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1 18 CFR 385.2001–2005 (2020). 

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 21, 2020. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2020–28713 Filed 12–28–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CD21–3–000] 

Skagit Public Utility District; Notice of 

Preliminary Determination of a 

Qualifying Conduit Hydropower 

Facility and Soliciting Comments and 

Motions To Intervene 

On December 16, 2020, Skagit Public 

Utility District filed a notice of intent to 

construct a qualifying conduit 

hydropower facility, pursuant to section 

30 of the Federal Power Act (FPA). The 

proposed Division Booster Pump 

Station Project would have an installed 

capacity of 25 kilowatts (kW), and 

would be located in parallel to an 

existing pressure reducing valve within 

the applicant’s municipal water supply 

system in Mount Vernon, Skagit County, 

Washington. 

Applicant Contact: Susan Priddy, 

InPipe Energy, 222 NW 8th Ave., 

Portland, OR 97209, Phone No. (503) 

380–8487, Email: susan@

inpipeenergy.com. 

FERC Contact: Christopher Chaney, 

Phone No. (202) 502–6778, Email: 

christopher.chaney@ferc.gov. 

Qualifying Conduit Hydropower 

Facility Description: The proposed 

project would consist of: (1) One 25-kW 

centrifugal hydroelectric turbine; and 

(2) appurtenant facilities. The proposed 

project would have an estimated annual 

generation of approximately 94 

megawatt-hours. 

A qualifying conduit hydropower 

facility is one that is determined or 

deemed to meet all the criteria shown in 

the table below. 

TABLE 1—CRITERIA FOR QUALIFYING CONDUIT HYDROPOWER FACILITY

Statutory provision Description Satisfies 

(Y/N) 

FPA 30(a)(3)(A) .......................... The conduit the facility uses is a tunnel, canal, pipeline, aqueduct, flume, ditch, or similar manmade water conveyance that is operated for the distribution of water for agricultural, municipal, or industrial consumption and not primarily for the generation of electricity.Y 

FPA 30(a)(3)(C)(i) ....................... The facility is constructed, operated, or maintained for the generation of electric power and uses 

for such generation only the hydroelectric potential of a non-federally owned conduit.

Y 

FPA 30(a)(3)(C)(ii) ...................... The facility has an installed capacity that does not exceed 40 megawatts .................................... Y 

FPA 30(a)(3)(C)(iii) ..................... On or before August 9, 2013, the facility is not licensed, or exempted from the licensing requirements of Part I of the FPA.Y 

Preliminary Determination: The 

proposed Division Booster Pump 

Station Project will not alter the primary 

purpose of the conduit, which is used 

to distribute water for municipal 

consumption. Therefore, based upon the 

above criteria, Commission staff 

preliminarily determines that the 

proposal satisfies the requirements for a 

qualifying conduit hydropower facility, 

which is not required to be licensed or 

exempted from licensing. 

Comments and Motions to Intervene: 

Deadline for filing comments contesting 

whether the facility meets the qualifying 

criteria is 30 days from the issuance 

date of this notice. 

Deadline for filing motions to 

intervene is 30 days from the issuance 

date of this notice. 

Anyone may submit comments or a 

motion to intervene in accordance with 

the requirements of Rules of Practice 

and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210 and 

385.214. Any motions to intervene must 

be received on or before the specified 

deadline date for the particular 

proceeding. 

Filing and Service of Responsive 

Documents: All filings must (1) bear in 

all capital letters the ‘‘COMMENTS 

CONTESTING QUALIFICATION FOR A 

CONDUIT HYDROPOWER FACILITY’’ 

or ‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE,’’ as 

applicable; (2) state in the heading the 

name of the applicant and the project 

number of the application to which the 

filing responds; (3) state the name, 

address, and telephone number of the 

person filing; and (4) otherwise comply 

with the requirements of sections 

385.2001 through 385.2005 of the 

Commission’s regulations.1 All 

comments contesting Commission staff’s 

preliminary determination that the 

facility meets the qualifying criteria 

must set forth their evidentiary basis. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file motions to 

intervene and comments using the 

Commission’s eFiling system at http://

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. 

Commenters can submit brief comments 

up to 6,000 characters, without prior 

registration, using the eComment system 

at http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

ecomment.asp. 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 send 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, 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, MD 20852. A copy of all 

other filings in reference to this 

application 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. 

Locations of Notice of Intent: 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 

website at http://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/elibrary.asp. Enter the docket 

number (i.e., CD21–3) in the docket 

number field to access the document. 

You may also register online at http:// 

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esubscription.asp to be notified via 

email of new filings and issuances 

related to this or other pending projects. 

Copies of the notice of intent can be 

obtained directly from the applicant. 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, call toll-free 1–866–208– 

3676 or email FERCOnlineSupport@

ferc.gov. For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. 

Dated: December 21, 2020. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2020–28715 Filed 12–28–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. ER21–685–000] 

Trieve, LLC; Supplemental Notice That 

Initial Market-Based Rate Filing 

Includes Request for Blanket Section 

204 Authorization 

This is a supplemental notice in the 

above-referenced proceeding of 

Centerfield Cooper Solar, LLC’s 

application for market-based rate 

authority, with an accompanying rate 

tariff, noting that such application 

includes a request for blanket 

authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of 

future issuances of securities and 

assumptions of liability. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest should file with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE, Washington, DC 20426, 

in accordance with Rules 211 and 214 

of the Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214). Anyone filing a motion to 

intervene or protest must serve a copy 

of that document on the Applicant. 

Notice is hereby given that the 

deadline for filing protests with regard 

to the applicant’s request for blanket 

authorization, under 18 CFR part 34, of 

future issuances of securities and 

assumptions of liability, is January 11, 

2021. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper, using the 

FERC Online links at http://

www.ferc.gov. To facilitate electronic 

service, persons with internet access 

who will eFile a document and/or be 

listed as a contact for an intervenor 

must create and validate an 

eRegistration account using the 

eRegistration link. Select the eFiling 

link to log on and submit the 

intervention or protests. 

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. 

Dated: December 21, 2020. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2020–28719 Filed 12–28–20; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP20–481–000] 

Rio Bravo Pipeline Company, LLC; 

Notice of Availability of the 

Environmental Assessment for the 

Proposed Rio Bravo Pipeline Project 

Amendment 

The staff of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC or 

Commission) has prepared an 

environmental assessment (EA) for the 

Rio Bravo Pipeline Project Amendment 

(Project Amendment), proposed by Rio 

Bravo Pipeline Company, LLC (RB 

Pipeline) in the above-referenced 

docket. RB Pipeline filed an application 

in Docket No. CP20–481–000 requesting 

a Certificate of Public Convenience and 

Necessity pursuant to Section 7(c) of the 

Natural Gas Act to construct and operate 

certain natural gas pipeline facilities. 

The proposed Project Amendment 

would modify the pipeline system 

facilities approved in the Commission’s 

Order Granting Authorizations under 

Sections 3 and 7 of the Natural Gas Act 

(Order) issued on November 22, 2019, 

that will transport natural gas to Rio 

Grande LNG, LLC’s previously approved 

(but not yet constructed) liquefied 

natural gas (LNG) Terminal in Cameron 

County, Texas. RB Pipeline’s entire 

pipeline system as authorized, and as 

modified by the Project Amendment, is 

located entirely in Texas. 

The EA assesses the potential 

environmental effects of the 

construction and operation of the 

Project Amendment 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 U.S. Army Corps of Engineers 

and the U.S. Department of 

Transportation’s Pipeline and 

Hazardous Materials Safety 

Administration participated as 

cooperating agencies in the preparation 

of the EA. Cooperating agencies have 

jurisdiction by law or special expertise 

with respect to resources potentially 

affected by the proposal and participate 

in the NEPA analysis. 

The Rio Bravo Pipeline Project, as 

authorized in the November 2019 Order, 

consists of a 2.4-mile-long, 42-inchdiameter pipeline, including 0.8 mile of 

dual pipeline (referred to as the Header 

System) in Kleberg and Jim Wells 

Counties; 135.5 miles of parallel 42- 

inch-diameter pipelines originating in 

Kleberg County and terminating at Rio 

Grande LNG, LLC’s Rio Grande LNG 

Terminal in Cameron County (referred 

to as Pipelines 1 and 2); four metering 

sites along the Header System; two 

interconnect booster compressor 

stations, each with a metering site; three 

compressor stations (one at the Rio 

Grande LNG Terminal); and other 

associated utilities, systems, and 

facilities, all in Texas. As part of the 

Project Amendment, RB Pipeline 

proposes various facility modifications 

to the authorized pipeline system: 

• Decrease the maximum allowable 

operating pressure (MAOP) of the 2.4- 

mile-long Header System pipeline from 

1,480 pounds per square inch gauge 

(psig) to 1,200 psig; 

• construct an extension of 0.2 mile 

of mainline pipeline for each of 


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