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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Plains & Eastern Clean Line
Transmission Project Draft
Environmental Impact Statement
Department of Energy.
Notice of availability and public
hearings.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
The U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE) announces the availability
SUMMARY:
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of the Draft Environmental Impact
Statement for the Plains & Eastern
Clean Line Transmission Project (DOE/
EIS–0486; Draft EIS) for a 90-day public
comment period. DOE also announces
15 public hearings to receive comments
on the Draft EIS. In addition, DOE
invites comments on the National
Historic Preservation Act Section 106
process and any potential adverse
impacts to historic properties from the
proposed Project. Major facilities
associated with the proposed Project
include converter stations in Oklahoma
and Tennessee; an approximately 720mile high voltage direct current (HVDC)
transmission line; an alternating current
(AC) collection system; and access
roads. This Draft EIS evaluates the
potential environmental impacts of the
proposed Project and alternatives to it.
DATES: DOE invites comments on this
Draft EIS and on the National Historic
Preservation Act Section 106 process
and any potential adverse impacts to
historic properties from the proposed
Project and alternatives during a 90-day
period, which ends on March 17, 2015.
Comments submitted after the close of
the comment period will be considered
to the extent practicable. The
Department will hold 15 public hearings
at the locations, dates, and start times
listed in SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION
below.
ADDRESSES: Written comments on the
Draft EIS may be provided on the EIS
Web site at https://www.plainsand
easterneis.com (preferred) or addressed
to: Plains & Eastern EIS, 216 16th Street,
Suite 1500, Denver, Colorado 80202; via
email to comments@
PlainsandEasternEIS.com; or by
facsimile to (303) 295–2818. Please
mark envelopes and email subject lines
as Plains & Eastern Draft EIS Comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information on the Plains & Eastern EIS
or the Section 106 process, contact Jane
Summerson, Ph.D., DOE NEPA
Document Manager on behalf of the
Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy
Reliability, U.S. Department of Energy,
NNSA, PO Box 391 Building 401,
Kirtland Air Force Base East,
Albuquerque, NM 87185; email at
Jane.Summerson01@nnsa.doe.gov; or
phone (505) 845–4091.
For general information regarding the
DOE NEPA process, contact Carol
Borgstrom, Director, Office of NEPA
Policy and Compliance (GC–54), U.S.
Department of Energy, 1000
Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20585; or phone at
(202) 586–4600; voicemail at (800) 472–
2756; or email at askNEPA@hq.doe.gov.
Additional information regarding DOE’s
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NEPA activities is available on the DOE
NEPA Web site at https://energy.gov/
nepa.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In June
2010, DOE, acting through the
Southwestern Power Administration
and the Western Area Power
Administration, both power marketing
administrations within DOE, issued
Request for Proposals (RFP) for new or
upgraded transmission line projects
under Section 1222 of the Energy Policy
Act of 2005 (75 FR 32940; June 10,
2010). In response to the RFP, Clean
Line Energy Partners LLC of Houston,
Texas, the parent company of Plains and
Eastern Clean Line LLC and Plains and
Eastern Clean Line Oklahoma LLC
(collectively referred to as Clean Line or
the Applicant) submitted a proposal to
DOE in July 2010 for the Plains &
Eastern Clean Line Project. In August
2011, Clean Line modified the proposal.
The Applicant Proposed Project
would include an overhead ± 600kilovolt (kV) HVDC electric
transmission system and associated
facilities with the capacity to deliver
approximately 3,500 megawatts
primarily from renewable energy
generation facilities in the Oklahoma
and Texas Panhandle regions to loadserving entities in the Mid-South and
Southeast United States via an
interconnection with the Tennessee
Valley Authority (TVA) in Tennessee.
Major facilities associated with the
Applicant Proposed Project consist of
converter stations in Oklahoma and
Tennessee; an approximately 720-mile
HVDC transmission line; an AC
collection system; and access roads.
Pursuant to NEPA, DOE has identified
and analyzed potential environmental
impacts for several alternatives in
addition to the Applicant Proposed
Project, including alternative routes for
the HVDC transmission line and adding
a converter station in Arkansas (to
deliver power to the Arkansas electrical
grid).
DOE has prepared this Draft EIS in
consultation with the following
cooperating agencies: the Bureau of
Indian Affairs, Natural Resources
Conservation Service, TVA, U.S. Army
Corps of Engineers, U.S. Environmental
Protection Agency Regions 4 and 6, and
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service. In
the Draft EIS, DOE analyzes the
potential environmental impacts of the
Applicant Proposed Project, the range of
reasonable alternatives, and a No Action
Alternative. The potential
environmental impacts resulting from
connected actions (wind energy
generation and substation and
transmission upgrades related to the
Project) are also analyzed in the Draft
EIS.
DOE’s purpose and need for agency
action is to implement Section 1222 of
the Energy Policy Act of 2005. To that
end, DOE needs to decide whether and
under what conditions it would
participate in the Applicant Proposed
Project. DOE has not identified a
preference for whether to participate
with Clean Line in the Project in some
manner as prescribed by Section 1222.
DOE will identify its preference for
whether to participate with Clean Line
in the Applicant Proposed Project and
its preferred alternatives for each of the
Project elements (including route
alternatives) in the Final EIS after
evaluating public comments and agency
input received on the Draft EIS.
Public hearings. All public hearings
will follow the same format. An open
house will be held from 5:00 p.m.–5:45
p.m., during which DOE and its
contractors will be available to answer
questions in an informal setting. Clean
Line personnel also will be available to
answer technical questions regarding
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the Project. The open house will be
followed by a presentation at 5:45 p.m.
by Dr. Summerson, DOE NEPA
Document Manager, who will describe
the Draft EIS, the NEPA and Section 106
processes, and the methods that can be
used to submit comments. The formal
public comment portion of the meeting
will begin at 6:15 p.m. During this time,
interested parties may present oral
comments to DOE. A court reporter will
transcribe the comments presented at
each hearing. Individuals wishing to
speak at a hearing should register when
they arrive. DOE will initially allot three
minutes to each commenter to ensure
that as many people as possible have the
opportunity to speak. More time may be
provided, as circumstances permit.
Written comments may be submitted at
the hearing or by the other methods
described in ADDRESSES above. It is
DOE’s practice to make comments,
including names and addresses of
respondents, available for public
review. Before including your address,
phone number, email address, or other
personal identifying information with
your comments, be advised that your
entire comment, including your
personal identifying information, may
be made publicly available at any time.
Although you may ask us in your
comment to withhold your personal
identifying information from public
review, we cannot guarantee that we
will be able to do so. All submissions
from organizations and businesses, and
from individuals identifying themselves
as representatives or officials of
organizations or businesses, will be
available for public inspection in their
entirety. DOE will give equal
consideration to oral and written
comments in preparing the Final EIS.
The locations, dates, and starting times
of the public hearings are listed in the
table below:
Date and time
Location
Monday, January 26—5:00 pm ..........................................
Tuesday, January 27—5:00 pm .........................................
Wednesday, January 28—5:00 pm ...................................
Woodward Convention Center, 3401 Centennial Lane, Woodward, OK 73801.
Pickle Creek Center, 822 NE 6th Street , Guymon, OK 73942.
Beaver County Fairgrounds, Pavilion Building, 1107 Douglas Avenue, Beaver, OK
73932.
Ochiltree County Exposition Center, 402 Expo Drive , Perryton, TX 79070.
Muskogee Civic Center, Room D, 425 Boston Street, Muskogee, OK 74401.
Cushing Youth and Community Center, 700 South Little, Cushing, OK 74023.
The Wes Watkins Center, 207 Wes Watkins Center, Exhibit Hall 111/112, (Hall of
Fame and Washington), Stillwater, OK 74078.
Enid Convention Hall, Nick Benson Memorial Ballroom, 301 South Independence,
Enid, OK 73701.
Arkansas State University-Newport, Student Community Center, 7648 Victory Boulevard, Newport, AR 72112.
Carmichael Community Center Auditorium, 801 S. Elm, Searcy, AR 72143.
Arkansas State University—Marked Tree Student Center, 33500 Highway 63 E,
Marked Tree, AR 72365.
Harvell Civic Center Auditorium, 8077 Wilkinsville Rd., Millington, TN 38053.
Lake Point Conference Center—Event Center, 61 Lake Point Lane, Russellville, AR
72802.
Thursday, January 29—5:00 pm .......................................
Monday, February 2—5:00 pm ..........................................
Tuesday, February 3—5:00 pm .........................................
Wednesday, February 4—5:00 pm ....................................
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Thursday, February 5—5:00 pm ........................................
Monday, February 9—5:00 pm ..........................................
Tuesday, February 10—5:00 pm .......................................
Wednesday, February 11—5:00 pm ..................................
Thursday, February 12—5:00 pm ......................................
Tuesday, February 17—5:00 pm .......................................
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Date and time
Location
Wednesday, February 18—5:00 pm ..................................
Thursday, February 19—5:00 pm ......................................
Fort Smith Convention Center, Exhibit Hall A, 55 7th St, Fort Smith, AR 72901.
University of Arkansas Community College at Morrilton, Fine Arts Building Auditorium, 1537 University Blvd., Morrilton, AR 72110.
Availability of the Draft EIS. The Draft
EIS is available on the EIS Web site at
https://www.plainsandeasterneis.com
and on the DOE NEPA Web site at
https://nepa.energy.gov/. A printed
summary and CD of the complete
document and, if preferred, a complete
printed copy of the Draft EIS
(approximately 3,700 pages), may be
requested from info@
PlainsandEasternEIS.com. Copies of the
Draft EIS have been distributed to
appropriate members of Congress, state
and local government officials,
American Indian tribal governments,
and other federal agencies, groups, and
interested parties. Copies of the
complete Draft EIS and supporting
documents are also available for
inspection at the following locations:
Oklahoma
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• Guymon Public Library—1718 N.
Oklahoma St., Guymon, OK 73942
• Beaver County Pioneer Library—201
Douglas Ave., Beaver, OK 73932
• Woodward Public Library—1500 W.
Main St., Woodward, OK 73801
• Muskogee Public Library—801 W.
Okmulgee Ave., Muskogee, OK 74401
• Enid & Garfield County Public
Library—120 W. Maine St., Enid, OK
73701
• Buffalo Public Library—11 E. Turner
St., Buffalo, OK 73834
• Fairview City Library—115 S. 6th St.,
Fairview, OK 73737
• Guthrie Public Library—201 N.
Division St., Guthrie, OK 73044
• Stillwater Public Library—1107 S.
Duck St., Stillwater, OK 74955
• Chandler Public Library—1021
Manvel Ave., Chandler, OK 74834
• Montfort and Allie B. Jones Memorial
Library—111 W. 7th Ave., Bristow,
OK 74010
• Bartlett-Carnegie Sapulpa Public
Library—27 W. Dewey Ave., Sapulpa,
OK 74066
• Okmulgee Public Library—218 S.
Okmulgee Ave., Okmulgee, OK 74447
• Stanley Tubbs Memorial Library—101
E. Cherokee Ave., Sallisaw, OK 74955
Arkansas
• Van Buren Public Library—1409 Main
St., Van Buren, AR 72956
• Pope County Library—116 E. 3rd St.,
Russellville, AR 72801
• Jackson County/W.A. Billingsley
Memorial Library—213 Walnut St.,
Newport, AR 72112
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• Searcy Public Library—113 E.
Pleasure Ave., Searcy, AR 72143
• Marked Tree Public Library—102
Locust St., Marked Tree, AR 72365
• Franklin County Library—120 S. 2nd
St., Ozark, AR 72949
• Johnson County Library—2 Taylor
Cir., Clarksville, AR 72830
• Conway County Library—101 W.
Church St., Morrilton, AR 72110
• Conway Public Library—1900 W.
Tyler St., Conway, AR 72034
• Mary I. Wold Cleburne County
Library—1009 W. Main St., Heber
Springs, AR 72543
• Poinsett County Library—200 N. East
St., Harrisburg, AR 72432
• Blytheville Public Library—200 N. 5th
St., Blytheville, AR 72315
• Osceola Public Library—320 W. Hale
Ave., Osceola, AR 72370
• Cross County Library—410 E.
Merriman Ave., Wynne, AR 72396
Tennessee
• Munford Memorial Library—1476
Munford Ave., Munford, TN 38058
Texas
• Hansford County Library—122 Main
St., Spearman, TX 79081
Issued in Washington, DC, on December
11, 2014.
David S. Ortiz,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of
Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability.
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Applicants: Entergy Gulf States
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Accession Number: 20141210–5199.
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Accession Number: 20141210–5201.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/31/14.
Take notice that the Commission
received the following electric rate
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Docket Numbers: ER14–2558–000.
Applicants: Puget Sound Energy, Inc.
Description: eTariff filing per
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to be effective N/A.
Filed Date: 12/11/14.
Accession Number: 20141211–5149.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/2/15.
Docket Numbers: ER14–2559–000.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Plains & Eastern Clean Line Transmission Project Draft
Environmental Impact Statement
AGENCY: Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of availability and public hearings.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announces the availability
of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Plains & Eastern
Clean Line Transmission Project (DOE/EIS-0486; Draft EIS) for a 90-day
public comment period. DOE also announces 15 public hearings to receive
comments on the Draft EIS. In addition, DOE invites comments on the
National Historic Preservation Act Section 106 process and any
potential adverse impacts to historic properties from the proposed
Project. Major facilities associated with the proposed Project include
converter stations in Oklahoma and Tennessee; an approximately 720-mile
high voltage direct current (HVDC) transmission line; an alternating
current (AC) collection system; and access roads. This Draft EIS
evaluates the potential environmental impacts of the proposed Project
and alternatives to it.
DATES: DOE invites comments on this Draft EIS and on the National
Historic Preservation Act Section 106 process and any potential adverse
impacts to historic properties from the proposed Project and
alternatives during a 90-day period, which ends on March 17, 2015.
Comments submitted after the close of the comment period will be
considered to the extent practicable. The Department will hold 15
public hearings at the locations, dates, and start times listed in
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION below.
ADDRESSES: Written comments on the Draft EIS may be provided on the EIS
Web site at https://www.plainsandeasterneis.com (preferred) or addressed
to: Plains & Eastern EIS, 216 16th Street, Suite 1500, Denver, Colorado
80202; via email to comments@PlainsandEasternEIS.com; or by facsimile
to (303) 295-2818. Please mark envelopes and email subject lines as
Plains & Eastern Draft EIS Comments.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on the Plains &
Eastern EIS or the Section 106 process, contact Jane Summerson, Ph.D.,
DOE NEPA Document Manager on behalf of the Office of Electricity
Delivery and Energy Reliability, U.S. Department of Energy, NNSA, PO
Box 391 Building 401, Kirtland Air Force Base East, Albuquerque, NM
87185; email at Jane.Summerson01@nnsa.doe.gov; or phone (505) 845-4091.
For general information regarding the DOE NEPA process, contact
Carol Borgstrom, Director, Office of NEPA Policy and Compliance (GC-
54), U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20585; or phone at (202) 586-4600; voicemail at (800)
472-2756; or email at askNEPA@hq.doe.gov. Additional information
regarding DOE's
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NEPA activities is available on the DOE NEPA Web site at https://energy.gov/nepa.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In June 2010, DOE, acting through the
Southwestern Power Administration and the Western Area Power
Administration, both power marketing administrations within DOE, issued
Request for Proposals (RFP) for new or upgraded transmission line
projects under Section 1222 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005 (75 FR
32940; June 10, 2010). In response to the RFP, Clean Line Energy
Partners LLC of Houston, Texas, the parent company of Plains and
Eastern Clean Line LLC and Plains and Eastern Clean Line Oklahoma LLC
(collectively referred to as Clean Line or the Applicant) submitted a
proposal to DOE in July 2010 for the Plains & Eastern Clean Line
Project. In August 2011, Clean Line modified the proposal.
The Applicant Proposed Project would include an overhead 600-kilovolt (kV) HVDC electric transmission system and
associated facilities with the capacity to deliver approximately 3,500
megawatts primarily from renewable energy generation facilities in the
Oklahoma and Texas Panhandle regions to load-serving entities in the
Mid-South and Southeast United States via an interconnection with the
Tennessee Valley Authority (TVA) in Tennessee. Major facilities
associated with the Applicant Proposed Project consist of converter
stations in Oklahoma and Tennessee; an approximately 720-mile HVDC
transmission line; an AC collection system; and access roads. Pursuant
to NEPA, DOE has identified and analyzed potential environmental
impacts for several alternatives in addition to the Applicant Proposed
Project, including alternative routes for the HVDC transmission line
and adding a converter station in Arkansas (to deliver power to the
Arkansas electrical grid).
DOE has prepared this Draft EIS in consultation with the following
cooperating agencies: the Bureau of Indian Affairs, Natural Resources
Conservation Service, TVA, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency Regions 4 and 6, and the U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service. In the Draft EIS, DOE analyzes the potential
environmental impacts of the Applicant Proposed Project, the range of
reasonable alternatives, and a No Action Alternative. The potential
environmental impacts resulting from connected actions (wind energy
generation and substation and transmission upgrades related to the
Project) are also analyzed in the Draft EIS.
DOE's purpose and need for agency action is to implement Section
1222 of the Energy Policy Act of 2005. To that end, DOE needs to decide
whether and under what conditions it would participate in the Applicant
Proposed Project. DOE has not identified a preference for whether to
participate with Clean Line in the Project in some manner as prescribed
by Section 1222. DOE will identify its preference for whether to
participate with Clean Line in the Applicant Proposed Project and its
preferred alternatives for each of the Project elements (including
route alternatives) in the Final EIS after evaluating public comments
and agency input received on the Draft EIS.
Public hearings. All public hearings will follow the same format.
An open house will be held from 5:00 p.m.-5:45 p.m., during which DOE
and its contractors will be available to answer questions in an
informal setting. Clean Line personnel also will be available to answer
technical questions regarding the Project. The open house will be
followed by a presentation at 5:45 p.m. by Dr. Summerson, DOE NEPA
Document Manager, who will describe the Draft EIS, the NEPA and Section
106 processes, and the methods that can be used to submit comments. The
formal public comment portion of the meeting will begin at 6:15 p.m.
During this time, interested parties may present oral comments to DOE.
A court reporter will transcribe the comments presented at each
hearing. Individuals wishing to speak at a hearing should register when
they arrive. DOE will initially allot three minutes to each commenter
to ensure that as many people as possible have the opportunity to
speak. More time may be provided, as circumstances permit. Written
comments may be submitted at the hearing or by the other methods
described in ADDRESSES above. It is DOE's practice to make comments,
including names and addresses of respondents, available for public
review. Before including your address, phone number, email address, or
other personal identifying information with your comments, be advised
that your entire comment, including your personal identifying
information, may be made publicly available at any time. Although you
may ask us in your comment to withhold your personal identifying
information from public review, we cannot guarantee that we will be
able to do so. All submissions from organizations and businesses, and
from individuals identifying themselves as representatives or officials
of organizations or businesses, will be available for public inspection
in their entirety. DOE will give equal consideration to oral and
written comments in preparing the Final EIS. The locations, dates, and
starting times of the public hearings are listed in the table below:
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Date and time Location
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Monday, January 26_5:00 pm........ Woodward Convention Center, 3401
Centennial Lane, Woodward, OK
73801.
Tuesday, January 27_5:00 pm....... Pickle Creek Center, 822 NE 6th
Street , Guymon, OK 73942.
Wednesday, January 28_5:00 pm..... Beaver County Fairgrounds, Pavilion
Building, 1107 Douglas Avenue,
Beaver, OK 73932.
Thursday, January 29_5:00 pm...... Ochiltree County Exposition Center,
402 Expo Drive , Perryton, TX
79070.
Monday, February 2_5:00 pm........ Muskogee Civic Center, Room D, 425
Boston Street, Muskogee, OK 74401.
Tuesday, February 3_5:00 pm....... Cushing Youth and Community Center,
700 South Little, Cushing, OK
74023.
Wednesday, February 4_5:00 pm..... The Wes Watkins Center, 207 Wes
Watkins Center, Exhibit Hall 111/
112, (Hall of Fame and Washington),
Stillwater, OK 74078.
Thursday, February 5_5:00 pm...... Enid Convention Hall, Nick Benson
Memorial Ballroom, 301 South
Independence, Enid, OK 73701.
Monday, February 9_5:00 pm........ Arkansas State University-Newport,
Student Community Center, 7648
Victory Boulevard, Newport, AR
72112.
Tuesday, February 10_5:00 pm...... Carmichael Community Center
Auditorium, 801 S. Elm, Searcy, AR
72143.
Wednesday, February 11_5:00 pm.... Arkansas State University_Marked
Tree Student Center, 33500 Highway
63 E, Marked Tree, AR 72365.
Thursday, February 12_5:00 pm..... Harvell Civic Center Auditorium,
8077 Wilkinsville Rd., Millington,
TN 38053.
Tuesday, February 17_5:00 pm...... Lake Point Conference Center_Event
Center, 61 Lake Point Lane,
Russellville, AR 72802.
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Wednesday, February 18_5:00 pm.... Fort Smith Convention Center,
Exhibit Hall A, 55 7th St, Fort
Smith, AR 72901.
Thursday, February 19_5:00 pm..... University of Arkansas Community
College at Morrilton, Fine Arts
Building Auditorium, 1537
University Blvd., Morrilton, AR
72110.
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Availability of the Draft EIS. The Draft EIS is available on the
EIS Web site at https://www.plainsandeasterneis.com and on the DOE NEPA
Web site at https://nepa.energy.gov/. A printed summary and CD of the
complete document and, if preferred, a complete printed copy of the
Draft EIS (approximately 3,700 pages), may be requested from
info@PlainsandEasternEIS.com. Copies of the Draft EIS have been
distributed to appropriate members of Congress, state and local
government officials, American Indian tribal governments, and other
federal agencies, groups, and interested parties. Copies of the
complete Draft EIS and supporting documents are also available for
inspection at the following locations:
Oklahoma
Guymon Public Library--1718 N. Oklahoma St., Guymon, OK 73942
Beaver County Pioneer Library--201 Douglas Ave., Beaver, OK
73932
Woodward Public Library--1500 W. Main St., Woodward, OK 73801
Muskogee Public Library--801 W. Okmulgee Ave., Muskogee, OK
74401
Enid & Garfield County Public Library--120 W. Maine St., Enid,
OK 73701
Buffalo Public Library--11 E. Turner St., Buffalo, OK 73834
Fairview City Library--115 S. 6th St., Fairview, OK 73737
Guthrie Public Library--201 N. Division St., Guthrie, OK 73044
Stillwater Public Library--1107 S. Duck St., Stillwater, OK
74955
Chandler Public Library--1021 Manvel Ave., Chandler, OK 74834
Montfort and Allie B. Jones Memorial Library--111 W. 7th Ave.,
Bristow, OK 74010
Bartlett-Carnegie Sapulpa Public Library--27 W. Dewey Ave.,
Sapulpa, OK 74066
Okmulgee Public Library--218 S. Okmulgee Ave., Okmulgee, OK
74447
Stanley Tubbs Memorial Library--101 E. Cherokee Ave.,
Sallisaw, OK 74955
Arkansas
Van Buren Public Library--1409 Main St., Van Buren, AR 72956
Pope County Library--116 E. 3rd St., Russellville, AR 72801
Jackson County/W.A. Billingsley Memorial Library--213 Walnut
St., Newport, AR 72112
Searcy Public Library--113 E. Pleasure Ave., Searcy, AR 72143
Marked Tree Public Library--102 Locust St., Marked Tree, AR
72365
Franklin County Library--120 S. 2nd St., Ozark, AR 72949
Johnson County Library--2 Taylor Cir., Clarksville, AR 72830
Conway County Library--101 W. Church St., Morrilton, AR 72110
Conway Public Library--1900 W. Tyler St., Conway, AR 72034
Mary I. Wold Cleburne County Library--1009 W. Main St., Heber
Springs, AR 72543
Poinsett County Library--200 N. East St., Harrisburg, AR 72432
Blytheville Public Library--200 N. 5th St., Blytheville, AR
72315
Osceola Public Library--320 W. Hale Ave., Osceola, AR 72370
Cross County Library--410 E. Merriman Ave., Wynne, AR 72396
Tennessee
Munford Memorial Library--1476 Munford Ave., Munford, TN 38058
Texas
Hansford County Library--122 Main St., Spearman, TX 79081
Issued in Washington, DC, on December 11, 2014.
David S. Ortiz,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy
Reliability.
[FR Doc. 2014-29524 Filed 12-16-14; 8:45 am]
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