[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 130 (Thursday, July 9, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32914-32915]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-16162]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 1256-029]


Loup River Public Power District; NebraskaLoup River 
Hydroelectric Project; Notice of Proposed Restricted Service List for a 
Programmatic Agreement for Managing Properties Included in or Eligible 
for Inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places

July 1, 2009.
    Rule 2010 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's 
(Commission) Rules of Practice and Procedure provides that, to 
eliminate unnecessary expense or improve administrative efficiency, the 
Secretary may establish a restricted service list for a particular 
phase or issue in a proceeding.\1\ The restricted service list should 
contain the names of persons on the service list who, in the judgment 
of the decisional authority establishing the list, are active 
participants with respect to the phase or issue in the proceeding for 
which the list is established.
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    \1\ 18 CFR section 385.2010.
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    The Commission staff is consulting with the Nebraska State Historic 
Preservation Officer (hereinafter, SHPO) and the Advisory Council on 
Historic Preservation (hereinafter, Council) pursuant to the Council's 
regulations, 36 CFR Part 800, implementing section 106 of the National 
Historic Preservation Act, as amended, (16 U.S.C. section 470f), to 
prepare and execute a programmatic agreement for managing properties 
included in, or eligible for inclusion in, the National Register of 
Historic Places at the Loup River Hydroelectric Project No. 1256-029.
    The programmatic agreement, when executed by the Commission and the 
SHPO, would satisfy the Commission's section 106 responsibilities for 
all individual undertakings carried out in accordance with the license 
until the license expires or is terminated (36 CFR 800.13[e]). The 
Commission's responsibilities pursuant to section 106 for the Loup 
River Hydroelectric Project would be fulfilled through the programmatic 
agreement, which the Commission proposes to draft in consultation with 
certain parties listed below. The executed programmatic agreement would 
be incorporated into any Order issuing a new license.
    Loup River Public Power District, as licensee for the Loup River 
Hydroelectric Project No. 1256-029, is invited to participate in 
consultations to develop the programmatic agreement.
    For the purpose of commenting on the programmatic agreement, we 
propose to restrict the service list for the aforementioned project as 
follows:

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Don Klima or Representative,         George Howell, President or
 Advisory Council on Historic         Representative, Pawnee Tribal
 Preservation, The Old Post Office    Business Council, P.O. Box 470,
 Building, 1100 Pennsylvania          Pawnee, OK 74058.
 Avenue, NW., Suite 803,
 Washington, DC 20004.
Neal Suess, President or             Roger Trudell, Chairman or
 Representative, Loup River Public    Representative, Santee Sioux
 Power District, 2404 15th Street,    Tribal Council, Route 2, Niobrara,
 Columbus, NE 68602-0988.             NE 68760.
Michael J. Smith, Director or        Amen Sheridan, Chairman or
 Representative, Nebraska State       Representative, Omaha Tribal
 Historical Society, 1500 R Street,   Council, Omaha Tribe of Nebraska,
 Lincoln, NE 68501.                   P.O. Box 368, Macy, NE 68039.
Jill E. Dolberg, Nebraska State      Michael J. Madson, M.S., RPA, HDR
 Historical Society, 1500 R Street,   One Company, 701 Xenia Avenue
 Lincoln, NE 68501.                   South, Suite 600, Minneapolis, MN
                                      55416.
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    Any person on the official service list for the above-captioned 
proceeding may request inclusion on the restricted service list, or may 
request that a restricted service list not be established, by filing a 
motion to that effect within 15 days of this notice date. In a request 
for inclusion, please identify the reason(s) why there is an interest 
to be included. Also please identify any concerns about historic 
properties, including properties of traditional religious and cultural 
importance to an Indian tribe. If historic properties would be 
identified within the motion, please use a separate page, and label it 
NON-PUBLIC Information.

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    The original and 8 copies of any such motion must be filed with 
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary of the Commission, 888 First Street, NE., 
Washington, DC 20426, and must be served on each person whose name 
appears on the official service list. Please put the following on the 
first page: ``Loup River Hydroelectric Project No. 1256-029''. Motions 
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.
    If no such motions are filed, the restricted service list will be 
effective at the end of the 15 day period. Otherwise, a further notice 
will be issued ruling on any motion or motions filed within the 15 day 
period.

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. E9-16162 Filed 7-8-09; 8:45 am]
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