83_FR_378 83 FR 376 - Merchant Hydro Developers, LLC; Notice of Surrender of Preliminary Permit

83 FR 376 - Merchant Hydro Developers, LLC; Notice of Surrender of Preliminary Permit

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 2 (January 3, 2018)

Page Range376-376
FR Document2017-28348

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 2 (Wednesday, January 3, 2018)
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 2 (Wednesday, January 3, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Page 376]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2017-28348]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14808-001]


Merchant Hydro Developers, LLC; Notice of Surrender of 
Preliminary Permit

    Take notice that Merchant Hydro Developers, LLC, permittee for the 
proposed Panther Pumped Storage Hydroelectric Project, has requested 
that its preliminary permit be terminated. The permit was issued on 
October 11, 2017, and would have expired on September 30, 2020.\1\ The 
project would have been located near the town of Simpson in Lackawanna 
and Wayne Counties, Pennsylvania.
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    \1\ 161 FERC 62,026 (2017).
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    The preliminary permit for Project No. 14808 will remain in effect 
until the close of business, January 26, 2018. But, if the Commission 
is closed on this day, then the permit remains in effect until the 
close of business on the next day in which the Commission is open.\2\ 
New applications for this site may not be submitted until after the 
permit surrender is effective.
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    \2\ 18 CFR 385.2007(a)(2) (2017).

    Dated: December 27, 2017.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2017-28348 Filed 1-2-18; 8:45 am]
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                                                regulatory requirements as set forth in                 project. The Commission will consider                   submitted until after the permit
                                                the application.                                        these comments in determining the                       surrender is effective.
                                                   In Docket No. CP18–28–000, HP                        appropriate action to be taken, but the                   Dated: December 27, 2017.
                                                Gathering seeks a limited jurisdiction                  filing of a comment alone will not serve                Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
                                                certificate to enable HP Gathering to                   to make the filer a party to the
                                                lease 150,000 Dth per day of capacity on                                                                        Deputy Secretary.
                                                                                                        proceeding. The Commission’s rules
                                                the relevant portion of the HP Gathering                                                                        [FR Doc. 2017–28348 Filed 1–2–18; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                        require that persons filing comments in
                                                to HP Transmission while, at the same                   opposition to the project provide copies                BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
                                                time, ensuring that the Commission’s                    of their protests only to the party or
                                                jurisdiction will be asserted only over                 parties directly involved in the protest.
                                                the Capacity Lease Agreement and not                                                                            DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
                                                                                                           Protests and interventions may be
                                                its non-jurisdictional gathering facilities             filed electronically via the internet in                Federal Energy Regulatory
                                                and services and that all Commission                    lieu of paper; see 18 CFR                               Commission
                                                jurisdictional filing and reporting                     385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the instructions
                                                requirements that might otherwise                       on the Commission’s website under the                   [Project No. 13102–003]
                                                apply to HP Gathering will be waived.                   ‘‘e-filing’’ link. The Commission
                                                   Questions regarding this filing may be                                                                       Birch Power Company; Notice of
                                                                                                        strongly encourages electronic filings.
                                                directed to Dennis J. Kelly, Senior                                                                             Technical Meeting
                                                                                                           If the Commission decides to set the
                                                Counsel of HP Transmission and HP                       application for a formal hearing before                    a. Date and Time of Meeting: January
                                                Gathering at (720) 457–6076, 2103                       an Administrative Law Judge, the                        8, 2018 at 10:00 a.m. Eastern Standard
                                                CityWest Blvd., Bldg. #4, Houston, TX                   Commission will issue another notice                    Time (11:00 a.m. Central Standard
                                                77042.                                                  describing that process. At the end of                  Time).
                                                   This filing is available for review at
                                                                                                        the Commission’s review process, a                         b. Place: Telephone conference.
                                                the Commission’s Washington, DC                                                                                    c. FERC Contact: Sarah Salazar at
                                                                                                        final Commission order approving or
                                                offices, or may be viewed on the                                                                                sarah.salazar@ferc.gov, or (202) 502–
                                                Commission’s website at http://                         denying the requested authorizations
                                                                                                        will be issued.                                         6863.
                                                www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘e-Library’’ link.                                                                         d. Purpose of Meeting: Commission
                                                Enter the docket number, excluding the                     Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern
                                                                                                        Time, January 12, 2018.                                 Staff is hosting a technical meeting to
                                                last three digits, in the docket number                                                                         discuss: (1) Our regulatory (licensing)
                                                field to access the document. For                         Dated: December 22, 2017.
                                                                                                                                                                process; (2) the recommended
                                                assistance, please contact FERC Online                  Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,                                alternative in the draft environmental
                                                Support at FERCOnlineSupport@                           Deputy Secretary.                                       assessment issued on June 29, 2017 for
                                                ferc.gov, or call toll-free at (866) 208–               [FR Doc. 2017–28322 Filed 1–2–18; 8:45 am]              the proposed Demopolis Lock and Dam
                                                3676, or for TTY, contact (202) 502–                    BILLING CODE 6717–01–P                                  Hydroelectric Project; and (3) comments
                                                8659.                                                                                                           on the US Fish and Wildlife Service’s
                                                   There are two ways to become
                                                                                                                                                                draft biological opinion for the project.
                                                involved in the Commission’s review of                  DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY                                       e. A summary of the meeting will be
                                                this Project. First, any person wishing to
                                                                                                                                                                prepared and filed in the Commission’s
                                                obtain legal status by becoming a party                 Federal Energy Regulatory                               public file for the project.
                                                to the proceeding for this project should               Commission                                                 g. All local, state, and federal
                                                file with the Federal Energy Regulatory                                                                         agencies, Indian tribes, and other
                                                Commission, 888 First Street NE,                        [Project No. 14808–001]                                 interested parties are invited to
                                                Washington, DC 20426, a motion to                                                                               participate by phone. Please call Sarah
                                                intervene in accordance with the                        Merchant Hydro Developers, LLC;                         Salazar at (202) 502–6863 by January 3,
                                                requirements of the Commission’s Rules                  Notice of Surrender of Preliminary                      2018, to RSVP and to receive specific
                                                of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR                       Permit                                                  instructions on how to participate.
                                                385.214, 385.211 (2016), by the
                                                comment date below. A person                               Take notice that Merchant Hydro                        Dated: December 22, 2017.
                                                obtaining party status will be placed on                Developers, LLC, permittee for the                      Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
                                                the service list maintained by the                      proposed Panther Pumped Storage                         Deputy Secretary.
                                                Secretary of the Commission, and will                   Hydroelectric Project, has requested that               [FR Doc. 2017–28325 Filed 1–2–18; 8:45 am]
                                                receive copies of all documents filed by                its preliminary permit be terminated.                   BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
                                                the applicant and by all other parties. A               The permit was issued on October 11,
                                                party must submit filings made with the                 2017, and would have expired on
                                                Commission by mail, hand delivery, or                   September 30, 2020.1 The project would                  DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
                                                internet, in accordance with Rule 2001                  have been located near the town of
                                                of the Commission’s Rules of Practice                   Simpson in Lackawanna and Wayne                         Federal Energy Regulatory
                                                and Procedure, id. 385.2001. A copy                     Counties, Pennsylvania.                                 Commission
                                                must be served on every other party in                     The preliminary permit for Project
                                                the proceeding. Only parties to the                     No. 14808 will remain in effect until the               Combined Notice of Filings #1
                                                proceeding can ask for court review of                  close of business, January 26, 2018. But,                  Take notice that the Commission
                                                                                                        if the Commission is closed on this day,
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                                                Commission orders in the proceeding.                                                                            received the following electric rate
                                                   However, a person does not have to                   then the permit remains in effect until                 filings:
                                                intervene to have comments considered.                  the close of business on the next day in                   Docket Numbers: ER10–2984–037.
                                                The second way to participate is by                     which the Commission is open.2 New                         Applicants: Merrill Lynch
                                                filing with the Secretary of the                        applications for this site may not be                   Commodities, Inc.
                                                Commission, as soon as possible, an                                                                                Description: Notice of Non-Material
                                                original and two copies of comments in                    1 161   FERC 62,026 (2017).                           Change in Status of Merrill Lynch
                                                support of or in opposition to this                       2 18   CFR 385.2007(a)(2) (2017).                     Commodities, Inc.


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PublisherOffice of the Federal Register, National Archives and Records Administration
SectionNotices
FR Citation83 FR 376 

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