80 FR 27161 - Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, Energy Keepers, Incorporated; Notice of Application for Partial Transfer of License and Co-Licensee Status and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Protests
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 91 (May 12, 2015)
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 91 (May 12, 2015)
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| FR Document | 2015-11411 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 91 (Tuesday, May 12, 2015)] [Notices] [Page 27161] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-11411] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 5-098] Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, Energy Keepers, Incorporated; Notice of Application for Partial Transfer of License and Co-Licensee Status and Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, and Protests On April 14, 2015, the Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes (transferor or co-licensee or CSKT) and Energy Keepers, Incorporated (transferee or EKI) filed an application for a partial transfer of license and co-licensee status of the Kerr Hydroelectric Project, FERC No. 5, located on the Flathead River and Flathead Creek in Flathead Lake County, Montana. The transferor and transferee seek Commission approval to partially transfer the license for the Kerr Hydroelectric Project from NorthWestern Corporation and Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes as co-licensees to Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes and Northwestern and add the transferee as a co-licensee. The transfer application was filed by CSKT and EKI. Northwestern specially joined the application and does not dispute the representations made by CSKT and/or EKI, concerning: (1) The legal or financial status of either CSKT or EKI; or (2) the organizational structure, staffing or proposed operations by either CSKT or EKI. Applicant Contacts: For Transferors: Rhonda Swaney, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Tribes, P.O. Box 278, Pablo, MT 59855, Phone: 406- 675-2700, Email: rhondas@cskt.org; John K. Tabaracci, Corporate Counsel, NorthWestern Corporation, 208 North Montana Avenue, Suite, 205, Helena, MT 59601, Phone: 406-443-8983, Email: john.tabaracci@northwestern.com; Matthew A. Love, Van Ness Feldman, LLP, 719 Second Avenue, Suite 1150, Seattle, WA 98104, Phone: 206-623- 9372, Email: mal@vnf.com. For Transferee: Joe Hovenkotter, Energy Keepers, Inc., 110 Main Street, Suite 304, Polson, MT 59860, Phone: 406-883-1113, Email: joe.hovenkotter@energykeepersinc.com; Gary D. Bachman, Van Ness Feldman, LLP, 1050 Thomas Jefferson Street NW., Seventh Floor, Washington, DC 20007, Phone: 202-298-1880, Email: gdb@vnf.com. FERC Contact: Patricia W. Gillis, (202) 502-8735. Deadline for filing comments and motions to intervene: 30 days from the issuance date of this notice, by the Commission. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file motions to intervene and comments using the Commission's eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can submit brief comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the eComment system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. 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, please send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should include docket number P-5-098. Dated: April 28, 2015. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2015-11411 Filed 5-11-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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our findings on the impacts on historic or toll free at (866) 208–3676, or for or (2) the organizational structure,
properties and summarize the status of TTY, contact (202) 502–8659. The staffing or proposed operations by either
consultations under section 106. eLibrary link also provides access to the CSKT or EKI.
texts of formal documents issued by the Applicant Contacts: For Transferors:
Environmental Mailing List
Commission, such as orders, notices, Rhonda Swaney, Confederated Salish
The environmental mailing list and rulemakings.
includes federal, state, and local and Kootenai Tribes, P.O. Box 278,
In addition, the Commission offers a
government representatives and Pablo, MT 59855, Phone: 406–675–
free service called eSubscription which
agencies; elected officials; allows you to keep track of all formal 2700, Email: rhondas@cskt.org; John K.
environmental and public interest issuances and submittals in specific Tabaracci, Corporate Counsel,
groups; Native American Tribes; other dockets. This can reduce the amount of NorthWestern Corporation, 208 North
interested parties; and local libraries time you spend researching proceedings Montana Avenue, Suite, 205, Helena,
and newspapers. This list also includes by automatically providing you with MT 59601, Phone: 406–443–8983,
all affected landowners (as defined in notification of these filings, document Email: john.tabaracci@
the Commission’s regulations) who are summaries, and direct links to the northwestern.com; Matthew A. Love,
potential right-of-way grantors, whose documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/docs- Van Ness Feldman, LLP, 719 Second
property may be used temporarily for filing/esubscription.asp. Avenue, Suite 1150, Seattle, WA 98104,
project purposes, or who own homes Finally, public meetings or site visits Phone: 206–623–9372, Email: mal@
within certain distances of aboveground will be posted on the Commission’s vnf.com. For Transferee: Joe
facilities, and anyone who submits calendar located at www.ferc.gov/ Hovenkotter, Energy Keepers, Inc., 110
comments on the project. We will EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along Main Street, Suite 304, Polson, MT
update the environmental mailing list as with other related information. 59860, Phone: 406–883–1113, Email:
the analysis proceeds to ensure that we
Dated: May 6, 2015. joe.hovenkotter@energykeepersinc.com;
send the information related to this
environmental review to all individuals, Kimberly D. Bose, Gary D. Bachman, Van Ness Feldman,
organizations, and government entities Secretary. LLP, 1050 Thomas Jefferson Street NW.,
interested in and/or potentially affected [FR Doc. 2015–11404 Filed 5–11–15; 8:45 am]
Seventh Floor, Washington, DC 20007,
by the proposed project. If we publish BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
Phone: 202–298–1880, Email: gdb@
and distribute the EA, copies will be vnf.com.
sent to the environmental mailing list FERC Contact: Patricia W. Gillis, (202)
for public review and comment. If you DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 502–8735.
would prefer to receive a paper copy of Deadline for filing comments and
the document instead of the CD version Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission motions to intervene: 30 days from the
or would like to remove your name from
issuance date of this notice, by the
the mailing list, please return the [Project No. 5–098] Commission. The Commission strongly
attached Information Request (appendix
2). Confederated Salish and Kootenai encourages electronic filing. Please file
Tribes, Energy Keepers, Incorporated; motions to intervene and comments
Becoming an Intervenor using the Commission’s eFiling system
Notice of Application for Partial
In addition to involvement in the EA Transfer of License and Co-Licensee at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
scoping process, you may want to Status and Soliciting Comments, efiling.asp. Commenters can submit
become an ‘‘intervenor’’ which is an Motions To Intervene, and Protests brief comments up to 6,000 characters,
official party to the Commission’s without prior registration, using the
proceeding. Intervenors play a more On April 14, 2015, the Confederated eComment system at http://
formal role in the process and are able Salish and Kootenai Tribes (transferor or www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
to file briefs, appear at hearings, and be co-licensee or CSKT) and Energy ecomment.asp. You must include your
heard by the courts if they choose to Keepers, Incorporated (transferee or name and contact information at the end
appeal the Commission’s final ruling. EKI) filed an application for a partial of your comments. For assistance,
An intervenor formally participates in transfer of license and co-licensee status
please contact FERC Online Support at
the proceeding by filing a request to of the Kerr Hydroelectric Project, FERC
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866)
intervene. Instructions for becoming an No. 5, located on the Flathead River and
208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659
intervenor are in the User’s Guide under Flathead Creek in Flathead Lake
County, Montana. (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please
the ‘‘e-filing’’ link on the Commission’s send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal
Web site. The transferor and transferee seek
Commission approval to partially Energy Regulatory Commission, 888
Additional Information transfer the license for the Kerr First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
Additional information about the Hydroelectric Project from The first page of any filing should
project is available from the NorthWestern Corporation and include docket number P–5–098.
Commission’s Office of External Affairs, Confederated Salish and Kootenai Dated: April 28, 2015.
at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC Web Tribes as co-licensees to Confederated Kimberly D. Bose,
site at www.ferc.gov using the Salish and Kootenai Tribes and
Secretary.
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‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Click on the eLibrary Northwestern and add the transferee as
[FR Doc. 2015–11411 Filed 5–11–15; 8:45 am]
link, click on ‘‘General Search’’ and a co-licensee. The transfer application
enter the docket number, excluding the was filed by CSKT and EKI. BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
last three digits in the Docket Number Northwestern specially joined the
field (i.e., CP15–118). Be sure you have application and does not dispute the
selected an appropriate date range. For representations made by CSKT and/or
assistance, please contact FERC Online EKI, concerning: (1) The legal or
Support at FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov financial status of either CSKT or EKI;
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