[Federal Register Volume 74, Number 26 (Tuesday, February 10, 2009)]
[Notices]
[Pages 6606-6607]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: E9-2789]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[OE Docket No. PP-230-4]


Application To Amend Presidential Permit; International 
Transmission Company, d/b/a ITCTransmission

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

ACTION: Notice of application.

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SUMMARY: International Transmission Company, d/b/a ITCTransmission 
(ITC) has applied for an amendment of a Presidential permit to 
construct, operate, maintain and connect electric transmission 
facilities across the U.S. international border.

DATES: Comments, protests, or requests to intervene must be submitted 
on or before March 12, 2009.

ADDRESSES: Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE-
20), U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue, SW., 
Washington, DC 20585.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Russell (Program Office) at 202-
586-9624, or by e-mail to [email protected], or Michael T. 
Skinker (Program Attorney) at 202-586-2793.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The construction, operation, maintenance, 
and connection of facilities at the international border of the United 
States for the transmission of electric energy between the United 
States and a foreign country is prohibited in the absence of a 
Presidential permit issued pursuant to Executive Order (EO) 10485, as 
amended by EO 12038.
    On September 26, 2000, DOE issued a Presidential permit to 
International Transmission Company (ITC) in Order No. PP-230, 
authorizing it to construct, operate, maintain, and connect electric 
transmission facilities at the international border of the United 
States and Canada. Those facilities are currently authorized by 
Presidential Permit No. PP-230-3 and include:
    (1) One 230,000-volt (230-kV) transmission line, including one 675-
MVA phase-shifting transformer connecting the Bunce Creek Station, 
located in Marysville, Michigan, with Hydro One's Scott Transformer 
Station, located in Sarnia, Ontario (identified as the B3N facility);
    (2) One 230-kV transmission line connecting the Waterman Station, 
located in Detroit, Michigan, with Hydro One's J. Clark Keith 
Generating Station, located in Windsor, Ontario (identified as the J5D 
facility);
    (3) One 345-kV transmission line connecting the St. Clair 
Generating Station, located in East China Township, Michigan, with 
Hydro One's Lambton Generating Station, located in Moore Township, 
Ontario (identified as the L4D facility); and
    (4) One 230-kV transmission line connecting the St. Clair 
Generating Station with Hydro One's Lambton Generating Station 
(identified as the L51D facility).
    In March 2003, the phase shifting transformer installed on the B3N 
facilities failed. On January 5, 2009, ITC applied to DOE to amend 
Presidential Permit PP-230-3 by authorizing it to replace the failed 
675-MVA transformer with two 700-MVA phase shifting transformers 
connected in series.
    Procedural Matters: Any person desiring to become a party to this 
proceeding 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 (FERC) 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.
    Additional copies of such petitions to intervene or protest also 
should be filed directly with Mr. James Frankowski, ITC Holdings Corp, 
27175 Energy Way, Novi, MI 48377 and John R. Staffier, Stuntz, Davis & 
Staffier, P.C., 555 Twelfth Street, NW., Suite 630, Washington, DC 
20004.
    Before a Presidential permit may be granted or amended, DOE must 
determine that the proposed action will

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not adversely impact on the reliability of the U.S. electric power 
supply system. In addition, DOE must consider the environmental impacts 
of the proposed action (i.e., granting the Presidential permit, with 
any conditions and limitations, or denying the permit) pursuant to the 
National Environmental Policy Act of 1969. DOE also must obtain the 
concurrences of the Secretary of State and the Secretary of Defense 
before taking final action on a Presidential permit application.
    Copies of this application will be made available, upon request, 
for public inspection and copying at the address provided above. In 
addition, the application may be reviewed or downloaded electronically 
at http://www.oe.energy.gov/permits_pending.htm.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on February 4, 2009.
Anthony J. Como,
Director, Siting and Permitting, Office of Electricity Delivery and 
Energy Reliability.
[FR Doc. E9-2789 Filed 2-9-09; 8:45 am]
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