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MODIFICATIONS DUE TO THE PROPOSED REVISED POLICY STATEMENT IN DOCKET NO. PUBLIC LAW 20–3—Continued
Number of
respondents
Annual
number of
responses per
respondent
Total number
of responses
Average burden
(hrs.) and cost ($)
per response
Total annual burden hrs. and
total annual cost
($)
(1)
(2)
(1) * (2) = (3)
(4)
(3) * (4) = (5)
Price Index Developers—code of conduct & confident.; & inform customers.
Price Index Developers—identify assessed index price vs. calculated.
6
1
6
80 hrs.; $6,640 ......
480 hrs.; $39,840.
6
1
6
80 hrs.; $6,640 ......
480 hrs.; $39,840.
Proposed Increases to FERC–549
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1,228.8 hrs.; $101,990.40.
Net Total Proposed Reduction
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12,735.2 hrs.; $1,4057,021.6.
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The Commission seeks comments on
the burden and cost related to
complying with the proposed revised
policy statement.
Title: FERC–549, NGPA Title III
Transactions and NGA Blanket
Certificate Transactions.
OMB Control No.: 1902–0086.
Respondents: Natural Gas Data
Providers (Market Participants That
Report Transaction Data to Price Index
Developers) and Price Index Developers.
Frequency of Responses: As
discussed.
Necessity of the Information:
The collection of this information
helps to provide accuracy and
transparency to the formation of natural
gas price indices.
Internal Review: These requirements
conform to the Commission’s goal for
efficient information collection,
communication, and management. The
Commission has assured itself, by
means of its internal review, that there
is specific, objective support for the
burden estimates associated with the
information requirements.
Interested persons may obtain
information on the reporting
requirements by contacting the
following: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, 888 First Street NE,
Washington, DC 20426, Attn: Ellen
Brown, Office of the Executive Director,
email: DataClearance@ferc.gov, or
phone: (202) 502–8663.
50 The proposed burden reductions are provided
for information and comment. To be conservative,
the Commission may not remove the hours from its
information collection estimates in the OMBapproved inventory.
51 Staff assumes respondents with 2019 estimated
volumes of next-month and physical basis
transactions reported to index developers that
exceeded two thirds of their total estimated
volumes reported to index developers will no
longer report their next-day transactions to index
developers.
52 We are proposing to allow companies to report
just monthly, instead of monthly and daily. The
figure (249 annual responses per respondent) relates
to reporting on all non-holiday trading days.
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IV. Comment Procedures
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
44. We invite comments on this
proposed Revised Policy Statement
within March 23, 2021.
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket Nos. CP20–52–000; CP20–52–001]
V. Document Availability
45. 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). 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.
46. From the Commission’s Home
Page on the internet, this information is
available on eLibrary. The full text of
this document is available on eLibrary
in PDF and Microsoft Word format for
viewing, printing, and/or downloading.
To access this document in eLibrary,
type the docket number excluding the
last three digits of this document in the
docket number field.
47. User assistance is available for
eLibrary and the Commission’s website
during normal business hours from the
Commission’s Online Support at (202)
502–6652 (toll free at 1–866–208–3676)
or email at ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov,
or the Public Reference Room at (202)
502–8371, TTY (202) 502–8659. Email
the Public Reference Room at
public.referenceroom@ferc.gov.
By the Commission. Commissioner
Clements is not participating.
Issued: December 17, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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WBI Energy Transmission, Inc.; Notice
of Availability of the Environmental
Assessment for the Proposed North
Bakken Expansion Project
The staff of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared an
environmental assessment (EA) for the
North Bakken Expansion Project
proposed by WBI Energy Transmission,
Inc. (WBI Energy) in the abovereferenced docket. WBI Energy requests
authorization to construct, modify,
operate, and maintain a new natural gas
pipeline and associated facilities in
McKenzie, Williams, Mountrail, and
Burke Counties, North Dakota to
transport up to 250,000 million cubic
feet per day of natural gas from the
Williston Basin in northwest North
Dakota to a new interconnect with
Northern Border Pipeline Company’s
existing mainline. The proposed
facilities are collectively known as the
North Bakken Expansion Project
(Project).
The EA assesses the potential
environmental effects of the
construction and operation of the
Project in accordance with the
requirements of the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The
FERC staff concludes that approval of
the proposed Project, with appropriate
mitigating measures, would not
constitute a major federal action
significantly affecting the quality of the
human environment.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers
(USACE), the U.S. Bureau of Land
Management (BLM), and the U.S. Forest
Service (USFS) participated as
cooperating agencies in the preparation
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of this EA. Cooperating agencies have
jurisdiction by law or special expertise
with respect to resources potentially
affected by WBI Energy’s proposal and
participate in the NEPA analysis. The
USACE will use the EA and supporting
documentation to consider the issuance
of Clean Water Act Section 404, Section
408, and Rivers and Harbors Act Section
10 permits. The Project would also cross
lands administered by the USACE and
USFS. While the BLM does not have
any BLM-administered lands identified
as part of the proposed route alignment
for this Project, the BLM will use the
EA, along with other supporting
documentation, in coordination with
the USACE and USFS, in the issuance
of a Mineral Leasing Act (MLA) right-ofway grant over federally administered
lands (USACE and USFS). Although the
cooperating agencies provided input to
the conclusions and recommendations
presented in the EA, the agencies will
present their own conclusions and
recommendations in their respective
decision process for the Project.
The proposed North Bakken
Expansion Project includes the
following facilities in North Dakota:
• 62.8 miles of new 24-inch-diameter
pipeline from WBI Energy’s Tioga
Compressor Station in Williams County
to the proposed Elkhorn Creek
Compressor Station in McKenzie
County;
• 0.3 mile of new 24-inch-diameter
pipeline between the proposed Elkhorn
Creek Compressor Station and Northern
Border Pipeline Company in McKenzie
County;
• 20.3 miles of new 12-inch-diameter
pipeline looping along WBI Energy’s
existing Line Section 25 between the
Tioga Compressor Station and the
proposed Norse Transfer Station in
Burke County; 1
• replacement of the existing 0.1 mile
6-inch-diameter Stoneview-Conoco
Lateral with 0.1 mile of 8-inch-diameter
natural gas pipeline from Line Section
25 to the proposed Norse Transfer
Station in Burke County.
• 9.6 miles of new 12-inch-diameter
natural gas pipeline looping along WBI
Energy’s Line Section 30 between the
Nesson Valve Setting and the Tioga
Compressor Station in Williams County;
• 0.5 mile of new 20-inch-diameter
natural gas pipeline between the new
Tioga Plant Receipt Station and new
facilities at the Tioga Compressor
Station in Williams County;
• uprates to WBI Energy’s Line
Section 25 in Burke County;
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parallel to an existing pipeline to increase capacity.
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• one new 3,750 horsepower
compressor station (Elkhorn Creek
Compressor Station) in McKenzie
County and the addition of 11,250
horsepower at the existing Tioga
Compressor Station in Williams County;
• new, and modifications to, existing
delivery, receipt, and transfer stations
along WBI Energy’s pipeline routes in
Burke, McKenzie, Mountrail, and
Williams Counties; and
• replacement of small segments of
pipeline facilities and installation of
block valves, pig 2 launcher/receiver
stations, and associated appurtenances.
The Commission mailed a copy of the
Notice of Availability to federal, state,
and local government representatives
and agencies; elected officials;
environmental and public interest
groups; Native American tribes;
potentially affected landowners, and
local libraries and newspapers. The EA
is only available in electronic format. It
may be viewed and downloaded from
FERC’s website (www.ferc.gov) on the
natural gas environmental documents
page (https://www.ferc.gov/industriesdata/natural-gas/environmentaldocument). In addition, the EA may be
accessed by using the eLibrary link on
FERC’s website. Click on the eLibrary
link (https://www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/
elibrary), select General Search and
enter the docket number in the Docket
Number field (i.e., CP20–52). 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, or for TTY, contact
(202) 502–8659.
The EA is not a decision document.
It presents Commission staff’s
independent analysis of the
environmental issues for the
Commission to consider when
addressing the merits of all issues in
this proceeding. Any person wishing to
comment on the EA may do so. Your
comments should focus on the EA’s
disclosure and discussion of potential
environmental effects, reasonable
alternatives, and measures to avoid or
lessen environmental impacts. The more
specific your comments, the more useful
they will be. To ensure that the
Commission has the opportunity to
consider your comments prior to
making its decision on this Project, it is
important that we receive your
comments in Washington, DC on or
before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on
January 19, 2021.
2 A pipeline pig is a device used to clean or
inspect the pipeline. A pig launcher/receiver is an
aboveground facility where pigs are inserted or
retrieved from the pipeline.
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For your convenience, there are three
methods you can use to file your
comments to the Commission. The
Commission encourages electronic filing
of comments and has staff available to
assist you at (866) 208–3676 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 website
(www.ferc.gov) under the link FERC
Online. This is an easy method for
submitting brief, text-only comments on
a project;
(2) You can also file your comments
electronically using the eFiling feature
on the Commission’s website
(www.ferc.gov) under the link to FERC
Online. 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. You must select the type of
filing you are making. If you are filing
a comment on a particular project,
please select Comment on a Filing; or
(3) You can file a paper copy of your
comments by mailing them to the
Commission. Be sure to reference the
project docket number (CP20–52–000)
on your letter. 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.
Filing environmental comments will not
give you intervenor status, but you do
not need intervenor status to have your
comments considered. Only intervenors
have the right to seek rehearing or
judicial review of the Commission’s
decision. At this point in this
proceeding, the timeframe for filing
timely intervention requests has
expired. Any person seeking to become
a party to the proceeding must file a
motion to intervene out-of-time
pursuant to Rule 214(b)(3) and (d) of the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedures (18 CFR 385.214(b)(3) and
(d)) and show good cause why the time
limitation should be waived. Motions to
intervene are more fully described at
https://www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/ferconline/how-guides.
Additional information about the
Project is available from the
Commission’s Office of External Affairs,
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eLibrary link. The eLibrary link also
provides access to the texts of all formal
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such as orders, notices, and
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Dated: December 17, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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Commission
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Aquenergy Systems, LLC; Notice of
Availability of Environmental
Assessment
In accordance with the National
Environmental Policy Act of 1969 and
the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission’s (Commission)
regulations, 18 CFR part 380, the Office
of Energy Projects has reviewed the
application for a new license for the
Fries Hydroelectric Project, located on
the New River, in Grayson County,
Virginia and has prepared an
Environmental Assessment (EA) for the
project. The project does not occupy
federal land.
The EA contains staff’s analysis of the
potential environmental impacts of the
project and concludes that licensing the
project, with appropriate environmental
protective measures, would not
constitute a major federal action that
would significantly affect the quality of
the human environment.
The Commission provides all
interested persons with an opportunity
to view and/or print the EA 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,
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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
Online Support at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or tollfree at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, (202)
502–8659.
You may also register online at
https://ferconline.ferc.gov/
eSubscription.aspx to be notified via
email of new filings and issuances
related to this or other pending projects.
For assistance, contact FERC Online
Support.
Any comments should be filed within
45 days from the date of this notice.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filings. Please file comments
using the Commission’s eFiling system
at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/
eFiling.aspx. Commenters can submit
brief comments up to 6,000 characters,
without prior registration, using the
eComment system at https://
ferconline.ferc.gov/
QuickComment.aspx. You must include
your name and contact information at
the end of your comments. For
assistance, please contact FERC Online
Support. 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–2883–009.
For further information, contact Jody
Callihan at (202) 502–8278 or by email
at jody.callihan@ferc.gov.
Dated: December 17, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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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:
Docket Numbers: RP21–310–000.
Applicants: NGO Transmission, Inc.
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Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing:
Negotiated Rate Filing to be effective 1/
1/2021.
Filed Date: 12/16/20.
Accession Number: 20201216–5006.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/28/20.
Docket Numbers: RP21–311–000.
Applicants: Northwest Pipeline LLC.
Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: Revise
Customer-Specific Entitlement
Provisions—GT&C 14.6 & 15.3 to be
effective 1/16/2021.
Filed Date: 12/16/20.
Accession Number: 20201216–5069.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/28/20.
Docket Numbers: RP21–312–000.
Applicants: Sea Robin Pipeline
Company, LLC.
Description: Compliance filing
Annual Flowthrough Crediting
Mechanism Filing on 12/16/20 to be
effective N/A.
Filed Date: 12/16/20.
Accession Number: 20201216–5070.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/28/20.
Docket Numbers: RP21–313–000.
Applicants: Iroquois Gas
Transmission System, L.P.
Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: 121620
Negotiated Rates—Freepoint
Commodities LLC R–7250–30 to be
effective 1/1/2021.
Filed Date: 12/16/20.
Accession Number: 20201216–5096.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/28/20.
Docket Numbers: RP21–314–000.
Applicants: Iroquois Gas
Transmission System, L.P.
Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: 121620
Negotiated Rates—Freepoint
Commodities LLC R–7250–31 to be
effective 1/1/2021.
Filed Date: 12/16/20.
Accession Number: 20201216–5097.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/28/20.
Docket Numbers: RP21–315–000.
Applicants: Guardian Pipeline, L.L.C.
Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: Update
Non-Conform Agmt RW0068-Wisconsin
Elec Power Co to be effective 1/16/2021.
Filed Date: 12/16/20.
Accession Number: 20201216–5147.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/28/20.
Docket Numbers: RP21–316–000.
Applicants: Guardian Pipeline, L.L.C.
Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: Update
Part 6.0 Reserving for Future Use to be
effective 1/16/2021.
Filed Date: 12/16/20.
Accession Number: 20201216–5151.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/28/20.
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
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket Nos. CP20-52-000; CP20-52-001]
WBI Energy Transmission, Inc.; Notice of Availability of the
Environmental Assessment for the Proposed North Bakken Expansion
Project
The staff of the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared an environmental assessment (EA) for the North
Bakken Expansion Project proposed by WBI Energy Transmission, Inc. (WBI
Energy) in the above-referenced docket. WBI Energy requests
authorization to construct, modify, operate, and maintain a new natural
gas pipeline and associated facilities in McKenzie, Williams,
Mountrail, and Burke Counties, North Dakota to transport up to 250,000
million cubic feet per day of natural gas from the Williston Basin in
northwest North Dakota to a new interconnect with Northern Border
Pipeline Company's existing mainline. The proposed facilities are
collectively known as the North Bakken Expansion Project (Project).
The EA assesses the potential environmental effects of the
construction and operation of the Project in accordance with the
requirements of the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The FERC
staff concludes that approval of the proposed Project, with appropriate
mitigating measures, would not constitute a major federal action
significantly affecting the quality of the human environment.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE), the U.S. Bureau of Land
Management (BLM), and the U.S. Forest Service (USFS) participated as
cooperating agencies in the preparation
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of this EA. Cooperating agencies have jurisdiction by law or special
expertise with respect to resources potentially affected by WBI
Energy's proposal and participate in the NEPA analysis. The USACE will
use the EA and supporting documentation to consider the issuance of
Clean Water Act Section 404, Section 408, and Rivers and Harbors Act
Section 10 permits. The Project would also cross lands administered by
the USACE and USFS. While the BLM does not have any BLM-administered
lands identified as part of the proposed route alignment for this
Project, the BLM will use the EA, along with other supporting
documentation, in coordination with the USACE and USFS, in the issuance
of a Mineral Leasing Act (MLA) right-of-way grant over federally
administered lands (USACE and USFS). Although the cooperating agencies
provided input to the conclusions and recommendations presented in the
EA, the agencies will present their own conclusions and recommendations
in their respective decision process for the Project.
The proposed North Bakken Expansion Project includes the following
facilities in North Dakota:
62.8 miles of new 24-inch-diameter pipeline from WBI
Energy's Tioga Compressor Station in Williams County to the proposed
Elkhorn Creek Compressor Station in McKenzie County;
0.3 mile of new 24-inch-diameter pipeline between the
proposed Elkhorn Creek Compressor Station and Northern Border Pipeline
Company in McKenzie County;
20.3 miles of new 12-inch-diameter pipeline looping along
WBI Energy's existing Line Section 25 between the Tioga Compressor
Station and the proposed Norse Transfer Station in Burke County; \1\
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an existing pipeline to increase capacity.
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replacement of the existing 0.1 mile 6-inch-diameter
Stoneview-Conoco Lateral with 0.1 mile of 8-inch-diameter natural gas
pipeline from Line Section 25 to the proposed Norse Transfer Station in
Burke County.
9.6 miles of new 12-inch-diameter natural gas pipeline
looping along WBI Energy's Line Section 30 between the Nesson Valve
Setting and the Tioga Compressor Station in Williams County;
0.5 mile of new 20-inch-diameter natural gas pipeline
between the new Tioga Plant Receipt Station and new facilities at the
Tioga Compressor Station in Williams County;
uprates to WBI Energy's Line Section 25 in Burke County;
one new 3,750 horsepower compressor station (Elkhorn Creek
Compressor Station) in McKenzie County and the addition of 11,250
horsepower at the existing Tioga Compressor Station in Williams County;
new, and modifications to, existing delivery, receipt, and
transfer stations along WBI Energy's pipeline routes in Burke,
McKenzie, Mountrail, and Williams Counties; and
replacement of small segments of pipeline facilities and
installation of block valves, pig \2\ launcher/receiver stations, and
associated appurtenances.
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\2\ A pipeline pig is a device used to clean or inspect the
pipeline. A pig launcher/receiver is an aboveground facility where
pigs are inserted or retrieved from the pipeline.
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The Commission mailed a copy of the Notice of Availability to
federal, state, and local government representatives and agencies;
elected officials; environmental and public interest groups; Native
American tribes; potentially affected landowners, and local libraries
and newspapers. The EA is only available in electronic format. It may
be viewed and downloaded from FERC's website (www.ferc.gov) on the
natural gas environmental documents page (https://www.ferc.gov/industries-data/natural-gas/environmental-document). In addition, the
EA may be accessed by using the eLibrary link on FERC's website. Click
on the eLibrary link (https://www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/elibrary),
select General Search and enter the docket number in the Docket Number
field (i.e., CP20-52). Be sure you have selected an appropriate date
range. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at
[email protected] or toll free at (866) 208-3676, or for TTY,
contact (202) 502-8659.
The EA is not a decision document. It presents Commission staff's
independent analysis of the environmental issues for the Commission to
consider when addressing the merits of all issues in this proceeding.
Any person wishing to comment on the EA may do so. Your comments should
focus on the EA's disclosure and discussion of potential environmental
effects, reasonable alternatives, and measures to avoid or lessen
environmental impacts. The more specific your comments, the more useful
they will be. To ensure that the Commission has the opportunity to
consider your comments prior to making its decision on this Project, it
is important that we receive your comments in Washington, DC on or
before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on January 19, 2021.
For your convenience, there are three methods you can use to file
your comments to the Commission. The Commission encourages electronic
filing of comments and has staff available to assist you at (866) 208-
3676 or [email protected]. 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 website (www.ferc.gov) under the link FERC
Online. This is an easy method for submitting brief, text-only comments
on a project;
(2) You can also file your comments electronically using the
eFiling feature on the Commission's website (www.ferc.gov) under the
link to FERC Online. 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. You must select the type of filing you are making. If you
are filing a comment on a particular project, please select Comment on
a Filing; or
(3) You can file a paper copy of your comments by mailing them to
the Commission. Be sure to reference the project docket number (CP20-
52-000) on your letter. 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.
Filing environmental comments will not give you intervenor status, but
you do not need intervenor status to have your comments considered.
Only intervenors have the right to seek rehearing or judicial review of
the Commission's decision. At this point in this proceeding, the
timeframe for filing timely intervention requests has expired. Any
person seeking to become a party to the proceeding must file a motion
to intervene out-of-time pursuant to Rule 214(b)(3) and (d) of the
Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedures (18 CFR 385.214(b)(3) and
(d)) and show good cause why the time limitation should be waived.
Motions to intervene are more fully described at https://www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/ferc-online/how-guides.
Additional information about the Project is available from the
Commission's Office of External Affairs,
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at (866) 208-FERC, or on the FERC website (www.ferc.gov) using the
eLibrary link. The eLibrary link also provides access to the texts of
all formal documents issued by the Commission, such as orders, notices,
and rulemakings.
In addition, the Commission offers a free service called
eSubscription which 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 https://www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/overview to
register for eSubscription.
Dated: December 17, 2020.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2020-28390 Filed 12-22-20; 8:45 am]
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