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explanation of the competitive injury to 

the submitting person which would 

result from public disclosure; (6) when 

such information might lose its 

confidential character due to the 

passage of time; and (7) why disclosure 

of the information would be contrary to 

the public interest. It is DOE’s policy 

that all comments may be included in 

the public docket, without change and 

as received, including any personal 

information provided in the comments 

(except information deemed to be 

exempt from public disclosure). 

Issued in Washington, DC, on July 8, 2014. 

Michele Torrusio, 

QER Secretariat, QER Interagency Task Force, 

U.S. Department of Energy. 

[FR Doc. 2014–16241 Filed 7–10–14; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Bonneville Power Administration 

Hot Springs to Anaconda 

Transmission Line Rebuild Project 

AGENCY: Bonneville Power 

Administration (BPA), Department of 

Energy (DOE). ACTION: Notice of intent 

to prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement (EIS) and notice of floodplain 

and wetland assessment. 

SUMMARY: In accordance with the 

National Environmental Policy Act 

(NEPA), BPA intends to prepare an EIS 

on its proposed rebuild of 

approximately 120 miles of existing 

230-kiliovolt (kV) wood-pole 

transmission line that runs through 

Sanders, Lake, Missoula, Granite, 

Powell, and Deer Lodge counties, 

Montana. The deteriorated condition of 

the more than 60-year-old line 

compromises BPA’s ability to maintain 

reliable electric service, and poses a 

safety risk to the public and 

maintenance crews. 

With this notice, BPA is initiating the 

public scoping process for the EIS and 

is requesting comments about the 

potential environmental impacts it 

should consider as it prepares the EIS 

for the proposed project. In accordance 

with DOE regulations for compliance 

with floodplain and wetland 

environmental review requirements, 

BPA will prepare a floodplain and 

wetlands assessment that identifies, 

evaluates, and as appropriate, 

implements actions to avoid or 

minimize potential harm to or within 

any affected floodplains and wetlands. 

The assessment will be included in the 

EIS. 

DATES: Written comments are due to the 

address below by August 12, 2014. 

Comments may also be made at three 

EIS scoping meetings to be held on the 

29th, 30th, and 31st of July, 2014 at the 

addresses below. 

ADDRESSES: Comments and suggestions 

on the proposed scope of the Draft EIS 

for this project and requests to be placed 

on the project mailing list may be 

mailed by letter to Bonneville Power 

Administration, Public Affairs—DKC–7, 

P.O. Box 14428, Portland, OR 97292– 

4428. Or you may FAX them to 503– 

230–3285; submit them on-line at 

www.bpa.gov/comment; or email them 

to comment@bpa.gov. Scoping meetings 

will be held in Montana from 4:00 p.m. 

to 7:00 p.m. at the following locations: 

July 29, 2014 at the Missoula Fire 

Department, Station 4, 3011 Latimor 

Street, Missoula; on July 30, 2014 at the 

Dixon Senior Citizens Center, 106 3rd 

Street, Dixon; and on July 31, 2014 at 

the William K. Kohrs Memorial Library, 

501 Missouri Avenue, Deer Lodge. At 

these informal, open-house meetings, 

BPA will provide project information 

and maps. Members of the project team 

will be available to answer questions 

and accept verbal and written 

comments. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Doug Corkran, Environmental 

Coordinator, Bonneville Power 

Administration—KEC–4, P.O. Box 3621, 

Portland, Oregon, 97208–3621; toll-free 

telephone number 1–800–622–4519; 

direct number 503–230–7646; fax 

number 503–230–5699; or email at 

dfcorkran@bpa.gov. You may also 

contact Chad Hamel, Project Manager, 

Bonneville Power Administration— 

TEP–TPP–1, P.O. Box 3621, Portland, 

Oregon, 97208–3621; toll-free telephone 

1–800–622–4519; direct telephone 360– 

619–6557; or email cjhamel@bpa.gov. 

Additional information can be found at 

the project Web site: www.bpa.gov/goto/ 

HotSpringsAnaconda. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: BPA 

proposes to rebuild three existing woodpole transmission lines—the Hot 

Springs-Rattlesnake, RattlesnakeGarrison, and Garrison-Anaconda 

lines—that run consecutively from Hot 

Springs, Montana to Anaconda, 

Montana. No major work has been done 

on the lines since they were built in 

1952. Many of the structures, the 

electric wire (conductor), and associated 

structural components (cross arms, 

insulators, and dampers) are physically 

worn and structurally unsound in 

places. The wood transmission poles 

have lasted beyond the expected 55 to 

60 years and now need to be replaced 

due to age, rot, and deterioration. 

Rebuilding the deteriorated line would 

maintain reliable electrical service and 

avoid risks to the safety of the public 

and maintenance crews. 

The project would include removing 

and replacing existing wood-pole 

structures and components, as well as 

the conductor; improving access roads 

and establishing temporary access 

where needed; removing trees adjacent 

to the line that may cause a threat to 

reliability; developing temporary staging 

areas for storage of project materials; 

and revegetating areas disturbed by 

construction activities. The existing 

structures would be replaced with 

structures of similar design within or 

near to their existing locations. The line 

would continue to operate at 230 kV. 

Proposed activities would also 

include the installation of new line 

disconnect switches at the Hot Springs 

and Garrison substations, and upgrading 

the existing fiber optic line that is 

attached to the Hot Springs-Rattlesnake 

and Rattlesnake-Garrison transmission 

line structures. 

Alternatives Proposed for 

Consideration: In addition to the 

Proposed Action, BPA will evaluate the 

No Action Alternative as well as any 

additional viable alternatives brought 

forward during the scoping process. 

Under the No Action Alternative, BPA 

would not rebuild the line and would 

make repairs on an as-needed or 

emergency basis. 

Public Participation and 

Identification of Environmental Issues: 

The potential environmental issues 

identified for most transmission line 

projects include land use, cultural 

resources, visual impacts, sensitive 

plants and animals, erosion/soils, 

wetlands, floodplains, and fish and 

water resources. The existing lines cross 

about 50 miles of the Flathead Indian 

Reservation, small portions of the Lolo 

and Beaverhead-Deer Lodge National 

Forests, several miles of State land, as 

well as private land. 

BPA has established a 30-day scoping 

period during which affected 

landowners, concerned citizens, special 

interest groups, local governments, and 

any other interested parties are invited 

to comment on the scope of the 

proposed EIS. Scoping will help BPA 

ensure that a full range of issues related 

to this proposal is addressed in the EIS, 

and also help identify significant or 

potentially significant impacts that may 

result from the proposed project. When 

completed, the Draft EIS will be 

circulated for review and comment, and 

BPA will hold at least one public 

comment meeting for the Draft EIS. BPA 

will consider and respond in the Final 

EIS to comments received on the Draft 

EIS. BPA’s subsequent decision will be 

documented in a Record of Decision. 


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Issued in Portland, Oregon, on June 19, 

2014. 

Elliot Mainzer, 

Administrator and Chief Executive Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–16243 Filed 7–10–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket Nos. CP14–504–000; PF14–3–000] 

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 

Company, LLC; Notice of Application 

Take notice that on June 23, 2014, 

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 

Company LLC (Transco), 2800 Post Oak 

Boulevard, Houston, Texas 77056, filed 

in the above referenced docket an 

application pursuant to section 7(c) of 

the Natural Gas Act (NGA), and Part 157 

of the Commission’s regulations 

requesting authorization to construct 

and operate the Rock Springs Expansion 

Project (Project), 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 at the Commission in the 

Public Reference Room or may be 

viewed on the Commission’s Web site 

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, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202) 

502–8659. 

Any questions concerning this 

application may be directed to Bill 

Hammons, P.O. Box 1396, Houston, 

Texas 77251, by telephone at (713) 215– 

2130. 

Specifically, the Project consists of 

approximately 11.17 miles, 20-inch 

diameter pipeline lateral, a 4,000 

horsepower compression station, and 

appurtenant facilities in Lancaster 

County, Pennsylvania and Cecil County, 

Maryland. Transco has executed a 

binding precedent agreement with 

ODEC for 100% of the capacity. The 

Project will enable Transco to provide 

192 million cubic feet per day of 

incremental firm transportation capacity 

from Transco’s Station 210 Zone 6 Pool 

in Mercer County, New Jersey to Old 

Dominion Electric Cooperative’s (ODEC) 

proposed Wildcat Point Generating 

Facility in Cecil County, Maryland. 

Transco proposes that the firm 

transportation service will be rendered 

pursuant to Rate Schedule FT of 

Transco’s FERC Gas Tariff and Transco’s 

blanket certificate under Part 284 (G) of 

the Commission’s regulations. The 

approximate cost for the Project is 

$79,476,150. 

On October 16, 2013, the Commission 

staff granted Transco’s request to utilize 

the Pre-Filing Process and assigned 

Docket No. PF14–3–000 to staff 

activities involved in the Project. Now, 

as of the filing of the June 23, 2014 

application, the Pre-Filing Process for 

this project has ended. From this time 

forward, this proceeding will be 

conducted in Docket No. CP14–504– 

000, as noted in the caption of this 

Notice. 

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 final 

environmental impact statement (FEIS) 

or 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 

the subsequent need to complete all 

federal authorizations within 90 days of 

the date of issuance of the Commission 

staff’s FEIS or EA. 

There are two ways to become 

involved in the Commission’s review of 

this project. First, any person wishing to 

obtain legal status by becoming a party 

to the proceedings for this project 

should, on or before the comment date 

stated below file with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, 

a motion to intervene in accordance 

with the requirements of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211) 

and the Regulations under the NGA (18 

CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party 

status will be placed on the service list 

maintained by the Secretary of the 

Commission and will receive copies of 

all documents filed by the applicant and 

by all other parties. A party must submit 

seven copies of filings made in the 

proceeding with the Commission and 

must mail a copy to the applicant and 

to every other party. Only parties to the 

proceeding can ask for court review of 

Commission orders in the proceeding. 

However, a person does not have to 

intervene in order to have comments 

considered. The second way to 

participate is by filing with the 

Secretary of the Commission, as soon as 

possible, an original and two copies of 

comments in support of or in opposition 

to this project. The Commission will 

consider these comments in 

determining the appropriate action to be 

taken, but the filing of a comment alone 

will not serve to make the filer a party 

to the proceeding. The Commission’s 

rules require that persons filing 

comments in opposition to the project 

provide copies of their protests only to 

the party or parties directly involved in 

the protest. 

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 commentors will be 

placed on the Commission’s 

environmental mailing list, will receive 

copies of the environmental documents, 

and will be notified of meetings 

associated with the Commission’s 

environmental review process. 

Environmental commentors will not be 

required to serve copies of filed 

documents on all other parties. 

However, the non-party commentors 

will not receive copies of all documents 

filed by other parties or issued by the 

Commission (except for the mailing of 

environmental documents 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 ‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://

www.ferc.gov. Persons unable to file 

electronically should submit an original 

and 7 copies of the protest or 

intervention to the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 

NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

Time on July 24, 2014. 

Dated: July 3, 2014. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2014–16194 Filed 7–10–14; 8:45 am] 

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