Department of Energy March 28, 2013 – Federal Register Recent Federal Regulation Documents

Walla Walla Basin Spring Chinook Hatchery Program
Document Number: 2013-07248
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-28
Agency: Bonneville Power Administration, Department of Energy
In accordance with the National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA), BPA intends to prepare an EIS on its decision whether to fund the Confederated Tribes of the Umatilla Indian Reservation's (CTUIR) proposal to construct and operate a hatchery for spring Chinook salmon in the Walla Walla River basin. The hatchery would expand facilities at the site of the CTUIR's existing Adult Holding and Spawning Facility on the South Fork Walla Walla River near the town of Milton-Freewater in Umatilla County, Oregon, to allow production of up to 500,000 yearling spring Chinook smolts. Project operations would include collection of adult spring Chinook for broodstock at Nursery Bridge Dam downstream of the proposed hatchery, incubation and rearing of juvenile spring Chinook, and release of smolts and adults in tributaries to the Walla Walla River in both Oregon and Washington. Spring Chinook were extirpated from the Walla Walla River basin in the early to mid-1900s. The proposal would augment fish populations available for harvest and aid in establishing a naturally spawning spring Chinook population. With this Notice of Intent, BPA is initiating the public scoping process for the EIS. BPA is requesting comments about potential environmental impacts that it should consider as it prepares the EIS. In accordance with DOE regulations for compliance with floodplain and wetlands environmental review requirements, BPA will prepare a floodplain and wetlands assessment to avoid or minimize potential harm to or within any affected floodplains and wetlands. The assessment will be included in the EIS.
Proposed Rate Extension and Opportunities for Public Review and Comment for the Cumberland System
Document Number: 2013-07241
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-28
Agency: Department of Energy, Southeastern Power Administration
Southeastern Power Administration (Southeastern) proposes to extend the existing schedules of rates and charges applicable to the sale of power from the Cumberland System effective for a two-year period, October 1, 2013, through September 30, 2015.
Combined Notice of Filings
Document Number: 2013-07218
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-28
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Revisions to Reliability Standard for Transmission Vegetation Management
Document Number: 2013-07113
Type: Rule
Date: 2013-03-28
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Under section 215 of the Federal Power Act (FPA), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (Commission) approves Reliability Standard FAC-003-2 (Transmission Vegetation Management), submitted to the Commission for approval by the North American Electric Reliability Corporation (NERC), the Commission-certified Electric Reliability Organization. Reliability Standard FAC-003-2 expands the applicability of the standard to include overhead transmission lines that are operated below 200 kV, if they are either an element of an Interconnection Reliability Operating Limit or an element of a Major WECC Transfer Path. Reliability Standard FAC-003-2 incorporates a new minimum annual inspection requirement, and incorporates new minimum vegetation clearance distances into the text of the standard. The Commission also approves the related definitions, violation severity levels, implementation plan, and effective dates proposed by NERC. The Commission approves the related violation risk factors, except that it directs a revision to the violation risk factor corresponding to one requirement.
ONEOK Texas Gas Storage, L.L.C.; Notice of Petition for Rate Approval
Document Number: 2013-07082
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-28
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Natural Gas Pipeline Company of America LLC; Notice of Application
Document Number: 2013-07081
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-28
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Bridgeline Holdings, L.P.; Notice of Petition for Rate Approval
Document Number: 2013-07080
Type: Notice
Date: 2013-03-28
Agency: Department of Energy, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
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