83_FR_49000 83 FR 48812 - Georgia Power Company; Notice of Modification of Procedural Schedule and Waiver of the Commission's Regulatory Deadline for Scoping and Environmental Site Review

83 FR 48812 - Georgia Power Company; Notice of Modification of Procedural Schedule and Waiver of the Commission's Regulatory Deadline for Scoping and Environmental Site Review

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

Federal Register Volume 83, Issue 188 (September 27, 2018)

Page Range48812-48813
FR Document2018-21054

Federal Register, Volume 83 Issue 188 (Thursday, September 27, 2018)
[Federal Register Volume 83, Number 188 (Thursday, September 27, 2018)]
[Notices]
[Pages 48812-48813]
From the Federal Register Online  [www.thefederalregister.org]
[FR Doc No: 2018-21054]


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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission

[Project No. 2336-094]


Georgia Power Company; Notice of Modification of Procedural 
Schedule and Waiver of the Commission's Regulatory Deadline for Scoping 
and Environmental Site Review

    Take notice that the Commission's regulatory deadline for scoping 
and environmental site review for the following hydroelectric 
application is waived, and the schedule for processing the 
hydroelectric application has been modified.
    a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to File License Application for 
a New License and Commencing Pre-filing Process.
    b. Project No.: 2336-094.
    c. Dated Filed: July 3, 2018.
    d. Submitted By: Georgia Power Company (Georgia Power).
    e. Name of Project: Lloyd Shoals Hydroelectric Project.
    f. Location: The project is located on the Ocmulgee River in Butts, 
Henry, Jasper, and Newton Counties, Georgia. No federal lands have been 
identified within the project boundary.
    g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR part 5 of the Commission's 
Regulations.
    h. Potential Applicant Contact: Courtenay R. O'Mara, P.E., Hydro 
Licensing and Compliance Supervisor, Southern Company Generation, 241 
Ralph McGill Boulevard NE, BIN 10193, Atlanta, GA 30308-3374; (404) 
506-7219; or [email protected].
    i. FERC Contact: Navreet Deo at (202) 502-6304, or email at 
[email protected].
    j. Scoping Meetings: The Commission's August 20, 2018, Notice of 
Commencement of Proceedings, and Commission staff's Scoping Document 1, 
established September 13, 2018, as the date for the public scoping 
meetings, and September 14, 2018, as the date for the environmental 
site review. The Commission's September 12, 2018, Notice of 
Cancellation of Scoping and Site Review canceled the meetings until 
further notice due to Hurricane Florence. With this notice, the 
Commission waives the regulatory deadline of scoping and site review 
within 30 days of the Notice of Commencement of Proceedings and Scoping 
Document 1, and establishes the following revised dates and locations 
for the scoping meetings and site review:

Daytime Scoping Meeting--Jackson, Georgia
    Date & Time: Tuesday, October 9, 2018, at 1 p.m.
    Location: Pepper Sprout Barn, 562 Old Bethel Road, Jackson, Georgia 
30233, (678) 752-1550

Evening Scoping Meeting--Jackson, Georgia
    Date & Time: Tuesday, October 9, 2018, at 6:30 p.m.
    Location: Pepper Sprout Barn, 562 Old Bethel Road, Jackson, Georgia 
30233, (678) 752-1550

Environmental Site Review

    The potential applicant and Commission staff will conduct an 
environmental site review of the project on Wednesday, October 10, 
2018, consisting of facility tours from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 p.m., and 
boat tours from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. All participants should meet at 
the Jackson Land Management Office located at 180 Dam Road, Jackson, 
Georgia 30233.

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Participants must notify Courtenay O'Mara at 
[email protected], or (404) 506-7219, on or before October 3, 
2018, if they plan to attend the environmental site review.
    k. Procedural Schedule: The application will be processed according 
to the following schedule. Revisions to the schedule may be made as 
appropriate. If a date falls on a weekend or holiday, the due date will 
be the following business day.

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                 Milestone                           Target date
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Public Scoping Meetings and Environmental   October 9, 2018 & October
 Site Review.                                10, 2018.
File Comments on PAD, SD1, and Study        November 5, 2018.
 Requests.
Commission Issues SD2, if necessary.......  December 20, 2018.
File Proposed Study Plan..................  December 20, 2018.
Study Plan Meetings.......................  January 22, 2019.
File Comments on Proposed Study Plan......  March 20, 2019.
File Revised Proposed Study Plan..........  April 19, 2019.
File Comments on Revised Proposed Study     May 6, 2019.
 Plan.
Commission Issues Study Plan Determination  May 20, 2019.
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    Dated: September 20, 2018.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
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                                                  Filed Date: 9/21/18.                                 Agreement Nos. 5019, 5020, 5021, 5022,                   d. Submitted By: Georgia Power
                                                  Accession Number: 20180921–5163.                     and 5023 to be effective 11/21/2018.                  Company (Georgia Power).
                                                  Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/12/18.                       Filed Date: 9/21/18.                                  e. Name of Project: Lloyd Shoals
                                                  Docket Numbers: ER18–2110–001.                          Accession Number: 20180921–5159.                   Hydroelectric Project.
                                                  Applicants: Buckeye Power, Inc., PJM                    Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/12/18.                     f. Location: The project is located on
                                               Interconnection, L.L.C.                                    Docket Numbers: ER18–2463–000.                     the Ocmulgee River in Butts, Henry,
                                                  Description: Tariff Amendment:                          Applicants: Midcontinent                           Jasper, and Newton Counties, Georgia.
                                               Amendment to July 31 Filing re NITSA                    Independent System Operator, Inc.                     No federal lands have been identified
                                               Among PJM and Buckeye Power, Inc. to                       Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:                 within the project boundary.
                                               be effective 10/1/2018.                                 2018–09–21_SA 3115 LCM–ELL GIA                           g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR part 5 of
                                                  Filed Date: 9/21/2018.                               (C042) to be effective 6/10/2018.                     the Commission’s Regulations.
                                                  Accession Number: 20180921–5110.                        Filed Date: 9/21/18.                                  h. Potential Applicant Contact:
                                                  Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/3/18.                        Accession Number: 20180921–5186.                   Courtenay R. O’Mara, P.E., Hydro
                                                  Docket Numbers: ER18–2457–000.                          Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/12/18.                  Licensing and Compliance Supervisor,
                                                  Applicants: ISO New England Inc.                        The filings are accessible in the                  Southern Company Generation, 241
                                                  Description: ISO New England Inc.                    Commission’s eLibrary system by                       Ralph McGill Boulevard NE, BIN 10193,
                                               Resource Termination—Clear River                        clicking on the links or querying the                 Atlanta, GA 30308–3374; (404) 506–
                                               Unit 1.                                                 docket number.                                        7219; or g2jacksonrel@southernco.com.
                                                  Filed Date: 9/20/18.                                    Any person desiring to intervene or                   i. FERC Contact: Navreet Deo at (202)
                                                  Accession Number: 20180920–5149.                     protest in any of the above proceedings               502–6304, or email at navreet.deo@
                                                  Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/11/18.                    must file in accordance with Rules 211                ferc.gov.
                                                  Docket Numbers: ER18–2458–000.                       and 214 of the Commission’s                              j. Scoping Meetings: The
                                                  Applicants: Duke Energy Ohio, Inc.,                  Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and                       Commission’s August 20, 2018, Notice
                                               PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.                             385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern               of Commencement of Proceedings, and
                                                  Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:                   time on the specified comment date.                   Commission staff’s Scoping Document
                                               Duke submits Amended and Restated                       Protests may be considered, but                       1, established September 13, 2018, as
                                               Interconnection Agreement, SA No.                       intervention is necessary to become a                 the date for the public scoping meetings,
                                               3141 to be effective 6/30/2018.                         party to the proceeding.                              and September 14, 2018, as the date for
                                                  Filed Date: 9/20/18.                                    eFiling is encouraged. More detailed               the environmental site review. The
                                                  Accession Number: 20180920–5156.                     information relating to filing                        Commission’s September 12, 2018,
                                                  Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/11/18.                    requirements, interventions, protests,                Notice of Cancellation of Scoping and
                                                  Docket Numbers: ER18–2459–000.                       service, and qualifying facilities filings            Site Review canceled the meetings until
                                                  Applicants: Pacific Gas and Electric                 can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/                 further notice due to Hurricane
                                               Company.                                                docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For               Florence. With this notice, the
                                                  Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:                   other information, call (866) 208–3676                Commission waives the regulatory
                                               WAPA Work Performance Agreement                         (toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659.            deadline of scoping and site review
                                               for Cottonwood Airport Reconductoring                                                                         within 30 days of the Notice of
                                                                                                         Dated: September 21, 2018.
                                               (RS 228) to be effective 9/24/2018.                                                                           Commencement of Proceedings and
                                                                                                       Kimberly D. Bose,
                                                  Filed Date: 9/21/18.                                                                                       Scoping Document 1, and establishes
                                                                                                       Secretary.                                            the following revised dates and
                                                  Accession Number: 20180921–5103.
                                                  Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/12/18.                    [FR Doc. 2018–21068 Filed 9–26–18; 8:45 am]           locations for the scoping meetings and
                                                  Docket Numbers: ER18–2460–000.                       BILLING CODE 6717–01–P                                site review:
                                                  Applicants: New York Independent                                                                           Daytime Scoping Meeting—Jackson,
                                               System Operator, Inc.                                                                                               Georgia
                                                                                                       DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
                                                  Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 205                                                                        Date & Time: Tuesday, October 9,
                                               filing re: Use of constraint reliability                Federal Energy Regulatory                                   2018, at 1 p.m.
                                               margin values less than 20 MW to be                     Commission                                               Location: Pepper Sprout Barn, 562
                                               effective 11/21/2018.                                                                                               Old Bethel Road, Jackson, Georgia
                                                  Filed Date: 9/21/18.                                 [Project No. 2336–094]                                      30233, (678) 752–1550
                                                  Accession Number: 20180921–5107.                                                                           Evening Scoping Meeting—Jackson,
                                                  Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/12/18.                    Georgia Power Company; Notice of
                                                                                                       Modification of Procedural Schedule                         Georgia
                                                  Docket Numbers: ER18–2461–000.                                                                                Date & Time: Tuesday, October 9,
                                                                                                       and Waiver of the Commission’s
                                                  Applicants: Mid-Atlantic Interstate                                                                              2018, at 6:30 p.m.
                                                                                                       Regulatory Deadline for Scoping and
                                               Transmission, LLC, PJM                                                                                           Location: Pepper Sprout Barn, 562
                                                                                                       Environmental Site Review
                                               Interconnection, L.L.C.                                                                                             Old Bethel Road, Jackson, Georgia
                                                  Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:                     Take notice that the Commission’s                         30233, (678) 752–1550
                                               MAIT submits five ECSAs, Service                        regulatory deadline for scoping and
                                               Agreement Nos. 5112, 5113, 5116, 5130,                                                                        Environmental Site Review
                                                                                                       environmental site review for the
                                               and 5131 to be effective 11/21/2018.                    following hydroelectric application is                  The potential applicant and
                                                  Filed Date: 9/21/18.                                 waived, and the schedule for processing               Commission staff will conduct an
                                                  Accession Number: 20180921–5109.                     the hydroelectric application has been                environmental site review of the project
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                                                  Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 10/12/18.                    modified.                                             on Wednesday, October 10, 2018,
                                                  Docket Numbers: ER18–2462–000.                         a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to              consisting of facility tours from 9:00
                                                  Applicants: Mid-Atlantic Interstate                  File License Application for a New                    a.m. to 12:00 p.m., and boat tours from
                                               Transmission, LLC, PJM                                  License and Commencing Pre-filing                     1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m. All participants
                                               Interconnection, L.L.C.                                 Process.                                              should meet at the Jackson Land
                                                  Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing:                     b. Project No.: 2336–094.                           Management Office located at 180 Dam
                                               MAIT submits five ECSAs, Service                          c. Dated Filed: July 3, 2018.                       Road, Jackson, Georgia 30233.


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                                                                             Federal Register / Vol. 83, No. 188 / Thursday, September 27, 2018 / Notices                                                   48813

                                               Participants must notify Courtenay                           forwarded to: Ms. Melissa Melvin,                     at DataClearance@FERC.gov, telephone
                                               O’Mara at g2jacksonrel@                                      Secretary, Lake Upchurch Dam                          at (202) 502–8663, and fax at (202) 273–
                                               southernco.com, or (404) 506–7219, on                        Preservation Association, Inc., 127                   0873.
                                               or before October 3, 2018, if they plan                      Bayshore Drive, Parkton, NC 28371,                    SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
                                               to attend the environmental site review.                     Phone: 910–864–3191, email:                              Title: FERC–725, Certification of
                                                 k. Procedural Schedule: The                                Hmelvin1@nc.rr.com.                                   Electric Reliability Organization;
                                               application will be processed according                        Dated: September 20, 2018.                          Procedures for Electric Reliability
                                               to the following schedule. Revisions to                                                                            Standards.
                                                                                                            Kimberly D. Bose,
                                               the schedule may be made as                                                                                           OMB Control No.: 1902–0225.
                                                                                                            Secretary.
                                               appropriate. If a date falls on a weekend                                                                             Type of Request: Three-year extension
                                               or holiday, the due date will be the                         [FR Doc. 2018–21063 Filed 9–26–18; 8:45 am]
                                                                                                                                                                  of the FERC–725 information collection
                                               following business day.                                      BILLING CODE 6717–01–P
                                                                                                                                                                  requirements with no changes to the
                                                                                                                                                                  current reporting and recordkeeping
                                                           Milestone                     Target date
                                                                                                                                                                  requirements.1
                                                                                                            DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
                                               Public Scoping Meetings and           October 9, 2018 &                                                               Abstract: The FERC–725 contains the
                                                 Environmental Site Review.            October 10,                                                                following information collection
                                                                                       2018.                Federal Energy Regulatory
                                               File Comments on PAD, SD1,            November 5, 2018.      Commission                                            elements:
                                                  and Study Requests.                                                                                                Self Assessment and ERO (Electric
                                               Commission Issues SD2, if             December 20,           [Docket No. IC18–19–000]                              Reliability Organization) Application:
                                                  necessary.                           2018.                                                                      The Commission requires the ERO to
                                               File Proposed Study Plan .......      December 20,           Commission Information Collection
                                                                                       2018.
                                                                                                                                                                  submit to FERC a performance
                                                                                                            Activities (FERC–725); Comment
                                               Study Plan Meetings ...............   January 22, 2019.                                                            assessment report every five years. The
                                                                                                            Request; Extension September 21,
                                               File Comments on Proposed             March 20, 2019.                                                              next assessment is due in 2019. Each
                                                  Study Plan.                                               2018
                                                                                                                                                                  Regional Entity submits a performance
                                               File Revised Proposed Study           April 19, 2019.
                                                  Plan.                                                     AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory                     assessment report to the ERO.
                                               File Comments on Revised              May 6, 2019.           Commission, DOE.                                         Submitting an application to become
                                                  Proposed Study Plan.                                      ACTION: Notice of information collection              the ERO is also part of this collection.2
                                               Commission Issues Study               May 20, 2019.                                                                   Reliability Assessments: 18 CFR 39.11
                                                  Plan Determination.                                       and request for comments.
                                                                                                                                                                  requires the ERO to assess the reliability
                                                                                                            SUMMARY:    In compliance with the                    and adequacy of the Bulk-Power System
                                                 Dated: September 20, 2018.                                 requirements of the Paperwork                         in North America. Subsequently, the
                                               Kimberly D. Bose,                                            Reduction Act of 1995, the Federal                    ERO must report to the Commission on
                                               Secretary.                                                   Energy Regulatory Commission                          its findings. Regional entities perform
                                               [FR Doc. 2018–21054 Filed 9–26–18; 8:45 am]                  (Commission or FERC) is soliciting                    similar assessments within individual
                                               BILLING CODE 6717–01–P                                       public comment on the currently                       regions. Currently the ERO submits to
                                                                                                            approved information collection, FERC–                FERC three assessments each year: Long
                                                                                                            725 (Certification of Electric Reliability            term, winter, and summer. In addition,
                                               DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY                                         Organization; Procedures for Electric                 the North American Electric Reliability
                                                                                                            Reliability Standards).                               Corporation (NERC, the Commission-
                                               Federal Energy Regulatory                                    DATES: Comments on the collection of                  approved ERO) also submits various
                                               Commission                                                   information are due November 26, 2018.                other assessments as needed.
                                               [Project No. 6619–022]                                       ADDRESSES: You may submit comments                       Reliability Standards Development:
                                                                                                            (identified by Docket No. IC18–19–000)                Under section 215 of the FPA, the ERO
                                               Lake Upchurch Power, Inc., Lake                              by either of the following methods:                   is charged with developing Reliability
                                               Upchurch Dam Preservation                                       • eFiling at Commission’s Website:                 Standards. Regional Entities may also
                                               Association, Inc.; Notice of Transfer of                     http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/                      develop regional specific standards.
                                               Exemption                                                    efiling.asp.                                             Reliability Compliance: Reliability
                                                  1. By letter filed August 1, 2018 and                        • Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier:                      Standards are mandatory and
                                                                                                            Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,                 enforceable upon approval by the
                                               supplemented on August 17 and
                                                                                                            Secretary of the Commission, 888 First                Commission. In addition to the specific
                                               September 4, 2018, Lake Upchurch Dam
                                                                                                            Street NE, Washington, DC 20426.                      information collection requirements
                                               Preservation Association, Inc., informed
                                                                                                               Instructions: All submissions must be              contained in each standard (cleared
                                               the Commission that the exemption
                                                                                                            formatted and filed in accordance with                under other information collections),
                                               from licensing for the Raeford Dam
                                                                                                            submission guidelines at: http://                     there are general compliance,
                                               Hydroelectric Project No. 6619,
                                                                                                            www.ferc.gov/help/submission-                         monitoring and enforcement
                                               originally issued October 22, 1982 1 has
                                               been transferred to Lake Upchurch Dam                        guide.asp. For user assistance, contact
                                                                                                                                                                    1 As of 9/19/2018, a package for the ‘‘non-
                                               Preservation Association, Inc. The                           FERC Online Support by email at
                                                                                                                                                                  substantive’’ changes to FERC–725, implemented in
                                               project is located on Rockfish Creek in                      ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or by phone               the Final Rule in Docket No. RM18–2–000, is
                                               Cumberland County, North Carolina.                           at: (866) 208–3676 (toll-free), or (202)              pending review at the Office of Management and
                                               The transfer of an exemption does not                        502–8659 for TTY.                                     Budget (OMB). The burden estimates provided in
                                                                                                               Docket: Users interested in receiving              this Notice use those same burden estimates.
                                               require Commission approval.
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                                                                                                                                                                    2 The Commission does not expect any new ERO
                                                 2. Lake Upchurch Dam Preservation                          automatic notification of activity in this
                                                                                                                                                                  applications to be submitted in the next five years
                                               Association, Inc. is now the exemptee of                     docket or in viewing/downloading                      and is not including any burden for this
                                               the Raeford Dam Hydroelectric Project                        comments and issuances in this docket                 requirement in the burden estimate. FERC still
                                               No. 6619. All correspondence should be                       may do so at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-                seeks to renew the regulations pertaining to a new
                                                                                                            filing/docs-filing.asp.                               ERO application under this renewal but is
                                                                                                                                                                  expecting the burden to be zero for the foreseeable
                                                1 Notice of Exemption From Licensing. Raeford               FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:                      future. 18 CFR 39.3 contains the regulation
                                               Hydropower Corporation, 21 FERC ¶ 62,114 (1982).             Ellen Brown may be reached by email                   pertaining to ERO applications.



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