80 FR 72716 - Notice of Public Hearings for the Draft Northern Pass Transmission Line Project Environmental Impact Statement and the Supplement to the Draft EIS
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 224 (November 20, 2015)
Federal Register Volume 80, Issue 224 (November 20, 2015)
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[Federal Register Volume 80, Number 224 (Friday, November 20, 2015)] [Notices] [Pages 72716-72717] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2015-29688] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY [OE Docket No. PP-371] Notice of Public Hearings for the Draft Northern Pass Transmission Line Project Environmental Impact Statement and the Supplement to the Draft EIS AGENCY: Department of Energy. ACTION: Notice of public hearings. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) announces public hearings to receive comments on the Draft EIS (DOE/EIS-0463) and the Supplement to the Draft EIS (DOE/EIS-0463 S1). The Draft EIS and the Supplement to the Draft EIS evaluate the potential environmental impacts of DOE's proposed Federal action of issuing a Presidential permit to Northern Pass LLC (the Applicant) to construct, operate, maintain, and connect a new electric transmission line across the U.S./Canada border in northern New Hampshire. DATES: The public review period to receive comments on the Draft EIS and the Supplement to the Draft EIS closes on January 4, 2016. See the Public Participation section for more information about submitting comments. DOE will conduct public hearings to receive oral and written comments on the draft EIS and the Supplement to the Draft EIS at the following locations commencing at the times identified: Whitefield: Tuesday December 15, 2015, 1:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m., Mountain View Grand Resort and Spa, Presidential Room, 101 Mountain View Road, Whitefield, NH 03598. Concord: Wednesday December 16, 2015, 6:00 p.m., Grappone Conference Center, Granite Ballroom, 70 Constitution Avenue, Concord, NH 03301. Plymouth: Thursday December 17, 2015, 6:00 p.m., Plymouth State University, Ice Arena Welcome Center, 129 NH Route 175A, Holderness, NH 03245. ADDRESSES: Requests to pre-register to provide oral comments at a public hearing should be addressed to the Northern Pass EIS Team at this email address: info@northernpasseis.us. Comments on the draft EIS and the Supplement to the Draft EIS can be submitted verbally during public hearings or in writing to Mr. Brian Mills at: Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE- 20), U.S. Department of Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., Washington, DC 20585; via email to draftEIScomments@northernpasseis.us; by facsimile to (202) 586-8008; or through the project Web site at http://www.northernpasseis.us/. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. Brian Mills at the addresses above, or at 202-586-8267. SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Public Participation Comments: 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 and the Supplement to the Draft EIS. The public comment period on the Draft EIS started on July 31, 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 the public comment period on the Supplement began on November 20, 2015 with publication in the Federal Register by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency of its Notice of Availability of the Supplement to the Draft EIS. The public review period to receive comments on the Draft EIS and the Supplement to the Draft EIS closes on January 4, 2016. Please mark envelopes and electronic mail subject lines as ``NP Draft EIS Comments.'' Written comments should be submitted by January 4, 2016. 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 submitted (e.g., postmarked) after that date will be considered to the extent practicable. Public Hearings: When requesting to pre-register to provide oral comments at a public hearing (see the DATES section for times and locations), please include your full name and email address, and specify the location you request to speak at. For the Whitefield, NH meeting, please indicate which meeting time you wish to speak at. Please state in the subject line, ``NP Draft EIS Public Hearing Speaker Request.'' Please submit your request by December 7, 2015; requests received by that date will be given priority in the speaking order. However, requests to speak may also be made at the hearing. The speaking order will be as follows: (1) Elected Officials; (2) Pre- registered speakers (order determined on a first-come, first-served basis); (3) Speakers registering at the meeting. Pre-registered speakers who have requested to speak at a specific time will be accommodated as possible. [[Page 72717]] Availability of the Draft EIS and the Supplement to the Draft EIS The documents are available online at http://www.northernpasseis.us/. Copies of the draft EIS and the Supplement to the Draft EIS are also available at a number of public libraries and town halls (a list of locations is found here: http://media.northernpasseis.us/media/DraftEIS_Hard_Copy_Locations.pdf.) Printed copies of the documents may be obtained by contacting Mr. Mills at the above address. Issued in Washington, DC, on November 13, 2015. Meghan Conklin, Deputy Assistant Secretary, National Electricity Delivery, Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability. 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ACTION: Notice of document availability. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY draftEIScomments@northernpasseis.us;
by facsimile to (202) 586–8008; or
SUMMARY: Copies of the Bonneville [OE Docket No. PP–371]
through the project Web site at http://
Purchasing Instructions (BPI), which www.northernpasseis.us/.
contain the policy and establish the Notice of Public Hearings for the Draft
Northern Pass Transmission Line FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr.
procedures that BPA uses in the Brian Mills at the addresses above, or at
solicitation, award, and administration Project Environmental Impact
Statement and the Supplement to the 202–586–8267.
of its purchases of goods and services,
including construction, are available in Draft EIS SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
printed form or at the following Internet AGENCY: Department of Energy. Public Participation
address: http://www.bpa.gov/corporate/ ACTION: Notice of public hearings. Comments: DOE invites interested
business/bpi.
Members of Congress, state and local
Copies of the Bonneville Financial SUMMARY: The U.S. Department of
governments, other Federal agencies,
Assistance Instructions (BFAI), which Energy (DOE) announces public
American Indian tribal governments,
contain the policy and establish the hearings to receive comments on the
organizations, and members of the
procedures that BPA uses in the Draft EIS (DOE/EIS–0463) and the
public to provide comments on the Draft
solicitation, award, and administration Supplement to the Draft EIS (DOE/EIS–
EIS and the Supplement to the Draft
of financial assistance instruments 0463 S1). The Draft EIS and the
EIS.
(principally grants and cooperative Supplement to the Draft EIS evaluate The public comment period on the
agreements), are available in printed the potential environmental impacts of Draft EIS started on July 31, 2015, with
form or available at the following DOE’s proposed Federal action of the publication in the Federal Register
Internet address: http://www.bpa.gov/ issuing a Presidential permit to by the U.S. Environmental Protection
corporate/business/bfai. Northern Pass LLC (the Applicant) to Agency of its Notice of Availability of
ADDRESSES: Unbound copies of the BPI construct, operate, maintain, and the Draft EIS, and the public comment
or BFAI may be obtained by sending a connect a new electric transmission line period on the Supplement began on
request to the Head of the Contracting across the U.S./Canada border in November 20, 2015 with publication in
Activity, Routing CGP–7, Bonneville northern New Hampshire. the Federal Register by the U.S.
Power Administration, P.O. Box 3621, DATES: The public review period to Environmental Protection Agency of its
Portland, Oregon 97208–3621. receive comments on the Draft EIS and Notice of Availability of the Supplement
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: the Supplement to the Draft EIS closes to the Draft EIS.
Head of Contracting Activity, (503) 230– on January 4, 2016. See the Public The public review period to receive
5498. Participation section for more comments on the Draft EIS and the
information about submitting Supplement to the Draft EIS closes on
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: BPA was
comments. January 4, 2016. Please mark envelopes
established in 1937 as a Federal Power DOE will conduct public hearings to
Marketing Agency in the Pacific and electronic mail subject lines as ‘‘NP
receive oral and written comments on Draft EIS Comments.’’ Written
Northwest. BPA operations are financed the draft EIS and the Supplement to the
from power revenues rather than annual comments should be submitted by
Draft EIS at the following locations January 4, 2016. Written and oral
appropriations. BPA’s purchasing commencing at the times identified:
operations are conducted under 16 comments will be given equal weight
Whitefield: Tuesday December 15, and all comments received or
U.S.C. 832 et seq. and related statutes. 2015, 1:00 p.m. and 6:00 p.m., Mountain
Pursuant to these special authorities, the postmarked by that date will be
View Grand Resort and Spa, considered by DOE in preparing the
BPI is promulgated as a statement of Presidential Room, 101 Mountain View
purchasing policy and as a body of Final EIS. Comments submitted (e.g.,
Road, Whitefield, NH 03598. postmarked) after that date will be
interpretative regulations governing the Concord: Wednesday December 16,
conduct of BPA purchasing activities, considered to the extent practicable.
2015, 6:00 p.m., Grappone Conference Public Hearings: When requesting to
and reflects BPA’s private sector Center, Granite Ballroom, 70
approach to purchasing the goods and pre-register to provide oral comments at
Constitution Avenue, Concord, NH a public hearing (see the DATES section
services that it requires. BPA’s financial 03301.
assistance operations are conducted for times and locations), please include
Plymouth: Thursday December 17, your full name and email address, and
under 16 U.S.C. 832 et seq. and 16 2015, 6:00 p.m., Plymouth State
U.S.C. 839 et seq. The BFAI express specify the location you request to speak
University, Ice Arena Welcome Center, at. For the Whitefield, NH meeting,
BPA’s financial assistance policy. The 129 NH Route 175A, Holderness, NH
BFAI also comprise BPA’s rules please indicate which meeting time you
03245. wish to speak at. Please state in the
governing implementation of the
principles provided in 2 CFR 200. ADDRESSES: Requests to pre-register to subject line, ‘‘NP Draft EIS Public
BPA’s solicitations and contracts provide oral comments at a public Hearing Speaker Request.’’ Please
include notice of applicability and hearing should be addressed to the submit your request by December 7,
availability of the BPI and the BFAI, as Northern Pass EIS Team at this email 2015; requests received by that date will
appropriate, for the information for address: info@northernpasseis.us. be given priority in the speaking order.
offerors on particular purchases or Comments on the draft EIS and the However, requests to speak may also be
financial assistance transactions. Supplement to the Draft EIS can be made at the hearing. The speaking order
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submitted verbally during public will be as follows: (1) Elected Officials;
Issued in Portland, Oregon, on November hearings or in writing to Mr. Brian Mills (2) Pre-registered speakers (order
13, 2015. at: Office of Electricity Delivery and determined on a first-come, first-served
Nicholas M. Jenkins, Energy Reliability (OE–20), U.S. basis); (3) Speakers registering at the
Manager, Purchasing/Property Governance. Department of Energy, 1000 meeting. Pre-registered speakers who
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Availability of the Draft EIS and the ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION the Table in this document, must be
Supplement to the Draft EIS AGENCY received on or before January 8, 2016.
The documents are available online at [EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0386; FRL–9936–94] ADDRESSES: Follow the detailed
http://www.northernpasseis.us/. Copies instructions provided under ADDRESSES
Pesticide Registration Review; Draft in the Federal Register document of
of the draft EIS and the Supplement to
Human Health and Ecological Risk September 25, 2015 (80 FR 57812)
the Draft EIS are also available at a Assessments for Certain (FRL–9933–68).
number of public libraries and town Organophosphates; Extension of
halls (a list of locations is found here: FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Comment Period
http://media.northernpasseis.us/media/ Persons listed with individual
DraftEIS_Hard_Copy_Locations.pdf.) AGENCY: Environmental Protection chemicals in the Table in this
Agency (EPA). document.
Printed copies of the documents may
ACTION: Notice; extension of comment
be obtained by contacting Mr. Mills at SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This
period.
the above address. document extends the public comment
Issued in Washington, DC, on November SUMMARY: EPA issued a notice in the period for certain chemicals established
13, 2015. Federal Register of September 25, 2015, in the Federal Register document of
opening a comment period on draft September 25, 2015 (80 FR 57812)
Meghan Conklin,
human health and ecological risk (FRL–9933–68). In that document, a
Deputy Assistant Secretary, National assessments for certain public comment period opened on
Electricity Delivery, Office of Electricity organophosphate pesticides listed in the EPA’s draft human health and
Delivery and Energy Reliability.
Table in this document, along with ecological risk assessments for the
[FR Doc. 2015–29688 Filed 11–19–15; 8:45 am] additional chemicals. This document registration review of certain members
BILLING CODE 6450–01–P extends the comment period by 45 days of a group of pesticides known
for just those chemicals listed in the collectively as organophosphates (see
Table in this document, i.e., from the following Table) and a number of
November 24, 2015 to January 8, 2016. other chemicals, which is set to end on
This comment period is being extended November 24, 2015. EPA is hereby
in response to comments received by extending by 45 days the comment
the Agency. period for only those chemicals listed in
DATES: Comments, identified by docket the following Table, i.e., from November
identification (ID) numbers identified in 24, 2015 to January 8, 2016.
TABLE—CHEMICALS WITH EXTENDED COMMENT PERIOD
Chemical review manager and contact
Registration review case name and number Docket ID No. information
Chlorpyrifos-methyl, 8011 .................................. EPA–HQ–OPP–2010–0119 ............................. Dana L. Friedman, friedman.dana@epa.gov,
(703) 347–8827.
Dicrotophos, 0145 .............................................. EPA–HQ–OPP–2008–0440 ............................. Khue Nguyen, Nguyen.khue@epa.gov, 703–
347–0248.
Dimethoate, 0088 ............................................... EPA–HQ–OPP–2009–0059 ............................. Kelly Ballard, ballard.kelly@epa.gov, (703)
305–8126.
Ethoprop, 0106 .................................................. EPA–HQ–OPP–2008–0560 ............................. Tracy Perry, perry.tracy@epa.gov, (703) 308–
0128.
Profenofos, 2540 ................................................ EPA–HQ–OPP–2008–0345 ............................. Christina Scheltema, scheltema.christina@
epa.gov, (703) 308–2201.
Terbufos, 0109 ................................................... EPA–HQ–OPP–2008–0119 ............................. Matthew Manupella, manupella.matthew@
epa.gov, (703) 347–0411.
Tribufos, 2145 .................................................... EPA–HQ–OPP–2008–0883 ............................. Marianne Mannix, mannix.marianne@epa.gov,
(703) 347–0275.
To submit comments, or access the ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION SUMMARY: EPA issued a notice in the
docket, please follow the detailed AGENCY Federal Register of September 25, 2015,
instructions provided under ADDRESSES concerning the publication of draft
in the Federal Register document of [EPA–HQ–OPP–2015–0386; FRL–9937–03] human health and ecological risk
September 25, 2015. If you have assessments for the registration review
questions on individual chemicals, Pesticide Registration Review; Draft of 22 sulfonylurea chemicals and certain
consult the person listed in the Table. Human Health and Ecological Risk other non-sulfonylurea chemicals. This
Assessments for Sulfonylureas; Notice document extends the comment period
Authority: 7 U.S.C. 136 et seq.
of Availability and Request for for 30 days for only the chemicals listed
Dated: November 12, 2015. Comment; Extension of Comment
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in the Table in this document, from
Michael Goodis, Period November 24, 2015 to December 24,
Acting Director, Pesticide Re-Evaluation AGENCY: Environmental Protection 2015. The comment period is being
Division, Office of Pesticide Programs. extended in response to comments
Agency (EPA).
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ACTION: Notice; extension of comment
received by the Agency requesting
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