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particular resource agency, they must
also serve a copy of the document on
that resource agency.
k. This application is not ready for
environmental analysis at this time.
l. The Cornell Project consists of: (1)
An existing 28-foot-high, 260-foot-long
reinforced-concrete gravity overflowtype dam, known as Beebe Lake Dam,
with a crest elevation of 780.7 feet mean
sea level (msl); (2) an impoundment
(Beebe Lake) with a surface area of 16
acres and a storage capacity of 50 acrefeet at the normal pool elevation of
780.7 feet msl; (3) a concrete forebay
wall and reinforced-concrete intake
with a 6-foot-high, 6-foot-wide steel
vertical-slide gate along the right (north)
bank; (4) a 5-foot-diameter, 1,507-footlong reinforced-concrete underground
pipeline and a 5-foot-diameter, 200-footlong riveted-steel underground
penstock; (5) a 79-foot-long, 29-footwide, 24-foot-high powerhouse
containing two Ossberger turbines and
induction generators with a combined
authorized capacity of 1,718 kilowatts;
(6) a tailrace located on the river rightside of Fall Creek directly below the
powerhouse; (7) a 385-foot-long, 2.4kilovolt transmission line connecting to
Cornell’s distribution system; and (8)
appurtenant facilities.
The Cornell Project is operated in a
run-of-river mode and bypasses an
1,800-foot-long reach of Fall Creek that
extends from the toe of the dam to the
powerhouse tailrace. From 2013 through
2018, the average annual generation was
4,599 megawatt-hours.
m. A copy of the application is
available for review at the Commission
in the Public Reference Room or may be
viewed on the Commission’s website at
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. A copy is also available
for inspection and reproduction at the
address in item h above.
n. 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, contact FERC Online
Support.
o. Scoping Process: The Commission
intends to prepare an environmental
assessment (EA) for the Cornell Project
in accordance with the National
Environmental Policy Act. The EA will
consider both site-specific and
cumulative environmental impacts and
reasonable alternatives to the proposed
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Commission staff does not propose to
conduct any on-site scoping meetings at
this time. Instead, we are soliciting
comments, recommendations, and
information, on the Scoping Document
1 (SD1) issued December 13, 2019.
Copies of SD1 outlining the subject
areas to be addressed in the EA were
distributed to the parties on the
Commission’s mailing list. Copies of
SD1 may be viewed on the web at
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, call 1–866–
208–3676 or for TTY, (202) 502–8659.
Dated: December 13, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019–27417 Filed 12–18–19; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. IC19–31–000]

Commission Information Collection
Activities (FERC–547); Comment
Request; Extension
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission, Department of Energy.
ACTION: Notice of information collection
and request for comments.
AGENCY:

In compliance with the
requirements of the Paperwork
Reduction Act of 1995 (PRA), the
Federal Energy Regulatory Commission
(Commission or FERC) is soliciting
public comments on the currently
approved information collection, FERC–
547 (Gas Pipeline Rates: Refund Report
Requirements) and submitting the
information collection to the Office of
Management and Budget (OMB) for
review. Any interested person may file
comments directly with OMB and
should address a copy of those
comments to the Commission as
explained below.
DATES: Comments on the collection of
information are due by January 21,
2020.
SUMMARY:

Comments filed with OMB,
identified by the OMB Control No.
1902–0084, should be sent via email to
the Office of Information and Regulatory
Affairs: [email protected].
Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission Desk Officer.
A copy of the comments should also
be sent to the Commission, in Docket

ADDRESSES:

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No. IC19–31–000, by either of the
following methods:
• eFiling at Commission’s Website:
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 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], by
telephone at (202) 502–8663, and by fax
at (202) 273–0873.
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:
Title: FERC–547, Gas Pipeline Rates:
Refund Report Requirements.
OMB Control No.: 1902–0084.
Type of Request: Three-year extension
of the FERC–547 information collection
requirements with no changes to the
reporting requirements.
Abstract: The Commission uses
FERC–547 (Gas Pipeline Rates: Refund
Report Requirements) to implement the
statutory refund provisions governed by
sections 4, 5 and 16 of the Natural Gas
Act (NGA).1 Sections 4 and 5 authorize
the Commission to order a refund (with
interest) for any portion of a natural gas
company’s increased rate or charge
found to be unjust or unreasonable.
Refunds may also be instituted by a
natural gas company as a stipulation to
a Commission-approved settlement
agreement or a provision under the
company’s tariff. Section 16 of the NGA
authorizes the Commission to prescribe
rules and regulations necessary to
administer its refund mandates. The
Commission’s refund reporting
requirements are in 18 Code of Federal
Regulation (CFR) 154.501 and 154.502.
The Commission uses the data to
monitor refunds owed by natural gas
companies to ensure that the flowthrough of refunds owed by these
companies are made as expeditiously as
possible and to assure that refunds are
made in compliance with the
Commission’s regulations.
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On July 30, 2019 (84 FR 41708), the
Commission published a Notice in the
Federal Register in Docket No. IC19–
31–000 requesting public comments.

The Commission received no comments
and is noting that in the related
submittal to OMB.
Type of Respondents: Jurisdictional
natural gas companies.

Estimate of Annual Burden: 2 The
Commission estimates the annual public
reporting 3 burden and cost 4 for the
information collection as:

FERC–547—GAS PIPELINE RATES: REFUND REPORT REQUIREMENTS

Natural Gas Pipelines .............................................

Annual
number of
responses per
respondent

Total number
of responses

Average burden
hrs. & cost ($)
per response

Total annual
burden hours &
total annual cost
($)

Cost per
respondent
($)

(1)

(2)

(1) * (2) = (3)

(4)

(3) * (4) = (5)

(5) ÷ (1)

19

2

38

2 hrs.; $160

76 hrs.; $6,080

$160

The staff of the Federal Energy
Regulatory Commission (FERC or
Commission) has prepared an
environmental assessment (EA) for the
Palmyra to South Sioux City A-Line
Abandonment Project, proposed by
Northern Natural Gas Company
(Northern) in the above-referenced

docket. Northern requests authorization
to abandon a segment of its A-Line
Pipeline and construct, own, and
operate two new natural gas pipeline
loops.1
The EA assesses the potential
environmental effects of the
construction and operation of the
Palmyra to South Sioux City A-Line
Abandonment Project in accordance
with the requirements of the National
Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The
FERC staff concludes that approval of
the proposed project, with appropriate
mitigating measures, would not
constitute a major federal action
significantly affecting the quality of the
human environment.
The proposed Palmyra to South Sioux
City A-Line Abandonment Project is in
Nebraska and includes the following
facilities:
• Abandonment in place of 44.2 miles
of 20-inch-diameter and 14.8 miles of
16-inch-diameter mainline in Otoe,
Lancaster, Saunders, and Dodge
Counties (M581A);
• abandonment in place of 58.7 miles
of 16-inch-diameter mainline in Dodge,
Burt, Thurston, and Dakota Counties
(M570A);
• construction of 1.7 miles of new 24inch-diameter pipeline loop in Otoe
County (Palmyra North D-Line Loop);
• construction of 2.5 miles of new 24inch-diameter pipeline loop in Dodge
County (Fremont North D-Line Loop);
• construction of a new pig 2 launcher
and two valve sites within the existing
Palmyra Compressor Station at the
beginning of the Palmyra D-Line Loop
and a pig receiver and one valve site at
the end of the pipeline loop; and
• construction of a new pig launcher
and one valve site within the existing

Fremont Compressor Station and one
valve site at the end of the Fremont
North D-Line Loop.
The Commission mailed a copy of the
Notice of Availability to federal, state,
and local government representatives
and agencies; elected officials;
environmental and public interest
groups; Native American tribes;
potentially affected landowners and
other interested individuals and groups;
and newspapers and libraries in the
project area. The EA is only available in
electronic format. It may be viewed and
downloaded from the FERC’s website
(www.ferc.gov), on the Environmental
Documents page (https://www.ferc.gov/
industries/gas/enviro/eis.asp). In
addition, the EA may be accessed by
using the eLibrary link on the FERC’s
website. Click on the eLibrary link
(https://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/
elibrary.asp), click on General Search,
and enter the docket number in the
‘‘Docket Number’’ field, excluding the
last three digits (i.e., CP19–500). Be sure
you have selected an appropriate date
range. For assistance, please contact
FERC Online Support at
[email protected] or toll free
at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY, contact
(202) 502–8659.
Any person wishing to comment on
the EA may do so. Your comments
should focus on the EA’s disclosure and
discussion of potential environmental
effects, reasonable alternatives, and
measures to avoid or lessen
environmental impacts. The more
specific your comments, the more useful
they will be. To ensure that the
Commission has the opportunity to
consider your comments prior to
making its decision on this project, it is

2 ‘‘Burden’’ is defined 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 further
explanation of what is included in the information
collection burden, refer to 5 Code of Federal
Regulations 1320.3.
3 The change in number of respondents is an
update due to normal industry fluctuations. The

changes to the estimated numbers for frequency of
filing and burden per filing are due to improved
estimates.
4 The Commission staff estimates that industry is
similarly situated in terms of hourly cost (for wages
plus benefits). Based on the Commission’s FY
(Fiscal Year) 2019 average cost (for wages plus
benefits), $80.00/hour is used.

1 A loop is a pipeline that is constructed adjacent
to another pipeline for the purpose of increasing
capacity in this portion of the system.
2 A ‘‘pig’’ is a tool that the pipeline company
inserts into and pushes through the pipeline for
cleaning the pipeline, conducting internal
inspections, or other purposes.

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: December 12, 2019.
Kimberly D. Bose,
Secretary.
[FR Doc. 2019–27322 Filed 12–18–19; 8:45 am]
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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
Federal Energy Regulatory
Commission
[Docket No. CP19–500–000]

Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice
of Availability of the Environmental
Assessment for the Proposed Palmyra
to South Sioux City A-Line
Abandonment Project

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