City of Nashua, New Hampshire; Notice of Intent To Prepare an Environmental Assessment, 13076-13077 [2024-03426]
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communities, Tribal members and
others, access publicly available
information and navigate Commission
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@
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Dated: February 13, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
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McClain, Mark; Notice of Filing
Take notice that on February 13, 2024,
Mark McClain submitted for filing,
application for authority to hold
interlocking positions, pursuant to
section 305(b) of the Federal Power Act,
16 U.S.C. 825d (b) and part 45.8 of the
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission’s (Commission) Rules of
Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR part
45.8.
Any person desiring to intervene or to
protest this filing must file in
accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of
the Commission’s Rules of Practice and
Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214).
Protests will be considered by the
Commission in determining the
appropriate action to be taken but will
not serve to make protestants parties to
the proceeding. Any person wishing to
become a party must file a notice of
intervention or motion to intervene, as
appropriate. Such notices, motions, or
protests must be filed on or before the
comment date. On or before the
comment date, it is not necessary to
serve motions to intervene or protests
on persons other than the Applicant.
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of this document in the Federal
Register, the Commission provides all
interested persons an opportunity to
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assistance, contact the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission at
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call
toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202)
502–8659.
The Commission strongly encourages
electronic filings of comments, protests
and interventions in lieu of paper using
the ‘‘eFiling’’ 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
Health and Human Services, 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
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.
Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern
Time on March 5, 2024.
Dated: February 13, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
Dated: February 14, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
Combined Notice of Filings
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Take notice that the Commission has
received the following Natural Gas
Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings:
Filings Instituting Proceedings
Docket Numbers: RP24–400–000.
Applicants: Northern Natural Gas
Company.
Description: Northern Natural Gas
submits report of the penalty and daily
delivery variance charge (DDVC)
revenues that have been credited to
shippers.
Filed Date: 2/13/24.
Accession Number: 20240213–5112.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 2/26/24.
Docket Numbers: RP24–401–000.
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Applicants: Fayetteville Express
Pipeline LLC.
Description: 4(d) Rate Filing: Update
GT&C Section 19—Quality to be
effective 3/15/2024.
Filed Date: 2/14/24.
Accession Number: 20240214–5032.
Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 2/26/24.
Any person desiring to intervene, to
protest, or to answer a complaint in any
of the above proceedings must file in
accordance with Rules 211, 214, or 206
of the Commission’s Regulations (18
CFR 385.211, 385.214, or 385.206) on or
before 5 p.m. Eastern time on the
specified comment date. Protests may be
considered, but intervention is
necessary to become a party to the
proceeding.
The filings are accessible in the
Commission’s eLibrary system (https://
elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/search/fercgen
search.asp) by querying the docket
number.
eFiling is encouraged. More detailed
information relating to filing
requirements, interventions, protests,
service, and qualifying facilities filings
can be found at: https://www.ferc.gov/
docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For
other information, call (866) 208–3676
(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.
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
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.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 3442–029]
City of Nashua, New Hampshire;
Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Assessment
On July 30, 2021, City of Nashua
(Nashua) filed an application for a new
license for the 3-megawatt Mine Falls
Hydroelectric Project No. 3442 (project).
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The project is located on the Nashua
River in Hillsborough County, New
Hampshire.
In accordance with the Commission’s
regulations, on November 21, 2023,
Commission staff issued a notice that
the project was ready for environmental
analysis (REA Notice). Based on the
information in the record, including
comments filed on the REA Notice, staff
does not anticipate that licensing the
project would constitute a major federal
action significantly affecting the quality
of the human environment. Therefore,
staff intends to prepare an
Environmental Assessment (EA) on the
application to relicense the Mine Falls
Project.
The EA will be issued and circulated
for review by all interested parties. All
comments filed on the EA will be
analyzed by staff and considered in the
Commission’s final licensing decision.
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 to access publicly available
information and navigate Commission
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.
The application will be processed
according to the following schedule.
Revisions to the schedule may be made
as appropriate.
Milestone
Target date
Commission issues EA .......................................................................................................................................................
Comments on EA ................................................................................................................................................................
Any questions regarding this notice
may be directed to Khatoon Melick at
(202) 502–8433 or khatoon.melick@
ferc.gov.
Land, Chemicals, and Redevelopment
Division, EPA Region 10, by phone at
206–553–5180, or by email at
winters.melissa@epa.gov.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Dated: February 13, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
I. Background
Melissa Winters, Manager, Pollution
Prevention and Communities Branch,
NEPA and CEs
The National Environmental Policy
Act, as amended at, 42 U.S.C. 4321–
4347 (NEPA), requires all Federal
agencies to assess the environmental
impact of their actions. Congress
enacted NEPA in order to encourage
productive and enjoyable harmony
between humans and the environment,
recognizing the profound impact of
human activity and the critical
importance of restoring and maintaining
environmental quality to the overall
welfare of humankind. 42 U.S.C. 4321,
4331. NEPA’s twin aims are to ensure
agencies consider the environmental
effects of their proposed actions in their
decision-making processes and inform
and involve the public in that process.
42 U.S.C. 4331. NEPA created the
Council on Environmental Quality
(CEQ), which promulgated NEPA
implementing regulations, 40 CFR parts
1500 through 1508 (CEQ regulations).
To comply with NEPA, agencies
determine the appropriate level of
review—an environmental impact
statement (EIS), environmental
assessment (EA), or CE. 42 U.S.C. 4336.
If a proposed action is likely to have
significant environmental effects, the
agency must prepare an EIS and
document its decision in a record of
decision. 42 U.S.C. 4336. If the
proposed action is not likely to have
significant environmental effects or the
1 The Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ)
regulations under 40 CFR 1501.10(b)(1) require that
EAs be completed within 1 year of the federal
action agency’s decision to prepare an EA. This
notice establishes the Commission’s intent to
prepare an EA for the Mine Falls Project. See
National Environmental Policy Act, 42 U.S.C. 4321
et seq., as amended by section 107(g)(1)(B)(iii) of
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION
AGENCY
[FRL OP–OFA–110]
Notice of Adoption of Department of
Energy Categorical Exclusion Under
the National Environmental Policy Act
Environmental Protection
Agency.
ACTION: Notice of adoption of categorical
exclusion.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is adopting the
Department of Energy’s (DOE)
Categorical Exclusion (CE) for Methane
Gas Recovery and Utilization Systems
under the National Environmental
Policy Act (NEPA) to use in EPA’s
program and funding opportunities
administered by EPA. This notice
describes the categories of proposed
actions for which EPA intends to use
DOE’s CE and describes the consultation
between the agencies.
DATES: This action is effective upon
publication.
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effects are unknown, the agency may
instead prepare an EA, which involves
a more concise analysis and process
than an EIS. 42 U.S.C. 4336. Following
the EA, the agency may conclude the
process with a finding of no significant
impact if the analysis shows that the
action will have no significant effects. If
the analysis in the EA finds that the
action is likely to have significant
effects, however, then an EIS is
required.
Under NEPA and the CEQ regulations,
a Federal agency also can establish
CEs—categories of actions that the
agency has determined normally do not
significantly affect the quality of the
human environment—in their agency
NEPA procedures. 42 U.S.C. 4336(e)(1);
40 CFR 1501.4, 1507.3(e)(2)(ii),
1508.1(d). If an agency determines that
a CE covers a proposed action, it then
evaluates the proposed action for
extraordinary circumstances in which a
normally excluded action may have a
significant effect. 40 CFR 1501.4(b). If
no extraordinary circumstances are
present or if further analysis determines
that the extraordinary circumstances do
not involve the potential for significant
environmental effects, the agency may
apply the CE to the proposed action
without preparing an EA or EIS. 42
U.S.C. 4336(a)(2), 40 CFR 1501.4. If the
extraordinary circumstances have the
potential to result in significant effects,
the agency is required to prepare an EA
or EIS.
Section 109 of NEPA, enacted as part
of the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023,
allows a Federal agency to ‘‘adopt’’ and
use another agency’s CEs for a category
of proposed agency actions. 42 U.S.C.
the Fiscal Responsibility Act of 2023, Public Law
118–5, 4336a, 137 Stat. 42.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
[Project No. 3442-029]
City of Nashua, New Hampshire; Notice of Intent To Prepare an
Environmental Assessment
On July 30, 2021, City of Nashua (Nashua) filed an application for
a new license for the 3-megawatt Mine Falls Hydroelectric Project No.
3442 (project).
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The project is located on the Nashua River in Hillsborough County, New
Hampshire.
In accordance with the Commission's regulations, on November 21,
2023, Commission staff issued a notice that the project was ready for
environmental analysis (REA Notice). Based on the information in the
record, including comments filed on the REA Notice, staff does not
anticipate that licensing the project would constitute a major federal
action significantly affecting the quality of the human environment.
Therefore, staff intends to prepare an Environmental Assessment (EA) on
the application to relicense the Mine Falls Project.
The EA will be issued and circulated for review by all interested
parties. All comments filed on the EA will be analyzed by staff and
considered in the Commission's final licensing decision.
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 to access
publicly available information and navigate Commission 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].
The application will be processed according to the following
schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be made as appropriate.
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\1\ The Council on Environmental Quality's (CEQ) regulations
under 40 CFR 1501.10(b)(1) require that EAs be completed within 1
year of the federal action agency's decision to prepare an EA. This
notice establishes the Commission's intent to prepare an EA for the
Mine Falls Project. See National Environmental Policy Act, 42 U.S.C.
4321 et seq., as amended by section 107(g)(1)(B)(iii) of the Fiscal
Responsibility Act of 2023, Public Law 118-5, 4336a, 137 Stat. 42.
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Milestone Target date
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Commission issues EA.................... February 2025.\1\
Comments on EA.......................... March 2025.
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Any questions regarding this notice may be directed to Khatoon
Melick at (202) 502-8433 or [email protected].
Dated: February 13, 2024.
Debbie-Anne A. Reese,
Acting Secretary.
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