Nushagak Electric & Telephone Cooperative, Inc.; Notice of Intent To File License Application, Filing of Pre-Application Document, Commencement of Pre-Filing Process, and Scoping; Request for Comments on the Pad and Scoping Document, and Identification of Issues and Associated Study Requests, 62524-62525 [2019-24814]
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Filed Date: 11/8/19.
Accession Number: 20191108–5121.
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Docket Numbers: ER20–345–000.
Applicants: Consolidated Edison
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(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.
Dated: November 8, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019–24812 Filed 11–14–19; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 14873–001]
Nushagak Electric & Telephone
Cooperative, Inc.; Notice of Intent To
File License Application, Filing of PreApplication Document,
Commencement of Pre-Filing Process,
and Scoping; Request for Comments
on the Pad and Scoping Document,
and Identification of Issues and
Associated Study Requests
a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to
File License Application for an Original
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License and Commencing Pre-filing
Process.
b. Project No.: 14873–001.
c. Dated Filed: October 7, 2019.
d. Submitted By: Nushagak Electric &
Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
e. Name of Project: Nuyakuk River
Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Nuyakuk River, in
the Dillingham Census Area, Alaska.
The project occupies 357 acres of
United States lands under the
jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land
Management.
g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR part 5 of
the Commission’s Regulations.
h. Potential Applicant Contact: Mr.
Bobby Armstrong, Nushagak Electric &
Telephone Cooperative, Inc., P.O. Box
350, Dillingham, Alaska 99576; phone:
(907) 842–5251 or email at barmstrong@
nushagak.coop.
i. FERC Contact: Julia Kolberg at (202)
502–8261 or email at julia.kolberg@
ferc.gov.
j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state,
local, and tribal agencies with
jurisdiction and/or special expertise
with respect to environmental issues
that wish to cooperate in the
preparation of the environmental
document should follow the
instructions for filing such requests
described in item o below. Cooperating
agencies should note the Commission’s
policy that agencies that cooperate in
the preparation of the environmental
document cannot also intervene. See 94
FERC ¶ 61,076 (2001).
k. With this notice, we are initiating
informal consultation with: (a) The U.S.
Fish and Wildlife Service and/or NOAA
Fisheries under section 7 of the
Endangered Species Act and the joint
agency regulations thereunder at 50
CFR, Part 402 and (b) the State Historic
Preservation Officer, as required by
section 106, National Historic
Preservation Act, and the implementing
regulations of the Advisory Council on
Historic Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2.
l. Nushagak Cooperative, Inc. 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
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(TTY). A copy is also available for
inspection and reproduction at the
address in paragraph h.
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.
n. With this notice, we are soliciting
comments on the PAD and
Commission’s staff Scoping Document 1
(SD1), as well as study requests. All
comments on the PAD and SD1, and
study requests should be sent to the
address above in paragraph h. In
addition, all comments on the PAD and
SD1, study requests, requests for
cooperating agency status, and all
communications to and from
Commission staff related to the merits of
the potential application must be filed
with the Commission.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filing. Please file all
documents 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. 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–14873–001.
All filings with the Commission must
bear the appropriate heading:
‘‘Comments on Pre-Application
Document,’’ ‘‘Study Requests,’’
‘‘Comments on Scoping Document 1,’’
‘‘Request for Cooperating Agency
Status,’’ or ‘‘Communications to and
from Commission Staff.’’ Any
individual or entity interested in
submitting study requests, commenting
on the PAD or SD1, and any agency
requesting cooperating status must do so
by February 4, 2020.
p. Although our current intent is to
prepare an environmental assessment
(EA), there is the possibility that an
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
will be required. Nevertheless, this
meeting will satisfy the NEPA scoping
requirements, irrespective of whether an
EA or EIS is issued by the Commission.
Scoping Meetings
Commission staff will hold two
scoping meetings in the vicinity of the
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project at the times and places noted
below. The daytime meeting will focus
on resource agency, Indian tribes, and
non-governmental organization
concerns, while the evening meeting is
primarily for receiving input from the
public. We invite all interested
individuals, organizations, and agencies
to attend one or both of the meetings,
and to assist staff in identifying
particular study needs, as well as the
scope of environmental issues to be
addressed in the environmental
document. Teleconferencing capability
will be provided for those who cannot
attend the meeting in person. The times
and locations of these meetings are as
follows:
Daytime Scoping Meeting
Date: Wednesday, December 11, 2019.
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Location: Homewood Suites, 101 W.
48th Ave., Anchorage, AK 99503.
Phone: (907) 762–7000.
Evening Scoping Meeting
Date: Wednesday, December 11, 2019.
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Homewood Suites, 101 W.
48th Ave., Anchorage, AK 99503.
Phone: (907) 762–7000.
Please notify Julia Kolberg at (202)
502–8261 or Julia.kolberg@ferc.gov on
or before December 4, 2019, if you plan
to attend scoping meetings via
teleconference.
Scoping Document 1 (SD1), which
outlines the subject areas to be
addressed in the environmental
document, was mailed to the
individuals and entities on the
Commission’s mailing list. Copies of
SD1 will be available at the scoping
meetings, or may be viewed on the web
at https://www.ferc.gov, using the
‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Follow the directions
for accessing information in paragraph
n. Based on all oral and written
comments, a Scoping Document 2 (SD2)
may be issued. SD2 may include a
revised process plan and schedule, as
well as a list of issues, identified
through the scoping process.
Meeting Objectives
At the scoping meetings, staff will: (1)
Initiate scoping of the issues; (2) review
and discuss existing conditions and
resource management objectives; (3)
review and discuss existing information
and identify preliminary information
and study needs; (4) review and discuss
the process plan and schedule for prefiling activity that incorporates the time
frames provided for in Part 5 of the
Commission’s regulations and, to the
extent possible, maximizes coordination
of federal, state, and tribal permitting
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and certification processes; and (5)
discuss the appropriateness of any
federal or state agency or Indian tribe
acting as a cooperating agency for
development of an environmental
document.
Meeting participants should come
prepared to discuss their issues and/or
concerns. Please review the PAD in
preparation for the scoping meetings.
Directions on how to obtain a copy of
the PAD and SD1 are included in item
n. of this document.
Meeting Procedures
The meetings will be recorded by a
stenographer and will be placed in the
public records of the project.
Under the Commission’s Integrated
Licensing Process, the Commission
conducts scoping within 90 days of the
filing of the licensee’s NOI. An
environmental site review is typically
held in conjunction with that scoping
meeting. However, in this case, access to
project facilities is likely to be limited
by winter weather conditions when
scoping for this project will occur. For
this reason, the license applicant will
play a video filmed during a flyover of
the proposed project site. An
environmental site review may be
conducted at a later date. Therefore, we
are waiving § 5.8(b)(viii) of the
Commission’s regulations requiring an
environmental site review within 30
days of issuance of a notice of
commencement of proceeding to
facilitate the early environmental site
review.
Dated: November 8, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019–24814 Filed 11–14–19; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC19–39–000]
Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–511); Comment
Request; Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of information collection
and request for comments.
AGENCY:
In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission or FERC) is soliciting
public comment on the currently
approved information collection FERC–
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511 (Transfer of Hydropower License)
and submitting the information
collection to the Office of Management
and Budget (OMB) for review. Any
interested person may file comments
directly with OMB and should address
a copy of those comments to the
Commission as explained below. On
August 29, 2019, the Commission
published a Notice in the Federal
Register (84 FR 45489) in Docket No.
IC19–39–000 requesting public
comments. The Commission received no
public comments.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due December 16, 2019.
ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB,
identified by OMB Control No. 1902–
0069, should be sent via email to the
Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs: oira_submission@omb.gov.
Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission Desk Officer.
A copy of the comments should also
be sent to the Commission, in Docket
No. IC19–39–000, by either of the
following methods:
• eFiling at Commission’s Website:
https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
efiling.asp.
• Mail: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Secretary of the
Commission, 888 First Street NE,
Washington, DC 20426.
Instructions: All submissions must be
formatted and filed in accordance with
submission guidelines at: https://
www.ferc.gov/help/submissionguide.asp. For user assistance, contact
FERC Online Support by email at
ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or by phone
at: (866) 208–3676 (toll-free), or (202)
502–8659 for TTY.
Docket: Users interested in receiving
automatic notification of activity in this
docket or in viewing/downloading
comments and issuances in this docket
may do so at https://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/docs-filing.asp.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ellen Brown may be reached by email
at DataClearance@FERC.gov, telephone
at (202) 502–8663, and fax at (202) 273–
0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC–511, Transfer of
Hydropower License.1
OMB Control No.: 1902–0069.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–511 information collection
requirements with no changes to the
current reporting and recordkeeping
requirements.
Abstract: The Commission uses the
information collected under the
1 The title is being updated to Transfer of
Hydropower License (rather than Transfer of
Electric License).
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 14873-001]
Nushagak Electric & Telephone Cooperative, Inc.; Notice of Intent
To File License Application, Filing of Pre-Application Document,
Commencement of Pre-Filing Process, and Scoping; Request for Comments
on the Pad and Scoping Document, and Identification of Issues and
Associated Study Requests
a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to File License Application for
an Original License and Commencing Pre-filing Process.
b. Project No.: 14873-001.
c. Dated Filed: October 7, 2019.
d. Submitted By: Nushagak Electric & Telephone Cooperative, Inc.
e. Name of Project: Nuyakuk River Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: On the Nuyakuk River, in the Dillingham Census Area,
Alaska. The project occupies 357 acres of United States lands under the
jurisdiction of the Bureau of Land Management.
g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR part 5 of the Commission's
Regulations.
h. Potential Applicant Contact: Mr. Bobby Armstrong, Nushagak
Electric & Telephone Cooperative, Inc., P.O. Box 350, Dillingham,
Alaska 99576; phone: (907) 842-5251 or email at
[email protected].
i. FERC Contact: Julia Kolberg at (202) 502-8261 or email at
[email protected].
j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies
with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to
environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the
environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such
requests described in item o below. Cooperating agencies should note
the Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation
of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See 94 FERC ]
61,076 (2001).
k. With this notice, we are initiating informal consultation with:
(a) The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and/or NOAA Fisheries under
section 7 of the Endangered Species Act and the joint agency
regulations thereunder at 50 CFR, Part 402 and (b) the State Historic
Preservation Officer, as required by section 106, National Historic
Preservation Act, and the implementing regulations of the Advisory
Council on Historic Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2.
l. Nushagak Cooperative, Inc. 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.
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.
n. With this notice, we are soliciting comments on the PAD and
Commission's staff Scoping Document 1 (SD1), as well as study requests.
All comments on the PAD and SD1, and study requests should be sent to
the address above in paragraph h. In addition, all comments on the PAD
and SD1, study requests, requests for cooperating agency status, and
all communications to and from Commission staff related to the merits
of the potential application must be filed with the Commission.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
all documents 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
[email protected] 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-14873-001.
All filings with the Commission must bear the appropriate heading:
``Comments on Pre-Application Document,'' ``Study Requests,''
``Comments on Scoping Document 1,'' ``Request for Cooperating Agency
Status,'' or ``Communications to and from Commission Staff.'' Any
individual or entity interested in submitting study requests,
commenting on the PAD or SD1, and any agency requesting cooperating
status must do so by February 4, 2020.
p. Although our current intent is to prepare an environmental
assessment (EA), there is the possibility that an Environmental Impact
Statement (EIS) will be required. Nevertheless, this meeting will
satisfy the NEPA scoping requirements, irrespective of whether an EA or
EIS is issued by the Commission.
Scoping Meetings
Commission staff will hold two scoping meetings in the vicinity of
the
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project at the times and places noted below. The daytime meeting will
focus on resource agency, Indian tribes, and non-governmental
organization concerns, while the evening meeting is primarily for
receiving input from the public. We invite all interested individuals,
organizations, and agencies to attend one or both of the meetings, and
to assist staff in identifying particular study needs, as well as the
scope of environmental issues to be addressed in the environmental
document. Teleconferencing capability will be provided for those who
cannot attend the meeting in person. The times and locations of these
meetings are as follows:
Daytime Scoping Meeting
Date: Wednesday, December 11, 2019.
Time: 10:00 a.m.
Location: Homewood Suites, 101 W. 48th Ave., Anchorage, AK 99503.
Phone: (907) 762-7000.
Evening Scoping Meeting
Date: Wednesday, December 11, 2019.
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Homewood Suites, 101 W. 48th Ave., Anchorage, AK 99503.
Phone: (907) 762-7000.
Please notify Julia Kolberg at (202) 502-8261 or
[email protected] on or before December 4, 2019, if you plan to
attend scoping meetings via teleconference.
Scoping Document 1 (SD1), which outlines the subject areas to be
addressed in the environmental document, was mailed to the individuals
and entities on the Commission's mailing list. Copies of SD1 will be
available at the scoping meetings, or may be viewed on the web at
https://www.ferc.gov, using the ``eLibrary'' link. Follow the directions
for accessing information in paragraph n. Based on all oral and written
comments, a Scoping Document 2 (SD2) may be issued. SD2 may include a
revised process plan and schedule, as well as a list of issues,
identified through the scoping process.
Meeting Objectives
At the scoping meetings, staff will: (1) Initiate scoping of the
issues; (2) review and discuss existing conditions and resource
management objectives; (3) review and discuss existing information and
identify preliminary information and study needs; (4) review and
discuss the process plan and schedule for pre-filing activity that
incorporates the time frames provided for in Part 5 of the Commission's
regulations and, to the extent possible, maximizes coordination of
federal, state, and tribal permitting and certification processes; and
(5) discuss the appropriateness of any federal or state agency or
Indian tribe acting as a cooperating agency for development of an
environmental document.
Meeting participants should come prepared to discuss their issues
and/or concerns. Please review the PAD in preparation for the scoping
meetings. Directions on how to obtain a copy of the PAD and SD1 are
included in item n. of this document.
Meeting Procedures
The meetings will be recorded by a stenographer and will be placed
in the public records of the project.
Under the Commission's Integrated Licensing Process, the Commission
conducts scoping within 90 days of the filing of the licensee's NOI. An
environmental site review is typically held in conjunction with that
scoping meeting. However, in this case, access to project facilities is
likely to be limited by winter weather conditions when scoping for this
project will occur. For this reason, the license applicant will play a
video filmed during a flyover of the proposed project site. An
environmental site review may be conducted at a later date. Therefore,
we are waiving Sec. 5.8(b)(viii) of the Commission's regulations
requiring an environmental site review within 30 days of issuance of a
notice of commencement of proceeding to facilitate the early
environmental site review.
Dated: November 8, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019-24814 Filed 11-14-19; 8:45 am]
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