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6Additionally, you may file your comments 

electronically by using the eComment feature, 

which is located on the Commission’s website at 

www.ferc.gov under the link to Documents and 

Filings. Using eComment is an easy method for 

interested persons to submit brief, text-only 

comments on a project. 

proceeding. To become a party, you 

must intervene in the proceeding. 

How To File Protests, Interventions, 

and Comments 

There are two ways to submit 

protests, motions to intervene, and 

comments. In both instances, please 

reference the Project docket number 

CP23–533–000 in your submission. 

(1) You may file your protest, motion 

to intervene, and comments by using the 

Commission’s eFiling feature, which is 

located on the Commission’s website 

(www.ferc.gov) under the link to 

Documents and Filings. New eFiling 

users must first create an account by 

clicking on ‘‘eRegister.’’ You will be 

asked to select the type of filing you are 

making; first select ‘‘General’’ and then 

select ‘‘Protest’’, ‘‘Intervention’’, or 

‘‘Comment on a Filing’’; or 6

(2) You can file a paper copy of your 

submission by mailing it to the address 

below. Your submission must reference 

the Project docket number CP23–533– 

000. 

To file via USPS: Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20426. 

To file via any other method: 

Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 

Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 

20852. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic filing of submissions (option 

1 above) and has eFiling staff available 

to assist you at (202) 502–8258 or 

FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. 

Protests and motions to intervene 

must be served on the applicant either 

by mail or email (with a link to the 

document) at: Juan Eligio, Jr., Manager 

of Regulatory Affairs, Texas Gas 

Transmission, LLC, 9 Greenway Plaza, 

Houston, Texas 77046, or phone (713) 

479–3480, or by email juan.eligio@

bwpipelines.com. Any subsequent 

submissions by an intervenor must be 

served on the applicant and all other 

parties to the proceeding. Contact 

information for parties can be 

downloaded from the service list at the 

eService link on FERC Online. 

Tracking the Proceeding 

Throughout the proceeding, 

additional information about the project 

will be available from the Commission’s 

Office of External Affairs, at (866) 208– 

FERC, or on the FERC website at 

www.ferc.gov using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link 

as described above. The eLibrary link 

also provides access to the texts of all 

formal documents issued by the 

Commission, such as orders, notices, 

and rulemakings. 

In addition, the Commission offers a 

free service called eSubscription which 

allows you to keep track of all formal 

issuances and submittals in specific 

dockets. This can reduce the amount of 

time you spend researching proceedings 

by automatically providing you with 

notification of these filings, document 

summaries, and direct links to the 

documents. For more information and to 

register, go to www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

esubscription.asp. 

Dated: August 31, 2023. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–19292 Filed 9–6–23; 8:45 am] 

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DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 11810–004] 

City of Augusta, Georgia; Notice of 

Meeting To Discuss Augusta Canal 

Biological Opinion 

On April 25, 2023, the National 

Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) filed 

its draft Biological Opinion (BO) with 

the Commission on the licensing of the 

Augusta Canal Project No. 11810, which 

included NMFS’s reasonable and 

prudent measures for the protection of 

the endangered shortnose sturgeon and 

the South Atlantic Distinct Population 

Segment of Atlantic sturgeon. On June 

16, 2023, the City of Augusta, Georgia 

filed comments on the draft BO. 

On September 29, 2023, Commission 

staff will hold a technical conference to 

discuss with NMFS the biological 

rationale for Reasonable and Prudent 

Measure No. 1, which would require 

flow into Augusta Canal be capped at 

3,500 cubic feet per second. Staff also 

intends to discuss additional 

information needs with the City of 

Augusta for the proposed Augusta Canal 

Project No. 11810. The specific items to 

be discussed during the technical 

conference are included in Attachment 

A. The conference will be held via 

teleconference from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 

p.m. Eastern Daylight Time. 

All local, State, and Federal agencies, 

Native American Tribes, and other 

interested parties are invited to attend; 

however participation during the 

meeting will be limited to Commission 

staff, NMFS personnel, and the City of 

Augusta representatives. Discussion at 

the meeting will be limited to those 

items listed in Attachment A. There will 

be no transcript of the conference, but 

a summary of the meeting will be 

prepared for the project record. If you 

are interested in attending and/or 

participating in the conference, you 

must contact David Gandy at (202) 502– 

8560, or david.gandy@ferc.gov by 

September 26, 2023 to receive specific 

instructions on how to attend. 

Questions concerning the meeting, the 

FERC process, or the consultation 

process should be directed to Allan 

Creamer at (202) 502–8365, or 

allan.creamer@ferc.gov. 

Dated: August 31, 2023. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

Attachment A 

Additional Information To Be Discussed 

During the Technical Conference 

1. What is the design capacity of the 

Augusta Canal and its normal operating 

capacity? 

2. Since issuance of the final 

environmental assessment on 

September 22, 2006, what, if any, work 

that has been undertaken to increase the 

capacity of the Augusta Canal? 

3. What is the amount of water 

currently withdrawn from the Augusta 

Canal for hydroelectric generation, 

public water supply (consumptive use), 

recreation, and any other use, as well as 

the manner of each withdrawal? 

4. How much of the water that is 

drawn into the Augusta Canal is 

returned to the Savannah River and 

Augusta Shoals, and what is the point 

of reentry (for each non-consumptive 

use)? 

5. Please provide a specific, 

quantitative description of what effects 

implementing RPM (Reasonable and 

Prudent Measure) No. 1 and RPM No. 3 

would have on the City of Augusta’s 

ability to provide the flows needed to 

meet the existing and projected water 

needs from the Augusta Canal. 

[FR Doc. 2023–19291 Filed 9–6–23; 8:45 am] 

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