Federal Register / Vol. 85, No. 241 / Tuesday, December 15, 2020 / Notices 81195 

1073rd MEETING—OPEN MEETING—Continued 

[December 17, 2020 10:00 a.m.] 

Item No. Docket No. Company 

C–8 ......... CP17–458–006, CP19–17–002 ............. Midship Pipeline Company, LLC. 

C–9 ......... OMITTED.

C–10 ....... OMITTED.

C–11 ....... OMITTED.

C–12 ....... OMITTED.

C–13 ....... CP15–17–005 ........................................ Sabal Trail Transmission, LLC. 

Issued: December 10, 2020. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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Shirley Al-Jarani at 703–993–3104. 

[FR Doc. 2020–27656 Filed 12–11–20; 11:15 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 5944–024] 

Ampersand Moretown Hydro, LLC; 

Notice of Application Tendered for 

Filing With the Commission and 

Soliciting Additional Study Requests 

and Establishing Procedural Schedule 

for Relicensing and a Deadline for 

Submission of Final Amendments 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: New Minor 

License. 

b. Project No.: 5944–024. 

c. Date Filed: November 30, 2020. 

d. Applicant: Ampersand Moretown 

Hydro, LLC (AMH). 

e. Name of Project: Moretown #8 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: The existing project is 

located on the Mad River in the the 

town of Moretown, Washington County, 

Vermont. The project does not affect 

federal lands. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Sayad 

Moudachirou, Licensing Manager, 

Ampersand Moretown Hydro LLC, 717 

Atlantic Avenue, Suite 1A, Boston, MA 

02111; Telephone (617) 933–7206. 

i. FERC Contact: Maryam Zavareh, 

(202) 502–8474 or maryam.zavareh@

ferc.gov. 

j. Cooperating Agencies: Federal, 

state, local, and tribal agencies with 

jurisdiction and/or special expertise 

with respect to environmental issues 

that wish to cooperate in the 

preparation of the environmental 

document should follow the 

instructions for filing such requests 

described in item l below. Cooperating 

agencies should note the Commission’s 

policy that agencies that cooperate in 

the preparation of the environmental 

document cannot also intervene. See, 94 

FERC ¶ 61,076 (2001). 

k. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 

CFR of the Commission’s regulations, if 

any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or 

person believes that an additional 

scientific study should be conducted in 

order to form an adequate factual basis 

for a complete analysis of the 

application on its merit, the resource 

agency, Indian Tribe, or person must file 

a request for a study with the 

Commission not later than 60 days from 

the date of filing of the application, and 

serve a copy of the request on the 

applicant. 

l. Deadline for filing additional study 

requests and requests for cooperating 

agency status: January 29, 2021. The 

Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file additional 

study requests and requests for 

cooperating agency status using the 

Commission’s eFiling system at https:// 

ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. 

For assistance, please contact FERC 

Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) 

208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 

(TTY). 

m. The application is not ready for 

environmental analysis at this time. 

n. Project Description: The existing 

Moretown Project consists of a 36-acre 

impoundment at normal maximum 

elevation of 524.7 feet above mean sea 

level (msl); a 159-foot-long overflow 

spillway dam with a crest elevation of 

524.7 msl; a concrete intake structure 

with a 12.5-foot-wide, 15.1-foot-high 

trashrack; a 169-foot-long wingwall 

adjacent to spillway; a 39.4-foot-long, 

8.5-foot-diameter steel penstock; a 39.4- 

foot-long, 19.7-foot-wide concrete 

powerhouse containing a single 1.25- 

megawatt turbine-generator unit; a 

tailrace; a 106-foot-long, 12.5-kilovolt 

transmission line; and appurtenant 

facilities. The project generates an 

annual average of 2,094 megawatthours. 

AMH proposes to continue to operate 

the project in an automated run-of-river 

mode. The project operates within a 

flow range of 100 cubic feet per second 

(cfs) (minimum hydraulic capacity of 

the turbine) and 459 cfs (maximum 

hydraulic capacity of the turbine). 

o. In addition to publishing the full 

text of this notice in the Federal 

Register, the Commission provides all 

interested persons an opportunity to 

view and/or print the contents of this 

notice, as well as other documents in 

the proceeding (e.g., license application) 

via the internet through the 

Commission’s Home Page (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 (P–5944). 

A copy of the application is typically 

available to be viewed at the 

Commission in the Public Reference 

Room. At this time, the Commission has 

suspended access to the Commission’s 

Public Reference Room due to the 

proclamation declaring a National 

Emergency concerning the Novel 

Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19) issued 

by the President on March 13, 2020. For 

assistance, contact FERC at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

toll-free, (866) 208–3676 or (202) 502– 

8659 (TTY). 

You may also register online at 

https://ferconline.ferc.gov/ 

FERCOnline.aspx to be notified via 

email of new filings and issuances 

related to this or other pending projects. 

For assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

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1 40 CFR 1501.10 (2020). 

p. Procedural Schedule: The 

application will be processed according 

to the following preliminary Hydro 

Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the 

schedule may be made as appropriate. 

Milestone Target date 

Issue Notice of Acceptance ............................................................................................................................................ January 2021. 

Issue Scoping Document 1 for comments ..................................................................................................................... May 2021. 

Comments on Scoping Document 1 Due ....................................................................................................................... July 2021. 

Issue Scoping Document 2 ............................................................................................................................................ August 2021. 

Issue Notice of Ready for Environmental Analysis ........................................................................................................ August 2021. 

q. Final amendments to the 

application must be filed with the 

Commission no later than 30 days from 

the issuance date of the notice of ready 

for environmental analysis. 

Dated: December 9, 2020. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2020–27534 Filed 12–14–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. AC21–21–000] 

Empire Pipeline, Inc.; Notice of Petition 

for Waiver 

Take notice that on December 8, 2020, 

Empire Pipeline, Inc. (Petitioner), filed 

a petition for waiver of the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission’s 

(Commission) requirement to provide its 

certified public accountant (CPA) 

certification statement for the 2020 

FERC Form No. 2 on the basis of the 

calendar year ending December 31. 

Empire seeks this waiver because it 

utilizes a September 30 fiscal year end, 

as more fully explained in the petition. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest this filing must file in 

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). 

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 notices, 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 Petitioner. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper using the 

‘‘eFiling’’ 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. 

In addition to publishing the full text 

of this document in the Federal 

Register, the Commission provides all 

interested persons an opportunity to 

view and/or print the contents of this 

document via the internet through the 

Commission’s Home Page (http://

ferc.gov) using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. 

Enter the docket number excluding the 

last three digits in the docket number 

field to access the document. At this 

time, the Commission has suspended 

access to the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room, due to the 

proclamation declaring a National 

Emergency concerning the Novel 

Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19), issued 

by the President on March 13, 2020. For 

assistance, contact the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202) 

502–8659. 

Comments: 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on 

January 8, 2021. 

Dated: December 9, 2020. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2020–27536 Filed 12–14–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP21–1–000] 

Golden Pass Pipeline LLC; Notice of 

Schedule for the Preparation of an 

Environmental Assessment for the 

Compression Relocation and 

Modification Project 

On October 2, 2020, Golden Pass 

Pipeline LLC (Golden Pass) filed an 

amendment application in Docket No. 

CP21–1–000 requesting a Certificate of 

Public Convenience and Necessity 

pursuant to Section 7(c) of the Natural 

Gas Act to modify certain pipeline 

facilities in Louisiana transporting 

natural gas to the Golden Pass LNG 

Terminal. The proposed project 

amendment is known as the 

Compression Relocation and 

Modification Project, and would enable 

Golden Pass to relocate and modify 

certain facilities approved in the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission’s 

(Commission or FERC) Order Granting 

Authorizations under Section 3 and 

Section 7 of the Natural Gas Act issued 

on December 21, 2016 in Docket Nos. 

CP14–517–000 and CP14–518–000. 

On October 19, 2020, the Commission 

issued its Notice of Application for the 

Project. Among other things, that notice 

alerted agencies issuing federal 

authorizations of the requirement to 

complete all necessary reviews and to 

reach a final decision on a request for 

a federal authorization within 90 days of 

the date of issuance of the Commission 

staff’s environmental document for the 

Project. 

This notice identifies Commission 

staff’s intention to prepare an 

environmental assessment (EA) for the 

project amendment and the planned 

schedule for the completion of the 

environmental review.1

Schedule for Environmental Review 

Issuance of EA February 26, 2021 

90-day Federal Authorization Decision 

Deadline May 27, 2021 

If a schedule change becomes 

necessary, additional notice will be 

provided so that the relevant agencies 

are kept informed of the project 

amendment’s progress. 

Project Description 

Specifically, Golden Pass seeks to 

modify previously authorized facilities, 

including: 

• Relocate the approved compressor 

station at Milepost 66 approximately 3 

miles, to MilePost 69, and increase the 

amount of compression at the relocated 

facility;