Application for Presidential Permit; Soule River Hydroelectric Project, 45918-45919 [2013-18241]

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AGENCY: Soule Hydro, LLC (Soule Hydro) has applied for a Presidential permit to construct, operate, maintain, and connect an electric transmission line across the United States border with Canada. DATES: Comments, protests, or motions to intervene must be submitted on or before August 29, 2013. ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, or motions to intervene should be addressed as follows: Brian Mills, 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: Brian Mills (Program Office) at 202– 586–8267 or via electronic mail at Brian.Mills@hq.doe.gov, or Katherine L. Konieczny (Attorney-Adviser) at 202– 586–0503 or via electronic mail at Katherine.Konieczny@hq.doe.gov. SUMMARY: 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 March 18, 2013, Soule Hydro filed an application with the Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability of the Department of Energy (DOE) for a Presidential Permit. Soule Hydro is a limited liability corporation, organized and existing in the State of Delaware. Alaska Power & Telephone Company (AP&T) is the parent company and sole shareholder for Soule Hydro. Soule Hydro proposes to construct and operate a high-voltage alternating current (HVAC) hydroelectric transmission line that is to originate on the Soule River, on Portland Canal in Southeast Alaska, and continue to the BC Hydro Stewart Substation on the north side of Stewart, British Columbia. It would occupy federal land administered by the Ketchikan-Misty Fjords Ranger District of the U.S. Forest Service (Forest Service). The proposed Soule River Hydroelectric Project (the ‘‘Project’’) would be capable of SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PO 00000 Frm 00012 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 transmitting up to 77.4 megawatts (MW) of power. The Alaska portion of the Project would be an 8-mile long, 138 kilovolt (kV) HVAC 3-phase submarine cable that would be laid on the floor of Portland Canal off the community of Hyder, Alaska, waterfront before it would cross the international boundary and extend approximately 2 miles to land at Stewart, B.C. Arrow Dock. The transmission line would eventually transition to overhead and terminate at the BC Hydro Stewart Substation approximately 2.5 miles from the cable landing. Soule Hydro represents that the Project’s precise final route would be subject to a number of factors, including resource issues, permitting, land acquisition, and stakeholder agreement. The approximately 8-mile-long portion of the Project located within the United States as well as the approximately 4.5 miles of transmission infrastructure in Canada would be owned and operated by Soule Hydro. Since the restructuring of the electric industry began, resulting in the introduction of different types of competitive entities into the marketplace, DOE has consistently expressed its policy that cross-border trade in electric energy should be subject to the same principles of comparable open access and nondiscrimination that apply to transmission in interstate commerce. DOE has stated that policy in export authorizations granted to entities requesting authority to export over international transmission facilities. Specifically, DOE expects transmitting utilities owning border facilities to provide access across the border in accordance with the principles of comparable open access and nondiscrimination contained in the Federal Power Act and articulated in Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) Order No. 888 (Promoting Wholesale Competition Through Open Access Non-Discriminatory Transmission Services by Public Utilities; FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶31,036 (1996)), as amended. In furtherance of this policy, DOE invites comments on whether it would be appropriate to condition any Presidential permit issued in this proceeding on compliance with these open access principles. Procedural Matters: Any person may comment on or protest this application by filing such comment or protest at the address provided above in accordance with Rule 211 of FERC’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211). Any person seeking to become a party to this proceeding must file a E:\FR\FM\30JYN1.SGM 30JYN1 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 146 / Tuesday, July 30, 2013 / Notices motion to intervene at the address provided above in accordance with Rule 214 of FERC’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.214). Fifteen copies of each comment, protest, or motion to intervene should be filed with DOE on or before the date listed above. Additional copies of such comment, protest, or motion to intervene should also be filed directly with: Mr. Robert S. Grimm, CEO/President, Soule Hydro, LLC, c/o Alaska Power & Telephone Company, 193 Otto Street, P.O. Box 3222, Port Townsend, WA 98368. Before a Presidential permit may be issued or amended, DOE must determine that the proposed action is in the public interest. In making that determination, DOE considers the environmental impacts of the proposed project pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969, determines the project’s impact on electric reliability by ascertaining whether the proposed project would adversely affect the operation of the U.S. electric power supply system under normal and contingency conditions, and considers any other factors that may also be relevant to the public interest. DOE 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, by accessing the program Web site at https:// www.oe.energy.gov/permits_ pending.htm, or by emailing Angela Troy at angela.troy@hq.doe.gov. Issued in Washington, DC, on July 24, 2013. Brian Mills, Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability. [FR Doc. 2013–18241 Filed 7–29–13; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. IC13–14–000] pmangrum on DSK3VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Commission Information Collection Activities (FERC Form 80); Comment Request; Extension Federal Energy Regulatory Commission. ACTION: Comment request. AGENCY: In compliance with the requirements of the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 3507(a)(1)(D), the Federal Energy SUMMARY: VerDate Mar<15>2010 14:32 Jul 29, 2013 Jkt 229001 Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC) is submitting the information collection, FERC Form 80, Licensed Hydropower Development Recreation Report, to the Office of Management and Budget (OMB) for review of the information collection requirements. Any interested person may file comments directly with OMB and should address a copy of those comments to the Commission as explained below. The Commission issued a Notice in the Federal Register (78 FR 28820, 5/16/2013) requesting public comments. FERC received no comments on the FERC Form 80 and is making this notation in its submittal to OMB. DATES: Comments on the collection of information are due August 29, 2013. ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB, identified by the OMB Control No. 1902–0106, should be sent via email to the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs: oira_submission@omb.gov. Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Desk Officer. The Desk Officer may also be reached via telephone at 202–395–4718. A copy of the comments should also be sent to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, identified by the Docket No. IC13–14–000, by either of the following methods: • eFiling at Commission’s Web site: https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ efiling.asp • Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Secretary of the Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. Instructions: All submissions must be formatted and filed in accordance with submission guidelines at: https:// www.ferc.gov/help/submissionguide.asp. For user assistance contact FERC Online Support by email at ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or by phone at: (866) 208–3676 (toll-free), or (202) 502–8659 for TTY. Docket: Users interested in receiving automatic notification of activity in this docket or in viewing/downloading comments and issuances in this docket may do so at https://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/docs-filing.asp. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ellen Brown may be reached by email at DataClearance@FERC.gov, telephone at (202) 502–8663, and fax at (202) 273– 0873. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title: FERC Form 80, Licensed Hydropower Development Recreation Report. OMB Control No.: 1902–0106. Type of Request: Minor revisions to the FERC Form 80 information PO 00000 Frm 00013 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 45919 collection requirements with no change to the current reporting burden. Abstract: FERC uses the information on the FERC Form 80 to implement the statutory provisions of sections 4(a), 10(a), 301(a), 304 and 309 of the Federal Power Act (FPA), 16 U.S.C. 797, 803, 825c & 8254. FERC’s authority to collect this information comes from section 10(a) of the FPA which requires the Commission to be responsible for ensuring that hydro projects subject to FERC jurisdiction are consistent with the comprehensive development of the nation’s waterway for recreation and other beneficial public uses. In the interest of fulfilling these objectives, FERC expects licensees subject to its jurisdiction to recognize the resources that are affected by their activities and to play a role in protecting such resources. FERC Form 80 is a report on the use and development of recreational facilities at hydropower projects licensed by the Commission. Applications for licenses, amendments to licenses, and/or changes in land rights frequently involve changes in resources available for recreation. FERC utilizes the FERC Form 80 data when analyzing the adequacy of existing public recreational facilities and when processing and reviewing proposed amendments to help determine the impact of such changes. In addition, the FERC regional office staff uses the FERC Form 80 data when conducting inspections of licensed projects. FERC inspectors use the data in evaluating compliance with various license conditions and in identifying recreational facilities at hydropower projects. The FERC Form 80 requires data specified by Title 18 of the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR) under Parts 8.11 and 141.14 (and discussed at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ forms.asp#80). FERC collects the FERC Form 80 once every six years. The last collection was due on April 1, 2009, for data compiled during the 2008 calendar year. The next collection of the FERC Form 80 is due on April 1, 2015, with subsequent collections due every sixth year, for data compiled during the previous calendar year. The Commission made minor revisions throughout the form. Specifically, FERC clarified and simplified instructions, removed redundancy in certain questions, clarified questions and terms, and generally improved the readability of the form. FERC has attached the revised form to this notice. E:\FR\FM\30JYN1.SGM 30JYN1

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[FR Doc No: 2013-18241]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

[OE Docket No. PP-387]


Application for Presidential Permit; Soule River Hydroelectric 
Project

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

ACTION: Notice of application.

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SUMMARY: Soule Hydro, LLC (Soule Hydro) has applied for a Presidential 
permit to construct, operate, maintain, and connect an electric 
transmission line across the United States border with Canada.

DATES: Comments, protests, or motions to intervene must be submitted on 
or before August 29, 2013.

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, or motions to intervene should be 
addressed as follows: Brian Mills, 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: Brian Mills (Program Office) at 202-
586-8267 or via electronic mail at Brian.Mills@hq.doe.gov, or Katherine 
L. Konieczny (Attorney-Adviser) at 202-586-0503 or via electronic mail 
at Katherine.Konieczny@hq.doe.gov.

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 March 18, 2013, Soule Hydro filed an application with the Office 
of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability of the Department of 
Energy (DOE) for a Presidential Permit. Soule Hydro is a limited 
liability corporation, organized and existing in the State of Delaware. 
Alaska Power & Telephone Company (AP&T) is the parent company and sole 
shareholder for Soule Hydro.
    Soule Hydro proposes to construct and operate a high-voltage 
alternating current (HVAC) hydroelectric transmission line that is to 
originate on the Soule River, on Portland Canal in Southeast Alaska, 
and continue to the BC Hydro Stewart Substation on the north side of 
Stewart, British Columbia. It would occupy federal land administered by 
the Ketchikan-Misty Fjords Ranger District of the U.S. Forest Service 
(Forest Service). The proposed Soule River Hydroelectric Project (the 
``Project'') would be capable of transmitting up to 77.4 megawatts (MW) 
of power.
    The Alaska portion of the Project would be an 8-mile long, 138 
kilovolt (kV) HVAC 3-phase submarine cable that would be laid on the 
floor of Portland Canal off the community of Hyder, Alaska, waterfront 
before it would cross the international boundary and extend 
approximately 2 miles to land at Stewart, B.C. Arrow Dock.
    The transmission line would eventually transition to overhead and 
terminate at the BC Hydro Stewart Substation approximately 2.5 miles 
from the cable landing.
    Soule Hydro represents that the Project's precise final route would 
be subject to a number of factors, including resource issues, 
permitting, land acquisition, and stakeholder agreement. The 
approximately 8-mile-long portion of the Project located within the 
United States as well as the approximately 4.5 miles of transmission 
infrastructure in Canada would be owned and operated by Soule Hydro.
    Since the restructuring of the electric industry began, resulting 
in the introduction of different types of competitive entities into the 
marketplace, DOE has consistently expressed its policy that cross-
border trade in electric energy should be subject to the same 
principles of comparable open access and non-discrimination that apply 
to transmission in interstate commerce. DOE has stated that policy in 
export authorizations granted to entities requesting authority to 
export over international transmission facilities. Specifically, DOE 
expects transmitting utilities owning border facilities to provide 
access across the border in accordance with the principles of 
comparable open access and non-discrimination contained in the Federal 
Power Act and articulated in Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 
(FERC) Order No. 888 (Promoting Wholesale Competition Through Open 
Access Non-Discriminatory Transmission Services by Public Utilities; 
FERC Stats. & Regs. ]31,036 (1996)), as amended. In furtherance of this 
policy, DOE invites comments on whether it would be appropriate to 
condition any Presidential permit issued in this proceeding on 
compliance with these open access principles.
    Procedural Matters: Any person may comment on or protest this 
application by filing such comment or protest at the address provided 
above in accordance with Rule 211 of FERC's Rules of Practice and 
Procedure (18 CFR 385.211). Any person seeking to become a party to 
this proceeding must file a

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motion to intervene at the address provided above in accordance with 
Rule 214 of FERC's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.214). 
Fifteen copies of each comment, protest, or motion to intervene should 
be filed with DOE on or before the date listed above.
    Additional copies of such comment, protest, or motion to intervene 
should also be filed directly with: Mr. Robert S. Grimm, CEO/President, 
Soule Hydro, LLC, c/o Alaska Power & Telephone Company, 193 Otto 
Street, P.O. Box 3222, Port Townsend, WA 98368.
    Before a Presidential permit may be issued or amended, DOE must 
determine that the proposed action is in the public interest. In making 
that determination, DOE considers the environmental impacts of the 
proposed project pursuant to the National Environmental Policy Act of 
1969, determines the project's impact on electric reliability by 
ascertaining whether the proposed project would adversely affect the 
operation of the U.S. electric power supply system under normal and 
contingency conditions, and considers any other factors that may also 
be relevant to the public interest. DOE 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, by 
accessing the program Web site at https://www.oe.energy.gov/permits_pending.htm, or by emailing Angela Troy at angela.troy@hq.doe.gov.

    Issued in Washington, DC, on July 24, 2013.
Brian Mills,
Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of Electricity Delivery and 
Energy Reliability.
[FR Doc. 2013-18241 Filed 7-29-13; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6450-01-P

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