Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 160 / Monday, August 19, 2013 / Notices 50405 

ACTION: Notice of Open Teleconference 

Meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Advanced Scientific 

Computing Advisory Committee 

(ASCAC). The Federal Advisory 

Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 

770) requires that public notice of these 

meetings be announced in the Federal 

Register. 

DATES: Tuesday, September 3, 2013, 

12:00 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: The meeting is open to the 

public. To access the call: 

1. Dial Toll-Free Number: 866–740– 

1260 (U.S. & Canada) 

2. International participants dial: 

http://www.readytalk.com/intl 

3. Enter access code 8083012, 

followed by ‘‘#’’ 

To ensure we have sufficient access 

lines for the public, we request that 

members of the public notify the DFO, 

Christine Chalk that you intend to callinto the meeting via email at: 

christine.chalk@science.doe.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Melea Baker, Office of Advanced 

Scientific Computing Research; SC–21/ 

Germantown Building; U. S. Department 

of Energy; 1000 Independence Avenue 

SW; Washington, DC 20585–1290; 

Telephone (301)–903–7486; Email: 

Melea.Baker@science.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION:

Purpose of the Meeting: The purpose 

of this meeting is to discuss progress of 

the subcommittee for the exascale 

challenges charge. 

Tentative Agenda: Agenda will 

include discussion of the following: 

• Exascale Challenges Workshop and 

preliminary list of most critical 

challenges, and technical approaches to 

resolving these. 

Public Participation: The 

teleconference meeting is open to the 

public. If you would like to file a 

written statement with the Committee, 

you may do so either before or after the 

meeting. If you would like to make oral 

statements regarding any of the items on 

the agenda, you should contact Melea 

Baker via FAX at 301–903–4846 or via 

email at: (Melea.Baker@

science.doe.gov). You must make your 

request for an oral statement at least five 

business days prior to the meeting. 

Reasonable provisions will be made to 

include the scheduled oral statements 

on the agenda. The Chairperson of the 

Committee will conduct the meeting to 

facilitate the orderly conduct of 

business. Public comment will follow 

the 10-minute rule. 

Minutes: The minutes of this meeting 

will be available for public review and 

copying within 60 days by contacting 

Melea Baker at the address or email 

listed above. 

Issued in Washington, DC on August 13, 

2013. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2013–20135 Filed 8–16–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

High Energy Physics Advisory Panel 

AGENCY: Office of Science, Department 

of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of Intent to Renew. 

SUMMARY: Pursuant to Section 

14(a)(2)(A) of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, (Pub. L. 92–463), and in 

accordance with Title 41 of the Code of 

Federal Regulations, Section 

102.3.65(a), and following consultation 

with the Committee Management 

Secretariat, General Services 

Administration, notice is hereby given 

that the High Energy Physics Advisory 

Panel will be renewed for a two-year 

period beginning on August 12, 2013. 

The Panel will provide advice and 

recommendations to the Director, Office 

of Science (DOE), and the Assistant 

Director, Mathematical & Physical 

Sciences Directorate (NSF), on longrange planning and priorities in the 

national high-energy physics program. 

Additionally, the renewal of the 

HEPAP has been determined to be 

essential to conduct business of the 

Department of Energy and to be in the 

public interest in connection with the 

performance of duties imposed upon the 

Department of Energy and the National 

Science Foundation and, by law and 

agreement. The Panel will continue to 

operate in accordance with the 

provisions of the Federal Advisory 

Committee Act, adhering to the rules 

and regulations in implementation of 

that Act. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

John Kogut at (301) 903–1298. 

Issued in Washington DC on August 12, 

2013. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2013–20123 Filed 8–16–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[OE Docket No: PP–371] 

Amended Application for Presidential 

Permit; Northern Pass Transmission 

LLC 

AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery 

and Energy Reliability, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of Amended Application. 

SUMMARY: Northern Pass Transmission 

LLC (Northern Pass) has submitted an 

amended application for a Presidential 

permit to construct, operate, maintain, 

and connect an electric transmission 

line across the United States border 

with Canada. 

DATES: Comments or requests to 

intervene should be submitted on or 

before September 18, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Comments or requests to 

intervene should be addressed as 

follows: Christopher Lawrence, Office of 

Electricity Delivery and Energy 

Reliability (OE–20), U.S. Department of 

Energy, 1000 Independence Avenue 

SW., Washington, DC 20585. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher Lawrence (Program Office) 

at 202–586–5260 or via electronic mail 

at Christopher.Lawrence@hq.doe.gov, or 

Katherine L. Konieczny (AttorneyAdviser) at 202–586–0503 or via 

electronic mail at Katherine.Konieczny@

hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

construction, operation, maintenance, 

and connection of facilities crossing the 

international border of the United States 

for the transmission of electric energy 

between the United States and a foreign 

country is prohibited in the absence of 

a Presidential permit issued pursuant to 

Executive Order (EO) 10485, as 

amended by EO 12038. 

On October 14, 2010, Northern Pass 

filed an application with the Office of 

Electricity Delivery and Energy 

Reliability of the Department of Energy 

(DOE) for a Presidential permit. 

Northern Pass, which has its principal 

place of business in Manchester, NH, is 

a special purpose entity created for the 

purpose of this proposed project. 

Northern Pass is wholly owned by NU 

Transmission Ventures, Inc., a whollyowned subsidiary of Northeast Utilities, 

a publicly-held public utility holding 

company. 

On November 16, 2010, DOE 

published a Notice of Application in the 

Federal Register. On February 15, 2011, 

Northern Pass submitted an Addendum 

to Application that updated and 

supplemented its Presidential permit 

application. 


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On April 12, 2011, Northern Pass sent 

a letter to DOE ‘‘withdraw[ing] its 

support for certain alternatives,’’ and 

‘‘request[ing] a 60-day extension of the 

[NEPA] scoping period to allow 

Northern Pass time to explore whether 

there might be additional routing 

alternatives, particularly in the North 

Country, that would meet the needs of 

the Project.’’ 

On July 1, 2013, Northern Pass 

submitted an amended application that 

is meant to replace the application that 

Northern Pass originally submitted on 

October 14, 2010, and supplemented on 

February 15, 2011, and April 12, 2011. 

In the amended application, Northern 

Pass proposes to construct and operate 

a primarily overhead high-voltage direct 

current (HVDC) electric transmission 

line that would originate at an HVDC 

converter station to be constructed at 

the Des Cantons Substation in Que ́bec, 

Canada, then would be converted from 

HVDC to alternating current (AC) in 

Franklin, NH, and would continue to its 

southern terminus in Deerfield, NH 

(collectively the ‘‘Project’’). The 

proposed facilities would be capable of 

transmitting up to 1200 megawatts 

(MW) of power. 

The New Hampshire portion of the 

proposed Project would be a single 

circuit 300 kilovolt (kV) HVDC 

transmission line of approximately 153 

miles from the U.S. border crossing with 

Canada near the community of 

Pittsburg, NH, to a new HVDC-to-AC 

transformer facility to be constructed in 

Franklin, NH. From Franklin, NH, to the 

Project terminus at the Public Service 

Company of New Hampshire’s existing 

Deerfield Substation located in 

Deerfield, NH, the Project would consist 

of 34 miles of 345-kV AC electric 

transmission line. The total Project 

length would be approximately 187 

miles. 

The amended proposed route for the 

Project remains largely unchanged from 

the application submitted on October 

14, 2010, for the Central and Southern 

sections, but has been substantially 

reconfigured for the Northern section. 

The amended proposed route continues 

to maximize the use of the existing 

right-of-way (ROW) in all sections. 

The majority of the Northern section 

of the amended proposed route has been 

moved to a less populated area on 

properties that Renewable Properties 

Inc., an affiliate of Northern Pass, has 

purchased, leased, or obtained an 

easement on from landowners. The 

amended proposed route includes the 

use of additional existing ROW in the 

towns of Dummer, Stark, and 

Northumberland, NH. It also includes 

two underground segments: 2,300 feet 

and 7.5 miles in the towns of Pittsburg/ 

Clarksville and Clarksville/

Stewartstown, NH, respectively. 

In the Southern section, Northern 

Pass previously indicated that a 

deviation from the existing ROW would 

be necessary if the Federal Aviation 

Administration (FAA) requirements 

could not be met to locate the proposed 

transmission line in the existing ROW 

around Concord Airport. Since filing the 

original application, Northern Pass has 

determined that the Project can meet the 

necessary requirements and the 

amended proposed route reflects that 

the proposed transmission line would 

follow the existing ROW near the 

Concord Airport. 

The amended application also notes 

key developments since the Project’s 

original application filing, including 

information about the potential 

environmental, historical, and cultural 

impacts of the proposed Project, 

information about the transmission 

structure locations and heights along the 

entire proposed route, and discussion of 

certain alternatives suggested through 

public comment. 

Procedural Matters: Any person may 

comment on this application by filing 

such comment at the address provided 

above. Comments requested in this 

Notice of Amended Application, such as 

those related to reliability matters, 

should not be confused with scoping 

comments that continue to be solicited 

through a separate process pursuant to 

the National Environmental Policy Act 

of 1969 (NEPA) regulations. Scoping 

comments may be submitted at http://

www.northernpasseis.us/comment/. 

Any person seeking to become a party 

to this proceeding should file a request 

to intervene at the address provided 

above in accordance with Rule 214 of 

FERC’s Rules of Practice and Procedure 

(18 CFR 385.214). Additional copies of 

such requests to intervene should also 

be filed directly with: 

Anne Bartosewicz, Northeast Utilities, 

107 Selden Street, Berlin, CT 06037. 

Mary Anne Sullivan, Hogan Lovells, 

LLP, 555 13th St. NW., Washington, 

DC 20004. 

Persons who filed a request to 

intervene following notice of the 

original application (October 14, 2010) 

will continue to be considered parties to 

this proceeding and need not reapply. 

Before a Presidential permit may be 

issued, DOE must determine whether 

issuance of the permit would be 

consistent with the public interest. In 

making that determination, DOE 

considers the potential environmental 

impacts of the proposed project 

pursuant to NEPA, determines the 

project’s impact on electric reliability by 

ascertaining whether the proposed 

project would adversely affect the 

operation of the U.S. electric power 

supply system under normal and 

contingency conditions, and considers 

any other factors that may also be 

relevant to the public interest. DOE 

must also obtain the favorable 

recommendations of the Secretary of 

State and the Secretary of Defense 

before issuing a Presidential permit. 

Copies of the amended application will 

be made available, upon request, for 

public inspection by accessing the 

program Web site at http://energy.gov/

oe/services/electricity-policycoordination-and-implementation/

international-electricity-regulatio-2 or 

by emailing Angela Troy at angela.troy@

hq.doe.gov. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 12, 

2013. 

Patricia Hoffman, 

Assistant Secretary, Office of Electricity 

Delivery and Energy Reliability. 

[FR Doc. 2013–20129 Filed 8–16–13; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings #1 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric rate 

filings: 

Docket Numbers: ER13–1851–001. 

Applicants: ISO New England Inc. 

Description: 2013–2014 Emergency 

Winter Amendments to be effective 9/6/ 

2013. 

Filed Date: 8/9/13. 

Accession Number: 20130809–5118. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/19/13. 

Docket Numbers: ER13–1953–001. 

Applicants: Midcontinent 

Independent System Operator, Inc. 

Description: 08–08–2013 BREC–KU 

T–T IA Revised Concurrence to be 

effective 9/3/2013. 

Filed Date: 8/9/13. 

Accession Number: 20130809–5000. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/30/13. 

Docket Numbers: ER13–2134–000. 

Applicants: Nevada Power Company. 

Description: Rate Schedule No. 136 

APS Mead-Phoenix Project Concurrence 

to be effective 4/22/2013. 

Filed Date: 8/8/13. 

Accession Number: 20130808–5150. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 8/29/13. 

Docket Numbers: ER13–2135–000. 

Applicants: Liberty Utilities (CalPeco 

Electric) LLC. 

Description: Notice of Succession to 

be effective 8/9/2013. 


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