
[Federal Register Volume 77, Number 154 (Thursday, August 9, 2012)]
[Notices]
[Page 47619]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2012-19514]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2169-104]


Alcoa Power Generating Inc.; Brookfield Smoky Mountain Hydropower 
LLC; Notice of Application for Transfer of License, and Soliciting 
Comments and Motions To Intervene

    On July 31, 2012, Alcoa Power Generating Inc. (transferor) and 
Brookfield Smoky Mountain Hydropower LLC (transferee) filed an 
application for the transfer of license for the Tapoco Hydroelectric 
Project (FERC No. 2169), located on the Little Tennessee and Cheoah 
Rivers in Graham and Swain counties in North Carolina, and Blount and 
Monroe counties in Tennessee.
    Applicants seek Commission approval to transfer the license for the 
Tapoco Hydroelectric Project from the transferor to the transferee.
    Applicants' Contact: Transferor: Alcoa Inc., 390 Park Avenue, New 
York, New York 10022, Attn: Mr. Marc A. Pereira, Director, Corporate 
Development and Mr. David R. Poe, Bracewell & Giuliani LLP, 2000 K 
Street NW., Suite 500, Washington, DC 20006, (202) 828-5800, email 
david.peo@bgllp.com.
    Transferee: BAIF U.S. Renewable Power Holdings LLC, 200 Donald 
Lynch Blvd., Suite 300, Marlboro, MA 01752, Attn: Mr. David Bono, Vice 
President, Law and General Counsel and Mr. Patrick E. Groomes, 
Fulbright & Jaworski, L.L.P., 801 Pennsylvania Ave. NW., Washington, 
DC, (202) 662-4556, email pgroomes@fulbright.com.
    FERC Contact: Patricia W. Gillis (202) 502-8735, 
patricia.gillis@ferc.gov.
    Deadline for filing comments and motions to intervene: 30 days from 
the issuance date of this notice. Comments and motions to intervene may 
be filed electronically via the Internet. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1) and 
the instructions on the Commission's Web site under http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can submit brief 
comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the 
eComment system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. You 
must include your name and contact information at the end of your 
comments. If unable to be filed electronically, documents may be paper-
filed. To paper-file, an original plus seven copies should be mailed 
to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 
888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. More information about this 
project can be viewed or printed on the eLibrary link of Commission's 
Web site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. Enter the 
docket number (P-2169) in the docket number field to access the 
document. For assistance, call toll-free 1-866-208-3372.

    Dated: August 3, 2012.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2012-19514 Filed 8-8-12; 8:45 am]
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