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Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 104 / Tuesday, June 2, 2009 / Notices the particular application to which the filing refers. A copy of any motion to intervene must also be served upon each representative of the Applicant specified in the particular application. p. Agency Comments—Federal, state, and local agencies are invited to file comments on the described application. A copy of the application may be obtained by agencies directly from the Applicant. If an agency does not file comments within the time specified for filing comments, it will be presumed to have no comments. One copy of an agency’s comments must also be sent to the Applicant’s representatives. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. E9–12699 Filed 6–1–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. P–12495–002] Cascade Creek, LLC; Notice of Scoping Meeting and Site Visit and Soliciting Scoping Comments for an Applicant Prepared Environmental Assessment Using the Alternative Licensing Process; Notice of Intent To Prepare Environmental Impact Statement May 26, 2009. a. Type of Application: Alternative Licensing Process. b. Project No.: 12495–002. c. Applicant: Cascade Creek, LLC. d. Name of Project: Cascade Creek Hydroelectric Project. e. Location: On Swan Lake and Cascade Creek, approximately 15 miles northeast of Petersburg, Alaska. The project would occupy lands of the Tongass National Forest. f. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 USC 791(a)–825(r). g. Applicant Contact: Chris Spens, Project Manager, Cascade Creek LLC, 3633 Alderwood Ave., Bellingham, WA 98225; 360–738–9999, e-mail: cspens@thomasbayhydro.com. h. FERC Contact: David Turner, at (202) 502–6091. i. Deadline for filing scoping comments: July 20, 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. The Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure require all interveners filing documents with the Commission VerDate Nov<24>2008 16:43 Jun 01, 2009 Jkt 217001 to serve a copy of that document on each person on the official service list for the project. Further, if an intervener 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. Scoping 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/docs-filing/ ferconline.asp) under the ‘‘e-filing’’ link. For a simpler method of submitting text only comments, click on ‘‘Quick Comment.’’ j. The project would consist of: (1) Swan Lake, with a high-flood lake surface elevation of 1,520 feet and surface area of 579 acres at the highflood elevation; (2) a 9-foot-diameter lake siphon on Swan Lake, housed in a 46-foot-long, 34-foot-wide, and 25-foothigh concrete intake control structure that would also provide for a helicopter landing area; (3) approximately 3 miles of predominately-unlined rock tunnel; (4) a 600-foot-long, 9-foot-diameter buried steel penstock; (5) a 120-footlong, 60-foot-wide powerhouse with three 23-MW vertical-shaft pelton-type turbines; (6) two housing units for construction workers; (7) a 400-footlong, 40-foot-wide tailrace connecting the powerhouse to Thomas Bay; (8) new dock and/or road facilities; (9) a transmission line beginning at the powerhouse and extending via a combination of overhead and underwater lines to the existing Scow Bay substation in Petersburg; and (10) appurtenant facilities. k. Scoping Process Cascade Creek, LLC (Cascade Creek) is using the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (Commission) alternative licensing process (ALP). Under the ALP, Cascade Creek will prepare an Applicant Prepared Environmental Assessment (APEA) and license application for the Cascade Creek Hydroelectric Project. Although Cascade Creek’s intent is to prepare an EA, the Commission will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the project. This meeting will satisfy the NEPA scoping requirements. The purpose of this notice is to inform you of the opportunity to participate in the upcoming scoping meetings identified below, and to solicit your scoping comments. PO 00000 Frm 00027 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 26387 Scoping Meetings Cascade Creek and the Commission staff will hold two scoping meetings, one in the daytime and one in the evening, to help us identify the scope of issues to be addressed in the APEA. The daytime scoping meeting will focus on resource agency concerns, while the evening scoping meeting is primarily for public input. All interested individuals, organizations, and agencies are invited to attend one or both of the meetings, and to assist the staff in identifying the environmental issues that should be analyzed in the APEA. The times and locations of these meetings are as follows: Daytime Meeting: Thursday, June 18, 2009, 9 a.m., Tides Inn, 307 North 1st St., Petersburg, AK 99833. Evening Meeting: Thursday, June 18, 2009, 7 p.m., Tides Inn, 307 North 1st St., Petersburg, AK 99833. To help focus discussions, Scoping Document 1 was mailed May 22, 2009, outlining the subject areas to be addressed in the APEA to the parties on the mailing list. Copies of the SD1 also will be available at the scoping meetings. SD1 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. 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. Based on all written comments received, a Scoping Document 2 (SD2) may be issued. SD2 will include a revised list of issues, based on the scoping sessions. Objectives At the scoping meetings, the staff will: (1) Summarize the environmental issues tentatively identified for analysis in the APEA; (2) solicit from the meeting participants all available information, especially quantifiable data, on the resources at issue; (3) encourage statements from experts and the public on issues that should be analyzed in the APEA, including viewpoints in opposition to, or in support of, the staff’s preliminary views; (4) determine E:\FR\FM\02JNN1.SGM 02JNN1 26388 Federal Register / Vol. 74, No. 104 / Tuesday, June 2, 2009 / Notices the resource issues to be addressed in the APEA; and (5) identify those issues that require a detailed analysis, as well as those issues that do not require a detailed analysis. Procedures The meetings will be recorded by a stenographer and will become part of the formal record of the Commission proceeding on the project. Individuals, organizations, and agencies with environmental expertise and concerns are encouraged to attend the meetings and to assist Cascade Creek in defining and clarifying the issues to be addressed in the APEA. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. E9–12702 Filed 6–1–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Combined Notice of Filings #1 May 21, 2009. Take notice that the Commission received the following electric rate filings: Docket Numbers: ER09–172–004; ER09–173–004; ER06–1355–004; ER09– 174–002. Applicants: Evergreen Wind Power, LLC, Canandaigua Power Partners LLC, Evergreen Wind Power V, LLC, Canandaigua Power Partners II, LLC. Description: Notification of Change in Status of Canandaigua Power Partners LLC, et al. Filed Date: 05/15/2009. Accession Number: 20090515–5145. Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Friday, June 05, 2009. Docket Numbers: ER09–747–001. Applicants: Robbins Energy LLC. Description: Robbins Energy, LLC submits First Substitute Original Sheet 1 and 6 to FERC Rate Schedule 1, to be effective 7/1/09. Filed Date: 05/18/2009. Accession Number: 20090519–0168. Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, June 08, 2009. Docket Numbers: ER09–1168–000. Applicants: Public Service Company of New Mexico. Description: Public Service Company of New Mexico submits First Revised Service Agreement 320 to FERC Electric Tariff, Second Revised Volume 6. Filed Date: 05/18/2009. Accession Number: 20090519–0218. Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, June 08, 2009. VerDate Nov<24>2008 16:43 Jun 01, 2009 Jkt 217001 Docket Numbers: ER09–1169–000. Applicants: Puget Sound Energy, Inc. Description: Puget Sound Energy, Inc submits an Amendment 2 to the Facilities and Interconnection Agreement dated as of 2/2/09. Filed Date: 05/18/2009. Accession Number: 20090519–0164. Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, June 08, 2009. Docket Numbers: ER09–1170–000. Applicants: Portland General Electric Company. Description: Portland General Electric Co submits modifications to its Open Access Transmission Tariff, FERC Electric Tariff, Third Revised Volume 8. Filed Date: 05/18/2009. Accession Number: 20090519–0165. Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Monday, June 08, 2009. 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. 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 PO 00000 Frm 00028 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 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 dockets(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. Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., Deputy Secretary. [FR Doc. E9–12727 Filed 6–1–09; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Combined Notice of Filings May 19, 2009. Take notice that the Commission has received the following Natural Gas Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings: Docket Numbers: RP09–589–000. Applicants: Midcontinent Express Pipeline LLC. Description: Midcontinent Express Pipeline, LLC submits two amendments to existing negotiated rate Transportation Rate Schedule FTS Agreement with Enjet, Inc. Filed Date: 05/14/2009. Accession Number: 20090514–0127. Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Tuesday, May 26, 2009. Docket Numbers: RP09–590–000. Applicants: Southeast Supply Header, LLC. Description: Southeast Supply Header, LLC submits First Revised Sheet 345 to its FERC Gas Tariff, Original Volume 1, to be effective 6/15/ 09. Filed Date: 05/15/2009. Accession Number: 20090518–0111. Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, May 27, 2009. Docket Numbers: RP09–591–000. Applicants: Texas Eastern Transmission LP. Description: Texas Eastern Transmission, LP submits Second Revised Sheet 515 and 633 to its FERC Gas Tariff, Seventh Revised Volume 1, to be effective 6/15/09. Filed Date: 05/15/2009. Accession Number: 20090518–0110. Comment Date: 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Wednesday, May 27, 2009. Docket Numbers: RP09–592–000. Applicants: Questar Southern Trails Pipeline Company. Description: Questar Southern Trails Pipeline Company submits First Revised E:\FR\FM\02JNN1.SGM 02JNN1

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[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 104 (Tuesday, June 2, 2009)]
[Notices]
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From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-12702]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. P-12495-002]


Cascade Creek, LLC; Notice of Scoping Meeting and Site Visit and 
Soliciting Scoping Comments for an Applicant Prepared Environmental 
Assessment Using the Alternative Licensing Process; Notice of Intent To 
Prepare Environmental Impact Statement

May 26, 2009.
    a. Type of Application: Alternative Licensing Process.
    b. Project No.: 12495-002.
    c. Applicant: Cascade Creek, LLC.
    d. Name of Project: Cascade Creek Hydroelectric Project.
    e. Location: On Swan Lake and Cascade Creek, approximately 15 miles 
northeast of Petersburg, Alaska. The project would occupy lands of the 
Tongass National Forest.
    f. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 USC 791(a)-825(r).
    g. Applicant Contact: Chris Spens, Project Manager, Cascade Creek 
LLC, 3633 Alderwood Ave., Bellingham, WA 98225; 360-738-9999, e-mail: 
cspens@thomasbayhydro.com.
    h. FERC Contact: David Turner, at (202) 502-6091.
    i. Deadline for filing scoping comments: July 20, 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.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all 
interveners filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of 
that document on each person on the official service list for the 
project. Further, if an intervener 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.
    Scoping 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/docs-filing/ferconline.asp) under the 
``e-filing'' link. For a simpler method of submitting text only 
comments, click on ``Quick Comment.''
    j. The project would consist of: (1) Swan Lake, with a high-flood 
lake surface elevation of 1,520 feet and surface area of 579 acres at 
the high-flood elevation; (2) a 9-foot-diameter lake siphon on Swan 
Lake, housed in a 46-foot-long, 34-foot-wide, and 25-foot-high concrete 
intake control structure that would also provide for a helicopter 
landing area; (3) approximately 3 miles of predominately-unlined rock 
tunnel; (4) a 600-foot-long, 9-foot-diameter buried steel penstock; (5) 
a 120-foot-long, 60-foot-wide powerhouse with three 23-MW vertical-
shaft pelton-type turbines; (6) two housing units for construction 
workers; (7) a 400-foot-long, 40-foot-wide tailrace connecting the 
powerhouse to Thomas Bay; (8) new dock and/or road facilities; (9) a 
transmission line beginning at the powerhouse and extending via a 
combination of overhead and underwater lines to the existing Scow Bay 
substation in Petersburg; and (10) appurtenant facilities.
    k. Scoping Process
    Cascade Creek, LLC (Cascade Creek) is using the Federal Energy 
Regulatory Commission's (Commission) alternative licensing process 
(ALP). Under the ALP, Cascade Creek will prepare an Applicant Prepared 
Environmental Assessment (APEA) and license application for the Cascade 
Creek Hydroelectric Project.
    Although Cascade Creek's intent is to prepare an EA, the Commission 
will prepare an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) for the project. 
This meeting will satisfy the NEPA scoping requirements.
    The purpose of this notice is to inform you of the opportunity to 
participate in the upcoming scoping meetings identified below, and to 
solicit your scoping comments.

Scoping Meetings

    Cascade Creek and the Commission staff will hold two scoping 
meetings, one in the daytime and one in the evening, to help us 
identify the scope of issues to be addressed in the APEA.
    The daytime scoping meeting will focus on resource agency concerns, 
while the evening scoping meeting is primarily for public input. All 
interested individuals, organizations, and agencies are invited to 
attend one or both of the meetings, and to assist the staff in 
identifying the environmental issues that should be analyzed in the 
APEA. The times and locations of these meetings are as follows:

Daytime Meeting: Thursday, June 18, 2009, 9 a.m., Tides Inn, 307 North 
1st St., Petersburg, AK 99833.
Evening Meeting: Thursday, June 18, 2009, 7 p.m., Tides Inn, 307 North 
1st St., Petersburg, AK 99833.

    To help focus discussions, Scoping Document 1 was mailed May 22, 
2009, outlining the subject areas to be addressed in the APEA to the 
parties on the mailing list. Copies of the SD1 also will be available 
at the scoping meetings. SD1 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.
    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.
    Based on all written comments received, a Scoping Document 2 (SD2) 
may be issued. SD2 will include a revised list of issues, based on the 
scoping sessions.

Objectives

    At the scoping meetings, the staff will: (1) Summarize the 
environmental issues tentatively identified for analysis in the APEA; 
(2) solicit from the meeting participants all available information, 
especially quantifiable data, on the resources at issue; (3) encourage 
statements from experts and the public on issues that should be 
analyzed in the APEA, including viewpoints in opposition to, or in 
support of, the staff's preliminary views; (4) determine

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the resource issues to be addressed in the APEA; and (5) identify those 
issues that require a detailed analysis, as well as those issues that 
do not require a detailed analysis.

Procedures

    The meetings will be recorded by a stenographer and will become 
part of the formal record of the Commission proceeding on the project.
    Individuals, organizations, and agencies with environmental 
expertise and concerns are encouraged to attend the meetings and to 
assist Cascade Creek in defining and clarifying the issues to be 
addressed in the APEA.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-12702 Filed 6-1-09; 8:45 am]
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