83 FR 42280 - Little Falls Hydroelectric Associates, LP; 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

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 3509-041]


Little Falls Hydroelectric Associates, LP; 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.: 3509-041.
    c. Dated Filed: June 15, 2018.
    d. Submitted By: Little Falls Hydroelectric Associates, LP (Little 
Falls Associates).
    e. Name of Project: Little Falls Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: On the Mohawk River, in the City of Little Falls in 
Herkimer County, New York. The project does not occupy federal land.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR part 5 of the Commission's 
Regulations.
    h. Potential Applicant Contact: David H. Fox, Director, 
Environmental and Dam Safety Programs, Little Falls Hydroelectric 
Associates, LP, 2 Bethesda Metro Center, Suite 1330, Bethesda, MD 
20814, (240) 482-2707, [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Monir Chowdhury at (202) 502-6736 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 Little Falls Associates 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. On June 15, 2018, Little Falls Associates 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

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page of any filing should include docket number P-3509-041.
    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 October 13, 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, September 12, 2018.
    Time: 7:00 p.m.
    Location: Travel Lodge by Wyndham, 20 Albany Street, Little Falls, 
NY 13365.
    Phone: (315) 823-4954.

Daytime Scoping Meeting.

    Date: Thursday, September 13, 2018.
    Time: 10:00 a.m.
    Location: Travel Lodge by Wyndham, 20 Albany Street Little Falls, 
NY 13365.
    Phone: (315) 823-4954.
    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 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, September 12, 
2018, starting at 10:00 a.m. All participants should meet at the Little 
Falls Hydroelectric Plant, located at 499 Canal Place, Little Falls, NY 
13365. Participants should proceed over the Canal Place Bridge, take a 
left, and continue approximately 600 yards down Seeley Street to the 
designated parking area. To attend the environmental site review, 
please RSVP via email to [email protected] on or before September 1, 
2018. Persons not providing an RSVP by September 1, 2018, will not be 
allowed on 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: August 14, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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Energy Regulatory Commission’s DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY l. With this notice, we are designating
(‘‘Commission’’) Rules of Practice and Little Falls Associates as the
Procedure, 18 CFR 385.204, Sequitur Federal Energy Regulatory Commission’s non-federal
Permian, LLC filed a petition seeking a Commission representative for carrying out informal
temporary waiver of the tariff filing and [Project No. 3509–041] consultation, pursuant to section 7 of
reporting requirements applicable to the Endangered Species Act and section
interstate oil pipelines under sections 6 Little Falls Hydroelectric Associates, 106 of the National Historic
and 20 of the Interstate Commerce Act LP; Notice of Intent To File License Preservation Act.
and parts 341 and 357 of the Application, Filing of Pre-Application m. On June 15, 2018, Little Falls
Commission’s regulations. This request Document (PAD), Commencement of Associates filed with the Commission a
pertains to certain oil pipeline facilities Pre-filing Process, and Scoping; Pre-Application Document (PAD;
and associated appurtenances to be Request for Comments on the Pad and including a proposed process plan and
operated by Sequitur Permian, LLC Scoping Document, and Identification schedule), pursuant to 18 CFR 5.6 of the
of Issues and Associated Study Commission’s regulations.
within the State of Texas, all as more
Requests n. A copy of the PAD is available for
fully explained in the petition.
review at the Commission in the Public
Any person desiring to intervene or to a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to Reference Room or may be viewed on
protest this filing must file in File License Application for a New the Commission’s website (http://
accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of License and Commencing Pre-filing www.ferc.gov), using the ‘‘eLibrary’’
the Commission’s Rules of Practice and Process. link. Enter the docket number,
Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 385.214. b. Project No.: 3509–041. excluding the last three digits in the
c. Dated Filed: June 15, 2018.
Protests will be considered by the docket number field to access the
d. Submitted By: Little Falls
Commission in determining the document. For assistance, contact FERC
Hydroelectric Associates, LP (Little
appropriate action to be taken, but will Online Support at
Falls Associates).
not serve to make protestants parties to e. Name of Project: Little Falls FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866)
the proceeding. Any person wishing to Hydroelectric Project. 208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659
become a party must file a notice of f. Location: On the Mohawk River, in (TTY). A copy is also available for
intervention or motion to intervene, as the City of Little Falls in Herkimer inspection and reproduction at the
appropriate. Such notices, motions, or County, New York. The project does not address in paragraph h.
protests must be filed on or before the occupy federal land. Register online at http://
comment date. Anyone filing a motion g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR part 5 of www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
to intervene or protest must serve a copy the Commission’s Regulations. esubscription.asp to be notified via
of that document on the Petitioner. h. Potential Applicant Contact: David email of new filing and issuances
H. Fox, Director, Environmental and related to this or other pending projects.
The Commission encourages For assistance, contact FERC Online
Dam Safety Programs, Little Falls
electronic submission of protests and Hydroelectric Associates, LP, 2 Support.
interventions in lieu of paper using the Bethesda Metro Center, Suite 1330, o. With this notice, we are soliciting
‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov. Bethesda, MD 20814, (240) 482–2707, comments on the PAD and
Persons unable to file electronically dfox@cubehydro.com. Commission’s staff Scoping Document 1
should submit an original and 5 copies i. FERC Contact: Monir Chowdhury at (SD1), as well as study requests. All
of the protest or intervention to the (202) 502–6736 or email at comments on the PAD and SD1, and
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, monir.chowdhury@ferc.gov. study requests should be sent to the
888 First Street NE, Washington, DC j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, address above in paragraph h. In
20426 local, and tribal agencies with addition, all comments on the PAD and
This filing is accessible on-line at jurisdiction and/or special expertise SD1, study requests, requests for
http://www.ferc.gov, using the with respect to environmental issues cooperating agency status, and all
that wish to cooperate in the communications to and from
‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for
preparation of the environmental Commission staff related to the merits of
review in the Commission’s Public
document should follow the the potential application must be filed
Reference Room in Washington, DC.
instructions for filing such requests with the Commission.
There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the
described in item o below. Cooperating The Commission strongly encourages
website that enables subscribers to electronic filing. Please file all
agencies should note the Commission’s
receive email notification when a policy that agencies that cooperate in documents using the Commission’s
document is added to a subscribed the preparation of the environmental eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/
docket(s). For assistance with any FERC document cannot also intervene. See 94 docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can
Online service, please email FERC ¶ 61,076 (2001). submit brief comments up to 6,000
FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call k. With this notice, we are initiating characters, without prior registration,
(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call informal consultation with: (a) The U.S. using the eComment system at http://
(202) 502–8659. Fish and Wildlife Service and/or NOAA www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern time Fisheries under section 7 of the ecomment.asp. You must include your
Endangered Species Act and the joint name and contact information at the end
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on August 24, 2018.
agency regulations thereunder at 50 of your comments. For assistance,
Dated: August 14, 2018.
CFR, Part 402, and (b) the State Historic please contact FERC Online Support at
Kimberly D. Bose, Preservation Officer, as required by FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. In lieu of
Secretary. section 106, National Historic electronic filing, please send a paper
[FR Doc. 2018–18004 Filed 8–20–18; 8:45 am] Preservation Act, and the implementing copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy
BILLING CODE 6717–01–P regulations of the Advisory Council on Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
Historic Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2. NE, Washington, DC 20426. The first

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page of any filing should include docket may be issued. SD2 may include a DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
number P–3509–041. revised process plan and schedule, as
All filings with the Commission must well as a list of issues, identified Federal Energy Regulatory
bear the appropriate heading: through the scoping process. Commission
‘‘Comments on Pre-Application
Document,’’ ‘‘Study Requests,’’ Environmental Site Review [Docket No. OR18–32–000]
‘‘Comments on Scoping Document 1,’’
The potential applicant and Notice of Petition for Declaratory
‘‘Request for Cooperating Agency
Commission staff will conduct an Order; Cactus II Pipeline LLC
Status,’’ or ‘‘Communications to and
from Commission Staff.’’ Any environmental site review of the project
on Wednesday, September 12, 2018, Take notice that on August 9, 2018,
individual or entity interested in pursuant to Rule 207(a)(2) of the Federal
submitting study requests, commenting starting at 10:00 a.m. All participants
should meet at the Little Falls Energy Regulatory Commission’s
on the PAD or SD1, and any agency (Commission) Rules of Practice and
requesting cooperating status must do so Hydroelectric Plant, located at 499
Procedure, 18 CFR 385.207(a)(2) (2017),
by October 13, 2018. Canal Place, Little Falls, NY 13365.
Cactus II Pipeline LLC (Cactus II
p. Although our current intent is to Participants should proceed over the
Pipeline or Petitioner), filed a petition
prepare an environmental assessment Canal Place Bridge, take a left, and for a declaratory order to approve the
(EA), there is the possibility that an continue approximately 600 yards down specified rate structure, terms of service,
Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) Seeley Street to the designated parking and open season procedures for its
will be required. Nevertheless, this area. To attend the environmental site proposed Cactus II Pipeline Project,
meeting will satisfy the NEPA scoping review, please RSVP via email to dfox@ which will transport crude oil from
requirements, irrespective of whether an cubehydro.com on or before September various West Texas Counties in the
EA or EIS is issued by the Commission. 1, 2018. Persons not providing an RSVP Permian Basin to Corpus Christi, Texas,
Scoping Meetings by September 1, 2018, will not be all as more fully explained in the
allowed on the environmental site petition.
Commission staff will hold two review. Any person desiring to intervene or to
scoping meetings in the vicinity of the protest this filing must file in
project at the time and place noted Meeting Objectives
accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of
below. The daytime meeting will focus the Commission’s Rules of Practice and
on resource agency, Indian tribes, and At the scoping meetings, staff will: (1)
Initiate scoping of the issues; (2) review Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214).
non-governmental organization Protests will be considered by the
concerns, while the evening meeting is and discuss existing conditions and
resource management objectives; (3) Commission in determining the
primarily for receiving input from the appropriate action to be taken, but will
public. We invite all interested review and discuss existing information
not serve to make protestants parties to
individuals, organizations, and agencies and identify preliminary information
the proceeding. Any person wishing to
to attend one or both of the meetings, and study needs; (4) review and discuss
become a party must file a notice of
and to assist staff in identifying the process plan and schedule for pre-
intervention or motion to intervene, as
particular study needs, as well as the filing activity that incorporates the time appropriate. Such notices, motions, or
scope of environmental issues to be frames provided for in Part 5 of the protests must be filed on or before the
addressed in the environmental Commission’s regulations and, to the comment date. Anyone filing a motion
document. The times and locations of extent possible, maximizes coordination to intervene or protest must serve a copy
these meetings are as follows: of federal, state, and tribal permitting of that document on the Petitioner.
Evening Scoping Meeting and certification processes; and (5) The Commission encourages
discuss the appropriateness of any electronic submission of protests and
Date: Wednesday, September 12, federal or state agency or Indian tribe
2018. interventions in lieu of paper using the
acting as a cooperating agency for ‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov.
Time: 7:00 p.m.
Location: Travel Lodge by Wyndham, development of an environmental Persons unable to file electronically
20 Albany Street, Little Falls, NY 13365. document. should submit an original and 5 copies
Phone: (315) 823–4954. Meeting participants should come of the protest or intervention to the
prepared to discuss their issues and/or Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
Daytime Scoping Meeting. 888 First Street NE, Washington, DC
concerns. Please review the PAD in
Date: Thursday, September 13, 2018. preparation for the scoping meetings. 20426.
Time: 10:00 a.m. This filing is accessible on-line at
Directions on how to obtain a copy of
Location: Travel Lodge by Wyndham, http://www.ferc.gov, using the
the PAD and SD1 are included in item
20 Albany Street Little Falls, NY 13365. ‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for
n. of this document.
Phone: (315) 823–4954. review in the Commission’s Public
SD1, which outlines the subject areas Meeting Procedures Reference Room in Washington, DC.
to be addressed in the environmental There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the
document, was mailed to the The meetings will be recorded by a website that enables subscribers to
individuals and entities on the stenographer and will be placed in the receive email notification when a
Commission’s mailing list. Copies of public records of the project. document is added to a subscribed
sradovich on DSK3GMQ082PROD with NOTICES

SD1 will be available at the scoping Dated: August 14, 2018. docket(s). For assistance with any FERC
meetings, or may be viewed on the web Online service, please email
Kimberly D. Bose,
at http://www.ferc.gov, using the FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call
‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Follow the directions Secretary. (866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
for accessing information in paragraph [FR Doc. 2018–18006 Filed 8–20–18; 8:45 am] (202) 502–8659.
n. Based on all oral and written BILLING CODE 6717–01–P Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern time
comments, a Scoping Document 2 (SD2) on September 7, 2018.

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Section		Notices
Dates		Wednesday, September 12, 2018.
FR Citation		83 FR 42280
DEPARTMENT OF ENERGYFederal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 162 (August 21, 2018)

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
