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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.

Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. E6–22229 Filed 12–27–06; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Application Accepted for

Filing and Soliciting Comments,

Motions To Intervene, and Protests

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December 20, 2006.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric application has been filed

with the Commission and is available

for public inspection:

a. Type of Application: Preliminary

Permit.

b. Project No: 12750–000.

c. Date Filed: November 2, 2006.

d. Applicant: Oregon Wave Energy

Partners, LLC.

e. Name of Project: Newport OPT

Wave Park Project.

f. Location: The proposed tidal project

would be located in the Pacific Ocean

about 3 to 6 miles off shore in Lincoln

County, Oregon.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)-825(r).

h. Applicant Contacts: Charles F.

Dunleavy, Oregon Wave Energy

Partners, LLC, 1590 Reed Road,

Pennington, NJ 08534, phone: (609)730–0400.

i. FERC Contact: Mr. Robert Bell,

(202) 502–6062.

j. Deadline for filing motions to

intervene, protests and comments: 60

days from the issuance date of this

notice.

All documents (original and eight

copies) should be filed with: Magalie R.

Salas, Secretary, Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.

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.

Please include the project number (P–

12750–000) on any comments or

motions filed.

The Commission’s Rules of Practice

and Procedure require all intervenors

filing documents with the Commission

to serve a copy of that document on

each person in the official service list

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for the project. Further, 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.

k. Competing Application: Project No.

12727–000, Date Filed: August 17, 2006,

Date Issued: October 11, 2006, Due Date:

December 11, 2006.

l. Description of Project: The proposed

project would consist of: (1) 200 to 400

Power Buoys having a total installed

capacity of 100 megawatts, (2) a

proposed 13.8 kilovolt transmission

line, and (3) appurtenant facilities. The

project is estimated to have an annual

generation of 306.6 gigawatt-hours perunit per-year, which would be sold to a

local utility.

m. Locations of Applications: A copy

of the application is available for

inspection and reproduction at the

Commission in the 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 http://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, call toll-free

1–866–208–3676 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.

n. Individuals desiring to be included

on the Commission(s mailing list should

so indicate by writing to the Secretary

of the Commission.

o. Proposed Scope of Studies under

Permit: A preliminary permit, if issued,

does not authorize construction. The

term of the proposed preliminary permit

would be 36 months. The work

proposed under the preliminary permit

would include economic analysis,

preparation of preliminary engineering

plans, and a study of environmental

impacts. Based on the results of these

studies, the Applicant would decide

whether to proceed with the preparation

of a development application to

construct and operate the project.

p. 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, 385.211,

385.214. 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

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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.

q. Filing and Service of Responsive

Documents: 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.

Any of the above-named documents

must be filed by providing the original

and the number of copies provided by

the Commission’s regulations to: The

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, 888 First Street, NE.,

Washington, DC 20426. An additional

copy must be sent to Director, Division

of Hydropower Administration and

Compliance, Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission, at the above-mentioned

address. A copy of any notice of intent,

competing application or motion to

intervene must also be served upon each

representative of the Applicant

specified in the particular application.

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.

r. 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.

Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. E6–22230 Filed 12–27–06; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Project No. 2301–022]

PPL Montana; Notice of

Teleconference to Discuss Additional

Information Needs for the Mystic Lake

Hydroelectric Project

December 20, 2006.

a. Date and Time of Teleconference:

January 8, 2007; 9 a.m. MST (11 a.m.

EST).

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b. Teleconference Call: Call-in

procedures and an agenda will be

posted to the Commission’s Web site

soon at: http://www.ferc.gov/

EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx?Date=1/

6/2007&CalendarID=0.

c. FERC Contact: Steve Hocking at

(202) 502–8753 or

steve.hocking@ferc.gov.

d. Purpose of Teleconference: PPL

Montana filed an application to

relicense the Mystic Lake Hydroelectric

Project on December 15, 2006.

Commission staff may include a

‘‘Wilderness Avoidance Alternative’’ in

our NEPA analysis to analyze lowered

lake levels in both Mystic and West

Rosebud Lakes, if needed, to prevent

these two lakes from encroaching upon

the Absaroka-Beartooth Wilderness

Area. This teleconference is to help

Commission staff determine whether

any additional information is needed to

analyze a ‘‘Wilderness Avoidance

Alternative’’ in our NEPA document.

Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. E6–22228 Filed 12–27–06; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP06–614–000]

Transwestern Pipeline Company, LLC;

Notice of Informal Settlement

Conference

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December 19, 2006.

Take notice that an informal

settlement conference will be convened

in this proceeding commencing at 10

a.m. (EST) on Tuesday, January 9, 2007,

at the offices of the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426, for

the purpose of exploring the possible

settlement of the above-referenced

docket.

Any party, as defined by 18 CFR

385.102(c), or any participant as defined

by 18 CFR 385.102(b), is invited to

attend. Persons wishing to become a

party must move to intervene and

receive intervenor status pursuant to the

Commission’s regulations (18 CFR

385.214).

FERC conferences are accessible

under section 508 of the Rehabilitation

Act of 1973. For accessibility

accommodations please send an e-mail

to accessibility@ferc.gov or call toll free

1–866–208–3372 (voice) or 202–208–

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2106 with the required

accommodations.

For additional information, please

contact Tom Burgess at (202) 502–6058,

thomas.burgess@ferc.gov or Lorna

Hadlock at (202) 502–8737,

lorna.hadlock@ferc.gov.

Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. E6–22216 Filed 12–27–06; 8:45 am]

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Southwestern Power Administration

Robert D. Willis Hydropower Rate

Schedules

AGENCY: Southwestern Power

Administration, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of Rate Order.

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Delegation Order

Nos. 00–037.00, effective December 6,

2001, and 00–001.00B, effective July 28,

2005, the Deputy Secretary has

approved and placed into effect on an

interim basis Rate Order No. SWPA–57,

which increases the power rate for the

Robert Douglas Willis Hydropower

Project (Willis) pursuant to the

following Willis Rate Schedule:

Rate Schedule RDW–06, Wholesale Rates

for Hydro Power and Energy Sold to Sam

Rayburn Municipal Power Agency (Contract

No. DE–-PM75–85SW00117)

The effective period for the rate schedule

specified in Rate Order No. SWPA–57 is

January 1, 2007, through September 30, 2010.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.

Forrest E. Reeves, Assistant

Administrator, Office of Corporate

Operations, Southwestern Power

Administration, Department of Energy,

One West Third Street, Tulsa, Oklahoma

74103, (918) 595–6696,

gene.reeves@swpa.gov.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The

existing hydroelectric power rate for the

Robert Douglas Willis project is

$648,096 per year. The Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission approved this

rate on a final basis on June 21, 2006,

for the period January 1, 2006, through

September 30, 2009. The 2006 Willis

Power Repayment Studies indicate the

need for an increase in the annual rate

by $167,484 or 25.8 percent beginning

January 1, 2007.

The Administrator, Southwestern

Power Administration (Southwestern)

has followed Title 10, Part 903 Subpart

A, of the Code of Federal Regulations,

‘‘Procedures for Public Participation in

Power and Transmission Rate

Adjustments and Extensions’’ in

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connection with the proposed rate

schedule. On August 10, 2006,

Southwestern published notice in the

Federal Register (71 FR 45820), of a 60day comment period, together with a

combined Public Information and

Comment Forum, to provide an

opportunity for customers and other

interested members of the public to

review and comment on a proposed rate

increase for the Willis project. The

public forum was canceled when no one

expressed an intention to participate.

Written comments were accepted

through October 10, 2006. One comment

was received from Gillis & Angley,

Counsellors at Law, on behalf of Sam

Rayburn Municipal Power Agency and

the Vinton Public Power Authority,

which stated that they had no objection

to the proposed rate adjustment.

Information regarding this rate

proposal, including studies and other

supporting material, is available for

public review and comment in the

offices of Southwestern Power

Administration, One West Third Street,

Tulsa, Oklahoma 74103.

Following review of Southwestern’s

proposal within the Department of

Energy, I approved Rate Order No.

SWPA–57, on an interim basis, which

increases the existing Robert D. Willis

rate to $815,580, per year, for the period

January 1, 2007, through September 30,

2010.

Dated: December 21, 2006.

Clay Sell,

Deputy Secretary.

United States of America Department of

Energy, Deputy Secretary of Energy

In the Matter of: Southwestern Power

Administration; Robert D. Willis

Hydropower Project Rate

Rate Order No. SWPA–57

Order Confirming, Approving and

Placing Increased Power Rate Schedule

in Effect on an Interim Basis

Pursuant to sections 302(a) and 301(b)

of the Department of Energy

Organization Act, Public Law 95–91, the

functions of the Secretary of the Interior

and the Federal Power Commission

under section 5 of the Flood Control Act

of 1944, 16 U.S.C. 825s, relating to the

Southwestern Power Administration

(Southwestern) were transferred to and

vested in the Secretary of Energy. By

Delegation Order No. 0204–108,

effective December 14, 1983, the

Secretary of Energy delegated to the

Administrator of Southwestern the

authority to develop power and

transmission rates, delegated to the

Deputy Secretary of the Department of

Energy the authority to confirm,

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