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[Docket No. PP–371]
Informational Notice Regarding Public
Notification Procedures for the
Northern Pass Transmission Line
Project
Department of Energy.
Notice of changes to the public
notification procedures for consultation
under the National Historic Preservation
Act for the Northern Pass Transmission
Line Project.
AGENCY:
ACTION:
[FR Doc. 2017–13432 Filed 6–26–17; 8:45 am]
The U.S. Department of
Energy (DOE) is notifying the public of
changes to the public notification
procedures for consultation under the
National Historic Preservation Act for
the Northern Pass Transmission Line
Project, including implementation of the
Programmatic Agreement developed for
the Project.
DATES: DOE is changing the public
notification procedures for consultation
under the National Historic Preservation
Act for the Northern Pass Transmission
Line Project effective June 14, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Requests for information
about the proposed project and DOE’s
Section 106 review should be addressed
to: Brian Mills, Office of Electricity
Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE–20),
U.S. Department of Energy, 1000
Independence Avenue SW.,
Washington, DC 20585; or by email to
Brian.Mills@hq.doe.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
information on DOE’s review of the
Presidential permit application, contact
Brian Mills by one of the methods listed
in ADDRESSES above, or at 202–586–
8267.
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Background
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
SUMMARY:
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Executive Order (E.O.) 10485, as
amended by E.O. 12038, requires that
before an electric transmission facility
may be constructed, operated,
maintained, or connected at the U.S.
international border, a Presidential
permit must be issued by DOE. E.O.
10485 provides that DOE may issue a
Presidential permit upon finding
issuance of the permit to be consistent
with the public interest and after
obtaining favorable recommendations
from the U.S. Departments of State and
Defense. In determining whether
issuance of a Presidential permit would
be consistent with the public interest,
DOE takes into account the potential
effects of the issuance of a Presidential
permit for the proposed project’s
international border crossing on historic
properties listed in or eligible for listing
in the National Register of Historic
Places (NRHP) and gives the Advisory
Council on Historic Preservation
(ACHP) and state historic preservation
offices (SHPOs) an opportunity to
comment, in accordance with Section
106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act (NHPA) of 1966 (54
United States Code (U.S.C.) 306108)
(Section 106), as amended, and the
Section 106 implementing regulations
(36 CFR part 800).
On October 14, 2010, NPT applied to
DOE for a Presidential permit to
construct, operate, maintain, and
connect a high-voltage direct current
(HVDC) transmission line across the
U.S.-Canada border (the proposed
Project). On July 1, 2013, NPT submitted
an amended Presidential permit
application to DOE (see 78 FR 50405
(Aug. 19, 2013)). On August 31, 2015,
NPT further amended its Presidential
permit application to DOE (see 80 FR
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58725 (Sep. 30, 2015)). The amended
applications are summarized below.
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Applicant’s Proposal
In the July 2013 amended application,
NPT proposed to construct and operate
a primarily overhead high voltage direct
current (HVDC) electric transmission
line that would originate at an HVDC
converter station to be constructed at
´
the Des Cantons Substation in Quebec,
Canada, then would be converted from
HVDC to alternating current (AC) in
Franklin, NH, and would continue to its
southern terminus in Deerfield, NH. The
proposed facilities would be capable of
transmitting up to 1200 megawatts
(MW) of power.
The New Hampshire portion of the
proposed Project would be a single
circuit 300 kilovolt (kV) HVDC
transmission line running
approximately 153 miles from the U.S.
border crossing with Canada near the
community of Pittsburg, NH, to a new
HVDC-to-AC transformer facility to be
constructed in Franklin, NH. From
Franklin, NH, to the Project terminus at
the Public Service Company of New
Hampshire’s existing Deerfield
Substation located in Deerfield, NH, the
proposed Project would consist of 34
miles of 345-kV AC electric
transmission line. The total length of the
proposed Project would be
approximately 187 miles.
NPT’s August 2015 application
amendment (80 FR 58725) changed the
proposed transmission line route by
adding three miles of buried
transmission line adjacent to a road not
previously analyzed, adding two new
transition stations (one in Bridgewater
and one in Bethlehem; both would
transition the transmission line between
aboveground and buried) of
approximately one acre each, and
increasing the amount of proposed
buried transmission line from
approximately eight miles to
approximately 60 miles with a total
proposed Project length of
approximately 192 miles. In addition,
the amendment proposed a minor shift
(less than 100 feet) in the international
border crossing location, changed the
project size from 1,200 MW to 1,000
MW with a potential transfer capability
of 1,090 MW and included other design
changes (e.g., change in converter
technology and type of cable). A copy of
the amended Presidential permit
application and maps of the proposed
Project route can be found at the DOE
environmental impact statement (EIS)
Web site (https://www.northernpasseis
.us).
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Section 106 Review
Section 106 of the NHPA requires
federal agencies to take into account the
potential effects of their undertakings
that require federal funding, approvals,
or permits on historic properties and to
give the ACHP and SHPOs an
opportunity to comment. Compliance
with Section 106 also requires
consultation with other consulting
parties, which may include federallyrecognized Indian tribes, representatives
of local governments, the applicant,
certain individuals and organizations
with a demonstrated interest in the
proposed undertaking due to the nature
of their legal or economic relation to the
undertaking or affected properties, or
their concern with the undertaking’s
effects on historic properties (36 CFR
800.2). The public is also a participant
in the Section 106 process, and federal
agencies must also seek and consider
the views of the public (36 CFR
800.2(d)). If adverse effects on historic
properties are anticipated, agencies
develop measures to avoid, minimize, or
mitigate those adverse effects through
consultation.
DOE initiated Section 106
consultation with the NH SHPO—the
New Hampshire Division of Historical
Resources—in February 2011 in
response to NPT’s 2010 Presidential
permit application. DOE suspended its
Section 106 consultation following
notification from NPT that NPT would
be submitting an amended Presidential
permit application. DOE re-engaged the
NH SHPO in 2013 to continue Section
106 consultation on NPT’s amended
Presidential permit application
submission; through consultation with
the NH SHPO and other consulting
federal agencies, DOE defined the area
of potential effects (APE) (36 CFR
800.16(d)) and identified potential
additional consulting parties (36 CFR
800.2). The ACHP was invited to
participate in DOE’s Section 106
consultation in January 2014; ACHP
formally joined DOE’s Section 106
consultation in February 2015.
Additional consulting parties (36 CFR
800.2) were invited to participate in
DOE’s Section 106 consultation in
January 2014. DOE initiated
consultation with the VT SHPO—the
Vermont Division of Historic
Preservation—in June 2016 to address
the portion of the APE within Vermont.
When the potential effects on historic
properties are complex, involve large
land areas, and cannot be fully
determined prior to approval of an
undertaking, an agency’s obligations
under Section 106 are satisfied by
negotiation and execution of a legally
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binding agreement called a
Programmatic Agreement or PA. DOE
has developed a draft PA through which
it proposes to satisfy the Section 106
requirements for the proposed Northern
Pass project. All information for the
public regarding the Section 106 process
are available at DOE’s Section 106
Consultation Page for the proposed
Northern Pass Transmission Line
Project: https://www.northernpasseis.us/
consultations/section106/.
Change in Public Notification
Procedure for Section 106 Consultation
The Section 106 implementing
regulations provide for specific public
involvement opportunities in the
Section 106 process. The level of public
involvement is determined on a projectby-project basis by the federal agency
implementing Section 106. DOE
previously indicated that it would
notify the public about the Section 106
process through future Federal Register
notices (see 78 FR 54876 (Sept. 6,
2013)). DOE is no longer using the
Federal Register to notify the public
regarding Section 106. Going forward,
DOE will continue to provide updates
and information to the public, including
about opportunities for public
involvement, regarding the Section 106
process through DOE’s Section 106
Consultation Page for the Project: https://
www.northernpasseis.us/consultations/
section106/. In accordance with this
decision, on June 14, 2017, DOE notified
the public that the draft Section 106
Programmatic Agreement for the
Northern Pass Transmission Project was
available to the public at this site.
Issued in Washington, DC, on June 16,
2017.
Brian Mills,
Director, Transmission Permitting &
Technical Assistance, Office of Electricity
Delivery and Energy Reliability.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
[Docket No. PP-371]
Informational Notice Regarding Public Notification Procedures for
the Northern Pass Transmission Line Project
AGENCY: Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of changes to the public notification procedures for
consultation under the National Historic Preservation Act for the
Northern Pass Transmission Line Project.
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SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is notifying the public of
changes to the public notification procedures for consultation under
the National Historic Preservation Act for the Northern Pass
Transmission Line Project, including implementation of the Programmatic
Agreement developed for the Project.
DATES: DOE is changing the public notification procedures for
consultation under the National Historic Preservation Act for the
Northern Pass Transmission Line Project effective June 14, 2017.
ADDRESSES: Requests for information about the proposed project and
DOE's Section 106 review should be addressed to: Brian Mills, Office of
Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE-20), U.S. Department of
Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585; or by email
to Brian.Mills@hq.doe.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For information on DOE's review of
the Presidential permit application, contact Brian Mills by one of the
methods listed in ADDRESSES above, or at 202-586-8267.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Background
Executive Order (E.O.) 10485, as amended by E.O. 12038, requires
that before an electric transmission facility may be constructed,
operated, maintained, or connected at the U.S. international border, a
Presidential permit must be issued by DOE. E.O. 10485 provides that DOE
may issue a Presidential permit upon finding issuance of the permit to
be consistent with the public interest and after obtaining favorable
recommendations from the U.S. Departments of State and Defense. In
determining whether issuance of a Presidential permit would be
consistent with the public interest, DOE takes into account the
potential effects of the issuance of a Presidential permit for the
proposed project's international border crossing on historic properties
listed in or eligible for listing in the National Register of Historic
Places (NRHP) and gives the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation
(ACHP) and state historic preservation offices (SHPOs) an opportunity
to comment, in accordance with Section 106 of the National Historic
Preservation Act (NHPA) of 1966 (54 United States Code (U.S.C.) 306108)
(Section 106), as amended, and the Section 106 implementing regulations
(36 CFR part 800).
On October 14, 2010, NPT applied to DOE for a Presidential permit
to construct, operate, maintain, and connect a high-voltage direct
current (HVDC) transmission line across the U.S.-Canada border (the
proposed Project). On July 1, 2013, NPT submitted an amended
Presidential permit application to DOE (see 78 FR 50405 (Aug. 19,
2013)). On August 31, 2015, NPT further amended its Presidential permit
application to DOE (see 80 FR
[[Page 29064]]
58725 (Sep. 30, 2015)). The amended applications are summarized below.
Applicant's Proposal
In the July 2013 amended application, NPT proposed to construct and
operate a primarily overhead high voltage direct current (HVDC)
electric transmission line that would originate at an HVDC converter
station to be constructed at the Des Cantons Substation in
Qu[eacute]bec, Canada, then would be converted from HVDC to alternating
current (AC) in Franklin, NH, and would continue to its southern
terminus in Deerfield, NH. The proposed facilities would be capable of
transmitting up to 1200 megawatts (MW) of power.
The New Hampshire portion of the proposed Project would be a single
circuit 300 kilovolt (kV) HVDC transmission line running approximately
153 miles from the U.S. border crossing with Canada near the community
of Pittsburg, NH, to a new HVDC-to-AC transformer facility to be
constructed in Franklin, NH. From Franklin, NH, to the Project terminus
at the Public Service Company of New Hampshire's existing Deerfield
Substation located in Deerfield, NH, the proposed Project would consist
of 34 miles of 345-kV AC electric transmission line. The total length
of the proposed Project would be approximately 187 miles.
NPT's August 2015 application amendment (80 FR 58725) changed the
proposed transmission line route by adding three miles of buried
transmission line adjacent to a road not previously analyzed, adding
two new transition stations (one in Bridgewater and one in Bethlehem;
both would transition the transmission line between aboveground and
buried) of approximately one acre each, and increasing the amount of
proposed buried transmission line from approximately eight miles to
approximately 60 miles with a total proposed Project length of
approximately 192 miles. In addition, the amendment proposed a minor
shift (less than 100 feet) in the international border crossing
location, changed the project size from 1,200 MW to 1,000 MW with a
potential transfer capability of 1,090 MW and included other design
changes (e.g., change in converter technology and type of cable). A
copy of the amended Presidential permit application and maps of the
proposed Project route can be found at the DOE environmental impact
statement (EIS) Web site (https://www.northernpasseis.us).
Section 106 Review
Section 106 of the NHPA requires federal agencies to take into
account the potential effects of their undertakings that require
federal funding, approvals, or permits on historic properties and to
give the ACHP and SHPOs an opportunity to comment. Compliance with
Section 106 also requires consultation with other consulting parties,
which may include federally-recognized Indian tribes, representatives
of local governments, the applicant, certain individuals and
organizations with a demonstrated interest in the proposed undertaking
due to the nature of their legal or economic relation to the
undertaking or affected properties, or their concern with the
undertaking's effects on historic properties (36 CFR 800.2). The public
is also a participant in the Section 106 process, and federal agencies
must also seek and consider the views of the public (36 CFR 800.2(d)).
If adverse effects on historic properties are anticipated, agencies
develop measures to avoid, minimize, or mitigate those adverse effects
through consultation.
DOE initiated Section 106 consultation with the NH SHPO--the New
Hampshire Division of Historical Resources--in February 2011 in
response to NPT's 2010 Presidential permit application. DOE suspended
its Section 106 consultation following notification from NPT that NPT
would be submitting an amended Presidential permit application. DOE re-
engaged the NH SHPO in 2013 to continue Section 106 consultation on
NPT's amended Presidential permit application submission; through
consultation with the NH SHPO and other consulting federal agencies,
DOE defined the area of potential effects (APE) (36 CFR 800.16(d)) and
identified potential additional consulting parties (36 CFR 800.2). The
ACHP was invited to participate in DOE's Section 106 consultation in
January 2014; ACHP formally joined DOE's Section 106 consultation in
February 2015. Additional consulting parties (36 CFR 800.2) were
invited to participate in DOE's Section 106 consultation in January
2014. DOE initiated consultation with the VT SHPO--the Vermont Division
of Historic Preservation--in June 2016 to address the portion of the
APE within Vermont.
When the potential effects on historic properties are complex,
involve large land areas, and cannot be fully determined prior to
approval of an undertaking, an agency's obligations under Section 106
are satisfied by negotiation and execution of a legally binding
agreement called a Programmatic Agreement or PA. DOE has developed a
draft PA through which it proposes to satisfy the Section 106
requirements for the proposed Northern Pass project. All information
for the public regarding the Section 106 process are available at DOE's
Section 106 Consultation Page for the proposed Northern Pass
Transmission Line Project: https://www.northernpasseis.us/consultations/section106/.
Change in Public Notification Procedure for Section 106 Consultation
The Section 106 implementing regulations provide for specific
public involvement opportunities in the Section 106 process. The level
of public involvement is determined on a project-by-project basis by
the federal agency implementing Section 106. DOE previously indicated
that it would notify the public about the Section 106 process through
future Federal Register notices (see 78 FR 54876 (Sept. 6, 2013)). DOE
is no longer using the Federal Register to notify the public regarding
Section 106. Going forward, DOE will continue to provide updates and
information to the public, including about opportunities for public
involvement, regarding the Section 106 process through DOE's Section
106 Consultation Page for the Project: https://www.northernpasseis.us/consultations/section106/. In accordance with this decision, on June
14, 2017, DOE notified the public that the draft Section 106
Programmatic Agreement for the Northern Pass Transmission Project was
available to the public at this site.
Issued in Washington, DC, on June 16, 2017.
Brian Mills,
Director, Transmission Permitting & Technical Assistance, Office of
Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability.
[FR Doc. 2017-13418 Filed 6-26-17; 8:45 am]
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