Algonquin Power and Utilities Corporation; Notice of Existing Licensee's Failure To File Notice of Intent To File a New License Application, Soliciting Pre-Application Documents and Notices of Intent To File a License Application, 3308-3309 [2017-00385]
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Persons unable to file electronically
should submit an original and 5 copies
of the intervention or protest to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First St. NE., Washington, DC
20426.
The filings in the above proceedings
are accessible in the Commission’s
eLibrary system by clicking on the
appropriate link in the above list. They
are also available for review in the
Commission’s Public Reference Room in
Washington, DC. There is an
eSubscription link on the Web site that
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notification when a document is added
to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance
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email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov.or
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call (202) 502–8659.
Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern time
on January 19, 2017.
Dated: January 5, 2017.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Dated: January 5, 2017.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[Docket No. ER17–742–000]
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CP Bloom Wind LLC; Supplemental
Notice That Initial Market-Based Rate
Filing Includes Request for Blanket
Section 204 Authorization
This is a supplemental notice in the
above-referenced proceeding of CP
Bloom Wind LLC‘s application for
market-based rate authority, with an
accompanying rate tariff, noting that
such application includes a request for
blanket authorization, under 18 CFR
part 34, of future issuances of securities
and assumptions of liability.
Any person desiring to intervene or to
protest should file with the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426,
in accordance with Rules 211 and 214
of the Commission’s Rules of Practice
and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214). Anyone filing a motion to
intervene or protest must serve a copy
of that document on the Applicant.
Notice is hereby given that the
deadline for filing protests with regard
to the applicant’s request for blanket
authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of
future issuances of securities and
assumptions of liability, is January 25,
2017.
The Commission encourages
electronic submission of protests and
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interventions in lieu of paper, using the
FERC Online links at https://
www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic
service, persons with Internet access
who will eFile a document and/or be
listed as a contact for an intervenor
must create and validate an
eRegistration account using the
eRegistration link. Select the eFiling
link to log on and submit the
intervention or protests.
Persons unable to file electronically
should submit an original and 5 copies
of the intervention or protest to the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
888 First Street NE., Washington, DC
20426.
The filings in the above-referenced
proceeding are accessible in the
Commission’s eLibrary system by
clicking on the appropriate link in the
above list. They are also available for
electronic 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.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 2368–000]
Algonquin Power and Utilities
Corporation; Notice of Existing
Licensee’s Failure To File Notice of
Intent To File a New License
Application, Soliciting Pre-Application
Documents and Notices of Intent To
File a License Application
The current license for Algonquin
Power and Utilities Corporation’s
(Algonquin) Squa Pan Hydroelectric
Project No. 2368 was issued on
December 4, 1991, for a term of 30 years,
ending December 3, 2021.1 The 1.5megawatt (MW) project is located on
Squa Pan Stream in Aroostook County,
Maine. The project does not occupy
federal land.
The principal project works consist
of: (1) A 35-foot-high, 60-foot-long
1 See Maine Public Service Company, 57 FERC
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reinforced concrete dam; (2) a 45-foothigh embankment dam, consisting of a
330-foot-long northern section and a
370-foot-long southern section; (3) a 24foot-wide, 13.5-foot-high radial gate; (4)
a 5,043-acre reservoir at a normal
maximum water surface elevation of
603.2 feet National Geodetic Vertical
Datum of 1929; (5) a 26-foot-wide, 67foot-long concrete powerhouse with a
single 1.5-MW turbine-generator unit;
and (6) a 7.6-mile-long transmission
line.
The project is subject to section 15 of
the Federal Power Act (FPA),2 which
states that an existing licensee must
‘‘notify the Commission whether the
licensee intends to file an application
for a new license or not . . . at least 5
years before the expiration of the
license.’’ 3 Section 5.5(d) of the
Commission’s regulations provides that
an existing licensee must file its notice
of intent (NOI) no later than five years
before the existing license’s expiration
and section 5.6(a) of the Commission’s
regulations requires a potential
applicant to file a pre-application
document (PAD) with its NOI. And,
while the integrated licensing process
(ILP) is the default pre-filing process,
section 5.3(b) of the Commission’s
regulations allows a potential license
applicant to request to use alternative
licensing procedures when it files its
NOI.
Pursuant to FPA section 15 and 18
CFR 16.9, any application for a new
license for this project must be filed
with the Commission at least 24 months
prior to the expiration of the existing
license. Because the current license
expires on December 3, 2021, all
applications for license for this project
must be filed by December 3, 2019.
Because the existing license expires
on December 3, 2021, the NOI, PAD,
and any request to use alternative
licensing procedures were due to be
filed no later than the close of business
on December 5, 2016.4 No entity filed a
timely NOI and PAD. However,
Algonquin filed an NOI on December 8,
2016, along with a request for an
extension until August 2017 to file the
2 See
ordering paragraph (D) of the license.
U.S.C. 808(b)(1) (2012).
4 The Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure provide that, if a filing deadline falls on
a Saturday, Sunday, holiday, or other day when the
Commission is closed for business, the filing
deadline ‘‘does not end until the close of . . .
business on the next business day. . . .’’ 18 CFR
385.2007(a)(2) (2016). The filing deadline was
December 3, 2016, which fell on a Saturday. Thus,
the filing deadline was the close of business on
Monday, December 5, 2016.
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PAD and any request to use alternative
licensing procedures.5
Pursuant to 18 CFR 16.23(a), an
existing licensee subject to section 15 of
the FPA that fails to file a an NOI at
least 5 years before the existing license
expires shall be deemed to have filed a
notice indicating that it does not intend
to file an application for new license.
Additionally, pursuant to 18 CFR
16.24(a), an existing licensee that
informs the Commission that it does not
intend to file an application, may not
file an application for a new license for
the project, either individually or in
conjunction with an entity or entities
that are not currently licensees of the
project.
The Commission is not taking action
on Algonquin’s late-filed NOI at this
time; 6 however, Algonquin’s request to
delay filing the PAD or any request to
use an alternative licensing process
until August, 2017 is denied because the
requested delay would unreasonably
shorten the time available for
preparation of a license application and/
or conducting necessary studies.
Instead, this notice sets a deadline of
120 days from the date of this notice for
Algonquin and competing applicants to
file NOIs, PADs, and requests to use an
alternative licensing process.
To the extent that Algonquin or any
competing applicant elects or is
required to use the Commission’s ILP, a
process plan will be issued within 180
days of this notice that accelerates the
steps of the ILP to allow for filing a new
license application by the December 3,
2019, deadline.
Questions concerning this notice
should be directed to John Baummer at
(202) 502–6837 or John.Baummer@
ferc.gov.
Dated: January 5, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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5 Algonquin’s December 8, 2016, filing indicates
it is working to finalize the sale of the project to
another entity by the end of the first quarter of 2017
and the additional time would ‘‘allow’’ the
potential purchaser time to prepare a PAD and
select a licensing process. We note however that
any transfer of ownership would require
Commission approval. See FPA Section 8, 16 U.S.C.
801 (2012) and 18 CFR part 9 (2016).
6 Algonquin indicates that its NOI was late due
to ‘‘administrative oversight.’’ However,
Commission staff sent letters reminding Algonquin
of the NOI deadline on April 1, 2015, and February
10, 2016. In addition, Commission staff contacted
Algonquin via email on August 16, 2016 and
September 27, 2016 and via phone on March 15,
2016 and December 5, 2016, to remind it of the NOI
deadline. Algonquin suggests that due to a
‘‘telecommunications failure,’’ it did not receive
these messages.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP17–26–000]
Pomelo Connector, LLC; Notice of
Application
Take notice that on December 22,
2016, Pomelo Connector, LLC (Pomelo),
1331 Lamar Street, Suite 1675, Houston,
Texas 77010, filed in Docket No. CP17–
26–000 an application pursuant to
sections 7(b) and 7(c) of the Natural Gas
Act (NGA), as amended, for
authorization to: (i) Construct, own,
operate, and maintain an approximately
14-mile 30-inch-diameter pipeline in
Nueces County, Texas; (ii) construct a
9,000 horsepower compressor station;
and (iii) abandon by lease the entire
400,000 dekatherms per day of capacity
to Texas Eastern Transmission, LP.
Pomelo further requests a Part 157,
Subpart F blanket certificate, all as more
fully set forth in the application which
is on file with the Commission and open
to public inspection. The filing is
available for review at the Commission
in the Public Reference Room or may be
viewed on the Commission’s Web site
web 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
at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call
toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202)
502–8659.
Any questions concerning this
application may be directed to Mark
Fuqua, Senior Vice President, Pomelo
Connector, LLC, 1331 Lamar Street,
Suite 1675, Houston, Texas 77010, by
telephone at (713) 308–8117.
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 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
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the date of issuance of the Commission
staff’s EA.
There are two ways to become
involved in the Commission’s review of
this project. First, any person wishing to
obtain legal status by becoming a party
to the proceedings for this project
should, on or before the comment date
stated below file with the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426,
a motion to intervene in accordance
with the requirements of the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and
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
seven copies of filings made in the
proceeding with the Commission and
must mail a copy to the applicant and
to every other party. 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.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 2368-000]
Algonquin Power and Utilities Corporation; Notice of Existing
Licensee's Failure To File Notice of Intent To File a New License
Application, Soliciting Pre-Application Documents and Notices of Intent
To File a License Application
The current license for Algonquin Power and Utilities Corporation's
(Algonquin) Squa Pan Hydroelectric Project No. 2368 was issued on
December 4, 1991, for a term of 30 years, ending December 3, 2021.\1\
The 1.5-megawatt (MW) project is located on Squa Pan Stream in
Aroostook County, Maine. The project does not occupy federal land.
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\1\ See Maine Public Service Company, 57 FERC 62,178 (1991).
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The principal project works consist of: (1) A 35-foot-high, 60-
foot-long reinforced concrete dam; (2) a 45-foot-high embankment dam,
consisting of a 330-foot-long northern section and a 370-foot-long
southern section; (3) a 24-foot-wide, 13.5-foot-high radial gate; (4) a
5,043-acre reservoir at a normal maximum water surface elevation of
603.2 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929; (5) a 26-foot-
wide, 67-foot-long concrete powerhouse with a single 1.5-MW turbine-
generator unit; and (6) a 7.6-mile-long transmission line.
The project is subject to section 15 of the Federal Power Act
(FPA),\2\ which states that an existing licensee must ``notify the
Commission whether the licensee intends to file an application for a
new license or not . . . at least 5 years before the expiration of the
license.'' \3\ Section 5.5(d) of the Commission's regulations provides
that an existing licensee must file its notice of intent (NOI) no later
than five years before the existing license's expiration and section
5.6(a) of the Commission's regulations requires a potential applicant
to file a pre-application document (PAD) with its NOI. And, while the
integrated licensing process (ILP) is the default pre-filing process,
section 5.3(b) of the Commission's regulations allows a potential
license applicant to request to use alternative licensing procedures
when it files its NOI.
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\2\ See ordering paragraph (D) of the license.
\3\ 16 U.S.C. 808(b)(1) (2012).
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Pursuant to FPA section 15 and 18 CFR 16.9, any application for a
new license for this project must be filed with the Commission at least
24 months prior to the expiration of the existing license. Because the
current license expires on December 3, 2021, all applications for
license for this project must be filed by December 3, 2019.
Because the existing license expires on December 3, 2021, the NOI,
PAD, and any request to use alternative licensing procedures were due
to be filed no later than the close of business on December 5, 2016.\4\
No entity filed a timely NOI and PAD. However, Algonquin filed an NOI
on December 8, 2016, along with a request for an extension until August
2017 to file the
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PAD and any request to use alternative licensing procedures.\5\
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\4\ The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure provide
that, if a filing deadline falls on a Saturday, Sunday, holiday, or
other day when the Commission is closed for business, the filing
deadline ``does not end until the close of . . . business on the
next business day. . . .'' 18 CFR 385.2007(a)(2) (2016). The filing
deadline was December 3, 2016, which fell on a Saturday. Thus, the
filing deadline was the close of business on Monday, December 5,
2016.
\5\ Algonquin's December 8, 2016, filing indicates it is working
to finalize the sale of the project to another entity by the end of
the first quarter of 2017 and the additional time would ``allow''
the potential purchaser time to prepare a PAD and select a licensing
process. We note however that any transfer of ownership would
require Commission approval. See FPA Section 8, 16 U.S.C. 801 (2012)
and 18 CFR part 9 (2016).
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Pursuant to 18 CFR 16.23(a), an existing licensee subject to
section 15 of the FPA that fails to file a an NOI at least 5 years
before the existing license expires shall be deemed to have filed a
notice indicating that it does not intend to file an application for
new license. Additionally, pursuant to 18 CFR 16.24(a), an existing
licensee that informs the Commission that it does not intend to file an
application, may not file an application for a new license for the
project, either individually or in conjunction with an entity or
entities that are not currently licensees of the project.
The Commission is not taking action on Algonquin's late-filed NOI
at this time; \6\ however, Algonquin's request to delay filing the PAD
or any request to use an alternative licensing process until August,
2017 is denied because the requested delay would unreasonably shorten
the time available for preparation of a license application and/or
conducting necessary studies. Instead, this notice sets a deadline of
120 days from the date of this notice for Algonquin and competing
applicants to file NOIs, PADs, and requests to use an alternative
licensing process.
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\6\ Algonquin indicates that its NOI was late due to
``administrative oversight.'' However, Commission staff sent letters
reminding Algonquin of the NOI deadline on April 1, 2015, and
February 10, 2016. In addition, Commission staff contacted Algonquin
via email on August 16, 2016 and September 27, 2016 and via phone on
March 15, 2016 and December 5, 2016, to remind it of the NOI
deadline. Algonquin suggests that due to a ``telecommunications
failure,'' it did not receive these messages.
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To the extent that Algonquin or any competing applicant elects or
is required to use the Commission's ILP, a process plan will be issued
within 180 days of this notice that accelerates the steps of the ILP to
allow for filing a new license application by the December 3, 2019,
deadline.
Questions concerning this notice should be directed to John Baummer
at (202) 502-6837 or John.Baummer@ferc.gov.
Dated: January 5, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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