[Federal Register Volume 75, Number 109 (Tuesday, June 8, 2010)]
[Notices]
[Pages 32459-32460]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2010-13559]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY



Federal Energy Regulatory Commission




Notice Announcing Preliminary Permit Drawing



May 28, 2010.

    In the matter of: Green Power Development, LLC, Alaska Power & 

Telephone Company, Project No. 12661-001, Project No. 13599-000.



    On October 1, 2009, at 8:30 a.m., the Commission received two 

preliminary permit applications for proposed projects to be located at 

an unnamed lake designated as Lake 3160 in an unorganized borough near 

Juneau, Alaska.\1\ The applications were filed by Green Power 

Development, LLC, for Project No. 12661-001 and Alaska Power & 

Telephone Company, for Project No. 13599-000.

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    \1\ The Commission is open each day from 8:30 a.m. to 5 p.m., 

except Saturdays, Sundays, and holidays. 18 CFR 375.101(c) (2009). 

The applications were filed between 5 p.m. on Wednesday September 

30, 2009, and 8:30 a.m. on Thursday October 1, 2009. Under the 

Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, any document received 

after regular business hours is considered filed at 8:30 a.m. on the 

next regular business day. 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(2) (2009).

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    Where all permit applicants are municipalities or all permit 

applicants are non-municipalities, and no applicant's plans are better 

adapted than



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the others' to develop, conserve, and utilize in the public interest 

the water resources of a region, the Commission issues a permit to the 

applicant who filed first in time.\2\ In this case, because two 

applications from entities not claiming municipal preference are deemed 

filed at the same time, the Commission will conduct a random tie 

breaker to determine priority. In the event that the Commission 

concludes that neither applicant's plans are better adapted than the 

other, priority will be determined accordingly.

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    \2\ 18 CFR 4.37 (2009). See, e.g., BPUS Generation Development, 

LLC, 126 FERC ] 61,132 (2009).

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    On June 8, 2010, at 2 p.m. (eastern time), the Secretary of the 

Commission, or her designee, will, by random drawing, determine the 

filing priority for the two applicants identified in this notice. The 

drawing is open to the public and will be held in room 2C, the 

Commission Meeting Room, located at 888 First St., NE., Washington, DC 

20426. The results of the drawing will be recorded by the Secretary or 

her designee. A subsequent notice will be issued by the Secretary 

announcing the results of the drawing.



Kimberly D. Bose,

Secretary.

[FR Doc. 2010-13559 Filed 6-7-10; 8:45 am]

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