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presented the analysis in Section 5 and
Appendix K of the Final EIS.
EPA also commented that the Final
EIS could have been ‘‘improved with a
discussion of the environmental effects
that would be avoided through potential
reductions in the need to operate power
plants with significant cooling water
needs.’’ DOE notes that such a
discussion might be beneficial but
would be premised on substantial
uncertainty.
In regard to environmental justice,
EPA acknowledged that analysis in the
Final EIS identifies low-income
populations and minority populations at
the census tract level but commented
that it ‘‘does not differentiate between
the overland and lake segments.’’ EPA
further commented that, ‘‘This is
significant in that populations likely to
be affected by the project will be in the
overland section, and the proximity of
the project to those populations would
be useful to examine.’’ DOE notes that
its analysis did include potential
impacts to low-income populations and
minority populations in communities
throughout the potentially affected area.
EPA also recommended that DOE and
TDI–NE conduct public outreach during
the construction phase of the project to
keep environmental justice populations
informed about the project’s progress
and potential impacts, even those
anticipated to be minor in nature. DOE
notes that in addition to the four public
meetings held during DOE’s NEPA
process, TDI–NE conducted
comprehensive outreach throughout the
development of the project using town
offices, Front Porch Forums, and
targeted letters to landowners in the
vicinity of the project route to
communicate project information. TDI–
NE conducted six local open house
meetings in several communities along
the project route. TDI–NE plans to
continue to use these forums to
communicate with local citizens along
the project route.
The construction phase of the NECPL
project including stipulations,
mitigation measures, and public
outreach efforts, would be under the
jurisdiction of the USACE, VT–ANR,
VTrans, the VT Public Service Board,
and the Towns of Alburgh, Benson and
Ludlow.
Decision
DOE has decided to issue Presidential
Permit PP–400 to authorize TDI–NE to
construct, operate, maintain, and
connect a 1,000-MW HVDC
transmission line across the U.S./
Canada international border. The permit
will include a condition requiring TDI–
NE to implement the Applicant-
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proposed avoidance and minimization
measures identified in the EIS.
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DOE’s decision to grant this
Presidential permit is based on
consideration of environmental impacts,
impacts on the reliability of the U.S.
electric power supply system under
normal and contingency conditions, and
the favorable recommendations of the
U.S. Departments of State and Defense
(which were provided, respectively, in
July and August of 2015).
DOE determined that the proposed
international electric transmission line
would not have an adverse impact on
the reliability of the U.S. electric power
supply system. In reaching this
determination, DOE reviewed the
System Impact Study produced by the
Independent System Operator New
England Inc. (ISO–NE) in October 2016
and a November 1, 2016, letter from
ISO–NE. Based on the information
available, DOE staff has determined that
the 1000 MW of incremental north-tosouth transfer, which represents southbound transmission service requests
from Quebec to the United States, will
not have a negative impact on the
reliability of the United States electric
grid if operated consistent with both
ISO-New England and North American
Electric Reliability Corporation policies
and standards, terms and conditions of
the Presidential Permit and other
regulatory and statutory requirements.
Neither DOE nor ISO–NE has studied a
south-to-north transfer, so the permit
does not authorize such a transfer.
Mitigation
All practicable means to avoid or
minimize environmental harm from the
alternative selected have been, or will
be, adopted. TDI–NE’s proposed
measures to avoid and minimize
adverse impacts are described in the
EIS, the BA, and the PA. TDI–NE will
be responsible for implementing these
avoidance and minimization measures.
Additional measures will be required as
a result of ongoing consultations (e.g.,
regarding Clean Water Act Section 404,
the Cultural Resources Management
Plan) between TDI–NE and state and
federal agencies as part of approval and
permitting processes.
Issued in Washington, DC, on December 5,
2016.
Meghan Conklin,
Deputy Assistant Secretary, Office of
Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability.
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Eugene Water and Electric Board;
Notice of Settlement Agreement and
Soliciting Comments
Take notice that the following
settlement agreement has been filed
with the Commission and is available
for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Settlement
agreement (amending settlement
agreement filed October 23, 2008).
b. Project No.: 2242–078.
c. Date filed: November 30, 2016.
d. Applicant: Eugene Water and
Electric Board.
e. Name of Project: Carmen-Smith
Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the McKenzie River in
Lane and Linn counties, near the town
of McKenzie Bridge, Oregon. The
project occupies approximately 560
acres of the Willamette National Forest.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Rule 602 of the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure, 18 CFR 385.602.
h. Applicant Contact: Frank Lawson,
General Manager, Eugene Water and
Electric Board, 500 East 4th Avenue,
P.O. Box 10148, Eugene, Oregon 97440–
2148; (541) 685–7000.
i. FERC Contact: Dianne Rodman;
(202) 502–6077 or dianne.rodman@
ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for Filing Comments:
January 2, 2017. Reply comments due
January 17, 2017.
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 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–2242–078.
The Commission’s Rules of Practice
require all intervenors filing documents
with the Commission to serve a copy of
that document on each person on the
official service list for the project.
Further, if an intervenor files comments
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or documents with the Commission
relating to the merits of an issue that
may affect the responsibilities of a
particular resource agency, they must
also serve a copy of the document on
that resource agency.
k. Eugene Water and Electric Board
(EWEB) filed the settlement agreement
on behalf of itself and the National
Marine Fisheries Service, U.S. Fish and
Wildlife Service, Forest Service, Oregon
Department of Environmental Quality,
Oregon Department of Fish and
Wildlife, Oregon Parks and Recreation
Department, Confederated Tribes of the
Grand Ronde Community of Oregon,
Confederated Tribes of Siletz Indians of
Oregon, Confederated Tribes of the
Warm Springs Reservation of Oregon,
McKenzie Flyfishers, Rocky Mountain
Elk Foundation, Inc., and Trout
Unlimited. The purpose of the
settlement agreement is to resolve
among the signatories all issues
associated with issuance of a new
license for the project regarding water
quality, instream flows, fish passage and
habitat, wildlife, recreation, aesthetics,
and cultural resources. EWEB requests
that the Commission accept and
incorporate into any new license for the
project the protection, mitigation, and
enhancement measures stated in the
amended settlement agreement.
l. A copy of the settlement agreement
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.
Dated: December 2, 2016.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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Northern California Power Agency;
Notice of Filing
Take notice that on November 29,
2016, Northern California Power Agency
filed a notice of potential change in
material facts and a request for
continued waiver of the Standards of
Conduct.
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. On or before the
comment date, it is not necessary to
serve motions to intervene or protests
on persons other than the Applicant.
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 December 20, 2016.
Dated: December 6, 2016.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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TransCanada Hydro Northeast Inc.; TC
Hydro Inc.; Notice of Application for
Transfer of Licenses and Soliciting
Comments and Motions To Intervene
On November 18, 2016, the above
mentioned transferor and TC Hydro Inc.
(transferee) filed an application for
transfer of licenses for the following
projects.
Project name
Location
P–1855–049
Bellows Falls Project ................
P–1892–029
P–1904–077
P–2077–106
P–2323–214
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Wilder Project ...........................
Vernon Project ..........................
Mile Falls Hydroelectric Project
Deerfield River Project ..............
Connecticut River, Cheshire and Sullivan counties, NH and Windham and Windsor counties,
VT.
Connecticut River, Windsor and Orange counties, VT and Grafton County, NH.
Connecticut River, Grafton County, NH and Caledonia County, VT.
Connecticut River, Grafton County, NH and Caledonia County, VT.
Windham and Bennington, counties, VT and Franklin and Berkshire counties, MA.
The transferor and transferee seek
Commission approval to transfer the
licenses for the above mentioned
projects from the transferor to the
transferee.
Applicant Contacts: For Transferor
and Transferee: Ms. Erin A. O’Dea, Legal
Counsel, TransCanada U.S. Northeast,
110 Turnpike Road, Suite 300,
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Westborough, MA 01581, Phone: 508–
599–1434, Email: erin_odea@
transcanada.com. And John A.
Whittaker, IV, Winston & Strawn LLP,
and 1700 K Street NW., Washington, DC
20006–3817, Phone: 202–282–5766,
Email: jwhittaker@winston.com.
FERC Contact: Patricia W. Gillis, (202)
502–8735.
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Deadline for filing comments and
motions to intervene: 30 days from the
issuance date of this notice, by the
Commission. 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
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2242-078]
Eugene Water and Electric Board; Notice of Settlement Agreement
and Soliciting Comments
Take notice that the following settlement agreement has been filed
with the Commission and is available for public inspection.
a. Type of Application: Settlement agreement (amending settlement
agreement filed October 23, 2008).
b. Project No.: 2242-078.
c. Date filed: November 30, 2016.
d. Applicant: Eugene Water and Electric Board.
e. Name of Project: Carmen-Smith Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the McKenzie River in Lane and Linn counties, near
the town of McKenzie Bridge, Oregon. The project occupies approximately
560 acres of the Willamette National Forest.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Rule 602 of the Commission's Rules of
Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.602.
h. Applicant Contact: Frank Lawson, General Manager, Eugene Water
and Electric Board, 500 East 4th Avenue, P.O. Box 10148, Eugene, Oregon
97440-2148; (541) 685-7000.
i. FERC Contact: Dianne Rodman; (202) 502-6077 or
dianne.rodman@ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for Filing Comments: January 2, 2017. Reply comments
due January 17, 2017.
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 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-2242-078.
The Commission's Rules of Practice require all intervenors filing
documents with the Commission to serve a copy of that document on each
person on the official service list for the project. Further, if an
intervenor files comments
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or documents with the Commission relating to the merits of an issue
that may affect the responsibilities of a particular resource agency,
they must also serve a copy of the document on that resource agency.
k. Eugene Water and Electric Board (EWEB) filed the settlement
agreement on behalf of itself and the National Marine Fisheries
Service, U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Forest Service, Oregon
Department of Environmental Quality, Oregon Department of Fish and
Wildlife, Oregon Parks and Recreation Department, Confederated Tribes
of the Grand Ronde Community of Oregon, Confederated Tribes of Siletz
Indians of Oregon, Confederated Tribes of the Warm Springs Reservation
of Oregon, McKenzie Flyfishers, Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, Inc.,
and Trout Unlimited. The purpose of the settlement agreement is to
resolve among the signatories all issues associated with issuance of a
new license for the project regarding water quality, instream flows,
fish passage and habitat, wildlife, recreation, aesthetics, and
cultural resources. EWEB requests that the Commission accept and
incorporate into any new license for the project the protection,
mitigation, and enhancement measures stated in the amended settlement
agreement.
l. A copy of the settlement agreement 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.
Dated: December 2, 2016.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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