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Engineers (USACE) published a Notice 

of Intent to Prepare an Environmental 

Impact Statement (EIS) to jointly 

analyze the direct, indirect and 

cumulative effects of two water supply 

projects that were proposed collectively 

as the Halligan-Seaman Water 

Management Project. USACE has 

determined that the two projects will be 

separated and independently evaluated 

as the Halligan Water Supply Project 

EIS and the Seaman Water Supply 

Project EIS. Constructing the proposed 

Projects would impact jurisdictional 

waters of the United States, thereby 

requiring Clean Water Act Section 404 

permits. The Cities of Fort Collins and 

Greeley (Cities) have proposed the 

Projects to meet existing and future 

water demands during droughts, more 

efficiently manage the Cities’ existing or 

future water rights, provide some 

operational redundancy, and possibly 

enhance river functions. The proposed 

Projects involve enlarging two existing 

reservoirs, Halligan Reservoir and 

Milton Seamen Reservoir (Seaman 

Reservoir), which would provide 

approximately 56,125 acre-feet of 

additional storage capacity in the Cache 

la Poudre River Basin. The Halligan and 

Seaman Water Supply Projects would 

both be non-federal projects 

constructed, owned and operated by the 

Cities. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Questions regarding the proposed action 

and Draft EISs should be addressed to 

Cody Wheeler, Project Manager, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, 9307 South 

Wadsworth Boulevard, Littleton, CO 

80128–6901; cody.s.wheeler@

usace.army.mil. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: In 2006, 

the Cities of Fort Collins and Greeley 

and six other water providers 

(Participants) had originally proposed to 

replace the existing dams with new, 

larger dams immediately downstream of 

the existing Halligan and Seaman dams. 

This would have provided 88,592 acrefeet of additional storage capacity. The 

Participants were composed of water 

providers in the region and included 

three water districts collectively known 

as the Tri-District including North Weld 

County Water District, Fort CollinsLoveland Water District, and East 

Larimer County Water District; the City 

of Evans; the North Poudre Irrigation 

Company; and the Water Supply and 

Storage Company. However, six 

participants have terminated their 

participation in the Halligan and 

Seaman water supply projects leaving 

Fort Collins and Greeley as the sole 

project proponents. The additional 

storage capacity needed has accordingly 

decreased from 88,592 to 56,125 acrefeet. This smaller amount of needed 

storage might be provided by raising the 

existing Halligan and Seaman dams 

rather than replacing them with larger 

new dams immediately downstream. 

Water stored in the expanded 

reservoirs would address municipal and 

industrial water demands as well as 

some agricultural demands. Preliminary 

analyses by the Cities indicate that the 

enlarged reservoirs would fill primarily 

during the summer and fall months 

from North Fork Poudre River flows. 

Seaman Reservoir would also fill via a 

pump station on the Poudre River main 

stem near the dam site. Small releases 

are proposed throughout the year on a 

periodic basis to maximize operational 

efficiency. The cities anticipate that 

both reservoirs would remain mostly 

full except during drought periods. 

USACE has completed its analysis of 

the purpose and need for the two 

projects. Alternatives to the Halligan 

project have been identified and USACE 

is evaluating the impacts of those 

alternatives. However, the City of 

Greeley has expressed concerns about 

USACE-identified alternatives to the 

Seaman project. Addressing these 

concerns would also delay evaluating 

the Fort Collins’ Halligan project. 

Several contributing factors including 

the differing study schedules led Fort 

Collins and Greeley to request that the 

two projects be separated and 

independently evaluated. USACE 

carefully considered the request and 

determined that it is appropriate and in 

the best interest of all involved to 

independently evaluate the two 

projects. 

The EIS will be prepared according to 

the USACE’s procedures for 

implementing the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) of 

1969, 42 U.S.C.4332(2)(c), and 

consistent with the USACE’s policy to 

facilitate public understanding and 

review of agency proposals. Scoping as 

described in the original Notice of Intent 

(February 1, 2006 (71 FR 5250)) was 

completed. Although needed storage has 

decreased, the scopes of the two projects 

and the issues identified in the initial 

scoping process remain essentially the 

same. Therefore, additional public 

scoping meetings are not required. As 

part of the EIS process, a full range of 

reasonable alternatives including the 

proposed Project and no action will be 

evaluated. 

As two separate projects, the USACE 

anticipates completing and releasing the 

Draft Halligan Water Supply EIS during 

the spring of 2016. The Draft Seaman 

Water Supply EIS will be completed at 

a later date. Each Draft EIS will be 

published for public review and 

comments. Public comments will be 

considered and addressed in each Final 

EIS serving as a basis for the USACE 

decision to issue or deny Section 404 

Permits to enlarge Halligan and Seaman 

reservoirs. 

USACE has invited the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency, the 

U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the U.S. 

Forest Service, Colorado Parks and 

Wildlife, Colorado Department of Public 

Health and Environment, Larimer 

County, and Weld County to be 

cooperating agencies in preparing the 

EISs. 

Cody S. Wheeler, 

Project Manager, Regulatory Branch. 

[FR Doc. 2015–02086 Filed 2–3–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3720–58–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Energy Information Administration 

Agency Information Collection 

Extension With Changes 

AGENCY: U.S. Energy Information 

Administration (EIA), Department of 

Energy. 

ACTION: Agency Information Collection 

Activities: Information Collection 

Extension with Changes; Notice and 

Request for Comments. 

SUMMARY: EIA, pursuant to the 

Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995, 

intends to extend for three years with 

the Office of Management and Budget 

(OMB), the Form EIA–111, Quarterly 

Electricity Imports and Exports Report. 

Comments are invited on: (a) Whether 

the proposed collection of information 

is necessary for the proper performance 

of the functions of the agency, including 

whether the information shall have 

practical utility; (b) the accuracy of the 

agency’s estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; (c) 

ways to enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

proposed information collection must 

be received on or before April 6, 2015. 

If you anticipate difficulty in submitting 

comments within that period, contact 

the person listed in ADDRESSES as soon 

as possible. 

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6066 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 23 / Wednesday, February 4, 2015 / Notices 

1NERC Petition at 3. 

2 Id. at 3. 

ADDRESSES: Written comments may be 

sent to William Booth by email at 

William.booth@eia.gov. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Requests for additional information or 

copies of the information collection 

instrument and instructions should be 

directed to William Booth at 

William.booth@eia.gov. The draft form 

and instructions are available at http:// 

www.eia.gov/survey/changes/ 

electricity/. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: This 

information collection request contains: 

(1) OMB No.: 1905–0208; 

(2) Information Collection Request 

Title: Quarterly Electricity Imports and 

Exports Report; 

(3) Type of Request: Extension, with 

changes, of a currently approved 

collection; 

(4) Purpose: Form EIA–111 collects U. 

S. electricity import and export data. 

The data are used to get an accurate 

measure of the flow of electricity into 

and out of the United States. The import 

and export data are reported by U.S. 

purchasers, sellers and transmitters of 

wholesale electricity, including persons 

authorized by Order to export electric 

energy from the United States to foreign 

countries, persons authorized by 

Presidential Permit to construct, 

operate, maintain, or connect electric 

power transmission lines that cross the 

U.S. international border, and U.S. 

Balancing Authorities that are directly 

interconnected with foreign Balancing 

Authorities. Such entities are to report 

monthly flows of electric energy 

received or delivered across the border, 

the cost associated with the 

transactions, and actual and 

implemented interchange. The data 

collected on this form may appear in 

various EIA publications. 

(4a) Proposed Changes to Information 

Collection: The data element ‘‘Transfer 

Facility’s Presidential Permit numbers’’ 

is changed to ‘‘Transmission Provider/

Transfer Facility(ies)’’ and the section 

for reporting Actual Interchange is 

expanded to collect monthly metered 

cross border flow over Presidential 

Permit holders facilities that do not 

involve interchange. 

(5) Annual Estimated Number of 

Respondents: 158; 

(6) Annual Estimated Number of 

Total Responses: 632; 

(7) Annual Estimated Number of 

Burden Hours: 948; 

(8) Annual Estimated Reporting and 

Recordkeeping Cost Burden: EIA 

estimates that there are no additional 

costs to respondents associated with the 

surveys other than the costs associated 

with the burden hours. 

Statutory Authority: Section 13(b) of the 

Federal Energy Administration Act of 1974, 

Pub L. 93–275, codified at 15 U.S.C. 772(b). 

Issued in Washington, DC, on January 29, 

2015. 

Nanda Srinivasan, 

Director, Office of Survey Development and 

Statistical Integration, U. S. Energy 

Information Administration. 

[FR Doc. 2015–02158 Filed 2–3–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. RD14–12–000] 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, Department of Energy. 

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 FERC–725D 

information collection in Docket No. 

RD14–12–000 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 

(79 FR 68426, 11/17/2014) requesting 

public comments. FERC received no 

comments in response to that notice and 

is making the notation in its submission 

to OMB. 

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due by March 6, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB 

should be sent via email to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs: 

oira_submission@omb.gov, Attention: 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 

Desk Officer and should be identified by 

FERC–725D (OMB Control Number 

1902–0247), The OMB Desk Officer may 

also be reached via telephone at 202– 

395–0710. 

A copy of the comments should also 

be sent to the Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, identified by the Docket 

No. RD14–12–000, 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, telephone 

at (202) 502–8663, and fax at (202) 273– 

0873. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

information collection changes in 

Docket No. RD14–12–000 relate to the 

Reliability Standards FAC–001–2 

(Facility Interconnection Requirements) 

and FAC–002–2 (Facility 

Interconnection Studies), developed by 

the North American Electric Reliability 

Corporation (NERC), and submitted to 

the Commission for approval. The 

Commission received NERC’s petition to 

approve the proposed Reliability 

Standards on August 22, 2014. 

NERC summarizes the FAC group of 

standards as follows: 

The Facility Design, Connections, and 

Maintenance (‘‘FAC’’) Reliability Standards 

address topics such as facility 

interconnection requirements, facility 

ratings, system operating limits, and transfer 

capabilities.1

In its petition, NERC also summarizes 

the proposed Reliability Standards’ 

applicability and requirements: 

Proposed Reliability Standard FAC–001–2 

requires that Transmission Owners and 

applicable Generator Owners document and 

make Facility interconnection requirements 

available so that entities seeking to 

interconnect have the necessary information. 

Proposed Reliability Standard FAC–002–2 

ensures that the reliability impact of 

interconnecting new or materially modified 

Facilities is studied. Collectively, proposed 

Reliability Standards FAC–001–2 and FAC– 

002–2 ensure that there is appropriate 

coordination and communication regarding 

the interconnection of Facilities, which 

improves the reliability of the Bulk-Power 

System.2

Finally, NERC also states that the 

proposed Reliability Standards improve 

reliability, clarify requirement language 

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