Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 173 / Friday, September 6, 2013 / Notices 54879 

Section 106 Review 

As outlined in 36 CFR Part 800, 

‘‘Protection of Historic Properties,’’ DOE 

will comply with Section 106 of the 

National Historic Preservation Act of 

1966, as amended, (NHPA) as a 

separate, but parallel, process to the 

NEPA process. DOE will provide 

information about its compliance with 

Section 106 of the NHPA in subsequent 

Federal Register notices. 

Public Scoping Process for the 

Amended Application 

Interested parties are invited to 

participate in the scoping process, both 

to help define the environmental issues 

to be analyzed and to identify the range 

of reasonable alternatives. Both oral and 

written comments will be considered 

and given equal weight, regardless of 

how submitted. Written comments can 

be submitted either electronically or by 

paper copy; if the latter, consider using 

a delivery service because materials 

submitted by regular mail often arrive 

damaged. (Warped and unusable CD or 

DVD discs are common.) Additionally, 

comments can be submitted through the 

project Web site at 

www.northernpasseis.us. This site will 

also serve as a repository for all public 

documents and the central location for 

announcements. Individuals may 

subscribe to the ‘‘email list’’ feature on 

the project Web site in order to receive 

future announcements and news 

releases. 

As part of the scoping process, DOE 

will hold the following additional 

scoping meetings: 

1. Concord, NH, Grappone Conference 

Center, 70 Constitution Avenue, 

Monday, September 23, 2013, 6–9 p.m.; 

2. Plymouth, NH, Plymouth State 

University, Silver Center for the Arts, 

Hanaway Theater, 17 High Street, 

Tuesday, September 24, 2013, 5–8 p.m.; 

3. Whitefield, NH, Mountain View 

Grand Resort & Spa, Presidential Room, 

101 Mountain View Road, Wednesday, 

September 25, 2013, 5–8 p.m.; and 

4. West Stewartstown, NH, The 

Outback Pub at The Spa Restaurant, 869 

Washington Street, Thursday, 

September 26, 2013, 5–8 p.m. 

If assistance is needed to participate 

in any of the DOE scoping meetings 

(e.g., qualified interpreter, computeraided real-time transcription), please 

submit a request for auxiliary aids and 

services to DOE by September 16, 2013 

by contacting Brian Mills as described 

in the ADDRESSES section above. 

The scoping meetings will be 

structured in two parts: First, an open 

house portion for the initial 30 minutes 

of each meeting that will not be 

recorded; and second, a formal 

commenting session for the remainder 

of each meeting, during which oral 

comments will be transcribed by a 

stenographer. The meetings will provide 

interested parties the opportunity to 

view exhibits on the proposed Project 

and provide scoping comments. The 

Applicant will be available to answer 

questions and provide information to 

attendees. Meeting attendees are not 

permitted to bring in any items that may 

be disruptive to the meeting, and 

therefore interfere with the public’s 

right to participate in the NEPA process. 

Each venue reserves the right to restrict 

any such unpermitted items. 

Persons submitting comments during 

the scoping process, whether orally or 

in writing, will be added to the mailing 

list to receive either paper or electronic 

copies of the Draft EIS, according to 

their preference. Persons who do not 

wish to submit comments or suggestions 

at this time, but who would like to 

receive a copy of the Draft EIS for 

review and comment when it is issued, 

should notify Brian Mills, as provided 

in the ADDRESSES section above, with 

their paper-or-electronic preference. 

DOE will summarize comments 

received in a ‘‘Scoping Report’’ that will 

be available on the project Web site. 

EIS Preparation and Schedule 

Following completion of the Scoping 

Report, DOE will prepare the Draft EIS, 

taking into consideration comments 

received during the scoping period. 

DOE plans to issue the Draft EIS in 

2014. After DOE issues the Draft EIS, the 

EPA will publish a notice of availability 

(NOA) of the Draft EIS in the Federal 

Register, which will begin a minimum 

45-day public comment period. DOE 

will announce how to comment on the 

Draft EIS and will hold at least one 

public hearing during the public 

comment period. In preparing the Final 

EIS, DOE will respond to comments 

received on the Draft EIS. DOE plans to 

issue the Final EIS in 2015. No sooner 

than 30 days after the EPA publishes a 

NOA of the Final EIS, DOE will issue its 

Record of Decision. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 29, 

2013. 

Patricia A. Hoffman, 

Assistant Secretary, Office of Electricity 

Delivery and Energy Reliability. 

[FR Doc. 2013–21778 Filed 9–5–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[Certification Notice—225] 

Notice of Filing of Self-Certification of 

Coal Capability Under the Powerplant 

and Industrial Fuel Use Act 

AGENCY: Office Electricity Delivery and 

Energy Reliability, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of filing. 

SUMMARY: On August 5, 2013, Garrison 

Energy Center, LLC, an indirect, whollyowned subsidiary of Calpine 

Corporation of a new combined cycle 

electric powerplant, submitted a coal 

capability self-certification to the 

Department of Energy (DOE) pursuant to 

§ 201(d) of the Powerplant and 

Industrial Fuel Use Act of 1978 (FUA), 

as amended, and DOE regulations in 10 

CFR 501.60, 61. FUA and regulations 

thereunder require DOE to publish a 

notice of filing of self-certification in the 

Federal Register. 42 U.S.C. 8311(d) and 

10 CFR 501.61(c). 

ADDRESSES: Copies of coal capability 

self-certification filings are available for 

public inspection, upon request, in the 

Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy 

Reliability, Mail Code OE–20, Room 

8G–024, Forrestal Building, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher Lawrence at (202) 586– 

5260. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Title II of 

FUA, as amended (42 U.S.C. 8301 et 

seq.), provides that no new base load 

electric powerplant may be constructed 

or operated without the capability to use 

coal or another alternate fuel as a 

primary energy source. Pursuant to FUA 

in order to meet the requirement of coal 

capability, the owner or operator of such 

a facility proposing to use natural gas or 

petroleum as its primary energy source 

shall certify to the Secretary of Energy 

(Secretary) prior to construction, or 

prior to operation as a base load electric 

powerplant, that such powerplant has 

the capability to use coal or another 

alternate fuel. Such certification 

establishes compliance with FUA 

section 201(a) as of the date it is filed 

with the Secretary. 42 U.S.C. 8311. 

The following owner of a proposed 

new combined cycle electric powerplant 

has filed a self-certification of coalcapability with DOE pursuant to FUA 

section 201(d) and in accordance with 

DOE regulations in 10 CFR 501.60, 61: 

Owner: Garrison Energy Center, LLC. 

Capacity: 309 megawatts (MW). 

Plant Location: Kent County, 

Delaware. 

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54880 Federal Register / Vol. 78, No. 173 / Friday, September 6, 2013 / Notices 

1See 18 CFR 284.7(a)(4) (requiring pipelines to 

provide no-notice service). 

2Order Granting Motion to Clarify Opinion, 

Texas Pipelines Ass’n v. FERC, 661 F.3d 258 (Dec. 

20. 2011). 

3Burden is defined as the total time, effort, or 

financial resources expended by persons to 

generate, maintain, retain, or disclose or provide 

information to or for a Federal agency. For further 

explanation of what is included in the information 

collection burden, reference 5 Code of Federal 

Regulations 1320.3. 

4 In the prior notice regarding this collection, 

FERC used 183 burden hours per response, and the 

assumption of one response per year. In this notice 

we show the burden to a more detailed level, 

indicating that there is one response per day per 

respondent. We use 366 days as this keeps the total 

burden hour figure consistent with the prior notice. 

5This figure includes wages plus benefits and 

comes from the Bureau of Labor Statistics 

Management Analyst category (13–1111) (http://

bls.gov/oes/current/naics2_22.htm and http://

www.bls.gov/news.release/ecec.nr0.htm). 

In-Service Date: On or before June 1, 

2015. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on August 30, 

2013. 

Brian Mills, 

Director, Permitting and Siting, Office of 

Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability. 

[FR Doc. 2013–21779 Filed 9–5–13; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC13–17–000] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (FERC–551); Comment 

Request 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, DOE. 

ACTION: Comment request. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 

3507(a)(1)(D), the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (Commission or 

FERC) is submitting the information 

collection FERC–551, Reporting of Flow 

Volume and Capacity by Interstate 

Natural Gas Pipelines, to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review of the information collection 

requirements. Any interested person 

may file comments directly with OMB 

and should address a copy of those 

comments to the Commission as 

explained below. The Commission 

issued a Notice in the Federal Register 

(78 FR 36176, 6/17/2013) requesting 

public comments. FERC received no 

comments on the FERC–551 and is 

making this notation in its submittal to 

OMB. 

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due by October 7, 2013. 

ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB, 

identified by the OMB Control No. 

1902–0243, should be sent via email to 

the Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs: oira_submission@omb.gov. 

Attention: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission Desk Officer. The Desk 

Officer may also be reached via 

telephone at 202–395–4718. 

A copy of the comments should also 

be sent to the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, identified by the Docket 

No. IC13–17–000, by either of the 

following methods: 

• eFiling at Commission’s Web site: 

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

efiling.asp. 

• Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

Secretary of the Commission, 888 First 

Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

Instructions: All submissions must be 

formatted and filed in accordance with 

submission guidelines at: http://

www.ferc.gov/help/submissionguide.asp. For user assistance contact 

FERC Online Support by email at 

ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or by phone 

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

502–8659 for TTY. 

Docket: Users interested in receiving 

automatic notification of activity in this 

docket or in viewing/downloading 

comments and issuances in this docket 

may do so at http://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/docs-filing.asp. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ellen Brown may be reached by email 

at DataClearance@FERC.gov, by 

telephone at (202) 502–8663, and by fax 

at (202) 273–0873. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: Reporting of Flow Volume and 

Capacity by Interstate Natural Gas 

Pipelines. 

OMB Control No.: 1902–0243. 

Type of Request: Three-year extension 

of the FERC–551 information collection 

requirements with no changes to the 

reporting requirements. 

Abstract: Interstate pipelines are 

required to post on their Web sites the 

volumes of no-notice service flows 1 at 

each receipt and delivery point before 

11:30 a.m. central clock time three days 

after the day of gas flow. 

FERC implemented Order Nos. 720 

and 720–A to comply with the Energy 

Policy Act of 2005 (‘‘EPAct 2005’’) and 

specifically Section 23 of EPAct 2005, 

which amended the NGA to direct FERC 

to ‘‘facilitate price transparency in 

markets for the sale or transportation of 

physical natural gas in interstate 

commerce.’’ On October 24, 2011, the 

United States Court of Appeals for the 

Fifth Circuit issued a decision granting 

the Texas Pipeline Association and the 

Railroad Commission’s petition for 

review and vacating FERC’s Order Nos. 

720 and 720–A. In its order, the 5th 

Circuit held that Order Nos. 720 and 

720–A exceeded the scope of FERC’ 

authority under the Natural Gas Act of 

1938 and FERC could not require 

intrastate natural gas pipelines to post 

the information. However, the court’s 

decision did not disrupt the reporting 

and posting obligations of interstate 

natural gas pipelines.2

Type of Respondents: Interstate 

Natural Gas Pipelines. 

Estimate of Annual Burden: 3 The 

Commission estimates the total Public 

Reporting Burden for this information 

collection as: 

FERC–551: REPORTING OF FLOW VOLUME AND CAPACITY BY INTERSTATE NATURAL GAS PIPELINES

Number of respondents (A) 

Number of annual 

responses per 

respondent (B) 

Total number 

responses 

(A)×(B)=(C) 

Estimated burden 

hours per 

response (D) 

Estimated total 

annual burden 

(C)×(D) 

101 ........................................................................................... 366 36,966 4 0.5 18,483 

The total estimated annual cost 

burden to respondents is $1,040,038 

[18,483 hours * $56.27/hour 5 = 

$1,040,038] 

Comments: Comments are invited on: 

(1) Whether the collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

Commission, including whether the 

information will have practical utility; 

(2) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden and cost of the collection 

of information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

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