CRD Hydroelectric, LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission, Soliciting Additional Study Requests, and Establishing a Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments, 11092-11093 [E9-5556]

Download as PDF 11092 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 49 / Monday, March 16, 2009 / Notices Agency (IEA) will meet on March 25, 2009, at the headquarters of the IEA in Paris, France, in connection with a joint meeting of the IEA’s Standing Group on Emergency Questions (SEQ) and the IEA’s Standing Group on the Oil Market on March 25, and on March 26 in connection with a meeting of the SEQ on March 26. DATES: March 25–26, 2009. ´ ´ ADDRESSES: 9, rue de la Federation, Paris, France. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Diana D. Clark, Assistant General for International and National Security Programs, Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585, 202–586–3417. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In accordance with section 252(c)(1)(A)(i) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6272(c)(1)(A)(i)) (EPCA), the following notice of meeting is provided: Meetings of the Industry Advisory Board (IAB) to the International Energy Agency (IEA) will be held at the headquarters of the IEA, 9, rue de la ´ ´ Federation, Paris, France, on March 25, 2009, beginning at 9 a.m. and on March 26 beginning at 9:30 a.m. The purpose of this notice is to permit attendance by representatives of U.S. company members of the IAB at a joint meeting of the IEA’s Standing Group on Emergency Questions (SEQ) and the IEA’s Standing Group on the Oil Market (SOM) on March 25 beginning at 9 a.m. at the same location, and at a meeting of the SEQ on March 26 beginning at 9:30 a.m. The IAB will also hold a preparatory meeting among company representatives at the same location at 8:30 a.m. on March 26. The agenda for this preparatory meeting is to discuss the March 25 joint meeting of the SEQ and the SOM and to review the agenda for the SEQ meeting commencing at 9:30 a.m. on March 26. The agenda of the joint SEQ/SOM meeting on March 25 is under the control of the SEQ and the SOM. It is expected that the SEQ and the SOM will adopt the following agenda: 1. Adoption of the Agenda 2. Approval of the Summary Record of the November 2008 SEQ/SOM Joint Session 3. Update on the Oil Market 4. Update on the Gas Market 5. Reports by Member Countries on Oil and Gas Markets 6. Preparation for the October 2009 Ministerial Meeting 7. Recent Developments in the Caucasus/Caspian Region 8. Overview of the Russia—Ukraine Gas Dispute of January 2009 VerDate Nov<24>2008 15:38 Mar 13, 2009 Jkt 217001 9. Update on EMS (Energy Markets and Security) Activities 10. Panel Discussion on Price Formation 11. Other Business The agenda of the SEQ meeting on March 26, 2009, is under the control of the SEQ. It is expected that the SEQ will adopt the following agenda: 1. Adoption of the Agenda 2. Approval of the Summary Record of the 125th Meeting 3. Status of Compliance with IEP Stockholding Commitments 4. Emergency Response Exercise —Draft Outline for Workshop on Public Stock Release, June 2009 —Draft Program for ERES 5. Emergency Response Review Program —Questionnaire Response of Ireland —Questionnaire Response of Belgium —Questionnaire Response of Canada —Emergency Response Review of Luxembourg —Emergency Response Review of Portugal —Emergency Response Review of Italy —Schedule of Emergency Response Reviews 6. Policy and Other Developments in Member Countries —Australia —Canada —Japan —United Kingdom —United States 7. Activities with International Organizations and Non-Member Countries —Comparison of Draft EU Directive on Emergency Oil Stocks with the IEA System —Work on Candidate Countries —Emergency Response Exercises in Thailand, China, and India —IEA/HANDA/EC Workshop on Establishment of Emergency Oil Stocks in Southeast Europe, May 28–29, 2009, Croatia 8. Report from the Industry Advisory Board 9. Emergency Policy for Natural Gas —Draft Proposal on Energy Policy for Natural Gas for the October 2009 Ministerial Meeting —Natural Gas Reserves in Hungary 10. Documents for Information —Emergency Reserve Situation of IEA Member Countries on January 1, 2009 —Base Period Final Consumption: 1Q 2008–4Q 2008 —Monthly Oil Statistics: December 2008 —Updated Emergency Contacts List 12. Other Business —Tentative Schedule of Meetings: —June 23–25, 2009 PO 00000 Frm 00015 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 —October 20–22, 2009 As provided in section 252(c)(1)(A)(ii) of the Energy Policy and Conservation Act (42 U.S.C. 6272(c)(1)(A)(ii)), the meetings of the IAB are open to representatives of members of the IAB and their counsel; representatives of members of the IEA’s Standing Group on Emergency Questions and the IEA’s Standing Group on the Oil Markets; representatives of the Departments of Energy, Justice, and State, the Federal Trade Commission, the General Accounting Office, Committees of Congress, the IEA, and the European Commission; and invitees of the IAB, the SEQ, the SOM, or the IEA. Issued in Washington, DC, March 10, 2009. Diana D. Clark, Assistant General Counsel for International and National Security Programs. [FR Doc. E9–5607 Filed 3–13–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 12576–004] CRD Hydroelectric, LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission, Soliciting Additional Study Requests, and Establishing a Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments March 9, 2009. Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection. a. Type of Application: Original License. b. Project No.: 12576–004. c. Date Filed: February 24, 2009. d. Applicant: CRD Hydroelectric, LLC. e. Name of Project: Red Rock Hydroelectric Project. f. Location: On the Des Moines River, in Marion County, Iowa. The project would be located at U.S. Army Corps of Engineer facilities. g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)–825 (r). h. Applicant Contact: Ms. Douglas A. Spaulding, Nelson Energy LLC, 8441 Wayzata Blvd., Suite 101, Golden Valley, MN 55426; (952) 544–8133. i. FERC Contact: Timothy Konnert, Timothy.Konnert@ferc.gov, (202) 502– 6359. j. Cooperating Agencies: We are asking Federal, State, and local agencies and Indian tribes with jurisdiction and/ or special expertise with respect to environmental issues to cooperate with E:\FR\FM\16MRN1.SGM 16MRN1 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 49 / Monday, March 16, 2009 / Notices 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 item l 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. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission’s regulations, if any resource agency, Indian tribe, or person believes that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to form a factual basis for complete analysis of the application on its merits, the resource agency, Indian tribe, or person must file a request for the study with the Commission no later than 60 days from the application filing date, and serve a copy of the request on the applicant. l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status: April 27, 2009. 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. Additional study requests may be filed electronically via the Internet in lieu of paper. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission’s Web site (https:// www.ferc.gov) under the ‘‘eFiling’’ link. After logging into the eFiling system, select ‘‘Comment on Filing’’ from the Filing Type Selection screen and continue with the filing process. m. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this time. n. The proposed Red Rock Hydroelectric Project would be located at the existing U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) Red Rock dam, which was constructed by the Corps in 1969 for flood control. The existing Corps facilities consist of: (1) A 110-foot-high, 6,260-foot-long earth-fill dam with a 241-foot-long gated ogee spillway equipped with five 45-foot-high tainter gates; and (2) a 15,253-acre reservoir at a normal conservation pool water surface elevation of 742.0 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929. The proposed project would utilize the head created by the existing Corps dam and consist of: (1) A new, approximately 127-foot-long by 19-footwide intake structure connected to; (2) three new 19-foot-diameter, approximately 211-foot-long penstocks passing through the left side of the spillway leading to; (3) a new 59-footlong by 132-foot-wide powerhouse located directly downstream of the VerDate Nov<24>2008 15:38 Mar 13, 2009 Jkt 217001 existing spillway structure containing three new 12.13-megawatt (MW) generating units for a total generating capacity of 36.4 MW; (4) a new approximately 8.4-mile-long, 69-kilovolt transmission line; and (5) appurtenant facilities. The estimated average annual generation would be 158,000 megawatt hours. The project would be operated in runof-river mode in that it would have no storage and only use flows released by the Corps in accordance with its present operations. o. A copy of the application is on file with the Commission and is available for public inspection. This filing may also be viewed on the Web at https:// www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket number, excluding the last three digits in the docket number filed to access the documents. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free 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. p. 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. q. Procedural schedule and final amendments: The application will be processed according to the following Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as appropriate. The Commission staff proposes to issue one environmental assessment rather than issue a draft and final EA. Comments, terms and conditions, recommendations, prescriptions, and reply comments, if any, will be addressed in an EA. Staff intends to give at least 30 days for entities to comment on the EA, and will take into consideration all comments received on the EA before final action is taken on the license application. Issue Acceptance or Deficiency Letter—May 2009. Issue Scoping Document—October 2009. Notice of application is ready for environmental analysis—January 2010. Notice of the availability of the EA— November 2010. Final amendments: Final amendments to the application must be filed with the Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the PO 00000 Frm 00016 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 11093 notice of ready for environmental analysis. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. E9–5556 Filed 3–13–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Combined Notice of Filings #1 March 6, 2009. Take notice that the Commission received the following electric rate filings: Docket Numbers: ER99–1435–017. Applicants: Avista Corporation. Description: Avista Corp submits an errata to its January 29, 2009 filing to reflect a correct effective date of January 29, 2009, which includes Revised Sheets 5, 6, and 8. Filed Date: 03/02/2009. Accession Number: 20090306–0009. Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, March 13, 2009. Docket Numbers: ER99–1435–018. Applicants: Avista Corporation. Description: Notice of non-material change in status. Filed Date: 03/04/2009. Accession Number: 20090304–5139. Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, March 25, 2009. Docket Numbers: ER03–534–009. Applicants: Ingenco Wholesale Power, LLC. Description: Supplement to Application for Finding of Category 1 Seller Status and filing of Revised Market-Based Rate Tariff of Ingenco Wholesale Power, LLC. Filed Date: 03/02/2009. Accession Number: 20090302–5190. Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, March 23, 2009. Docket Numbers: ER04–691–091. Applicants: Midwest Independent System Transmission System Operator, Inc. Description: Midwest Independent Transmission System Operator, Inc. submits responses to the FERC’s 2/9/09 letter seeking additional information, and requiring the amendment of compliance filing etc. Filed Date: 02/24/2009. Accession Number: 20090225–0227. Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, March 17, 2009. Docket Numbers: ER07–771–003. Applicants: E.ON U.S. LLC. Description: True-Up Filing of E.ON U.S. LLC. E:\FR\FM\16MRN1.SGM 16MRN1

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 12576-004]


CRD Hydroelectric, LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing 
With the Commission, Soliciting Additional Study Requests, and 
Establishing a Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments

March 9, 2009.
    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Original License.
    b. Project No.: 12576-004.
    c. Date Filed: February 24, 2009.
    d. Applicant: CRD Hydroelectric, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Red Rock Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Des Moines River, in Marion County, Iowa. The 
project would be located at U.S. Army Corps of Engineer facilities.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)-825 (r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Ms. Douglas A. Spaulding, Nelson Energy LLC, 
8441 Wayzata Blvd., Suite 101, Golden Valley, MN 55426; (952) 544-8133.
    i. FERC Contact: Timothy Konnert, Timothy.Konnert@ferc.gov, (202) 
502-6359.
    j. Cooperating Agencies: We are asking Federal, State, and local 
agencies and Indian tribes with jurisdiction and/or special expertise 
with respect to environmental issues to cooperate with

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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 item l 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. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission's 
regulations, if any resource agency, Indian tribe, or person believes 
that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to 
form a factual basis for complete analysis of the application on its 
merits, the resource agency, Indian tribe, or person must file a 
request for the study with the Commission no later than 60 days from 
the application filing date, and serve a copy of the request on the 
applicant.
    l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for 
cooperating agency status: April 27, 2009.
    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.
    Additional study requests may be filed electronically via the 
Internet in lieu of paper. The Commission strongly encourages 
electronic filing. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions 
on the Commission's Web site (https://www.ferc.gov) under the 
``eFiling'' link. After logging into the eFiling system, select 
``Comment on Filing'' from the Filing Type Selection screen and 
continue with the filing process.
    m. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. The proposed Red Rock Hydroelectric Project would be located at 
the existing U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps) Red Rock dam, which 
was constructed by the Corps in 1969 for flood control. The existing 
Corps facilities consist of: (1) A 110-foot-high, 6,260-foot-long 
earth-fill dam with a 241-foot-long gated ogee spillway equipped with 
five 45-foot-high tainter gates; and (2) a 15,253-acre reservoir at a 
normal conservation pool water surface elevation of 742.0 feet National 
Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929.
    The proposed project would utilize the head created by the existing 
Corps dam and consist of: (1) A new, approximately 127-foot-long by 19-
foot-wide intake structure connected to; (2) three new 19-foot-
diameter, approximately 211-foot-long penstocks passing through the 
left side of the spillway leading to; (3) a new 59-foot-long by 132-
foot-wide powerhouse located directly downstream of the existing 
spillway structure containing three new 12.13-megawatt (MW) generating 
units for a total generating capacity of 36.4 MW; (4) a new 
approximately 8.4-mile-long, 69-kilovolt transmission line; and (5) 
appurtenant facilities. The estimated average annual generation would 
be 158,000 megawatt hours.
    The project would be operated in run-of-river mode in that it would 
have no storage and only use flows released by the Corps in accordance 
with its present operations.
    o. A copy of the application is on file with the Commission and is 
available for public inspection. This filing may also be viewed on the 
Web at https://www.ferc.gov using the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the 
docket number, excluding the last three digits in the docket number 
filed to access the documents. For assistance, please contact FERC 
Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free 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.
    p. 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.
    q. Procedural schedule and final amendments: The application will 
be processed according to the following Hydro Licensing Schedule. 
Revisions to the schedule will be made as appropriate. The Commission 
staff proposes to issue one environmental assessment rather than issue 
a draft and final EA. Comments, terms and conditions, recommendations, 
prescriptions, and reply comments, if any, will be addressed in an EA. 
Staff intends to give at least 30 days for entities to comment on the 
EA, and will take into consideration all comments received on the EA 
before final action is taken on the license application.
    Issue Acceptance or Deficiency Letter--May 2009.
    Issue Scoping Document--October 2009.
    Notice of application is ready for environmental analysis--January 
2010.
    Notice of the availability of the EA--November 2010.
    Final amendments: Final amendments to the application must be filed 
with the Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance date of the 
notice of ready for environmental analysis.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-5556 Filed 3-13-09; 8:45 am]
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