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incremental firm transportation 

capacity. 

On March 5, 2018, the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (Commission or 

FERC) issued its Notice of Application 

for the Project. Among other things, that 

notice alerted agencies issuing federal 

authorizations of the requirement to 

complete all necessary reviews and to 

reach a final decision on a request for 

a federal authorization within 90 days of 

the date of issuance of the Commission 

staff’s Environmental Assessment (EA) 

for the Project. This instant notice 

identifies the FERC staff’s planned 

schedule for the completion of the EA 

for the Project. 

Schedule for Environmental Review 

Issuance of EA—November 20, 2018 

90-day Federal Authorization Decision 

Deadline—February 18, 2019 

If a schedule change becomes 

necessary, additional notice will be 

provided so that the relevant agencies 

are kept informed of the Project’s 

progress. 

Project Description 

Empire proposes to construct and 

operate gas compression facilities in 

Tioga County, Pennsylvania and 

Ontario, New York. The Empire North 

Project would consist of the following 

facilities: 

• A new 21,000 horsepower 

compressor station in Jackson 

Township, Tioga County, Pennsylvania; 

• a new 32,000 horsepower 

compressor station in the Town of 

Farmington, Ontario County, New York; 

• modifications of the existing 

regulator valves and station piping and 

installation of metering facilities at the 

existing New Victor Regulator Station in 

Ontario County, New York; 

• minor modifications to the existing 

Jackson Meter and Regulator Station in 

Jackson Township, Tioga County, 

Pennsylvania; and 

• upgrading the maximum allowable 

operating pressure of the Empire 

Connector Pipeline from 1,290 pounds 

per square inch gauge (psig) to 1,440 

psig. 

Background 

On April 10, 2018, the Commission 

issued a Notice of Intent to Prepare an 

Environmental Assessment for the 

Proposed Empire North Project and 

Request for Comments on 

Environmental Issues (NOI). The NOI 

was sent to federal, state, and local 

government representatives and 

agencies; elected officials; Native 

American tribes; other interested 

parties; and local libraries and 

newspapers. In response to the NOI, the 

Commission received comments from 

the New York State Thruway Authority 

and the U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency. The primary issues raised by 

the commentors are alternatives, 

accessing the site, the location of a 

construction staging area near a 

driveway, cumulative impacts analysis, 

climate change, air quality, safety, and 

environmental justice. All substantive 

comments will be addressed in the EA. 

The U.S. Department of 

Transportation is a cooperating agency 

in the preparation of the EA. 

Additional Information 

In order to receive notification of the 

issuance of the EA and to keep track of 

all formal issuances and submittals in 

specific dockets, the Commission offers 

a free service called eSubscription. 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. Go to www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/esubscription.asp. 

Additional information about the 

Project is available from the 

Commission’s Office of External Affairs 

at (866) 208–FERC or on the FERC 

website (www.ferc.gov). Using the 

eLibrary link, select General Search 

from the eLibrary menu, enter the 

selected date range and Docket Number 

excluding the last three digits (i.e., 

CP18–89), and follow the instructions. 

For assistance with access to eLibrary, 

the helpline can be reached at (866) 

208–3676, TTY (202) 502–8659, or at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. The 

eLibrary link on the FERC website also 

provides access to the texts of formal 

documents issued by the Commission, 

such as orders, notices, and rule 

makings. 

Dated: August 17, 2018. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18421 Filed 8–24–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2570–032] 

AEP Generation Resources, Inc.; 

Notice of Intent To File License 

Application, Filing of Pre-Application 

Document (PAD), Commencement of 

Pre-Filing Process, and Scoping; 

Request for Comments on the Pad and 

Scoping Document, and Identification 

of Issues and Associated Study 

Requests 

a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to 

File License Application for a New 

License and Commencing Pre-filing 

Process. 

b. Project No.: 2570–032. 

c. Dated Filed: July 2, 2018. 

d. Submitted by: AEP Generation 

Resources, Inc. 

e. Name of Project: Racine 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: The Racine Project is 

located at the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers’ (Corps) Racine Locks and 

Dam on the Ohio River near the Town 

of Racine in Meigs County, Ohio. The 

project occupies 23 acres of federal land 

administered by the Corps. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR part 5 of 

the Commission’s Regulations. 

h. Potential Applicant Contact: 

Jonathan Magalski, Environmental 

Specialist Consultant, c/o Indiana 

Michigan Power Company, 1 Riverside 

Plaza, Columbus, OH 43215; (614) 716– 

2240 or jmmagalski@aep.com. 

i. FERC Contact: Jay Summers at (202) 

502–8764 or email at jay.summers@

ferc.gov. 

j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, 

local, and tribal agencies with 

jurisdiction and/or special expertise 

with respect to environmental issues 

that wish to cooperate in the 

preparation of the environmental 

document should follow the 

instructions for filing such requests 

described in paragraph o below. 

Cooperating agencies should note the 

Commission’s policy that agencies that 

cooperate in the preparation of the 

environmental document cannot also 

intervene. See 94 FERC ¶ 61,076 (2001). 

k. With this notice, we are initiating 

informal consultation with: (a) The U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service and/or NOAA 

Fisheries under section 7 of the 

Endangered Species Act and the joint 

agency regulations thereunder at 50 

CFR, Part 402 and (b) the State Historic 

Preservation Officer, as required by 

section 106, National Historic 

Preservation Act, and the implementing 


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regulations of the Advisory Council on 

Historic Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2. 

l. With this notice, we are designating 

AEP Generation Resources, Inc. as the 

Commission’s non-federal 

representative for carrying out informal 

consultation, pursuant to section 7 of 

the Endangered Species Act and section 

106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act. 

m. AEP Generation Resources, Inc. 

filed with the Commission a PreApplication Document (PAD; including 

a proposed process plan and schedule), 

pursuant to 18 CFR 5.6 of the 

Commission’s regulations. 

n. A copy of the PAD is available for 

review at the Commission in the Public 

Reference Room or may be viewed on 

the Commission’s website (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, (866) 

208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 

(TTY). A copy is also available for 

inspection and reproduction at the 

address in paragraph h. 

Register online at http://

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

esubscription.asp to be notified via 

email of new filing and issuances 

related to this or other pending projects. 

For assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

o. With this notice, we are soliciting 

comments on the PAD and 

Commission’s staff Scoping Document 1 

(SD1), as well as study requests. All 

comments on the PAD and SD1, and 

study requests should be sent to the 

address above in paragraph h. In 

addition, all comments on the PAD and 

SD1, study requests, requests for 

cooperating agency status, and all 

communications to and from 

Commission staff related to the merits of 

the potential application must be filed 

with the Commission. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file all 

documents using the Commission’s 

eFiling system at http://www.ferc.gov/ 

docs-filing/efiling.asp. Commenters can 

submit brief comments up to 6,000 

characters, without prior registration, 

using the eComment system at http://

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

ecomment.asp. You must include your 

name and contact information at the end 

of your comments. For assistance, 

please contact FERC Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. In lieu of 

electronic filing, please send a paper 

copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 

NE, Washington, DC 20426. The first 

page of any filing should include docket 

number P–2570–032. 

All filings with the Commission must 

bear the appropriate heading: 

‘‘Comments on Pre-Application 

Document,’’ ‘‘Study Requests,’’ 

‘‘Comments on Scoping Document 1,’’ 

‘‘Request for Cooperating Agency 

Status,’’ or ‘‘Communications to and 

from Commission Staff.’’ Any 

individual or entity interested in 

submitting study requests, commenting 

on the PAD or SD1, and any agency 

requesting cooperating status must do so 

by October 30, 2018. 

p. Although our current intent is to 

prepare an environmental assessment 

(EA), there is the possibility that an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

will be required. Nevertheless, the 

meetings listed below will satisfy the 

NEPA scoping requirements, 

irrespective of whether an EA or EIS is 

issued by the Commission. 

Scoping Meetings 

Commission staff will hold two 

scoping meetings in the vicinity of the 

project at the times and places noted 

below. The daytime meeting will focus 

on resource agency, Indian tribes, and 

non-governmental organization 

concerns, while the evening meeting is 

primarily for receiving input from the 

public. We invite all interested 

individuals, organizations, and agencies 

to attend one or both of the meetings, 

and to assist staff in identifying 

particular study needs, as well as the 

scope of environmental issues to be 

addressed in the environmental 

document. The times and locations of 

these meetings are as follows: 

Evening Scoping Meeting—Pomeroy, 

Ohio 

Date and Time: Tuesday, September 

26, 2018 at 6:30 p.m. 

Location: Farmers Bank and Savings 

Company, 640 E Main St., Pomeroy, OH 

45769, (740) 992–2136. 

Daytime Scoping Meeting—Pomeroy, 

Ohio 

Date and Time: Wednesday, 

September 27, 2018 at 9:00 a.m. 

Location: Farmers Bank and Savings 

Company, 640 E Main St., Pomeroy, OH 

45769, (740) 992–2136. 

SD1, which outlines the subject areas 

to be addressed in the environmental 

document, was mailed to the 

individuals and entities on the 

Commission’s mailing list. Copies of 

SD1 will be available at the scoping 

meetings, or may be viewed on the web 

at http://www.ferc.gov, using the 

‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Follow the directions 

for accessing information in paragraph 

n. Based on all oral and written 

comments, a Scoping Document 2 (SD2) 

may be issued. SD2 may include a 

revised process plan and schedule, as 

well as a list of issues, identified 

through the scoping process. 

Environmental Site Review 

The potential applicant and 

Commission staff will conduct an 

Environmental Site Review of the 

project on Tuesday, September 26, 2018, 

starting at 2:00 p.m. All participants 

should meet at the Racine Hydroelectric 

Project’s public fishing/picnic access 

parking lot, which is located on the 

Ohio River Scenic Byway, State Route 

124, approximately 3 miles south of 

Racine, Ohio. If you plan to attend the 

environmental site review, please email 

Jonathan Magalski of AEP Generation 

Resources at jmmagalski@aep.com 

(preferred contact) or (614) 716–2240 by 

September 21, 2018, and indicate how 

many participants will be attending 

with you. AEP Generation Resources’ 

safety policies require that all 

environmental site review participants 

wear sturdy footwear; no open toe, 

sandals, high heels, etc. 

Meeting Objectives 

At the scoping meetings, staff will: (1) 

Initiate scoping of the issues; (2) review 

and discuss existing conditions and 

resource management objectives; (3) 

review and discuss existing information 

and identify preliminary information 

and study needs; (4) review and discuss 

the process plan and schedule for prefiling activity that incorporates the time 

frames provided for in Part 5 of the 

Commission’s regulations and, to the 

extent possible, maximizes coordination 

of federal, state, and tribal permitting 

and certification processes; and (5) 

discuss the appropriateness of any 

federal or state agency or Indian tribe 

acting as a cooperating agency for 

development of an environmental 

document. 

Meeting participants should come 

prepared to discuss their issues and/or 

concerns. Please review the PAD in 

preparation for the scoping meetings. 

Directions on how to obtain a copy of 

the PAD and SD1 are included in 

paragraph n of this document. 

Meeting Procedures 

The meetings will be recorded by a 

stenographer and will be placed in the 

public records of the project. 


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Dated: August 21, 2018. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18463 Filed 8–24–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings #2 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric corporate 

filings: 

Docket Numbers: EC18–78–000. 

Applicants: Florida Power & Light 

Company. 

Description: Second Supplement to 

July 5, 2018 Response to June 5, 2018 

Deficiency Letter of Florida Power & 

Light Company. 

Filed Date: 8/21/18. 

Accession Number: 20180821–5084. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/11/18. 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric rate 

filings: 

Docket Numbers: ER18–1286–001. 

Applicants: FirstEnergy Solutions 

Corp. 

Description: Compliance filing: Notice 

of Transaction Closing and Effective 

Date of Rate Schedule FERC No. 1 to be 

effective 7/31/2018. 

Filed Date: 8/21/18. 

Accession Number: 20180821–5050. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/11/18. 

Docket Numbers: ER18–2264–000. 

Applicants: Macquarie Energy 

Trading LLC. 

Description: Baseline eTariff Filing: 

MBR Application to be effective 

10/21/2018. 

Filed Date: 8/21/18. 

Accession Number: 20180821–5042. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/11/18. 

Docket Numbers: ER18–2265–000. 

Applicants: PJM Interconnection, 

L.L.C. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 

Amendment to First Revised ISA No. 

3255; Queue No. W4–073 to be effective 

11/2/2016. 

Filed Date: 8/21/18. 

Accession Number: 20180821–5043. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/11/18. 

Docket Numbers: ER18–2266–000. 

Applicants: Southwest Power Pool, 

Inc. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 

1910R12 Southwestern Public Service 

Company to be effective 8/1/2018. 

Filed Date: 8/21/18. 

Accession Number: 20180821–5046. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/11/18. 

Docket Numbers: ER18–2267–000. 

Applicants: Entergy Texas, Inc. 

Description: Tariff Cancellation: ETIKirbyville Wholesale Distribution 

Service Agreement to be effective 

7/11/2018. 

Filed Date: 8/21/18. 

Accession Number: 20180821–5047. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/11/18. 

Docket Numbers: ER18–2268–000. 

Applicants: Entergy Services, Inc. 

Description: Tariff Cancellation: 

Kirbyville-EES Local Balancing 

Authority Agreement to be effective 

7/11/2018. 

Filed Date: 8/21/18. 

Accession Number: 20180821–5048. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/11/18. 

Docket Numbers: ER18–2269–000. 

Applicants: PJM Interconnection, 

L.L.C. 

Description: Tariff Cancellation: 

Notice of Cancellation of ISA/SA No. 

4606; Queue No. AA1–046 to be 

effective 8/20/2018. 

Filed Date: 8/21/18. 

Accession Number: 20180821–5064. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/11/18. 

Docket Numbers: ER18–2270–000. 

Applicants: Paulding Wind Farm III 

LLC. 

Description: Baseline eTariff Filing: 

Reactive Power Compensation Filing to 

be effective 10/20/2018. 

Filed Date: 8/21/18. 

Accession Number: 20180821–5069. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/11/18. 

Docket Numbers: ER18–2271–000. 

Applicants: Midcontinent 

Independent System Operator, Inc. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 

2018–08–21_SA 3158 ATC-Plymouth 

Project Commitment Agreement to be 

effective 10/21/2018. 

Filed Date: 8/21/18. 

Accession Number: 20180821–5077. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/11/18. 

Docket Numbers: ER18–2272–000. 

Applicants: Midcontinent 

Independent System Operator, Inc. 

Description: § 205(d) Rate Filing: 

2018–08–21_SA 3144 Entergy TexasLiberty County-Entergy Texas MPFCA 

(J472 J483) to be effective 8/7/2018. 

Filed Date: 8/21/18. 

Accession Number: 20180821–5093. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 9/11/18. 

The filings are accessible in the 

Commission’s eLibrary system by 

clicking on the links or querying the 

docket number. 

Any person desiring to intervene or 

protest in any of the above proceedings 

must file in accordance with Rules 211 

and 214 of the Commission’s 

Regulations (18 CFR 385.211 and 

385.214) on or before 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

time on the specified comment date. 

Protests may be considered, but 

intervention is necessary to become a 

party to the proceeding. 

eFiling is encouraged. More detailed 

information relating to filing 

requirements, interventions, protests, 

service, and qualifying facilities filings 

can be found at: http://www.ferc.gov/ 

docs-filing/efiling/filing-req.pdf. For 

other information, call (866) 208–3676 

(toll free). For TTY, call (202) 502–8659. 

Dated: August 21, 2018. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2018–18469 Filed 8–24–18; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. RM98–1–000] 

Public Notice: Records Governing Offthe-Record Communications 

This constitutes notice, in accordance 

with 18 CFR 385.2201(b), of the receipt 

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 


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