Northern Illinois Hydropower, LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission, Soliciting Additional Study Requests, and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing and Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments, 20687-20688 [E9-10250]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 85 / Tuesday, May 5, 2009 / Notices The EAC Board of Advisors Virtual Meeting Room was established to enable the Board of Advisors to conduct business in an efficient manner in a public forum, including being able to review and discuss draft documents, when it is not feasible for an in-person board meeting. The Board of Advisors will not take any votes or propose any resolutions during the 5-day forum of May 11–15, 2009. This activity is open to the public. The public may view the proceedings of this forum by visiting the EAC Board of Advisors Virtual Meeting Room at www.eac.gov at any time between Monday, May 11, 2009, 9 a.m. EDT and Friday, May 15, 2009, 9 p.m. EDT. The public also may view the election operations assessment, which will be posted on EAC’s Web site beginning May 11, 2009. The public may file written statements to the eac board of advisors at boardofadvisors@eac.gov. Data on EAC’s Web site is accessible to visitors with disabilities and meets the requirements of section 508 of The Rehabilitation Act. This meeting will be open to the public. PERSON TO CONTACT FOR INFORMATION: Bryan Whitener; Telephone: (202) 566– 3100. Thomas R. Wilkey, Executive Director, U.S. Election Assistance Commission. [FR Doc. E9–10465 Filed 5–1–09; 4:15 pm] BILLING CODE 6820–KF–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 12626–002] Northern Illinois Hydropower, LLC; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission, Soliciting Additional Study Requests, and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing and Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments April 28, 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.: P–12626–002. c. Date Filed: April 1, 2009. d. Applicant: Northern Illinois Hydropower, LLC. e. Name of Project: Dresden Island Project. VerDate Nov<24>2008 23:12 May 04, 2009 Jkt 217001 f. Location: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Dresden Island Dam on the Illinois River, in the Town of Morris, Grundy County, Illinois. The project will affect approximately 7.1 acres of Federal lands. g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). h. Applicant Contact: Damon Zdunich, Northern Illinois Hydropower, LLC, 801 Oakland Avenue, Joliet, IL 60435, (312) 320–1610. i. FERC Contact: Michael Spencer, (202) 502–6093. j. Cooperating Agencies: Federal, State, local, and Tribal agencies with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such requests 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 an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60 days from the date of this notice, and serve a copy of the request on the applicant. l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status: May 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 and requests for cooperating agency status 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 at (https://www.ferc.gov) under the ‘‘eFiling’’ link. For a simpler method of submitting text only comments, click on ‘‘Quick Comment.’’ m. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this time. n. Description of Project: The Dresden Island Project utilize the Corps of Engineer’s existing Dresden Island Dam and reservoir and would consist of: (1) A new 75-ft by 125-ft concrete powerhouse between headgate sections PO 00000 Frm 00017 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 20687 10 through 16 containing three generating units with a total installed capacity of 10.2 MW; (2) a 50-foot by 50foot switchyard adjacent and to the north of the powerhouse building; (3) a new .08-mile-long transmission line; and (4) appurtenant facilities. The project would have an average annual generation of about 60,000 megawatthours. o. A copy of the application 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 three digits in the docket number field to access the document. 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. 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. p. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the Illinois State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as required by section 106, National Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR 800.4. 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 Scoping Document 1 for comments: September 2009. Notice of application ready for environmental analysis: February 2010. Notice of the availability of the draft EA: May 2010. Notice of the availability of the final EA: August 2010. Final amendments to the application must be filed with the Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance E:\FR\FM\05MYN1.SGM 05MYN1 20688 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 85 / Tuesday, May 5, 2009 / Notices date of the notice of ready for environmental analysis. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. E9–10250 Filed 5–4–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. EL09–49–000] The Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control and the Connecticut Office of Consumer Counsel, Complainants v. ISO New England Inc. and Unidentified Installed Capacity Resources Committed to Import Over the Northern New York AC Interface, Respondents; Notice of Complaint April 28, 2009. Take notice that on April 23, 2009, pursuant to section 206 of the Rules and Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.206 (2009), sections 206, 222, and 309 of the Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 824(e), 824(v) and 825(h) (2006), the Connecticut Department of Public Utility Control and the Connecticut Office of Consumer Counsel (collectively, the ‘‘Connecticut Representatives’’), filed a formal complaint against ISO New England Inc. (‘‘ISO–NE’’) and Unidentified Installed Capacity Resources Committed to Import over the Northern New York AC Interface (‘‘NNY Capacity Resources’’) seeking a Commission investigation and hearing into installed capacity resources who received capacity payments but never provided any capacity services when called upon. Connecticut Representatives certify that copies of the complaint were served on the contacts for ISO–NE and New England Power Pool, Inc (‘‘NEPOOL’’), as a representative of the NNY Capacity Resources, as listed on the Commission’s list of Corporate Officials. 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 VerDate Nov<24>2008 23:12 May 04, 2009 Jkt 217001 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. 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 May 11, 2009. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. E9–10253 Filed 5–4–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy [Case No. CAC–021] Energy Conservation Program for Commercial Equipment: Publication of the Petition for Waiver From LG Electronics, Inc. and Granting of the Application for Interim Waiver From the Department of Energy Commercial Package Air Conditioner and Heat Pump Test Procedure AGENCY: Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Department of Energy. ACTION: Notice of petition for waiver, granting of application for interim waiver, and request for comments. SUMMARY: This notice announces receipt of and publishes a Petition for Waiver from LG Electronics, Inc. (LG). The Petition for Waiver (hereafter ‘‘LG Petition’’) requests a waiver from the Department of Energy (DOE) test procedure applicable to commercial package air-cooled central air conditioners and heat pumps. The waiver request is specific to the LG variable capacity Multi V (commercial) multi-split central air conditioners. PO 00000 Frm 00018 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Through this document, DOE is: (1) Soliciting comments, data, and information with respect to the LG Petition; and (2) announcing our determination to grant an Interim Waiver to LG from the applicable DOE test procedure for the subject commercial air-cooled, multi-split air conditioners and heat pumps. DATES: DOE will accept comments, data, and information with respect to the LG Petition until, but no later than June 4, 2009. ADDRESSES: You may submit comments, identified by case number ‘‘CAC–021,’’ by any of the following methods: • Federal eRulemaking Portal: https:// www.regulations.gov. Follow the instructions for submitting comments. • E-mail: AS_Waiver_Requests@ee.doe.gov. Include either the case number [CAC– 021], and/or ‘‘LG Petition’’ in the subject line of the message. • Mail: Ms. Brenda Edwards, U.S. Department of Energy, Building Technologies Program, Mailstop EE–2J/ 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585–0121. Telephone: (202) 586–2945. Please submit one signed original paper copy. • Hand Delivery/Courier: Ms. Brenda Edwards, U.S. Department of Energy, Building Technologies Program, 950 L’Enfant Plaza, SW., Suite 600, Washington, DC 20024. Please submit one signed original paper copy. Instructions: All submissions received must include the agency name and case number for this proceeding. Submit electronic comments in WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, Portable Document Format (PDF), or text (American Standard Code for Information Interchange (ASCII)) file format and avoid the use of special characters or any form of encryption. Wherever possible, include the electronic signature of the author. Absent an electronic signature, comments submitted electronically must be followed and authenticated by submitting the signed original paper document. DOE does not accept telefacsimiles (faxes). Any person submitting written comments must also send a copy of such comments to the petitioner, pursuant to 10 CFR 431.401(d). The contact information for the petitioner is: Mr. John I. Taylor, Vice President, Government Relations, LG Electronics USA, Inc., 1750 K Street, NW., Washington, DC 20006. According to 10 CFR 1004.11, any person submitting information that he or she believes to be confidential and exempt by law from public disclosure E:\FR\FM\05MYN1.SGM 05MYN1

Agencies

[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 85 (Tuesday, May 5, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 20687-20688]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-10250]


=======================================================================
-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 12626-002]


Northern Illinois Hydropower, LLC; Notice of Application Tendered 
for Filing With the Commission, Soliciting Additional Study Requests, 
and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing and Deadline for 
Submission of Final Amendments

April 28, 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.: P-12626-002.
    c. Date Filed: April 1, 2009.
    d. Applicant: Northern Illinois Hydropower, LLC.
    e. Name of Project: Dresden Island Project.
    f. Location: U.S. Army Corps of Engineers Dresden Island Dam on the 
Illinois River, in the Town of Morris, Grundy County, Illinois. The 
project will affect approximately 7.1 acres of Federal lands.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
    h. Applicant Contact: Damon Zdunich, Northern Illinois Hydropower, 
LLC, 801 Oakland Avenue, Joliet, IL 60435, (312) 320-1610.
    i. FERC Contact: Michael Spencer, (202) 502-6093.
    j. Cooperating Agencies: Federal, State, local, and Tribal agencies 
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to 
environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the 
environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such 
requests 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 an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the 
application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person 
must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60 
days from the date of this notice, and serve a copy of the request on 
the applicant.
    l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for 
cooperating agency status: May 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 and requests for cooperating agency 
status 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 
at (https://www.ferc.gov) under the ``eFiling'' link. For a simpler 
method of submitting text only comments, click on ``Quick Comment.''
    m. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this 
time.
    n. Description of Project: The Dresden Island Project utilize the 
Corps of Engineer's existing Dresden Island Dam and reservoir and would 
consist of: (1) A new 75-ft by 125-ft concrete powerhouse between 
headgate sections 10 through 16 containing three generating units with 
a total installed capacity of 10.2 MW; (2) a 50-foot by 50-foot 
switchyard adjacent and to the north of the powerhouse building; (3) a 
new .08-mile-long transmission line; and (4) appurtenant facilities. 
The project would have an average annual generation of about 60,000 
megawatt-hours.
    o. A copy of the application 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 three digits in the docket 
number field to access the document. 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.
    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.
    p. With this notice, we are initiating consultation with the 
Illinois State Historic Preservation Officer (SHPO), as required by 
section 106, National Historic Preservation Act, and the regulations of 
the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 36 CFR 800.4.
    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 Scoping Document 1 for comments: September 2009.
    Notice of application ready for environmental analysis: February 
2010.
    Notice of the availability of the draft EA: May 2010.
    Notice of the availability of the final EA: August 2010.

    Final amendments to the application must be filed with the 
Commission no later than 30 days from the issuance

[[Page 20688]]

date of the notice of ready for environmental analysis.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-10250 Filed 5-4-09; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.