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1 18 CFR 157.205. 

2Persons include individuals, organizations, 

businesses, municipalities, and other entities. 18 

CFR 385.102(d). 

3 18 CFR 157.205(e). 

4 18 CFR 385.214. 

5 18 CFR 157.10. 

Dated: February 22, 2024. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–04181 Filed 2–28–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP24–59–000] 

WBI Energy Transmission, Inc.; Notice 

of Request Under Blanket 

Authorization and Establishing 

Intervention and Protest Deadline 

Take notice that on February 16, 2024, 

WBI Energy Transmission, Inc. (WBI 

Energy), 1250 West Century Avenue, 

Bismarck, North Dakota 58503, filed in 

the above referenced docket, a prior 

notice request pursuant to sections 

157.205 and 157.208(b) of the 

Commission’s regulations under the 

Natural Gas Act (NGA), and WBI 

Energy’s blanket certificate issued in 

Docket No. CP82–487–000, for 

authorization to replace approximately 

5.6 miles of its 12-inch-diameter Line 

Section 22 mainline pipeline located in 

Yellowstone County, Montana (2024 Elk 

Basin—Billings Replacement Project). 

The project is necessary for WBI Energy 

to comply with the U.S. Department of 

Transportation’s Pipeline and 

Hazardous Materials Safety 

Administration class location 

requirements. The estimated cost for the 

project is $18.2 million, all as more fully 

set forth in the request which is on file 

with the Commission and open to 

public inspection. 

In addition to publishing the full text 

of this document in the Federal 

Register, the Commission provides all 

interested persons an opportunity to 

view and/or print the contents of this 

document via the internet through the 

Commission’s Home Page 

(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. 

Public access to records formerly 

available in the Commission’s physical 

Public Reference Room, which was 

located at the Commission’s 

headquarters, 888 First Street NE, 

Washington, DC 20426, are now 

available via the Commission’s website. 

For assistance, contact the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission at Ferc

OnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call toll-free, 

(866) 208–3676 or TTY (202) 502–8659. 

Any questions concerning this request 

should be directed to Lori Myerchin, 

Director, Regulatory Affairs and 

Transportation Services, WBI Energy 

Transmission, Inc., 1250 West Century 

Avenue, Bismarck, North Dakota 58503, 

by phone at (701) 530–1563, or by email 

at lori.myerchin@wbienergy.com. 

Public Participation 

There are three ways to become 

involved in the Commission’s review of 

this project: you can file a protest to the 

project, you can file a motion to 

intervene in the proceeding, and you 

can file comments on the project. There 

is no fee or cost for filing protests, 

motions to intervene, or comments. The 

deadline for filing protests, motions to 

intervene, and comments is 5:00 p.m. 

Eastern Time on April 23, 2024. How to 

file protests, motions to intervene, and 

comments is explained below. 

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. 

Protests 

Pursuant to section 157.205 of the 

Commission’s regulations under the 

NGA,1 any person 2 or the Commission’s 

staff may file a protest to the request. If 

no protest is filed within the time 

allowed or if a protest is filed and then 

withdrawn within 30 days after the 

allowed time for filing a protest, the 

proposed activity shall be deemed to be 

authorized effective the day after the 

time allowed for protest. If a protest is 

filed and not withdrawn within 30 days 

after the time allowed for filing a 

protest, the instant request for 

authorization will be considered by the 

Commission. 

Protests must comply with the 

requirements specified in section 

157.205(e) of the Commission’s 

regulations,3 and must be submitted by 

the protest deadline, which is April 23, 

2024. A protest may also serve as a 

motion to intervene so long as the 

protestor states it also seeks to be an 

intervenor. 

Interventions 

Any person has the option to file a 

motion to intervene in this proceeding. 

Only intervenors have the right to 

request rehearing of Commission orders 

issued in this proceeding and to 

subsequently challenge the 

Commission’s orders in the U.S. Circuit 

Courts of Appeal. 

To intervene, you must submit a 

motion to intervene to the Commission 

in accordance with Rule 214 of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure 4 and the regulations under 

the NGA5 by the intervention deadline 

for the project, which is April 23, 2024. 

As described further in Rule 214, your 

motion to intervene must state, to the 

extent known, your position regarding 

the proceeding, as well as your interest 

in the proceeding. For an individual, 

this could include your status as a 

landowner, ratepayer, resident of an 

impacted community, or recreationist. 

You do not need to have property 

directly impacted by the project in order 

to intervene. For more information 

about motions to intervene, refer to the 

FERC website at https://www.ferc.gov/ 

resources/guides/how-to/intervene.asp. 

All timely, unopposed motions to 

intervene are automatically granted by 

operation of Rule 214(c)(1). Motions to 

intervene that are filed after the 

intervention deadline are untimely and 

may be denied. Any late-filed motion to 

intervene must show good cause for 

being late and must explain why the 

time limitation should be waived and 

provide justification by reference to 

factors set forth in Rule 214(d) of the 

Commission’s Rules and Regulations. A 

person obtaining party status will be 

placed on the service list maintained by 

the Secretary of the Commission and 

will receive copies (paper or electronic) 

of all documents filed by the applicant 

and by all other parties. 

Comments 

Any person wishing to comment on 

the project may do so. The Commission 

considers all comments received about 

the project in determining the 

appropriate action to be taken. To 

ensure that your comments are timely 

and properly recorded, please submit 

your comments on or before April 23, 

2024. The filing of a comment alone will 

not serve to make the filer a party to the 

proceeding. To become a party, you 

must intervene in the proceeding. 


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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. 

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 

CP24–59–000 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 CP24–59– 

000. 

To file via USPS: Debbie-Anne A. 

Reese, Acting Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 

NE, Washington, DC 20426. 

To file via any other method: DebbieAnne A. Reese, Acting 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 Ferc

OnlineSupport@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: Lori Myerchin, Director, 

Regulatory Affairs and Transportation 

Services, 1250 West Century Avenue, 

Bismarck, North Dakota 58503, or by 

email at lori.myerchin@wbienergy.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: February 23, 2024. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–04270 Filed 2–28–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 8402–004] 

American Climate Partners; Notice of 

Application for Surrender of 

Exemption Accepted for Filing, 

Soliciting Comments, Motions To 

Intervene, and Protests 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection: 

a. Application Type: Surrender of 

Exemption. 

b. Project No: P–8402–004. 

c. Date Filed: October 12, 2023. 

d. Applicant: American Climate 

Partners. 

e. Name of Project: Rapidan Mill 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: The project is located in 

Rapidan, on the Rapidan River, in 

Orange and Culpeper counties, Virginia. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Public Utility 

Regulatory Policies Act of 1978, 16 

U.S.C. 2705, 2708. 

h. Applicant Contact: Michael 

Collins, Executive Director, American 

Climate Partners, P.O. Box 901, Orange, 

VA 22960, 540–672–2542. 

i. FERC Contact: Diana Shannon, 

(202) 502–6136, diana.shannon@

ferc.gov. 

j. Cooperating agencies: With this 

notice, the Commission is inviting 

Federal, State, local, and Tribal agencies 

with jurisdiction and/or special 

expertise with respect to environmental 

issues affected by the proposal, that 

wish to cooperate in the preparation of 

any environmental document, if 

applicable, to follow the instructions for 

filing such requests described in item l 

below. Cooperating agencies should 

note the Commission’s policy that 

agencies that cooperate in the 

preparation of any environmental 

document cannot also intervene. See 94 

FERC ¶ 61,076 (2001). 

k. Deadline for filing comments, 

motions to intervene, and protests: 

March 25, 2024. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file comments, 

motions to intervene, and protests 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 FERC

OnlineSupport@ferc.gov, (866) 208– 

3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 

(TTY). In lieu of electronic filing, you 

may submit a paper copy. Submissions 

sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be 

addressed to: Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Acting Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 

NE, Room 1A, Washington, DC 20426. 

Submissions sent via any other carrier 

must be addressed to: Debbie-Anne A. 

Reese, Acting Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 12225 Wilkins 

Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 20852. 

The first page of any filing should 

include the docket number P–8402–004. 

Comments emailed to Commission staff 

are not considered part of the 

Commission record. 

The Commission’s Rules of Practice 

and Procedure require all intervenors 

filing documents with the Commission 

to serve a copy of that document on 

each person whose name appears on the 

official service list for the project. 

Further, if an intervenor files comments 

or documents with the Commission 

relating to the merits of an issue that 

may affect the responsibilities of a 

particular resource agency, they must 

also serve a copy of the document on 

that resource agency. 

l. Description of Request: The 

exemptee proposes to surrender its 

exemption. To decommission the 

project, the exemptee proposes to 

remove the equipment used to operate 

the turbine preventing future 

generation. No physical changes to any 

project features are planned and no 

ground disturbance would occur under 

this proposal. The dam would remain in 

place. In the future, however, the 

exemptee indicates that removal of the 


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