Hooper Springs Transmission Project, 16666-16667 [2015-07199]

Download as PDF 16666 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 60 / Monday, March 30, 2015 / Notices mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES potential effects on historic properties. 4 We will define the project-specific Area of Potential Effects (APE) in consultation with the SHPO as the project develops. On natural gas facility projects, the APE at a minimum encompasses all areas subject to ground disturbance (examples include construction right-of-way, contractor/ pipe storage yards, compressor stations, and access roads). Our EA for this project will document our findings on the impacts on historic properties and summarize the status of consultations under Section 106. Public Participation You can make a difference by providing us with your specific comments or concerns about the project. Your comments should focus on the potential environmental effects, reasonable alternatives, and measures to avoid or lessen environmental impacts. The more specific your comments, the more useful they will be. To ensure that your comments are timely and properly recorded, please send your comments so that the Commission receives them in Washington, DC on or before April 20, 2015. For your convenience, there are three methods which you can use to submit your comments to the Commission. In all instances please reference the project docket number (CP15–87–000) with your submission. The Commission encourages electronic filing of comments and has expert staff available to assist you at (202) 502–8258 or efiling@ferc.gov. (1) You can file your comments electronically using the eComment feature on the Commission’s Web site (www.ferc.gov) under the link to Documents and Filings. This is an easy method for interested persons to submit brief, text-only comments on a project; (2) You can file your comments electronically using the eFiling feature on the Commission’s Web site (www.ferc.gov) under the link to Documents and Filings. With eFiling, you can provide comments in a variety of formats by attaching them as a file with your submission. New eFiling users must first create an account by clicking on ‘‘eRegister.’’ You must select the type of filing you are making. If you are filing a comment on a particular project, please select ‘‘Comment on a Filing’’; or 4 The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation’s regulations are at Title 36, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 800. Those regulations define historic properties as any prehistoric or historic district, site, building, structure, or object included in or eligible for inclusion in the National Register of Historic Places. VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:57 Mar 27, 2015 Jkt 235001 (3) You can file a paper copy of your comments by mailing them to the following address: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. Environmental Mailing List The environmental mailing list includes federal, state, and local government representatives and agencies; elected officials; environmental and public interest groups; Native American Tribes; other interested parties; and local libraries and newspapers. This list also includes all affected landowners (as defined in the Commission’s regulations) who are potential right-of-way grantors, whose property may be used temporarily for project purposes, or who own homes within certain distances of aboveground facilities, and anyone who submits comments on the project. We will update the environmental mailing list as the analysis proceeds to ensure that we send the information related to this environmental review to all individuals, organizations, and government entities interested in and/or potentially affected by the proposed project. If we publish and distribute the EA, copies will be sent to the environmental mailing list for public review and comment. If you would prefer to receive a paper copy of the document instead of the CD version or would like to remove your name from the mailing list, please return the attached Information Request (appendix 2). Becoming an Intervenor In addition to involvement in the EA scoping process, you may want to become an ‘‘intervenor’’ which is an official party to the Commission’s proceeding. Intervenors play a more formal role in the process and are able to file briefs, appear at hearings, and be heard by the courts if they choose to appeal the Commission’s final ruling. An intervenor formally participates in the proceeding by filing a request to intervene. Instructions for becoming an intervenor are in the User’s Guide under the ‘‘e-filing’’ link on the Commission’s Web site. Additional Information Additional information about the project is available from the Commission’s Office of External Affairs, at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC Web site at www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Click on the eLibrary link, click on ‘‘General Search’’ and enter the docket number, excluding the last three digits in the Docket Number field (i.e., CP15–87). Be sure you have PO 00000 Frm 00051 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 selected an appropriate date range. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, contact (202) 502–8659. The eLibrary link also provides access to the texts of formal documents issued by the Commission, such as orders, notices, and rulemakings. In addition, the Commission now offers a free service called eSubscription which allows you to keep track of all formal issuances and submittals in specific dockets. This can reduce the amount of time you spend researching proceedings by automatically providing you with notification of these filings, document summaries, and direct links to the documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/ docs-filing/esubscription.asp. Finally, public meetings or site visits will be posted on the Commission’s calendar located at www.ferc.gov/ EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along with other related information. Dated: March 20, 2015. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2015–07143 Filed 3–27–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Bonneville Power Administration Hooper Springs Transmission Project Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), Department of Energy (DOE). ACTION: Notice of availability of Record of Decision (ROD). AGENCY: This notice announces the availability of the ROD to implement the Hooper Springs Transmission Project in Caribou County, Idaho. BPA has decided to implement the South Alternative’s Option 3A (Option 3A) identified in the Hooper Springs Transmission Project Final Environmental Impact Statement (DOE/ EIS–0451, January 2015). Option 3A consists of: (1) A new 138/115-kilovolt (kV) Hooper Springs Substation located near the city of Soda Springs, Idaho; (2) a new, approximately 24-mile-long, double-circuit 115-kV transmission line extending generally north then east from the Hooper Springs Substation to a new BPA connection facility that will connect the new line to Lower Valley Energy’s (LVE) existing transmission system in northeastern Caribou County; (3) a new, approximately 0.2-mile-long, single-circuit 138-kV transmission line extending generally south from the Hooper Springs Substation to SUMMARY: E:\FR\FM\30MRN1.SGM 30MRN1 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 60 / Monday, March 30, 2015 / Notices PacifiCorp’s existing Threemile Knoll Substation to connect the new line to the regional transmission grid; and (4) required ancillary facilities such as access roads. The new Hooper Springs Substation will be constructed as a 138/115-kV substation, meaning that it will include a transformer capable of converting 138kV electricity to 115-kV electricity. BPA will acquire 100-foot-wide right-of-way for the length of the 115-kV line. Approximately 174 new double-circuit 115-kV steel structures, ranging in height from 55 to 120 feet with an average span length between structures of 730 feet, will be installed in this new right-of-way. The BPA connection facility will be located about two miles southeast of the intersection of Blackfoot River Road and Diamond Creek Road and will consist of overhead line disconnect switches to connect the new 115-kV line to the existing LVE line. For the single-circuit 138-kV transmission line, two wood, H-frame structures approximately 80 to 85 feet tall will be installed within a new 125foot-wide right-of-way. A fiber optic cable also will be installed along the 138-kV transmission line. About 14 miles of new access roads will be constructed and about 2.4 miles of existing access roads will be improved or reconstructed. All mitigation measures identified in the EIS are adopted. Copies of the ROD and EIS may be obtained by calling BPA’s tollfree document request line, 1–800–622– 4520. The ROD and EIS are also available on our Web site, https:// efw.bpa.gov/environmental_services/ Document_Library/HooperSprings/. ADDRESSES: Tish Eaton, Bonneville Power Administration—KEC–4, P.O. Box 3621, Portland, Oregon 97208–3621; toll-free telephone number 1–800–622–4519; fax number 503–230–5699; or email tkeaton@bpa.gov. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Issued in Portland, Oregon on March 16, 2015. Elliot E. Mainzer, Administrator and Chief Executive Officer. mstockstill on DSK4VPTVN1PROD with NOTICES [FR Doc. 2015–07199 Filed 3–27–15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450–01–P VerDate Sep<11>2014 19:57 Mar 27, 2015 Jkt 235001 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Combined Notice of Filings Take notice that the Commission has received the following Natural Gas Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings: Filings Instituting Proceedings Docket Numbers: RP15–656–000. Applicants: Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company. Description: Section 4(d) rate filing per 154.403: LSS and SS–2 Fuel Tracker Filing 2015 to be effective 4/1/2015. Filed Date: 3/18/15. Accession Number: 20150318–5147. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/30/15. Docket Numbers: RP15–657–000. Applicants: Equitrans, L.P. Description: Section 4(d) rate filing per 154.204: Negotiated Capacity Release Agreement—3/19/2015 to be effective 3/19/2015. Filed Date: 3/19/15. Accession Number: 20150319–5025. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/31/15. Docket Numbers: RP15–658–000. Applicants: Enable Gas Transmission, LLC. Description: Section 4(d) rate filing per 154.204: Negotiated Rate Filing— SND Non-Conforming 0414 (RS FT) to be effective 2/1/2015. Filed Date: 3/19/15. Accession Number: 20150319–5132. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/31/15. Docket Numbers: RP15–659–000. Applicants: Portland Natural Gas Transmission System. Description: Compliance filing per 154.203: Compliance to Order 801— Docket No. RM14–21–000 to be effective 6/1/2015. Filed Date: 3/20/15. Accession Number: 20150320–5022. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/1/15. Docket Numbers: RP15–660–000. Applicants: Gulf South Pipeline Company, LP. Description: Section 4(d) rate filing per 154.204: Amendments to Neg Rate Agmts (QEP 37657–137, 36601–40) to be effective 3/20/2015. Filed Date: 3/20/15. Accession Number: 20150320–5023. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/1/15. Docket Numbers: RP15–661–000. Applicants: Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America. Description: Section 4(d) rate filing per 154.204: Negotiated Rate— Occidental Energy to be effective 4/1/2015. Filed Date: 3/20/15. PO 00000 Frm 00052 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 16667 Accession Number: 20150320–5117. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/1/15. Docket Numbers: RP15–662–000. Applicants: Leaf River Energy Center LLC. Description: Compliance filing per 154.203: Leaf River Energy Center LLC—Order No. 801 Compliance Filing to be effective 4/1/2015. Filed Date: 3/20/15. Accession Number: 20150320–5154. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/1/15. Docket Numbers: RP15–663–000. Applicants: ANR Storage Company. Description: Compliance filing per 154.203: Compliance to Order 801— Docket No. RM14–21–000 to be effective 6/1/2015. Filed Date: 3/23/15. Accession Number: 20150323–5052. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/6/15. Docket Numbers: RP15–664–000. Applicants: Blue Lake Gas Storage Company. Description: Compliance filing per 154.203: Compliance to Order 801— Docket No. RM14–21–000 to be effective 6/1/2015. Filed Date: 3/23/15. Accession Number: 20150323–5053. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/6/15. Docket Numbers: RP15–665–000. Applicants: Bison Pipeline LLC. Description: Compliance filing per 154.203: Compliance to Order 801— Docket No. RM14–21–000 to be effective 6/1/2015. Filed Date: 3/23/15. Accession Number: 20150323–5054. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/6/15. Docket Numbers: RP15–666–000. Applicants: Horizon Pipeline Company, L.L.C. Description: Penalty Revenue Crediting Report of Horizon Pipeline Company, L.L.C. Filed Date: 3/20/15. Accession Number: 20150320–5266. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/1/15. Docket Numbers: RP15–667–000. Applicants: Midcontinent Express Pipeline LLC. Description: Penalty Revenue Crediting Report of Midcontinent Express Pipeline LLC. Filed Date: 3/20/15. Accession Number: 20150320–5267. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 4/1/15. Any person desiring to intervene or protest in any of the above proceedings must file in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of the Commission’s Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern time on the specified comment date. Protests may be considered, but intervention is necessary to become a party to the proceeding. E:\FR\FM\30MRN1.SGM 30MRN1

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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 60 (Monday, March 30, 2015)]
[Notices]
[Pages 16666-16667]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Printing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2015-07199]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Bonneville Power Administration


Hooper Springs Transmission Project

AGENCY: Bonneville Power Administration (BPA), Department of Energy 
(DOE).

ACTION: Notice of availability of Record of Decision (ROD).

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SUMMARY: This notice announces the availability of the ROD to implement 
the Hooper Springs Transmission Project in Caribou County, Idaho. BPA 
has decided to implement the South Alternative's Option 3A (Option 3A) 
identified in the Hooper Springs Transmission Project Final 
Environmental Impact Statement (DOE/EIS-0451, January 2015). Option 3A 
consists of: (1) A new 138/115-kilovolt (kV) Hooper Springs Substation 
located near the city of Soda Springs, Idaho; (2) a new, approximately 
24-mile-long, double-circuit 115-kV transmission line extending 
generally north then east from the Hooper Springs Substation to a new 
BPA connection facility that will connect the new line to Lower Valley 
Energy's (LVE) existing transmission system in northeastern Caribou 
County; (3) a new, approximately 0.2-mile-long, single-circuit 138-kV 
transmission line extending generally south from the Hooper Springs 
Substation to

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PacifiCorp's existing Threemile Knoll Substation to connect the new 
line to the regional transmission grid; and (4) required ancillary 
facilities such as access roads.
    The new Hooper Springs Substation will be constructed as a 138/115-
kV substation, meaning that it will include a transformer capable of 
converting 138-kV electricity to 115-kV electricity. BPA will acquire 
100-foot-wide right-of-way for the length of the 115-kV line. 
Approximately 174 new double-circuit 115-kV steel structures, ranging 
in height from 55 to 120 feet with an average span length between 
structures of 730 feet, will be installed in this new right-of-way. The 
BPA connection facility will be located about two miles southeast of 
the intersection of Blackfoot River Road and Diamond Creek Road and 
will consist of overhead line disconnect switches to connect the new 
115-kV line to the existing LVE line. For the single-circuit 138-kV 
transmission line, two wood, H-frame structures approximately 80 to 85 
feet tall will be installed within a new 125-foot-wide right-of-way. A 
fiber optic cable also will be installed along the 138-kV transmission 
line. About 14 miles of new access roads will be constructed and about 
2.4 miles of existing access roads will be improved or reconstructed. 
All mitigation measures identified in the EIS are adopted.

ADDRESSES: Copies of the ROD and EIS may be obtained by calling BPA's 
toll-free document request line, 1-800-622-4520. The ROD and EIS are 
also available on our Web site, https://efw.bpa.gov/environmental_services/Document_Library/HooperSprings/.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:  Tish Eaton, Bonneville Power 
Administration--KEC-4, P.O. Box 3621, Portland, Oregon 97208-3621; 
toll-free telephone number 1-800-622-4519; fax number 503-230-5699; or 
email tkeaton@bpa.gov.

    Issued in Portland, Oregon on March 16, 2015.
Elliot E. Mainzer,
Administrator and Chief Executive Officer.
[FR Doc. 2015-07199 Filed 3-27-15; 8:45 am]
 BILLING CODE 6450-01-P
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