80 FR 33510 - Notice of Availability (NOA) for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Announcement of Public Hearings for the Proposed New England Clean Power Link (NECPL) Transmission Line
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 113 (June 12, 2015)
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 113 (June 12, 2015)
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| FR Document | 2015-14335 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 113 (Friday, June 12, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 33510-33511] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-14335] ======================================================================= ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [OE Docket No. PP-400] Notice of Availability (NOA) for the Draft Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) and Announcement of Public Hearings for the Proposed New England Clean Power Link (NECPL) Transmission Line AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy. ACTION: Notice of availability and public hearings. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announces the availability of the ``Draft Environmental Impact Statement for the New England Clean Power Link Transmission Line Project'' (DOE/EIS-0503) for public review and comment. DOE is also announcing two public hearings to receive comments on the Draft EIS. The Draft EIS evaluates the environmental impacts of DOE's proposed Federal action of issuing a Presidential permit to the Applicant: Champlain VT, LLC, doing business as TDI New England (``TDI-NE''), to construct, operate, maintain, and connect a new electric transmission line across the U.S./Canada border in northern Vermont. DATES: DOE invites interested Members of Congress, state and local governments, other Federal agencies, American Indian tribal governments, organizations, and members of the public to provide comments on the Draft EIS during the 60-day public comment period. The public comment period starts on June 12, 2015, with the publication in the Federal Register by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of its Notice of Availability of the Draft EIS, and will continue until August 11, 2015. Written and oral comments will be given equal weight and all comments received or postmarked by that date will be considered by DOE in preparing the Final EIS. Comments received or postmarked after that date will be considered to the extent practicable. Locations, dates, and start time for the public hearings are listed in the SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of this NOA. ADDRESSES: Requests to provide oral comments at the public hearings may be made at the time of the hearing(s). Written comments on the Draft EIS may be provided on the NECPL EIS Web site at http://necplinkeis.com/ (preferred) or addressed to Mr. Brian Mills, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE- 20), U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., [[Page 33511]] Washington, DC 20585; by electronic mail to [email protected]; or by facsimile to 202-318-7761. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Brian Mills at the addresses above, or at 202-586-8267. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The public hearings will consist of the formal taking of comments with transcription by a court stenographer. The hearings will provide interested parties the opportunity to make comments for consideration in the preparation of the Final EIS. The locations, dates, and starting times of the public hearings are listed in the table below: ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Location Date and time Address ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Sheraton, Burlington, Vermont... July 15, 2015, 870 Williston 6:00 p.m. Road, South Burlington, Vermont 05403. Holiday Inn, Rutland, Vermont... July 16, 2015, 476 Holiday Drive, 6:00 p.m. Rutland, Vermont 05701. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Availability of the Draft EIS Copies of the Draft EIS have been distributed to appropriate members of Congress, state and local government officials, American Indian tribal governments, and other Federal agencies, groups, and interested parties. Printed copies of the document may be obtained by contacting Mr. Mills at the above address. Copies of the Draft EIS and supporting documents are also available for inspection at the following locations:South Hero Free Library--76 South Street, South Hero, Vermont Fletcher Free Library--235 College Street, Burlington, Vermont Winooski Public Library--32 Malletts Bay Avenue, Winooski, Vermont Middlebury Library--75 Main Street, Middlebury, Vermont Rutland Free Library--10 Court Street, Rutland, Vermont West Rutland Library--595 Main Street, West Rutland, Vermont Shrewsbury Library--98 Town Hill Road, Cuttingsville, Vermont Gilbert Hart Library--14 S. Main Street, Wallingford, Vermont Fair Haven Public Library--107 North Main Street, Fair Haven, Vermont Mount Holly Town Library--26 Maple Hill Road, Belmont, Vermont Bailey Memorial Library--111 Moulton Avenue, North Clarendon, Vermont The Draft EIS is also available on the EIS Web site at http://necplinkeis.com/ and on the DOE NEPA Web site at http://nepa.energy.gov/. Issued in Washington, DC, on June 4, 2015. Patricia A. Hoffman, Assistant Secretary, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability. [FR Doc. 2015-14335 Filed 6-11-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6450-01-P
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measure and when, during the project grantee is operating in compliance with DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
period, the applicant would meet the the assurances in its approved
[OE Docket No. PP–400]
performance target(s). application, including those applicable
Note: The Secretary encourages applicants to Federal civil rights laws that prohibit Notice of Availability (NOA) for the
to consider measures and targets tied to their discrimination in programs or activities Draft Environmental Impact Statement
grant activities (for instance, if grant funds receiving Federal financial assistance (EIS) and Announcement of Public
will support professional development for from the Department (34 CFR 100.4, Hearings for the Proposed New
teachers and other staff, applicants should
104.5, 106.4, 108.8, and 110.23). England Clean Power Link (NECPL)
include measures related to the outcomes for
the professional development), as well as to Transmission Line
VII. Agency Contact
student academic achievement during the
AGENCY: U.S. Department of Energy.
grant period. The measures should be For Further Information Contact:
sufficient to gauge the progress throughout ACTION: Notice of availability and public
Brian Martin, U.S. Department of
the grant period, and show results by the end hearings.
of the grant period.
Education, 400 Maryland Avenue SW.,
room 4W224, Washington, DC 20202– SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
For technical assistance in developing 5970. Telephone: (202) 205–9085 or by Energy (DOE) announces the availability
effective performance measures, email: brian.martin@ed.gov. of the ‘‘Draft Environmental Impact
applicants are encouraged to review Statement for the New England Clean
information provided by the If you use a TDD or a TTY, call the
FRS, toll free, at 1–800–877–8339. Power Link Transmission Line Project’’
Department’s Regional Educational (DOE/EIS–0503) for public review and
Laboratories (RELs). The RELs seek to VIII. Other Information comment. DOE is also announcing two
build the capacity of States and school public hearings to receive comments on
districts to incorporate data and Accessible Format: Individuals with the Draft EIS. The Draft EIS evaluates
research into education decision- disabilities can obtain this document the environmental impacts of DOE’s
making. Each REL provides research and a copy of the application package in proposed Federal action of issuing a
support and technical assistance to its an accessible format (e.g., braille, large Presidential permit to the Applicant:
region but makes learning opportunities print, audiotape, or compact disc) on Champlain VT, LLC, doing business as
available to educators everywhere. For request to the program contact person TDI New England (‘‘TDI–NE’’), to
example, the REL Northeast and Islands listed under For Further Information construct, operate, maintain, and
has created the following resource on Contact in section VII of this notice. connect a new electric transmission line
logic models: relpacific.mcrel.org/ across the U.S./Canada border in
resources/elm-app. Electronic Access to This Document:
The official version of this document is northern Vermont.
(4) The applicant must also describe
in the application: (i) the data collection the document published in the Federal DATES: DOE invites interested Members
and reporting methods the applicant Register. Free Internet access to the of Congress, state and local
would use and why those methods are official edition of the Federal Register governments, other Federal agencies,
likely to yield reliable, valid, and and the Code of Federal Regulations is American Indian tribal governments,
meaningful performance data, and (ii) available via the Federal Digital System organizations, and members of the
the applicant’s capacity to collect and at: www.gpo.gov/fdsys. At this site you public to provide comments on the Draft
report reliable, valid, and meaningful can view this document, as well as all EIS during the 60-day public comment
performance data, as evidenced by high- other documents of this Department period. The public comment period
quality data collection, analysis, and published in the Federal Register, in starts on June 12, 2015, with the
reporting in other projects or research. publication in the Federal Register by
text or Adobe Portable Document
the U.S. Environmental Protection
Note: If the applicant does not have Format (PDF). To use PDF you must
Agency of its Notice of Availability of
experience with collection and reporting of have Adobe Acrobat Reader, which is
performance data through other projects or the Draft EIS, and will continue until
available free at the site. August 11, 2015. Written and oral
research, the applicant should provide other
evidence of capacity to successfully carry out You may also access documents of the comments will be given equal weight
data collection and reporting for their Department published in the Federal and all comments received or
proposed project. Register by using the article search postmarked by that date will be
All grantees must submit an annual feature at: www.federalregister.gov. considered by DOE in preparing the
performance report with information Specifically, through the advanced Final EIS. Comments received or
that is responsive to these performance search feature at this site, you can limit postmarked after that date will be
measures. your search to documents published by considered to the extent practicable.
5. Continuation Awards: In making a the Department. Locations, dates, and start time for the
continuation award under 34 CFR public hearings are listed in the
Dated: June 8, 2015.
75.253, the Secretary considers, among SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION section of
Nadya Chinoy Dabby, this NOA.
other things: whether a grantee has
made substantial progress in achieving Assistant Deputy Secretary for Innovation and ADDRESSES: Requests to provide oral
the goals and objectives of the project; Improvement. comments at the public hearings may be
whether the grantee has expended funds [FR Doc. 2015–14386 Filed 6–11–15; 8:45 am] made at the time of the hearing(s).
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in a manner that is consistent with its BILLING CODE 4000–01–P Written comments on the Draft EIS
approved application and budget; and, may be provided on the NECPL EIS Web
if the Secretary has established site at http://necplinkeis.com/
performance measurement (preferred) or addressed to Mr. Brian
requirements, the performance targets in Mills, Office of Electricity Delivery and
the grantee’s approved application. In Energy Reliability (OE–20), U.S.
making a continuation grant, the Department of Energy, 1000
Secretary also considers whether the Independence Avenue SW.,
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Washington, DC 20585; by electronic SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The comments for consideration in the
mail to Brian.Mills@hq.doe.gov; or by public hearings will consist of the preparation of the Final EIS.
facsimile to 202–318–7761. formal taking of comments with The locations, dates, and starting
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. transcription by a court stenographer. times of the public hearings are listed in
Brian Mills at the addresses above, or at The hearings will provide interested the table below:
202–586–8267. parties the opportunity to make
Location Date and time Address
Sheraton, Burlington, Vermont ........... July 15, 2015, 6:00 p.m .................... 870 Williston Road, South Burlington, Vermont 05403.
Holiday Inn, Rutland, Vermont ........... July 16, 2015, 6:00 p.m .................... 476 Holiday Drive, Rutland, Vermont 05701.
Availability of the Draft EIS DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Filed Date: 6/5/15.
Accession Number: 20150605–5136.
Copies of the Draft EIS have been Federal Energy Regulatory Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/26/15.
distributed to appropriate members of Commission Take notice that the Commission
Congress, state and local government received the following electric rate
officials, American Indian tribal Combined Notice of Filings #1
filings:
governments, and other Federal Take notice that the Commission
agencies, groups, and interested parties. Docket Numbers: ER10–2249–004.
received the following electric corporate Applicants: Portland General Electric
Printed copies of the document may be filings:
obtained by contacting Mr. Mills at the Company.
Docket Numbers: EC15–96–000. Description: Supplement to February
above address. Copies of the Draft EIS Applicants: Osprey Energy Center, 13, 2015 Notice of Non-Material Change
and supporting documents are also LLC, Duke Energy Florida, Inc. in Status of Portland General Electric
available for inspection at the following Description: Osprey Energy Center, Company.
locations: LLC and Duke Energy Florida, Inc Filed Date: 6/5/15
• South Hero Free Library—76 South submit additional information Accession Number: 20150605–5237
Street, South Hero, Vermont concerning the 3/13/15 application. Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/26/15.
Filed Date: 6/4/15.
• Fletcher Free Library—235 College Accession Number: 20150608–0019.
Docket Numbers: ER13–80–006.
Street, Burlington, Vermont Applicants: Tampa Electric Company.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/18/15.
Description: Compliance filing per 35:
• Winooski Public Library—32 Malletts Docket Numbers: EC15–154–000. OATT Order No. 1000 Amendment of
Bay Avenue, Winooski, Vermont Applicants: 67RK 8me LLC. 2014–2015 Compliance Filings to be
• Middlebury Library—75 Main Street, Description: Application for
effective 1/1/2015.
Middlebury, Vermont Authorization Under Section 203 of the
Filed Date: 6/8/15.
Federal Power Act, Request for
• Rutland Free Library—10 Court Accession Number: 20150608–5080.
Expedited Consideration and
Street, Rutland, Vermont Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/29/15.
Confidential Treatment of 67RK 8me
• West Rutland Library—595 Main LLC. Docket Numbers: ER13–86–006.
Filed Date: 6/5/15. Applicants: Duke Energy Florida, Inc.,
Street, West Rutland, Vermont
Accession Number: 20150605–5239. Duke Energy Carolinas, LLC.
• Shrewsbury Library—98 Town Hill Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/26/15. Description: Compliance filing per 35:
Road, Cuttingsville, Vermont FRCC Fourth Order No. 1000
Take notice that the Commission
• Gilbert Hart Library—14 S. Main received the following exempt Compliance Filing to be effective 1/1/
Street, Wallingford, Vermont wholesale generator filings: 2015.
Filed Date: 6/8/15.
• Fair Haven Public Library—107 North Docket Numbers: EG15–92–000. Accession Number: 20150608–5076.
Main Street, Fair Haven, Vermont Applicants: Panda Liberty LLC.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/29/15.
• Mount Holly Town Library—26 Description: Notice of Self-
Certification of Exempt Wholesale Docket Numbers: ER15–1210–001
Maple Hill Road, Belmont, Vermont Applicants: Midcontinent
Generator Status of Panda Liberty LLC.
• Bailey Memorial Library—111 Filed Date: 6/5/15. Independent System Operator, Inc.
Moulton Avenue, North Clarendon, Accession Number: 20150605–5131. Description: Compliance filing per 35:
Vermont Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/26/15. 2015–06–08_Hoosier-SIPC RTO Adder
Docket Numbers: EG15–93–000. Compliance to be effective 5/10/2015.
The Draft EIS is also available on the Applicants: Panda Patriot LLC. Filed Date: 6/8/15.
EIS Web site at http://necplinkeis.com/ Description: Notice of Self- Accession Number: 20150608–5152.
and on the DOE NEPA Web site at Certification of Exempt Wholesale Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/29/15.
http://nepa.energy.gov/. Generator Status of Panda Patriot LLC. Docket Numbers: ER15–1386–000.
Issued in Washington, DC, on June 4, 2015. Filed Date: 6/5/15. Applicants: Arizona Public Service
Company.
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Patricia A. Hoffman, Accession Number: 20150605–5132.
Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/26/15. Description: eTariff filing per
Assistant Secretary, Office of Electricity 35.19a(b): Service Agreement No. 343
Delivery and Energy Reliability. Docket Numbers: EG15–94–000.
Applicants: Panda Stonewall LLC. Refund Report to be effective N/A.
[FR Doc. 2015–14335 Filed 6–11–15; 8:45 am] Filed Date: 6/5/15.
Description: Notice of Self-
BILLING CODE 6450–01–P Certification of Exempt Wholesale Accession Number: 20150605–5121.
Generator Status of Panda Stonewall Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 6/26/15.
LLC. Docket Numbers: ER15–1877–000.
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