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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 2932–035]
S.D. Warren Company; Notice of
Application for Amendment of License
and Soliciting Comments, Motions To
Intervene, and Protests
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August 14, 2009.
Take notice that the following
hydroelectric application has been filed
with the Commission and is available
for public inspection:
a. Application Type: Amendment to
Recreation Plan and Extension of Time
Request.
b. Project No: 2932–035.
c. Date Filed: May 12, 2009.
d. Applicant: S.D. Warren Company.
e. Name of Project: Mallison Falls.
f. Location: The Project is located on
the Presumpscot River in Cumberland
County near the city of Gorham, Maine.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act, 16 U.S.C. 791a—825r.
h. Applicant Contact: Thomas P.
Howard, Sappi Fine Paper North
America, Westbrook Mill, S.D. Warren
Company, 89 Cumberland Street, P.O.
Box 5000, Westbrook, Maine 04098–
1597, (207) 856–4000.
i. FERC Contact: Jaime Blakesley,
Telephone 312–596–4441, and e-mail:
jaime.blakesley@ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing comments,
motions to intervene, and protest:
September 14, 2009.
All documents (original and eight
copies) should be filed with: 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 whose name appears 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. A copy of any
motion to intervene must also be served
upon each representative of the
Applicant specified in the particular
application.
k. Description of Request: S.D. Warren
Company requests Commission
approval to amend the approved
recreation plan to remove a requirement
to install a pedestrian bridge for angler
access in the bypass reach of the project.
The licensee also requests an extension
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of time to complete specific required
recreational improvements, including: a
formal canoe portage trail with signage
along Gorham shoreline, signage for
formal parking at existing boat access
downstream of dam, a car-top access
site upstream of dam, parking near
Mallison Road and Canal Street, and a
car-top boat launch and take-out site
next to an existing bridge abutment and
roadside pull-out.
l. Locations of the Application: A
copy of the application is available for
inspection and reproduction at the
Commission’s Public Reference Room,
located at 888 First Street, NE., Room
2A, Washington, DC 20426, or by calling
(202) 502–8371. This filing may also 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. 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, call 1–866–208–3372 or
e-mail FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov,
for TTY, call (202) 502–8659. A copy is
also available for inspection and
reproduction at the address in item (h)
above.
m. Individuals desiring to be included
on the Commission’s mailing list should
so indicate by writing to the Secretary
of the Commission.
n. Comments, Protests, or Motions to
Intervene: Anyone may submit
comments, a protest, or a motion to
intervene in accordance with the
requirements of Rules of Practice and
Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, .214.
In determining the appropriate action to
take, the Commission will consider all
protests or other comments filed, but
only those who file a motion to
intervene in accordance with the
Commission’s Rules may become a
party to the proceeding. Any comments,
protests, or motions to intervene must
be received on or before the specified
comment date for the particular
application.
o. Any filings must bear in all capital
letters the title ‘‘COMMENTS’’,
‘‘PROTEST’’, or ‘‘MOTION TO
INTERVENE’’, as applicable, and the
Project Number of the particular
application to which the filing refers.
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
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have no comments. One copy of an
agency’s comments must also be sent to
the Applicant’s representatives.
q. Comments, protests and
interventions 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.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 2211–004]
Duke Energy Indiana, Inc.; Notice of
Scoping Meetings and Site Visit and
Soliciting Scoping Comments
August 17, 2009.
Take notice that the following
hydroelectric application has been filed
with Commission and is available for
public inspection:
a. Type of Application: New Major
License.
b. Project No.: 2211–004.
c. Date filed: April 24, 2009.
d. Applicant: Duke Energy Indiana,
Inc.
e. Name of Project: Markland
Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: the Ohio River in
Switzerland County, Indiana, near the
towns of Florence and Vevay, Indiana,
and Warsaw, Kentucky. The project
affects about 1 acre of Federal lands
administered by the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Tamara Styer,
Duke Energy, Mail Code: EC12Y, P.O.
Box 1006, Charlotte, NC 28201–1006,
(704) 382–0293 or tsstyer@dukeenergy.com.
i. FERC Contact: Dianne Rodman,
(202) 502–6077 or
Dianne.rodman@ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing scoping
comments: October 19, 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
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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.’’
k. This application is not ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
l. The existing Markland
Hydroelectric Project consists of a
powerhouse integrated into the north
end of the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers’ (Corps) Markland dam,
which was constructed by the Corps
between 1959 and 1964. The project has
a total installed capacity of 64.8
megawatts (MW) and produces an
average annual generation of 350,454
megawatt-hours. All generated power is
utilized within the applicant’s electric
utility system. The project operates in
run-of-release mode, has no storage, and
only uses flows released by the Corps.
The project consists of the following
facilities: (1) A 96-foot-high, 248-footwide intake structure, with steel
trashrack panels installed along the east
side, directing flows to the connected
powerhouse; (2) a powerhouse, integral
to the Corps’ Markland dam, containing
three vertical shaft Kaplan turbine/
generator units with a total installed
capacity of 64.8 MW; (3) a tailrace
discharging flows immediately
downstream of the dam; (4) a substation
about 250 feet north of the powerhouse;
(5) an approximately 750-foot-long
existing access road; (6) a 9.37-milelong, 138-kilovolt transmission line in a
100-foot-wide right-of-way extending to
Fairview, Indiana; and (7) appurtenant
facilities. The applicant is proposing to
add a new, approximately 300-foot-long
access road, leading to a new parking
area for recreation use at the tailrace of
the dam.
m. 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-
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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.
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. Scoping Process:
The Commission intends to prepare
an Environmental Assessment (EA) on
the project in accordance with the
National Environmental Policy Act. The
EA will consider both site-specific and
cumulative environmental impacts and
reasonable alternatives to the proposed
action.
Scoping Meetings
FERC staff will conduct one agency
scoping meeting and one public
meeting. The agency scoping meeting
will focus on resource agency and nongovernmental organization (NGO)
concerns, while the public 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
scope of the environmental issues that
should be analyzed in the EA. The times
and locations of these meetings are as
follows:
Agency Scoping Meeting
Date: Thursday, September 17, 2009.
Time: 9 a.m.
Place: Best Western Ogle Haus
Meeting Rooms.
Address: 1013 W. Main St., Vevay,
Indiana.
Public Scoping Meeting
Site Visit
The Applicant and FERC staff will
conduct a project site visit beginning at
1 p.m. on September 17, 2009. All
interested individuals, organizations,
and agencies are invited to attend. All
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participants should meet at the parking
lot of the Markland Hydroelectric
Project, 13901 State Highway 156,
Florence, Indiana. All participants are
responsible for their own transportation
to the site. Anyone with questions about
the site visit should contact Ms. Tamara
Styer of Duke Energy at (704) 382–0293.
Objectives
At the scoping meetings, the staff will:
(1) Summarize the environmental issues
tentatively identified for analysis in the
EA; (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
EA, including viewpoints in opposition
to, or in support of, the staff’s
preliminary views; (4) determine the
resource issues to be addressed in the
EA; 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 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 meeting and to assist the staff in
defining and clarifying the issues to be
addressed in the EA.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Date: Thursday, September 17, 2009.
Time: 7 p.m.
Place: Best Western Ogle Haus
Meeting Rooms.
Address: 1013 W. Main St., Vevay,
Indiana.
Copies of the Scoping Document
(SD1) outlining the subject areas to be
addressed in the EIS were distributed to
the parties on the Commission’s mailing
list. Copies of the SD1 will be available
at the scoping meeting or may be
viewed on the Web at https://
www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link
(see item m above).
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Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 13545–000]
Free Flow Power Ohio River 8, LLC;
Notice of Preliminary Permit
Application Accepted for Filing and
Soliciting Comments, Motions To
Intervene, and Competing Applications
August 14, 2009.
On July 14, 2009, Free Flow Power
Ohio River 8, LLC filed an application
for a preliminary permit, pursuant to
section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act,
proposing to study the feasibility of the
Whiskey Bay Hydrokinetic Energy
Project, located on the Atchafalaya
River, Saint Landry, Saint Martin, and
Iberville Parishes, Louisiana. The sole
purpose of a preliminary permit, if
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2211-004]
Duke Energy Indiana, Inc.; Notice of Scoping Meetings and Site
Visit and Soliciting Scoping Comments
August 17, 2009.
Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been
filed with Commission and is available for public inspection:
a. Type of Application: New Major License.
b. Project No.: 2211-004.
c. Date filed: April 24, 2009.
d. Applicant: Duke Energy Indiana, Inc.
e. Name of Project: Markland Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: the Ohio River in Switzerland County, Indiana, near
the towns of Florence and Vevay, Indiana, and Warsaw, Kentucky. The
project affects about 1 acre of Federal lands administered by the U.S.
Army Corps of Engineers.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).
h. Applicant Contact: Tamara Styer, Duke Energy, Mail Code: EC12Y,
P.O. Box 1006, Charlotte, NC 28201-1006, (704) 382-0293 or
energy.com">tsstyer@duke-energy.com.
i. FERC Contact: Dianne Rodman, (202) 502-6077 or
Dianne.rodman@ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing scoping comments: October 19, 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
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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.''
k. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this
time.
l. The existing Markland Hydroelectric Project consists of a
powerhouse integrated into the north end of the U.S. Army Corps of
Engineers' (Corps) Markland dam, which was constructed by the Corps
between 1959 and 1964. The project has a total installed capacity of
64.8 megawatts (MW) and produces an average annual generation of
350,454 megawatt-hours. All generated power is utilized within the
applicant's electric utility system. The project operates in run-of-
release mode, has no storage, and only uses flows released by the
Corps.
The project consists of the following facilities: (1) A 96-foot-
high, 248-foot-wide intake structure, with steel trashrack panels
installed along the east side, directing flows to the connected
powerhouse; (2) a powerhouse, integral to the Corps' Markland dam,
containing three vertical shaft Kaplan turbine/generator units with a
total installed capacity of 64.8 MW; (3) a tailrace discharging flows
immediately downstream of the dam; (4) a substation about 250 feet
north of the powerhouse; (5) an approximately 750-foot-long existing
access road; (6) a 9.37-mile-long, 138-kilovolt transmission line in a
100-foot-wide right-of-way extending to Fairview, Indiana; and (7)
appurtenant facilities. The applicant is proposing to add a new,
approximately 300-foot-long access road, leading to a new parking area
for recreation use at the tailrace of the dam.
m. 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.
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. Scoping Process:
The Commission intends to prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA)
on the project in accordance with the National Environmental Policy
Act. The EA will consider both site-specific and cumulative
environmental impacts and reasonable alternatives to the proposed
action.
Scoping Meetings
FERC staff will conduct one agency scoping meeting and one public
meeting. The agency scoping meeting will focus on resource agency and
non-governmental organization (NGO) concerns, while the public 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 scope of the
environmental issues that should be analyzed in the EA. The times and
locations of these meetings are as follows:
Agency Scoping Meeting
Date: Thursday, September 17, 2009.
Time: 9 a.m.
Place: Best Western Ogle Haus Meeting Rooms.
Address: 1013 W. Main St., Vevay, Indiana.
Public Scoping Meeting
Date: Thursday, September 17, 2009.
Time: 7 p.m.
Place: Best Western Ogle Haus Meeting Rooms.
Address: 1013 W. Main St., Vevay, Indiana.
Copies of the Scoping Document (SD1) outlining the subject areas to
be addressed in the EIS were distributed to the parties on the
Commission's mailing list. Copies of the SD1 will be available at the
scoping meeting or may be viewed on the Web at https://www.ferc.gov
using the ``eLibrary'' link (see item m above).
Site Visit
The Applicant and FERC staff will conduct a project site visit
beginning at 1 p.m. on September 17, 2009. All interested individuals,
organizations, and agencies are invited to attend. All participants
should meet at the parking lot of the Markland Hydroelectric Project,
13901 State Highway 156, Florence, Indiana. All participants are
responsible for their own transportation to the site. Anyone with
questions about the site visit should contact Ms. Tamara Styer of Duke
Energy at (704) 382-0293.
Objectives
At the scoping meetings, the staff will: (1) Summarize the
environmental issues tentatively identified for analysis in the EA; (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 EA, including viewpoints in opposition to, or in
support of, the staff's preliminary views; (4) determine the resource
issues to be addressed in the EA; 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 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 meeting and to
assist the staff in defining and clarifying the issues to be addressed
in the EA.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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