83_FR_4219 83 FR 4199 - Alaska Department of Fish and Game; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing, Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, Protests, Recommendations, and Terms and Conditions

83 FR 4199 - Alaska Department of Fish and Game; Notice of Application Accepted for Filing, Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, Protests, Recommendations, and Terms and Conditions

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 20 (January 30, 2018)

Page Range4199-4200
FR Document2018-01791

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 20 (Tuesday, January 30, 2018)
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 20 (Tuesday, January 30, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 4199-4200]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-01791]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 14785-000]


Alaska Department of Fish and Game; Notice of Application 
Accepted for Filing, Soliciting Comments, Motions To Intervene, 
Protests, Recommendations, and Terms and Conditions

    Take notice that the following hydroelectric application has been 
filed with the Commission and is available for public inspection:
    a. Type of Application: Conduit Exemption.
    b. Project No.: 14785-000.
    c. Date Filed: October 18, 2017.
    d. Applicant: Alaska Department of Fish and Game.
    e. Name of Project: Hidden Falls Lake Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The project is located on Eastern Baranof Island in 
the City of Sitka Borough, approximately 20 miles northeast of the 
Sitka, Alaska.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power Act, 16 U.S.C. 791a-825r.
    h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Scott Wagner, NSRAA, 1308 Sawmill Creek 
Road, Sitka, AK 99835, (907) 747-6850.
    i. FERC Contact: Christopher Chaney, (202) 502-6778, or 
[email protected].
    j. Status of Environmental Analysis: This application is ready for 
environmental analysis at this time, and the Commission is requesting 
comments, reply comments, recommendations, terms and conditions, and 
prescriptions.
    k. Deadline for filing responsive documents: The Commission 
directs, pursuant to section 4.34(b) of the Regulations (see Order No. 
533, issued May 8, 1991, 56 FR 23,108 (May 20, 1991)) that all 
comments, motions to intervene, protests, recommendations, terms and 
conditions, and prescriptions concerning the application be filed with 
the Commission: 60 days from the issuance of this notice. All reply 
comments must be filed with the Commission: 105 days from the issuance 
of this notice.
    The Commission strongly encourages electronic filing. Please file 
comments, motions to intervene, and protests 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], (866) 208-3676 (toll 
free), or (202) 502-8659 (TTY). 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-14785-000.
    The Commission's Rules of Practice and Procedure require all 
intervenors filing documents with the Commission to serve a copy of 
that document on each person on the official service list for the 
project. Further, if an intervenor files comments or documents with the 
Commission relating to the merits of an issue that may affect the 
responsibilities of a particular resource agency, they must also serve 
a copy of the document on that resource agency.
    l. Description of Project: The proposed Hidden Falls Lake 
Hydroelectric Project would consist of: (1) An existing, approximately 
18-foot by 24-foot powerhouse containing one existing 250-kilowatt (kW) 
turbine/generating unit; (2) a proposed, approximately 27-foot by 31-
foot powerhouse containing one proposed 80-kW turbine/generating unit; 
and (3) appurtenant facilities. The applicant estimates the project 
would have an average annual generation of 1,401,600 kW-hours.
    m. Locations of the Application: A copy of the application is 
available for inspection and reproduction at the Commission's Public 
Reference Room, located at 888 First Street NE, Room 2A, Washington, DC 
20426, or by calling (202) 502-8371. This filing may also be viewed on 
the Commission's website at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number, P-14785, in the docket number 
field to access the document. You may also register online at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be notified via email of 
new filings and issuances related to this or other pending projects. 
For assistance, call 1-866-208-3676 or email 
[email protected], for TTY, call (202) 502-8659. A copy is 
also available for inspection and reproduction at the address in item 
(h) above.
    n. Development Application: Any qualified applicant desiring to 
file a competing application must submit to the Commission, on or 
before the specified deadline date for the particular application, a 
competing development application, or a notice of intent to file such 
an application. Submission of a timely notice of intent allows an 
interested person to file the competing development application no 
later than 120 days after the specified deadline date for the 
particular application. Applications for preliminary permits will not 
be accepted in response to this notice.
    o. Comments, Protests, or Motions to Intervene: Anyone may submit 
comments, a protest, or a motion to intervene in accordance with the 
requirements of Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, 
.214. In determining the appropriate action to take, the Commission 
will consider all protests or other comments filed, but only those who 
file a motion to intervene in accordance with the Commission's Rules 
may become a party to the proceeding. Any comments, protests, or 
motions to intervene must be received on or before the specified 
comment date for the particular application.
    p. Filing and Service of Responsive Documents: Any filing must (1) 
bear in all capital letters the title COMMENTS, PROTEST, MOTION TO 
INTERVENE, REPLY COMMENTS, RECOMMENDATIONS, TERMS AND CONDITIONS, or 
PRESCRIPTIONS; (2) set forth in the heading, the name of the applicant 
and the project number of the application to which the filing responds; 
(3) furnish the name, address, and telephone number of the person 
protesting or intervening; and (4) otherwise comply with the 
requirements of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. All comments, motions 
to intervene, or protests must set forth their evidentiary basis and 
otherwise comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may 
obtain copies of the application directly from the applicant. A copy of 
any protest or motion to intervene must be served upon each 
representative of the applicant specified in the particular 
application. If an intervener files comments or documents with the 
Commission relating to the merits of an issue that may affect the 
responsibilities of a particular resource agency, they must also serve 
a copy of the document on that resource agency. A copy of all other 
filings in reference to this application must be accompanied by proof 
of service on all persons listed in the service list prepared by the 
Commission in this proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and 
385.2010.


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    Dated: January 24, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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                                                 Dated: January 23, 2018.                              http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/                       the Commission, on or before the
                                               Kimberly D. Bose,                                       efiling.asp. Commenters can submit                     specified deadline date for the
                                               Secretary.                                              brief comments up to 6,000 characters,                 particular application, a competing
                                               [FR Doc. 2018–01785 Filed 1–29–18; 8:45 am]             without prior registration, using the                  development application, or a notice of
                                               BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
                                                                                                       eComment system at http://                             intent to file such an application.
                                                                                                       www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/                              Submission of a timely notice of intent
                                                                                                       ecomment.asp. You must include your                    allows an interested person to file the
                                               DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY                                    name and contact information at the end                competing development application no
                                                                                                       of your comments. For assistance,                      later than 120 days after the specified
                                               Federal Energy Regulatory                               please contact FERC Online Support at                  deadline date for the particular
                                               Commission                                              FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866)                      application. Applications for
                                                                                                       208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659                preliminary permits will not be
                                               [Project No. 14785–000]
                                                                                                       (TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, please            accepted in response to this notice.
                                               Alaska Department of Fish and Game;                     send a paper copy to: Secretary, Federal                  o. Comments, Protests, or Motions to
                                               Notice of Application Accepted for                      Energy Regulatory Commission, 888                      Intervene: Anyone may submit
                                               Filing, Soliciting Comments, Motions                    First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426.                 comments, a protest, or a motion to
                                               To Intervene, Protests,                                 The first page of any filing should                    intervene in accordance with the
                                               Recommendations, and Terms and                          include docket number P–14785–000.                     requirements of Rules of Practice and
                                               Conditions                                                 The Commission’s Rules of Practice                  Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, .214.
                                                                                                       and Procedure require all intervenors                  In determining the appropriate action to
                                                 Take notice that the following                        filing documents with the Commission                   take, the Commission will consider all
                                               hydroelectric application has been filed                to serve a copy of that document on                    protests or other comments filed, but
                                               with the Commission and is available                    each person on the official service list               only those who file a motion to
                                               for public inspection:                                  for the project. Further, if an intervenor             intervene in accordance with the
                                                 a. Type of Application: Conduit                       files comments or documents with the                   Commission’s Rules may become a
                                               Exemption.                                              Commission relating to the merits of an                party to the proceeding. Any comments,
                                                 b. Project No.: 14785–000.                            issue that may affect the responsibilities             protests, or motions to intervene must
                                                 c. Date Filed: October 18, 2017.                      of a particular resource agency, they
                                                 d. Applicant: Alaska Department of                                                                           be received on or before the specified
                                                                                                       must also serve a copy of the document                 comment date for the particular
                                               Fish and Game.                                          on that resource agency.
                                                 e. Name of Project: Hidden Falls Lake                                                                        application.
                                                                                                          l. Description of Project: The proposed
                                               Hydroelectric Project.                                  Hidden Falls Lake Hydroelectric Project                   p. Filing and Service of Responsive
                                                 f. Location: The project is located on                would consist of: (1) An existing,                     Documents: Any filing must (1) bear in
                                               Eastern Baranof Island in the City of                   approximately 18-foot by 24-foot                       all capital letters the title COMMENTS,
                                               Sitka Borough, approximately 20 miles                   powerhouse containing one existing                     PROTEST, MOTION TO INTERVENE,
                                               northeast of the Sitka, Alaska.                         250-kilowatt (kW) turbine/generating                   REPLY COMMENTS,
                                                 g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power                   unit; (2) a proposed, approximately 27-                RECOMMENDATIONS, TERMS AND
                                               Act, 16 U.S.C. 791a–825r.                               foot by 31-foot powerhouse containing                  CONDITIONS, or PRESCRIPTIONS; (2)
                                                  h. Applicant Contact: Mr. Scott                      one proposed 80-kW turbine/generating                  set forth in the heading, the name of the
                                               Wagner, NSRAA, 1308 Sawmill Creek                       unit; and (3) appurtenant facilities. The              applicant and the project number of the
                                               Road, Sitka, AK 99835, (907) 747–6850.                  applicant estimates the project would                  application to which the filing
                                                 i. FERC Contact: Christopher Chaney,                  have an average annual generation of                   responds; (3) furnish the name, address,
                                               (202) 502–6778, or christopher.chaney@                  1,401,600 kW-hours.                                    and telephone number of the person
                                               ferc.gov.                                                  m. Locations of the Application: A                  protesting or intervening; and (4)
                                                  j. Status of Environmental Analysis:                 copy of the application is available for               otherwise comply with the requirements
                                               This application is ready for                           inspection and reproduction at the                     of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005.
                                               environmental analysis at this time, and                Commission’s Public Reference Room,                    All comments, motions to intervene, or
                                               the Commission is requesting                            located at 888 First Street NE, Room 2A,               protests must set forth their evidentiary
                                               comments, reply comments,                               Washington, DC 20426, or by calling                    basis and otherwise comply with the
                                               recommendations, terms and                              (202) 502–8371. This filing may also be                requirements of 18 CFR 4.34(b).
                                               conditions, and prescriptions.                          viewed on the Commission’s website at                  Agencies may obtain copies of the
                                                  k. Deadline for filing responsive                    http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/                       application directly from the applicant.
                                               documents: The Commission directs,                      elibrary.asp. Enter the docket number,                 A copy of any protest or motion to
                                               pursuant to section 4.34(b) of the                      P–14785, in the docket number field to                 intervene must be served upon each
                                               Regulations (see Order No. 533, issued                  access the document. You may also                      representative of the applicant specified
                                               May 8, 1991, 56 FR 23,108 (May 20,                      register online at http://www.ferc.gov/                in the particular application. If an
                                               1991)) that all comments, motions to                    docs-filing/esubscription.asp to be                    intervener files comments or documents
                                               intervene, protests, recommendations,                   notified via email of new filings and                  with the Commission relating to the
                                               terms and conditions, and prescriptions                 issuances related to this or other                     merits of an issue that may affect the
                                               concerning the application be filed with                pending projects. For assistance, call 1–              responsibilities of a particular resource
                                               the Commission: 60 days from the                        866–208–3676 or email                                  agency, they must also serve a copy of
                                               issuance of this notice. All reply                      FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, for TTY,                   the document on that resource agency.
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                                               comments must be filed with the                         call (202) 502–8659. A copy is also                    A copy of all other filings in reference
                                               Commission: 105 days from the                           available for inspection and                           to this application must be accompanied
                                               issuance of this notice.                                reproduction at the address in item (h)                by proof of service on all persons listed
                                                  The Commission strongly encourages                   above.                                                 in the service list prepared by the
                                               electronic filing. Please file comments,                   n. Development Application: Any                     Commission in this proceeding, in
                                               motions to intervene, and protests using                qualified applicant desiring to file a                 accordance with 18 CFR 4.34(b) and
                                               the Commission’s eFiling system at                      competing application must submit to                   385.2010.


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                                               4200                          Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 20 / Tuesday, January 30, 2018 / Notices

                                                 Dated: January 24, 2018.                              dual oil and gas intrastate transportation             with the requirements of the
                                               Kimberly D. Bose,                                       service to solely natural gas                          Commission’s Rules of Practice and
                                               Secretary.                                              transportation service; and (iii)                      Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211)
                                               [FR Doc. 2018–01791 Filed 1–29–18; 8:45 am]             construct additional new facilities                    and the Regulations under the NGA (18
                                               BILLING CODE 6717–01–P                                  including two compressor stations                      CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party
                                                                                                       totaling 11,250 horsepower, two                        status will be placed on the service list
                                                                                                       pipeline laterals totaling 4.6-miles                   maintained by the Secretary of the
                                               DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY                                    extending from the planned Marcus                      Commission and will receive copies of
                                                                                                       Hook Compressor Station to                             all documents filed by the applicant and
                                               Federal Energy Regulatory                               interconnections in Chester, Delaware                  by all other parties. A party must submit
                                               Commission                                              County, Pennsylvania and Claymont,                     7 copies of filings made in the
                                               [Docket No. CP18–46–000]                                New Castle County, Delaware, and                       proceeding with the Commission and
                                                                                                       various M&R stations.                                  must mail a copy to the applicant and
                                               Adelphia Gateway, LLC; Notice of                           Additionally, Adelphia requests: (i) A              to every other party. Only parties to the
                                               Applications                                            blanket certificate pursuant to Part 157,              proceeding can ask for court review of
                                                                                                       Subpart F and a blanket certificate                    Commission orders in the proceeding.
                                                  Take notice that on January 12, 2018,                pursuant to Part 284, Subpart G of the                    However, a person does not have to
                                               Adelphia Gateway, LLC (Adelphia),                       Commission’s regulations; (ii) approval                intervene in order to have comments
                                               1415 Wyckoff Road Wall, New Jersey                      of its proposed pro forma tariff and                   considered. The second way to
                                               07719, filed an application under                       certain non-conforming provisions in its               participate is by filing with the
                                               section 7(c) of the Natural Gas Act                     firm service agreements with existing                  Secretary of the Commission, as soon as
                                               (NGA) and Part 157 of the Commission’s                  shippers on the IEC system; and (iii) any              possible, an original and two copies of
                                               rules and regulations requesting                        such other authorizations and waivers                  comments in support of or in opposition
                                               certificate authority to acquire and                    as may be necessary from the                           to this project. The Commission will
                                               convert certain existing pipeline and                   Commission to allow Adelphia to                        consider these comments in
                                               auxiliary facilities, to construct                      undertake the activities described in its              determining the appropriate action to be
                                               additional auxiliary facilities, and to                 Application.                                           taken, but the filing of a comment alone
                                               own and operate the existing and new                       Any questions regarding this                        will not serve to make the filer a party
                                               facilities as an interstate natural gas                 application should be directed to                      to the proceeding. The Commission’s
                                               pipeline system for its proposed                        William P. Scharfenberg, Assistant                     rules require that persons filing
                                               Adelphia Gateway Pipeline Project                       General Counsel, Adelphia Gateway,                     comments in opposition to the project
                                               located in Pennsylvania and Delaware.                   LLC, 1415 Wyckoff Road, Wall, NJ                       provide copies of their protests only to
                                               Adelphia plans to provide 250,000                       07719, or call (732) 938–1134, or email:               the party or parties directly involved in
                                               Dekatherms per day (Dth/d) of natural                   WScharfenberg@NJResources.com.                         the protest.
                                               gas transportation capacity from an                        Pursuant to section 157.9 of the                       Persons who wish to comment only
                                               interconnection with Texas Eastern                      Commission’s rules, 18 CFR 157.9,                      on the environmental review of this
                                               Transmission, LP (Texas Eastern) in                     within 90 days of this Notice the                      project should submit an original and
                                               Bucks County, Pennsylvania to Marcus                    Commission staff will either: Complete                 two copies of their comments to the
                                               Hook, Delaware County, Pennsylvania,                    its environmental assessment (EA) and                  Secretary of the Commission.
                                               and 525,000 Dth/d of combined natural                   place it into the Commission’s public                  Environmental commentors will be
                                               gas transportation capacity from an                     record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or              placed on the Commission’s
                                               interconnection with Texas Eastern in                   issue a Notice of Schedule for                         environmental mailing list, will receive
                                               Bucks County and an interconnection                     Environmental Review. If a Notice of                   copies of the environmental documents,
                                               with Transcontinental Gas Pipeline                      Schedule for Environmental Review is                   and will be notified of meetings
                                               Company, LLC in Northampton County                      issued, it will indicate, among other                  associated with the Commission’s
                                               to Martins Creek Terminal, Martins                      milestones, the anticipated date for the               environmental review process.
                                               Creek, Pennsylvania, all as more fully                  Commission staff’s issuance of the final               Environmental commentors will not be
                                               described in the application which is on                environmental impact statement (FEIS)                  required to serve copies of filed
                                               file with the Commission and open to                    or EA for this proposal. The filing of the             documents on all other parties.
                                               public inspection. The filing may also                  EA in the Commission’s public record                   However, the non-party commentors
                                               be viewed on the web at http://                         for this proceeding or the issuance of a               will not receive copies of all documents
                                               www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link.               Notice of Schedule for Environmental                   filed by other parties or issued by the
                                               Enter the docket number excluding the                   Review will serve to notify federal and                Commission (except for the mailing of
                                               last three digits in the docket number                  state agencies of the timing for the                   environmental documents issued by the
                                               field to access the document. For                       completion of all necessary reviews, and               Commission) and will not have the right
                                               assistance, contact FERC at                             the subsequent need to complete all                    to seek court review of the
                                               FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call                      federal authorizations within 90 days of               Commission’s final order.
                                               toll-free, (866) 208–3676 or TTY, (202)                 the date of issuance of the Commission                    The Commission strongly encourages
                                               502–8659.                                               staff’s FEIS or EA.                                    electronic filings of comments, protests
                                                  Specifically, Adelphia proposes to (i)                  There are two ways to become                        and interventions in lieu of paper using
                                               acquire an existing 84-mile, 18-inch-                   involved in the Commission’s review of                 the eFiling link at http://www.ferc.gov.
                                               diameter mainline and 4.5-mile, 20-                     this project. First, any person wishing to             Persons unable to file electronically
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                                               inch-diameter lateral gas pipeline, and                 obtain legal status by becoming a party                should submit an original and 5 copies
                                               existing appurtenant and auxiliary                      to the proceedings for this project                    of the protest or intervention to the
                                               facilities, all of which are currently                  should, on or before the comment date                  Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
                                               owned and operated in non-FERC                          stated below file with the Federal                     888 First Street NE, Washington, DC
                                               jurisdictional service by Interstate                    Energy Regulatory Commission, 888                      20426.
                                               Energy Company (ICE); (ii) convert a                    First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426,                    Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern
                                               portion of these existing facilities from               a motion to intervene in accordance                    Time on February 13, 2018.


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