Dashields Hydropower Corporation; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications, 30126-30127 [2023-09937]

Download as PDF 30126 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 90 / Wednesday, May 10, 2023 / Notices Issuing Certificate (Order).1 Ordering Paragraph (B)(1) of the Order required Transco to complete the construction of the NESE Project facilities and make them available for service within two years of the date of the Order, or by May 3, 2021. On May 20, 2021, the Commission granted Transco an extension of time, until May 3, 2023, to complete construction of the NESE Project and make it available for service.2 Construction on the NESE Project has not begun. Transco states that it continues to review the scope of work for the NESE Project to not only meet Brooklyn Union Gas Company and KeySpan Gas East Corporation’s (collectively, National Grid) firm transportation capacity needs but also to address water quality concerns raised by New York and New Jersey in their respective denials of water quality certification for the project under section 401 of the Clean Water Act. Transco asserts that the continuing need for the NESE Project is demonstrated by the 15-year term precedent agreements with National Grid for the entirety of the NESE Project’s capacity, which remain in full force and effect. As a result, Transco now requests an additional two years, or until May 3, 2025, to complete construction of the NESE Project and make it available for service. This notice establishes a 15-calendar day intervention and comment period deadline. Any person wishing to comment on Transco’s request for an extension of time may do so. No reply comments or answers will be considered. If you wish to obtain legal status by becoming a party to the proceedings for this request, you should, on or before the comment date stated below, file a motion to intervene in accordance with the requirements of the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211) and the Regulations under the Natural Gas Act (NGA) (18 CFR 157.10). As a matter of practice, the Commission itself generally acts on requests for extensions of time to complete construction for NGA facilities when such requests are contested before order issuance. For those extension requests that are contested,3 the Commission will aim to issue an order acting on the request within 45 days.4 The Commission will address all arguments relating to whether the applicant has demonstrated there is good cause to grant the extension.5 The Commission will not consider arguments that re-litigate the issuance of the certificate order, including whether the Commission properly found the project to be in the public convenience and necessity and whether the Commission’s environmental analysis for the certificate complied with the National Environmental Policy Act.6 At the time a pipeline requests an extension of time, orders on certificates of public convenience and necessity are final and the Commission will not relitigate their issuance.7 The OEP Director, or his or her designee, will act on all of those extension requests that are uncontested. 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 Commission’s Public Reference Room. For assistance, contact FERC at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TTY, (202) 502–8659. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings of comments, protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the ‘‘eFile’’ link at https://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically may mail similar pleadings to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. Hand delivered submissions in docketed proceedings should be delivered to Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on May 19, 2023. Dated: May 4, 2023. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2023–09942 Filed 5–9–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 5 Id. 1 Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC, 167 FERC ¶ 61,110 (2019). 2 Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line Company, LLC, 175 FERC ¶ 61,148 (2021). 3 Contested proceedings are those where an intervenor disputes any material issue of the filing. 18 CFR 385.2201(c)(1) (2022). 4 Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC, 170 FERC ¶ 61,144, at P 40 (2020). VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:49 May 09, 2023 Jkt 259001 at P 40. the Commission will not re-litigate the issuance of an NGA section 3 authorization, including whether a proposed project is not inconsistent with the public interest and whether the Commission’s environmental analysis for the permit order complied with National Environmental Policy Act. 7 Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC, 170 FERC ¶ 61,144, at P 40 (2020). 6 Similarly, PO 00000 Frm 00057 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 15292–000] Dashields Hydropower Corporation; Notice of Preliminary Permit Application Accepted for Filing and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Competing Applications On November 4, 2022, Dashields Hydropower Corporation filed an application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the Federal Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of the Dashields Locks and Dam Hydroelectric Project to be located at the existing U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ (Corps) Pittsburgh District Dashields Locks and Dam located on the Ohio River at Coraopolis, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. 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. The proposed project would consist of the following: (1) a new 150-foot-long, 90-foot-wide intake channel to be located immediately downstream of the opposite bank of the Corps’ existing locks and dam; (2) two new 5-megawatt Kaplan pit turbine/generator units; (3) a new 200-foot-long, 90-foot-wide, 105foot-high powerhouse; (4) a new 60-footlong, 40-foot-wide substation with a new 13.8/69-kilovolt (kV) three-phase step-up transformer; (5) a new threephase, 69-kV, 2-mile-long transmission line; (6) a new 175-foot-long, 90-footwide tailrace; and (7) appurtenant facilities. The proposed project would have an annual generation of 52,000 megawatt-hours. Applicant Contact: Alan W. Skelly, Dashields Hydropower Corporation, 127 Longwood Blvd., Mount Orab, OH 45154; phone: (937) 802–8866. FERC Contact: Woohee Choi; email: woohee.choi@ferc.gov; phone: (202) 502–6336. 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, E:\FR\FM\10MYN1.SGM 10MYN1 Federal Register / Vol. 88, No. 90 / Wednesday, May 10, 2023 / Notices and competing applications 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–15292–000. More information about this project, including a copy of the application, can be viewed or printed on the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link of the Commission’s website at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number (P–15292) in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. Dated: May 4, 2023. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2023–09937 Filed 5–9–23; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717–01–P ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY [EPA–HQ–OPP–2023–0015; FRL–10897–01– OCSPP] Pesticide Emergency Exemptions; Agency Decisions and State and Federal Agency Crisis Declarations Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). ACTION: Notice. AGENCY: EPA has granted emergency exemptions under the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) for use of pesticides as listed in this notice. The exemptions were granted during the period October 1, 2022, to March 31, 2023, to control unforeseen pest outbreaks. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Charles Smith, Director, Registration Division (7505T), Office of Pesticide Programs, Environmental Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20460–0001; main lotter on DSK11XQN23PROD with NOTICES1 SUMMARY: VerDate Sep<11>2014 17:49 May 09, 2023 Jkt 259001 30127 for a specific crop/site on a limited acreage, or other unit for treatment (e.g., square footage, cartons of produce in a particular State. Most emergency I. General Information exemptions are specific exemptions. 2. ‘‘Quarantine’’ and ‘‘public health’’ A. Does this action apply to me? exemptions are emergency exemptions You may be potentially affected by issued for quarantine or public health this action if you are an agricultural purposes. These are requested less producer, food manufacturer, or frequently than specific exemptions. pesticide manufacturer. The following 3. A ‘‘crisis exemption’’ is initiated by list of North American Industrial a State or Federal agency (and is Classification System (NAICS) codes is concurred upon by EPA) when there is not intended to be exhaustive, but rather insufficient time to request and obtain provides a guide to help readers EPA permission for emergency use of a determine whether this document pesticide under one of the other types applies to them. Potentially affected of emergency exemptions. entities may include: EPA may deny an emergency • Crop production (NAICS code 111). exemption request: If the State or • Animal production (NAICS code Federal agency cannot demonstrate that 112). an emergency exists, if the use poses • Food manufacturing (NAICS code unacceptable risks to the environment, 311). or if EPA cannot reach a conclusion that • Pesticide manufacturing (NAICS the proposed pesticide use is likely to code 32532). result in ‘‘a reasonable certainty of no If you have any questions regarding harm’’ to human health, including the applicability of this action to a exposure of infants and children to particular entity, consult the person residues of the pesticide. listed at the end of the emergency If the emergency use of the pesticide exemption. on a food or feed commodity would B. How can I get copies of this document result in pesticide chemical residues, EPA establishes a time-limited tolerance and other related information? meeting the ‘‘reasonable certainty of no The docket for this action, identified harm standard’’ of the Federal Food, by docket identification (ID) number Drug, and Cosmetic Act (FFDCA). EPA–HQ–OPP–2023–0015, is available In this document: EPA identifies the at https://www.regulations.gov or at the State or Federal agency granted the Office of Pesticide Programs Regulatory exemption, the type of exemption, the Public Docket (OPP Docket) in the pesticide authorized, the pests, the crop Environmental Protection Agency or use for which authorized, number of Docket Center (EPA/DC), West William acres or other unit for treatment (if Jefferson Clinton Bldg., Rm. 3334, 1301 applicable), and the effective date of the Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC exemption. EPA also gives the Federal 20460–0001. The Public Reading Room Register citation for the time-limited is open from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., tolerance, if any, and notes when a Monday through Friday, excluding legal Notice of Receipt (if required under 40 holidays. The telephone number for the CFR 166.24) was published in the Public Reading Room and the OPP Federal Register. Docket is (202) 566–1744. Please review III. Emergency Exemptions the visitor instructions and additional information about the docket available A. U.S. States and Territories at https://www.epa.gov/dockets. California II. Background Department of Pesticide Regulation EPA has granted emergency Specific exemption: EPA authorized exemptions to the following State and the use of kasugamycin on a maximum Federal agencies. The emergency of 102,000 acres of almond trees to exemptions may take the following control bacterial blast. Time-limited form: Crisis, public health, quarantine, tolerances in connection with a or specific. previous action are established in 40 Under FIFRA section 18 (7 U.S.C. CFR 180.614(b). This authorization was 136p), EPA can authorize the use of a effective February 1, 2023. pesticide when emergency conditions exist. Authorizations (commonly called Louisiana emergency exemptions) are granted to Department of Agriculture and Forestry State and Federal agencies and are of Specific exemption: EPA authorized four types: the use of triclopyr on a maximum of 1. A ‘‘specific exemption’’ authorizes 450,000 acres of sugarcane to control use of a pesticide against specific pests telephone number: (202) 566–1030; email address: RDFRNotices@epa.gov. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: PO 00000 Frm 00058 Fmt 4703 Sfmt 4703 E:\FR\FM\10MYN1.SGM 10MYN1

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[Federal Register Volume 88, Number 90 (Wednesday, May 10, 2023)]
[Notices]
[Pages 30126-30127]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2023-09937]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 15292-000]


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

    On November 4, 2022, Dashields Hydropower Corporation filed an 
application for a preliminary permit, pursuant to section 4(f) of the 
Federal Power Act (FPA), proposing to study the feasibility of the 
Dashields Locks and Dam Hydroelectric Project to be located at the 
existing U.S. Army Corps of Engineers' (Corps) Pittsburgh District 
Dashields Locks and Dam located on the Ohio River at Coraopolis, 
Allegheny County, Pennsylvania. 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.
    The proposed project would consist of the following: (1) a new 150-
foot-long, 90-foot-wide intake channel to be located immediately 
downstream of the opposite bank of the Corps' existing locks and dam; 
(2) two new 5-megawatt Kaplan pit turbine/generator units; (3) a new 
200-foot-long, 90-foot-wide, 105-foot-high powerhouse; (4) a new 60-
foot-long, 40-foot-wide substation with a new 13.8/69-kilovolt (kV) 
three-phase step-up transformer; (5) a new three-phase, 69-kV, 2-mile-
long transmission line; (6) a new 175-foot-long, 90-foot-wide tailrace; 
and (7) appurtenant facilities. The proposed project would have an 
annual generation of 52,000 megawatt-hours.
    Applicant Contact: Alan W. Skelly, Dashields Hydropower 
Corporation, 127 Longwood Blvd., Mount Orab, OH 45154; phone: (937) 
802-8866.
    FERC Contact: Woohee Choi; email: [email protected]; phone: 
(202) 502-6336.
    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,

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and competing applications 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-15292-000.
    More information about this project, including a copy of the 
application, can be viewed or printed on the ``eLibrary'' link of the 
Commission's website at https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. 
Enter the docket number (P-15292) in the docket number field to access 
the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support.

    Dated: May 4, 2023.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-09937 Filed 5-9-23; 8:45 am]
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