FERC-521 60-day notice

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP14–66–000]

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Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC;
Prior Notice of Activity Under Blanket
Certificate
On January 31, 2014, Columbia Gas
Transmission, LLC (Columbia) filed
with the Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission (Commission) an
application under section 7 of the
Natural Gas Act and Sections 157.205
and 157.210 of the Commission’s
regulations and Columbia’s blanket
authorization in CP83–76–000, 22 FERC
62,029 (1983). Columbia seeks
authorization to increase the
horsepower of two existing compressor
units at its Lost River Compressor
Station located in Hardy County, West
Virginia by 520 HP per unit. The facility
changes are needed to maintain
reliability levels for all current Station
operating levels.
Questions regarding this application
may be directed to Fredric J. George,
Senior Counsel, Columbia Gas
Transmission, LLC, P.O. Box 1273,
Charleston, West Virginia 25325–1273
by calling (304) 357–2359 or via fax at
304 357–3206.
Pursuant to Section 157.9 of the
Commission’s rules, 18 CFR 157.9,
within 90 days of this Notice the
Commission staff will either: complete
its environmental assessment (EA) and
place it into the Commission’s public
record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or
issue a Notice of Schedule for
Environmental Review (NSER). If a
Notice of Schedule for Environmental
Review is issued, it will indicate, among
other milestones, the anticipated date
for the Commission staff’s issuance of
the final environmental impact
statement (FEIS) or EA for this proposal.
The filing of the EA in the
Commission’s public record for this
proceeding or the issuance of a NSER
will serve to notify federal and state
agencies of the timing for the
completion of all necessary reviews, and
the subsequent need to complete all
federal authorizations within 90 days of
the date of issuance of the Commission
staff’s FEIS or EA.
Any person or the Commission’s staff
may, within 60 days after issuance of
the instant notice by the Commission,
file pursuant to Rule 214 of the
Commission’s Procedural Rules (18 CFR
385.214) a motion to intervene or notice
of intervention and pursuant to Section
157.205 of the regulations under the
NGA (18 CFR 157.205), a protest to the

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request. If no protest is filed within the
time allowed therefore, the proposed
activity shall be deemed to be
authorized effective the day after the
time allowed for filing a protest. If a
protest is filed and not withdrawn
within 30 days after the allowed time
for filing a protest, the instant request
shall be treated as an application for
authorization pursuant to Section 7 of
the NGA.
Protests will be considered by the
Commission in determining the
appropriate action to be taken, but will
not serve to make protestants parties to
the proceeding. Any person wishing to
become a party must file a notice of
intervention or motion to intervene, as
appropriate. Such motions or protests
must be filed on or before the comment
date. Anyone filing a motion to
intervene or protest must serve a copy
of that document on the Applicant, on
or before the comment date. It is not
necessary to serve motions to intervene
or protests on persons other than the
Applicant.
The Commission encourages
electronic submission of comments,
protests and interventions in lieu of
paper using the ‘‘eFiling’’ link at
http://www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to
file electronically should submit an
original and seven copies of the protest
or intervention to the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street
NE., Washington, DC 20426.
This filing is accessible on-line at
http://www.ferc.gov using the
‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for
review in the Commission’s Public
Reference Room in Washington, DC.
There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on the
Web site that enables subscribers to
receive email notification when a
document is added to a subscribed
docket(s). For assistance with any FERC
Online service, please email
[email protected], or call
(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call
(202) 502–8659.
Dated: February 7, 2014.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC14–8–000]

Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–521); Comment
Request; Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Energy.
ACTION: Notice of information collection
and request for comments.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C.
3506(c)(2)(A), the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (Commission or
FERC) is soliciting public comment on
the currently approved information
collection, FERC–521 (Payments for
Benefits from Headwater Benefits).
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due April 15, 2014.
ADDRESSES: You may submit comments
(identified by Docket No. IC14–8–000)
by either of the following methods:
• eFiling at Commission’s Web site:
http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
efiling.asp.
• Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier:
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission,
Secretary of the Commission, 888 First
Street NE., Washington, DC 20426.
Instructions: All submissions must be
formatted and filed in accordance with
submission guidelines at: http://
www.ferc.gov/help/submissionguide.asp. For user assistance contact
FERC Online Support by email at
[email protected], or by phone
at: (866) 208–3676 (toll-free), or (202)
502–8659 for TTY.
Docket: Users interested in receiving
automatic notification of activity in this
docket or in viewing/downloading
comments and issuances in this docket
may do so at http://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/docs-filing.asp.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT:
Ellen Brown may be reached by email
at [email protected], telephone
at (202) 502–8663, and fax at (202) 273–
0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: Payments for Benefits From
Headwater Benefits.
OMB Control No.: 1902–0087.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–521 information collection
requirements with no changes to the
current reporting requirements.
Abstract: The information collected
under the requirements of FERC–521 is
used by the Commission to implement
the statutory provisions of Section 10(f)
SUMMARY:

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of the Federal Power Act (FPA).1 The
FPA authorizes the Commission to
determine headwater benefits received
by downstream hydropower project
owners. Headwater benefits are the
additional energy production possible at
a downstream hydropower project
resulting from the regulation of river
flows by an upstream storage reservoir.
When the Commission completes a
study of a river basin, it determines
headwater benefits charges that will be
apportioned among the various
downstream beneficiaries. A headwater
benefits charge and the cost incurred by
the Commission to complete an
evaluation are paid by downstream

file data for determining annual charges
as outlined in 18 Code of Federal
Regulations (CFR) Part 11.
Type of Respondents: There are two
types of entities that respond, Federal
and Non-Federal hydropower project
owners. The Federal entities that
typically respond are the US Army
Corps of Engineers and the US
Department of Interior Bureau of
Reclamation. The Non-Federal entities
may consist of any Municipal or NonMunicipal hydropower project owner.
Estimate of Annual Burden: 2 The
Commission estimates the total Public
Reporting Burden for this information
collection as:

Number of respondents

Number of
responses per
respondent

Total number
of responses

Average
burden hours
per response

Estimated
total annual
burden

(A)

(B)

(A) × (B) = (C)

(D)

(C) × (D)

3

1

3

40

120

The total estimated annual cost
burden to respondents is $8,460 [120
hours * $70.50/hour 3 = $8,460]
Comments: Comments are invited on:
(1) Whether the collection of
information is necessary for the proper
performance of the functions of the
Commission, including whether the
information will have practical utility;
(2) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate
of the burden and cost of the collection
of information, including the validity of
the methodology and assumptions used;
(3) ways to enhance the quality, utility
and clarity of the information collection;
and (4) ways to minimize the burden of
the collection of information on those
who are to respond, including the use
of automated collection techniques or
other forms of information technology.
Dated: February 7, 2014.
Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr.,
Deputy Secretary.
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hydropower project owners. In essence,
the owners of non-federal hydropower
projects that directly benefit from a
headwater improvement must pay an
equitable portion of the annual charges
for interest, maintenance, and
depreciation of the headwater project to
the U.S. Treasury. The regulations
provide for apportionment of these costs
between the headwater project and
downstream projects based on
downstream energy gains and propose
equitable apportionment methodology
that can be applied to all rivers basins
in which headwater improvements are
built. The Commission requires owners
of non-federal hydropower projects to

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U.S.C. 803
Commission defines burden as the total
time, effort, or financial resources expended by
persons to generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or
provide information to or for a Federal agency. For
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Project No. 14430–002]

Monroe Hydro, LLC; Notice of
Application Accepted for Filing and
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.: 14430–002.
c. Date filed: October 10, 2013.
d. Applicant: Monroe Hydro, LLC.
e. Name of Project: Monroe Drop
Hydroelectric Project.
f. Location: The proposed Monroe
Drop Hydroelectric Project would be
located on the North Unit Irrigation
District Main Canal in Jefferson County,
Oregon.
g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power
Act 16 U.S.C. 791a–825r.
h. Applicant Contact: Ms. Gia
Schneider, Natel Energy, 2175 Monarch
Street, Alameda, CA 95401; phone (510)
342–5269.
i. FERC Contact: Robert Bell, (202)
502–6062, [email protected].
further explanation of what is included in the
information collection burden, reference 5 Code of
Federal Regulations 1320.3.
3 $70.50/hour is the average FERC employee
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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 23108 (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.
Comments, protests, and
interventions may be filed electronically
via the Internet in lieu of paper; see 18
CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the
instructions on the Commission’s Web
site at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
efiling.asp. The Commission strongly
encourages electronic filings.
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
consultation of subject matter experts for this
industry) that respondents to this collection are
similarly compensated in terms of salary and
benefits.

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