Otter Tail Power Company; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Protests, 63271-63272 [2020-22158]
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Description: Compliance filing
Operational Purchase and Sale Report.
Filed Date: 9/30/20.
Accession Number: 20200930–5186.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/13/20.
Docket Numbers: RP20–1265–000.
Applicants: Rockies Express Pipeline
LLC.
Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: REX
2020–09–30 Negotiated Rate Agreement
Amendments to be effective 10/1/2020.
Filed Date: 9/30/20.
Accession Number: 20200930–5193.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/13/20.
Docket Numbers: RP20–1266–000.
Applicants: Ozark Gas Transmission,
L.L.C.
Description: Compliance filing Ozark
Gas Revision to Non-Conforming
Agreements to be effective 11/1/2020.
Filed Date: 9/30/20.
Accession Number: 20200930–5194.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/13/20.
The filings are accessible in the
Commission’s eLibrary system (https://
elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/search/
fercgensearch.asp) by querying the
docket number.
Any person desiring to intervene or
protest in any of the above proceedings
must file in accordance with Rules 211
and 214 of the Commission’s
Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and
385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern
time on the specified comment date.
Protests may be considered, but
intervention is necessary to become a
party to the proceeding.
eFiling is encouraged. More detailed
information relating to filing
requirements, interventions, protests,
service, and qualifying facilities filings
can be found at: https://www.ferc.gov/
docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For
other information, call (866) 208–3676
(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.
Dated: October 1, 2020.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020–22149 Filed 10–6–20; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 10853–023]
Otter Tail Power Company; Notice of
Application Accepted for Filing and
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:
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a. Type of Application: Non-Capacity
Amendment of License.
b. Project No.: 10853–023.
c. Date Filed: September 3, 2020.
d. Applicant: Otter Tail Power
Company.
e. Name of Project: Otter Tail River
Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: The project is located on
the Otter Tail River in Otter Tail
County, Minnesota.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act 16 U.S.C. 791a–825r.
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Darin
Solberg, Plant Superintendent, Otter
Tail Power Company, 1012 Water Plant
Road, Fergus Falls, MN 56537;
telephone (218) 739–8157 and email
DSolberg@otpco.com.
i. FERC Contact: Linda Stewart, (202)
502–8184, linda.stewart@ferc.gov.
j. Deadline for filing comments,
motions to intervene, and protests is 30
days from the issuance date of this
notice by the Commission.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filing. Please file comments,
motions to intervene, and protests 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, you
may submit a paper copy. Submissions
sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be
addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room
1A, Washington, DC 20426.
Submissions sent via any other carrier
must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue,
Rockville, Maryland 20852. The first
page of any filing should include docket
number P–10853–023. Comments
emailed to Commission staff are not
considered part of the Commission
record.
The Commission’s Rules of Practice
and Procedure require all intervenors
filing documents with the Commission
to serve a copy of that document on
each person whose name appears on the
official service list for the project.
Further, if an intervenor files comments
or documents with the Commission
relating to the merits of an issue that
may affect the responsibilities of a
particular resource agency, it must also
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serve a copy of the document on that
resource agency.
k. Description of Request: Otter Tail
Power Company (licensee) proposes to
change the transmission line route at the
Hoot Lake Development. As currently
licensed, a 200-foot-long, 2.4-kilovolt
(kV) transmission line connects the
Hoot Lake powerhouse to the licensee’s
adjacent fossil-fueled generating plant.
In anticipation of retiring the fossilfueled generating plant, the licensee
proposes to establish a new
transmission line route for the power
generated at the Hoot Lake powerhouse.
Under the amendment proposal, the
licensee would construct a new 13.8/
2.4-kV generator step-up transformer
adjacent to the powerhouse and a new
approximately 150-foot-long, 13.8-kV
underground transmission line that
would extend from the new transformer
to an existing power pole. During the
construction of the proposed
underground transmission line, the
licensee would also modify the routing
of the local power supply and the
fiberoptic communication lines at the
project. The licensee notes that the
proposed activity would occur on
previously disturbed land, which the
licensee owns.
l. In addition to publishing the full
text of this document in the Federal
Register, the Commission provides all
interested persons an opportunity to
view and/or print the contents of this
document via the internet through the
Commission’s Home Page (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. At this
time, the Commission has suspended
access to the Commission’s Public
Reference Room, due to the
proclamation declaring a National
Emergency concerning the Novel
Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19), issued
by the President on March 13, 2020. For
assistance, contact FERC at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call
toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202)
502–8659. Agencies may obtain copies
of the application directly from the
applicant.
m. Individuals desiring to be included
on the Commission’s mailing list should
so indicate by writing to the Secretary
of the Commission.
n. Comments, Protests, or Motions to
Intervene: Anyone may submit
comments, a protest, or a motion to
intervene in accordance with the
requirements of Rules of Practice and
Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, and
.214. In determining the appropriate
action to take, the Commission will
consider all protests or other comments
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filed, but only those who file a motion
to intervene in accordance with the
Commission’s Rules may become a
party to the proceeding. Any comments,
protests, or motions to intervene must
be received on or before the specified
deadline date for the particular
application.
o. Filing and Service of Responsive
Documents: Any filing must (1) bear in
all capital letters the title
‘‘COMMENTS’’, ‘‘PROTEST’’, or
‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE’’ as
applicable; (2) set forth in the heading
the name of the applicant and the
project number of the application to
which the filing responds; (3) furnish
the name, address, and telephone
number of the person commenting,
protesting, or intervening; and (4)
otherwise comply with the requirements
of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005.
All comments, motions to intervene, or
protests must set forth their evidentiary
basis. Any filing made by an intervenor
must be accompanied by proof of
service on all persons listed in the
service list prepared by the Commission
in this proceeding, in accordance with
18 CFR 385.2010.
Dated: October 1, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020–22158 Filed 10–6–20; 8:45 am]
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Western Area Power Administration
Agency Information Collection
Extension
Western Area Power
Administration, DOE.
ACTION: Submission for Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) review;
comment request.
AGENCY:
The Department of Energy
(DOE) has submitted an information
collection request to the OMB for
extension under the provisions of the
Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. The
information collection requests a threeyear extension of Western Area Power
Administration’s (WAPA) Applicant
Profile Data (APD), OMB Control
Number 1910–5136. The proposed
collection is necessary for the proper
performance of WAPA’s functions.
WAPA markets a limited amount of
Federal hydropower. Due to the high
demand for WAPA’s power, WAPA
needs the ability to collect information
under the information collection request
in order to evaluate who may receive an
allocation of Federal power pursuant to
SUMMARY:
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specific marketing plans. This APD
public process only determines the
information WAPA will collect in its
information collection request. The
actual allocation of Federal power will
be conducted through a separate
marketing plan process outside the
scope of this APD process.
DATES: Comments regarding this
collection must be received on or before
November 6, 2020. If you anticipate that
you will be submitting comments, but
find it difficult to do so within the
period of time allowed by this notice,
please advise the OMB Desk Officer of
your intention to make a submission as
soon as possible. The Desk Officer may
be telephoned at (202) 395–4718.
ADDRESSES: Written comments and
recommendations for the proposed
information collection should be sent
within 30 days of publication of this
notice to www.reginfo.gov/public/do/
PRAMain. Find this particular
information collection by selecting
‘‘Currently under 30-day Review—Open
for Public Comments’’ or by using the
search function.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms.
Erin Green, Power Marketing and
Energy Services Specialist, Western
Area Power Administration, P.O. Box
281213, Lakewood, CO 80228,
telephone (720) 962–7016, or email
egreen@wapa.gov. The proposed APD
form is available on WAPA’s website at
www.wapa.gov/PowerMarketing/Pages/
applicant-profile-data.aspx.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
information collection request contains:
(1) OMB No.: 1910–5136; (2)
Information Collection Request Title:
Western Area Power Administration
(WAPA) Applicant Profile Data; (3)
Type of Review: Renewal; (4) Purpose:
WAPA is collecting—and will continue
to collect—the data under its APD to
properly perform its function of
marketing a limited amount of Federal
hydropower. The information WAPA
collects is voluntary. Due to the high
demand for WAPA’s power and limited
amount of available power, WAPA will
use the information collected in the
APD—and has used the information
collected under the current OMBapproved control number—pursuant to
its marketing plans, to determine an
applicant’s eligibility for an allocation
of Federal power. As a result, the
information WAPA collects under its
APD is both necessary and useful.
WAPA notes the Paperwork Reduction
Act is the process whereby WAPA
obtains approval from OMB to collect
information from the public. It is a legal
requirement WAPA must comply with
before requesting an interested party
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submit an application for power. The
Paperwork Reduction Act process is not
the process in which interested parties
apply for a new allocation of Federal
power. The allocation of power from
WAPA is outside the scope of this
process and is completed in a separate
marketing plan process by each WAPA
region, when required; (5) Annual
Estimated Number of Respondents:
33.333; (6) Annual Estimated Number of
Total Responses: 33.333; (7) Annual
Estimated Number of Burden Hours:
250; (8) Annual Estimated Reporting
and Recordkeeping Cost Burden:
$32,046.98.
Statutory Authority: Reclamation
Laws are a series of laws arising from
the Desert Land Act of 1877 and
include, but are not limited to: The
Desert Land Act of 1877, Reclamation
Act of 1902, Reclamation Project Act of
1939, and the Acts authorizing each
individual project such as the Central
Valley Project Authorizing Act of 1937.
See Ch. 107, 19 stat. 377 (1877), Ch.
1093, 32 Stat. 388 (1902), Ch. 418, 53
Stat. 1187 (1939), Ch. 832, 50 Stat. 844,
850 (1937), all as amended and
supplemented. The Reclamation Act of
1902 established the Federal
reclamation program. See Ch. 1093, 32
Stat. 388 (1902), as amended and
supplemented. The basic principle of
the Reclamation Act of 1902 was that
the United States, through the Secretary
of the Interior, would build and operate
irrigation works from the proceeds of
public land sales in the sixteen arid
Western states (a seventeenth was later
added). The Reclamation Project Act of
1939 expanded the purposes of the
reclamation program and specified
certain terms for contracts that the
Secretary of the Interior enters into to
furnish water and power. See Ch. 418,
53 Stat. 1187 (1939), as amended and
supplemented. In 1977, the Department
of Energy Organization Act transferred
the power marketing functions of the
Department of the Interior to the
Secretary of Energy, acting by and
through a separate Administrator for
WAPA. See 42 U.S.C. 7152(a)(1)(D).
Section 5 of the Flood Control Act of
1944 is read in pari materia with
Reclamation Laws with respect to
WAPA. See Act of December 22, 1944,
Ch. 665, 58 Stat. 887, as amended and
supplemented.
Signing Authority
This document of the Department of
Energy was signed on September 30,
2020, by Mark A. Gabriel,
Administrator, Western Area Power
Administration, pursuant to delegated
authority from the Secretary of Energy.
That document, with the original
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 10853-023]
Otter Tail Power Company; Notice of Application Accepted for
Filing and 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: Non-Capacity Amendment of License.
b. Project No.: 10853-023.
c. Date Filed: September 3, 2020.
d. Applicant: Otter Tail Power Company.
e. Name of Project: Otter Tail River Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: The project is located on the Otter Tail River in
Otter Tail County, Minnesota.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act 16 U.S.C. 791a-825r.
h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Darin Solberg, Plant Superintendent,
Otter Tail Power Company, 1012 Water Plant Road, Fergus Falls, MN
56537; telephone (218) 739-8157 and email [email protected].
i. FERC Contact: Linda Stewart, (202) 502-8184,
[email protected].
j. Deadline for filing comments, motions to intervene, and protests
is 30 days from the issuance date of this notice by the Commission.
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file
comments, motions to intervene, and protests 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], (866) 208-3676 (toll
free), or (202) 502-8659 (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, you may
submit a paper copy. Submissions sent via the U.S. Postal Service must
be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426.
Submissions sent via any other carrier must be addressed to: Kimberly
D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins
Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. The first page of any filing should
include docket number P-10853-023. Comments emailed to Commission staff
are not considered part of the Commission record.
The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all
intervenors filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of
that document on each person whose name appears on the official service
list for the project. Further, if an intervenor files comments or
documents with the Commission relating to the merits of an issue that
may affect the responsibilities of a particular resource agency, it
must also serve a copy of the document on that resource agency.
k. Description of Request: Otter Tail Power Company (licensee)
proposes to change the transmission line route at the Hoot Lake
Development. As currently licensed, a 200-foot-long, 2.4-kilovolt (kV)
transmission line connects the Hoot Lake powerhouse to the licensee's
adjacent fossil-fueled generating plant. In anticipation of retiring
the fossil-fueled generating plant, the licensee proposes to establish
a new transmission line route for the power generated at the Hoot Lake
powerhouse. Under the amendment proposal, the licensee would construct
a new 13.8/2.4-kV generator step-up transformer adjacent to the
powerhouse and a new approximately 150-foot-long, 13.8-kV underground
transmission line that would extend from the new transformer to an
existing power pole. During the construction of the proposed
underground transmission line, the licensee would also modify the
routing of the local power supply and the fiberoptic communication
lines at the project. The licensee notes that the proposed activity
would occur on previously disturbed land, which the licensee owns.
l. In addition to publishing the full text of this document in the
Federal Register, the Commission provides all interested persons an
opportunity to view and/or print the contents of this document via the
internet through the Commission's Home Page (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. At this time,
the Commission has suspended access to the Commission's Public
Reference Room, due to the proclamation declaring a National Emergency
concerning the Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID-19), issued by the
President on March 13, 2020. For assistance, contact FERC at
[email protected] or call toll-free, (886) 208-3676 or TYY,
(202) 502-8659. Agencies may obtain copies of the application directly
from the applicant.
m. Individuals desiring to be included on the Commission's mailing
list should so indicate by writing to the Secretary of the Commission.
n. Comments, Protests, or Motions to Intervene: Anyone may submit
comments, a protest, or a motion to intervene in accordance with the
requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211,
and .214. In determining the appropriate action to take, the Commission
will consider all protests or other comments
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filed, but only those who file a motion to intervene in accordance with
the Commission's Rules may become a party to the proceeding. Any
comments, protests, or motions to intervene must be received on or
before the specified deadline date for the particular application.
o. Filing and Service of Responsive Documents: Any filing must (1)
bear in all capital letters the title ``COMMENTS'', ``PROTEST'', or
``MOTION TO INTERVENE'' as applicable; (2) set forth in the heading the
name of the applicant and the project number of the application to
which the filing responds; (3) furnish the name, address, and telephone
number of the person commenting, protesting, or intervening; and (4)
otherwise comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through
385.2005. All comments, motions to intervene, or protests must set
forth their evidentiary basis. Any filing made by an intervenor must be
accompanied by proof of service on all persons listed in the service
list prepared by the Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with
18 CFR 385.2010.
Dated: October 1, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-22158 Filed 10-6-20; 8:45 am]
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