project. Alaska Power & Telephone Company has also demonstrated that a consensus exists that the use of alternative procedures is appropriate in this case. Alaska Power & Telephone Company has submitted a 1 Only the portion of the transmission line that would be located in the United States is under the Commission’s jurisdiction. E:\FR\FM\02APN1.SGM 02APN1 Federal Register / Vol. 73, No. 64 / Wednesday, April 2, 2008 / Notices communications protocol that is supported by the stakeholders. The purpose of this notice is to invite any additional comments on Alaska Power & Telephone Company’s request to use the alternative procedures, pursuant to section 4.34(i) of the Commission’s regulations. Additional notices seeking comments on the specific project proposal, interventions and protests, and recommended terms and conditions will be issued at a later date. Alaska Power & Telephone Company will complete and file a preliminary Environmental Assessment, in lieu of Exhibit E of the license application. This differs from the traditional process, in which an applicant consults with agencies, Indian tribes, NGOs, and other parties during preparation of the license application and before filing the application, but the Commission staff performs the environmental review after the application is filed. The alternative procedures are intended to simplify and expedite the licensing process by combining the pre-filing consultation and environmental review processes into a single process, to facilitate greater participation, and to improve communication and cooperation among the participants. Alaska Power & Telephone Company has met with federal and state resources agencies regarding the proposed Soule River Hydroelectric Project. Alaska Power & Telephone Company intends to file 6-month progress reports during the alternative procedures process that leads to the filing of a license application by June 30, 2009. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. E8–6723 Filed 4–1–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Combined Notice of Filings rmajette on PROD1PC64 with NOTICES March 27, 2008. Take notice that the Commission has received the following Natural Gas Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings: Docket Numbers: RP96–320–082. Applicants: Gulf South Pipeline Company, LP. Description: Gulf South Pipeline Co, LP submits an amendment to a negotiated rate letter agreement with Entergy New Orleans, Inc. Filed Date: 03/26/2008. Accession Number: 20080326–0271. VerDate Aug<31>2005 15:36 Apr 01, 2008 Jkt 214001 Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, April 07, 2008. Docket Numbers: RP99–176–158. Applicants: Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America. Description: Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America, LLC submits the Transportation and Storage Agreements with Wisconsin Electric Power Co. Filed Date: 03/26/2008. Accession Number: 20080326–0269. Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, April 07, 2008. Docket Numbers: RP08–280–000. Applicants: Northern Natural Gas Company. Description: Petition of Northern Natural Gas Company for a limited waiver of tariff provisions. Filed Date: 03/25/2008. Accession Number: 20080327–0053. Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, April 07, 2008. Docket Numbers: RP08–281–000. Applicants: Questar Overthrust Pipeline Company. Description: Questar Overthrust Pipeline Company submits 1st Rev Third Revised Sheet 6 et al. to FERC Gas Tariff, Second Revised Volume 1–A. Filed Date: 03/26/2008. Accession Number: 20080327–0054. Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, April 07, 2008. Docket Numbers: RP08–282–000. Applicants: Colorado Interstate Gas Company. Description: Colorado Interstate Gas Company submits Original Sheet 323B et al. to FERC Gas Tariff, First Revised Volume 1, to be effective April 28, 2008. Filed Date: 03/26/2008. Accession Number: 20080327–0055. Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, April 07, 2008. Any person desiring to intervene or to protest in any of the above proceedings must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214) on or before 5 p.m. Eastern time on the specified comment date. It is not necessary to separately intervene again in a subdocket related to a compliance filing if you have previously intervened in the same docket. 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. Anyone filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant. In reference to filings initiating a new proceeding, interventions or protests submitted on or before the comment deadline need not be served on persons other than the Applicant. PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 17967 The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper, using the FERC Online links at https:// www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic service, persons with Internet access who will eFile a document and/or be listed as a contact for an intervenor must create and validate an eRegistration account using the eRegistration link. Select the eFiling link to log on and submit the intervention or protests. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the intervention or protest to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First St., NE., Washington, DC 20426. The filings in the above proceedings are accessible in the Commission’s eLibrary system by clicking on the appropriate link in the above list. They are also 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 email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. E8–6726 Filed 4–1–08; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Combined Notice of Filings # 1 March 26, 2008. Take notice that the Commission received the following electric corporate filings: Docket Numbers: EC08–55–000. Applicants: Blue Canyon Windpower, LLC; Blue Canyon Windpower II LLC; Flat Rock Windpower LLC; Flat Rock Windpower II LLC; High Prairie Wind Farm II, LLC; High Trail Wind Farm, LLC; Old Trail Wind Farm, LLC; Telocaset Wind Power Partners, LLC. Description: Application for authorization for Dispositon of Jurisdictional Facilities and Request for Expedited Action of Blue Canyon Windpower LLC et al. Filed Date: 03/17/2008. Accession Number: 20080320–0054. Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, April 07, 2008. Docket Numbers: EC08–58–000. E:\FR\FM\02APN1.SGM 02APN1

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[Federal Register Volume 73, Number 64 (Wednesday, April 2, 2008)]
[Notices]
[Pages 17966-17967]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E8-6723]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 12615-001]


Alaska Power & Telephone Company; Notice of Request to Use 
Alternative Procedures In Preparing a License Application

March 26, 2008.
    Take notice that the following request to use alternative 
procedures to prepare a license application has been filed with the 
Commission.
    a. Type of Application: Request to use alternative procedures to 
prepare an original license application.
    b. Project No.: 12615-001.
    c. Date filed: March 10, 2008.
    d. Applicant: Alaska Power & Telephone Company.
    e. Name of Project: Soule River Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Soule River, tributary to Portland Canal, 
approximately 9 miles south of the community of Hyder, Alaska. The 
project would occupy approximately 1,112 acres of federal lands within 
the Tongass National Forest, administered by the U.S. Forest Service.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Glen Martin, Project Manager, Alaska Power & 
Telephone Company, 193 Otto Street, P.O. Box 3222, Port Townsend, 
Washington 98368, (360) 385-1733 X 122, glen.m@aptalaska.com.
    i. FERC Contact: Matt Cutlip, phone at (503) 552-2762; e-mail at 
matt.cutlip@ferc.gov.
    j. Deadline for Comments: 30 days from the date 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.
    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 (https://www.ferc.gov) under the ``e-Filing'' link.
    k. The project would consist of a 160-foot-high concrete-faced, 
rock-fill dam; an impoundment with a 950-acre surface area at a full 
pool elevation of 550 feet mean sea level; a 2.5-mile-long, 14-foot-
wide access road with a 100-foot-long bridge across the Soule River; 
marine access facilities along the Portland Canal at the mouth of the 
Soule River; an 18-foot-diameter 11,100-foot-long power tunnel; a 50-
foot by 120-foot powerhouse containing two Francis-type generating 
units, having a total installed capacity of 75,000 kilowatts; a 9.72-
mile-long, 138 kilovolt submarine cable that would interconnect in 
Stewart, British Columbia with British Columbia Transmission 
Corporation's existing electrical transmission system;\1\ and 
appurtenant facilities.
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    \1\ Only the portion of the transmission line that would be 
located in the United States is under the Commission's jurisdiction.
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    l. A copy of the request to use alternative procedures is available 
for review at the Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be 
viewed on the Commission's Web site at https://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, or for TTY, (202) 502-8659. A copy is 
also available for inspection and reproduction at the address in item h 
above.
    You may also register online at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
esubscription.asp to be notified via e-mail of new filings and 
issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, 
contact FERC Online Support.
    m. Alaska Power & Telephone Company has demonstrated that it has 
made an effort to contact all federal and state resources agencies, 
non-governmental organizations (NGO), and others affected by the 
project. Alaska Power & Telephone Company has also demonstrated that a 
consensus exists that the use of alternative procedures is appropriate 
in this case. Alaska Power & Telephone Company has submitted a

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communications protocol that is supported by the stakeholders.
    The purpose of this notice is to invite any additional comments on 
Alaska Power & Telephone Company's request to use the alternative 
procedures, pursuant to section 4.34(i) of the Commission's 
regulations. Additional notices seeking comments on the specific 
project proposal, interventions and protests, and recommended terms and 
conditions will be issued at a later date. Alaska Power & Telephone 
Company will complete and file a preliminary Environmental Assessment, 
in lieu of Exhibit E of the license application. This differs from the 
traditional process, in which an applicant consults with agencies, 
Indian tribes, NGOs, and other parties during preparation of the 
license application and before filing the application, but the 
Commission staff performs the environmental review after the 
application is filed. The alternative procedures are intended to 
simplify and expedite the licensing process by combining the pre-filing 
consultation and environmental review processes into a single process, 
to facilitate greater participation, and to improve communication and 
cooperation among the participants.
    Alaska Power & Telephone Company has met with federal and state 
resources agencies regarding the proposed Soule River Hydroelectric 
Project. Alaska Power & Telephone Company intends to file 6-month 
progress reports during the alternative procedures process that leads 
to the filing of a license application by June 30, 2009.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E8-6723 Filed 4-1-08; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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