Florida Southeast Connection, LLC; Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC; Sabal Trail Transmission, LLC; Notice of Availability of the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Southeast Market Pipelines Project, 46233-46234 [2017-21269]
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Dated: September 28, 2017.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017–21301 Filed 10–3–17; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 14857–000]
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Watterra Energy, LLC; Notice of
Preliminary Permit Application
Accepted for Filing and Soliciting
Comments, Motions To Intervene, and
Competing Applications
On September 11, 2017, Watterra
Energy, LLC (Watterra Energy) filed a
preliminary permit application pursuant
to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act
proposing to study the feasibility of the
proposed Saylorville Dam Hydroelectric
Project No. 14857–000, to be located at
the existing Saylorville Dam on the Des
Moines River, near the City of Des
Moines in Polk County, Iowa.
Saylorville Dam is owned by the United
States government and operated by the
United States Army Corps of Engineers.
The sole purpose of a preliminary
permit, if issued, is to grant the permit
holder priority to file a license
application during the permit term. A
preliminary permit does not authorize
the permit holder to perform any landdisturbing activities or otherwise enter
upon lands or waters owned by others
without the owner’s express permission.
Watterra Energy’s proposed project
would consist of: (1) A new 20-footdiameter steel penstock that would be
inserted into an existing 22-footdiameter by 640-foot-long concrete
conduit; (2) a new 55-foot-wide by 70foot-long by 30-foot-high concrete
powerhouse; (3) three new 5.22megawatt (MW) turbines, with a
combined generating capacity of 15.66
MW; (4) a new 70-foot-long by 55-footwide substation; (5) a new 7,000-footlong, 13.8-kilovolt transmission line;
and (6) appurtenant facilities. The
project would have an estimated annual
generation of 58 gigawatt-hours.
Applicant Contact: Mr. Craig Dalton,
220 W. Main Street, Hamilton, MT
59840; (406) 384–0080.
FERC Contact: Tyrone A. Williams,
(202) 502–6331.
Deadline for filing comments, motions
to intervene, competing applications
(without notices of intent), or notices of
intent to file competing applications: 60
days from the issuance of this notice.
Competing applications and notices of
intent must meet the requirements of 18
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CFR 4.36. The Commission strongly
encourages electronic filing. Please file
comments, motions to intervene, notices
of intent, and competing applications
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–14857–000.
More information about this project,
including a copy of the application, can
be viewed or printed on the eLibrary
link of Commission’s Web site at https://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp.
Enter the docket number (P–14857) in
the docket number field to access the
document. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support.
Dated: September 27, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017–21271 Filed 10–3–17; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket Nos. CP14–554–002; CP15–016–
003; CP15–017–002]
Florida Southeast Connection, LLC;
Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line
Company, LLC; Sabal Trail
Transmission, LLC; Notice of
Availability of the Draft Supplemental
Environmental Impact Statement for
the Southeast Market Pipelines Project
The staff of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared a draft
supplemental environmental impact
statement (SEIS) for the Southeast
Market Pipelines Project (SMP Project).
The SMP Project is composed of three
separate, but related, interstate natural
gas transmission pipeline projects.
These projects are: Transcontinental Gas
Pipe Line Company, LLC’s Hillabee
Expansion Project in Docket No. CP15–
16–000; Sabal Trail Transmission, LLC’s
Sabal Trail Project in Docket No. CP15–
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17–000; and Florida Southeast
Connection, LLC’s Florida Southeast
Connection Project in Docket No. CP14–
554–000. Together, these projects
involve the construction and operation
of approximately 685 miles of pipeline
and associated facilities.
The draft SEIS has been prepared to
address the August 22, 2017 Opinion
issued by the United States Court of
Appeals for the District of Columbia
regarding the Commission’s
environmental review of the SMP
Project. The draft SEIS incorporates by
reference and expands upon the
analysis contained within the December
2015 final environmental impact
statement (FEIS) for the SMP Project.
The draft SEIS estimates the greenhouse
gas emissions generated by the SMP
Project’s customers’ downstream
facilities, describes the methodology
used to determine these estimates,
discusses context for understanding the
magnitude of these emissions, and
addresses the value of using the social
cost of carbon tool.
As described in the executive
summary of the FEIS, and based on the
environmental analysis section of the
FEIS and this draft SEIS, we conclude
that constructing and operating the SMP
Project would result in temporary and
permanent impacts on the environment.
We also conclude that with the
applicants’ implementation of their
respective impact avoidance,
minimization, and mitigation measures,
as well as their adherence to the
measures we have required to further
avoid, minimize, and mitigate these
impacts, operating the SMP Project
would not result in a significant impact
on the environment.
Commission staff has mailed copies of
the draft SEIS to federal, state, and local
government representatives and
agencies; elected officials;
environmental and public interest
groups; Native American tribes;
potentially affected landowners, other
interested individuals and groups; and
newspapers and libraries in the project
area. Additionally, the draft SEIS is
available for public viewing on the
FERC’s Web site (www.ferc.gov) using
the eLibrary link. A limited number of
copies of the draft EIS are available for
distribution and public inspection at:
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
Public Reference Room, 888 First Street
NE., Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426,
(202) 502–8371.
Any person wishing to comment on
the draft SEIS may do so. The
Commission will only consider
comments on the draft SEIS, and not on
the FEIS or the Commission’s orders in
this proceeding, on which the public
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has already been provided the
opportunity to comment. Comments on
the draft SEIS must be filed on or before
November 20, 2017. While the
Commission makes every effort to
consider all comments, it cannot
guarantee that late comments will be
considered.
For your convenience, there are three
methods you can use to submit your
comments to the Commission. In all
instances, please reference docket
numbers CP14554–002; CP15–16–003;
and CP15–17–002 with your
submission. The Commission
encourages electronic filing of
comments and has expert staff available
to assist you at (202) 502–8258 or
FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. Please
carefully follow these instructions so
that your comments are properly
recorded.
(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 submitting brief, text-only
comments on a project;
(2) You can file your comments
electronically by 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. If you are filing a
comment on a particular project, please
select Comment on a Filing as the filing
type; or
(3) You can file a paper copy of your
comments by mailing them to the
following address. Be sure to reference
the project docket numbers (CP14554–
002, CP15–16–003, and CP15–17–002)
with your submission: Kimberly D.
Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426.
Questions?
Additional information about the
SMP Project is available from the
Commission’s Office of External Affairs,
at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC Web
site (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., CP14554,
CP15–16, and CP15–17). Be sure you
have selected an appropriate date range.
For assistance, please contact FERC
Online Support at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll
free at (866) 208–3676; for TTY, contact
(202) 502–8659. The eLibrary link also
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provides access to the texts of formal
documents issued by the Commission,
such as orders, notices, and
rulemakings.
In addition, the Commission offers a
free service called eSubscription that
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/docsfiling/esubscription.asp.
Dated: September 27, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017–21269 Filed 10–3–17; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
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San Diego Gas & Electric Company v.
Sellers of Energy and Ancillary
Services Into Markets Operated by the
California Independent System
Operator Corporation and the
California Power Exchange,
Investigation of Practices of the
California Independent System
Operator and the California Power
Exchange Corporation, Investigation of
Wholesale Rates of Public Utility
Sellers of Energy and Ancillary
Services in the Western Systems
Coordinating Council, State of
California, ex rel. Bill Lockyer, Attorney
General of the State of California v.
British Columbia Power Exchange
Corp., Fact-Finding Investigation nto
Possible Manipulation of Electric and
Natural Gas Prices, Aquila, Inc., Aquila,
Inc., California Independent System
Operator Corporation, Investigation of
Anomalous Bidding Behavior and
Practices in the Western Markets,
Notice of Filing
[Docket Nos. EL00–95–304], [EL00–98–276],
[EL01–68–055], [EL02–71–062], [PA02–2–
104], [EL03–138–011], [EL03–181–012],
[ER03–746–057], [IN03–10–089]
Take notice that on September 26,
2017, MPS Merchant Services, Inc.,
Aquila Power Corporation and the
California Parties filed a Joint
Compliance Filing in Support of a
Settlement.
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
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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 October 17, 2017.
Dated: September 27, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017–21270 Filed 10–3–17; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 2485–076]
FirstLight Hydro Generating Company;
Notice of Application Accepted for
Filing, Soliciting Comments, Motions
To Intervene, and Protests
Take notice that the following
hydroelectric application has been filed
with the Commission and is available
for public inspection:
a. Type of Application: Application
for Temporary Amendment of Minimum
and Maximum Reservoir Elevation
Requirement.
b. Project No.: 2485–076.
c. Date Filed: September 11, 2017, as
supplemented on September 25, 2017.
d. Applicant: FirstLight Hydro
Generating Company (FirstLight).
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket Nos. CP14-554-002; CP15-016-003; CP15-017-002]
Florida Southeast Connection, LLC; Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line
Company, LLC; Sabal Trail Transmission, LLC; Notice of Availability of
the Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement for the Southeast
Market Pipelines Project
The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared a draft supplemental environmental impact
statement (SEIS) for the Southeast Market Pipelines Project (SMP
Project). The SMP Project is composed of three separate, but related,
interstate natural gas transmission pipeline projects. These projects
are: Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC's Hillabee Expansion
Project in Docket No. CP15-16-000; Sabal Trail Transmission, LLC's
Sabal Trail Project in Docket No. CP15-17-000; and Florida Southeast
Connection, LLC's Florida Southeast Connection Project in Docket No.
CP14-554-000. Together, these projects involve the construction and
operation of approximately 685 miles of pipeline and associated
facilities.
The draft SEIS has been prepared to address the August 22, 2017
Opinion issued by the United States Court of Appeals for the District
of Columbia regarding the Commission's environmental review of the SMP
Project. The draft SEIS incorporates by reference and expands upon the
analysis contained within the December 2015 final environmental impact
statement (FEIS) for the SMP Project. The draft SEIS estimates the
greenhouse gas emissions generated by the SMP Project's customers'
downstream facilities, describes the methodology used to determine
these estimates, discusses context for understanding the magnitude of
these emissions, and addresses the value of using the social cost of
carbon tool.
As described in the executive summary of the FEIS, and based on the
environmental analysis section of the FEIS and this draft SEIS, we
conclude that constructing and operating the SMP Project would result
in temporary and permanent impacts on the environment. We also conclude
that with the applicants' implementation of their respective impact
avoidance, minimization, and mitigation measures, as well as their
adherence to the measures we have required to further avoid, minimize,
and mitigate these impacts, operating the SMP Project would not result
in a significant impact on the environment.
Commission staff has mailed copies of the draft SEIS to federal,
state, and local government representatives and agencies; elected
officials; environmental and public interest groups; Native American
tribes; potentially affected landowners, other interested individuals
and groups; and newspapers and libraries in the project area.
Additionally, the draft SEIS is available for public viewing on the
FERC's Web site (www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary link. A limited
number of copies of the draft EIS are available for distribution and
public inspection at: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Public
Reference Room, 888 First Street NE., Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426,
(202) 502-8371.
Any person wishing to comment on the draft SEIS may do so. The
Commission will only consider comments on the draft SEIS, and not on
the FEIS or the Commission's orders in this proceeding, on which the
public
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has already been provided the opportunity to comment. Comments on the
draft SEIS must be filed on or before November 20, 2017. While the
Commission makes every effort to consider all comments, it cannot
guarantee that late comments will be considered.
For your convenience, there are three methods you can use to submit
your comments to the Commission. In all instances, please reference
docket numbers CP14554-002; CP15-16-003; and CP15-17-002 with your
submission. The Commission encourages electronic filing of comments and
has expert staff available to assist you at (202) 502-8258 or
FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. Please carefully follow these instructions
so that your comments are properly recorded.
(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 submitting brief,
text-only comments on a project;
(2) You can file your comments electronically by 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. If you are filing a comment on a particular project, please
select Comment on a Filing as the filing type; or
(3) You can file a paper copy of your comments by mailing them to
the following address. Be sure to reference the project docket numbers
(CP14554-002, CP15-16-003, and CP15-17-002) with your submission:
Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
First Street NE., Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426.
Questions?
Additional information about the SMP Project is available from the
Commission's Office of External Affairs, at (866) 208-FERC, or on the
FERC Web site (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.,
CP14554, CP15-16, and CP15-17). Be sure you have selected an
appropriate date range. For assistance, please contact FERC Online
Support at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free at (866) 208-3676;
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 offers a free service called
eSubscription that 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.
Dated: September 27, 2017.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-21269 Filed 10-3-17; 8:45 am]
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