80 FR 46263 - California Independent System Operator Corporation; Notice of Filing
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 149 (August 4, 2015)
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 149 (August 4, 2015)
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| FR Document | 2015-19062 |
[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 149 (Tuesday, August 4, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 46263-46264] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-19062] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. EL14-22-000] California Independent System Operator Corporation; Notice of Filing Take notice that on July 23, 2015, California Independent System Operator Corporation filed a compliance filing in response to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission's March 20, 2014 Order to Show Cause.\1\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ Posting of Offers to Purchase Capacity, Order to Show Cause, 146 FERC ] 61,203 (2014). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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 [[Page 46264]] serve motions to intervene or protests on persons other than the Applicant. The Commission encourages electronic submission of protests and interventions in lieu of paper using the ``eFiling'' link at http://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file electronically should submit an original and 14 copies of the protest or intervention to the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. This filing is accessible on-line at http://www.ferc.gov, using the ``eLibrary'' link and is available for review in the Commission's Public Reference Room in Washington, DC. There is an ``eSubscription'' link on the Web site that enables subscribers to receive email notification when a document is added to a subscribed docket(s). For assistance with any FERC Online service, please email [email protected], or call (866) 208-3676 (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502-8659. Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on August 18, 2015. Dated: July 28, 2015. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2015-19062 Filed 8-3-15; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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and to identify and resolve issues before and access roads). Our EA for this number, excluding the last three digits
the FERC receives an application. As project will document our findings on in the Docket Number field (i.e., PF15–
part of our pre-filing review, we have the impacts on historic properties and 24). Be sure you have selected an
begun to contact some federal and state summarize the status of consultations appropriate date range. For assistance,
agencies to discuss their involvement in under section 106. please contact FERC Online Support at
the scoping process and the preparation FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll free
Environmental Mailing List
of the EA. at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, contact
The EA will present our independent The environmental mailing list (202) 502–8659. The eLibrary link also
analysis of the issues. The EA will be includes federal, state, and local provides access to the texts of formal
available in the public record through government representatives and documents issued by the Commission,
eLibrary. Directions for use of eLibrary agencies; elected officials; such as orders, notices, and
are provided on page 6 under environmental and public interest rulemakings.
Additional Information. Depending on groups; Native American Tribes; other In addition, the Commission offers a
the comments received during the interested parties; and local libraries free service called eSubscription which
scoping process, we may also publish and newspapers. This list also includes allows you to keep track of all formal
and distribute the EA to the public for all affected landowners (as defined in issuances and submittals in specific
an allotted comment period. We will the Commission’s regulations) who are dockets. This can reduce the amount of
consider all comments on the EA before potential right-of-way grantors, whose time you spend researching proceedings
we make our recommendations to the property may be used temporarily for by automatically providing you with
Commission. To ensure we have the project purposes, or who own homes notification of these filings, document
opportunity to consider and address within certain distances of aboveground summaries, and direct links to the
your comments, please carefully follow facilities, and anyone who submits documents. Go to www.ferc.gov/docs-
the instructions in the Public comments on the project. We will filing/esubscription.asp.
Participation section, beginning on page update the environmental mailing list as Finally, public meetings or site visits
2. the analysis proceeds to ensure that we will be posted on the Commission’s
With this notice, we are asking send the information related to this calendar located at www.ferc.gov/
agencies with jurisdiction by law and/ environmental review to all individuals, EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along
or special expertise with respect to the organizations, and government entities with other related information.
environmental issues related to this interested in and/or potentially affected Dated: July 28, 2015.
project to formally cooperate with us in by the planned project. Kimberly D. Bose,
the preparation of the EA.4 Agencies Copies of the EA will be sent to the Secretary.
that would like to request cooperating environmental mailing list for public
[FR Doc. 2015–19069 Filed 8–3–15; 8:45 am]
agency status should follow the review and comment. If you would
BILLING CODE 6717–01P
instructions for filing comments prefer to receive a paper copy of the
provided under the Public Participation document instead of the CD version or
section of this notice. would like to remove your name from DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Consultations Under Section 106 of the the mailing list, please return the
National Historic Preservation Act attached Information Request (appendix Federal Energy Regulatory
2). Commission
In accordance with the Advisory
Council on Historic Preservation’s Becoming an Intervenor [Docket No. EL14–22–000]
implementing regulations for section Once WBI Energy files its application
106 of the National Historic with the Commission, you may want to California Independent System
Preservation Act, we are using this become an ‘‘intervenor’’ which is an Operator Corporation; Notice of Filing
notice to initiate consultation with the official party to the Commission’s Take notice that on July 23, 2015,
applicable State Historic Preservation proceeding. Intervenors play a more California Independent System Operator
Office(s), and to solicit their views and formal role in the process and are able Corporation filed a compliance filing in
those of other government agencies, to file briefs, appear at hearings, and be response to the Federal Energy
interested Indian tribes, and the public heard by the courts if they choose to Regulatory Commission’s March 20,
on the project’s potential effects on appeal the Commission’s final ruling. 2014 Order to Show Cause.1
historic properties.5 We will define the An intervenor formally participates in Any person desiring to intervene or to
project-specific Area of Potential Effects the proceeding by filing a request to protest this filing must file in
(APE) in consultation with the SHPO(s) intervene. Instructions for becoming an accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of
as the project develops. On natural gas intervenor are in the User’s Guide under the Commission’s Rules of Practice and
facility projects, the APE at a minimum the ‘‘e-filing’’ link on the Commission’s Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214).
encompasses all areas subject to ground Web site. Please note that the Protests will be considered by the
disturbance (examples include Commission will not accept requests for Commission in determining the
construction right-of-way, contractor/ intervenor status at this time. You must appropriate action to be taken, but will
pipe storage yards, compressor stations, wait until the Commission receives a not serve to make protestants parties to
formal application for the project. the proceeding. Any person wishing to
4 The Council on Environmental Quality
regulations addressing cooperating agency Additional Information become a party must file a notice of
responsibilities are at Title 40, Code of Federal intervention or motion to intervene, as
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Regulations, Part 1501.6. Additional information about the appropriate. Such notices, motions, or
5 The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation project is available from the protests must be filed on or before the
regulations are at Title 36, Code of Federal Commission’s Office of External Affairs, comment date. On or before the
Regulations, Part 800. Those regulations define at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC Web
historic properties as any prehistoric or historic comment date, it is not necessary to
district, site, building, structure, or object included
site (www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary
in or eligible for inclusion in the National Register link. Click on the eLibrary link, click on 1 Posting of Offers to Purchase Capacity, Order to
of Historic Places. ‘‘General Search’’ and enter the docket Show Cause, 146 FERC ¶ 61,203 (2014).
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serve motions to intervene or protests Dated: July 28, 2015. 12-inch-diameter raw water pipeline
on persons other than the Applicant. Kimberly D. Bose, within the city’s water treatment plant.
The Commission encourages Secretary. The project would be located in the
electronic submission of protests and [FR Doc. 2015–19062 Filed 8–3–15; 8:45 am] Town of Grand Lake, Colorado.
interventions in lieu of paper using the BILLING CODE 6717–01–P Applicant Contact: Jim White, Town
‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov. Manager, P.O. Box 99, Grand Lake, CO,
Persons unable to file electronically Phone No. (970) 627–3435.
should submit an original and 14 copies DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY FERC Contact: Christopher Chaney,
of the protest or intervention to the Phone No. (202) 502–6778, email:
Federal Energy Regulatory christopher.chaney@ferc.gov.
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, Commission
888 First Street NE., Washington, DC Qualifying Conduit Hydropower
20426. [Docket No. CD15–31–000] Facility Description: The proposed
project would consist of: (1) An
This filing is accessible on-line at Town of Grand Lake, Colorado; Notice approximately 360-square-foot
http://www.ferc.gov, using the of Preliminary Determination of a powerhouse within the existing water
‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for Qualifying Conduit Hydropower treatment plant building; (2) a short
review in the Commission’s Public Facility and Soliciting Comments and intake receiving water from the existing
Reference Room in Washington, DC. Motions To Intervene 12-inch-diameter raw water pipeline; (3)
There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the one turbine/generator unit with an
Web site that enables subscribers to On July 16, 2015, the Town of Grand
Lake, Colorado, filed a notice of intent installed capacity of 20 kW; (4) a short
receive email notification when a discharge returning water to the existing
to construct a qualifying conduit
document is added to a subscribed 12-inch-diameter raw water pipeline;
hydropower facility, pursuant to section
docket(s). For assistance with any FERC and (5) appurtenant facilities.
30 of the Federal Power Act (FPA), as
Online service, please email amended by section 4 of the The proposed project would have a
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act total installed capacity of 20 kW.
(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call of 2013 (HREA). The proposed Grand A qualifying conduit hydropower
(202) 502–8659. Lake WTP Hydro Project would have an facility is one that is determined or
Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern installed capacity of 20 kilowatts (kW), deemed to meet all of the criteria shown
Time on August 18, 2015. and would be located along an existing in the table below.
TABLE 1—CRITERIA FOR QUALIFYING CONDUIT HYDROPOWER FACILITY
Satisfies
Statutory provision Description (Y/N)
FPA 30(a)(3)(A), as amended by HREA ............................................. The conduit the facility uses is a tunnel, canal, pipeline, Y
aqueduct, flume, ditch, or similar manmade water conveyance
that is operated for the distribution of water for agricultural,
municipal, or industrial consumption and not primarily for the
generation of electricity
FPA 30(a)(3)(C)(i), as amended by HREA ......................................... The facility is constructed, operated, or maintained for the Y
generation of electric power and uses for such generation
only the hydroelectric potential of a non-federally owned
conduit
FPA 30(a)(3)(C)(ii), as amended by HREA ......................................... The facility has an installed capacity that does not exceed 5 Y
megawatts
FPA 30(a)(3)(C)(iii), as amended by HREA ........................................ On or before August 9, 2013, the facility is not licensed, or Y
exempted from the licensing requirements of Part I of the
FPA
Preliminary Determination: Based and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210 and 385.2001 through 385.2005 of the
upon the above criteria, Commission 385.214. Any motions to intervene must Commission’s regulations.1 All
staff preliminarily determines that the be received on or before the specified comments contesting Commission staff’s
proposal satisfies the requirements for a deadline date for the particular preliminary determination that the
qualifying conduit hydropower facility, proceeding. facility meets the qualifying criteria
which is not required to be licensed or Filing and Service of Responsive must set forth their evidentiary basis.
exempted from licensing. Documents: All filings must (1) bear in The Commission strongly encourages
Comments and Motions to Intervene: all capital letters the ‘‘COMMENTS electronic filing. Please file motions to
Deadline for filing comments contesting CONTESTING QUALIFICATION FOR A intervene and comments using the
whether the facility meets the qualifying CONDUIT HYDROPOWER FACILITY’’ Commission’s eFiling system at http://
criteria is 45 days from the issuance or ‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE,’’ as www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp.
date of this notice.
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applicable; (2) state in the heading the Commenters can submit brief comments
Deadline for filing motions to name of the applicant and the project up to 6,000 characters, without prior
intervene is 30 days from the issuance number of the application to which the registration, using the eComment system
date of this notice. filing responds; (3) state the name, at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
Anyone may submit comments or a address, and telephone number of the ecomment.asp. You must include your
motion to intervene in accordance with person filing; and (4) otherwise comply
the requirements of Rules of Practice with the requirements of sections 1 18 CFR 385.2001–2005 (2014).
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