MeadWestvaco Corporation; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing and Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments, 23400-23401 [E9-11570]

Download as PDF 23400 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 95 / Tuesday, May 19, 2009 / Notices protests should relate to project works which are the subject of the license surrender. Agencies may obtain copies of the application directly from the applicant. A copy of any protest or motion to intervene must be served upon each representative of the applicant specified in the particular application. If an intervenor files comments or documents with the Commission relating to the merits of an issue that may affect the responsibilities of a particular resource agency, they must also serve a copy of the document on that resource agency. A copy of all other filings in reference to this application must be accompanied by proof of service on all persons listed in the service list prepared by the Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and 385.2010. p. As provided for in 18 CFR 4.34(b)(5)(i), the applicant must file, no later than 60 days following the date of issuance of this notice of acceptance and ready for environmental analysis: (1) A copy of the water quality certification; (2) a copy of the request for certification, including proof of the date on which the certifying agency received the request; or (3) evidence of waiver of water quality certification. q. e-Filing: Comments, motions to intervene, protests, recommendations, or terms and conditions may be filed electronically via the Internet in lieu of paper. See, 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission’s Web site at https:// www.ferc.gov under the ‘‘e Filing’’ link. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. E9–11571 Filed 5–18–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 2985–006] MeadWestvaco Corporation; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Licensing and Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments May 12, 2009. Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection. a. Type of Application: Subsequent Minor License. b. Project No.: 2985–006. c. Date Filed: April 29, 2009. d. Applicant: MeadWestvaco Corporation. e. Name of Project: Willow Mill Hydroelectric Project. f. Location: On the Housatonic River in the Town of Stockbridge, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. The project does not affect federal lands. g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). h. Applicant Contact: Thomas A. Beebe, Senior Engineering Project Manager, MeadWestvaco, MW Custom Papers, LLC, P.O. Box 188, South Lee, MA 01260, (413) 243 5938, thomas.beebe@mwv.com. i. FERC Contact: Kristen Murphy, (202) 502–6236 or kristen.murphy@ferc.gov. j. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this time. k. The existing Willow Mill Project consists of: (1) A 14-foot-high, 150-footwide stone masonry gravity dam; (2) an 11-acre impoundment; (3) a 10-footdeep, 18-foot-wide, 50-foot-long rubble and masonry canal connected to a 10foot-deep, 18-foot-wide, 260-foot-long rubble and masonry underground headrace; (4) two 5.5-foot-long, 8-foot diameter steel penstocks; (5) a 100-kW turbine generating unit; and (6) a 210foot-long discharge pipe releasing water back into the Housatonic River. The turbine generating unit is located in the basement of MeadWestvaco’s paper mill. There are no transmission lines associated with the project as all of the power is used for internal use at the Willow Mill. The applicant proposes to continue to operate the project in run-of-river mode with an increase in minimum flow in the 700-foot-long bypass reach from 1.4 cubic feet per second (cfs) to 122 cfs or inflow, whichever is less. The applicant estimates that the total average annual generation, with the proposed minimum flow, would be approximately 256 megawatt-hours. l. 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 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. m. 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. n. Procedural Schedule: The application will be processed according to the following Hydro Licensing Schedule. The Commission staff proposes to issue a single Environmental Assessment (EA) rather than issuing a draft and final EA. The schedule allows 30 days for entities to comment on the EA, and 60 days for agencies to file modified mandatory terms and conditions. Staff will take into consideration all comments and terms and conditions received on the EA before final action is taken on the license application. Revisions to the schedule may be made as appropriate. mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES Milestone Target date Notice of Acceptance and Ready for Environmental Analysis ................................................................................................ Filing interventions, comments, recommendations, preliminary terms and conditions, and fishway prescriptions ................ Notice of availability of the EA ................................................................................................................................................ Filing comments on EA ........................................................................................................................................................... Filing modified terms and conditions ....................................................................................................................................... VerDate Nov<24>2008 16:48 May 18, 2009 Jkt 217001 PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\19MYN1.SGM 19MYN1 June 28, 2009. August 27, 2009. December 25, 2009. January 24, 2010. March 25, 2010. Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 95 / Tuesday, May 19, 2009 / Notices o. 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. E9–11570 Filed 5–18–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 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 June 5, 2009. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. E9–11568 Filed 5–18–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 23401 There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive email 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 15, 2009. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. E9–11569 Filed 5–18–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. QM09–4–000] [Docket Nos. ER09–88–002] Wolverine Power Supply Cooperative, Inc.; Notice of Filing mstockstill on PROD1PC66 with NOTICES May 12, 2009. Take notice that on May 8, 2009, Wolverine Power Supply Cooperative, Inc. filed an application requesting authorization to terminate the mandatory purchase obligation from qualifying facilities with net capacity over twenty megawatts on a service territory-wide basis, pursuant to section 292.310(a). 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 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 VerDate Nov<24>2008 16:48 May 18, 2009 Jkt 217001 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Southern Company Services, Inc.; Notice of Filing May 12, 2009. Take notice that on April 23, 2009, the Southern Company Services, Inc., acting as agent for Alabama Power Company, Georgia Power Company, Gulf Power Company, Mississippi Power Company and Southern Power Company (collectively Southern Companies), filed tariff sheets to its Market Based Rate Tariff, to be effective April 23, 2009, pursuant to the Commission’s, March 25, 2009, Order, Southern Co. Svcs., Inc., 126 FERC ¶ 61,274 (2009) (March 25 Order). 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. Anyone filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant and all the parties in this proceeding. 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. PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket Nos. EL07–56–008; EL07–58–008] Organization of PJM States, Inc. v. PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.; Notice of Filing May 12, 2009. Take notice that on May 11, 2009, the Pennsylvania Public Utility Commission filed a State of Certification as required by sections 18.17.4 of the Amended and Restated Operating Agreement of PJM Interconnection, L.L.C. and the Commission’s Order, Organization of PJM States, Inc. v. PJM Interconnection, L.L.C., 123 FERC ¶ 61,235 (2008). 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. Anyone filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant and all the parties in this proceeding. 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 E:\FR\FM\19MYN1.SGM 19MYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 95 (Tuesday, May 19, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 23400-23401]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-11570]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2985-006]

MeadWestvaco Corporation; Notice of Application Tendered for
Filing With the Commission and Establishing Procedural Schedule for
Licensing and Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments

May 12, 2009.
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Subsequent Minor License.
b. Project No.: 2985-006.
c. Date Filed: April 29, 2009.
d. Applicant: MeadWestvaco Corporation.
e. Name of Project: Willow Mill Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Housatonic River in the Town of Stockbridge,
Berkshire County, Massachusetts. The project does not affect federal
lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Thomas A. Beebe, Senior Engineering Project
Manager, MeadWestvaco, MW Custom Papers, LLC, P.O. Box 188, South Lee,
MA 01260, (413) 243 5938, thomas.beebe@mwv.com.
i. FERC Contact: Kristen Murphy, (202) 502-6236 or
kristen.murphy@ferc.gov.
j. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
k. The existing Willow Mill Project consists of: (1) A 14-foot-
high, 150-foot-wide stone masonry gravity dam; (2) an 11-acre
impoundment; (3) a 10-foot-deep, 18-foot-wide, 50-foot-long rubble and
masonry canal connected to a 10-foot-deep, 18-foot-wide, 260-foot-long
rubble and masonry underground headrace; (4) two 5.5-foot-long, 8-foot
diameter steel penstocks; (5) a 100-kW turbine generating unit; and (6)
a 210-foot-long discharge pipe releasing water back into the Housatonic
River. The turbine generating unit is located in the basement of
MeadWestvaco's paper mill. There are no transmission lines associated
with the project as all of the power is used for internal use at the
Willow Mill.
The applicant proposes to continue to operate the project in run-
of-river mode with an increase in minimum flow in the 700-foot-long
bypass reach from 1.4 cubic feet per second (cfs) to 122 cfs or inflow,
whichever is less. The applicant estimates that the total average
annual generation, with the proposed minimum flow, would be
approximately 256 megawatt-hours.
l. 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 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.
m. 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.
n. Procedural Schedule: The application will be processed according
to the following Hydro Licensing Schedule. The Commission staff
proposes to issue a single Environmental Assessment (EA) rather than
issuing a draft and final EA. The schedule allows 30 days for entities
to comment on the EA, and 60 days for agencies to file modified
mandatory terms and conditions. Staff will take into consideration all
comments and terms and conditions received on the EA before final
action is taken on the license application. Revisions to the schedule
may be made as appropriate.

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Milestone Target date
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Notice of Acceptance and Ready for June 28, 2009.
Environmental Analysis.
Filing interventions, comments, August 27, 2009.
recommendations, preliminary terms
and conditions, and fishway
prescriptions.
Notice of availability of the EA.... December 25, 2009.
Filing comments on EA............... January 24, 2010.
Filing modified terms and conditions March 25, 2010.
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o. 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. E9-11570 Filed 5-18-09; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717-01-P

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