Turlock Irrigation District Modesto Irrigation District; Notice of Filing of Pre-Application Document (PAD), Commencement of Pre-Filing Process, and Scoping; Request for Comments on the PAD and Scoping Document, and Identification of Issues and Associated Study Requests, 31318-31319 [2014-12642]

Download as PDF sroberts on DSK5SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES 31318 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 105 / Monday, June 2, 2014 / Notices site: https://science.energy.gov/fes/fesac/ meetings/ or by contacting Mr. Samuel J. Barish by email sam.barish@science.doe.gov or by phone (301) 903–2917. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Dr. Edmund J. Synakowski, Designated Federal Officer, FESAC, U.S. Department of Energy, Office of Science, Office of Fusion Energy Sciences, SC– 24/Germantown Building, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585–1290. Phone 301–903–4941; fax (301) 903–8584 or email: ed.synakowski@science.doe.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Purpose of the Meeting: To complete the charge given to the Committee in the letter from the Acting Director, Office of Science, dated February 19, 2014 to the FESAC Chair asking FESAC assistance in identifying disciplines in which significantly greater emphasis in workforce training at the graduate student or postdoc levels is necessary to address gaps in current and future Office of Science mission needs. Tentative Agenda Topics: • Approval of the Report of the Workforce Development Needs Panel (https://science.energy.gov/∼/media/fes/ fesac/pdf/2014/FESAC_Charge_Feb_ 19_2014.pdf) • Other Business as Necessary • Public Comments • Adjourned Public Participation: The teleconference meeting is open to the public. If you would like to file a written statement with the Committee, you may do so either before or after the meeting. If you would like to make oral statements regarding the item on the agenda, you should contact Sam Barish at the address or telephone number listed above. You must make your request for an oral statement at least five business days before the meeting. Reasonable provision will be made to include the scheduled oral statements on the agenda. The Chairperson of the Committee will conduct the meeting to facilitate the orderly conduct of business. Public comment will follow the 10-minute rule. Minutes: The minutes of the meeting will be available for public review and copying within 45 days the Fusion Energy Sciences Advisory Committee Web site—https://science.energy.gov/fes/ fesac/. Issued at Washington, DC, on May 23, 2014. LaTanya R. Butler, Deputy Committee Management Officer. [FR Doc. 2014–12683 Filed 5–30–14; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450–01–P VerDate Mar<15>2010 18:59 May 30, 2014 Jkt 232001 agency regulations thereunder at 50 CFR, Part 402 and (b) the California Federal Energy Regulatory State Historic Preservation Officer, as Commission required by section 106, National Historical Preservation Act, and the [Project No. 14581–000] implementing regulations of the Advisory Council on Historic Turlock Irrigation District Modesto Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2. Irrigation District; Notice of Filing of l. With this notice, we are designating Pre-Application Document (PAD), Commencement of Pre-Filing Process, the Turlock Irrigation District and Modesto Irrigation District as the and Scoping; Request for Comments Commission’s non-federal on the PAD and Scoping Document, representative for carrying out informal and Identification of Issues and consultation, pursuant to section 7 of Associated Study Requests the Endangered Species Act and section a. Type of Filing: Notice of PAD Filing 106 of the National Historic and Commencing Pre-Filing Process for Preservation Act. Application for an Original License. m. Turlock Irrigation District and b. Project No.: 14581–000. Modesto Irrigation District filed with the c. Dated Filed: March 24, 2014.1 Commission a Pre-Application d. Submitted By: Turlock Irrigation Document (PAD; including a proposed District and Modesto Irrigation District. process plan and schedule), pursuant to e. Name of Project: La Grange 18 CFR 5.6 of the Commission’s Hydroelectric Project. regulations. f. Location: The La Grange Project n. A copy of the PAD is available for facilities are located on the Tuolomne review at the Commission in the Public River in Tuolomne County, California. Reference Room or may be viewed on Portions of the Don Pedro Project the Commission’s Web site (https:// occupy lands of the Bureau of Land www.ferc.gov), using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ Management Sierra Resource link. Enter the docket number, Management Unit. excluding the last three digits in the g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR Part 5 of docket number field to access the the Commission’s Regulations. document. For assistance, contact FERC h. Potential Applicant Contact: Steven Online Support at Boyd, Director of Water Resources, FERCONlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll Turlock Irrigation District, P.O. Box 949, free at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY, Turlock, California 95381, 209–883– (202) 502–8659. A copy is also available 8364 and Greg Dias, Project Manager, for inspection and reproduction at the Modesto Irrigation District, P.O. Box address in paragraph h. Register online at https:// 4060, Modesto, California 95352, 209– www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 526–7566. esubscription.asp to be notified via i. FERC Contact: Jim Hastreiter at email of new filing and issuances (503) 552–2760 or james.hastreiter@ related to this or other pending projects. ferc.gov. j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. local, and tribal agencies with o. With this notice, we are soliciting jurisdiction and/or special expertise comments on the PAD and with respect to environmental issues Commission’s staff Scoping Document 1 that wish to cooperate in the (SD1), as well as study requests. All preparation of the environmental comments on the PAD and SD1, and document should follow the study requests should be sent to the instructions for filing such requests address above in paragraph h. In described in item o below. Cooperating addition, all comments on the PAD and agencies should note the Commission’s SD1, study requests, requests for policy that agencies that cooperate in cooperating agency status, and all the preparation of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See 94 communications to and from Commission staff related to the merits of FERC ¶ 61,076 (2001). the potential application must be filed k. With this notice, we are initiating informal consultation with: (a) The U.S. with the Commission. Documents may Fish and Wildlife Service and/or NOAA be filed electronically via the Internet. See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the Fisheries under section 7 of the instructions on the Commission’s Web Endangered Species Act and the joint site https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 1 In a letter filed March 24, 2014, the Districts efiling.asp. Commenters can submit indicated that they were no longer interested in brief comments up to 6,000 characters, pursuing the Traditional Licensing Process. without prior registration, using the Therefore, March 24, 2014 was established as the eComment system at https:// pre-filing process start date for the Integrated Licensing Process. www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY PO 00000 Frm 00036 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\02JNN1.SGM 02JNN1 Federal Register / Vol. 79, No. 105 / Monday, June 2, 2014 / Notices ecomment.asp. You must include your name and contact information at the end of your comments. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support. Although the Commission strongly encourages electronic filing, documents may also be paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an original and seven copies to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. All filings with the Commission must include on the first page, the project name (La Grange Hydroelectric Project) and number (P–14581–000), and bear the appropriate heading: ‘‘Comments on Pre-Application Document,’’ ‘‘Study Requests,’’ ‘‘Comments on Scoping Document 1,’’ ‘‘Request for Cooperating Agency Status,’’ or ‘‘Communications to and from Commission Staff.’’ Any individual or entity interested in submitting study requests, commenting on the PAD or SD1, and any agency requesting cooperating status must do so by July 22, 2014. p. Our current intent is to prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA). This meeting will satisfy the NEPA scoping requirements. Scoping Meetings and Environmental Site Review Commission staff will hold two scoping meetings in the vicinity of the project at the time and place noted below. The daytime meeting will focus on resource agency, Indian tribes, and non-governmental organization concerns, while the evening meeting is primarily for receiving input from the public. We invite all interested individuals, organizations, and agencies to attend one or both of the meetings, and to assist staff in identifying particular study needs, as well as the scope of environmental issues to be addressed in the environmental document. The times and locations of these meetings are as follows: Daytime Scoping Meeting Date and Time: Wednesday, June 18, 2014, 10:00 a.m. (PST) Location: CSU-Stanislaus, University Student Union-Events Center, 801 W. Monte Vista, Turlock, California 95382. sroberts on DSK5SPTVN1PROD with NOTICES Evening Scoping Meeting Date and Time: Wednesday, June 18, 2014, 7:00 p.m. (PST) Location: Double Tree Hotel-Modesto, Ballroom 4, 1150 Ninth Street, Modesto, California 95354 Environmental Site Review 18:59 May 30, 2014 Meeting Objectives At the scoping meetings, staff will: (1) Initiate scoping of the issues; (2) review and discuss existing conditions and resource management objectives; (3) review and discuss existing information and identify preliminary information and study needs; (4) review and discuss the process plan and schedule for prefiling activity that incorporates the time frames provided for in Part 5 of the Commission’s regulations and, to the extent possible, maximizes coordination of federal, state, and tribal permitting and certification processes; and (5) discuss the appropriateness of any federal or state agency or Indian tribe acting as a cooperating agency for development of an environmental document. Meeting participants should come prepared to discuss their issues and/or concerns. Please review the PAD in preparation for the scoping meetings. Directions on how to obtain a copy of the PAD and SD1 are included in item n. of this document. Meeting Procedures The meetings will be recorded by a stenographer and will be placed in the public record of the project. Dated: May 23, 2014. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2014–12642 Filed 5–30–14; 8:45 am] Date and Time: Thursday, June 19, 2014, 10:00 a.m. (PST) VerDate Mar<15>2010 Location: meet at the La Grange Rodeo Grounds, 4999 State Hwy. 132, La Grange, CA, 95329. Please notify Jim Hastreiter at 503– 552–2760 or james.hastreiter@ferc.gov by June 2, 2014, if you plan to attend the site visit. Scoping Document 1 (SD1), which outlines the subject areas to be addressed in the environmental document, was mailed to the individuals and entities on the Commission’s and Turlock Irrigation District and Modesto Irrigation District mailing lists. Copies of SD1 will be available at the scoping meetings, or may be viewed on the web at https:// www.ferc.gov, using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Follow the directions for accessing information in paragraph n. Based on all oral and written comments, a Scoping Document 2 (SD2) may be issued. SD2 may include a revised process plan and schedule, as well as a list of issues, identified through the scoping process. Jkt 232001 BILLING CODE 6717–01–P PO 00000 Frm 00037 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 31319 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. EL11–44–007] Iberdrola Renewables, Inc., PacifiCorp, NextEra Energy Resources, LLC, Invenergy Wind North America LLC, Horizon Wind Energy LLC, v. Bonneville Power Administration; Notice of Compliance Filing Take notice that on May 23, 2014, the Bonneville Power Administration (Bonneville) submitted a compliance filing in response to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s (Commission) Orders issued on December 20, 2012 1 and February 19, 2013.2 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 Applicant. 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 5 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 13, 2014. 1 Iberdrola Renewables, Inc., et al. v. Bonneville Power Administration, 141 FERC ¶ 61,234 (2012). 2 Iberdrola Renewables, Inc., et al. v. Bonneville Power Administration, 142 FERC ¶ 61,116 (2013). E:\FR\FM\02JNN1.SGM 02JNN1

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[Federal Register Volume 79, Number 105 (Monday, June 2, 2014)]
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[FR Doc No: 2014-12642]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14581-000]


Turlock Irrigation District Modesto Irrigation District; Notice 
of Filing of Pre-Application Document (PAD), Commencement of Pre-Filing 
Process, and Scoping; Request for Comments on the PAD and Scoping 
Document, and Identification of Issues and Associated Study Requests

    a. Type of Filing: Notice of PAD Filing and Commencing Pre-Filing 
Process for Application for an Original License.
    b. Project No.: 14581-000.
    c. Dated Filed: March 24, 2014.\1\
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    \1\ In a letter filed March 24, 2014, the Districts indicated 
that they were no longer interested in pursuing the Traditional 
Licensing Process. Therefore, March 24, 2014 was established as the 
pre-filing process start date for the Integrated Licensing Process.
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    d. Submitted By: Turlock Irrigation District and Modesto Irrigation 
District.
    e. Name of Project: La Grange Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The La Grange Project facilities are located on the 
Tuolomne River in Tuolomne County, California. Portions of the Don 
Pedro Project occupy lands of the Bureau of Land Management Sierra 
Resource Management Unit.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR Part 5 of the Commission's 
Regulations.
    h. Potential Applicant Contact: Steven Boyd, Director of Water 
Resources, Turlock Irrigation District, P.O. Box 949, Turlock, 
California 95381, 209-883-8364 and Greg Dias, Project Manager, Modesto 
Irrigation District, P.O. Box 4060, Modesto, California 95352, 209-526-
7566.
    i. FERC Contact: Jim Hastreiter at (503) 552-2760 or 
james.hastreiter@ferc.gov.
    j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies 
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to 
environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the 
environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such 
requests described in item o below. Cooperating agencies should note 
the Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation 
of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See 94 FERC ] 
61,076 (2001).
    k. With this notice, we are initiating informal consultation with: 
(a) The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and/or NOAA Fisheries under 
section 7 of the Endangered Species Act and the joint agency 
regulations thereunder at 50 CFR, Part 402 and (b) the California State 
Historic Preservation Officer, as required by section 106, National 
Historical Preservation Act, and the implementing regulations of the 
Advisory Council on Historic Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2.
    l. With this notice, we are designating the Turlock Irrigation 
District and Modesto Irrigation District as the Commission's non-
federal representative for carrying out informal consultation, pursuant 
to section 7 of the Endangered Species Act and section 106 of the 
National Historic Preservation Act.
    m. Turlock Irrigation District and Modesto Irrigation District 
filed with the Commission a Pre-Application Document (PAD; including a 
proposed process plan and schedule), pursuant to 18 CFR 5.6 of the 
Commission's regulations.
    n. A copy of the PAD is available for review at the Commission in 
the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission's Web site 
(https://www.ferc.gov), using the ``eLibrary'' link. Enter the docket 
number, excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to 
access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support at 
FERCONlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at 1-866-208-3676, or for TTY, 
(202) 502-8659. A copy is also available for inspection and 
reproduction at the address in paragraph h.
    Register online at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filing and issuances 
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC 
Online Support.
    o. With this notice, we are soliciting comments on the PAD and 
Commission's staff Scoping Document 1 (SD1), as well as study requests. 
All comments on the PAD and SD1, and study requests should be sent to 
the address above in paragraph h. In addition, all comments on the PAD 
and SD1, study requests, requests for cooperating agency status, and 
all communications to and from Commission staff related to the merits 
of the potential application must be filed with the Commission. 
Documents may be filed electronically via the Internet. See 18 CFR 
385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions on the Commission's Web site 
https://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 https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/

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ecomment.asp. You must include your name and contact information at the 
end of your comments. For assistance, please contact FERC Online 
Support. Although the Commission strongly encourages electronic filing, 
documents may also be paper-filed. To paper-file, mail an original and 
seven copies to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 
Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
    All filings with the Commission must include on the first page, the 
project name (La Grange Hydroelectric Project) and number (P-14581-
000), and bear the appropriate heading: ``Comments on Pre-Application 
Document,'' ``Study Requests,'' ``Comments on Scoping Document 1,'' 
``Request for Cooperating Agency Status,'' or ``Communications to and 
from Commission Staff.'' Any individual or entity interested in 
submitting study requests, commenting on the PAD or SD1, and any agency 
requesting cooperating status must do so by July 22, 2014.
    p. Our current intent is to prepare an Environmental Assessment 
(EA). This meeting will satisfy the NEPA scoping requirements.

Scoping Meetings and Environmental Site Review

    Commission staff will hold two scoping meetings in the vicinity of 
the project at the time and place noted below. The daytime meeting will 
focus on resource agency, Indian tribes, and non-governmental 
organization concerns, while the evening meeting is primarily for 
receiving input from the public. We invite all interested individuals, 
organizations, and agencies to attend one or both of the meetings, and 
to assist staff in identifying particular study needs, as well as the 
scope of environmental issues to be addressed in the environmental 
document. The times and locations of these meetings are as follows:

Daytime Scoping Meeting

    Date and Time: Wednesday, June 18, 2014, 10:00 a.m. (PST)
    Location: CSU-Stanislaus, University Student Union-Events Center, 
801 W. Monte Vista, Turlock, California 95382.

Evening Scoping Meeting

    Date and Time: Wednesday, June 18, 2014, 7:00 p.m. (PST)
    Location: Double Tree Hotel-Modesto, Ballroom 4, 1150 Ninth Street, 
Modesto, California 95354

Environmental Site Review

    Date and Time: Thursday, June 19, 2014, 10:00 a.m. (PST)
    Location: meet at the La Grange Rodeo Grounds, 4999 State Hwy. 132, 
La Grange, CA, 95329.
    Please notify Jim Hastreiter at 503-552-2760 or 
james.hastreiter@ferc.gov by June 2, 2014, if you plan to attend the 
site visit.
    Scoping Document 1 (SD1), which outlines the subject areas to be 
addressed in the environmental document, was mailed to the individuals 
and entities on the Commission's and Turlock Irrigation District and 
Modesto Irrigation District mailing lists. Copies of SD1 will be 
available at the scoping meetings, or may be viewed on the web at 
https://www.ferc.gov, using the ``eLibrary'' link. Follow the directions 
for accessing information in paragraph n. Based on all oral and written 
comments, a Scoping Document 2 (SD2) may be issued. SD2 may include a 
revised process plan and schedule, as well as a list of issues, 
identified through the scoping process.

Meeting Objectives

    At the scoping meetings, staff will: (1) Initiate scoping of the 
issues; (2) review and discuss existing conditions and resource 
management objectives; (3) review and discuss existing information and 
identify preliminary information and study needs; (4) review and 
discuss the process plan and schedule for pre-filing activity that 
incorporates the time frames provided for in Part 5 of the Commission's 
regulations and, to the extent possible, maximizes coordination of 
federal, state, and tribal permitting and certification processes; and 
(5) discuss the appropriateness of any federal or state agency or 
Indian tribe acting as a cooperating agency for development of an 
environmental document.
    Meeting participants should come prepared to discuss their issues 
and/or concerns. Please review the PAD in preparation for the scoping 
meetings. Directions on how to obtain a copy of the PAD and SD1 are 
included in item n. of this document.

Meeting Procedures

    The meetings will be recorded by a stenographer and will be placed 
in the public record of the project.

    Dated: May 23, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-12642 Filed 5-30-14; 8:45 am]
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