[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 100 (Tuesday, May 25, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 29336-29337]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-12497]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


ILP Effectiveness Evaluation 2010; Georgia Power Company; et al.; 
Notice of Interviews, Teleconferences, Regional Workshops and Multi-
Stakeholder Technical Conference on The Integrated Licensing Process

May 18, 2010.

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ILP Effectiveness Evaluation 2010..  Docket No. AD10-7-000.
Georgia Power Company..............  Project No. 2237-013.
Public Service Company of New        Project No. 7528-004.
 Hampshire.
Pacific Gas & Electric Company.....  Project No. 803-068.
Pacific Gas & Electric Company.....  Project No. 2106-059.
PPL, Montana, LLC..................  Project No. 2301-019.
Energy Northwest...................  Project No. 2244-022.
Appalachian Power Company..........  Project No. 2210-169
Appalachian Power Company..........  Project No. 739-022.
Public Service Company of Colorado.  Project No. 400-051
Public Service Company of Colorado.  Project No. 12589-001.
Green Island Power Authority.......  Project No. 13-023.
City of Seattle....................  Project No. 2144-038.
Public Utility District of           Project No. 2157-188.
 Snohomish Co., WA.
Northern Lights, Inc...............  Project No. 2594-013.
Onyx Specialty Papers, Inc.........  Project No. 2985-006.
Mahoning Creek Hydro. Co., LLC.....  Project No. 12555-004.
Vermont Marble Power Division of     Project No. 2558-029.
 Omya Inc.
FPL Energy Maine Hydro LLC.........  Project No. 2615-037.
Douglas County PUD.................  Project No. 2149-131.
 

    As part of our commitment to ensuring the effectiveness of the 
Integrated Licensing Process (ILP), Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission (FERC) is undertaking a second effectiveness evaluation. To 
facilitate this review, FERC has contracted with Kearns & West to 
conduct the 2010 ILP Effectiveness Evaluation. This effort includes 
conducting interviews and teleconferences with a cross-section of 
stakeholders, four regional workshops, and a multi-stakeholder 
effectiveness technical conference in Washington, DC. We invite 
stakeholders to provide lessons learned from their experience as a 
participant in the ILP.

Interviews and Teleconferences

    Over the next few weeks, members of Kearns & West will be 
conducting phone interviews with a number of representatives of 
agencies, tribes, non-governmental organizations, licensees, Commission 
staff, and others involved in the above-identified hydropower licensing 
proceedings. Applicants in these proceedings have completed the pre-
filing efforts and filed license applications using the ILP. Other 
participants in these or other ILP proceedings are encouraged to share 
their thoughts at the workshops and technical conference. Following the 
completion of the interviews, three teleconferences by sectors (i.e. 
applicants, resource agencies and tribes, and non-governmental 
organizations) will be held between July 19 and July 30, 2010.

Regional Effectiveness Workshops

    Commission staff will hold four regional workshops on the ILP in 
September 2010. The purpose of the regional workshops is to seek 
further feedback on experiences in the ILP and to explore ideas to 
better implement the ILP. Because of ex parte concerns, discussions 
will be limited to process rather than the merits of any proceeding 
before the Commission.
    FERC is exploring hosting the Regional Effectiveness Workshops in 
the following locations: New York, California, Virginia or North 
Carolina, and Washington State.
    The workshops are open to the public and all interested parties are 
invited to attend and participate. Meeting details and logistics will 
be noticed and posted on the Commission's Web page and calendar (http://www.ferc.gov/).

Multi-Stakeholder ILP Effectiveness Technical Conference

    A one-day, multi-stakeholder technical conference will be held on 
Wednesday, November 3, 2010, from 11 a.m. (EST) to 3 p.m., in the 
Commission Meeting Room at the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
888 First Street, NW., Washington, DC. The technical conference will 
focus on gathering information to evaluate the effectiveness of the ILP 
and refining ideas to better implement the ILP. The technical 
conference is open to the public and all interested parties are invited 
to attend and participate.
    We are exploring opportunities for remote listening, participating, 
and viewing the Technical Conference. Final details will be noticed and 
posted no later than October 1, 2010.
    For additional information, please contact David Turner at 202-502-
6091 or [email protected].

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2010-12497 Filed 5-24-10; 8:45 am]
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