[Federal Register Volume 72, Number 31 (Thursday, February 15, 2007)]
[Notices]
[Page 7434]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E7-2587]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Settlement Agreement and Soliciting Comments

February 8, 2007.
    Take notice that the following settlement agreement has been filed 
with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
    a. Type of Application: Settlement Agreement.
    b. Project No.: P-2101-084.
    c. Date filed: February 1, 2007.
    d. Applicant: Sacramento Municipal Utility District (SMUD).
    e. Name of Project: Upper American River Project.
    f. Location: On the Rubicon River, Silver Creek, and South Fork of 
the American River near Placerville, California. The project affects 
6,375 acres of Federal land administered by the El Dorado National 
Forest and 54 acres of Federal land administered by the Bureau of Land 
Management.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Rule 602 of the Commission's Rules of 
Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.602.
    h. Applicant Contact: Michael A. Swiger, Van Ness Feldman, 
Attorneys at Law, 1050 Thomas Jefferson St, NW., Washington, DC 20007, 
(202) 298-1891.
    i. FERC Contact: Jim Fargo, 888 First St, NE., Washington, DC 
20426, (202) 502-6095.
    j. Deadline for filing comments: March 10, 2007. Reply comments due 
March 25, 2007.
    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.
    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 (http://www.ferc.gov) under the ``e-Filing'' link.
    k. SMUD filed a settlement on behalf of itself and the majority of 
Federal and State agencies and other stakeholders involved in the 
relicense proceeding. The purpose of the settlement agreement is to 
resolve all issues, except those that may arise under the Endangered 
Species Act, that have or could have been raised by the settling 
parties in connection with the Commission's issuance of a new license 
for the project and to establish SMUD's obligations for the protection, 
mitigation, and enhancement of resources affected by the project. SMUD 
asks that the settlement become the preferred alternative in lieu of 
the preferred alternative identified in the application for new 
license, filed with the Commission on July 15, 2005.
    l. A copy of the settlement agreement 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 [email protected] 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 http://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.

Magalie R. Salas,
Secretary.
 [FR Doc. E7-2587 Filed 2-14-07; 8:45 am]
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