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David Cantrell, 

Deputy Director, Office of Special Education 

Programs. Delegated the authority to perform 

the functions and duties of the Assistant 

Secretary for the Office of Special Education 

and Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. 2021–03418 Filed 2–18–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[OE Docket No. EA–488] 

Application To Export Electric Energy; 

Mercuria Commodities Canada 

Corporation 

AGENCY: Office of Electricity, 

Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of application. 

SUMMARY: Mercuria Commodities 

Canada Corporation (Applicant or 

MCCC) has applied for authorization to 

transmit electric energy from the United 

States to Canada pursuant to the Federal 

Power Act. 

DATES: Comments, protests, or motions 

to intervene must be submitted on or 

before March 22, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, 

motions to intervene, or requests for 

more information should be addressed 

by electronic mail to 

Electricity.Exports@hq.doe.gov, or by 

facsimile to (202) 586–8008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matt 

Aronoff, 202–586–5863, 

matthew.aronoff@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Energy (DOE) regulates 

exports of electricity from the United 

States to a foreign country, pursuant to 

sections 301(b) and 402(f) of the 

Department of Energy Organization Act 

(42 U.S.C. 7151(b) and 42 U.S.C. 

7172(f)). Such exports require 

authorization under section 202(e) of 

the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 

824a(e)). 

On January 7, 2020, MCCC filed an 

application with DOE (Application or 

App.) to transmit electric energy from 

the United States to Canada for a term 

of five years. MCCC states that its 

principal place of business is in 

Houston, Texas and that it ‘‘is a direct, 

wholly-owned subsidiary of Mercuria 

Energy Group Holding S.A. (MEGHSA), 

a Swiss holding company.’’ App. at 1. 

MCCC represents that it does not ‘‘own, 

operate or control electric transmission 

or distribution facilities in the United 

States over which the export of 

wholesale electricity could have a 

reliability, fuel use, or system stability 

impact,’’ and that it is not ‘‘affiliated 

with any entity that owns, operates, or 

controls electric transmission or 

distribution facilities in the United 

States over which the export of 

wholesale electricity could have a 

reliability, fuel use, or system stability 

impact.’’ Id. at 3. 

MCCC further states that it ‘‘will buy 

and sell wholesale electricity in the 

wholesale electric markets within the 

United States, and will export electricity 

transmitted across international 

transmission facilities to be utilized by 

Presidential permits issued pursuant to 

Executive Order 10485, as amended.’’ 

App. at 2. MCCC contends that its 

exports ‘‘will not impair or tend to 

impede the sufficiency of electricity 

supplies in the United States or the 

regional coordination of electric utility 

planning or operations.’’ Id. at 4. 

MCCC states that its exports ‘‘will be 

purchased from other suppliers (i.e. 

generators, electric utilities, and other 

power marketers) voluntarily, and 

therefore will be surplus to the needs of 

the selling entities.’’ App. at 3–4. 

The existing international 

transmission facilities to be utilized by 

the Applicant have previously been 

authorized by Presidential permits 

issued pursuant to Executive Order 

10485, as amended, and are appropriate 

for open access transmission by third 

parties. 

Procedural Matters: Any person 

desiring to be heard in this proceeding 

should file a comment or protest to the 

Application at the address provided 

above. Protests should be filed in 

accordance with Rule 211 of the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) 

Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 

385.211). Any person desiring to 

become a party to this proceeding 

should file a motion to intervene at the 

above address in accordance with FERC 

Rule 214 (18 CFR 385.214). 

Comments and other filings 

concerning MCCC’s application to 

export electric energy to Canada should 

be clearly marked with OE Docket No. 

EA–488. Additional copies are to be 

provided directly to Chloe Cromarty, 20 

E Greenway Plaza, Suite 650, Houston, 

Texas 77046, ccromarty@mercuria.com; 

and Greg Johnston, 326 11th Avenue 

SW, Suite 600, Calgary, Alberta T2R0C5, 

Canada, gjohnston@mercuria.com. 

A final decision will be made on the 

Application after the environmental 

impacts have been evaluated pursuant 

to DOE’s National Environmental Policy 

Act Implementing Procedures (10 CFR 

part 1021) and after DOE determines 

that the proposed action will not have 

an adverse impact on the sufficiency of 

supply or reliability of the U.S. electric 

power supply system. 

Copies of the Application will be 

made available, upon request, by 

accessing the program website at http:// 

energy.gov/node/11845, or by emailing 

Matt Aronoff at matthew.aronoff@

hq.doe.gov. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on February 1, 

2021. 

Christopher Lawrence, 

Management and Program Analyst, Energy 

Resilience Division, Office of Electricity. 

[FR Doc. 2021–03401 Filed 2–18–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[OE Docket No. EA–290–D] 

Application To Export Electric Energy; 

Ontario Power Generation Inc. 

AGENCY: Office of Electricity, 

Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of application. 

SUMMARY: Ontario Power Generation 

Inc. (Applicant or OPG) has applied for 

authorization to transmit electric energy 

from the United States to Canada 

pursuant to the Federal Power Act. 

DATES: Comments, protests, or motions 

to intervene must be submitted on or 

before March 22, 2021. 

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, 

motions to intervene, or requests for 

more information should be addressed 

by electronic mail to 

Electricity.Exports@hq.doe.gov, or by 

facsimile to (202) 586–8008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Matt 

Aronoff, 202–586–5863, 

matthew.aronoff@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Department of Energy (DOE) regulates 

exports of electricity from the United 

States to a foreign country, pursuant to 

sections 301(b) and 402(f) of the 

Department of Energy Organization Act 

(42 U.S.C. 7151(b) and 42 U.S.C. 

7172(f)). Such exports require 

authorization under section 202(e) of 

the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 

824a(e)). 

On January 19, 2021, OPG filed an 

application with DOE (Application or 

App.) to transmit electric energy from 

the United States to Canada for a term 

of ten years. OPG states that it ‘‘is an 

Ontario corporation having its principal 

place of business at Toronto, Ontario, 

Canada.’’ App. at 1. OPG further 

represents that ‘‘all of the outstanding 

shares of OPG are held in the name of 

the Provincial Government of Ontario.’’ 

Id. OPG represents that it ‘‘does not own 


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or control any transmission or 

distribution assets and does not have a 

franchised service area in the United 

States.’’ Id. OPG clarifies that ‘‘OPGET, 

a power marketing and trading entity 

owned by OPG makes power sales 

within the United States, and at the 

international border with Canada 

pursuant to its FERC market-based rate 

authorization[, but] does not export 

power from the United States to 

Canada.’’ Id. at 2. 

OPC further states that it ‘‘will 

purchase the power to be exported from 

a variety of sources such as power 

marketers, independent power 

producers or U.S. electric utilities and 

Federal power marketing agencies as 

those terms are defined in section 3(22) 

and 3(19) of the FPA.’’ App. at 4. OPG 

adds that ‘‘by definition, such power is 

surplus to the system of the generator’’. 

Id. OPG contends that ‘‘the electric 

power that [it] will export to Canada 

from these markets, on either a firm or 

interruptible basis, will not impair the 

sufficiency of the electric power supply 

within the United States.’’ Id. 

The existing international 

transmission facilities to be utilized by 

the Applicant have previously been 

authorized by Presidential permits 

issued pursuant to Executive Order 

10485, as amended, and are appropriate 

for open access transmission by third 

parties. 

Procedural Matters: Any person 

desiring to be heard in this proceeding 

should file a comment or protest to the 

Application at the address provided 

above. Protests should be filed in 

accordance with Rule 211 of the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) 

Rules of Practice and Procedure (18 CFR 

385.211). Any person desiring to 

become a party to this proceeding 

should file a motion to intervene at the 

above address in accordance with FERC 

Rule 214 (18 CFR 385.214). 

Comments and other filings 

concerning OPG’s application to export 

electric energy to Canada should be 

clearly marked with OE Docket No. EA– 

290–D. Additional copies are to be 

provided directly to Jerry L Pfeffer, 1440 

New York Avenue NW, Washington, DC 

20005, jpfeffer@skadden.com; and 

Karen Cooke, 700 University Avenue, 

Toronto, Ontario MSG IX6, Canada, 

karen.cooke@opg.com. 

A final decision will be made on the 

Application after the environmental 

impacts have been evaluated pursuant 

to DOE’s National Environmental Policy 

Act Implementing Procedures (10 CFR 

part 1021) and after DOE determines 

that the proposed action will not have 

an adverse impact on the sufficiency of 

supply or reliability of the U.S. electric 

power supply system. 

Copies of the Application will be 

made available, upon request, by 

accessing the program website at http:// 

energy.gov/node/11845, or by emailing 

Matt Aronoff at matthew.aronoff@

hq.doe.gov. 

Signed in Washington, DC, on February 1, 

2021. 

Christopher Lawrence, 

Management and Program Analyst, Energy 

Resilience Division, Office of Electricity. 

[FR Doc. 2021–03400 Filed 2–18–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2879–012] 

Green Mountain Power Corporation; 

Notice of Intent To Prepare an 

Environmental Assessment 

On January 30, 2020, Green Mountain 

Power Corporation filed an application 

for a new major license to continue 

operating the existing 7.5-megawatt 

Bolton Falls Hydroelectric Project No. 

2879 (Bolton Falls Project or project). 

The project is located on the Winooski 

River in Washington County, Vermont. 

The project does not occupy federal 

land. 

In accordance with the Commission’s 

regulations, on December 1, 2020, 

Commission staff issued a notice that 

the project was ready for environmental 

analysis (REA notice). Based on the 

information in the record, including 

comments filed on the REA notice, staff 

does not anticipate that licensing the 

project would constitute a major federal 

action significantly affecting the quality 

of the human environment. Therefore, 

staff intends to prepare a draft and final 

Environmental Assessment (EA) on the 

application to license the Bolton Falls 

Project. 

The EA will be issued and circulated 

for review by all interested parties. All 

comments filed on the EA will be 

analyzed by staff and considered in the 

Commission’s final licensing decision. 

The application will be processed 

according to the following schedule. 

Revisions to the schedule may be made 

as appropriate. 

Milestone Target date 

Commission issues Draft EA ....................................................................................................................................................... August 2021. 

Comments on Draft EA ................................................................................................................................................................ September 2021. 

Commission issues Final EA ....................................................................................................................................................... February 2022.1

1The Council on Environmental Quality’s (CEQ) regulations under 40 CFR 1501.10(b)(1) require that EAs be completed within 1 year of the 

federal action agency’s decision to prepare an EA. This notice establishes the Commission’s intent to prepare an EA for the Bolton Falls Project. 

Therefore, in accordance with CEQ’s regulations, the Final EA must be issued within 1 year of the issuance date of this notice.

Any questions regarding this notice 

may be directed to Michael Tust at (202) 

502–6522 or michael.tust@ferc.gov. 

Dated: February 12, 2021. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2021–03369 Filed 2–18–21; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP21–45–000] 

Florida Gas Transmission Company, 

LLC; Notice of Application and 

Establishing Intervention and Protest 

Deadline 

Take notice that on January 29, 2021, 

Florida Gas Transmission Company, 

LLC (Florida Gas), 1300 Main Street, 

Houston, Texas 77002, filed in the 

above referenced docket, an abbreviated 

application pursuant to section 7(c) of 

the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and Parts 

157 and 284 of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission’s regulations, 

for authorization to (1) construct two 

segments of 36-inch-diameter mainline 

loop extensions totaling 3.2 miles and 

relocate two associated pig receiver 

stations in Calhoun and Jefferson 

Counties, Florida; and (3) uprate a total 

of 8,000 additional HP distributed 

among the existing compressor stations 


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