On June 24, 2008, Union Electric Company filed, an application for a new license to continue operation and maintenance of its Taum Sauk Pumped Storage Project. The 442.5-megawatt Taum Sauk Project is located on the East Fork of the Black River and Taum Sauk Creek in Reynolds County, Missouri. The project does not occupy federal land. As discussed below, this order issues a new license for the project.