Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 245 / Monday, December 21, 2020 / Notices 83073 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filings of comments, protests 

and interventions in lieu of paper using 

the eFile link at http://www.ferc.gov. 

Persons unable to file electronically may 

mail similar pleadings to the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426. 

Hand delivered submissions in 

docketed proceedings should be 

delivered to Health and Human 

Services, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, 

Rockville, Maryland 20852. 

Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

Time on December 30, 2020. 

Dated: December 15, 2020. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2020–28089 Filed 12–18–20; 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: RP21–308–000. 

Applicants: Algonquin Gas 

Transmission, LLC. 

Description: § 4(d) Rate Filing: 

Negotiated Rate—CNG Amended NRA 

510796 to be effective 12/15/2020. 

Filed Date: 12/14/20. 

Accession Number: 20201214–5065. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 12/28/20. 

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 15, 2020. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2020–28093 Filed 12–18–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP20–503–000] 

Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice 

of Availability of the Environmental 

Assessment for the Proposed Northern 

Lights 2021 Expansion Project 

The staff of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC or 

Commission) has prepared an 

environmental assessment (EA) for the 

Northern Lights 2021 Expansion Project 

(Project), proposed by Northern Natural 

Gas Company (Northern) in the abovereferenced docket. Northern requests 

authorization to construct the Project, 

which will consist of (1) an 0.80-milelong extension of its 24-inch-diameter 

Willmar D Branch Line; (2) a 0.63-milelong 24-inch-diameter Carlton 

Interconnect Loop; (3) replacement of 

the 0.08-mile-long 8-inch-diameter 

Viking Interconnect Branch Line with a 

12-inch-diameter branch line of the 

same length; (4) a new compressor 

station (Hinckley Compressor Station); 

(5) modifications of the Pierz 

Compressor Station and Interconnect; 

and (6) additional above-grade facilities 

including a launcher, receiver, and 

valve setting. The Project facilities 

would be in Dakota, Scott, Carlton, 

Morrison, and Pine counties in 

Minnesota. 

The EA assesses the potential 

environmental effects of the 

construction and operation of the 

Northern Lights 2021 Expansion Project 

in accordance with the requirements of 

the National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA). 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 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. CP20–503). 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 14, 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