Madison Fields Solar Project, LLC; Notice of Institution of Section 206 Proceeding and Refund Effective Date, 88074-88075 [2023-27883]
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Development consists of two dams—a
90-foot-long, 18.5-foot-high concrete
gravity dam on the North Channel of
Sewalls Island (North Channel dam) and
a 243-foot-long, 15.5-foot-high concrete
gravity dam on the South Channel of
Sewalls Island. A 4-acre reservoir with
a storage capacity of 48-acre-feet at an
elevation of 466.45 feet National
Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 was
created by the dams.
The proposed project would consist of
the following: (1) two new
powerhouses—a 70-foot-long by 30-footwide reinforced concrete powerhouse at
the North Channel dam (powerhouse
#1) and a 60-foot-long, 40-foot-wide
reinforced concrete powerhouse
downstream on the North Channel at
the lower end of Sewalls Island
(powerhouse #2); (2) a new 70-foot-long,
25-foot-wide integral intake structure at
the North Channel dam for use by both
powerhouses; (3) a new 12.5-footdiameter, 1,250-foot-long steel and
concrete penstock for conveying water
to powerhouse #2 that would involve
the demolition of the existing 80-footlong, 16-foot-high Black Clawson Dam
on the western tip of the island in the
North Channel; (4) an axial flow vertical
turbine-generator unit with an installed
capacity of 3,600 kilowatts (kW) and a
micro turbine-generator unit with an
installed capacity of 15.7 kW housed in
powerhouse #1; (5) one or more axial
flow vertical turbine-generator unit(s)
with a total installed capacity of 5,500
kW housed in powerhouse #2; (6) a new
approximately 120-foot-long access road
for powerhouse #1 and a new
approximately 320-foot-long access road
for powerhouse #2; (7) a new 1,900-footlong, 23-kilovolt (kV) transmission line
connecting the powerhouses to the
existing switchyard of the Black River
Project’s Sewalls Development (option
1) or a new 4,270-foot-long, 23-kV
transmission line connecting the
powerhouses to a switchyard adjacent to
the New York Airbrake Manufacturing
plant; and (8) appurtenant facilities. The
proposed project would have an average
annual generation of approximately
2,245 megawatt-hours.
Applicant Contact: Brian McArthur,
LinkPast Solutions, Inc., P.O. Box 5474,
Clark, NJ 07066; phone: (848) 628–4414.
FERC Contact: Monir Chowdhury;
phone: (202) 502–6736.
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.
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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://
ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.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 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.
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://elibrary.ferc.gov/eLibrary/search.
Enter the docket number (P–15302) in
the docket number field to access the
document. For assistance, contact FERC
Online Support.
Dated: December 14, 2023.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023–27979 Filed 12–19–23; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. EL24–22–000]
Madison Fields Solar Project, LLC;
Notice of Institution of Section 206
Proceeding and Refund Effective Date
On December 13, 2023, the
Commission issued an order in Docket
No. EL24–22–000, pursuant to section
206 of the Federal Power Act (FPA), 16
U.S.C. 824e, instituting an investigation
to determine whether Madison Fields
Solar Project, LLC’s Rate Schedule is
unjust, unreasonable, unduly
discriminatory or preferential, or
otherwise unlawful. Madison Fields
Solar Project, LLC, 185 FERC ¶ 61,183
(2023).
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The refund effective date in Docket
No. EL24–22–000 established pursuant
to section 206(b) of the FPA, will be the
date of publication of this notice in the
Federal Register, or the date Madison
Fields’ Rate Schedule becomes effective,
whichever is later, provided, however, if
the Rate Schedule does not become
effective until after 5 months from the
date of publication of the notice, the
refund effective date shall be 5 months
from the date of publication of the
notice.
Any interested person desiring to be
heard in Docket No. EL24–22–000, must
file a notice of intervention or motion to
intervene, as appropriate, with the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
in accordance with Rule 214 of the
Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure, 18 CFR 385.214 (2022),
within 21 days of the date of issuance
of the order.
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.
To access this document in eLibrary,
type the docket number excluding the
last three digits of this document in the
docket number field. User assistance is
available for eLibrary and the FERC’s
website during normal business hours
from FERC 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.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filings of comments, protests
and interventions in lieu of paper using
the ‘‘eFile’’ link at https://www.ferc.gov.
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 Commission’s Office of Public
Participation (OPP) supports meaningful
public engagement and participation in
Commission proceedings. OPP can help
members of the public, including
landowners, environmental justice
communities, Tribal members and
others, access publicly available
information and navigate Commission
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processes. For public inquiries and
assistance with making filings such as
interventions, comments, or requests for
rehearing, the public is encouraged to
contact OPP at (202) 502–6595 or OPP@
ferc.gov.
Dated: December 13, 2023.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023–27883 Filed 12–19–23; 8:45 am]
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
[MB Docket No. 11–43; DA 23–1119; FRS
190156]
Audio Description: Preliminary
Nonbroadcast Network Rankings
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice.
AGENCY:
FCC announces the top
national nonbroadcast network rankings
from the 2022–2023 ratings year, and
gives networks the opportunity to seek
exemption from the July 1, 2024 update
to the Commission’s audio description
requirements.
SUMMARY:
Exemption requests are due
January 19, 2024.
ADDRESSES: Filings should be submitted
electronically in MB Docket No. 11–43
by accessing the Commission’s
Electronic Comment Filing System
(ECFS) at https://www.fcc.gov/ecfs/.
Filers should follow the instructions
provided on the website for submitting
filings.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
further information, contact Diana
Sokolow (202–418–0588;
Diana.Sokolow@fcc.gov).
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This is a
summary of the Media Bureau’s Public
Notice, DA 23–1119, released on
November 30, 2023. The full text of this
public notice will be available
electronically in ASCII, Microsoft Word,
and/or Adobe Acrobat via ECFS.
Alternative formats are available for
people with disabilities (Braille, large
print, electronic files, audio format), by
sending an email to fcc504@fcc.gov or
calling the Commission’s Consumer and
Governmental Affairs Bureau at (202)
418–0530 (voice), 1–844–4–FCC–ASL
(1–844–432–2275) (videophone).
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Synopsis
The Commission’s audio description
rules require multichannel video
programming distributor (MVPD)
systems that serve 50,000 or more
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subscribers to provide 87.5 hours of
audio description 1 per calendar quarter
on channels carrying each of the top five
national nonbroadcast networks.2 The
top five national nonbroadcast networks
are defined by an average of the national
audience share during prime time
among nonbroadcast networks that
reach 50 percent or more of MVPD
households and have at least 50 hours
per quarter of prime time programming
that is not live or near-live or otherwise
exempt under the audio description
rules.
In accordance with the Commission’s
rules, the list of top five nonbroadcast
networks is updated at three year
intervals to account for changes in
ratings, and the fourth triennial update
will occur on July 1, 2024, based on the
2022 to 2023 ratings year.3 According to
data provided by the Nielsen Company,
for the purposes of our requirements,
the top ten nonbroadcast networks for
the 2022 to 2023 ratings year are: Fox
News Channel, ESPN, MSNBC, HGTV,
Hallmark, TLC, TNT, TBS, Discovery,
and History.
If a program network believes it
should be excluded from the list of top
five networks covered by the audio
description requirements because it
does not air at least 50 hours per quarter
of prime time programming that is not
live or near-live or is otherwise exempt,
it must seek an exemption no later than
30 days after publication of this Public
Notice in the Federal Register. The
Media Bureau will promptly evaluate
requests for exemption and will provide
notice of any resulting revisions to the
list.
Federal Communications Commission.
Thomas Horan,
Chief of Staff, Media Bureau.
[FR Doc. 2023–27954 Filed 12–19–23; 8:45 am]
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1 Audio description makes video programming
accessible to individuals who are blind or visually
impaired through ‘‘[t]he insertion of audio narrated
descriptions of a television program’s key visual
elements into natural pauses between the program’s
dialogue.’’ 47 CFR 79.3(a)(3).
2 The rule requires that 50 hours per calendar
quarter be provided in prime time or during
children’s programming, while the additional 37.5
hours may be provided at any time between 6 a.m.
and 11:59 p.m. local time.
3 The nonbroadcast networks currently subject to
the audio description requirements are TLC, HGTV,
Hallmark, History, and TBS. We note that the Media
Bureau granted TBS a limited waiver of section
79.3(b)(4) of the audio description rules for the
triennial period beginning on July 1, 2021 and
ending on June 30, 2024.
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FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS
COMMISSION
[OMB 3060–0609; FR ID 190753]
Information Collection Being Reviewed
by the Federal Communications
Commission Under Delegated
Authority
Federal Communications
Commission.
ACTION: Notice and request for
comments.
AGENCY:
As part of its continuing effort
to reduce paperwork burdens, and as
required by the Paperwork Reduction
Act of 1995 (PRA), the Federal
Communications Commission (FCC or
Commission) invites the general public
and other Federal agencies to take this
opportunity to comment on the
following information collections.
Comments are requested concerning:
whether the proposed collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Commission, including whether the
information shall have practical utility;
the accuracy of the Commission’s
burden estimate; ways to enhance the
quality, utility, and clarity of the
information collected; ways to minimize
the burden of the collection of
information on the respondents,
including the use of automated
collection techniques or other forms of
information technology; and ways to
further reduce the information
collection burden on small business
concerns with fewer than 25 employees.
The FCC may not conduct or sponsor a
collection of information unless it
displays a currently valid Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) control
number. No person shall be subject to
any penalty for failing to comply with
a collection of information subject to the
PRA that does not display a valid OMB
control number.
DATES: Written PRA comments should
be submitted on or before February 20,
2024. 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, you should
advise the contact listed below as soon
as possible.
ADDRESSES: Direct all PRA comments to
Cathy Williams, FCC, via email to PRA@
fcc.gov and to Cathy.Williams@fcc.gov.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For
additional information about the
information collection, contact Cathy
Williams at (202) 418–2918.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
OMB Control Number: 3060–0609.
SUMMARY:
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Docket No. EL24-22-000]
Madison Fields Solar Project, LLC; Notice of Institution of
Section 206 Proceeding and Refund Effective Date
On December 13, 2023, the Commission issued an order in Docket No.
EL24-22-000, pursuant to section 206 of the Federal Power Act (FPA), 16
U.S.C. 824e, instituting an investigation to determine whether Madison
Fields Solar Project, LLC's Rate Schedule is unjust, unreasonable,
unduly discriminatory or preferential, or otherwise unlawful. Madison
Fields Solar Project, LLC, 185 FERC ] 61,183 (2023).
The refund effective date in Docket No. EL24-22-000 established
pursuant to section 206(b) of the FPA, will be the date of publication
of this notice in the Federal Register, or the date Madison Fields'
Rate Schedule becomes effective, whichever is later, provided, however,
if the Rate Schedule does not become effective until after 5 months
from the date of publication of the notice, the refund effective date
shall be 5 months from the date of publication of the notice.
Any interested person desiring to be heard in Docket No. EL24-22-
000, must file a notice of intervention or motion to intervene, as
appropriate, with the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, in
accordance with Rule 214 of the Commission's Rules of Practice and
Procedure, 18 CFR 385.214 (2022), within 21 days of the date of
issuance of the order.
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. To access this document in eLibrary, type the
docket number excluding the last three digits of this document in the
docket number field. User assistance is available for eLibrary and the
FERC's website during normal business hours from FERC Online Support at
202-502-6652 (toll free at 1-866-208-3676) or email at
[email protected], or the Public Reference Room at (202) 502-
8371, TTY (202) 502-8659. Email the Public Reference Room at
[email protected].
The Commission strongly encourages electronic filings of comments,
protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the ``eFile'' link at
https://www.ferc.gov. 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 Commission's Office of Public Participation (OPP) supports
meaningful public engagement and participation in Commission
proceedings. OPP can help members of the public, including landowners,
environmental justice communities, Tribal members and others, access
publicly available information and navigate Commission
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processes. For public inquiries and assistance with making filings such
as interventions, comments, or requests for rehearing, the public is
encouraged to contact OPP at (202) 502-6595 or [email protected].
Dated: December 13, 2023.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2023-27883 Filed 12-19-23; 8:45 am]
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