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Federal Register / Vol. 72, No. 158 / Thursday, August 16, 2007 / Notices

franchised service area. The electric

energy which Sierra Power proposes to

export to Canada would be surplus

energy purchased from electric utilities,

Federal power marketing agencies, and

other entities within the United States.

Sierra Power will arrange for the

delivery of exports to Canada over the

international transmission facilities

owned by Basin Electric Power

Cooperative, Bonneville Power

Administration, Eastern Maine Electric

Cooperative, International Transmission

Co., Joint Owners of the Highgate

Project, Long Sault, Inc., Maine Electric

Power Company, Maine Public Service

Company, Minnesota Power, Inc.,

Minnkota Power Cooperative, Inc., New

York Power Authority, Niagara Mohawk

Power Corp., Northern States Power

Company, Vermont Electric Power

Company, and Vermont Electric

Transmission Co.

The construction, operation,

maintenance, and connection of each of

the international transmission facilities

to be utilized by Sierra Power has

previously been authorized by a

Presidential permit issued pursuant to

Executive Order 10485, as amended.

Procedural Matters: Any person

desiring to become a party to these

proceedings or to be heard by filing

comments or protests to this application

should file a petition to intervene,

comment, or protest at the address

provided above in accordance with

385.211 or 385.214 of the Federal

Energy Regulatory Commission’s Rules

of Practice and Procedures (18 CFR

385.211, 385.214). Fifteen copies of each

petition and protest should be filed with

DOE on or before the date listed above.

Comments on the Sierra Power

application to export electric energy to

Canada should be clearly marked with

Docket No. EA–329. Additional copies

are to be filed directly with Doug White,

Brad Nesiba, Sierra Power Asset

Marketing, 3773 Cherry Creek North

Drive, Suite 655, Denver, CO 80209 and

Steven A. Weiler, Justin P. Moeller,

Leonard, Street and Deinard, PA, The

Army and Navy Club Building, 1627

Eye Street, NW., Suite 610, Washington,

DC 20006.

A final decision will be made on this

application after the environmental

impacts have been evaluated pursuant

to the National Environmental Policy

Act of 1969, and a determination is

made by DOE that the proposed action

will not adversely impact on the

reliability of the U.S. electric power

supply system.

Copies of this application will be

made available, upon request, for public

inspection and copying at the address

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provided above and at http://

www.oe.energy.gov/304.htm.

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 10,

2007.

Anthony J. Como,

Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of

Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability.

[FR Doc. E7–16130 Filed 8–15–07; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Issuance of Order

August 9, 2007.

BE Allegheny, LLC (Docket No. ER07–

1112–000); BE CA LLC (Docket No.

ER07–1113–000); BE Cleco LLC (Docket

No. ER07–1114–000); BE Colquitt LLC

(Docket No. ER07–1115–000); BE

Ironwood LLC (Docket No. ER07–1116–

000); BE KJ LLC (Docket No. ER07–

1117–000); BE Rayle LLC (Docket No.

ER07–1118–000); BE Red Oak LLC

(Docket No. ER07–1119–000); BE Satilla

LLC (Docket No. ER07–1120–000); BE

Tenaska LLC (Docket No. ER07–1121–

000); and BE Walton LLC (Docket No.

ER07–1122–000)

BE Allegheny LLC, BE CA LLC, BE

Cleco LLC, BE Colquitt LLC, BE

Ironwood LLC, BE KJ LLC, BE Rayle

LLC, BE Red Oak LLC, BE Satilla LLC,

BE Tenaska LLC and BE Walton LLC

(collectively, the BE Subsidiaries) filed

applications for market-based rate

authority, with accompanying rate

schedules. The proposed market-based

rate schedules provide for the sale of

energy, capacity and ancillary services

at market-based rates. The BE

Subsidiaries also requested waivers of

various Commission regulations. In

particular, the BE Subsidiaries

requested that the Commission grant

blanket approval under 18 CFR Part 34

of all future issuances of securities and

assumptions of liability by BE

Subsidiaries.

On August 9, 2007, pursuant to

delegated authority, the Director,

Division of Tariffs and Rates-Central,

granted the request for blanket approval

under Part 34 (Director’s Order). The

Director’s Order also stated that the

Commission would publish a separate

notice in the Federal Register

establishing a period of time for the

filing of protests. Accordingly, any

person desiring to be heard concerning

the blanket approvals of issuances of

securities or assumptions of liability by

the BE Subsidiaries, should file a protest

with the Federal Energy Regulatory

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Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,

Washington, DC 20426, in accordance

with Rules 211 and 214 of the

Commission’s Rules of Practice and

Procedure. 18 CFR 385.211, 385.214

(2004).

Notice is hereby given that the

deadline for filing protests is September

10, 2007.

Absent a request to be heard in

opposition to such blanket approvals by

the deadline above, the BE Subsidiaries

are authorized to issue securities and

assume obligations or liabilities as a

guarantor, indorser, surety, or otherwise

in respect of any security of another

person; provided that such issuance or

assumption is for some lawful object

within the corporate purposes of the BE

Subsidiaries, compatible with the public

interest, and is reasonably necessary or

appropriate for such purposes.

The Commission reserves the right to

require a further showing that neither

public nor private interests will be

adversely affected by continued

approvals of the BE subsidiaries

issuance of securities or assumptions of

liability.

Copies of the full text of the Director’s

Order are available from the

Commission’s Public Reference Room,

888 First Street, NE., Washington, DC

20426. The Order may also be viewed

on the Commission’s Web site at

http://www.ferc.gov, using the eLibrary

link. Enter the docket number excluding

the last three digits in the docket

number filed to access the document.

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 under the

‘‘e-Filing’’ link. The Commission

strongly encourages electronic filings.

Kimberly D. Bose,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. E7–16034 Filed 8–15–07; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. EL07–31–001]

DTE Pontiac North LLC; Notice of

Filing

August 9, 2007.

Take notice that on June 19, 2007,

pursuant to section 1266 of the Public

Utility Holding Company Act of 2005

(2005), 366.1 of the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission’s regulations,

18 CFR 366.1 (2006) and Order No. 667,

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