81 FR 30534 - Competitive Transmission Development, Technical Conference; Supplemental Notice of Technical Conference and Request for Speakers
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 95 (May 17, 2016)
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Federal Register Volume 81, Issue 95 (May 17, 2016)
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| FR Document | 2016-11551 |
[Federal Register Volume 81, Number 95 (Tuesday, May 17, 2016)] [Notices] [Pages 30534-30535] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2016-11551] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Docket No. AD16-18-000] Competitive Transmission Development, Technical Conference; Supplemental Notice of Technical Conference and Request for Speakers As announced in the Notice of Technical Conference issued in this proceeding on March 17, 2016, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission will hold a Commissioner-led technical conference on June 27, 2016, from approximately 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m., and on June 28, 2016, from approximately 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., at the Commission's headquarters at 888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. The purpose of the technical conference is to discuss issues related to competitive transmission development processes, including, but not limited to, the use of cost containment provisions, the relationship of competitive transmission development to transmission incentives, and other ratemaking issues.\1\ In addition, participants will have the opportunity to discuss issues relating to interregional transmission coordination, regional transmission planning and other transmission development issues.\2\ --------------------------------------------------------------------------- \1\ Topics to be discussed include, but are not limited to, those that the Commission described in NextEra Energy Transmission West, LLC, 154 FERC ] 61,009, at PP 76-78 (2015) and ITC Grid Development, LLC, 154 FERC ] 61,206, at P 49 (2016). \2\ See Northern Indiana Public Service Co. v. Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc. and PJM Interconnection L.L.C., 155 FERC ] 61,058, at P 54 (2016). --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Attached to this Supplemental Notice is a preliminary agenda for the technical conference and a description of key concepts. Those interested in speaking at the technical conference should notify the Commission by May 17, 2016, by completing the online form at the following Web page: https://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/06-27-16-speaker-form.asp. At this Web page, please describe the topic(s) you wish to address and provide biographical information. Due to time constraints, we anticipate that we may not be able to accommodate all those interested in speaking. We will notify selected speakers as soon as possible. Interested parties may submit pre-technical conference comments (with a ten page limit) for consideration in Docket No. AD16-18-000 no later than May 31, 2016. The conference will be open for the public to attend. Information on the technical conference will also be posted on the Calendar of Events on the Commission's Web site, http://www.ferc.gov, prior to the event. Advance registration is not required but is encouraged. Attendees may register at the following Web page: https://www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/06-27-16-form.asp. This event will be webcast and transcribed. Anyone with internet access can navigate to the ``FERC Calendar'' at www.ferc.gov, and locate the technical conference in the Calendar [[Page 30535]] of Events. Opening the technical conference in the Calendar of Events will reveal a link to its webcast. The Capitol Connection provides technical support for the webcast and offers the option of listening to the meeting via phone-bridge for a fee. If you have any questions, visit www.capitolconnection.org or call 703-993-3100. The webcast will be available on the Calendar of Events at www.ferc.gov for three months after the conference. Transcripts of the conference will be immediately available for a fee from Ace-Federal Reporters, Inc. (202-347-3700). Commission conferences are accessible under section 508 of the Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For accessibility accommodations, please send an email to [email protected] or call toll free 1-866-208- 3372 (voice) or 202-502-8659 (TTY), or send a FAX to 202-208-2106 with the required accommodations. For more information about this technical conference, please contact: Sarah McKinley (Logistical Information), Office of External Affairs, (202) 502-8004, [email protected] David Tobenkin (Technical Information), Office of Energy Policy and Innovation, (202) 502-6445, [email protected] Zeny Magos (Technical Information), Office of Energy Market Regulation, (202) 502-8244, [email protected] Erica Siegmund Hough (Legal Information), Office of General Counsel, (202) 502-8251, [email protected] Dated: May 10, 2016. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2016-11551 Filed 5-16-16; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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brief comments up to 6,000 characters, Street NE., Room 2A, Washington, DC conference on June 27, 2016, from
without prior registration, using the 20426, or by calling (202) 502–8371. approximately 1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.,
eComment system at http:// m. Individuals desiring to be included and on June 28, 2016, from
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ on the Commission’s mailing list should approximately 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m., at
ecomment.asp. You must include your so indicate by writing to the Secretary the Commission’s headquarters at 888
name and contact information at the end of the Commission. First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
of your comments. For assistance, n. Comments, Protests, or Motions to The purpose of the technical conference
please contact FERC Online Support at Intervene: Anyone may submit is to discuss issues related to
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) comments, a protest, or a motion to competitive transmission development
208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 intervene in accordance with the processes, including, but not limited to,
(TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please requirements of Rules of Practice and the use of cost containment provisions,
send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, .214. the relationship of competitive
Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 In determining the appropriate action to transmission development to
First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. take, the Commission will consider all transmission incentives, and other
The first page of any filing should protests or other comments filed, but ratemaking issues.1 In addition,
include docket number DI16–02–000. only those who file a motion to participants will have the opportunity
k. Description of Project: The intervene in accordance with the to discuss issues relating to
proposed Nicatous Lodge Micro Commission’s Rules may become a interregional transmission coordination,
Hydroelectric Project would consist of: party to the proceeding. Any comments, regional transmission planning and
(1) An intake structure on Nicatous protests, or motions to intervene must other transmission development issues.2
Stream (2) a 5-inch-diameter, 100-foot- be received on or before the specified Attached to this Supplemental Notice
long diversion canal connecting to a 5- comment date for the particular is a preliminary agenda for the technical
inch-diameter, 5-foot-long PVC penstock application. conference and a description of key
pipe that conveys diverted flows to a o. Filing and Service of Responsive concepts.
generating unit; (3) a generating unit Documents: All filings must bear in all Those interested in speaking at the
having a total installed capacity of 1 capital letters the title ‘‘COMMENTS’’, technical conference should notify the
kilowatt rated at 5 feet of net head; (4) ‘‘PROTESTS’’, and ‘‘MOTIONS TO Commission by May 17, 2016, by
a tailrace that returns the diverted flows INTERVENE’’, as applicable, and the completing the online form at the
to the Nicatous Stream; (5) a Docket Number of the particular following Web page: https://
transmission line connecting the application to which the filing refers. A www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/
generating unit to the Nicatous Lodge copy of any Motion to Intervene must 06-27-16-speaker-form.asp. At this Web
property; and (6) appurtenant facilities. also be served upon each representative page, please describe the topic(s) you
When a Declaration of Intention is
of the Applicant specified in the wish to address and provide
filed with the Federal Energy Regulatory
particular application. biographical information. Due to time
Commission, the Federal Power Act
p. Agency Comments: Federal, state, constraints, we anticipate that we may
requires the Commission to investigate
and local agencies are invited to file not be able to accommodate all those
and determine if the project would
comments on the described application. interested in speaking. We will notify
affect the interests of interstate or
A copy of the application may be selected speakers as soon as possible.
foreign commerce. The Commission also
obtained by agencies directly from the Interested parties may submit pre-
determines whether or not the project:
Applicant. If an agency does not file technical conference comments (with a
(1) Would be located on a navigable
comments within the time specified for ten page limit) for consideration in
waterway; (2) would occupy public
lands or reservations of the United filing comments, it will be presumed to Docket No. AD16–18–000 no later than
States; (3) would utilize surplus water have no comments. One copy of an May 31, 2016.
or water power from a government dam; agency’s comments must also be sent to The conference will be open for the
or (4) would be located on a non- the Applicant’s representatives. public to attend. Information on the
navigable stream over which Congress Dated: May 10, 2016. technical conference will also be posted
has Commerce Clause jurisdiction and Kimberly D. Bose,
on the Calendar of Events on the
would be constructed or enlarged after Commission’s Web site, http://
Secretary.
1935. www.ferc.gov, prior to the event.
[FR Doc. 2016–11552 Filed 5–16–16; 8:45 am]
l. Locations of the Application: This Advance registration is not required but
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P is encouraged. Attendees may register at
filing may be viewed on the
Commission’s Web site at http:// the following Web page: https://
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Enter the docket number excluding the 06-27-16-form.asp.
last three digits in the docket number Federal Energy Regulatory This event will be webcast and
field to access the document. You may Commission transcribed. Anyone with internet
also register online at http:// access can navigate to the ‘‘FERC
[Docket No. AD16–18–000] Calendar’’ at www.ferc.gov, and locate
www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
esubscription.asp to be notified via the technical conference in the Calendar
Competitive Transmission
email of new filings and issuances Development, Technical Conference; 1 Topics to be discussed include, but are not
related to this or other pending projects.
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Supplemental Notice of Technical limited to, those that the Commission described in
For assistance, call 1–866–208–3676 or Conference and Request for Speakers NextEra Energy Transmission West, LLC, 154 FERC
email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, for ¶ 61,009, at PP 76–78 (2015) and ITC Grid
TTY, call (202) 502–8659. A copy is also As announced in the Notice of Development, LLC, 154 FERC ¶ 61,206, at P 49
available for inspection and Technical Conference issued in this (2016).
2 See Northern Indiana Public Service Co. v.
reproduction at the address in item (h) proceeding on March 17, 2016, the Midcontinent Independent System Operator, Inc.
above and in the Commission’s Public Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and PJM Interconnection L.L.C., 155 FERC ¶ 61,058,
Reference Room located at 888 First will hold a Commissioner-led technical at P 54 (2016).
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of Events. Opening the technical EPA’s proposed methodology for the following documents to the SAB for
conference in the Calendar of Events updating its mortality risk valuation review: (1) Valuing Mortality Risk for
will reveal a link to its webcast. The estimates for policy analysis. Policy: A Meta-analytic Approach, a
Capitol Connection provides technical DATES: The SAB Environmental white paper prepared by the EPA Office
support for the webcast and offers the Economics Advisory Committee will of Policy to describe the Agency’s
option of listening to the meeting via conduct public teleconferences on June interpretation and application of SAB
phone-bridge for a fee. If you have any 16 and June 17, 2016. Each of the recommendations received in July 2011
questions, visit teleconferences will begin at 1:00 p.m. regarding updates to the EPA’s estimates
www.capitolconnection.org or call 703– and end at 5:00 p.m. (Eastern Time). of mortality risk valuation; (2) The
993–3100. The webcast will be available ADDRESSES: The teleconferences will be Effect of Income on the Value of
on the Calendar of Events at conducted by telephone only. Mortality and Morbidity Risk
www.ferc.gov for three months after the FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Any
Reductions, a report prepared for the
conference. Transcripts of the member of the public who wants further EPA’s Office of Air and Radiation on
conference will be immediately information concerning the public options for updating the Agency’s
available for a fee from Ace-Federal teleconferences may contact Dr. Thomas recommended estimate for the income
Reporters, Inc. (202–347–3700). Armitage, Designated Federal Officer elasticity of the value of statistical life;
Commission conferences are (DFO), EPA Science Advisory Board and (3) Recommended Income Elasticity
accessible under section 508 of the Staff Office (1400R), U.S. Environmental and Income Growth Estimates:
Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For Protection Agency, 1200 Pennsylvania Technical Memorandum, an EPA
accessibility accommodations, please Avenue NW., Washington, DC 20460; by memorandum providing supplementary
send an email to accessibility@ferc.gov telephone at (202) 564–2155 or via information to the report. The SAB
or call toll free 1–866–208–3372 (voice) Environmental Economics Advisory
email armitage.thomas@epa.gov.
or 202–502–8659 (TTY), or send a FAX Committee met on March 7–8, 2016, to
General information concerning the EPA
to 202–208–2106 with the required receive agency briefings, hear public
SAB can be found at http://
accommodations. comments, and deliberate on responses
www.epa.gov/sab.
For more information about this to the EPA charge questions (81 FR
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
technical conference, please contact: 4296–4297). The purpose of the
Background: The SAB was teleconferences described in this notice
Sarah McKinley (Logistical established pursuant to the
Information), Office of External is to discuss the committee’s draft report
Environmental Research, Development, with responses to the charge questions.
Affairs, (202) 502–8004, and Demonstration Authorization Act
sarah.mckinley@ferc.gov The two committee teleconferences will
(ERDDAA), codified at 42 U.S.C. 4365, be conducted as one complete meeting
David Tobenkin (Technical to provide independent scientific and
Information), Office of Energy Policy beginning on June 16, 2016 and
technical advice to the Administrator on continuing on June 17, 2016, if needed
and Innovation, (202) 502–6445, the technical basis for Agency positions
david.tobenkin@ferc.gov to complete agenda items. Additional
and regulations. The SAB is a federal information about this SAB advisory
Zeny Magos (Technical Information), advisory committee chartered under the
Office of Energy Market Regulation, activity can be found at the following
Federal Advisory Committee Act URL: http://yosemite.epa.gov/sab/
(202) 502–8244, zeny.magos@ferc.gov (FACA), 5 U.S.C., App. 2. The SAB will
Erica Siegmund Hough (Legal sabproduct.nsf/fedrgstr_activites/
comply with the provisions of FACA Valuing%20fatal%20risk%20
Information), Office of General
and all appropriate SAB Staff Office for%20policy?OpenDocument.
Counsel, (202) 502–8251,
procedural policies. Pursuant to FACA Technical Contacts: Any technical
erica.siegmund@ferc.gov
and EPA policy, notice is hereby given questions concerning the EPA
Dated: May 10, 2016. that the SAB Environmental Economics documents reviewed by the SAB should
Kimberly D. Bose, Advisory Committee will hold two be directed to Dr. Nathalie Simon in the
Secretary. public teleconferences to discuss its EPA’s National Center for
[FR Doc. 2016–11551 Filed 5–16–16; 8:45 am] draft report on the EPA’s methodology Environmental Economics, by telephone
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P for updating its mortality risk valuation at (202) 566–2347 or by email at
estimates for policy analysis. The simon.nathalie@epa.gov.
committee will provide advice to the Availability of Meeting Materials:
ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION Administrator through the chartered Prior to the meeting, the teleconference
AGENCY SAB. agenda, draft committee report, and
The EPA’s Office of Policy requested other materials will be available on the
[FRL–9946–44–OA] advice on proposed improvements to SAB Web site at http://www.epa.gov/
the Agency’s methodology for sab.
Notification of Two Public estimating benefits associated with Procedures for Providing Public Input:
Teleconferences of the Science reduced risk of mortality. This Public comment for consideration by
Advisory Board; Environmental methodology takes into account the EPA’s federal advisory committees and
Economics Advisory Committee amounts that individuals are willing to panels has a different purpose from
AGENCY: Environmental Protection pay for reductions in mortality risk. The public comment provided to EPA
Agency (EPA). resulting values are combined into an program offices. Therefore, the process
estimate known as the value of for submitting comments to a federal
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ACTION: Notice.
statistical life (VSL) which is used in advisory committee is different from the
SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection regulatory benefit-cost analysis. The process used to submit comments to an
Agency (EPA) Science Advisory Board EPA also requested that the SAB review EPA program office. Federal advisory
(SAB) Staff Office announces two public options for accounting for changes in committees and panels, including
teleconferences of the Environmental the VSL over time as real income grows, scientific advisory committees, provide
Economics Advisory Committee (EEAC) known as income elasticity of independent advice to the EPA.
to review its draft report regarding the willingness to pay. The EPA submitted Interested members of the public may
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