Pacific Gas and Electric Company Nevada Irrigation District; Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for the Upper Drum-Spaulding, Lower Drum, Deer Creek, and Yuba-Bear Hydroelectric Projects, 78419-78420 [2014-30423]
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Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211)
and the Regulations under the NGA (18
CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party
status will be placed on the service list
maintained by the Secretary of the
Commission and will receive copies of
all documents filed by the applicant and
by all other parties. A party must submit
original and 7 copies of filings made
with the Commission and must mail a
copy to the applicant and to every other
party in the proceeding. Only parties to
the proceeding can ask for court review
of Commission orders in the proceeding.
However, a person does not have to
intervene in order to have comments
considered. The second way to
participate is by filing with the
Secretary of the Commission, as soon as
possible, an original and two copies of
comments in support of or in opposition
to this project. The Commission will
consider these comments in
determining the appropriate action to be
taken, but the filing of a comment alone
will not serve to make the filer a party
to the proceeding. The Commission’s
rules require that persons filing
comments in opposition to the project
provide copies of their protests only to
the party or parties directly involved in
the protest.
Persons who wish to comment only
on the environmental review of this
project should submit an original and
two copies of their comments to the
Secretary of the Commission.
Environmental commentors will be
placed on the Commission’s
environmental mailing list, will receive
copies of the environmental documents,
and will be notified of meetings
associated with the Commission’s
environmental review process.
Environmental commentors will not be
required to serve copies of filed
documents on all other parties.
However, the non-party commentors
will not receive copies of all documents
filed by other parties or issued by the
Commission (except for the mailing of
environmental documents issued by the
Commission) and will not have the right
to seek court review of the
Commission’s final order.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filings of comments, 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
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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 January 8, 2015.
Dated: December 18, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP15–34–000]
AMP Gathering I, LP; Notice of Petition
for Declaratory Order
Take notice that on December 15,
2014, pursuant to section 207(a)(2) of
the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission’s (Commission) Rules of
Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR
385.207(a)(2) (2014), AMP Gathering I,
LP (Align Midstream) submitted a
petition for declaratory order seeking a
ruling that certain natural gas pipeline
and appurtenant facilities (Carthage
Gathering Facilities) to be acquired by
Align Midstream from Southern Natural
Gas Company, L.L.C. (Southern) will
perform a gathering function upon their
abandonment and sale, and therefore
will be exempt from the Commission’s
jurisdiction pursuant to section l(b) of
the Natural Gas Act, 15 U.S.C. 717, et
seq.1
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. Anyone filing a motion
1 Moreover, in Docket No. CP15–30–000,
Southern filed a request for authorization to
abandon, by sale to Align Midstream, certain
facilities. Notice of Application, issued December
18, 2014.
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to intervene or protest must serve a copy
of that document on 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 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 January 14, 2015
Dated: December 18, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014–30422 Filed 12–29–14; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 2310–193—California; Project
No. 14531–000—California; Project No.
14530–000—California; Project No. 2266–
102—California]
Pacific Gas and Electric Company
Nevada Irrigation District; Notice of
Availability of the Final Environmental
Impact Statement for the Upper DrumSpaulding, Lower Drum, Deer Creek,
and Yuba-Bear Hydroelectric Projects
In accordance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and
the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (Commission or FERC)
regulations contained in the Code of
Federal Regulations (CFR)(18 CFR part
380 [FERC Order No. 486, 52 FR
47897]), the Office of Energy Projects
has reviewed the applications for
license for Pacific Gas and Electric
Company’s Upper Drum-Spaulding
(FERC No. 2310), Lower Drum (FERC
No. 14531), and Deer Creek (FERC No.
14530) Projects and Nevada Irrigation
District’s Yuba-Bear Project (FERC No.
2266) and has prepared a final
environmental impact statement (EIS)
for the projects.
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The Upper Drum-Spaulding, Lower
Drum, and Deer Creek Projects are
located within three primary river
basins, the South Yuba River, Bear
River, and North Fork of the North Fork
American River, in Nevada and Placer
Counties, California, and occupy 994
acres of federal lands administered by
the Forest Service, Bureau of Land
Management (BLM), and Bureau of
Reclamation. The Yuba-Bear Project is
located within three major river basins,
the Middle Yuba River, South Yuba
River, and Bear River, in Sierra, Nevada,
and Placer Counties, California, and
occupies 1,748 acres of federal lands
administered by the Forest Service and
BLM.
The final EIS contains staff’s analysis
of the applicants’ proposals and the
alternatives for relicensing the four
projects. The final EIS documents the
views of governmental agencies, nongovernmental organizations, affected
Indian tribes, the public, the license
applicants, and Commission staff.
A copy of the final EIS is available for
review at the Commission or may be
viewed on the Commission’s Web site at
https://www.ferc.gov, using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket number,
excluding the last three digits, to access
the document. For assistance, contact
FERC Online Support at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or tollfree at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY,
contact (202) 502–8659.
You may also register online at https://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
esubscription.asp to be notified via
email of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects.
For assistance, contact FERC Online
Support.
All comments must be filed by
Monday, February 9, 2015, and should
reference Project Nos. 2310–193, 14531–
000, 14530–000, and/or 2266–102.
Comments 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/ferconline.asp)
under the ‘‘eFiling’’ link. For a simpler
method of submitting text only
comments, click on ‘‘Quick Comment.’’
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 to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary,
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE., Washington, DC
20426.
For further information, please
contact Alan Mitchnick at (202) 502–
6074 or at alan.mitchnick@ferc.gov.
Dated: December 19, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014–30423 Filed 12–29–14; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No.
construct a qualifying conduit
hydropower facility, pursuant to section
30 of the Federal Power Act (FPA), as
amended by section 4 of the
Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act
of 2013 (HREA). The proposed Fulton
Hydropower Project would have an
installed capacity of 406 kilowatts (kW),
and would be located at the end of an
existing 20-inch-diameter pipeline used
for the purposes of irrigation and
stockwater. The project would be
located near the city of Mackay in
Custer County, Idaho.
Applicant Contact: John Crockett,
3296 Snowflake Way, Boise, ID 83706,
Phone No. (208) 344–5319.
FERC Contact: Christopher Chaney,
Phone No. (202) 502–6778, email:
christopher.chaney@ferc.gov.
Qualifying Conduit Hydropower
Facility Description: The proposed
project would consist of: (1) A proposed
850-square-foot powerhouse; (2) one
twin jet Pelton turbine connected to an
induction generator with an installed
capacity of 406 kW; and (3) appurtenant
facilities. The proposed project would
have an estimated annual generating
capacity of 1,330 megawatt-hours.
A qualifying conduit hydropower
facility is one that is determined or
deemed to meet all of the criteria shown
in the table below.
Gordon Fulton; Notice of Preliminary
Determination of a Qualifying Conduit
Hydropower Facility and Soliciting
Comments and Motions to Intervene
On December 12, 2014, Gordon
Fulton filed a notice of intent to
TABLE 1—CRITERIA FOR QUALIFYING CONDUIT HYDROPOWER FACILITY
Statutory provision
Description
Satisfies
(Y/N)
FPA 30(a)(3)(A), as amended by HREA ..
The conduit the facility uses is a tunnel, canal, pipeline, aqueduct, flume, ditch, or
similar manmade water conveyance that is operated for the distribution of water
for agricultural, municipal, or industrial consumption and not primarily for the generation of electricity.
The facility is constructed, operated, or maintained for the generation of electric
power and uses for such generation only the hydroelectric potential of a non-federally owned conduit.
The facility has an installed capacity that does not exceed 5 megawatts ..................
Y
FPA 30(a)(3)(C)(i), as amended by HREA
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FPA 30(a)(3)(C)(ii), as amended
HREA.
FPA 30(a)(3)(C)(iii), as amended
HREA.
by
by
On or before August 9, 2013, the facility is not licensed, or exempted from the licensing requirements of Part I of the FPA.
Preliminary Determination: Based
upon the above criteria, Commission
staff preliminarily determines that the
proposal satisfies the requirements for a
qualifying conduit hydropower facility,
which is not required to be licensed or
exempted from licensing.
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Comments and Motions to Intervene:
Deadline for filing comments contesting
whether the facility meets the qualifying
criteria is 45 days from the issuance
date of this notice.
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Y
Y
Y
Deadline for filing motions to
intervene is 30 days from the issuance
date of this notice.
Anyone may submit comments or a
motion to intervene in accordance with
the requirements of Rules of Practice
and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210 and
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2310-193--California; Project No. 14531-000--California;
Project No. 14530-000--California; Project No. 2266-102--California]
Pacific Gas and Electric Company Nevada Irrigation District;
Notice of Availability of the Final Environmental Impact Statement for
the Upper Drum-Spaulding, Lower Drum, Deer Creek, and Yuba-Bear
Hydroelectric Projects
In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act of 1969
and the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission or FERC)
regulations contained in the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR)(18 CFR
part 380 [FERC Order No. 486, 52 FR 47897]), the Office of Energy
Projects has reviewed the applications for license for Pacific Gas and
Electric Company's Upper Drum-Spaulding (FERC No. 2310), Lower Drum
(FERC No. 14531), and Deer Creek (FERC No. 14530) Projects and Nevada
Irrigation District's Yuba-Bear Project (FERC No. 2266) and has
prepared a final environmental impact statement (EIS) for the projects.
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The Upper Drum-Spaulding, Lower Drum, and Deer Creek Projects are
located within three primary river basins, the South Yuba River, Bear
River, and North Fork of the North Fork American River, in Nevada and
Placer Counties, California, and occupy 994 acres of federal lands
administered by the Forest Service, Bureau of Land Management (BLM),
and Bureau of Reclamation. The Yuba-Bear Project is located within
three major river basins, the Middle Yuba River, South Yuba River, and
Bear River, in Sierra, Nevada, and Placer Counties, California, and
occupies 1,748 acres of federal lands administered by the Forest
Service and BLM.
The final EIS contains staff's analysis of the applicants'
proposals and the alternatives for relicensing the four projects. The
final EIS documents the views of governmental agencies, non-
governmental organizations, affected Indian tribes, the public, the
license applicants, and Commission staff.
A copy of the final EIS is available for review at the Commission
or may be viewed on the Commission's Web site at https://www.ferc.gov,
using the ``e-Library'' link. Enter the docket number, excluding the
last three digits, to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll-free at (866) 208-
3676, or for TTY, contact (202) 502-8659.
You may also register online at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support.
All comments must be filed by Monday, February 9, 2015, and should
reference Project Nos. 2310-193, 14531-000, 14530-000, and/or 2266-102.
Comments 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/ferconline.asp) under the ``eFiling''
link. For a simpler method of submitting text only comments, click on
``Quick Comment.'' 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 to:
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
For further information, please contact Alan Mitchnick at (202)
502-6074 or at alan.mitchnick@ferc.gov.
Dated: December 19, 2014.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2014-30423 Filed 12-29-14; 8:45 am]
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