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Renewal Corporation as co-licensees. In 

the amended surrender application filed 

on November 17, 2020, PacifiCorp and 

the Renewal Corporation indicated that 

they will not be accepting co-licensee 

status. PacifiCorp and the Renewal 

Corporation state that they intend to file 

a new transfer application by January 

16, 2021, requesting that the Lower 

Klamath Project be transferred from 

PacifiCorp to the Renewal Corporation 

and the states of California and Oregon, 

for the purposes of license surrender 

and decommissioning the four 

developments. 

Also included in the November 17 

filing was a Memorandum of Agreement 

entered into by PacifiCorp, the Renewal 

Corporation, the Karuk Tribe, the Yurok 

Tribe, and the states of California and 

Oregon indicating the parties’ support 

for the new transfer proposal to be filed 

by January 16, 2021. 

With PacifiCorp’s consent and 

technical support, the Renewal 

Corporation will act as the proponent of 

the surrender application and is 

authorized to act as the Commission’s 

non-federal representative in ongoing 

consultations. 

l. Locations of the Application: This 

filing 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. 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, call 1–866–208–3676 or 

email FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, for 

TTY, call (202) 502–8659. Agencies may 

obtain copies of the application directly 

from the applicant. 

m. Individuals desiring to be included 

on the Commission’s mailing list should 

so indicate by writing to the Secretary 

of the Commission. 

n. Comments, Protests, or Motions to 

Intervene: Anyone may submit 

comments, a protest, or a motion to 

intervene in accordance with the 

requirements of Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210, .211, .214, 

respectively. In determining the 

appropriate action to take, the 

Commission will consider all protests or 

other comments filed, but only those 

who file a motion to intervene in 

accordance with the Commission’s 

Rules may become a party to the 

proceeding. Any comments, protests, or 

motions to intervene must be received 

on or before the specified comment date 

for the particular application. 

o. Filing and Service of Documents: 

Any filing must (1) bear in all capital 

letters the title COMMENTS, PROTEST, 

or MOTION TO INTERVENE as 

applicable; (2) set forth in the heading 

the name of the applicant and the 

project number of the application to 

which the filing responds; (3) furnish 

the name, address, and telephone 

number of the person commenting, 

protesting or intervening; and (4) 

otherwise comply with the requirements 

of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. 

All comments, motions to intervene, or 

protests must set forth their evidentiary 

basis. Any filing made by an intervenor 

must be accompanied by proof of 

service on all persons listed in the 

service list prepared by the Commission 

in this proceeding, in accordance with 

18 CFR 385.2010. 

Dated: December 16, 2020. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP21–17–000] 

Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC; 

Notice of Request Under Blanket 

Authorization 

Take notice that on December 11, 

2020, Columbia Gas Transmission, LLC, 

700 Louisiana Street, Houston, Texas 

77002–2700, filed in Docket No. CP21– 

17–000 a prior notice request pursuant 

to section 157.205 and 157.216 of the 

Commission’s regulations under the 

Natural Gas Act, for authorization to 

abandon 9 injection/withdrawal wells 

and associated pipelines and 

appurtenances, located in its Wellington 

Storage Field in Lorain and Medina 

Counties, Ohio (2021 Wellington Well 

Abandonments Project). 

Specifically, Columbia proposes to 

plug and abandon wells 7779, 8907, 

8908, 8909, 8968, 9060, 9031, 9121, and 

9309, and their associated pipelines. 

Columbia asserts that plugging and 

abandoning these wells will reduce 

integrity risk in alignment with the 

PHMSA Storage Final Rule. Columbia 

states that there will be no change to the 

existing boundary, total inventory, 

reservoir pressure, reservoir and buffer 

boundaries, or the certificated capacity 

of the Wellington Storage Field as a 

result of these abandonments, therefore 

will have no impact on Columbia’s 

existing customers or affect Columbia’s 

existing storage operations, all as more 

fully set forth in the application which 

is on file with the Commission and open 

to public inspection. 

The filing is available for review on 

the Commission’s website 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, contact FERC at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

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

502–8659. 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. 

Any questions concerning this 

application should be directed to Sorana 

Linder, Director, Modernization & 

Certificates, Columbia Gas 

Transmission, LLC, 700 Louisiana 

Street, Suite 700, Houston, Texas 

77002–2700, at (832) 320–5209 or 

sorana_linder@tcenergy.com. 

Any person or the Commission’s staff 

may, within 60 days after issuance of 

the instant notice by the Commission, 

file pursuant to Rule 214 of the 

Commission’s Procedural Rules (18 CFR 

385.214) a motion to intervene or notice 

of intervention and pursuant to section 

157.205 of the regulations under the 

NGA (18 CFR 157.205), a protest to the 

request. If no protest is filed within the 

time allowed therefore, the proposed 

activity shall be deemed to be 

authorized effective the day after the 

time allowed for filing a protest. If a 

protest is filed and not withdrawn 

within 30 days after the allowed time 

for filing a protest, the instant request 

shall be treated as an application for 

authorization pursuant to section 7 of 

the NGA. 

Pursuant to section 157.9 of the 

Commission’s rules, 18 CFR 157.9, 

within 90 days of this Notice the 

Commission staff will either: Complete 

its environmental assessment (EA) and 

place it into the Commission’s public 

record (eLibrary) for this proceeding; or 

issue a Notice of Schedule for 

Environmental Review. If a Notice of 

Schedule for Environmental Review is 

issued, it will indicate, among other 

milestones, the anticipated date for the 

Commission staff’s issuance of the EA 

for this proposal. The filing of the EA 

in the Commission’s public record for 

this proceeding or the issuance of a 

Notice of Schedule for Environmental 

Review will serve to notify federal and 

state agencies of the timing for the 

completion of all necessary reviews, and 


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the subsequent need to complete all 

federal authorizations within 90 days of 

the date of issuance of the Commission 

staff’s EA. 

Persons who wish to comment only 

on the environmental review of this 

project should submit an original and 

two copies of their comments to the 

Secretary of the Commission. 

Environmental commenter’s will be 

placed on the Commission’s 

environmental mailing list and will be 

notified of any meetings associated with 

the Commission’s environmental review 

process. Environmental commenter’s 

will not be required to serve copies of 

filed documents on all other parties. 

However, the non-party commenters, 

will not receive copies of all documents 

filed by other parties or issued by the 

Commission and will not have the right 

to seek court review of the 

Commission’s final order. 

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. 

Submissions sent via any other carrier 

must be addressed to: Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, 

Rockville, Maryland 20852. 

Dated: December 16, 2020. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2020–28248 Filed 12–21–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OW–2018–0640; FRL–10018–92– 

Region 4] 

EPA’s Approval of Florida’s Clean 

Water Act Section 404 Assumption 

Request 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency. 

ACTION: Notice. 

SUMMARY: On August 20, 2020, the 

Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) 

received from the Governor of the State 

of Florida a complete program 

submission to assume regulating 

discharges of dredged or fill material 

into waters within the jurisdiction of the 

State in accordance with Clean Water 

Act (CWA) section 404(g–l). Receipt of 

the package initiated a 120-day statutory 

review period. After careful review of 

the package submitted, as well as 

consideration of comments submitted 

on the package by the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service (USFWS), the National 

Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS), and 

the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 

(Corps), comments received during 

consultation with tribes, and over 3,000 

comments received from the public, 

EPA has determined that the State of 

Florida has the necessary authority to 

operate a CWA Section 404 program in 

accordance with the requirements found 

in CWA section 404(g–l) and EPA’s 

implementing regulations. Therefore, 

EPA has taken final action to approve 

Florida’s assumption of the program. 

DATES: Florida’s program assumption 

will be applicable December 22, 2020. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Mr. 

Kelly Laycock, Oceans, Wetlands and 

Streams Protection Branch, USEPA 

Region 4, 61 Forsyth St. SW, Atlanta, 

GA 30303; telephone number: (404) 

562–9262; email address: 

404Assumption-FL@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The CWA 

established the Section 404 program, 

under which the Secretary of the Army, 

acting through the Chief of Engineers of 

the Corps, may issue permits for the 

discharge of dredged or fill material into 

waters of the United States as identified 

in the CWA. Section 404(g)(1) of the 

CWA provides states and tribes the 

option of submitting to EPA a request to 

assume administration of a CWA 

Section 404 program in certain waters 

within state or tribal jurisdiction. 

The regulations establishing the 

requirements for the approval of state or 

tribal programs under section 404 of the 

CWA were published in the Federal 

Register at 53 FR 20764 (June 6, 1988) 

(40 CFR parts 232 and 233), and can be 

accessed at https://www.epa.gov/ 

cwa404g/statutory-and-regulatoryrequirements-assumption-under-cwasection-404. ‘‘State regulated waters’’ 

are defined in 40 CFR 232.2. 

The Corps generally retains CWA 

Section 404 permitting authority over 

waters of the United States within 

‘‘Indian country’’ as that term is defined 

at 18 U.S.C. 1151, unless a tribe has 

assumed administration of a CWA 

Section 404 program within Indian 

country. See 40 CFR 233.1(b). 

A state application to administer a 

Section 404 program must include the 

following: (a) A letter from the Governor 

of the state requesting program 

approval; (b) a complete program 

description as set forth in 40 CFR 

233.11; (c) an Attorney General’s 

statement or a statement from the 

attorney for those state or interstate 

agencies which have independent legal 

counsel, as set forth in 40 CFR 233.12; 

(d) a Memorandum of Agreement with 

the EPA Regional Administrator, as set 

forth in 40 CFR 233.13; (e) a 

Memorandum of Agreement with the 

Secretary of the Army, as set forth in 40 

CFR 233.14; and (f) copies of all 

applicable state statutes and regulations, 

including those governing applicable 

state administrative procedures. 40 CFR 

233.10. 

On September 16, 2020, EPA 

published a Federal Register notice of 

its receipt of a complete program 

assumption request package (85 FR 

57853), opened a public comment 

period, and scheduled two virtual 

public hearings on the Section 404 

program submitted by Florida. EPA held 

virtual public hearings on October 21, 

2020, and October 27, 2020, and 

received comments submitted to Docket 

ID No. EPA–HQ–OW–2018–0640 during 

the public comment period which 

ended November 2, 2020. EPA received 

and reviewed over 3,000 comments 

submitted during the comment period 

and public hearings, comments 

provided during tribal consultation, as 

well as comments from USFWS, NMFS, 

and the Corps. EPA also consulted 

under section 7 of the Endangered 

Species Act with the USFWS, and under 

section 106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act (NHPA) with the 

Advisory Council on Historic 

Preservation (ACHP), the Florida State 

Historic Preservation Officer (Florida 

SHPO), the Florida Department of 

Environmental Protection (FDEP), and 

Indian tribes with interests in the State 

of Florida on its decision whether to 

approve Florida’s program request. On 

December 16, 2020, EPA entered into a 

programmatic agreement with the 

ACHP, the Florida SHPO, and FDEP 

which evidences EPA’s compliance 

with section 106 of the NHPA and its 

implementing regulations. The 

programmatic agreement became 

effective on December 16, 2020. EPA 

has concluded that the State of Florida 

and FDEP have the necessary authority 

to operate a program in accordance with 

the requirements found in CWA section 

404 and 40 CFR part 233. EPA has met 

its requirements under ESA section 

7(a)(2) by completing ESA consultation 

and receiving a ‘‘no jeopardy’’ 

Biological Opinion from the USFWS on 

November 17, 2020. A summary of the 

comments received, EPA’s responses to 

the comments, and a memorandum 

documenting the basis for EPA’s 

decision (‘‘State of Florida’s Request to 

Assume a Clean Water Act Section 404 

Program’’, December 17, 2020) can be 

found in the docket for this action 


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