[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 151 (Friday, August 7, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 39680-39681]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-18945]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[OE Docket No. EA-353]


Application To Export Electric Energy; Application To Transfer 
Export Authority; Boralex Fort Fairfield LP and Boralex Ashland LP

AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability, DOE.

ACTION: Notice of application.

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SUMMARY: Boralex Fort Fairfield LP (Boralex FF), formerly known as 
Aroostook Valley Electric Company (AVEC), and its affiliate, Boralex 
Ashland LP (Boralex Ashland), jointly applied to voluntarily transfer 
the authority to export electric energy from the United States to 
Canada issued to AVEC, to Boralex Ashland pursuant to section 202(e) of 
the Federal Power Act.

DATES: Comments, protests, or requests to intervene must be submitted 
on or before September 8, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, or requests to intervene should be 
addressed as follows: Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy 
Reliability, Mail Code: OE-20, U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 
Independence Avenue, SW., Washington, DC 20585-0350 (FAX 202-586-8008).

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Russell (Program Office) 202-
586-9624 or Michael Skinker (Program Attorney) 202-586-2793.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Exports of electricity from the United 
States to a foreign country are regulated by the Department of Energy 
(DOE) pursuant to sections 301(b) and 402(f) of the Department of 
Energy Organization Act (42 U.S.C. 7151(b), 7172(f)) and require 
authorization under section 202(e) of the FPA (16 U.S.C. 824a(e)).
    On July 27, 2001, DOE issued Order No. EA-239 authorizing AVEC to 
transmit electric energy from the United States to Canada. In that 
Order AVEC

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was authorized to transmit the electrical output of its wood-burning 
generation facility, located in Fort Fairfield, Maine, to Canada using 
the international transmission facilities of Maine Public Service 
Company.
    On February 22, 2002, DOE was informed that AVEC had changed its 
name to Boralex Fort Fairfield Inc. (BFF), and in 2006 BFF was 
converted from a Maine corporation to a Delaware limited partnership, 
and become Boralex FF.
    On May 12, 2009, Boralex FF and Boralex Ashland jointly applied to 
DOE to voluntarily transfer the electricity export authority issued to 
AVEC in Order No. EA-239 to Boralex Ashland and to increase the 
authorized rate of export from 31 megawatts (MW) to 34 MW.
    Procedural Matters: Any person desiring to become a party to these 
proceedings or to be heard by filing comments or protests to this 
application should file a petition to intervene, comment, or protest at 
the address provided above in accordance with Sec. Sec.  385.211 or 
385.214 of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's Rules of Practice 
and Procedures (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). Fifteen copies of each 
petition and protest should be filed with DOE on or before the date 
listed above.
    Comments on this proceeding should be clearly marked with Docket 
No. EA-353. Additional copies are to be filed directly with Sylvain 
Aird, Vice President, Legal Affairs and Corporate Secretary, Boralex 
Inc., 770 Sherbrooke Street West, Suite 160, Montreal, Quebec H3A 1G1, 
Canada and Andrew B. Young, William M. Keyser, K&L Gates LLP, 1601 K 
Street, NW., Washington, DC 20006-1600. A final decision will be made 
on this application after the environmental impacts have been evaluated 
pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, and a 
determination is made by DOE that the proposed action will not 
adversely impact on the reliability of the U.S. electric power supply 
system.
    Copies of this application will be made available, upon request, 
for public inspection and copying at the address provided above, by 
accessing the program Web site at http://www.oe.energy.gov/permits_pending.htm, or by e-mailing Odessa Hopkins at 
[email protected].

    Issued in Washington, DC, on August 3, 2009.
Anthony J. Como,
Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of Electricity Delivery and 
Energy Reliability.
[FR Doc. E9-18945 Filed 8-6-09; 8:45 am]
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