Merced Irrigation District, Pacific Gas and Electric Company; Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the Merced River and Merced Falls Hydroelectric Projects and Intention To Hold Public Meetings, 22509-22510 [2015-09222]
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filing responds; (3) state the name,
address, and telephone number of the
person filing; and (4) otherwise comply
with the requirements of sections
385.2001 through 385.2005 of the
Commission’s regulations.1 All
comments contesting Commission staff’s
preliminary determination that the
facility meets the qualifying criteria
must set forth their evidentiary basis.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filing. Please file motions to
intervene and comments using the
Commission’s eFiling system at 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/
ecomment.asp. You must include your
name and contact information at the end
of your comments. 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.
A copy of all other filings in reference
to this application must be accompanied
by proof of service on all persons listed
in the service list prepared by the
Commission in this proceeding, in
accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and
385.2010.
Locations of Notice of Intent: Copies
of the notice of intent can be obtained
directly from the applicant or such
copies can be viewed and reproduced at
the Commission in its Public Reference
Room, Room 2A, 888 First Street NE.,
Washington, DC 20426. The filing may
also be viewed on the Web at https://
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using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the
docket number (e.g., CD15–22) in the
docket number field to access the
document. For assistance, call toll-free
1–866–208–3676 or email
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. For TTY,
call (202) 502–8659.
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Dated: April 15, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 2179–043—California; Project
No. 2467–020—California]
Merced Irrigation District, Pacific Gas
and Electric Company; Notice of
Availability of the Draft Environmental
Impact Statement for the Merced River
and Merced Falls Hydroelectric
Projects and Intention To Hold Public
Meetings
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 the Merced River
Hydroelectric Project (FERC No. 2179),
and the Merced Falls Hydroelectric
Project (FERC No. 2467) and prepared a
draft multi-project environmental
impact statement (EIS) for the projects.
Both projects are located on the
Merced River. The Merced River Project
consists of the New Exchequer and
McSwain developments, which are
located at river miles (RM) 62.5 and
56.3, respectively, about 23 miles
northeast of the city of Merced in
Mariposa County, California. The
Merced River Project occupies 3,154.9
acres of federal land administered by
the U.S. Department of the Interior,
Bureau of Land Management (BLM).
The Merced Falls Project is located at
RM 55 on the border of Merced and
Mariposa Counties, California. The
Merced Falls Project occupies 1.0 acre
of federal land administered by BLM.
The draft EIS contains staff’s analysis
of the applicants’ proposals and the
alternatives for relicensing the Merced
River and Merced Falls Projects. The
draft EIS documents the views of
governmental agencies, nongovernmental organizations, affected
Indian tribes, the public, the license
applicants, and Commission staff.
A copy of the draft 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/
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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 Friday,
May 29, 2015, and should reference
Project Nos. 2179–043 and 2467–020.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filing. Please file comments
using the Commission’s efiling system
at 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/
ecomment.asp. You must include your
name and contact information at the end
of your comments. For assistance,
please contact FERC Online Support. In
lieu of electronic filing, please send a
paper copy to: Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street NE.,
Washington, DC 20426.
Anyone may intervene in this
proceeding based on this draft EIS (18
CFR 380.10). You must file your request
to intervene as specified above. You do
not need intervenor status to have your
comments considered.
In addition to or in lieu of sending
written comments, you are invited to
attend public meetings that will be held
to receive comments on the draft EIS.
The agency scoping meeting will focus
on resource agency and nongovernmental organization input, while
the public scoping meeting is primarily
for public input. All interested
individuals, organizations, and agencies
are invited to attend one or both of the
meetings. The time and locations of the
meetings are as follows:
Agency Meeting
Date: Thursday, April 30, 2015.
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Place: El Capitan Lodge at the Merced
County Fairgrounds.
Address: 900 Martin Luther King Jr.
Way, Merced, CA 95341.
Public Meeting
Date: Thursday, April 30, 2015.
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Place: San Joaquin Hall at the Merced
County Fairgrounds.
Address: 900 Martin Luther King Jr.
Way, Merced, CA 95341.
At these meetings, resource agency
personnel and other interested persons
will have the opportunity to provide
oral and written comments and
recommendations regarding the draft
EIS. The meetings will be recorded by
a court reporter, and all statements
(verbal and written) will become part of
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the Commission’s public record for the
project. These meetings are posted on
the Commission’s calendar located at
https://www.ferc.gov/EventCalendar/
EventsList.aspx along with other related
information.
For further information, please
contact Matt Buhyoff at (202) 502–6824
or at matt.buhyoff@ferc.gov.
Dated: April 15, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
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Commission
[Docket No. CP15–152–000]
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Gulf South Pipeline Company, LP;
Notice of Request Under Blanket
Authorization
Take notice that on April 3, 2015,
Gulf South Pipeline Company, LP (Gulf
South) filed in Docket No. CP15–152–
000, a Prior Notice request pursuant to
section 157.205 of the Commission’s
Regulations under the Natural Gas Act
(NGA), and Gulf South’s blanket
certificate issued in Docket No. CP82–
430–000. Gulf South seeks authorization
to increase its maximum storage
capacity in the Petal Salt Dome Cavern
12A, located in Forest County in the
State of Mississippi, all as more fully set
forth in the application which is on file
with the Commission and open to
public inspection. Specifically, Gulf
South proposes to increase the total
certificated storage capacity of the
cavern from 9.26 Billion cubic feet (Bcf)
to 9.75 Bcf. Gulf South proposes the
increase because the cavern size was
determined to be slightly larger than
originally anticipated based upon
temperature survey data obtained after
cavern dewatering operations were
completed. No construction of facilities
is required for the proposal.
Any questions regarding this
application should be directed to Kyle
Stephens, Vice President, Regulatory
Affairs, Gulf South Pipeline Company,
LP, 9 Greenway Plaza, Suite 2800,
Houston, TX 77046 by telephone at
(713) 479–8033, by FAX at (713) 479–
1745 or by email at kyle.stephens@
bwpmlp.com.
Any person or the Commission’s Staff
may, within 60 days after the issuance
of the instant notice by the Commission,
file pursuant to Rule 214 of the
Commission’s Procedural Rules (18 CFR
385.214) a motion to intervene or notice
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of intervention and, pursuant to section
157.205 of the Commission’s
Regulations under the NGA (18 CFR
157.205) a protest to the request. If no
protest is filed within the time allowed
therefore, the proposed activity shall be
deemed to be authorized effective the
day after the time allowed for protest. If
a protest is filed and not withdrawn
within 30 days after the time allowed
for filing a protest, the instant request
shall be treated as an application for
authorization pursuant to section 7 of
the NGA.
Pursuant to section 157.9 of the
Commission’s rules, 18 CFR 157.9,
within 90 days of this Notice the
Commission staff will either: Complete
its environmental assessment (EA) and
place it into the Commission’s public
record (eLibrary) for this proceeding, or
issue a Notice of Schedule for
Environmental Review. If a Notice of
Schedule for Environmental Review is
issued, it will indicate, among other
milestones, the anticipated date for the
Commission staff’s issuance of the final
environmental impact statement (FEIS)
or EA for this proposal. The filing of the
EA in the Commission’s public record
for this proceeding or the issuance of a
Notice of Schedule for Environmental
Review will serve to notify federal and
state agencies of the timing for the
completion of all necessary reviews, and
the subsequent need to complete all
federal authorizations within 90 days of
the date of issuance of the Commission
staff’s FEIS or EA.
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 motions or protests
must be filed on or before the comment
date. Anyone filing a motion to
intervene or protest must serve a copy
of that document on the Applicant. On
or before the comment date, it is not
necessary to serve motions to intervene
or protests on persons other than the
Applicant.
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 commenters 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 commenters will not be
required to serve copies of filed
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documents on all other parties.
However, the non-party commenters
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 encourages
electronic submission 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 14 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.
Dated: April 15, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
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Commission
[Docket No. AC15–78–000]
AEP Generation Resources Inc.; Notice
of Request for Waiver
Take notice that on April 10, 2015,
AEP Generation Resources Inc.
submitted a request for a waiver of the
reporting requirements for Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC)
Form 1 and Form 3–Q for calendar year
2015.
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 or 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
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2179-043--California; Project No. 2467-020--California]
Merced Irrigation District, Pacific Gas and Electric Company;
Notice of Availability of the Draft Environmental Impact Statement for
the Merced River and Merced Falls Hydroelectric Projects and Intention
To Hold Public Meetings
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 the Merced River
Hydroelectric Project (FERC No. 2179), and the Merced Falls
Hydroelectric Project (FERC No. 2467) and prepared a draft multi-
project environmental impact statement (EIS) for the projects.
Both projects are located on the Merced River. The Merced River
Project consists of the New Exchequer and McSwain developments, which
are located at river miles (RM) 62.5 and 56.3, respectively, about 23
miles northeast of the city of Merced in Mariposa County, California.
The Merced River Project occupies 3,154.9 acres of federal land
administered by the U.S. Department of the Interior, Bureau of Land
Management (BLM). The Merced Falls Project is located at RM 55 on the
border of Merced and Mariposa Counties, California. The Merced Falls
Project occupies 1.0 acre of federal land administered by BLM.
The draft EIS contains staff's analysis of the applicants'
proposals and the alternatives for relicensing the Merced River and
Merced Falls Projects. The draft 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 draft 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 Friday, May 29, 2015, and should
reference Project Nos. 2179-043 and 2467-020. The Commission strongly
encourages electronic filing. Please file comments using the
Commission's efiling system at 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/ecomment.asp. You must include your
name and contact information at the end of your comments. For
assistance, please contact FERC Online Support. In lieu of electronic
filing, please send a paper copy to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary,
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington,
DC 20426.
Anyone may intervene in this proceeding based on this draft EIS (18
CFR 380.10). You must file your request to intervene as specified
above. You do not need intervenor status to have your comments
considered.
In addition to or in lieu of sending written comments, you are
invited to attend public meetings that will be held to receive comments
on the draft EIS. The agency scoping meeting will focus on resource
agency and non-governmental organization input, while the public
scoping meeting is primarily for public input. All interested
individuals, organizations, and agencies are invited to attend one or
both of the meetings. The time and locations of the meetings are as
follows:
Agency Meeting
Date: Thursday, April 30, 2015.
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Place: El Capitan Lodge at the Merced County Fairgrounds.
Address: 900 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Merced, CA 95341.
Public Meeting
Date: Thursday, April 30, 2015.
Time: 6:00 p.m.
Place: San Joaquin Hall at the Merced County Fairgrounds.
Address: 900 Martin Luther King Jr. Way, Merced, CA 95341.
At these meetings, resource agency personnel and other interested
persons will have the opportunity to provide oral and written comments
and recommendations regarding the draft EIS. The meetings will be
recorded by a court reporter, and all statements (verbal and written)
will become part of
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the Commission's public record for the project. These meetings are
posted on the Commission's calendar located at https://www.ferc.gov/EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along with other related information.
For further information, please contact Matt Buhyoff at (202) 502-
6824 or at matt.buhyoff@ferc.gov.
Dated: April 15, 2015.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2015-09222 Filed 4-21-15; 8:45 am]
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