[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 145 (Thursday, July 30, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 38003-38004]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-18153]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 13528-000--Alaska; Soule River Hydroelectric Project]


Soule Hydro, LLC; 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 23, 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 Alaska 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 Soule River Hydroelectric Project No. 13528-
000.\2\
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    \2\ Previously, the project was given Project No. 12615-001. 
Upon issuance of a new preliminary permit on July 1, 2009, the 
project was given Project No. 13528-000.
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    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 Soule 
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 
license.
    Soule Hydro, LLC, as applicant for the Soule River Hydroelectric 
Project No. 13528-000, 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:

Don Klima or Representative, Advisory Council on Historic Preservation, 
The Old Post Office Building, 1100 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW., Suite 803, 
Washington, DC 20004.
Glen Martin or Representative, Alaska Power & Telephone Company, 193 
Otto Street, P.O. Box 3222, Port Townsend, WA 98368.
T. Weber Greiser, Historical Research Associates, Inc., 125 Bank 
Street, Suite 500, Missoula, MT 59802.
Norman Gross, Director, or Representative, Soule Hydro, LLC, 11978 
Artery Drive, Fairfax, VA 22030.
Judith Bittner, SHPO or Representative, Office of History & 
Archaeology, 550 W. 7th Avenue, Suite 1310, Anchorage, AK 99501.
Martin Stanford or Representative, U.S. Forest Service, 3031 Tongass 
Avenue, Ketchikan, AK 99901.
John Autrey or Representative, U.S. Forest Service, 648 Mission Street, 
Ketchikan, AK 99901.

    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

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be identified within the motion, please use a separate page, and label 
it NON-PUBLIC Information.
    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: Soule River Hydroelectric Project No. 13528-000. 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. E9-18153 Filed 7-29-09; 8:45 am]
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