Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 234 / Wednesday, December 7, 2005 / Notices

Federal Register / Vol. 70, No. 234 / Wednesday, December 7, 2005 / Notices

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Application and ApplicantPrepared EA Accepted for Filing,

Soliciting Motions To Intervene and

Protests, and Soliciting Comments,

and Final Terms and Conditions,

Recommendations, and Prescriptions

November 30, 2005.

Take notice that the following

hydroelectric application and applicantprepared environmental assessment has

been filed with the Commission and is

available for public inspection.

a. Type of Application: New Major

License.

b. Project No.: 11841–002.

c. Date filed: August 12, 2004.

d. Applicant: Ketchikan Public

Utilities.

e. Name of Project: Whitman Lake

Hydroelectric Project.

f. Location: The Whitman Lake

Hydroelectric Project would be located

on Whitman Lake in Ketchikan Gateway

Borough, Ketchikan, Alaska. The

proposed project would affect

approximately 155.8 acres of federal

lands (155.0-acres managed by the U.S.

Forest Service and 0.8-acres managed by

the U.S. Bureau of Land Management).

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power

Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r).

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Don

Thompson, WESCORP, 3035 Island

Crest Way, Suite 200, Mercer Island,

WA 98040; Telephone: (206) 275–1000.

i. FERC Contact: Kenneth Hogan at

(202) 502–8434; e-mail:

kenneth.hogan@ferc.gov.

j. Deadline for filing motions to

intervene and protests, comments, and

final terms and conditions,

recommendations, and prescriptions: 60

days from the issuance 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.

The Commission’s Rules of Practice

require all intervenors 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 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.

Motions to intervene, protests,

comments, terms and conditions,

recommendations, and prescriptions

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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 (http://

www.ferc.gov) under the ‘‘e-Filing’’ link.

k. This application has been accepted

for filing.

l. The proposed Whitman Lake

Hydroelectric Project will have an

installed generating capacity of 4.6

Megawatts with a maximum hydraulic

capacity of 180 cubic feet per second

(cfs). The proposed project would

consist of the following features: (1) The

existing 39-foot-high, 220-foot-long

concrete gravity arch dam; (2) 40-footwide Ogee spillway within the dam; (3)

a 148 surface acre reservoir (Whitman

Lake); (4) a 2,450-foot-long, 45-inchdiameter penstock; (5) a 2,000-foot-long,

21-inch-diameter pipeline; (6) a

horizontal Francis turbine and 3,900 kW

generator, with a hydraulic capacity of

150 cfs; (7) a horizontal or vertical

Francis turbine and 700 kW generator,

with a hydraulic capacity of 30 cfs; and

(8) other appurtenant facilities.

Ketchikan Public Utilities (KPU)

estimates that the average annual

generation will be 16,225

megawatthours (MWh). KPU proposes

to use the project to supplement, as well

as displace, other generation resources

owned and operated by KPU. With the

construction and operation of the

project, KPU hopes to minimize its use

and dependency on fossil fuel

generation.

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

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, contact FERC

Online Support at

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or tollfree 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.

Register online at http://

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. Any qualified applicant desiring to

file a competing application must

submit to the Commission, on or before

the specified deadline date for the

particular application, a competing

development application, or a notice of

intent to file such an application.

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Submission of a timely notice of intent

allows an interested person to file the

competing development application no

later than 120 days after the specified

deadline date for the particular

application. Applications for

preliminary permits will not be

accepted in response to this notice.

A notice of intent must specify the

exact name, business address, and

telephone number of the prospective

applicant, and must include an

unequivocal statement of intent to

submit, if such an application may be

filed, either a preliminary permit

application or a development

application (specify which type of

application). A notice of intent must be

served on the applicant(s) named in this

public notice.

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.

The Commission directs, pursuant to

section 4.34(b) of the Regulations (see

Order No. 533 issued May 8, 1991, 56

FR 23108, May 20, 1991) that all

comments, recommendations, terms and

conditions and prescriptions concerning

the application and APEA be filed with

the Commission within 60 days from

the issuance date of this notice. All

reply comments must be filed with the

Commission within 105 days from the

date of this notice.

Anyone may obtain an extension of

time for these deadlines from the

Commission only upon a showing of

good cause or extraordinary

circumstances in accordance with 18

CFR 385.2008.

All filings must: (1) Bear in all capital

letters the title ‘‘PROTEST’’, ‘‘MOTION

TO INTERVENE’’, ‘‘NOTICE OF

INTENT TO FILE COMPETING

APPLICATION,’’ ‘‘COMPETING

APPLICATION,’’ ‘‘COMMENTS,’’

‘‘REPLY COMMENTS,’’

‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS,’’ ‘‘TERMS

AND CONDITIONS,’’ or

‘‘PRESCRIPTIONS;’’ (2) set forth in the

heading the name of the applicant and

the project number of the application to

which the filing responds; (3) furnish

the name, address, and telephone

number of the person protesting or

intervening; and (4) otherwise comply

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with the requirements of 18 CFR

385.2001 through 385.2005. All

comments, recommendations, terms and

conditions or prescriptions must set

forth their evidentiary basis and

otherwise comply with the requirements

of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may obtain

copies of the application directly from

the applicant. A copy of any protest or

motion to intervene must be served

upon each representative of the

applicant specified in the particular

application. A copy of all other filings

in reference to this application must be

accompanied by proof of service on all

persons listed in the service list

prepared by the Commission in this

proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR

4.34(b) and 385.2010.

Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. E5–6956 Filed 12–6–05; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RP05–691–000]

CenterPoint Energy-Mississippi River

Transmission Corporation; Notice of

Postponement of Technical

Conference

November 30, 2005.

Take notice that the technical

conference scheduled for Tuesday,

December 6, 2005, has been postponed

until Tuesday, January 24, 2006, at 10

a.m. (e.s.t.), in a room to be designated

at the offices of the Federal Energy

Regulatory Commission, 888 First

Street, NE., Washington, DC 20426.

Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. E5–6958 Filed 12–6–05; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

[Docket No. RM01–8–000; Docket No. ER02–

2001–000]

Revised Public Utility Filing

Requirements; Electric Quarterly

Reports; Notice of Electric Quarterly

Reports Users Group Meeting

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On April 25, 2002, the Commission

issued Order No. 2001,1 a final rule

which requires public utilities to file

Electric Quarterly Reports. Order 2001–

C, issued December 18, 2002, instructs

all public utilities to file these reports

using Electric Quarterly Report

Submission Software. This notice

announces a meeting for the EQR Users

Group to be held Wednesday, December

14, 2005, via teleconference. The

meeting will run from 1 p.m. to 5 p.m.

e.s.t.

During the teleconference,

Commission staff and EQR users will

discuss the technical compliance

screening process for EQR filings. The

call will include a discussion of the

overall process as well as a review of

specific screens. A detailed agenda will

be provided on http://www.ferc.gov

prior to the meeting.

All interested parties are invited to

call in. Documents to be discussed at

the meeting will be posted on the EQR

Users Group and Workshops page on

FERC.gov at http://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/eqr/groups-workshops.asp. The

workshop will only be available via

teleconference.

Those interested in participating are

asked to do so by registering on the

FERC Web site at https://www.ferc.gov/

whats-new/registration/eqr-1129form.asp. There is no registration fee.

Interested parties wishing to file

comments may do so under the abovecaptioned Docket Numbers. Those

filings will be available for review at the

Commission or may 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, contact FERC Online

Support at

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or via

phone at (866) 208–3676 (toll-free). For

TTY, contact (202) 502–8659.

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Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. E5–6941 Filed 12–6–05; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

November 29, 2005.

1 Revised Public Utility Filing Requirements,

Order No. 2001, 67 FR 31043, FERC Stats. & Regs.

¶ 31,127 (April 25, 2002); reh’g denied, Order No.

2001–A, 100 FERC ¶ 61,074, reconsideration and

clarification denied, Order No. 2001–B, 100 FERC

¶ 61,342 (2002).

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For additional information, please

contact Michelle Reaux of FERC’s Office

of Market Oversight & Investigations at

(202) 502–6497 or by e-mail at

eqr@ferc.gov.

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Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission

Notice of Membership of Performance

Review Board for Senior Executives

(PRB)

November 28, 2005.

The Federal Energy Regulatory

Commission hereby provides notice of

the membership of its Performance

Review Board (PRB) for the

Commission’s Senior Executive Service

(SES) members. The function of this

board is to make recommendations

relating to the performance of senior

executives in the Commission. This

action is undertaken in accordance with

Title 5, U.S.C., section 4314(c)(4). The

Commission’s PRB will add the

following member: Susan J. Court.

Magalie R. Salas,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. E5–6929 Filed 12–6–05; 8:45 am]

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION

AGENCY

[Petition IV–2002–1; FRL–8005–7]

Clean Air Act Operating Permit

Program; Petition for Objection to

State Operating Permit for Oglethorpe

Power Company—Wansley Combined

Cycle Energy Facility; Roopville (Heard

County), GA

AGENCY: Environmental Protection

Agency (EPA).

ACTION: Notice of amended final order

denying petition to object to a state

operating permit in response to remand.

SUMMARY: This Amended Order

Responding to Remand corrects certain

errors that were found in the Order

Responding to Remand that was issued

on September 15, 2005. The September

15th Order, which is superseded by this

Order, is being amended to correct

certain clerical errors and to address a

factual error in note 13 of that order

regarding whether Oglethorpe Power

Company (Oglethorpe) had any

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