Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County, Washington; Notice of Petition for Declaratory Order, 27598 [2014-11096]

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• DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
• Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 93 (Wednesday, May 14, 2014)]
[Notices]
[Page 27598]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2014-11096]



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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. EL14-47-000]


Public Utility District No. 1 of Snohomish County, Washington; 
Notice of Petition for Declaratory Order

    Take notice that on May 6, 2014, pursuant to Rule 207(a)(2) of the 
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) Rules of Practice 
and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.207(a)(2), the Public Utility District No. 1 
of Snohomish County, Washington (District) filed a petition for 
declaratory order requesting that the Commission declare that: (1) The 
Federal Power Act \1\ preempts the regulatory authority of Island 
County, Washington (Island County) and the Washington State Department 
of Ecology (Ecology) under Washington's Shoreline Management Act (SMA) 
over the District's action to construct, operate, and maintain the 
Admiralty Inlet Pilot Tidal Project (Project) under its license; and 
(2) the District accordingly is not required to obtain the approval of 
Island County and Ecology in the form of Shoreline Conditional Use 
Permit under the SMA in order to construct, operate, and maintain the 
Project.
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    \1\ 16 U.S.C. 791-823d (2012).
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    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 Petitioner.
    The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and 
interventions in lieu of paper using the ``eFiling'' link at https://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an 
original and 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 
20426.
    This filing is accessible on-line at https://www.ferc.gov, using the 
``eLibrary'' link and is available for review in the Commission's 
Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an ``eSubscription'' 
link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive email 
notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For 
assistance with any FERC Online service, please email 
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call (866) 208-3676 (toll free). For 
TTY, call (202) 502-8659.
    Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on June 5, 2014.

    Dated: May 8, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-11096 Filed 5-13-14; 8:45 am]
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