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1Senators Roy Blunt and Claire McCaskill. 

Congressmen Vicky Hartzler and Jason Smith. 2Email dated July 26, 2018 with Timothy 

Timmermann with the EPA, Office of 

Environmental Review. 3Memorandum dated July 26, 2018 forwarding 

email communication with Kevin Bernier of Great 

Lakes Hydro America, LLC. 

4Assemblymen Sandra Galef, David Buchwald, 

Steven Otis, and Thomas Abinanti. 5Memorandum dated August 2, 2018 forwarding 

email communication with Robert Hoffman of 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 6Memorandum dated August 2, 2018 forwarding 

email communication with Robert Hoffman of 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

7Memorandum dated August 2, 2018 forwarding 

email communication with Robert Hoffman of 

National Marine Fisheries Service. 

of prohibited and exempt off-the-record 

communications. 

Order No. 607 (64 FR 51222, 

September 22, 1999) requires 

Commission decisional employees, who 

make or receive a prohibited or exempt 

off-the-record communication relevant 

to the merits of a contested proceeding, 

to deliver to the Secretary of the 

Commission, a copy of the 

communication, if written, or a 

summary of the substance of any oral 

communication. 

Prohibited communications are 

included in a public, non-decisional file 

associated with, but not a part of, the 

decisional record of the proceeding. 

Unless the Commission determines that 

the prohibited communication and any 

responses thereto should become a part 

of the decisional record, the prohibited 

off-the-record communication will not 

be considered by the Commission in 

reaching its decision. Parties to a 

proceeding may seek the opportunity to 

respond to any facts or contentions 

made in a prohibited off-the-record 

communication, and may request that 

the Commission place the prohibited 

communication and responses thereto 

in the decisional record. The 

Commission will grant such a request 

only when it determines that fairness so 

requires. Any person identified below as 

having made a prohibited off-the-record 

communication shall serve the 

document on all parties listed on the 

official service list for the applicable 

proceeding in accordance with Rule 

2010, 18 CFR 385.2010. 

Exempt off-the-record 

communications are included in the 

decisional record of the proceeding, 

unless the communication was with a 

cooperating agency as described by 40 

CFR 1501.6, made under 18 CFR 

385.2201(e) (1) (v). 

The following is a list of off-therecord communications recently 

received by the Secretary of the 

Commission. The communications 

listed are grouped by docket numbers in 

ascending order. These filings are 

available for electronic review at the 

Commission in the Public Reference 

Room or may be viewed on the 

Commission’s website 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, please contact FERC Online 

Support at FERCOnlineSupport@

ferc.gov or toll free at (866) 208–3676, or 

for TTY, contact (202) 502–8659. 

Exempt: 

Docket No. File date Presenter or requester 

1. CP16–357–000 ................................................. 7–19–2018 ............................................................ George Chris Lagos. 

2. CP15–554–000 ................................................. 7–19–2018 ............................................................ U.S. Congressman Robert Pittenger. 

3. CP16–121–000 ................................................. 7–23–2018 ............................................................ City of Providence, Rhode Island. 

Councilman Seth Yurdin. 

4. CP16–357–000 ................................................. 7–24–2018 ............................................................ George Chris Lagos. 

5. RP18–877–000 ................................................. 7–24–2018 ............................................................ U.S. Congress.1

6. CP16–121–000 ................................................. 7–26–2018 ............................................................ FERC Staff.2

7. P–2520–076 ...................................................... 7–26–2018 ............................................................ FERC Staff.3

8. CP14–96–000 ................................................... 8–1–2018 .............................................................. New York State Legislature.4

9. P–516–459 ........................................................ 8–2–2018 .............................................................. FERC Staff.5

10. P–199–205 ...................................................... 8–2–2018 .............................................................. FERC Staff.6

11. P–11810–004 .................................................. 8–2–2018 .............................................................. FERC Staff.7

12. CP17–40–000 ................................................. 8–2–2018 .............................................................. U.S. Senator Tammy Duckworth. 

Dated: August 7, 2018. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–17354 Filed 8–10–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP18–533–000] 

Texas Eastern Transmission, LP; 

Notice of Application 

Take notice that on July 24, 2018, 

Texas Eastern Transmission, LP (Texas 

Eastern), P.O. Box 1642, Houston, Texas 

77251, filed in Docket No. CP18–533– 

000 an application pursuant to section 

7(b) of the Natural Gas Act (NGA) and 

Part 157 of the Commission’s 

Regulations, requesting authorization to 

abandon approximately 30 miles of 

lateral Line 1–N and related facilities, 

located in Harrison and Marion 

Counties, Texas (Line 1–N 

Abandonment Project), all as more fully 

set forth in the application which is on 

file with the Commission and open to 

public inspection. 

The filing may also be viewed on the 

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, please contact 

FERC Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll 

free at (866) 208–3676, or TTY, contact 

(202) 502–8659. 

Any questions concerning this 

application may be directed to Lisa A. 

Connolly, Director, Rates & Certificates, 

Texas Eastern Transmission, LP, P.O. 

Box 1642, Houston, Texas 77251–1642, 

or by telephone (713) 627–4102, or fax 

(713) 627–5947 or by email to 

lisa.connolly@enbridge.com. 

Specifically, Texas Eastern proposes 

to (1) abandon in place and by removal 

a total of approximately 30 miles of 12- 

inch, 10-inch, and 8-inch diameter 

lateral pipeline; (ii) abandon by removal 

all of the facilities at metering and 

regulating station 70191; and (iii) 

abandon by removal other related 

appurtenances. Texas Eastern states that 

the project will eliminate the need for 

future operating and maintenance 

expenditures on facilities that are no 

longer needed to provide transportation 

service and have not been used in over 

a year. Texas Eastern further states that 

abandonment of these facilities will not 


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result in any impact on certificated 

capacity on its system or in a reduction 

in firm service to existing customers of 

Texas Eastern. 

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 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 

five copies of filings made with the 

Commission and must mail a copy to 

the applicant and to every other party in 

the proceeding. 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 original 

and five 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 August 28, 2018. 

Dated: August 7, 2018. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–17289 Filed 8–10–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2960–006] 

City of Gonzales; Notice of Application 

Tendered for Filing With the 

Commission and Establishing 

Procedural Schedule for Licensing and 

Deadline for Submission of Final 

Amendments 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: Subsequent 

License. 

b. Project No.: 2960–006. 

c. Date Filed: July 27, 2018. 

d. Applicant: City of Gonzales. 

e. Name of Project: Gonzales 

Hydroelectric Project (Gonzales Project). 

f. Location: The existing project is 

located at river mile 167 on the 

Guadalupe River in the City of 

Gonzales, in Gonzales County, Texas. 

The project does not affect federal lands. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act, 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Tim Patek, 

Superintendent of Public Works, City of 

Gonzales, 1920 St. Joseph Street, 

Gonzales, TX 78629; Telephone (830) 

672–3192; tpatek@gonzales.texas.gov. 

i. FERC Contact: Rachel McNamara at 

(202) 502–8340, or at 

rachel.mcnamara@ferc.gov. 

j. This application is not ready for 

environmental analysis at this time. 

k. Project Description: The Gonzales 

Project consists of: (1) A 15-foot-high, 

258-foot-long, concrete Ambursen dam 

with a 178-foot-long ogee-type spillway; 

(2) a reservoir with a surface area of 300 

acres and a storage capacity of 1,400 

acre-feet; (3) an intake structure 

comprised of six wooden water control 

gates; (4) an 80-foot-long, 20-foot-wide 

brick powerhouse containing three 

generating units with a total capacity of 

1,140 kilowatts; (5) two 50-foot-long 

underground 5-kilovolt cables to a stepup transformer; and (6) an above-ground 

transmission line connecting the stepup transformer to a distribution line 

near the access road to the project. The 

Gonzales Project is a conventional 

project generating 1,314 megawatt-hours 

of electricity annually. 

The project is operated as a run-ofriver facility with no impoundment 

fluctuation. When flows exceed the 

minimum flow requirement of 200 cubic 

feet per second (cfs) and a minimum of 

9 feet of head height is achieved, 

generation can commence. When flows 

exceed the combined capacity of all 

three turbines (1,161 cfs), excess flows 

are passed over the spillway dam. 

l. A copy of the application is 

available for review at the Commission 

in the Public Reference Room or may be 

viewed on the Commission’s website 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 

Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or toll 

free at (866) 208–3676, or for TTY at 

(202) 502–8659. A copy is also available 

for inspection and reproduction at the 

address in paragraph h. 

You may also register online at http:// 

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

esubscription.asp to be notified via 

email of new filings and issuances 

related to this or other pending projects. 

For assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 


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