PacifiCorp; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications, 8011-8012 [2022-02957]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 29 / Friday, February 11, 2022 / Notices proceeding. To become a party, you must intervene in the proceeding. 2022. A protest may also serve as a motion to intervene so long as the protestor states it also seeks to be an intervenor. How To File Protests, Interventions, and Comments Interventions Any person has the option to file a motion to intervene in this proceeding. Only intervenors have the right to request rehearing of Commission orders issued in this proceeding and to subsequently challenge the Commission’s orders in the U.S. Circuit Courts of Appeal. To intervene, you must submit a motion to intervene to the Commission in accordance with Rule 214 of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure 5 and the regulations under the NGA 6 by the intervention deadline for the project, which is April 8, 2022. As described further in Rule 214, your motion to intervene must state, to the extent known, your position regarding the proceeding, as well as your interest in the proceeding. For an individual, this could include your status as a landowner, ratepayer, resident of an impacted community, or recreationist. You do not need to have property directly impacted by the project in order to intervene. For more information about motions to intervene, refer to the FERC website at https://www.ferc.gov/ resources/guides/how-to/intervene.asp. All timely, unopposed motions to intervene are automatically granted by operation of Rule 214(c)(1). Motions to intervene that are filed after the intervention deadline are untimely and may be denied. Any late-filed motion to intervene must show good cause for being late and must explain why the time limitation should be waived and provide justification by reference to factors set forth in Rule 214(d) of the Commission’s Rules and Regulations. A person obtaining party status will be placed on the service list maintained by the Secretary of the Commission and will receive copies (paper or electronic) of all documents filed by the applicant and by all other parties. lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 Comments Any person wishing to comment on the project may do so. The Commission considers all comments received about the project in determining the appropriate action to be taken. To ensure that your comments are timely and properly recorded, please submit your comments on or before April 8, 2022. The filing of a comment alone will not serve to make the filer a party to the 5 18 6 18 CFR 385.214. CFR 157.10. VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:29 Feb 10, 2022 Jkt 256001 There are two ways to submit protests, motions to intervene, and comments. In both instances, please reference the Project docket number CP22–45–000 in your submission. (1) You may file your protest, motion to intervene, and comments by using the Commission’s eFiling feature, which is located on the Commission’s website (www.ferc.gov) under the link to Documents and Filings. New eFiling users must first create an account by clicking on ‘‘eRegister.’’ You will be asked to select the type of filing you are making; first select General’’ and then select ‘‘Protest’’, ‘‘Intervention’’, or ‘‘Comment on a Filing.’’ The Commission’s eFiling staff are available to assist you at (202) 502–8258 or FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. (2) You can file a paper copy of your submission. Your submission must reference the Project docket number CP22–45–000. To mail via USPS, use the following address: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. To mail via any other courier, use the following address: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. Protests and motions to intervene must be served on the applicant either by mail or email (with a link to the document) at: David A. Alonzo, Manager, Project Authorizations, Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC, 700 Louisiana Street, Suite 1300, Houston, Texas, 77002, by telephone at (832) 320–5477, or by email at David_alonzo@ tcenergy.com. Any subsequent submissions by an intervenor must be served on the applicant and all other parties to the proceeding. Contact information for parties can be downloaded from the service list at the eService link on FERC Online. Tracking the Proceeding Throughout the proceeding, additional information about the project will be available from the Commission’s Office of External Affairs, at (866) 208– FERC, or on the FERC website at www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link as described above. The eLibrary link also provides access to the texts of all formal documents issued by the Commission, such as orders, notices, and rulemakings. PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 8011 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. For more information and to register, go to www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ esubscription.asp. Dated: February 7, 2022. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2022–02955 Filed 2–10–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 15247–000] PacifiCorp; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications On October 13, 2021, PacifiCorp filed an application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, proposing to study the feasibility of the South Fork Pumped Storage Project (South Fork Project or project) to be located near Lake Viva Naughton, Lincoln County, Wyoming. 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 owners’ express permission. Two alternatives are being considered for the South Fork Project. Alternative 1 would consist of the following: (1) An upper reservoir approximately 3.5 miles east of Lake Viva Naughton with a surface area of 210 acres and a storage volume of approximately 3,348 acre-feet created by a 1,870-foot-long, 340-foothigh embankment dam; (2) a new intake/outlet on Lake Viva Naughton, which will serve as the lower reservoir; (3) a 4.2-mile-long steel penstock with a diameter of 23-feet connecting the upper reservoir with the powerhouse/pump station; (4) a 50-foot-long, 150-foot-wide concrete powerhouse/pump station located on the eastern shoreline of Lake Viva Naughton containing three 167megawatt generating/pumping units; (5) a 4.4-mile, 345-kilovolt transmission line and new substation interconnecting E:\FR\FM\11FEN1.SGM 11FEN1 lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 8012 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 29 / Friday, February 11, 2022 / Notices to PacifiCorp’s Jim Bridger-Populus #2 transmission line; and (6) appurtenant facilities. Alternative 2 would consist of the same facilities described in alternative 1 except: (1) The upper reservoir would have a surface area of 85 acres and a storage volume of approximately 3,604 acre-feet created by a 1,035-foot-long, 310-foot-high embankment dam; (2) the upper reservoir would connect to the powerhouse/pump station by a 3.8-milelong, 23-foot-diameter steel penstock; (3) the transmission line would be 2.2 miles in length connecting to a new substation at same transmission line. The estimated annual generation of the South Fork Project would be 1,460 gigawatt-hours. Applicant Contact: Tim Hemstreet, Managing Director, Renewable Energy Development, PacifiCorp, 825 NE Multnomah, Suite 1800, Portland, OR 97232; email: Tim.Hemstreet@ pacificorp.com; phone: (503) 813–6170. FERC Contact: Kristen Sinclair; email: kristen.sinclair@ferc.gov; phone: (202) 502–6587. 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 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. 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–15247–000. More information about this project, including a copy of the application, can be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link of Commission’s website at https:// www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number (P–15247) in the docket number field to access the VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:29 Feb 10, 2022 Jkt 256001 document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. Dated: February 7, 2022. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2022–02957 Filed 2–10–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [FRL–9393–01–OMS] Cross-Media Electronic Reporting: Authorized Program Revision Approval, Maine Department of Health and Human Services—Drinking Water Program (ME DHHS–DWP) Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: This notice announces the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) approval of the Maine Department of Health and Human Services—Drinking Water Program (ME DHHS–DWP) request to revise/modify certain of its EPA-authorized programs to allow electronic reporting. DATES: EPA approves the authorized program revisions/modifications as of February 11, 2022. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Shirley M. Miller, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Information Management, Mail Stop 2824T, 1200 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, Washington, DC 20460, (202) 566–2908, miller.shirley@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On October 13, 2005, the final Cross-Media Electronic Reporting Rule (CROMERR) was published in the Federal Register (70 FR 59848) and codified as part 3 of title 40 of the CFR. CROMERR establishes electronic reporting as an acceptable regulatory alternative to paper reporting and establishes requirements to assure that electronic documents are as legally dependable as their paper counterparts. Subpart D of CROMERR requires that state, tribal or local government agencies that receive, or wish to begin receiving, electronic reports under their EPA-authorized programs must apply to EPA for a revision or modification of those programs and obtain EPA approval. Subpart D provides standards for such approvals based on consideration of the electronic document receiving systems that the state, tribe, or local government will use to implement the electronic reporting. Additionally, § 3.1000(b) through (e) of 40 CFR part 3, subpart D SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00021 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 provides special procedures for program revisions and modifications to allow electronic reporting, to be used at the option of the state, tribe or local government in place of procedures available under existing programspecific authorization regulations. An application submitted under the subpart D procedures must show that the state, tribe or local government has sufficient legal authority to implement the electronic reporting components of the programs covered by the application and will use electronic document receiving systems that meet the applicable subpart D requirements. On December 7, 2021, the Maine Department of Health and Human Services—Drinking Water Program (ME DHHS–DWP) submitted an application titled Compliance Monitoring Data Portal (CMDP) for revisions/ modifications to its EPA-approved programs under title 40 CFR to allow new electronic reporting. EPA reviewed ME DHHS–DWP’s request to revise/ modify its EPA-authorized programs and, based on this review, EPA determined that the application met the standards for approval of authorized program revisions/modifications set out in 40 CFR part 3, subpart D. In accordance with 40 CFR 3.1000(d), this notice of EPA’s decision to approve ME DHHS–DWP’s request to revise/modify its following EPA-authorized programs to allow electronic reporting under 40 CFR is being published in the Federal Register: Part 142: National Primary Drinking Water Regulations Implementation (NPDWR) reporting under CFR 141 ME DHHS–DWP was notified of EPA’s determination to approve its application with respect to the authorized programs listed above. Also, in this notice, EPA is informing interested persons that they may request a public hearing on EPA’s action to approve the State of Maine’s request to revise its authorized public water system program under 40 CFR part 142, in accordance with 40 CFR 3.1000(f). Requests for a hearing must be submitted to EPA within 30 days of publication of this Federal Register notice. Such requests should include the following information: (1) The name, address, and telephone number of the individual, organization or other entity requesting a hearing; (2) A brief statement of the requesting person’s interest in EPA’s determination, a brief explanation as to why EPA should hold a hearing, and any other information that the requesting person wants EPA to E:\FR\FM\11FEN1.SGM 11FEN1

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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 29 (Friday, February 11, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 8011-8012]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-02957]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 15247-000]


PacifiCorp; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for 
Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing 
Applications

    On October 13, 2021, PacifiCorp filed an application for a 
preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act, 
proposing to study the feasibility of the South Fork Pumped Storage 
Project (South Fork Project or project) to be located near Lake Viva 
Naughton, Lincoln County, Wyoming. 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 land-disturbing 
activities or otherwise enter upon lands or waters owned by others 
without the owners' express permission.
    Two alternatives are being considered for the South Fork Project. 
Alternative 1 would consist of the following: (1) An upper reservoir 
approximately 3.5 miles east of Lake Viva Naughton with a surface area 
of 210 acres and a storage volume of approximately 3,348 acre-feet 
created by a 1,870-foot-long, 340-foot-high embankment dam; (2) a new 
intake/outlet on Lake Viva Naughton, which will serve as the lower 
reservoir; (3) a 4.2-mile-long steel penstock with a diameter of 23-
feet connecting the upper reservoir with the powerhouse/pump station; 
(4) a 50-foot-long, 150-foot-wide concrete powerhouse/pump station 
located on the eastern shoreline of Lake Viva Naughton containing three 
167-megawatt generating/pumping units; (5) a 4.4-mile, 345-kilovolt 
transmission line and new substation interconnecting

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to PacifiCorp's Jim Bridger-Populus #2 transmission line; and (6) 
appurtenant facilities.
    Alternative 2 would consist of the same facilities described in 
alternative 1 except: (1) The upper reservoir would have a surface area 
of 85 acres and a storage volume of approximately 3,604 acre-feet 
created by a 1,035-foot-long, 310-foot-high embankment dam; (2) the 
upper reservoir would connect to the powerhouse/pump station by a 3.8-
mile-long, 23-foot-diameter steel penstock; (3) the transmission line 
would be 2.2 miles in length connecting to a new substation at same 
transmission line.
    The estimated annual generation of the South Fork Project would be 
1,460 gigawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Tim Hemstreet, Managing Director, Renewable 
Energy Development, PacifiCorp, 825 NE Multnomah, Suite 1800, Portland, 
OR 97232; email: [email protected]; phone: (503) 813-6170.
    FERC Contact: Kristen Sinclair; email: [email protected]; 
phone: (202) 502-6587.
    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 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. 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-15247-000.
    More information about this project, including a copy of the 
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of 
Commission's website at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-15247) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: February 7, 2022.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2022-02957 Filed 2-10-22; 8:45 am]
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