81 FR 22586 - Notice of Public Availability of FY 2015 Service Contract Inventories and Supplemental Data

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 74 (April 18, 2016)

Page Range		22586-22587
FR Document		2016-08863

In accordance with Section 743 of Division C of the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-117), the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is publishing this notice to advise the public on the availability of the FY 2015 Service Contract Inventory, a report that analyzes the Commission's FY 2015 Service Contract Inventory and an inventory supplement that identifies the amount invoiced and direct labor hours for covered service contract actions. The service contract inventory provides information on service contract actions over $25,000 that FERC completed in FY 2015. The information is organized by function to show how contracted resources are distributed throughout the agency. The inventory has been developed in accordance with guidance issued on November 5, 2010, by the Office of Management and Budget's Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP). OFPP's guidance is available at http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/ default/files/omb/procurement/memo/service-contract-inventories- guidance-11052010.pdf. On December 19, 2011, OFPP issued additional guidance available at http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/procurement/memo/ service-contract-inventory-guidance.pdf. FERC has posted its FY 2015 inventory and summary at the following link: http://www.ferc.gov/about/offices/oed/oed-fo/oed-acquisition.asp.

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission


Notice of Public Availability of FY 2015 Service Contract 
Inventories and Supplemental Data

April 6, 2016.
AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, DOE.

ACTION:  Notice of Public Availability of FY 2015 Service Contract 
Inventories and Supplemental Data.

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SUMMARY:  In accordance with Section 743 of Division C of the 
Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2010 (Pub. L. 111-117), the Federal 
Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) is publishing this notice to advise 
the public on the availability of the FY 2015 Service Contract 
Inventory, a report that analyzes the Commission's FY 2015 Service 
Contract Inventory and an inventory supplement that identifies the 
amount invoiced and direct labor hours for covered service contract 
actions.
    The service contract inventory provides information on service 
contract actions over $25,000 that FERC completed in FY 2015. The 
information is organized by function to show how contracted resources 
are distributed throughout the agency. The inventory has been developed 
in accordance with guidance issued on November 5, 2010, by the Office 
of Management and Budget's Office of Federal Procurement Policy (OFPP).
    OFPP's guidance is available at  http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/procurement/memo/service-contract-inventories-guidance-11052010.pdf.
    On December 19, 2011, OFPP issued additional guidance available at 
http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/omb/procurement/memo/service-contract-inventory-guidance.pdf.
    FERC has posted its FY 2015 inventory and summary at the following 
link: http://www.ferc.gov/about/offices/oed/oed-fo/oed-acquisition.asp.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Katharine Lindner, Acquisition 
Services Division, Office of the Executive Director, Federal Energy 
Regulatory

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Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-6044, 
[email protected].

Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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upon DOE’s request (2014 EIA LNG Filings may be submitted using one of Issued in Washington, DC, on April 12,
Export Study); 3 and the following methods: (1) Emailing the 2016.
• The Macroeconomic Impact of filing to fergas@hq.doe.gov, with FE John A. Anderson,
Increasing U.S. LNG Exports, conducted Docket No. 16–22–CGL in the title line; Director, Office of Regulation and
jointly by the Center for Energy Studies (2) mailing an original and three paper International Engagement, Office of Oil and
at Rice University’s Baker Institute for copies of the filing to the Office of Natural Gas.
Public Policy and Oxford Economics, on Regulation and International [FR Doc. 2016–08884 Filed 4–15–16; 8:45 am]
behalf of DOE (2015 LNG Export Engagement at the address listed in BILLING CODE 6450–01–P
Study).4 ADDRESSES; or (3) hand delivering an
Additionally, DOE will consider the original and three paper copies of the
following environmental document: DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
filing to the Office of Regulation and
• Addendum to Environmental International Engagement at the address Federal Energy Regulatory
Review Documents Concerning Exports listed in ADDRESSES. All filings must Commission
of Natural as From the United States, 79 include a reference to FE Docket No.
FR 48132 (Aug. 15, 2014); 5 16–22–CGL. PLEASE NOTE: If Notice of Public Availability of FY 2015
Parties that may oppose this submitting a filing via email, please Service Contract Inventories and
Application should address the above- include all related documents and Supplemental Data
listed issues and documents in their attachments (e.g., exhibits) in the
comments and/or protests, as well as April 6, 2016.
original email correspondence. Please AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory
other issues deemed relevant to the do not include any active hyperlinks or
Application. Commission, DOE.
password protection in any of the
The National Environmental Policy ACTION: Notice of Public Availability of
Act (NEPA), 42 U.S.C. 4321 et seq., documents or attachments related to the
FY 2015 Service Contract Inventories
requires DOE to give appropriate filing. All electronic filings submitted to and Supplemental Data.
consideration to the environmental DOE must follow these guidelines to
effects of its proposed decisions. No ensure that all documents are filed in a SUMMARY: In accordance with Section
final decision will be issued in this timely manner. Any hardcopy filing 743 of Division C of the Consolidated
proceeding until DOE has met its submitted greater in length than 50 Appropriations Act of 2010 (Pub. L.
environmental responsibilities. pages must also include, at the time of 111–117), the Federal Energy Regulatory
the filing, a digital copy on disk of the Commission (FERC) is publishing this
Public Comment Procedures entire submission. notice to advise the public on the
In response to this Notice, any person availability of the FY 2015 Service
A decisional record on the
may file a protest, comments, or a Contract Inventory, a report that
Application will be developed through
motion to intervene or notice of analyzes the Commission’s FY 2015
responses to this notice by parties,
intervention, as applicable. Due to the Service Contract Inventory and an
including the parties’ written comments inventory supplement that identifies the
complexity of the issues raised by the
and replies thereto. Additional amount invoiced and direct labor hours
Applicant, interested parties will be
provided 60 days from the date of procedures will be used as necessary to for covered service contract actions.
publication of this Notice in which to achieve a complete understanding of the The service contract inventory
submit their comments, protests, facts and issues. If an additional provides information on service contract
motions to intervene, or notices of procedure is scheduled, notice will be actions over $25,000 that FERC
intervention. provided to all parties. If no party completed in FY 2015. The information
Any person wishing to become a party requests additional procedures, a final is organized by function to show how
to the proceeding must file a motion to Opinion and Order may be issued based contracted resources are distributed
intervene or notice of intervention. The on the official record, including the throughout the agency. The inventory
filing of comments or a protest with Application and responses filed by has been developed in accordance with
respect to the Application will not serve parties pursuant to this notice, in guidance issued on November 5, 2010,
to make the commenter or protestant a accordance with 10 CFR 590.316. by the Office of Management and
party to the proceeding, although The Application is available for Budget’s Office of Federal Procurement
protests and comments received from inspection and copying in the Office of Policy (OFPP).
persons who are not parties will be OFPP’s guidance is available at
Regulation and International
considered in determining the http://www.whitehouse.gov/sites/
Engagement docket room, Room 3E–
appropriate action to be taken on the default/files/omb/procurement/memo/
042, 1000 Independence Avenue SW., service-contract-inventories-guidance-
Application. All protests, comments,
motions to intervene, or notices of Washington, DC 20585. The docket 11052010.pdf.
intervention must meet the room is open between the hours of 8:00 On December 19, 2011, OFPP issued
requirements specified by the a.m. and 4:30 p.m., Monday through additional guidance available at http://
regulations in 10 CFR part 590. Friday, except Federal holidays. www.whitehouse.gov/sites/default/files/
The Application and any filed omb/procurement/memo/service-
3 The 2014 EIA LNG Export Study, published on
protests, motions to intervene or notice contract-inventory-guidance.pdf.
Oct. 29, 2014, is available at: https://www.eia.gov/ of interventions, and comments will FERC has posted its FY 2015
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analysis/requests/fe/.
4 The 2015 LNG Export Study, dated Oct. 29, also be available electronically by going inventory and summary at the following
2015, is available at: http://energy.gov/sites/prod/ to the following DOE/FE Web address: link: http://www.ferc.gov/about/offices/
files/2015/12/f27/20151113_macro_impact_of_lng_ http://www.fe.doe.gov/programs/ oed/oed-fo/oed-acquisition.asp.
exports_0.pdf. FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
5 The Addendum and related documents are
gasregulation/index.html.
available at: http://energy.gov/fe/draft-addendum-
Katharine Lindner, Acquisition Services
environmental-review-documents-concerning- Division, Office of the Executive
exports-natural-gas-united-states. Director, Federal Energy Regulatory

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Commission, 888 First Street NE., fishway prescriptions using the powerhouse; (7) a 116-foot-diameter and
Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502–6044, Commission’s eFiling system at http:// 56-foot-high differential surge tank
katharine.lindner@ferc.gov. www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. located at the downstream end of the
Commenters can submit brief comments tunnel and before the powerhouse; (8) a
Kimberly D. Bose,
up to 6,000 characters, without prior 210-foot-long by 74.5-foot-wide
Secretary. registration, using the eComment system powerhouse containing four turbine-
[FR Doc. 2016–08863 Filed 4–15–16; 8:45 am] at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ generator units, each with a rated
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P ecomment.asp. You must include your capacity of approximately 25.5
name and contact information at the end megawatts (MW); (9) two parallel
of your comments. For assistance, approximately 5.5-mile-long, 69-kilovolt
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY please contact FERC Online Support at (kV) transmission lines; and (10)
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) appurtenant facilities. Hawks Nest
Federal Energy Regulatory 208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 Hydro operates the project in a run-of-
Commission (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please river mode.
[Project No. 2512–075; Project No. 14439– send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal The existing license for the Hawks
001] Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 Nest Hydroelectric Project requires that
First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. the project release a continuous
Hawks Nest Hydro, LLC; Notice of The first page of any filing should minimum flow of 100 cubic feet per
Application Accepted for Filing, include the applicable project name(s) second into the bypassed reach between
Soliciting Motions To Intervene and and docket number(s) (e.g., Hawks Nest the dam and the powerhouse (Article
Protests, Ready for Environmental P–2512–075). 402). Hawks Nest Hydro proposes to
Analysis, and Soliciting Comments, The Commission’s Rules of Practice continue run-of-river operation and
Recommendations, Preliminary Terms require all intervenors filing documents increase the existing minimum flow for
and Conditions, and Preliminary with the Commission to serve a copy of the bypassed reach. The project
Fishway Prescriptions that document on each person on the generates an annual average of 544,253
official service list for the project. megawatt-hours.
Take notice that the following The existing Glen Ferris Hydroelectric
Further, if an intervenor files comments
hydroelectric application has been filed Project consists of: (1) A low concrete
or documents with the Commission
with the Commission and is available relating to the merits of an issue that dam with a maximum height of 12 feet
for public inspection. may affect the responsibilities of a above the river bed and a crest elevation
a. Type of Application: New Major particular resource agency, they must of 651.0 feet NGVD29, consisting of
Licenses. also serve a copy of the document on (from left to right—looking downstream)
b. Project Nos.: 2512–075 and 14439– that resource agency. (i) a 590-foot-long spillway section that
001. k. This application has been accepted generally curves upstream; (ii) a 128-
c. Date filed: December 29, 2015. for filing and is now ready for foot-long five-bay stoplog sluice; (iii) a
d. Applicant: Hawks Nest Hydro, LLC environmental analysis. 2,132-foot-long right spillway that runs
(Hawks Nest Hydro). l. The existing project works consist of diagonally in a downstream direction;
e. Name of Project: Hawks Nest and the following: (iv) a trash sluice section; (v) a 54-foot-
Glen Ferris Hydroelectric Projects. The existing Hawks Nest long by 38-foot-wide east powerhouse
f. Location: The existing Hawks Nest Hydroelectric Project consists of: (1) A with a 62-foot-wide intake structure;
and Glen Ferris projects are located on 948-foot-long concrete-gravity dam with and (vi) a 64.5-foot-long by 63-foot-wide
the New and Kanawha rivers, a crest elevation of 795.0 feet National west powerhouse with an 82.3-foot-
respectively. Both projects are located in Geodetic Vertical Datum of 1929 wide intake structure, with both
Fayette County, West Virginia. The (NGVD29); (2) 14 ogee-type spillway powerhouses integral to the dam; (2) a
projects do not occupy any federal bays extending almost the entire length 190-acre reservoir with a gross storage
lands. of the dam, each with a 25-foot-high by capacity of approximately 1,500 acre-
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 50-foot-wide Stoney-type steel lift gate feet at the dam crest elevation of 651.0
Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). and separated by a 9-foot-wide concrete feet NGVD29; (3) two turbine-generator
h. Applicant Contact: Steven Murphy, pier; (3) a 243-acre reservoir with a gross units in the east powerhouse, each with
Manager, Licensing, Brookfield storage capacity of 7,323 acre-feet at a a rated capacity of approximately 1.9
Renewable Energy Group, 33 West 1st normal pool elevation of 819.9 feet MW; (4) six turbine-generator units in
Street South, Fulton, New York 13069; NGVD29; (4) an intake structure located the west powerhouse, each with a rated
Telephone (315) 598–6130. at the right shoreline (looking capacity of approximately 0.4 MW; (5)
i. FERC Contact: Monir Chowdhury, downstream) of the reservoir just a 4-mile-long, 13.8-kV transmission line;
(202) 502–6736, or monir.chowdhury@ upstream of the dam and consisting of and (6) appurtenant facilities.
ferc.gov. a 110-foot-wide by 50-foot-high The Glen Ferris Hydroelectric Project
j. Deadline for filing motions to trashrack structure and a Stoney-type is currently operated in a run-of-river
intervene and protests, comments, 42-foot-high by 50-foot-wide bulkhead mode with no usable storage capacity.
recommendations, preliminary terms intake gate that sits back approximately Hawks Nest Hydro proposes to continue
and conditions, and preliminary 50 feet from the opening where the run-of-river operation. The project
prescriptions: 60 days from the issuance trashrack is located; (5) a 16,240-foot- generates an annual average of 41,482
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date of this notice; reply comments are long tunnel that runs along the right megawatt-hours.
due 105 days from the issuance date of side of the river to convey water from m. A copy of the application is
this notice. the intake to the powerhouse available for review at the Commission
The Commission strongly encourages downstream on the New River; (6) a in the Public Reference Room or may be
electronic filing. Please file motions to 600-foot-long by 170-foot-wide surge viewed on the Commission’s Web site at
intervene, protests, comments, basin located at a point on the tunnel http://www.ferc.gov using the
recommendations, preliminary terms approximately 60 percent of the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket
and conditions, and preliminary distance from the intake to the number excluding the last three digits in

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Publisher		Office of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
Section		Notices
Action		Notice of Public Availability of FY 2015 Service Contract Inventories and Supplemental Data.
Contact		Katharine Lindner, Acquisition Services Division, Office of the Executive Director, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, (202) 502-6044, [email protected]
FR Citation		81 FR 22586