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Program Request’’; NAWCAD 5726/2, 

‘‘NAWCAD SEO Science Fair Mentor 

Program Student Application’’; and 

NAWCAD 5726/4, ‘‘NAWCAD SEO 

Program Registration.’’ 

Affected Public: Individuals or 

households; State, Local or Tribal 

Government. 

Frequency: On occasion. 

Respondent’s Obligation: Voluntary. 

OMB Desk Officer: Ms. Jasmeet 

Seehra. 

You may also submit comments and 

recommendations, identified by Docket 

ID number and title, by the following 

method: 

• Federal eRulemaking Portal: http:// 

www.regulations.gov. Follow the 

instructions for submitting comments. 

Instructions: All submissions received 

must include the agency name, Docket 

ID number, and title for this Federal 

Register document. The general policy 

for comments and other submissions 

from members of the public is to make 

these submissions available for public 

viewing on the internet at http://

www.regulations.gov as they are 

received without change, including any 

personal identifiers or contact 

information. 

DoD Clearance Officer: Ms. Angela 

Duncan. 

Requests for copies of the information 

collection proposal should be sent to 

Ms. Duncan at whs.mc-alex.esd.mbx.dddod-information-collections@mail.mil. 

Dated: November 30, 2023. 

Aaron T. Siegel, 

Alternate OSD Federal Register Liaison 

Officer, Department of Defense. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26758 Filed 12–5–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6001–FR–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board, Northern New 

Mexico 

AGENCY: Office of Environmental 

Management, Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces an inperson/virtual hybrid meeting of the 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board (EM SSAB), 

Northern New Mexico. The Federal 

Advisory Committee Act requires that 

public notice of this meeting be 

announced in the Federal Register. 

DATES: Wednesday, January 31, 2024; 

1:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. MST 

ADDRESSES: This hybrid meeting will be 

open to the public in person and via 

WebEx. To attend virtually, please 

contact the Northern New Mexico 

Citizens Advisory Board (NNMCAB) 

Executive Director (below) no later than 

5:00 p.m. MST on Friday, January 26, 

2024. Hilton Santa Fe Historic Plaza, 

100 Sandoval Street, Santa Fe, NM 

87501. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Bridget Maestas, NNMCAB Executive 

Director, by Phone: 505–709–7466 or 

Email: bridget.maestas@em.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of 

the Board is to provide advice and 

recommendations concerning the 

following EM site-specific issues: cleanup activities and environmental 

restoration; waste and nuclear materials 

management and disposition; excess 

facilities; future land use and long-term 

stewardship. The Board may also be 

asked to provide advice and 

recommendations on any EM program 

components. 

Tentative Agenda: 

• Presentation on Landfill Covers— 

Their Purpose and Performance 

• Agency Updates 

Public Participation: The in-person/ 

online virtual hybrid meeting is open to 

the public in person or virtually, via 

WebEx. Written statements may be filed 

with the Board no later than 5:00 p.m. 

MST on Friday, January 26, 2024, or 

within seven days after the meeting by 

sending them to the NNMCAB 

Executive Director at the 

aforementioned email address. Written 

public comments received prior to the 

meeting will be read into the record. 

The Deputy Designated Federal Officer 

is empowered to conduct the meeting in 

a fashion that will facilitate the orderly 

conduct of business. Individuals 

wishing to submit public comments 

should follow as directed above. 

Minutes: Minutes will be available by 

emailing or calling Bridget Maestas, 

NNMCAB Executive Director, at 

bridget.maestas@em.doe.gov or at (505) 

709–7466. 

Signed in Washington, DC on December 1, 

2023. 

LaTanya Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26780 Filed 12–5–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP24–8–000] 

Natural Gas Pipeline Company of 

America, LLC; Notice of Scoping 

Period Requesting Comments on 

Environmental Issues for the Proposed 

Texas-Louisiana Expansion Project 

The staff of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC or 

Commission) will prepare an 

environmental document that will 

discuss the environmental impacts of 

the Texas-Louisiana Expansion Project 

(Project) involving installation and 

operation of facilities by Natural Gas 

Pipeline Company of America, LLC 

(Natural) in Montgomery and Liberty 

Counties, Texas. The Commission will 

use this environmental document in its 

decision-making process to determine 

whether the Project is in the public 

convenience and necessity. 

This notice announces the opening of 

the scoping process the Commission 

will use to gather input from the public 

and interested agencies regarding the 

Project. As part of the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 

review process, the Commission takes 

into account concerns the public may 

have about proposals and the 

environmental impacts that could result 

from its action whenever it considers 

the issuance of a Certificate of Public 

Convenience and Necessity. This 

gathering of public input is referred to 

as ‘‘scoping.’’ The main goal of the 

scoping process is to focus the analysis 

in the environmental document on the 

important environmental issues. 

Additional information about the 

Commission’s NEPA process is 

described below in the NEPA Process 

and Environmental Document section of 

this notice. 

By this notice, the Commission 

requests public comments on the scope 

of issues to address in the 

environmental document. To ensure 

that your comments are timely and 

properly recorded, please submit your 

comments so that the Commission 

receives them in Washington, DC on or 

before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on 

January 2, 2024. Comments may be 

submitted in written form. Further 

details on how to submit comments are 

provided in the Public Participation 

section of this notice. 

Your comments should focus on the 

potential environmental effects, 

reasonable alternatives, and measures to 

avoid or lessen environmental impacts. 

Your input will help the Commission 


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1The appendices referenced in this notice will 

not appear in the Federal Register. Copies of the 

appendices were sent to all those receiving this 

notice in the mail and are available at www.ferc.gov 

using the link called ‘‘eLibrary.’’ For instructions on 

connecting to eLibrary, refer to the last page of this 

notice. For assistance, contact FERC at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call toll free, (886) 

208–3676 or TTY (202) 502–8659. 

staff determine what issues they need to 

evaluate in the environmental 

document. Commission staff will 

consider all written comments during 

the preparation of the environmental 

document. 

If you submitted comments on this 

Project to the Commission before the 

opening of this docket on October 18, 

2023, you will need to file those 

comments in Docket No. CP24–8–000 to 

ensure they are considered as part of 

this proceeding. 

This notice is being sent to the 

Commission’s current environmental 

mailing list for this Project. State and 

local government representatives should 

notify their constituents of this 

proposed Project and encourage them to 

comment on their areas of concern. 

Natural provided landowners with a 

fact sheet prepared by the FERC entitled 

‘‘An Interstate Natural Gas Facility On 

My Land? What Do I Need To Know?’’ 

which addresses typically asked 

questions, including how to participate 

in the Commission’s proceedings. This 

fact sheet along with other landowner 

topics of interest are available for 

viewing on the FERC website 

(www.ferc.gov) under the Natural Gas, 

Landowner Topics link. 

Public Participation 

There are three methods you can use 

to submit your comments to the 

Commission. Please carefully follow 

these instructions so that your 

comments are properly recorded. The 

Commission encourages electronic filing 

of comments and has staff available to 

assist you at (866) 208–3676 or 

FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. 

(1) You can file your comments 

electronically using the eComment 

feature, which is located on the 

Commission’s website (www.ferc.gov) 

under the link to FERC Online. Using 

eComment is an easy method for 

submitting brief, text-only comments on 

a project; 

(2) You can file your comments 

electronically by using the eFiling 

feature, which is located on the 

Commission’s website (www.ferc.gov) 

under the link to FERC Online. With 

eFiling, you can provide comments in a 

variety of formats by attaching them as 

a file with your submission. 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; a comment on a 

particular project is considered a 

‘‘Comment on a Filing’’; or 

(3) You can file a paper copy of your 

comments by mailing them to the 

Commission. Be sure to reference the 

Project docket number (CP24–8–000) on 

your letter. Submissions sent via the 

U.S. Postal Service must be addressed 

to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, 

DC 20426. Submissions sent via any 

other carrier must be addressed to: 

Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 

Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, MD 20852. 

Additionally, the Commission offers a 

free service called eSubscription which 

makes it easy to stay informed of all 

issuances and submittals regarding the 

dockets/projects to which you 

subscribe. These instant email 

notifications are the fastest way to 

receive notification and provide a link 

to the document files which can reduce 

the amount of time you spend 

researching proceedings. Go to https://

www.ferc.gov/ferc-online/overview to 

register for eSubscription. 

The Commission’s Office of Public 

Participation (OPP) supports meaningful 

public engagement and participation in 

Commission proceedings. OPP can help 

members of the public, including 

landowners, environmental justice 

communities, Tribal members and 

others, access publicly available 

information and navigate Commission 

processes. For public inquiries and 

assistance with making filings such as 

interventions, comments, or requests for 

rehearing, the public is encouraged to 

contact OPP at (202) 502–6595 or OPP@

ferc.gov. 

Summary of the Proposed Project 

Natural proposes the construction, 

installation, modification, operation, 

and maintenance of facilities at two 

existing compressor stations in Liberty 

and Montgomery Counties, Texas. 

Through installation of the proposed 

facilities, Natural would add an 

incremental 300,000 dekatherms/day 

(Dth/day) of firm gas capacity in 

Segment 25 of its Louisiana Line 10. 

When combined with the unsubscribed 

capacity Natural has reserved for the 

Project, this would allow Natural to 

provide up to 467,000 Dth/day of firm 

transportation service to the Project 

shippers. Natural states the Project 

would not result in the termination or 

reduction in firm service to any of its 

existing customers. 

The Project would consist of the 

following facilities and activities: 

Modifications and Installations at 

Compressor Station 302 (CS 302) in 

Montgomery County, Texas 

• Uprate the horsepower (hp) of 

existing compressor controls to increase 

the horsepower of existing compressor 

Units 7 and 8 by 1,600 hp each, for a 

total of 3,200 hp; 

• Re-wheel existing compressor Units 

7, 8 and 9; and 

• Install one new electric motor 

driven (EMD) compressor unit with a 

rating of 18,340 hp. 

Modification at Compressor Station 343 

(CS 343) in Liberty County, Texas 

• Re-wheel existing EMD compressor 

Units 9 and 10. 

In addition, Natural has identified in 

its application certain appurtenant 

facilities that it intends to construct/ 

install under section 2.55(a) of the 

Commission’s regulations. 

The general location of the Project 

facilities is shown in appendix 1.1

Land Requirements for Construction 

About 21.5 acres of land would be 

affected during construction at CS 302 

in Montgomery County, Texas. Land 

affected during operation of new 

facilities installed at CS 302 would total 

1.6 acres. All acreage would be within 

the existing CS 302 fenceline. About 

10.9 acres of land would be affected 

during construction at CS 343 in Liberty 

County, Texas. Operational use would 

be limited to less than 0.2 acre of 

affected land. Of the 10.9 acres used at 

CS 343 during construction, less than 

9.1 acres would be within the existing 

fenceline and about 1.9 acres would be 

outside the fenceline on previously 

disturbed property that Natural 

currently owns. 

No offsite staging areas or yards are 

proposed as part of the Project. Natural 

would use existing public and private 

roads for temporary construction access 

to Project workspaces. Following Project 

activities, Natural would restore all but 

the required 1.8 acre of operational-use 

land to its former state. Natural 

proposes to begin construction around 

July 1, 2025. 

NEPA Process and the Environmental 

Document 

Any environmental document issued 

by the Commission will discuss impacts 

that could occur as a result of the 

construction and operation of the 

proposed Project under the relevant 

general resource areas: 

• geology and soils; 

• water resources and wetlands; 

• vegetation and wildlife; 


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2For instructions on connecting to eLibrary, refer 

to the last page of this notice. 

3The Council on Environmental Quality 

regulations addressing cooperating agency 

responsibilities are at Title 40, Code of Federal 

Regulations, Section 1501.8. 

4The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation’s 

regulations are at Title 36, Code of Federal 

Regulations, Part 800. Those regulations define 

historic properties as any prehistoric or historic 

district, site, building, structure, or object included 

in or eligible for inclusion in the National Register 

of Historic Places. 

• threatened and endangered species; 

• cultural resources; 

• land use; 

• environmental justice; 

• air quality and noise; and 

• reliability and safety. 

Commission staff will also evaluate 

reasonable alternatives to the proposed 

Project or portions of the Project and 

make recommendations on how to 

lessen or avoid impacts on the various 

resource areas. Your comments will 

help Commission staff identify and 

focus on the issues that might have an 

effect on the human environment and 

potentially eliminate others from further 

study and discussion in the 

environmental document. 

Following this scoping period, 

Commission staff will determine 

whether to prepare an environmental 

assessment (EA) or an environmental 

impact statement (EIS). The EA or the 

EIS will present Commission staff’s 

independent analysis of the issues. If 

Commission staff prepares an EA, a 

Notice of Schedule for the Preparation 

of an Environmental Assessment will be 

issued. The EA may be issued for an 

allotted public comment period. The 

Commission would consider timely 

comments on the EA before making its 

decision regarding the proposed Project. 

If Commission staff prepares an EIS, a 

Notice of Intent to Prepare an EIS/ 

Notice of Schedule will be issued, 

which will open up an additional 

comment period. Staff would then 

prepare a draft EIS which would be 

issued for public comment. Commission 

staff will consider all timely comments 

received during the comment period on 

the draft EIS and revise the document, 

as necessary, before issuing a final EIS. 

Any EA or draft and final EIS will be 

available in electronic format in the 

public record through eLibrary 2 and the 

Commission’s natural gas 

environmental documents web page 

(https://www.ferc.gov/industries-data/ 

natural-gas/environment/ 

environmental-documents). If 

eSubscribed, you will receive instant 

email notification when the 

environmental document is issued. 

With this notice, the Commission is 

asking agencies with jurisdiction by law 

and/or special expertise with respect to 

the environmental issues of this project 

to formally cooperate in the preparation 

of the environmental document.3

Agencies that would like to request 

cooperating agency status should follow 

the instructions for filing comments 

provided under the Public Participation 

section of this notice. 

Consultation Under Section 106 of the 

National Historic Preservation Act 

In accordance with the Advisory 

Council on Historic Preservation’s 

implementing regulations for section 

106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act, the Commission is 

using this notice to initiate consultation 

with the applicable State Historic 

Preservation Office(s), and to solicit 

their views and those of other 

government agencies, interested Indian 

tribes, and the public on the Project’s 

potential effects on historic properties.4

The environmental document for this 

project will document findings on the 

impacts on historic properties and 

summarize the status of consultations 

under section 106. 

Environmental Mailing List 

The environmental mailing list 

includes federal, state, and local 

government representatives and 

agencies; elected officials; Native 

American Tribes; other interested 

parties; and local libraries and 

newspapers. This list also includes all 

affected landowners (as defined in the 

Commission’s regulations) who are 

potential right-of-way grantors, whose 

property may be used temporarily for 

project purposes, or who own homes 

within certain distances of aboveground 

facilities, and anyone who submits 

comments on the Project and includes a 

mailing address with their comments. 

Commission staff will update the 

environmental mailing list as the 

analysis proceeds to ensure that 

Commission notices related to this 

environmental review are sent to all 

individuals, organizations, and 

government entities interested in and/or 

potentially affected by the proposed 

Project. 

If you need to make changes to your 

name/address, or if you would like to 

remove your name from the mailing list, 

please complete one of the following 

steps: 

(1) Send an email to 

GasProjectAddressChange@ferc.gov 

stating your request. You must include 

the docket number CP24–8–000 in your 

request. If you are requesting a change 

to your address, please be sure to 

include your name and the correct 

address. If you are requesting to delete 

your address from the mailing list, 

please include your name and address 

as it appeared on this notice. This email 

address is unable to accept comments. 

OR 

(2) Return the attached ‘‘Mailing List 

Update Form’’ (appendix 2). 

Additional Information 

Additional information about the 

Project is 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. Click on the eLibrary link, 

click on ‘‘General Search’’ and enter the 

docket number in the ‘‘Docket Number’’ 

field. Be sure you have selected an 

appropriate date range. For assistance, 

please contact FERC Online Support at 

FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or (866) 

208–3676, or for TTY, contact (202) 

502–8659. The eLibrary link also 

provides access to the texts of all formal 

documents issued by the Commission, 

such as orders, notices, and 

rulemakings. 

Public sessions or site visits would be 

posted on the Commission’s calendar 

located at https://www.ferc.gov/newsevents/events along with other related 

information. 

Dated: November 30, 2023. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2023–26762 Filed 12–5–23; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Combined Notice of Filings #1 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric corporate 

filings: 

Docket Numbers. EC24–11–000. 

Applicants: Skysol, LLC. 

Description: Supplement to October 

23, 2023, Application for Authorization 

Under Section 203 of the Federal Power 

Act of Skysol, LLC. 

Filed Date: 11/29/23. 

Accession Number: 20231129–5149. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 12/11/23. 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following exempt 

wholesale generator filings: 

Docket Numbers: EG24–46–000. 

Applicants: Northern Orchard Solar 

PV, LLC. 

Description: Northern Orchard Solar 

PV, LLC submits Notice of Self– 

Certification of Exempt Wholesale 

Generator Status. 


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