Extension of Public Comment Period, Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement II for Long Term Management and Storage of Elemental Mercury, 49817-49818 [2022-17375]

Download as PDF Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 155 / Friday, August 12, 2022 / Notices Dated: August 9, 2022. Kun Mullan, PRA Coordinator, Strategic Collections and Clearance, Governance and Strategy Division, Office of Chief Data Officer, Office of Planning, Evaluation and Policy Development. [FR Doc. 2022–17333 Filed 8–11–22; 8:45 am] Signed in Washington, DC, on August 9, 2022. Treena V. Garrett, Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy. [FR Doc. 2022–17376 Filed 8–11–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 4000–01–P BILLING CODE 6450–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Electricity Advisory Committee Extension of Public Comment Period, Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement II for Long Term Management and Storage of Elemental Mercury Office of Electricity, Department of Energy. ACTION: Notice of renewal. AGENCY: Pursuant to the Federal Advisory Committee Act and following consultation with the Committee Management Secretariat, General Services Administration, notice is hereby given that the Electricity Advisory Committee’s (EAC) charter has been renewed for a two-year period, beginning on August 5, 2022. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The Committee will provide advice and recommendations to the Assistant Secretary for Electricity on programs to modernize the Nation’s electric power system. Additionally, the renewal of the EAC has been determined to be essential to conduct Department of Energy business and to be in the public interest in connection with the performance of duties imposed upon the Department of Energy, by law and agreement. The Committee will continue to operate in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Advisory Committee Act, adhering to the rules and regulations in implementation of that Act. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ms. Jayne Faith, Designated Federal Officer at (202) 586–5260; email: jayne.faith@ hq.doe.gov. SUMMARY: jspears on DSK121TN23PROD with NOTICES the legal effect of this document upon publication in the Federal Register. Signing Authority This document of the Department of Energy was signed on August 5, 2022, by Miles Fernandez, Acting Committee Management Officer, pursuant to delegated authority from the Secretary of Energy. That document with the original signature and date is maintained by DOE. For administrative purposes only, and in compliance with requirements of the Office of the Federal Register, the undersigned DOE Federal Register Liaison Officer has been authorized to sign and submit the document in electronic format for publication, as an official document of the Department of Energy. This administrative process in no way alters VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:38 Aug 11, 2022 Jkt 256001 Office of Environmental Management, Department of Energy. ACTION: Extension of public comment period. AGENCY: On July 8, 2022, a Federal Register Notice was issued that announced the availability of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Office of Environmental Management’s Draft Long-Term Management and Storage of Elemental Mercury Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (Draft Mercury Storage SEIS–II, DOE/EIS– 0423–S2D). The Notice also announced two web-based public hearings that were held on August 2 and 4, 2022, to obtain public comments. DOE is extending the public comment period for the Draft SEIS from August 22, 2022, to September 6, 2022. DATES: DOE extends the public comment period to September 6, 2022. DOE will consider all comments submitted or postmarked by September 6, 2022. Comments submitted to DOE concerning the Draft Mercury Storage SEIS–II, prior to this announcement do not need to be resubmitted as a result of this extension of the comment period. ADDRESSES: Additional information regarding the SEIS–II, the 2011 Mercury Storage EIS, 2013 Mercury Storage SEIS, and other related documents is available online at: https://www.energy.gov/nepa/ doeeis-0423-s2-supplementalenvironmental-impact-statement-longterm-management-and-storage: • Mail: Ms. Julia Donkin, Document Manager, Office of Environmental Management, Department of Energy, EM–4.22, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585. • Email: ElementalMercury_NEPA@ em.doe.gov. Please submit comments as an email message or email attachment (i.e., Microsoft Word or PDF file format) without encryption. • Postal Mail: Please submit comments by U.S. Mail to Ms. Julia SUMMARY: PO 00000 Frm 00019 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 49817 Donkin, NEPA Document Manager, Office of Environmental Management, U.S. Department of Energy, EM–4.22, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585. • Website: The Draft Mercury Storage SEIS–II is available at: https:// www.energy.gov/nepa/doeeis-0423-s2supplemental-environmental-impactstatement-long-term-management-andstorage. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions concerning the Draft Mercury Storage SEIS–II or the public hearing can be sent to Ms. Julia Donkin, NEPA Document Manager, Office of Environmental Management, U.S. Department of Energy, EM–4.22, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586–5000, or to Julia.Donkin@em.doe.gov. Direct questions specific to DOE’s elemental mercury program to Mr. David Haught, Mercury Program Manager, Office of Environmental Management, U.S. Department of Energy, EM–4.22, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586–5000, or to David.Haught@hq.doe.gov. • For general information concerning the DOE Office of Environmental Management NEPA process, please contact Mr. William Ostrum, Office of Environmental Management NEPA Compliance Officer, U.S. Department of Energy, EM–4.31, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586–2513, or to William.Ostrum@ hq.doe.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 8, 2022, DOE published in the Federal Register the Notice of Availability announcing the availability of the second Draft Long-Term Management and Storage of Elemental Mercury Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (Draft Mercury Storage SEIS– II, DOE/EIS–0423–S2D) for public comment (87 FR 40830). In that notice, DOE also announced that it would host two web-based public hearings to allow DOE to present information about the Draft SEIS–II and to receive oral comments from the public. The first hearing was held on August 2, 2022, from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. EDT. The second hearing was held on August 4, 2022, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. EDT. Signing Authority This document of the Department of Energy was signed on August 5, 2022, by William I. White Senior Advisor for Environmental Management, Office of Environmental Management, pursuant to delegated authority from the Secretary of Energy. That document with the original signature and date is E:\FR\FM\12AUN1.SGM 12AUN1 49818 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 155 / Friday, August 12, 2022 / Notices maintained by DOE. For administrative purposes only, and in compliance with requirements of the Office of the Federal Register, the undersigned DOE Federal Register Liaison Officer has been authorized to sign and submit the document in electronic format for publication, as an official document of the Department of Energy. This administrative process in no way alters the legal effect of this document upon publication in the Federal Register. Signed in Washington, DC, on August 9, 2022. Treena V. Garrett, Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy. [FR Doc. 2022–17375 Filed 8–11–22; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450–01–P DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. P–2411–030] jspears on DSK121TN23PROD with NOTICES Eagle Creek Schoolfield Hydro, LLC, City of Danville; Notice of Application Tendered for Filing With the Commission and Soliciting Additional Study Requests and Establishing Procedural Schedule for Relicensing and a Deadline for Submission of Final Amendments Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection. a. Type of Application: New Major License. b. Project No.: 2411–030. c. Date Filed: July 29, 2022. d. Applicant: Eagle Creek Schoolfield, LLC and City of Danville. e. Name of Project: Schoolfield Hydroelectric Project (Schoolfield Project). f. Location: The project is located on the Dan River at approximately river mile 60.1 in the county of Pittsylvania, near the City of Danville, Virginia. The project does not occupy any federal land. g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). h. Applicant Contacts: Ms. Joyce Foster, Director, Licensing and Compliance Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, LLC, 7315 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1100W, Bethesda, MD 20814; Phone at (804) 338–5110 or email at Joyce.Foster@eaglecreekre.co; Ms. Jody Smet, Vice President, Regulatory Affairs, Eagle Creek Renewable Energy, LLC, 7315 Wisconsin Ave., Suite 1100W, Bethesda, MD 20814; Phone at (240) 482–2700 or email at jody.smet@ VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:38 Aug 11, 2022 Jkt 256001 eaglecreekre.com; and Mr. W Clarke Whitfield, Junior, City Attorney, City of Danville, 427 Patton Street, Room 421, Danville, VA 24541; Phone at (434) 799– 5122 or email at whitfcc@ danvilleva.gov. i. FERC Contact: Erin Stockschlaeder at (202) 502–8107, or Erin.stockschlaeder@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 l 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. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 CFR of the Commission’s regulations, if any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person believes that an additional scientific study should be conducted in order to form an adequate factual basis for a complete analysis of the application on its merit, the resource agency, Indian Tribe, or person must file a request for a study with the Commission not later than 60 days from the date of filing of the application, and serve a copy of the request on the applicant. l. Deadline for filing additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status: September 27, 2022. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file additional study requests and requests for cooperating agency status using the Commission’s eFiling system at https:// www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. 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. All filings must clearly identify the project name and docket number on the first page: Schoolfield Project (P– 2411–030). m. This application is not ready for environmental analysis at this time. n. The Schoolfield Project consists of the following existing facilities: (1) a PO 00000 Frm 00020 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 910-foot-long, 25-foot-high curved ogeetype concrete spillway dam with a crest elevation of 434.7 feet National Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 (NGVD29) and topped with 3-foot-high wooden flashboards; (2) a reservoir having a surface area of 287 acres and a gross storage capacity of approximately 1,952 acre-feet at the project’s normal maximum water surface elevation of 437.7 feet NGVD29; (3) a 224-foot-long by 35-foot-wide brick and concrete powerhouse that contains three identical 1.5-megawatt (MW) generating units (each generating unit is connected to two identical propeller-type turbine units with rated capacity of 1,006 horsepower each) for a total installed capacity of 4.5 MW; (4) a 72-foot-long headwall between the dam and the powerhouse with six low-level sluice gates and a non-operating fish ladder; (5) a tailrace that is approximately 160 feet long and 220 feet wide and separated from main river flows by a concrete wall; (6) a substation; (7) generator leads and a step-up transformer; and (8) appurtenant facilities. The Schoolfield Project is operated in run-of-river mode, which may be suspended during reservoir drawdown and refilling for inspection of the City of Danville, Virginia’s water supply intakes, which occurs on an as needed basis. During normal operation, an instantaneous minimum flow of 300 cubic feet per second is released downstream. The minimum flow is typically provided as part of generation flows. Average annual generation at the project was 15,220 megawatt-hours from 2017–2020. o. A copy of the application can be viewed on the Commission’s website at 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 (P–2411). For assistance, contact FERC at FERCOnlineSupport@ ferc.gov, or call toll-free, (866) 208–3676 or (202) 502–8659 (TTY). You may also register online at https:// www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filings and issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. p. Procedural schedule: The application will be processed according to the following preliminary schedule. Revisions to the schedule will be made as appropriate. Issue Deficiency Letter (if necessary)— September 2022 Request Additional Information— September 2022 E:\FR\FM\12AUN1.SGM 12AUN1

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[Federal Register Volume 87, Number 155 (Friday, August 12, 2022)]
[Notices]
[Pages 49817-49818]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2022-17375]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY


Extension of Public Comment Period, Draft Supplemental 
Environmental Impact Statement II for Long Term Management and Storage 
of Elemental Mercury

AGENCY: Office of Environmental Management, Department of Energy.

ACTION: Extension of public comment period.

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SUMMARY: On July 8, 2022, a Federal Register Notice was issued that 
announced the availability of the U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) 
Office of Environmental Management's Draft Long-Term Management and 
Storage of Elemental Mercury Supplemental Environmental Impact 
Statement (Draft Mercury Storage SEIS-II, DOE/EIS-0423-S2D). The Notice 
also announced two web-based public hearings that were held on August 2 
and 4, 2022, to obtain public comments. DOE is extending the public 
comment period for the Draft SEIS from August 22, 2022, to September 6, 
2022.

DATES: DOE extends the public comment period to September 6, 2022. DOE 
will consider all comments submitted or postmarked by September 6, 
2022. Comments submitted to DOE concerning the Draft Mercury Storage 
SEIS-II, prior to this announcement do not need to be resubmitted as a 
result of this extension of the comment period.

ADDRESSES: Additional information regarding the SEIS-II, the 2011 
Mercury Storage EIS, 2013 Mercury Storage SEIS, and other related 
documents is available online at: https://www.energy.gov/nepa/doeeis-0423-s2-supplemental-environmental-impact-statement-long-term-management-and-storage:
     Mail: Ms. Julia Donkin, Document Manager, Office of 
Environmental Management, Department of Energy, EM-4.22, 1000 
Independence Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585.
     Email: [email protected]. Please submit 
comments as an email message or email attachment (i.e., Microsoft Word 
or PDF file format) without encryption.
     Postal Mail: Please submit comments by U.S. Mail to Ms. 
Julia Donkin, NEPA Document Manager, Office of Environmental 
Management, U.S. Department of Energy, EM-4.22, 1000 Independence 
Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20585.
     Website: The Draft Mercury Storage SEIS-II is available 
at: https://www.energy.gov/nepa/doeeis-0423-s2-supplemental-environmental-impact-statement-long-term-management-and-storage.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Questions concerning the Draft Mercury 
Storage SEIS-II or the public hearing can be sent to Ms. Julia Donkin, 
NEPA Document Manager, Office of Environmental Management, U.S. 
Department of Energy, EM-4.22, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, Washington, 
DC 20585, (202) 586-5000, or to [email protected]. Direct 
questions specific to DOE's elemental mercury program to Mr. David 
Haught, Mercury Program Manager, Office of Environmental Management, 
U.S. Department of Energy, EM-4.22, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, 
Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-5000, or to [email protected].
     For general information concerning the DOE Office of 
Environmental Management NEPA process, please contact Mr. William 
Ostrum, Office of Environmental Management NEPA Compliance Officer, 
U.S. Department of Energy, EM-4.31, 1000 Independence Avenue SW, 
Washington, DC 20585, (202) 586-2513, or to [email protected].

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: On July 8, 2022, DOE published in the 
Federal Register the Notice of Availability announcing the availability 
of the second Draft Long-Term Management and Storage of Elemental 
Mercury Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (Draft Mercury 
Storage SEIS-II, DOE/EIS-0423-S2D) for public comment (87 FR 40830). In 
that notice, DOE also announced that it would host two web-based public 
hearings to allow DOE to present information about the Draft SEIS-II 
and to receive oral comments from the public. The first hearing was 
held on August 2, 2022, from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. EDT. The second 
hearing was held on August 4, 2022, from 1:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. EDT.

Signing Authority

    This document of the Department of Energy was signed on August 5, 
2022, by William I. White Senior Advisor for Environmental Management, 
Office of Environmental Management, pursuant to delegated authority 
from the Secretary of Energy. That document with the original signature 
and date is

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maintained by DOE. For administrative purposes only, and in compliance 
with requirements of the Office of the Federal Register, the 
undersigned DOE Federal Register Liaison Officer has been authorized to 
sign and submit the document in electronic format for publication, as 
an official document of the Department of Energy. This administrative 
process in no way alters the legal effect of this document upon 
publication in the Federal Register.

    Signed in Washington, DC, on August 9, 2022.
Treena V. Garrett,
Federal Register Liaison Officer, U.S. Department of Energy.
[FR Doc. 2022-17375 Filed 8-11-22; 8:45 am]
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