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1A loop is a pipeline that is constructed adjacent 

to another pipeline for the purpose of increasing 

capacity in this portion of the system. 

2A pig is a tool that is inserted into and pushed 

through the pipeline for cleaning the pipeline, 

conducting internal inspections, or other purposes. 

and 214 of the Commission’s 

Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

time on the specified comment date. 

Protests may be considered, but 

intervention is necessary to become a 

party to the proceeding. 

eFiling is encouraged. More detailed 

information relating to filing 

requirements, interventions, protests, 

service, and qualifying facilities filings 

can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/ 

docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For 

other information, call (866) 208–3676 

(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. 

Dated: December 11, 2020. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2020–27800 Filed 12–16–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP20–479–000] 

Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice 

of Availability of the Environmental 

Assessment for the Proposed 2021 

Auburn A-Line Abandonment and 

Capacity Replacement Project 

The staff of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC or 

Commission) has prepared an 

environmental assessment (EA) for the 

2021 Auburn A-Line Abandonment and 

Capacity Replacement Project, proposed 

by Northern Natural Gas Company 

(Northern), in the above-referenced 

docket. Northern requests authorization 

to construct, own, and operate a 

pipeline loop 1 and appurtenant 

aboveground facilities, and abandon-inplace a segment of its A-line pipeline in 

Nebraska. Northern’s purpose for the 

project is to improve reliability, enable 

safer long-term operation of Northern’s 

system, and serve the needs of its 

shippers more effectively by eliminating 

inefficiencies associated with the 

operation and maintenance of the A-line 

segment. 

The EA assesses the potential 

environmental effects of the 

construction, operation, and 

abandonment activities associated with 

the 2021 Auburn A-Line Abandonment 

and Capacity Replacement 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 2021 Auburn A-Line 

Abandonment and Capacity 

Replacement Project includes the 

following: 

• Construction of approximately 4.4 

miles of new 8-inch-diameter pipeline 

loop in Lancaster and Otoe Counties, 

Nebraska (proposed B-line); 

• installation of a pig 2 launcher and 

valve station in Lancaster County, 

Nebraska; 

• installation of a regulation station 

in Otoe County, Nebraska; and 

• abandonment in-place of 

approximately 31.7 miles of 4- and 6- 

inch-diameter A-line in Lancaster, Otoe, 

Johnson, and Nemaha counties, 

Nebraska. 

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 natural gas 

environmental documents page (https:// 

www.ferc.gov/industries-data/naturalgas/environment/environmentaldocuments). In addition, the EA may be 

accessed by using the eLibrary link on 

the FERC’s website. Click on the 

eLibrary link (https://elibrary.ferc.gov/ 

eLibrary/search), select General Search 

and enter the docket number in the 

Docket Number field, excluding the last 

three digits (i.e. CP20–479). Be sure you 

have selected an appropriate date range. 

For assistance, please contact FERC 

Online Support at FercOnlineSupport@

ferc.gov or toll free at (866) 208–3676, or 

for TTY, contact (202) 502–8659. 

The EA is not a decision document. 

It presents Commission staff’s 

independent analysis of the 

environmental issues for the 

Commission to consider when 

addressing the merits of all issues in 

this proceeding. 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 

important that we receive your 

comments in Washington, DC on or 

before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on 

January 11, 2021. 

For your convenience, there are three 

methods you can use to file your 

comments to the Commission. The 

Commission encourages electronic filing 

of comments and has staff available to 

assist you at (866) 208–3676 or 

FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. Please 

carefully follow these instructions so 

that your comments are properly 

recorded. 

(1) You can file your comments 

electronically using the eComment 

feature on the Commission’s website 

(www.ferc.gov) under the link to FERC 

Online. This is an easy method for 

submitting brief, text-only comments on 

a project; 

(2) You can also file your comments 

electronically using the eFiling feature 

on the Commission’s website 

(www.ferc.gov) under the link to FERC 

Online. With eFiling, you can provide 

comments in a variety of formats by 

attaching them as a file with your 

submission. New eFiling users must 

first create an account by clicking on 

eRegister. You must select the type of 

filing you are making. If you are filing 

a comment on a particular project, 

please select Comment on a Filing; or 

(3) You can file a paper copy of your 

comments by mailing them to the 

Commission. Be sure to reference the 

project docket number (CP20–479) on 

your letter. Submissions sent via the 

U.S. Postal Service must be addressed 

to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, 

DC 20426. Submissions sent via any 

other carrier must be addressed to: 

Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 

Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 

20852. 

Filing environmental comments will 

not give you intervenor status, but you 

do not need intervenor status to have 

your comments considered. Only 

intervenors have the right to seek 

rehearing or judicial review of the 

Commission’s decision. At this point in 

this proceeding, the timeframe for filing 

timely intervention requests has 

expired. Any person seeking to become 

a party to the proceeding must file a 

motion to intervene out-of-time 

pursuant to Rule 214(b)(3) and (d) of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedures (18 CFR 385.214(b)(3) and 

(d)) and show good cause why the time 

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limitation should be waived. Motions to 

intervene are more fully described at 

https://www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/ferconline/how-guides. 

Additional information about the 

project is available from the 

Commission’s Office of External Affairs, 

at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC 

website (www.ferc.gov) using the 

eLibrary link. The eLibrary link also 

provides access to the texts of all formal 

documents issued by the Commission, 

such as orders, notices, and 

rulemakings. 

In addition, the Commission offers a 

free service called eSubscription which 

allows you to keep track of all formal 

issuances and submittals in specific 

dockets. This can reduce the amount of 

time you spend researching proceedings 

by automatically providing you with 

notification of these filings, document 

summaries, and direct links to the 

documents. Go to https://www.ferc.gov/ 

ferc-online/overview to register for 

eSubscription. 

Dated: December 11, 2020. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2020–27798 Filed 12–16–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings 

Take notice that the Commission has 

received the following Natural Gas 

Pipeline Rate and Refund Report filings: 

Docket Numbers: RP21–302–000. 

Applicants: Northern Border Pipeline 

Company. 

Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: NBPL 

Sequent NRA to be effective 11/1/2020. 

Filed Date: 12/7/20. 

Accession Number: 20201207–5111. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/21/20. 

Docket Numbers: RP21–304–000. 

Applicants: Transwestern Pipeline 

Company, LLC. 

Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: Revise 

Contracting Procedures to be effective 

1/9/2021. 

Filed Date: 12/9/20. 

Accession Number: 20201209–5026. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/21/20. 

Docket Numbers: RP21–305–000. 

Applicants: Bear Creek Storage 

Company, L.L.C. 

Description: Compliance filing 

Annual Fuel Summary 2020 to be 

effective N/A. 

Filed Date: 12/10/20. 

Accession Number: 20201210–5015. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/22/20. 

Docket Numbers: RP21–306–000. 

Applicants: Iroquois Gas 

Transmission System, L.P. 

Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: 121020 

Negotiated Rates—Mercuria Energy 

America, LLC R–7540–02 to be effective 

1/1/2021. 

Filed Date: 12/10/20. 

Accession Number: 20201210–5040. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/22/20. 

Docket Numbers: RP21–307–000. 

Applicants: Equitrans, L.P. 

Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: 

Standards of Conduct Update to be 

effective 1/10/2021. 

Filed Date: 12/10/20. 

Accession Number: 20201210–5114. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/22/20. 

The filings are accessible in the 

Commission’s eLibrary system (https://

elibrary.ferc.gov/idmws/search/ 

fercgensearch.asp) by querying the 

docket number. 

Any person desiring to intervene or 

protest in any of the above proceedings 

must file in accordance with Rules 211 

and 214 of the Commission’s 

Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

time on the specified comment date. 

Protests may be considered, but 

intervention is necessary to become a 

party to the proceeding. 

eFiling is encouraged. More detailed 

information relating to filing 

requirements, interventions, protests, 

service, and qualifying facilities filings 

can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/ 

docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For 

other information, call (866) 208–3676 

(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. 

Dated: December 11, 2020. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2020–27795 Filed 12–16–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 4428–011] 

Walden Hydro, LLC; Notice Soliciting 

Scoping Comments 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: New Major 

License. 

b. Project No.: P–4428–011. 

c. Date filed: May 29, 2020. 

d. Applicant: Walden Hydro, LLC. 

e. Name of Project: Walden 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: On the Wallkill River, in 

the Village of Walden, Orange County, 

New York. The project does not occupy 

any federal land. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Ms. Elise 

Anderson, Senior Environmental 

Permitting Specialist, Walden Hydro, 

LLC, Enel Green Power North America, 

Inc., 100 Brickstone Square, Suite 300, 

Andover, MA 01810; Phone at (978) 

447–4408 or email at Elise.Anderson@

enel.com. 

i. FERC Contact: Samantha Pollak at 

(202) 502–6419, or samantha.pollak@

ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for filing scoping 

comments: January 11, 2021. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file scoping 

comments using the Commission’s 

eFiling system at https://

ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. 

Commenters can submit brief comments 

up to 6,000 characters, without prior 

registration, using the eComment system 

at https://ferconline.ferc.gov/ 

QuickComment.aspx. You must include 

your name and contact information at 

the end of your comments. For 

assistance, please contact FERC Online 

Support at FERCOnlineSupport@

ferc.gov, (866) 208–3676 (toll free), or 

(202) 502–8659 (TTY). In lieu of 

electronic filing, you may submit a 

paper copy. Submissions sent via the 

U.S. Postal Service must be addressed 

to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. 

Submissions sent via any other carrier 

must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, 

Rockville, Maryland 20852. The first 

page of any filing should include docket 

number P–4428–011. 

The Commission’s Rules of Practice 

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 issue that 

may affect the responsibilities of a 

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 Walden Project consists of: (1) 

A 417-foot-long (consisting of 165-footlong east-west and 252-foot-long northsouth portions), V-shaped concrete dam 

topped with 2-foot-high flashboards; (2) 

an impoundment with a surface area of 

69 acres at the normal pool elevation of