Notice of Intent To File License Application, Filing of Pre-Application Document, and Approving Use of the Traditional Licensing Process; Natco Products Corporation, 7470-7471 [2018-03460]
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regulations (in Order No. 667) 5 to,
among other things, add procedures for
not only defining what entities would
qualify as EWGs and FUCOs, but also
the self-certification by entities seeking
EWG and FUCO status, coupled with
the self-certification of the exemption of
their holding companies, in turn, from
Commission regulation.6 This selfcertification for EWGs and FUCOs is
similar to the process available to
entities that seek qualifying facility
status.7
An EWG is defined as ‘‘any person
engaged directly, or indirectly through
one or more affiliates . . . and
exclusively in the business of owning or
operating, or both owning and
operating, all or part of one or more
eligible facilities and selling electric
energy at wholesale.’’ 8 A FUCO is
defined as ‘‘any company that owns or
operates facilities that are not located in
any state and that are used for the
generation, transmission, or distribution
of electric energy for sale or the
distribution at retail of natural or
manufactured gas for heat, light, or
power, if such company: (1) Derives no
part of its income, directly or indirectly,
from the generation, transmission, or
distribution of electric energy for sale or
the distribution at retail of natural or
manufactured gas for heat, light, or
power, within the United States; and (2)
[n]either the company nor any of its
subsidiary companies is a public-utility
company operating in the United
States.’’ 9
An EWG, FUCO, or its representative
seeking to self-certify its status as an
EWG or FUCO must file with the
Commission a notice of self-certification
(FERC–598) demonstrating that it
satisfies the definition of EWG or FUCO.
In the case of EWGs, the person filing
a notice of self-certification must also
file a copy of the notice of selfcertification with the state regulatory
authority of the state in which the
facility is located and that person must
also represent to the Commission in its
submission that it has filed a copy of the
notice with the appropriate state
regulatory authority.10
Submission of the information
collected by FERC–598 is necessary for
the Commission to carry out its
responsibilities under section 1266(a) of
EPAct 2005.11 The Commission
implements its responsibilities through
the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR),
Title 18, Part 366. These filing
requirements are mandatory for entities
seeking to self-certify their EWG or
FUCO status, in order to, in turn,
exempt their holding companies from
Commission regulation.
Type of Respondents: EWGs and
FUCOs.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 12 The
Commission estimates the total annual
burden and cost 13 for this information
collection as follows.
FERC–598
[Self-certification for entities seeking exempt wholesale generator status or foreign utility company status]
Number of respondents
(EWGs and FUCOs)
Annual
number of
responses per
respondent
Total
number of
responses
Average
burden hrs.
& cost ($)
per response
Total annual
burden hours
& total
annual cost
Average
cost per
respondent
($)
(1)
(2)
(1) * (2) = (3)
(4)
(3) * (4) = (5)
(5) ÷ (1)
147 .......................................
1
147
6 hrs.; $459 ........................
882 hrs.; $67,473 ....................
$459
Comments: Comments are invited on:
(1) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Commission, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden and cost of the collection
of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility
and clarity of the information collection;
and (4) ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Dated: February 13, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 3011–016]
Notice of Intent To File License
Application, Filing of Pre-Application
Document, and Approving Use of the
Traditional Licensing Process; Natco
Products Corporation
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a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to
File License Application and Request to
Use the Traditional Licensing Process.
5 Repeal of the Public Utility Holding Company
Act of 1935 and Enactment of the Public Utility
Holding Company Act of 2005, 70 FR 75592, FERC
Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,197 (2005), order on rehearing,
Order 667–A, 71 FR 28446, FERC Stats. & Regs.
¶ 31,213 (2006), order on rehearing, Order 667–B,
71 FR 42750, FERC Stats. & Regs. ¶ 31,244 (2006),
order on rehearing, Order 667–C, 118 FERC
¶ 61,133 (2007).
6 18 CFR 366.1, 366.3(a), 366.4, 366.7.
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8 18
CFR 292.207.
CFR 366.1.
9 Id.
10 18
CFR 366.7.
U.S.C. 16454(a).
12 ‘‘Burden’’ is the total time, effort, or financial
resources expended by persons to generate,
maintain, retain, or disclose or provide information
to or for a Federal agency. For further explanation
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b. Project No.: 3011–016.
c. Date Filed: December 29, 2017.
d. Submitted By: Natco Products
Corporation (Natco).
e. Name of Project: Arctic Project.
f. Location: On the South Branch
Pawtuxet River in West Warwick, Kent
County, Rhode Island. No federal lands
are occupied by the project works or
located within the project boundary.
g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 5.3 and
5.5 of the Commission’s regulations.
h. Potential Applicant Contact: Steve
Burke, Natco Products Corporation, 155
Brookside Avenue, West Warwick, RI
02893; (401) 828–0300; email at sburke@
natcohome.com.
i. FERC Contact: John Ramer at (202)
502–8969; or email at john.ramer@
ferc.gov.
j. Natco filed its request to use the
Traditional Licensing Process on
of what is included in the information collection
burden, refer to Title 5 Code of Federal Regulations
1320.3.
13 Subject matter experts found that industry
employment costs (for salary plus benefits) for the
FERC–598 information collection closely resemble
the Commission’s. FERC’s 2017 average annual
salary plus benefits per FTE (full-time equivalent)
is $158,754 (or $76.50 per hour).
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December 29, 2017, and provided public
notice of the request on the same date.
In a letter dated February 13, 2018, the
Director of the Division of Hydropower
Licensing approved Natco’s request to
use the Traditional Licensing Process.
k. With this notice, we are initiating
informal consultation with the U.S. Fish
and Wildlife Service and NOAA
Fisheries under section 7 of the
Endangered Species Act and the joint
agency regulations thereunder at 50 CFR
part 402; and NOAA Fisheries under
section 305(b) of the Magnuson-Stevens
Fishery Conservation and Management
Act and implementing regulations at 50
CFR 600.920. We are also initiating
consultation with the Rhode Island
State Historic Preservation Officer, as
required by section 106 of the National
Historic Preservation Act, and the
implementing regulations of the
Advisory Council on Historic
Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2.
l. Natco filed a Pre-Application
Document (PAD; including a proposed
process plan and schedule) with the
Commission, pursuant to 18 CFR 5.6 of
the Commission’s regulations.
m. A copy of the PAD is available for
review at the Commission in the Public
Reference Room or may be viewed on
the Commission’s website (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 at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866)
208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659
(TTY). A copy is also available for
inspection and reproduction at the
address in paragraph h.
n. The licensee states its unequivocal
intent to submit an application for a
subsequent license for Project No. 3011.
Pursuant to 18 CFR 16.20, each
application for a subsequent license and
any competing license applications
must be filed with the Commission at
least 24 months prior to the expiration
of the existing license. All applications
for license for this project must be filed
by December 31, 2020.
o. Register online at https://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
esubscription.asp to be notified via
email of new filing and issuances
related to this or other pending projects.
For assistance, contact FERC Online
Support.
Dated: February 13, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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Online service, please email
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call
(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202) 502–8659.
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. ER18–855–000]
Panoche Valley Solar, 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 Panoche
Valley Solar, 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 March 6,
2018.
The Commission encourages
electronic submission of protests and
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 website that enables subscribers to
receive email notification when a
document is added to a subscribed
docket(s). For assistance with any FERC
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Dated: February 14, 2018.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Notice of Effectiveness of Exempt
Wholesale Generator Status
Docket Nos.
Panda Hummel Station
LLC.
Wildwood Lessee, LLC ...
Red Dirt Wind Project,
LLC.
ORNI 39 LLC ..................
ORNI 41 LLC ..................
Hamakua Energy, LLC ...
EG18–14–000
EG18–15–000
EG18–16–000
EG18–17–000
EG18–18–000
EG18–19–000
Take notice that during the month of
January 2018, the status of the abovecaptioned entities as Exempt Wholesale
Generators became effective by
operation of the Commission’s
regulations. 18 CFR 366.7(a) (2017).
Dated: February 14, 2018.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018–03506 Filed 2–20–18; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Combined Notice of Filings
Take notice that the Commission has
received the following Natural Gas
Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings:
Filings Instituting Proceedings
Docket Number: PR18–15–001.
Applicants: SCOOP Express, LLC.
Description: Tariff filing per
284.123(b),(e)+(g): SCOOP Express
Amended SOC filing Feb 12 2018 to be
effective 12/22/2017.
Filed Date: 2/12/18.
Accession Number: 201802125088.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 3/5/18.
284.123(g) Protests Due: 5 p.m. ET
3/5/18.
Docket Number: PR18–29–000.
Applicants: National Fuel Gas
Distribution Corporation.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 3011-016]
Notice of Intent To File License Application, Filing of Pre-
Application Document, and Approving Use of the Traditional Licensing
Process; Natco Products Corporation
a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to File License Application and
Request to Use the Traditional Licensing Process.
b. Project No.: 3011-016.
c. Date Filed: December 29, 2017.
d. Submitted By: Natco Products Corporation (Natco).
e. Name of Project: Arctic Project.
f. Location: On the South Branch Pawtuxet River in West Warwick,
Kent County, Rhode Island. No federal lands are occupied by the project
works or located within the project boundary.
g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR 5.3 and 5.5 of the Commission's
regulations.
h. Potential Applicant Contact: Steve Burke, Natco Products
Corporation, 155 Brookside Avenue, West Warwick, RI 02893; (401) 828-
0300; email at [email protected].
i. FERC Contact: John Ramer at (202) 502-8969; or email at
[email protected].
j. Natco filed its request to use the Traditional Licensing Process
on
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December 29, 2017, and provided public notice of the request on the
same date. In a letter dated February 13, 2018, the Director of the
Division of Hydropower Licensing approved Natco's request to use the
Traditional Licensing Process.
k. With this notice, we are initiating informal consultation with
the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and NOAA Fisheries under section 7
of the Endangered Species Act and the joint agency regulations
thereunder at 50 CFR part 402; and NOAA Fisheries under section 305(b)
of the Magnuson-Stevens Fishery Conservation and Management Act and
implementing regulations at 50 CFR 600.920. We are also initiating
consultation with the Rhode Island State Historic Preservation Officer,
as required by section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act,
and the implementing regulations of the Advisory Council on Historic
Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2.
l. Natco filed a Pre-Application Document (PAD; including a
proposed process plan and schedule) with the Commission, pursuant to 18
CFR 5.6 of the Commission's regulations.
m. A copy of the PAD is available for review at the Commission in
the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission's website
(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 at
[email protected], (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502-
8659 (TTY). A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at
the address in paragraph h.
n. The licensee states its unequivocal intent to submit an
application for a subsequent license for Project No. 3011. Pursuant to
18 CFR 16.20, each application for a subsequent license and any
competing license applications must be filed with the Commission at
least 24 months prior to the expiration of the existing license. All
applications for license for this project must be filed by December 31,
2020.
o. Register online at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filing and issuances
related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support.
Dated: February 13, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2018-03460 Filed 2-20-18; 8:45 am]
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