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Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 37 / Thursday, February 26, 2009 / Notices
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No 12613–001]
Tygart, LLC.; Notice of Intent To File
License Application, Filing of PreApplication Document,
Commencement of Licensing
Proceeding, Scoping Meetings,
Solicitation of Comments on the Pad
and Scoping Document, and
Identification of Issues and Associated
Study Requests
February 19, 2009.
a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to
File License Application and
Commencing Licensing Proceeding.
b. Project No.: 12613–001.
c. Dated Filed: December 23, 2008.
d. Submitted By: Tygart, LLC.
e. Name of Project: Tygart
Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: At the Corps of Engineers’
Tygart dam on the Tygart River in
Barbour and Taylor Counties, West
Virginia.
g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR Part 5 of
the Commission’s Regulations.
h. Potential Applicant Contact:
Clifford Phillips, Tygart, LLC, 150 North
Miller Road, Suite 450 C, Fairlawn,
Ohio 44333, (330) 869–8451.
i. FERC Contact: Michael Spencer,
michael.spencer@ferc.gov, (202) 502–
6093.
j. We are asking Federal, State, local,
and tribal agencies with jurisdiction
and/or special expertise with respect to
environmental issues to cooperate with
us in the preparation of the
environmental document. Agencies who
would like to request cooperating status
should follow the instructions for filing
comments described in paragraph 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. With this notice, we are designating
Tygart, LLC as the Commission’s nonFederal representative for carrying out
informal consultation, pursuant to
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Section 7 of the Endangered Species
Act, and Section 106 of the National
Historic Preservation Act.
m. Tygart, LLC filed a Pre-Application
Document (PAD, including a proposed
process plan and schedule) with the
Commission pursuant to 18 CFR 5.6 of
the Commission’s regulations. The
Commission will issue the Scoping
Document for the proposed Tygart
Project on or about February 20, 2009.
n. A copy of the PAD and the scoping
document are available for review at the
Commission in the Public Reference
Room or may be viewed on the
Commission’s Web site (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 paragraph h.
Register online at https://ferc.gov/
esubscribenow.htm to be notified via email of new filing and issuances related
to this or other pending projects. For
assistance, contact FERC Online
Support.
o. The commencement date of this
proceeding is February 21, 2009. With
this notice we are soliciting comments
on the PAD and the scoping document,
as well as study requests. All comments
on the PAD and the scoping document,
and study requests should be sent to the
address above in paragraph h. In
addition, all comments on the PAD and
the scoping document, 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 (Tygart Project) and number (P–
12613–001), 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 the scoping document,
and any agency requesting cooperating
status must do so by April 22, 2009.
1. Comments on the PAD and the
scoping document, study requests,
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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 (https://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ferconline.asp)
under the ‘‘e-filing’’ link. For a simpler
method of submitting text-only
comments, click on ‘‘Quick Comment.’’
p. Although our current intent is to
prepare an environmental assessment
(EA), there is the possibility that an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
will be required. Nevertheless, this
meeting will satisfy the NEPA scoping
requirements, irrespective of whether an
EA or EIS is issued by the Commission.
Scoping Meetings
Commission staff will hold two
scoping meetings in the vicinity of the
project at the time and place noted
below. The daytime meeting will focus
on resource agency, Indian tribes, and
non-governmental organization
concerns, while the evening meeting is
primarily for receiving input from the
public. We invite all interested
individuals, organizations, and agencies
to attend one or both of the meetings,
and to assist staff in identifying
particular study needs, as well as the
scope of environmental issues to be
addressed in the environmental
document. The times and locations of
these meetings are as follows:
Evening Scoping Meeting
Date: Monday, March 23, 2009.
Time: 6 p.m. (EST).
Location: Wingate Hotel, 350
Conference Center Way, Bridgeport, WV
26330.
Phone: (304) 808–1000.
Daytime Scoping Meeting
Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2009.
Time: 10 a.m. (EST).
Location: Same location.
The scoping document, which
outlines the issues to be addressed in
the environmental document, will be
mailed to the individuals and entities
on the Commission’s mailing list.
Copies of the scoping document will be
available at the scoping meetings, and
may be viewed on the Web at https://
www.ferc.gov, using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link.
Follow the directions for accessing
information in paragraph n. Depending
on the extent of comments received, a
revised Scoping Document may or may
not be issued.
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Site Visit
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Tygart, LLC will conduct a tour of the
proposed project site at 2 p.m. on
Monday, March 23, 2009. All
participants should meet in the parking
lot in front of the Army Corps of
Engineers’ office at Tygart dam. All
participants are responsible for
providing photo identification to enter
this Corps of Engineers’ facility.
Photography will be prohibited. Anyone
with questions about the site visit
should contact Mr. Clifford Phillips of
Tygart, LLC at (330) 869–8451 on or
before March 20, 2009.
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Scoping Meeting Objectives
At the scoping meetings, staff will: (1)
Present a proposed list of issues to be
addressed in the EA; (2) review and
discuss existing conditions and resource
agency management objectives; (3)
review and discuss existing information
and identify preliminary information
and study needs; (4) review and discuss
the process plan and schedule for prefiling activity that incorporates the time
frames provided for in Part 5 of the
Commission’s regulations and, to the
extent possible, maximizes coordination
of Federal, State, and Tribal permitting
and certification processes; and (5)
discuss requests by any Federal or State
agency or Indian tribe acting as a
cooperating agency for development of
an environmental document.
Meeting participants should come
prepared to discuss their issues and/or
concerns. Please review the PAD in
preparation for the scoping meetings.
Directions on how to obtain a copy of
the PAD and the scoping document are
included in item n of this document.
Meeting Procedures
The meetings will be recorded by a
stenographer and will become part of
the formal record of the Commission
proceeding on the project.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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Holly Refining and Marketing
Company, Complainant v. Plains All
American Pipeline, L.P. and Rocky
Mountain Pipeline System LLC,
Respondents; Notice of Complaint
February 19, 2009.
Take notice that on February 17, 2009,
pursuant to sections 3(1), 9, 13(1), 15(1)
and 16(1) of the Interstate Commerce
Act (ICA), 49 U.S.C. App. 3(1), 9, 13(1),
15(1), and 16(1), Rule 206 of the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure, 18 CFR 385.206, and section
343.1(a) of the Commission’s Procedural
Rules Applicable to Oil Pipeline
Proceedings, 18 CFR 343.1(a), Holly
Refining and Marketing Company
(Complainant) filed a complaint against
Plains All American Pipeline, L.P.
(PAAP) and Rocky Mountain Pipeline
System LLC (RMPS) alleging undue and
unjust preferential treatment of affiliates
of PAAP and RMPS, undue and unjust
prejudice and discrimination against the
Complainant, and challenging the
lawfulness of the proposed reversal of
flow on the interstate pipeline segment
of RMPS which currently provides
crude oil transportation service from Ft.
Laramie, Wyoming to Wamsutter,
Wyoming.
The Complainant states that a copy of
the complaint has been served on the
PAAP and RMPS.
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. The Respondent’s answer
and all interventions, or protests must
be filed on or before the comment date.
The Respondent’s answer, motions to
intervene, and protests must be served
on the Complainants.
The Commission encourages
electronic submission of protests and
interventions in lieu of paper using the
‘‘eFiling’’ link at https://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.
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This filing is accessible on-line at
https://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 March 9, 2009.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. ER09–683–000]
Alex Energy, LLC; Supplemental
Notice That Initial Market-Based Rate
Filing Includes Request for Blanket
Section 204 Authorization
February 19, 2008.
This is a supplemental notice in the
above-referenced proceeding of Alex
Energy, LLC’s application for marketbased rate authority, with an
accompanying rate tariff, noting that
such application includes a request for
blanket authorization, under 18 CFR 34,
of future issuances of securities and
assumptions of liability.
Any person desiring to intervene or to
protest should file with the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426,
in accordance with Rules 211 and 214
of the Commission’s Rules of Practice
and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214). Anyone filing a motion to
intervene or protest must serve a copy
of that document on the Applicant.
Notice is hereby given that the
deadline for filing protests with regard
to the applicant’s request for blanket
authorization, under 18 CFR 34, of
future issuances of securities and
assumptions of liability, is March 11,
2009.
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
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No 12613-001]
Tygart, LLC.; Notice of Intent To File License Application,
Filing of Pre-Application Document, Commencement of Licensing
Proceeding, Scoping Meetings, Solicitation of Comments on the Pad and
Scoping Document, and Identification of Issues and Associated Study
Requests
February 19, 2009.
a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to File License Application and
Commencing Licensing Proceeding.
b. Project No.: 12613-001.
c. Dated Filed: December 23, 2008.
d. Submitted By: Tygart, LLC.
e. Name of Project: Tygart Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: At the Corps of Engineers' Tygart dam on the Tygart
River in Barbour and Taylor Counties, West Virginia.
g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR Part 5 of the Commission's
Regulations.
h. Potential Applicant Contact: Clifford Phillips, Tygart, LLC, 150
North Miller Road, Suite 450 C, Fairlawn, Ohio 44333, (330) 869-8451.
i. FERC Contact: Michael Spencer, michael.spencer@ferc.gov, (202)
502-6093.
j. We are asking Federal, State, local, and tribal agencies with
jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to environmental
issues to cooperate with us in the preparation of the environmental
document. Agencies who would like to request cooperating status should
follow the instructions for filing comments described in paragraph 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. With this notice, we are designating Tygart, LLC as the
Commission's non-Federal representative for carrying out informal
consultation, pursuant to Section 7 of the Endangered Species Act, and
Section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act.
m. Tygart, LLC filed a Pre-Application Document (PAD, including a
proposed process plan and schedule) with the Commission pursuant to 18
CFR 5.6 of the Commission's regulations. The Commission will issue the
Scoping Document for the proposed Tygart Project on or about February
20, 2009.
n. A copy of the PAD and the scoping document are available for
review at the Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed
on the Commission's Web site (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
paragraph h.
Register online at https://ferc.gov/esubscribenow.htm to be notified
via e-mail of new filing and issuances related to this or other pending
projects. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.
o. The commencement date of this proceeding is February 21, 2009.
With this notice we are soliciting comments on the PAD and the scoping
document, as well as study requests. All comments on the PAD and the
scoping document, and study requests should be sent to the address
above in paragraph h. In addition, all comments on the PAD and the
scoping document, 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 (Tygart Project) and number
(P-12613-001), 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 the scoping
document, and any agency requesting cooperating status must do so by
April 22, 2009.
1. Comments on the PAD and the scoping document, 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 (https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
ferconline.asp) under the ``e-filing'' link. For a simpler method of
submitting text-only comments, click on ``Quick Comment.''
p. Although our current intent is to prepare an environmental
assessment (EA), there is the possibility that an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) will be required. Nevertheless, this meeting will
satisfy the NEPA scoping requirements, irrespective of whether an EA or
EIS is issued by the Commission.
Scoping Meetings
Commission staff will hold two scoping meetings in the vicinity of
the project at the time and place noted below. The daytime meeting will
focus on resource agency, Indian tribes, and non-governmental
organization concerns, while the evening meeting is primarily for
receiving input from the public. We invite all interested individuals,
organizations, and agencies to attend one or both of the meetings, and
to assist staff in identifying particular study needs, as well as the
scope of environmental issues to be addressed in the environmental
document. The times and locations of these meetings are as follows:
Evening Scoping Meeting
Date: Monday, March 23, 2009.
Time: 6 p.m. (EST).
Location: Wingate Hotel, 350 Conference Center Way, Bridgeport, WV
26330.
Phone: (304) 808-1000.
Daytime Scoping Meeting
Date: Tuesday, March 24, 2009.
Time: 10 a.m. (EST).
Location: Same location.
The scoping document, which outlines the issues to be addressed in
the environmental document, will be mailed to the individuals and
entities on the Commission's mailing list. Copies of the scoping
document will be available at the scoping meetings, and may be viewed
on the Web at https://www.ferc.gov, using the ``eLibrary'' link. Follow
the directions for accessing information in paragraph n. Depending on
the extent of comments received, a revised Scoping Document may or may
not be issued.
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Site Visit
Tygart, LLC will conduct a tour of the proposed project site at 2
p.m. on Monday, March 23, 2009. All participants should meet in the
parking lot in front of the Army Corps of Engineers' office at Tygart
dam. All participants are responsible for providing photo
identification to enter this Corps of Engineers' facility. Photography
will be prohibited. Anyone with questions about the site visit should
contact Mr. Clifford Phillips of Tygart, LLC at (330) 869-8451 on or
before March 20, 2009.
Scoping Meeting Objectives
At the scoping meetings, staff will: (1) Present a proposed list of
issues to be addressed in the EA; (2) review and discuss existing
conditions and resource agency management objectives; (3) review and
discuss existing information and identify preliminary information and
study needs; (4) review and discuss the process plan and schedule for
pre-filing activity that incorporates the time frames provided for in
Part 5 of the Commission's regulations and, to the extent possible,
maximizes coordination of Federal, State, and Tribal permitting and
certification processes; and (5) discuss requests by any Federal or
State agency or Indian tribe acting as a cooperating agency for
development of an environmental document.
Meeting participants should come prepared to discuss their issues
and/or concerns. Please review the PAD in preparation for the scoping
meetings. Directions on how to obtain a copy of the PAD and the scoping
document are included in item n of this document.
Meeting Procedures
The meetings will be recorded by a stenographer and will become
part of the formal record of the Commission proceeding on the project.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-4086 Filed 2-25-09; 8:45 am]
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