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Hydro Green Energy, LLC; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene, Protests, and

Fri, Dec 21 2007 11:00:00 GMT

December 14, 2007.

Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:

a. Type of Application: Preliminary Permit.

b. Project No.: 12871000.

c. Date Filed: July 25, 2007.

d. Applicant: Hydro Green Energy, LLC.

e. Name of Project: ``Alaska 33'' Project.

f. Location: The project would be located in a section of the Ublutuoch River in the North Slope Borough, Alaska. The project uses no dam or impoundment.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)825(r)

h. Applicant Contacts: Mr. Wayne F. Krouse, Hydro Green Energy, LLC, 5090 Richmond Avenue 390, Houston, TX 77056, and Mr. James H. Hancock Jr., Balch & Bingham LLP, 1710 Sixth Avenue North, Birmingham, Alabama 35203.

i. FERC Contact: Kelly Houff, (202) 5026393.

j. Deadline for filing comments, protests, and motions to intervene: 60 days from the issuance date of this notice.

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Hydro Green Energy, LLC; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene, Protests, and

Fri, Dec 21 2007 11:00:00 GMT

December 14, 2007.

Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:

a. Type of Application: Preliminary Permit.

b. Project No.: 12872000.

c. Date Filed: July 25, 2007.

d. Applicant: Hydro Green Energy, LLC.

e. Name of Project: ``Alaska 24'' Project.

f. Location: The project would be located in a section of the Kobuk River in the Northwest Arctic Borough, Alaska. The project uses no dam or impoundment.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)825(r).

i. FERC Contact: Kelly Houff, (202) 5026393.

j. Deadline for filing comments, protests, and motions to intervene: 60 days from the issuance date of this notice.

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Hydro Green Energy, LLC; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene, Protests, and

Fri, Dec 21 2007 11:00:00 GMT

December 14, 2007.

Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:

a. Type of Application: Preliminary Permit.

b. Project No.: 12877000.

c. Date Filed: July 24, 2007.

d. Applicant: Hydro Green Energy, LLC.

e. Name of Project: ``Alaska 7'' Project.

f. Location: The project would be located in a section of the Tanana River in the YukonKoyukuk Census Area, Alaska. The project uses no dam or impoundment.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)825(r).

i. FERC Contact: Kelly Houff, (202) 5026393.

j. Deadline for filing comments, protests, and motions to intervene: 60 days from the issuance date of this notice.

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Hydro Green Energy, LLC; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene, Protests, and

Fri, Dec 21 2007 11:00:00 GMT

December 14, 2007.

Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:

a. Type of Application: Preliminary Permit.

b. Project No.: 12878000.

c. Date Filed: July 24, 2007.

d. Applicant: Hydro Green Energy, LLC.

e. Name of Project: ``Alaska 25'' Project.

f. Location: The project would be located in a section of the Kobuk River in the Northwest Artic Borough, Alaska. The project uses no dam or impoundment.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)825(r).

i. FERC Contact: Kelly Houff, (202) 5026393.

j. Deadline for filing comments, protests, and motions to intervene: 60 days from the issuance date of this notice.

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Hydro Green Energy, LLC; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene, Protests, and

Fri, Dec 21 2007 11:00:00 GMT

December 14, 2007.

Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:

a. Type of Application: Preliminary Permit.

b. Project No.: 12881000.

c. Date Filed: July 24, 2007.

d. Applicant: Hydro Green Energy, LLC.

e. Name of Project: ``Alaska 28'' Project.

f. Location: The project would be located in a section of the Kuskokwim River in the YukonKoyukuk Census Area, Alaska. The project uses no dam or impoundment.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)825(r).

i. FERC Contact: Kelly Houff, (202) 5026393.

j. Deadline for filing comments, protests, and motions to intervene: 60 days from the issuance date of this notice.

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Hydro Green Energy, LLC and FFP Project 31, LLC; Notice of Competing Applications Accepted for Filing and Soliciting

Fri, Dec 21 2007 11:00:00 GMT

December 14, 2007.

Take notice that the following hydroelectric applications have been filed with the Commission and are available for public inspection:

a. Type of Applications: Preliminary Permit (Competing).

b. Applicants, Project Numbers, and Dates Filed: Hydro Green Energy, LLC filed the application for Project No.12884000 on July 25, 2007.

FFP Project 31, LLC filed the application for Project No. 12920000 on August 6, 2007.

c. The name of the Hydro Green Energy, LLC project is the ``Mississippi 6'' Project. Name of the FFP Project 31, LLC project is the Natchez Beam Light Project. The projects would be located on the Mississippi River in Adams County, Mississippi and Concordia Parish, Louisiana. Neither project uses a dam or impoundment.

d. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791a825r.

e. Applicants Contacts: For Hydro Green Energy, LLC: Mr. Wayne F. Krouse, Hydro Green Energy, LLC, 5090 Richmond Avenue, 390, Houston, TX 77056, phone (877) 55665

Hydro Green Energy, LLC and FFP Project 34, LLC; Notice of Competing Applications Accepted for Filing and Soliciting

Fri, Dec 21 2007 11:00:00 GMT

December 14, 2007.

Take notice that the following hydroelectric applications have been filed with the Commission and are available for public inspection:

a. Type of Applications: Preliminary Permit (Competing).

b. Applicants, Project Numbers, and Dates Filed: Hydro Green Energy, LLC
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filed the application for Project No.12885000 on July 25, 2007.

FFP Project 34, LLC filed the application for Project No. 12923000 on August 6, 2007.

c. The name of the Hydro Green Energy, LLC project is the ``Mississippi 7'' Project. The name of the FFP Project 34, LLC project is the Cyprus Bunch Light Project. The projects would be located on the Mississippi River in Warren County, Mississippi and Madison Parish, Louisiana. Neither project uses a dam or impoundment.

d. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791a825r.

e. Applicants Contacts: For Hydro Green Energy, LLC: Mr. Wayne F. Krouse, Hydro Green Energy, LLC, 5090 Richmond Avenue 390, Houston, TX 77056, p

BPUS Generation Development, LLC; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene,

Fri, Dec 21 2007 11:00:00 GMT

December 14, 2007.

Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:

a. Type of Application: Preliminary Permit.

b. Project No.: 13056000.

c. Date Filed: November 5, 2007.

d. Applicant: BPUS Generation Development, LLC.

e. Name of Project: Buckhorn Lake Dam Hydroelectric Project.

f. Location: The project would be located on the Middle Fork of the Kentucky River in Perry County, Kentucky. It would use the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Buckhorn Lake Dam.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)825(r).

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Jeffrey M. Auser, P.E., BPUS Generation Development, LLC, 225 Greenfield Parkway, Suite 201, Liverpool, NY 13088, (315) 4132700, and Mr. John A. Whittaker, IV, Winston & Strawn, LLP, 1700 K Street, NW., Washington, DC 200063817, (202) 2825766.

i. FERC Contact: Kelly Houff, (202) 5026393.

j. Deadline for filing comments, protests, and motions

BPUS Generation Development, LLC; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene,

Fri, Dec 21 2007 11:00:00 GMT

December 14, 2007.

Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:

a. Type of Application: Preliminary Permit.

b. Project No.: 13057000.

c. Date Filed: November 5, 2007.

d. Applicant: BPUS Generation Development, LLC.

e. Name of Project: Taylorsville Lake Dam Hydroelectric Project.

f. Location: The project would be located on the Salt River in Spencer County, Kentucky. It would use the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' Taylorsville Lake Dam.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)825(r).

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Jeffrey M. Auser, P.E., BPUS Generation Development LLC, 225 Greenfield Parkway, Suite 201, Liverpool, NY 13088, (315) 4132700, and Mr. John A. Whittaker, IV, Winston & Strawn, LLP, 1700 K Street, NW., Washington, DC 200063817, (202) 2825766.

i. FERC Contact: Kelly Houff, (202) 5026393.

j. Deadline for filing comments, protests, and motions to intervene

Northeast Generation Company; Notice of Application and Soliciting Comments

Fri, Dec 21 2007 11:00:00 GMT

December 14, 2007.

Take notice that Commission staff is providing an additional opportunity for public input into the pending proceeding before the Commission on the following application:

a. Application Type: Shoreline Management Plan.

b. Project No: 2576083.

c. Date Filed: July 27, 2006.

d. Applicant: Northeast Generation Company (NGC).

e. Name of Project: Housatonic River Hydroelectric Project.

f. Location: The project is located on the Housatonic River, in Fairfield, Litchfield and New Haven Counties, Connecticut.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)825(r).

h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Robert Gates, Station Manager Connecticut Hydro, 143 West St., Ext. Suite E , New Milford, CT 06776, (860) 35066987

i. FERC Contact: Any questions on this notice should be addressed to Isis Johnson at (202) 5026346, or by email: Isis.Johnson@ferc.gov.

j. Deadline for filing comments and /or motions: January 17, 200

Atmos Pipeline and Storage, LLC; Notice of Application

Fri, Dec 21 2007 11:00:00 GMT

December 14, 2007.

Take notice that on December 13, 2007, Atmos Pipeline and Storage, LLC (Atmos), 5420 LBJ Freeway, Dallas, Texas 75240, filed in Docket No. CP0834000, a petition for Exemption of Temporary Acts and Operations from Certificate Requirements, pursuant to Rule 207(a)(5) of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure, and section 7(c)(1)(B) of the Natural Gas Act, seeking approval of an exemption from certificate requirements to perform temporary activities in order to drill test wells and perform other activities to assess the optimal manner in which to develop an underground natural gas storage facility in the vicinity of Fort Necessity, Franklin Parish, Louisiana, all as more fully set forth in the application which is on file with the Commission and open to public inspection. The filing may also be viewed on the Web at http://www.ferc.gov using the ``eL

City of Azusa, California; Notice of Filing

Fri, Dec 21 2007 11:00:00 GMT

December 14, 2007.

Take notice that on December 7, 2008, City of Azusa, California filed its fifth annual revision to its Transmission Revenue Balancing Account Adjustment, to become effective January 1, 2008. The City of Azusa, California also request a waiver of the filing fee, pursuant to Order No. 888A.

Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice of intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, motions, or protests must be filed on or before the comment date. On or before the comment date, it is not necessary to serve motions to intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant.

The Commission enco

East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc.; Notice of Filing

Fri, Dec 21 2007 11:00:00 GMT

December 14, 2007.

Take notice that on November 19, 2007, East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc. tendered for filing an errata notice to their July 13, 2007 filing requesting a declaratory order that its updated ``safe harbor'' OATT constituted an acceptable reciprocity tariff pursuant to the provisions of Order No. 890.

Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice of intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, motions, or protests must be filed on or before the comment date. Anyone filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant and all the parties in this proceeding.

East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc.; Notice of Filing

Fri, Dec 21 2007 11:00:00 GMT

December 14, 2007.

Take notice that on December 7, 2007, East Kentucky Power Cooperative, Inc. tendered for filing a revised Attachment M to its ``safe harbor'' Open Access Transmission Tariff and waiver of the filing fee.

The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the

Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Nevada

Fri, Dec 21 2007 11:00:00 GMT

This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Nevada Test Site. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of this meeting be announced in the Federal Register.

El Paso Electric Company; Notice of Filing

Fri, Dec 21 2007 11:00:00 GMT

December 14, 2007.

Take notice that on August 20, 2007, El Paso Electric Company tendered for filing a revised Nondiscriminatory Open Access Transmission Tariff which contained the revised nonrate terms and conditions set forth in Order No. 890.

Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice of intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, motions, or protests must be filed on or before the comment date. Anyone filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant and all the parties in this proceeding.

The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and intervent

Environmental Management Site-Specific Advisory Board, Oak Ridge Reservation

Fri, Dec 21 2007 11:00:00 GMT

This notice announces a meeting of the Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), Oak Ridge Reservation. The Federal Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public notice of this meeting be announced in the Federal Register.

Public Service Electric and Gas Company; Notice of Filing

Fri, Dec 21 2007 11:00:00 GMT

December 14, 2007.

Take notice that on December 7, 2007, Public Service Electric and Gas Company tendered for filing a Petition for a Declaratory Order confirming that its tobeconstructed electric transmission circuits and related facilities are properly classified as transmission assets for jurisdictional and ratemaking purposes.

Energy Conservation Standards for New Federal Commercial and Multi-Family High-Rise Residential Buildings and New

Fri, Dec 21 2007 11:00:00 GMT

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is adopting with changes the interim final rule published on December 4, 2006 (71 FR 70275) that implemented provisions in the Energy Policy Act of 2005 that require DOE to establish revised energy efficiency performance standards for the construction of all new Federal buildings. The standards in today's final rule apply to commercial and multifamily highrise residential buildings and lowrise residential buildings, as designed and constructed.

Southeastern Power Administration; Notice of Filing

Fri, Dec 21 2007 11:00:00 GMT

December 14, 2007.

Take notice that on December 3, 2007, Southeastern Power Administration filed a corrected Rate Schedule Replacement 2, effective October 1, 2006 to September 30, 2011, for confirmation and approval on a final basis, pursuant to the authority vested in the Commission by Delegation Order No. 0204108.

Any person desiring to intervene or to protest this filing must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). Protests will be considered by the Commission in determining the appropriate action to be taken, but will not serve to make protestants parties to the proceeding. Any person wishing to become a party must file a notice of intervention or motion to intervene, as appropriate. Such notices, motions, or protests must be filed on or before the comment date. Anyone filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of that document on the Applicant and all the parties in this proceeding.

Southwestern Power Administration; Notice of Filing

Fri, Dec 21 2007 11:00:00 GMT

December 14, 2007.

Take notice that on December 6, 2007, Southwestern Power Administration (Southwestern) filed revision to its nonjurisdictional open access transmission tariff to incorporate Attachment O Transmission Planning Process. Southwestern requests for an effective date for its Attachment O to be February 4, 2008.

The

Hydro Green Energy, LLC; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Motions To Intervene, Protests, and

Fri, Dec 21 2007 11:00:00 GMT

December 14, 2007.

Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:

a. Type of Application: Preliminary Permit.

b. Project No.: 12870000.

c. Date filed: July 24, 2007.

d. Applicant: Hydro Green Energy, LLC.

e. Name of Project: ``Alaska 1'' Project.

f. Location: The project would be located in a section of the Yukon River in the Southeast Fairbanks Census Area, Alaska. The project uses no dam or impoundment.

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)825(r).

h. Applicant Contacts: Mr. Wayne F. Krouse, Hydro Green Energy, LLC, 5090 Richmond Avenue 390, Houston, TX 77056, and Mr. James H. Hancock, Jr., Balch & Bingham LLP, 1710 Sixth Avenue North, Birmingham, Alabama 35203.

i. FERC Contact: Kelly Houff, (202) 5026393.

j. Deadline for filing comments, protests, and motions to intervene: 60 days from the issuance date of this notice.

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