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Therefore, the preparation of an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
is not required. Site-specific, focused
Environmental Assessments (EA’s) will
be tiered from the PEA to evaluate sitespecific impacts at individual
MARFORRES facilities identified as
having the potential for the
development of wind energy.
DATES: Effective date: These findings are
effective as of July 12, 2011.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Alain D. Flexer, Energy Manager,
Marine Forces Reserve, 2000 Opelousas,
New Orleans, LA 70146, 504–697–9571;
(this is not a toll-free number).
Dated: July 12, 2011.
L.M. Senay,
Lieutenant, Judge Advocate General’s Corps,
U.S. Navy, Federal Register Liaison Officer.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 12711–003]
Ocean Renewable Power Company,
LLC; Notice Concluding Pre-Filing
Process and Approving Process Plan
And Schedule
a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to
File Application for License for a
Hydrokinetic Pilot Project.
b. Project No.: 12711–003.
c. Dated Filed: July 24, 2009.
d. Submitted By: Ocean Renewable
Power Company, LLC.
e. Name of Project: Cobscook Bay
Tidal Energy Project.
f. Location: In Cobscook Bay, in
Washington County, Maine. The project
would not occupy federal lands.
g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 5.3 and
5.5 of the Commission’s regulations.
h. Applicant Contact: Christopher R.
Sauer, Ocean Renewable Power
Company, LLC, 120 Exchange Street,
Suite 508, Portland, Maine 04101, (207)
772–7707.
i. FERC Contact: Timothy Konnert
(202) 502–6359.
j. Ocean Renewable Power Company,
LLC (ORPC) has filed with the
Commission: (1) A notice of intent (NOI)
to file an application for a pilot
hydrokinetic hydropower project and a
draft license application with
monitoring plans; (2) a request for
waivers of certain Integrated Licensing
Process (ILP) regulations necessary for
expedited processing of a license
application for a hydrokinetic pilot
project; (3) a proposed process plan and
schedule; and (4) a request to be
designated as the non-federal
representative for section 7 of the
Endangered Species Act consultation
and for section 106 consultation under
the National Historic Preservation Act.
k. A notice was issued on August 7,
2009, soliciting comments on the draft
license application from agencies and
stakeholders. Comments were filed by
federal and state agencies, and nongovernmental organizations. No
comments were filed opposing the
request to waive the ILP regulations or
the proposed process plan and
schedule.
l. ORPC was designated as the nonfederal representative for section 7 of
the Endangered Species Act
consultation and for section 106
consultation under the National Historic
Preservation Act on August 7, 2009.
m. ORPC proposes a two-phased
development approach for the Cobscook
Bay Tidal Energy Project. The project
would consist of: (1) A single 5-meterdiameter axial flow Kinetic System
turbine generator unit (TGU) mounted
on a triframe mount, with a rated
capacity of 60 kilowatts (kW), in Phase
1; (2) four 5-meter-diameter axial flow
Kinetic System TGUs mounted on
triframe mounts, with a rated capacity
of 60 kW each, in Phase 2; (3) a direct
current power and data cable
approximately 3,800 feet long (3,600
feet underwater and 200 feet on shore)
extending from the TGUs to the onshore
station house; (4) an on-shore building
32 feet wide by 35 feet long, housing the
SatCon power inverter and the
supervisory control and data acquisition
(SCADA) system; and (5) appurtenant
facilities for navigation safety and
operation. The project would have a
total rated capacity of 300 kW, with an
estimated annual generation between
1,200,000 and 1,300,000 kilowatt-hours.
n. The pre-filing process has been
concluded and the requisite regulations
have been waived such that the process
and schedule indicated below can be
implemented.
o. Post-filing process schedule. The
post-filing process will be conducted
pursuant to the following schedule.
Revisions to the schedule may be made
as needed.
Milestones
Dates
Final license application expected ...........................................................................................................................................
Issue notice of acceptance and ready for environmental analysis and request for interventions ..........................................
Issue biological assessment ....................................................................................................................................................
Recommendations, conditions, comments and interventions due ..........................................................................................
Issue notice of availability of environmental assessment .......................................................................................................
Comments due and 10(j) resolution, if needed .......................................................................................................................
August 31, 2011.
September 15, 2011.
September 15, 2011.
October 15, 2011.
December 14, 2011.
January 13, 2011.
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p. Register online at https://ferc.gov/
esubscribenow.htm to be notified via email of new filing and issuances related
to this or other pending projects. For
assistance, contact FERC Online
Support.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Dated: July 12, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
Records Governing Off-the-Record;
Public Notice
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[Docket No. RM98–1–000]
This constitutes notice, in accordance
with 18 CFR 385.2201(b), of the receipt
of prohibited and exempt off-the-record
communications.
Order No. 607 (64 FR 51222,
September 22, 1999) requires
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Commission decisional employees, who
make or receive a prohibited or exempt
off-the-record communication relevant
to the merits of a contested proceeding,
to deliver to the Secretary of the
Commission, a copy of the
communication, if written, or a
summary of the substance of any oral
communication.
Prohibited communications are
included in a public, non-decisional file
associated with, but not a part of, the
decisional record of the proceeding.
Unless the Commission determines that
the prohibited communication and any
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responses thereto should become a part
of the decisional record, the prohibited
off-the-record communication will not
be considered by the Commission in
reaching its decision. Parties to a
proceeding may seek the opportunity to
respond to any facts or contentions
made in a prohibited off-the-record
communication, and may request that
the Commission place the prohibited
communication and responses thereto
in the decisional record. The
Commission will grant such a request
only when it determines that fairness so
requires. Any person identified below as
having made a prohibited off-the-record
communication shall serve the
document on all parties listed on the
official service list for the applicable
proceeding in accordance with Rule
2010, 18 CFR 385.2010.
Exempt off-the-record
communications are included in the
decisional record of the proceeding,
unless the communication was with a
cooperating agency as described by 40
CFR 1501.6, made under 18 CFR
385.2201(e)(1)(v).
The following is a list of off-therecord communications recently
received by the Secretary of the
Commission. The communications
listed are grouped by docket numbers in
ascending order. These filings are
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, please contact
FERC, Online Support at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll
free at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY,
contact (202) 502–8659.
Docket No.
1.
2.
3.
4.
File date
CP11–46–000 ......................................................................................................................................
CP11–161–000 ....................................................................................................................................
CP11–485–000 ....................................................................................................................................
ER11–1791–000 ..................................................................................................................................
7–6–11
7–1–11
6–28–11
6–20–11
5. P–2299–000 ........................................................................................................................................
7–1–11
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Raymond Bransfield.
Kevin Bowman.1
Gertrude F. Johnson.
Hon. Tim Walberg, et
al.
Hon. Chris Vierra.
of telephone conversation.
Dated: July 12, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP11–506–000]
Texas Eastern Transmission, LP;
Notice of Request Under Blanket
Authorization
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Presenter or
requester
Take notice that on July 1, 2011,
Texas Eastern Transmission, LP (Texas
Eastern), filed an application pursuant
to sections 157.205, 157.208, and
157.210 of the Commission’s
regulations, requesting authorization to
uprate the existing electric compressor
unit at its Kosciusko Compressor Station
from 12,500 horsepower (hp) to 16,875
hp and effectively increase the
certificated capacity at the Kosciusko
Compressor Station by 4,375 hp from
47,500 hp to 51,875 hp, all as more fully
set forth in the application which is on
file with the Commission. The 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 field to access the
document. For assistance, contact FERC
at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call
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toll-free, (866) 208–3676 or TTY, (202)
502–8659.
Any questions regarding this prior
notice should be directed to Lisa A.
Connolly, General Manager, Rates &
Certificates, Texas Eastern
Transmission, LP, P.O. Box 1642,
Houston, Texas 77251–1642, or
telephone (713) 627–4488, or fax (713)
627–5947or by e-mail
laconnolly@spectraenergy.com.
Any person may, within 60 days after
the issuance of the instant notice by the
Commission, file pursuant to Rule 214
of the Commission’s Procedural Rules
(18 CFR 385.214) a motion to intervene
or notice of intervention. Any person
filing to intervene or the Commission’s
staff may, pursuant to section 157.205 of
the Commission’s Regulations under the
NGA (18 CFR 157.205) file a protest to
the request. If no protest is filed within
the time allowed therefore, the proposed
activity shall be deemed to be
authorized effective the day after the
time allowed for protest. If a protest is
filed and not withdrawn within 30 days
after the time allowed for filing a
protest, the instant request shall be
treated as an application for
authorization pursuant to section 7 of
the NGA.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filings of comments, protests,
and interventions via the internet in lieu
of paper. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a) (1) (iii)
and the instructions on the
Commission’s Web site (https://
www.ferc.gov) under the ‘‘e-Filing’’ link.
Persons unable to file electronically
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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.
Dated: July 12, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Notice of Staff Attendance at
Southwest Power Pool Regional Entity
Trustee, Regional State Committee and
Board of Directors Meetings
The Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (Commission) hereby gives
notice that members of its staff may
attend the meetings of the Southwest
Power Pool, Inc. (SPP) Regional Entity
Trustee (RE), Regional State Committee
(RSC) and Board of Directors, as noted
below. Their attendance is part of the
Commission’s ongoing outreach efforts.
All meetings will be held at the
Kansas City Marriott Country Club
Plaza, 4445 Main Street, Kansas City,
MO 64111. The hotel phone number is
(800) 810–3708.
SPP RE
July 25, 2011 (8:30 a.m.–2 p.m.).
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. RM98-1-000]
Records Governing Off-the-Record; Public Notice
This constitutes notice, in accordance with 18 CFR 385.2201(b), of
the receipt of prohibited and exempt off-the-record communications.
Order No. 607 (64 FR 51222, September 22, 1999) requires Commission
decisional employees, who make or receive a prohibited or exempt off-
the-record communication relevant to the merits of a contested
proceeding, to deliver to the Secretary of the Commission, a copy of
the communication, if written, or a summary of the substance of any
oral communication.
Prohibited communications are included in a public, non-decisional
file associated with, but not a part of, the decisional record of the
proceeding. Unless the Commission determines that the prohibited
communication and any
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responses thereto should become a part of the decisional record, the
prohibited off-the-record communication will not be considered by the
Commission in reaching its decision. Parties to a proceeding may seek
the opportunity to respond to any facts or contentions made in a
prohibited off-the-record communication, and may request that the
Commission place the prohibited communication and responses thereto in
the decisional record. The Commission will grant such a request only
when it determines that fairness so requires. Any person identified
below as having made a prohibited off-the-record communication shall
serve the document on all parties listed on the official service list
for the applicable proceeding in accordance with Rule 2010, 18 CFR
385.2010.
Exempt off-the-record communications are included in the decisional
record of the proceeding, unless the communication was with a
cooperating agency as described by 40 CFR 1501.6, made under 18 CFR
385.2201(e)(1)(v).
The following is a list of off-the-record communications recently
received by the Secretary of the Commission. The communications listed
are grouped by docket numbers in ascending order. These filings are
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, please contact FERC, Online Support at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at (866) 208-3676, or for TTY,
contact (202) 502-8659.
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1. CP11-46-000................................. 7-6-11 Raymond Bransfield.
2. CP11-161-000................................ 7-1-11 Kevin Bowman.\1\
3. CP11-485-000................................ 6-28-11 Gertrude F. Johnson.
4. ER11-1791-000............................... 6-20-11 Hon. Tim Walberg, et al.
5. P-2299-000.................................. 7-1-11 Hon. Chris Vierra.
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\1\ Record of telephone conversation.
Dated: July 12, 2011.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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