83_FR_36728 83 FR 36582 - PATH Allegheny Transmission Company, LLC; Notice of Petition for Declaratory Order

83 FR 36582 - PATH Allegheny Transmission Company, LLC; Notice of Petition for Declaratory Order

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 146 (July 30, 2018)

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FR Document2018-16231

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 146 (Monday, July 30, 2018)
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 146 (Monday, July 30, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 36582-36583]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-16231]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Docket No. EL18-186-000]


PATH Allegheny Transmission Company, LLC; Notice of Petition for 
Declaratory Order

    Take notice that on July 23, 2018, pursuant to Rule 207 of the 
Federal
    Energy Regulatory Commission's (Commission) Rules of Practice and 
Procedure, 18 CFR 385.207 (2017), PATH Allegheny Transmission Company, 
LLC and its subsidiaries, PATH Allegheny Virginia Transmission 
Corporation (PATH-VA) and PATH Allegheny Maryland Transmission 
Corporation (PATH-MD), (together, PATH AYE) filed a petition requesting 
the Commission issue a declaratory order determining that PATH AYE's 
distribution of paid-in capital to its ultimate parent company--
FirstEnergy Corp., will not violate section 305(a) of the Federal Power 
Act,\1\ as more fully explained in the petition.
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    \1\ 16 U.S.C. 825d(a) (2012).
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    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. 
Anyone filing a motion to intervene or protest must serve a copy of 
that document on the Petitioner.
    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 5 copies

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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 website 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 22, 2018.

    Dated: July 24, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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                                               soon as possible. The Desk Officer may                   regarding where to report this                          Statutory Authority: Section 13(b) of the
                                               be telephoned at (202) 395–4718.                         information. The questions on TDF are                 Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974,
                                                                                                        the same questions that have previously               Pub. L. 93–275, codified as 15 U.S.C. 772(b)
                                               ADDRESSES: Written comments should
                                                                                                        been asked about this energy source:                  and the DOE Organization Act of 1977, Pub.
                                               be sent to the DOE Desk Officer:                                                                               L. 95–91, codified at 42 U.S.C. 7101 et seq.
                                               Brandon Debruhl, Office of Information                   Purchases; expenditures; transfers-in;
                                               and Regulatory Affairs, Office of                        amount produced on-site; whether it’s a                 Issued in Washington, DC, on July 17,
                                                                                                        product/byproduct of another energy                   2018.
                                               Management and Budget, New
                                               Executive Office Building, Room 10102,                   source consumed on-site; and fuel                     Nanda Srinivasan,
                                               735 17th Street NW, Washington, DC                       consumption. Over the past three MECS                 Director, Office of Survey Development and
                                               20503. Email: Brandon_F_DeBruhl@                         cycles, TDF has become a growing                      Statistical Integration, U.S. Energy
                                                                                                        energy source within the ‘‘Other’’                    Information Administration.
                                               omb.eop.gov; and to Tom Lorenz, Office
                                               of Energy Consumption and Efficiency                     section and accounts for over half of the             [FR Doc. 2018–16250 Filed 7–27–18; 8:45 am]
                                               Statistics, Forrestal Building, EI–22,                   energy consumed that is reported in that              BILLING CODE 6450–01–P

                                               U.S. Department of Energy, 1000                          section. Previous data collection cycles
                                               Independence Avenue SW, Washington,                      may have undercounted the use of TDF
                                               DC 20585 or by fax at (202) 586–9753,                    because some establishments did not                   DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
                                               or by email at Thomas.Lorenz@eia.gov.                    know where to report their TDF
                                                                                                        volumes. By directly asking for these                 Federal Energy Regulatory
                                               FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                                                                               Commission
                                                                                                        data as a separate data element, EIA will
                                               Requests for additional information or
                                                                                                        improve the coverage and accuracy of                  [Docket No. EL18–186–000]
                                               copies of the information collection
                                                                                                        the use of this energy source.
                                               instrument and instructions should be                      • Question 16 about electric                        PATH Allegheny Transmission
                                               directed to Tom Lorenz at the contact                    generation with less than one-megawatt                Company, LLC; Notice of Petition for
                                               information given above or by email at                   nameplate capacity was added. EIA will                Declaratory Order
                                               Thomas.Lorenz@eia.gov. Form EIA–846                      collect data about small-scale (less than
                                               and its instructions are available on the                one megawatt) distributed electricity                    Take notice that on July 23, 2018,
                                               internet at https://www.eia.gov/survey/                  generation occurring at U.S.                          pursuant to Rule 207 of the Federal
                                               form/eia_846/proposed/2018/form.pdf.                     manufacturing establishments. EIA will                   Energy Regulatory Commission’s
                                               SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This                          add a Yes/No question about distributed               (Commission) Rules of Practice and
                                               information collection request contains:                 generation to the electricity section of              Procedure, 18 CFR 385.207 (2017),
                                                 (1) OMB No. 1905–0169;                                 the MECS to monitor manufacturing                     PATH Allegheny Transmission
                                                 (2) Information Collection Request                     establishments that use non-renewable                 Company, LLC and its subsidiaries,
                                               Title: Manufacturing Energy                              distributed generation. Distributed                   PATH Allegheny Virginia Transmission
                                               Consumption Survey;                                      generation is a subset of ‘‘distributed               Corporation (PATH–VA) and PATH
                                                 (3) Type of Request: Three-year                        energy resources’’ which are modular,                 Allegheny Maryland Transmission
                                               extension with changes;                                  moderately sized generation sources                   Corporation (PATH–MD), (together,
                                                 (4) Purpose: Form EIA–846 is a self-                   that are used to produce electricity, or              PATH AYE) filed a petition requesting
                                               administered sample survey designed to                   combined heat and power (CHP), near                   the Commission issue a declaratory
                                               collect energy consumption and                           the site of end use. EIA expects that                 order determining that PATH AYE’s
                                               expenditures data from establishments                    generation from non-renewable, small-                 distribution of paid-in capital to its
                                               in the manufacturing sector; i.e., North                 scale distributed generation (e.g., micro             ultimate parent company—FirstEnergy
                                               American Industry Classification                         turbines, fuel cells, natural gas generator           Corp., will not violate section 305(a) of
                                               System (NAICS) codes 31–33. The                          sets, and diesel generator sets below one             the Federal Power Act,1 as more fully
                                               previous MECS required respondents to                    megawatt) will increase in the future.                explained in the petition.
                                               complete multiple collection forms                       This increase in non-renewable, small-                   Any person desiring to intervene or to
                                               depending on an establishment’s                          scale distributed generation is expected              protest this filing must file in
                                               primary business activity classification                 to continue because of a variety of                   accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of
                                               under NAICS. The increased use of                        factors, including increased demand for               the Commission’s Rules of Practice and
                                               technology by means of an internet data                  reliable and resilient power,                         Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214).
                                               collection system has allowed the MECS                   deployment mandates (e.g., renewable                  Protests will be considered by the
                                               to eliminate the need to have multiple                   portfolio standards), improved                        Commission in determining the
                                               forms;                                                   technology and decreased cost of                      appropriate action to be taken, but will
                                                 (4a) Changes to Information                            distributed generation, low natural gas               not serve to make protestants parties to
                                               Collection:                                              prices, and high retail electricity rates.            the proceeding. Any person wishing to
                                                 • Questions about Tire-Derived Fuel:                     (5) Annual Estimated Number of                      become a party must file a notice of
                                               EIA will collect data about tire-derived                 Respondents: 15,000;                                  intervention or motion to intervene, as
                                               fuel (TDF) in the Waste Oils and Tars,                     (6) Annual Estimated Number of                      appropriate. Such notices, motions, or
                                               and Waste Byproduct Gases section of                     Total Responses: 3,750;                               protests must be filed on or before the
                                               the questionnaire starting on page 35 of                   (7) Annual Estimated Number of                      comment date. Anyone filing a motion
                                               Form EIA–846A. The new questions                         Burden Hours: 34,565;                                 to intervene or protest must serve a copy
                                               will be inserted after questions 138–139,                  (8) Annual Estimated Reporting and                  of that document on the Petitioner.
                                               specifically from those industries, Paper                Recordkeeping Cost Burden: The cost of                   The Commission encourages
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                                               (NAICS 322) and Nonmetallic Mineral                      the burden hours is estimated to be                   electronic submission of protests and
                                               Products (NAICS 327) that use TDF as                     $2,616,225 (34,565 burden hours times                 interventions in lieu of paper using the
                                               an energy source. EIA currently asks                     $75.69 per hour). EIA estimates that                  ‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov.
                                               respondents to report TDF on the MECS                    there are no additional costs to                      Persons unable to file electronically
                                               in a section titled, ‘‘Other.’’ The change               respondents associated with the surveys               should submit an original and 5 copies
                                               to report TDF as a separate category will                other than the costs associated with the
                                               reduce respondent uncertainty                            burden hours.                                           1 16   U.S.C. 825d(a) (2012).



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                                               of the protest or intervention to the                              of prohibited and exempt off-the-record                         proceeding in accordance with Rule
                                               Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,                              communications.                                                 2010, 18 CFR 385.2010.
                                               888 First Street NE, Washington, DC                                  Order No. 607 (64 FR 51222,                                      Exempt off-the-record
                                               20426                                                              September 22, 1999) requires
                                                                                                                                                                                  communications are included in the
                                                  This filing is accessible on-line at                            Commission decisional employees, who
                                               http://www.ferc.gov, using the                                     make or receive a prohibited or exempt                          decisional record of the proceeding,
                                               ‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for                             off-the-record communication relevant                           unless the communication was with a
                                               review in the Commission’s Public                                  to the merits of a contested proceeding,                        cooperating agency as described by 40
                                               Reference Room in Washington, DC.                                  to deliver to the Secretary of the                              CFR 1501.6, made under 18 CFR
                                               There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the                          Commission, a copy of the                                       385.2201(e)(1)(v).
                                               website that enables subscribers to                                communication, if written, or a                                    The following is a list of off-the-
                                               receive email notification when a                                  summary of the substance of any oral                            record communications recently
                                               document is added to a subscribed                                  communication.                                                  received by the Secretary of the
                                               docket(s). For assistance with any FERC                              Prohibited communications are                                 Commission. The communications
                                               Online service, please email                                       included in a public, non-decisional file                       listed are grouped by docket numbers in
                                               FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call                                associated with, but not a part of, the                         ascending order. These filings are
                                               (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call                          decisional record of the proceeding.
                                                                                                                                                                                  available for electronic review at the
                                               (202) 502–8659.                                                    Unless the Commission determines that
                                                                                                                                                                                  Commission in the Public Reference
                                                  Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern time                            the prohibited communication and any
                                                                                                                  responses thereto should become a part                          Room or may be viewed on the
                                               on August 22, 2018.
                                                                                                                  of the decisional record, the prohibited                        Commission’s website at http://
                                                 Dated: July 24, 2018.                                                                                                            www.ferc.gov using the eLibrary link.
                                               Kimberly D. Bose,
                                                                                                                  off-the-record communication will not
                                                                                                                  be considered by the Commission in                              Enter the docket number, excluding the
                                               Secretary.                                                                                                                         last three digits, in the docket number
                                                                                                                  reaching its decision. Parties to a
                                               [FR Doc. 2018–16231 Filed 7–27–18; 8:45 am]                                                                                        field to access the document. For
                                                                                                                  proceeding may seek the opportunity to
                                               BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
                                                                                                                  respond to any facts or contentions                             assistance, please contact FERC Online
                                                                                                                  made in a prohibited off-the-record                             Support at FERCOnlineSupport@
                                                                                                                  communication, and may request that                             ferc.gov or toll free at (866) 208–3676, or
                                               DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY                                                                                                               for TTY, contact (202) 502–8659.
                                                                                                                  the Commission place the prohibited
                                               Federal Energy Regulatory                                          communication and responses thereto
                                               Commission                                                         in the decisional record. The
                                                                                                                  Commission will grant such a request
                                               [Docket No. RM98–1–000]                                            only when it determines that fairness so
                                                                                                                  requires. Any person identified below as
                                               Records Governing Off-the-Record
                                                                                                                  having made a prohibited off-the-record
                                               Communications; Public Notice
                                                                                                                  communication shall serve the
                                                 This constitutes notice, in accordance                           document on all parties listed on the
                                               with 18 CFR 385.2201(b), of the receipt                            official service list for the applicable

                                                                                  Docket No.                                                 File date                               Presenter or requester

                                               Prohibited:
                                                   1. CP15–558–000 ................................................................          7–16–2018         1 Mass   Mailing
                                               Exempt:
                                                   1. P–2809–034 ....................................................................        7–10–2018         State of Maine Department of Marine Resources
                                                  1 Twenty    Seven letters have been sent to FERC Commissioners under this docket number.


                                                 Dated: July 24, 2018.                                            (Commission) Rules of Practice and                              appropriate action to be taken, but will
                                               Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,                                           Procedure, 18 CFR 385.207 (2017),                               not serve to make protestants parties to
                                               Deputy Secretary.                                                  PATH West Virginia Transmission                                 the proceeding. Any person wishing to
                                               [FR Doc. 2018–16219 Filed 7–27–18; 8:45 am]                        Company, LLC (Petitioner), filed a                              become a party must file a notice of
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                                                                                                                  petition for a declaratory order                                intervention or motion to intervene, as
                                                                                                                  requesting that the Commission find                             appropriate. Such notices, motions, or
                                                                                                                  that its distributions of paid-in capital to                    protests must be filed on or before the
                                               DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY                                               its parent companies FirstEnergy Corp.                          comment date. Anyone filing a motion
                                                                                                                  and American Electric Power Company,                            to intervene or protest must serve a copy
                                               Federal Energy Regulatory                                          Inc. will not violate section 305(a) of the                     of that document on the Petitioner.
                                               Commission                                                         Federal Power Act,1 all as more fully
                                                                                                                  explained in the petition.                                         The Commission encourages
                                               [Docket No. EL18–187–000]                                                                                                          electronic submission of protests and
                                                                                                                     Any person desiring to intervene or to
                                                                                                                  protest this filing must file in                                interventions in lieu of paper using the
                                               PATH West Virginia Transmission
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                                                                                                                  accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of                            ‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov.
                                               Company, LLC; Notice of Petition for
                                               Declaratory Order                                                  the Commission’s Rules of Practice and                          Persons unable to file electronically
                                                                                                                  Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214).                            should submit an original and 5 copies
                                               Date: July 24, 2018.                                               Protests will be considered by the                              of the protest or intervention to the
                                                 Take notice that on July 23, 2018,                               Commission in determining the                                   Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
                                               pursuant to Rule 207 of the Federal                                                                                                888 First Street NE, Washington, DC
                                               Energy Regulatory Commission’s                                       1 16   U.S.C. 825d(a) (2012).                                 20426.


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Dates5:00 p.m. Eastern time on August 22, 2018.
FR Citation83 FR 36582 

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