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Description: Tariff Amendment: 

Amendment to 1 to be effective 10/30/ 

2020. 

Filed Date: 12/31/20. 

Accession Number: 20201231–5017. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/21/21. 

Docket Numbers: ER21–775–000. 

Applicants: NorthWestern 

Corporation. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: SA 

305 16th Rev—NITSA with Stillwater 

Mining Company to be effective 3/1/ 

2021. 

Filed Date: 12/30/20. 

Accession Number: 20201230–5220. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/21/21. 

Docket Numbers: ER21–776–000. 

Applicants: East Coast Power and Gas, 

LLC. 

Description: Tariff Cancellation: 

Cancellation Filing to be effective 12/ 

31/2020. 

Filed Date: 12/31/20. 

Accession Number: 20201231–5000. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/21/21. 

Docket Numbers: ER21–777–000. 

Applicants: NSTAR Electric 

Company. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 

Large Generator Interconnection 

Agreement -MMWEC, Stony 

Brook?Ludlow to be effective 12/31/ 

2020. 

Filed Date: 12/31/20. 

Accession Number: 20201231–5002. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/21/21. 

Docket Numbers: ER21–778–000. 

Applicants: Niagara Mohawk Power 

Corporation, New York Independent 

System Operator, Inc. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 

Reimbursement Agreement (SA 2590) 

between NMPC and NY Transco to be 

effective 12/11/2020. 

Filed Date: 12/31/20. 

Accession Number: 20201231–5004. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/21/21. 

Docket Numbers: ER21–779–000. 

Applicants: NorthWestern 

Corporation. 

Description: Compliance filing: Order 

No. 864 Compliance Filing (Montana 

OATT) to be effective 1/27/2020. 

Filed Date: 12/31/20. 

Accession Number: 20201231–5011. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/21/21. 

Docket Numbers: ER21–780–000. 

Applicants: PJM Interconnection, 

L.L.C. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 

Original ISA, SA No. 5863; Queue No. 

AE2–249 to be effective 12/3/2020. 

Filed Date: 12/31/20. 

Accession Number: 20201231–5016. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/21/21. 

Docket Numbers: ER21–781–000. 

Applicants: Duke Energy Carolinas, 

LLC. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 

Revisions to Rate Schedule Nos. 315, 

316, 317, and 335 to be effective 1/1/ 

2021. 

Filed Date: 12/31/20. 

Accession Number: 20201231–5020. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/21/21. 

Docket Numbers: ER21–782–000. 

Applicants: ISO New England Inc., 

New England Power Pool Participants 

Committee. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: ISO– 

NE & NEPOOL; Change to Implement 

New Methodology for Calculating FCM 

DDBT to be effective 3/2/2021. 

Filed Date: 12/31/20. 

Accession Number: 20201231–5026. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/21/21. 

Docket Numbers: ER21–783–000. 

Applicants: Southwest Power Pool, 

Inc. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 

3330R3 City of Nixa, Missouri to be 

effective 12/1/2020. 

Filed Date: 12/31/20. 

Accession Number: 20201231–5032. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/21/21. 

Docket Numbers: ER21–784–000. 

Applicants: New York State Electric & 

Gas Corporation. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 

Revisions to 2020 Facilities Agreement 

Update to be effective 1/1/2021. 

Filed Date: 12/31/20. 

Accession Number: 20201231–5033. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/21/21. 

Docket Numbers: ER21–785–000. 

Applicants: Southwest Power Pool, 

Inc. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 3751 

NorthWestern Energy NITSA and NOA 

to be effective 12/1/2020. 

Filed Date: 12/31/20. 

Accession Number: 20201231–5037. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/21/21. 

Docket Numbers: ER21–786–000. 

Applicants: Trans Bay Cable LLC. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 

Annual TRBAA Filing—2020 to be 

effective 1/1/2021. 

Filed Date: 12/31/20. 

Accession Number: 20201231–5038. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/21/21. 

Docket Numbers: ER21–787–000. 

Applicants: ISO New England Inc. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: ISO– 

NE; Updates to CONE, Net CONE, and 

Capacity Performance Payment Rate to 

be effective 3/2/2021. 

Filed Date: 12/31/20. 

Accession Number: 20201231–5060. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 1/21/21. 

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 31, 2020. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2020–29324 Filed 1–6–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. EL21–28–000] 

PJM Interconnection, L.L.C.; Potomac 

Electric Power Company; Notice of 

Institution of Section 206 Proceeding 

and Refund Effective Date 

On December 30, 2020, the 

Commission issued an order in Docket 

No. EL21–28–000, pursuant to section 

206 of the Federal Power Act (FPA), 16 

U.S.C. 824e, instituting an investigation 

into whether Potomac Electric Power 

Company’s proposed depreciation rates 

are unjust, unreasonable, unduly 

discriminatory, or preferential, or 

otherwise unlawful. PJM 

Interconnection, L.L.C., 173 FERC 

61,286 (2020). 

The refund effective date in Docket 

No. EL21–28–000, established pursuant 

to section 206(b) of the FPA, will be the 

date of publication of this notice in the 

Federal Register. 

Any interested person desiring to be 

heard in Docket No. EL21–28–000 must 

file a notice of intervention or motion to 

intervene, as appropriate, with the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

in accordance with Rule 214 of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure, 18 CFR 385.214 (2020), 

within 21 days of the date of issuance 

of the order. 

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 


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document 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. 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, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202) 

502–8659. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filings of comments, protests 

and interventions in lieu of paper using 

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

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, 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. 

Dated: December 31, 2020. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2020–29326 Filed 1–6–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION 

AGENCY 

[EPA–HQ–OAR–2019–0668; FRL–10019–17– 

OAR] 

Guidance on the Preparation of Clean 

Air Act Section 179B Demonstrations 

for Nonattainment Areas Affected by 

International Transport of Emissions 

AGENCY: Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA). 

ACTION: Notice of availability. 

SUMMARY: Notice is hereby given that 

the Environmental Protection Agency 

(EPA) has posted on its website a final 

guidance document titled, ‘‘Guidance 

on the Preparation of Clean Air Act 

Section 179B Demonstrations for 

Nonattainment Areas Affected by 

International Transport of Emissions.’’ 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: For 

general questions concerning this final 

guidance document, please contact 

Gobeail McKinley, U.S. EPA, Office of 

Air Quality Planning and Standards, Air 

Quality Policy Division, C539–04, 

Research Triangle Park, NC 27711, 

telephone (919) 541–5246, email at 

mckinley.gobeail@epa.gov. For 

questions about the technical issues 

discussed in Section 6 of this guidance, 

please contact Barron Henderson, U.S. 

EPA, Office of Air Quality Planning and 

Standards, Air Quality Assessment 

Division, Research Triangle Park, NC 

27711, telephone (919) 541–2760, email 

at henderson.barron@epa.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

I. General Information 

How can I get copies of this guidance 

document and other related 

information? 

Docket: The EPA has established a 

docket for this action under Docket ID 

No. EPA–HQ–OAR–2019–0668. All 

documents in the docket are listed on 

the https://www.regulations.gov 

website. Although listed in the index, 

some information may not be publicly 

available, e.g., Confidential Business 

Information or other information whose 

disclosure is restricted by statute. 

Certain other material, such as 

copyrighted material, is not placed on 

the internet and will be publicly 

available only in hard copy. Publicly 

available docket materials are available 

electronically through https://

www.regulations.gov. 

Agency Website: The EPA has 

established the EPA Guidance Portal 

website for posting of all active final 

guidance documents. The EPA 

Guidance Portal can be accessed at the 

following website: https://epa.gov/ 

guidance/. 

The EPA has a website to house 

information related to the international 

transport of air pollution at: https://

www.epa.gov/ground-level-ozonepollution/international-transport-airpollution. The website includes the 

EPA’s draft and final Clean Air Act 

(CAA) section 179B guidance 

documents, a recording of and the slides 

presented during the public webinar 

held on February 12, 2020, and other 

technical information and resources 

related to the international transport of 

air pollution. The website provides 

related information that the public may 

find useful. 

What’s the purpose of the EPA’s 

guidance? 

The purpose of this new final 

guidance document is to assist state, 

local, and tribal air agencies that are 

considering the development of a 

demonstration, under section 179B of 

the CAA, that a nonattainment area 

would be able to attain, or would have 

attained, the relevant National Ambient 

Air Quality Standard (NAAQS) but for 

air pollutant emissions emanating from 

outside the United States. The guidance 

describes and provides examples of the 

kinds of information and analyses that 

the U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency (EPA) recommends air agencies 

consider including in a CAA section 

179B demonstration. The guidance also 

describes a weight of evidence approach 

that the EPA intends to use when 

evaluating CAA section 179B 

demonstrations. This nonbinding 

guidance is intended to assist air 

agencies considering the preparation of 

a CAA section 179B demonstration but 

does not limit the types of information 

or analyses that could be provided as 

part of any such demonstration under 

the CAA. 

The EPA has the authority under CAA 

section 179B to assess such an 

international transport demonstration 

when evaluating a state implementation 

plan (SIP) submitted in response to a 

nonattainment designation or 

reclassification of an area, or when the 

EPA determines whether a 

nonattainment area has or has not failed 

to attain the standard by the attainment 

date (and thus would become subject to 

additional CAA requirements). If the 

EPA determines that such a 

demonstration is approvable, the EPA 

will provide certain regulatory relief as 

described in CAA section 179B. If the 

EPA approves a CAA section 179B 

demonstration showing that an area in 

the future would attain the relevant 

NAAQS but for international emissions, 

then the air agency would not be subject 

to the SIP requirement to provide an 

attainment demonstration. If the EPA 

approves a CAA section 179B 

demonstration showing that a 

nonattainment area would have attained 

the relevant NAAQS based on past air 

quality data but for international 

emissions, then the nonattainment area 

would not be subject to reclassification 

to a higher classification and would not 

be subject to additional regulatory 

requirements that come with a higher 

classification. 

In addition to describing the kinds of 

information and analyses that may be 

helpful to include in a CAA section 

179B demonstration, this guidance 

provides: 

• A review of the existing regulatory 

framework for considering CAA section 

179B demonstrations; 

• A review of other existing 

regulatory mechanisms that may be 

more appropriate alternatives to CAA 

section 179B in certain situations; 

• Recommended timeframes for the 

CAA section 179B demonstration 

development and submittal process; and 


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