Nevada Power Company; Notice Setting Due Date for Intervention in Section 206 Proceeding, 2408-2409 [2015-00570]
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h. Applicant Contact: James Wrigley,
Appalachian Mountain Club, P.O. Box
298, Gorham, New Hampshire 03581,
(603) 466–8110.
i. FERC Contact: John Baummer, (202)
502–6837, john.baummer@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 l 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. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18
CFR of the Commission’s regulations, if
any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or
person believes that an additional
scientific study should be conducted in
order to form an adequate factual basis
for a complete analysis of the
application on its merit, the resource
agency, Indian Tribe, or person must file
a request for a study with the
Commission by the deadline listed in
item l below.
l. Deadline for filing additional study
requests and requests for cooperating
agency status: With this notice, we are
waiving the 60-day timeframe in Section
4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR for requesting
additional studies and requests for
cooperating agency status. Instead,
requests for studies and cooperating
agency status are due 30 days from the
date of this notice.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filing. Please file additional
study requests and requests for
cooperating agency status using the
Commission’s eFiling system at https://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. For
assistance, please contact FERC Online
Support at FERCOnlineSupport@
ferc.gov, (866) 208–3676 (toll free), or
(202) 502–8659 (TTY). In lieu of
electronic filing, please send a paper
copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
NE., Washington, DC 20426. The first
page of any filing should include docket
number P–14657–000.
m. The application is not ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
n. The existing, unlicensed Zealand
Falls Hydroelectric Project consists of:
(1) A 27-foot-long, 3-inch diameter
intake pipe with a 1/8-inch welded wire
debris screen; (2) a 50.5-inch-long, 26.5inch-wide, 31-inch-high settling tank;
(3) a 1,374-foot-long penstock consisting
of a 970-foot-long, 3-inch-diameter
section connected to a 404-foot-long, 2-
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inch diameter section; (4) a 47.75-inchwide, 41.25-inch-long generator shed;
(5) a single turbine-generator unit with
an installed capacity of 2.5 kilowatts; (6)
a 6.5-foot-long, 3-inch diameter drain
line; (7) a buried 300-foot-long, 48-volt
transmission line connecting the
turbine-generator unit to Zealand Falls
Hut; and (8) appurtenant facilities. The
project generates approximately 1,010
kilowatt-hours annually. The applicant
proposes to continue operating the
project in a run-of-river mode.
o. A copy of the application is
available for review at the Commission
in the Public Reference Room 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 in
the docket number field to access the
document. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support. A copy is also available
for inspection and reproduction at the
address in item h above.
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.
p. Procedural schedule: The
application will be processed according
to the following preliminary schedule.
Revisions to the schedule will be made
as appropriate.
Issue Notice Ready for Environmental Analysis.
Issue Notice of the Availability
of the EA.
March 2015.
June 2015.
Dated: January 9, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. ER15–192–000]
Arizona Public Service Company;
Notice of Designation of Certain
Commission Personnel as NonDecisional
Commission staff member Stephen
Pointer of the Office of Energy Market
Regulation is assigned to assist in
resolving issues in a dispute concerning
two unexecuted firm transmission
service agreements filed in the abovereferenced docket.
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As ‘‘non-decisional’’ staff, Mr. Pointer
will not participate in an advisory
capacity in the Commission’s review of
any future filings in the abovereferenced docket, including offers of
settlement or settlement agreements.
Different Commission ‘‘advisory staff’’
will be assigned to review and process
subsequent filings that are made in the
above-referenced docket, including any
offer of settlement or settlement
agreement. Non-decisional staff and
advisory staff are prohibited from
subsequent communications with one
another concerning matters in the
above-referenced docket.
Dated: January 9, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. EL15–22–000]
Nevada Power Company; Notice
Setting Due Date for Intervention in
Section 206 Proceeding
On December 9, 2014, the
Commission issued an order in Docket
Nos. EL15–22–000, ER10–2475–006,
ER10–2474–006, ER10–3246–003,
ER13–520–002, ER13–521–002, ER13–
1441–002, ER13–1442–002, ER12–1626–
003, ER13–1266–003, ER13–1267–002,
ER13–1268–002, ER13–1269–002,
ER13–1270–002, ER13–1271–002,
ER13–1272–002, ER13–1273–002, and
ER10–2605–006, pursuant to section
206 of the Federal Power Act (FPA), 16
U.S.C. 824e (2012), instituting an
investigation concerning the justness
and reasonableness of the Berkshire
MBR Sellers’ and their affiliates’ marketbased rates in the PacifiCorp-East,
PacifiCorp-West, Idaho Power, and
NorthWestern balancing authority areas.
Nevada Power Company, 149 FERC ¶
61,219 (2014). On January 5, 2015, the
Commission issued a notice establishing
a refund effective date.
Any interested person desiring to
become a party in the above-referenced
proceeding must file a notice of
intervention or motion to intervene, as
appropriate, in accordance with Rule
214 of the Commission’s Rules of
Practice and Procedure (18 CFR
385.214) by 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on
January 20, 2015. The Commission
encourages electronic submission of
interventions in lieu of paper using the
‘‘eFiling’’ link at https://www.ferc.gov.
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Persons unable to file electronically
should submit an original hard copy of
the intervention to the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
NE., Washington, DC 20426.
Dated: January 9, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP14–553–000]
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Texas Gas Transmission, LLC; Notice
of Intent To Prepare an Environmental
Assessment for the Proposed OhioLouisiana Access Project and Request
for Comments on Environmental
Issues
The staff of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) will prepare an
environmental assessment (EA) that will
discuss the environmental impacts of
the Ohio-Louisiana Access Project
(Project) involving construction and
operation of facilities by Texas Gas
Transmission, LLC (Texas Gas) in
Caldwell Parish, Acadia Parish, Rapides
Parish in Louisiana, and Dearborn
County, Indiana. The Commission will
use this EA in its decision-making
process to determine whether the
project is in the public convenience and
necessity.
This notice announces the opening of
the scoping process the Commission
will use to gather input from the public
and interested agencies on the Project.
Your input will help the Commission
staff determine what issues they need to
evaluate in the EA. Please note that the
scoping period will close on February 8,
2015.
This notice is being sent to the
Commission’s current environmental
mailing list for this Project. State and
local government representatives should
notify their constituents of this
proposed Project and encourage them to
comment on their areas of concern.
If you are a landowner receiving this
notice, a pipeline company
representative may contact you about
the acquisition of an easement to
construct, operate, and maintain the
proposed facilities. The company would
seek to negotiate a mutually acceptable
agreement. However, if the Commission
approves the Project, that approval
conveys with it the right of eminent
domain. Therefore, if easement
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negotiations fail to produce an
agreement, the pipeline company could
initiate condemnation proceedings
where compensation would be
determined in accordance with state
law.
Texas Gas provided landowners with
a fact sheet prepared by the FERC
entitled ‘‘An Interstate Natural Gas
Facility On My Land? What do I Need
to Know?’’ This fact sheet addresses a
number of typically-asked questions,
including the use of eminent domain
and how to participate in the
Commission’s proceedings. It is also
available for viewing on the FERC Web
site (www.ferc.gov).
Summary of the Proposed Project
The purpose of the Project would be
to flow gas from the northern end of the
Texas Gas system to new markets in the
Midwest and South. In order to enable
gas to flow from north to south, Texas
Gas must make yard and station piping
modifications at four existing
compressor stations along its system.
The Project would consist of the
following facilities:
• Installation of a new single 10,915
horsepower (hp) natural gas compressor
station (Bosco Compressor Station),
located in Ouachita Parish, Louisiana;
• installation of yard and station
piping, and other auxiliary facilities at
the existing Columbia Compressor
Station in Caldwell Parish, Louisiana;
Eunice Compressor Station in Acadia
Parish, Louisiana; Pineville Compressor
Station in Rapides Parish, Louisiana and
Dillsboro Compressor Station in
Dearborn County, Indiana; and
• installation of piping and valve
modifications and installation of bidirectional metering at the existing Gulf
South-Bosco Meter Station in Ouachita
Parish, Louisiana.
The general location of the project
facilities is shown in appendix 1.1
Land Requirements for Construction
The total land requirement for
construction and operation of the
Project is about 120 acres, of which 15
acres would be permanently affected by
the facilities operation.
The EA Process
The National Environmental Policy
Act (NEPA) requires the Commission to
take into account the environmental
1 The appendices referenced in this notice will
not appear in the Federal Register. Copies of
appendices were sent to all those receiving this
notice in the mail and are available at www.ferc.gov
using the link called ‘‘eLibrary’’ or from the
Commission’s Public Reference Room, 888 First
Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, or call (202)
502–8371. For instructions on connecting to
eLibrary, refer to the last page of this notice.
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impacts that could result from an action
whenever it considers the issuance of a
Certificate of Public Convenience and
Necessity. The NEPA also requires us 2
to discover and address concerns the
public may have about proposals. This
process is referred to as ‘‘scoping.’’ The
main goal of the scoping process is to
focus the analysis in the EA on the
important environmental issues. By this
notice, the Commission requests public
comments on the scope of the issues to
address in the EA. We will consider all
filed comments during the preparation
of the EA.
In the EA we will discuss impacts that
could occur as a result of the
construction and operation of the
proposed Project under these general
headings:
• Geology and soils;
• land use;
• water bodies, fisheries, and
wetlands;
• cultural resources;
• vegetation and wildlife;
• air quality and noise;
• endangered and threatened species;
and
• public safety.
We will also evaluate reasonable
alternatives to the proposed Project or
portions of the Project, and make
recommendations on how to lessen or
avoid impacts on the various resource
areas.
The EA will present our independent
analysis of the issues. The EA will be
available in the public record through
eLibrary. Depending on the comments
received during the scoping process, we
may also publish and distribute the EA
to the public for an allotted comment
period. We will consider all comments
on the EA before making our
recommendations to the Commission.
To ensure your comments are
considered, please carefully follow the
instructions in the Public Participation
section of this notice.
With this notice, we are asking
agencies with jurisdiction and/or
special expertise with respect to
environmental issues to formally
cooperate with us in the preparation of
the EA. Agencies that would like to
request cooperating agency status
should follow the instructions for filing
comments provided under the Public
Participation section of this notice.
Consultations Under Section 106 of the
National Historic Preservation Act
In accordance with the Advisory
Council on Historic Preservation’s
2 ‘‘We’’, ‘‘us’’, and ‘‘our’’ refer to the
environmental staff of the Commission’s Office of
Energy Projects.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. EL15-22-000]
Nevada Power Company; Notice Setting Due Date for Intervention in
Section 206 Proceeding
On December 9, 2014, the Commission issued an order in Docket Nos.
EL15-22-000, ER10-2475-006, ER10-2474-006, ER10-3246-003, ER13-520-002,
ER13-521-002, ER13-1441-002, ER13-1442-002, ER12-1626-003, ER13-1266-
003, ER13-1267-002, ER13-1268-002, ER13-1269-002, ER13-1270-002, ER13-
1271-002, ER13-1272-002, ER13-1273-002, and ER10-2605-006, pursuant to
section 206 of the Federal Power Act (FPA), 16 U.S.C. 824e (2012),
instituting an investigation concerning the justness and reasonableness
of the Berkshire MBR Sellers' and their affiliates' market-based rates
in the PacifiCorp-East, PacifiCorp-West, Idaho Power, and NorthWestern
balancing authority areas. Nevada Power Company, 149 FERC ] 61,219
(2014). On January 5, 2015, the Commission issued a notice establishing
a refund effective date.
Any interested person desiring to become a party in the above-
referenced proceeding must file a notice of intervention or motion to
intervene, as appropriate, in accordance with Rule 214 of the
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.214) by 5:00
p.m. Eastern time on January 20, 2015. The Commission encourages
electronic submission of interventions in lieu of paper using the
``eFiling'' link at https://www.ferc.gov.
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Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original hard
copy of the intervention to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
Dated: January 9, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-00570 Filed 1-15-15; 8:45 am]
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