83 FR 19275 - Brainerd Public Utilities; Notice of Intent To File License Application, Filing of Pre-Application Document (PAD), Commencement of Pre-Filing Process, and Scoping; Request for Comments on the PAD and Scoping Document, and Identification of Issues and Associated Study Requests
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 85 (May 2, 2018)
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 85 (May 2, 2018)
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| FR Document | 2018-09248 |
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 85 (Wednesday, May 2, 2018)] [Notices] [Pages 19275-19276] From the Federal Register Online [www.thefederalregister.org] [FR Doc No: 2018-09248] [[Page 19275]] ----------------------------------------------------------------------- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Federal Energy Regulatory Commission [Project No. 2533-061] Brainerd Public Utilities; Notice of Intent To File License Application, Filing of Pre-Application Document (PAD), Commencement of Pre-Filing Process, and Scoping; Request for Comments on the PAD and Scoping Document, and Identification of Issues and Associated Study Requests a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to File License Application for a New License and Commencing Pre-filing Process. b. Project No.: 2533-061. c. Dated Filed: February 28, 2018. d. Submitted By: Brainerd Public Utilities. e. Name of Project: Brainerd Hydroelectric Project (Brainerd Project). f. Location: The Brainerd Project is located on the Mississippi River in the City of Brainerd, Crow Wing Country, Minnesota. The project does not occupy United States lands. g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR part 5 of the Commission's Regulations. h. Potential Applicant Contact: Scott Magnuson, Superintendent, Brainerd Public Utilities, 8027 Highland Scenic Road, P.O. Box 273, Brainerd, MN 56401. Phone 218-825-3213 or email at [email protected]. i. FERC Contact: Patrick Ely at (202) 502-8598 or email at [email protected]. j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, local, and tribal agencies with jurisdiction and/or special expertise with respect to environmental issues that wish to cooperate in the preparation of the environmental document should follow the instructions for filing such requests described in item o below. Cooperating agencies should note the Commission's policy that agencies that cooperate in the preparation of the environmental document cannot also intervene. See 94 FERC ] 61,076 (2001). k. With this notice, we are initiating informal consultation with: (a) The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and/or NOAA Fisheries under section 7 of the Endangered Species Act and the joint agency regulations thereunder at 50 CFR, Part 402; and (b) the State Historic Preservation Officer, as required by section 106, National Historic Preservation Act, and the implementing regulations of the Advisory Council on Historic Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2. l. With this notice, we are designating Brainerd Public Utilities as the Commission's non-federal representative for carrying out informal consultation, pursuant to section 7 of the Endangered Species Act and section 106 of the National Historic Preservation Act. m. Brainerd Public Utilities filed with the Commission a Pre- Application Document (PAD; including a proposed process plan and schedule), pursuant to 18 CFR 5.6 of the Commission's regulations. n. A copy of the PAD is available for review at the Commission in the Public Reference Room or may be viewed on the Commission's website (http://www.ferc.gov), using the eLibrary link. Enter the docket number, excluding the last three digits in the docket number field to access the document. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support at [email protected], (866) 208-3676 (toll free), or (202) 502- 8659 (TTY). A copy is also available for inspection and reproduction at the address in paragraph h. Register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of new filing and issuances related to this or other pending projects. For assistance, contact FERC Online Support. o. With this notice, we are soliciting comments on the PAD and Commission's staff Scoping Document 1 (SD1), as well as study requests. All comments on the PAD and SD1, and study requests should be sent to the address above in paragraph h. In addition, all comments on the PAD and SD1, study requests, requests for cooperating agency status, and all communications to and from Commission staff related to the merits of the potential application must be filed with the Commission. The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file all documents using the Commission's eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can submit brief comments up to 6,000 characters, without prior registration, using the eComment system at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ecomment.asp. You must include your name and contact information at the end of your comments. For assistance, please contact FERC Online Support at [email protected]. In lieu of electronic filing, please send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. The first page of any filing should include docket number P-2533-061. All filings with the Commission must bear the appropriate heading: Comments on Pre-Application Document, Study Requests, Comments on Scoping Document 1, Request for Cooperating Agency Status, or Communications to and from Commission Staff. Any individual or entity interested in submitting study requests, commenting on the PAD or SD1, and any agency requesting cooperating status must do so by June 28, 2018. p. Although our current intent is to prepare an environmental assessment (EA), there is the possibility that an Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) will be required. Nevertheless, this meeting will satisfy the NEPA scoping requirements, irrespective of whether an EA or EIS is issued by the Commission. Scoping Meetings Commission staff will hold two scoping meetings in the vicinity of the project at the time and place noted below. The daytime meeting will focus on resource agency, Indian tribes, and non-governmental organization concerns, while the evening meeting is primarily for receiving input from the public. We invite all interested individuals, organizations, and agencies to attend one or both of the meetings, and to assist staff in identifying particular study needs, as well as the scope of environmental issues to be addressed in the environmental document. The times and locations of these meetings are as follows: Evening Scoping Meeting Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2018. Time: 6:00 p.m. Location: Brainerd City Fire Department, 23 Laurel Street, Brainerd, MN 56401. Phone Number: (212) 828-2312. Daytime Scoping Meeting Date: Thursday, May 17, 2018. Time: 9:00 a.m. Location: Brainerd City Fire Department, 23 Laurel Street, Brainerd, MN 56401. Phone Number: (212) 828-2312. Scoping Document 1 (SD1), which outlines the subject areas to be addressed in the environmental document, was mailed to the individuals and entities on the Commission's mailing list. Copies of SD1 will be available at the scoping meetings, or may be viewed on the web at http://www.ferc.gov, using the eLibrary link. Follow the directions for accessing information in paragraph n. Based on all oral and written comments, a Scoping Document 2 (SD2) may be [[Page 19276]] issued. SD2 may include a revised process plan and schedule, as well as a list of issues, identified through the scoping process. Environmental Site Review The potential applicant and Commission staff will conduct an Environmental Site Review of the project on Wednesday, May 16, 2018, starting at 10:00 a.m. All participants should meet at Brainerd Industrial Center, 1801 Mill Ave., Brainerd, MN 56401. Participants will be met at the entrance gate prior to entering the property. Participants must wear closed toe shoes and be 16 years or older. Please notify Adele Braun at (952) 842-3703, or [email protected], by May 9, 2018, if you plan to attend the environmental site review. Meeting Objectives At the scoping meetings, staff will: (1) Initiate scoping of the issues; (2) review and discuss existing conditions and resource management objectives; (3) review and discuss existing information and identify preliminary information and study needs; (4) review and discuss the process plan and schedule for pre-filing activity that incorporates the time frames provided for in Part 5 of the Commission's regulations and, to the extent possible, maximizes coordination of federal, state, and tribal permitting and certification processes; and (5) discuss the appropriateness of any federal or state agency or Indian tribe acting as a cooperating agency for development of an environmental document. Meeting participants should come prepared to discuss their issues and/or concerns. Please review the PAD in preparation for the scoping meetings. Directions on how to obtain a copy of the PAD and SD1 are included in item n. of this document. Meeting Procedures The meetings will be recorded by a stenographer and will be placed in the public records of the project. Dated: April 26, 2018. Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary. [FR Doc. 2018-09248 Filed 5-1-18; 8:45 am] BILLING CODE 6717-01-P
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY Commission’s non-federal All filings with the Commission must
representative for carrying out informal bear the appropriate heading:
Federal Energy Regulatory consultation, pursuant to section 7 of Comments on Pre-Application
Commission the Endangered Species Act and section Document, Study Requests, Comments
[Project No. 2533–061] 106 of the National Historic on Scoping Document 1, Request for
Preservation Act. Cooperating Agency Status, or
Brainerd Public Utilities; Notice of m. Brainerd Public Utilities filed with Communications to and from
Intent To File License Application, the Commission a Pre-Application Commission Staff. Any individual or
Filing of Pre-Application Document Document (PAD; including a proposed entity interested in submitting study
(PAD), Commencement of Pre-Filing process plan and schedule), pursuant to requests, commenting on the PAD or
Process, and Scoping; Request for 18 CFR 5.6 of the Commission’s SD1, and any agency requesting
Comments on the PAD and Scoping regulations. cooperating status must do so by June
Document, and Identification of Issues n. A copy of the PAD is available for 28, 2018.
and Associated Study Requests review at the Commission in the Public p. Although our current intent is to
Reference Room or may be viewed on prepare an environmental assessment
a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to the Commission’s website (http:// (EA), there is the possibility that an
File License Application for a New www.ferc.gov), using the eLibrary link. Environmental Impact Statement (EIS)
License and Commencing Pre-filing Enter the docket number, excluding the will be required. Nevertheless, this
Process. last three digits in the docket number meeting will satisfy the NEPA scoping
b. Project No.: 2533–061. field to access the document. For requirements, irrespective of whether an
c. Dated Filed: February 28, 2018. EA or EIS is issued by the Commission.
assistance, contact FERC Online
d. Submitted By: Brainerd Public
Support at FERCONlineSupport@ Scoping Meetings
Utilities.
e. Name of Project: Brainerd ferc.gov, (866) 208–3676 (toll free), or
(202) 502–8659 (TTY). A copy is also Commission staff will hold two
Hydroelectric Project (Brainerd Project). scoping meetings in the vicinity of the
f. Location: The Brainerd Project is available for inspection and
reproduction at the address in project at the time and place noted
located on the Mississippi River in the below. The daytime meeting will focus
City of Brainerd, Crow Wing Country, paragraph h.
Register online at http:// on resource agency, Indian tribes, and
Minnesota. The project does not occupy non-governmental organization
United States lands. www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
esubscription.asp to be notified via concerns, while the evening meeting is
g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR part 5 of primarily for receiving input from the
the Commission’s Regulations. email of new filing and issuances
related to this or other pending projects. public. We invite all interested
h. Potential Applicant Contact: Scott individuals, organizations, and agencies
Magnuson, Superintendent, Brainerd For assistance, contact FERC Online
Support. to attend one or both of the meetings,
Public Utilities, 8027 Highland Scenic and to assist staff in identifying
Road, P.O. Box 273, Brainerd, MN o. With this notice, we are soliciting
comments on the PAD and particular study needs, as well as the
56401. Phone 218–825–3213 or email at scope of environmental issues to be
smagnuson@bpu.org. Commission’s staff Scoping Document 1
(SD1), as well as study requests. All addressed in the environmental
i. FERC Contact: Patrick Ely at (202)
comments on the PAD and SD1, and document. The times and locations of
502–8598 or email at Patrick.Ely@
study requests should be sent to the these meetings are as follows:
ferc.gov.
j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, address above in paragraph h. In Evening Scoping Meeting
local, and tribal agencies with addition, all comments on the PAD and
Date: Wednesday, May 16, 2018.
jurisdiction and/or special expertise SD1, study requests, requests for Time: 6:00 p.m.
with respect to environmental issues cooperating agency status, and all Location: Brainerd City Fire
that wish to cooperate in the communications to and from Department, 23 Laurel Street, Brainerd,
preparation of the environmental Commission staff related to the merits of MN 56401.
document should follow the the potential application must be filed Phone Number: (212) 828–2312.
instructions for filing such requests with the Commission.
described in item o below. Cooperating The Commission strongly encourages Daytime Scoping Meeting
agencies should note the Commission’s electronic filing. Please file all Date: Thursday, May 17, 2018.
policy that agencies that cooperate in documents using the Commission’s Time: 9:00 a.m.
the preparation of the environmental eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/ Location: Brainerd City Fire
document cannot also intervene. See 94 docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can Department, 23 Laurel Street, Brainerd,
FERC ¶ 61,076 (2001). submit brief comments up to 6,000 MN 56401.
k. With this notice, we are initiating characters, without prior registration, Phone Number: (212) 828–2312.
informal consultation with: (a) The U.S. using the eComment system at http:// Scoping Document 1 (SD1), which
Fish and Wildlife Service and/or NOAA www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ outlines the subject areas to be
Fisheries under section 7 of the ecomment.asp. You must include your addressed in the environmental
Endangered Species Act and the joint name and contact information at the end document, was mailed to the
agency regulations thereunder at 50 of your comments. For assistance, individuals and entities on the
CFR, Part 402; and (b) the State Historic please contact FERC Online Support at Commission’s mailing list. Copies of
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Preservation Officer, as required by FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. In lieu of SD1 will be available at the scoping
section 106, National Historic electronic filing, please send a paper meetings, or may be viewed on the web
Preservation Act, and the implementing copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy at http://www.ferc.gov, using the
regulations of the Advisory Council on Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street eLibrary link. Follow the directions for
Historic Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2. NE, Washington, DC 20426. The first accessing information in paragraph n.
l. With this notice, we are designating page of any filing should include docket Based on all oral and written comments,
Brainerd Public Utilities as the number P–2533–061. a Scoping Document 2 (SD2) may be
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issued. SD2 may include a revised concerns. Please review the PAD in Filed Date: 4/24/18.
process plan and schedule, as well as a preparation for the scoping meetings. Accession Number: 20180424–5223.
list of issues, identified through the Directions on how to obtain a copy of
scoping process. the PAD and SD1 are included in item Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/7/18.
n. of this document. The filings are accessible in the
Environmental Site Review
Meeting Procedures Commission’s eLibrary system by
The potential applicant and
clicking on the links or querying the
Commission staff will conduct an The meetings will be recorded by a docket number.
Environmental Site Review of the stenographer and will be placed in the
project on Wednesday, May 16, 2018, public records of the project. Any person desiring to intervene or
starting at 10:00 a.m. All participants protest in any of the above proceedings
Dated: April 26, 2018.
should meet at Brainerd Industrial must file in accordance with Rules 211
Kimberly D. Bose,
Center, 1801 Mill Ave., Brainerd, MN and 214 of the Commission’s
56401. Participants will be met at the Secretary. Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and
entrance gate prior to entering the [FR Doc. 2018–09248 Filed 5–1–18; 8:45 am] 385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern
property. Participants must wear closed BILLING CODE 6717–01–P time on the specified comment date.
toe shoes and be 16 years or older. Protests may be considered, but
Please notify Adele Braun at (952) 842– intervention is necessary to become a
3703, or ABraun@barr.com, by May 9, DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
party to the proceeding.
2018, if you plan to attend the
Federal Energy Regulatory eFiling is encouraged. More detailed
environmental site review.
Commission information relating to filing
Meeting Objectives requirements, interventions, protests,
Combined Notice of Filings service, and qualifying facilities filings
At the scoping meetings, staff will: (1)
Initiate scoping of the issues; (2) review Take notice that the Commission has can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/
and discuss existing conditions and received the following Natural Gas docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For
resource management objectives; (3) Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings: other information, call (866) 208–3676
review and discuss existing information (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.
and identify preliminary information Filings Instituting Proceedings
Dated: April 25, 2018.
and study needs; (4) review and discuss Docket Numbers: RP18–738–000.
Applicants: WBI Energy Kimberly D. Bose,
the process plan and schedule for pre-
filing activity that incorporates the time Transmission, Inc. Secretary.
frames provided for in Part 5 of the Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: 2018 [FR Doc. 2018–09245 Filed 5–1–18; 8:45 am]
Commission’s regulations and, to the Housekeeping Filing to be effective 5/ BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
extent possible, maximizes coordination 25/2018.
of federal, state, and tribal permitting Filed Date: 4/24/18.
and certification processes; and (5) Accession Number: 20180424–5065. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
discuss the appropriateness of any Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 5/7/18.
federal or state agency or Indian tribe Docket Numbers: RP18–739–000. Federal Energy Regulatory
acting as a cooperating agency for Applicants: Texas Eastern Commission
development of an environmental Transmission, LP.
document. Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: Notice of Revocation of Market-Based
Meeting participants should come Negotiated Rate NRG Power Marketing Rate Authority and Termination of
prepared to discuss their issues and/or 910616 to be effective 5/1/2018. Electric Market-Based Rate Tariff
Docket No.
Electric Quarterly Reports .......................................................................................................................................................... ER02–2001–020
Fibrominn LLC ........................................................................................................................................................................... ER12–1161–002
BluCo Energy LLC ..................................................................................................................................................................... ER12–1279–000
Alternate Power Source Inc., ..................................................................................................................................................... ER11–4550–000
Atlantic Coast Energy Corporation ............................................................................................................................................ ER13–734–000
On March 19, 2018, the Commission power at market-based rates and of the companies who are named in the
issued an order announcing its intent to termination of their electric market- caption of this order.
revoke the market-based rate authority based rate tariffs.2 Dated: April 25, 2018.
of the public utilities listed in the The time period for compliance with
caption of that order, which included Kimberly D. Bose,
the March 19 Order has elapsed. The Secretary.
the companies listed in the caption
above-captioned companies failed to file
above, which had failed to file their [FR Doc. 2018–09250 Filed 5–1–18; 8:45 am]
required Electric Quarterly Reports.1 their delinquent Electric Quarterly
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
The Commission directed those public Reports. The Commission hereby
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utilities to file the required Electric revokes, effective as of the date of
Quarterly Reports within 15 days of the issuance of this notice, the market-based
date of issuance of the order or face rate authority and terminates the
revocation of their authority to sell electric market-based rate tariff of each
1 Electric Quarterly Reports, 162 FERC 61,249
(2018) (March 19 Order). 2 Id. at Ordering Paragraph A.
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