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1Northern’s Market Area is north of the inlet to 

Northern’s Clifton Compressor Station in Clay 

County, Kansas. The Market Area includes pipeline 

configured in a grid system, with gas flowing from 

Northern’s transmission facilities and third-party 

interstate pipelines. 

2A ‘‘pig’’ is a tool that the pipeline company 

inserts into and pushes through the pipeline for 

cleaning the pipeline, conducting internal 

inspections, or other purposes. 

Commission, unless the Commission 

orders otherwise. 

If the project is not subject to section 

15 of the FPA, notice is hereby given 

that Hackett Mills Hydro Associates, 

LLC is authorized to continue operation 

of the Hackett Mills Hydroelectric 

Project under the terms and conditions 

of the prior license until the issuance of 

a subsequent license for the project or 

other disposition under the FPA, 

whichever comes first. 

Dated: September 13, 2024. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–21486 Filed 9–19–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP24–60–000] 

Notice of Availability of the 

Environmental Assessment for the 

Proposed Northern Natural Gas 

Company Northern Lights 2025 

Expansion Project 

The staff of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC or 

Commission) has prepared an 

environmental assessment (EA) for the 

Northern Lights 2025 Expansion Project 

(Project), proposed by Northern Natural 

Gas Company (Northern) in the abovereferenced docket. Northern requests 

authorization to construct and operate 

about 8.6 miles of pipeline extensions, 

and associated ancillary and auxiliary 

equipment in Freeborn, Houston, and 

Washington Counties, Minnesota and 

Monroe County, Wisconsin. Northern’s 

stated purpose for this Project is to 

provide up to 46,064 dekatherms per 

day of firm, winter natural gas 

transportation capacity to Northern’s 

Market Area.1

The EA assesses the potential 

environmental effects of the 

construction and operation of the 

Project in accordance with the 

requirements of the National 

Environmental Policy Act. FERC staff 

concludes that approval of the proposed 

Project would not constitute a major 

federal action significantly affecting the 

quality of the human environment. 

The proposed Project includes the 

following facilities: 

• 3.0-mile-long extension of the 36- 

inch-diameter Lake Mills to Albert Lea 

E Line; 

• 2.43-mile-long extension of the 30- 

inch-diameter Elk River 3rd Branch 

Line; 

• a non-contiguous 1.91-mile-long 

extension of the 30-inch-diameter 

Farmington to Hugo C-Line; 

• 1.28-mile-long extension of the 8- 

inch-diameter Tomah Branch Line 

Loop; 

• one pig new launcher,2 valves, and 

piping inside the existing Hugo 

Compressor Station; 

• minor piping modifications within 

the existing La Crescent Compressor 

Station; 

• relocation of one pig receiver 

facility along the Tomah Branch Line 

loop; 

• removal of three existing tie-in 

valve settings along the Lake Mills to 

Albert Lea E-line, Elk River 3rd Branch 

line, and Tomah Branch Line loop; 

• three new valve settings and 

associated valves and piping along the 

Lake Mills to Albert Lea E-line, Elk 

River 3rd Branch line, and Tomah 

Branch Line loop; 

• and other appurtenant facilities; 

and 

• abandonment and removal of 275 

feet of its existing 30-inch diameter Elk 

River 3rd Branch Line. 

The Commission mailed a copy of the 

Notice of Availability to federal, state, 

and local government representatives 

and agencies; elected officials; 

environmental and public interest 

groups; Native American tribes; 

potentially affected landowners and 

other interested individuals and groups; 

local libraries; churches; and 

newspapers in the project area. The EA 

is only available in electronic format. It 

may be viewed and downloaded from 

the FERC’s website (www.ferc.gov), on 

the natural gas environmental 

documents page (https://www.ferc.gov/ 

industries-data/natural-gas/ 

environment/environmentaldocuments). In addition, the EA may be 

accessed by using the eLibrary link on 

the FERC’s website. Click on the 

eLibrary link (https://elibrary.ferc.gov/ 

eLibrary/search), select ‘‘General 

Search’’ and enter the docket number in 

the ‘‘Docket Number’’ field, excluding 

the last three digits (i.e., CP24–60). Be 

sure you have selected an appropriate 

date range. 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. 

The EA is not a decision document. 

It presents Commission staff’s 

independent analysis of the 

environmental issues for the 

Commission to consider when 

addressing the merits of all issues in 

this proceeding. Any person wishing to 

comment on the EA may do so. Your 

comments should focus on the EA’s 

disclosure and discussion of potential 

environmental effects, reasonable 

alternatives, and measures to avoid or 

lessen environmental impacts. The more 

specific your comments, the more useful 

they will be. To ensure that the 

Commission has the opportunity to 

consider your comments prior to 

making its decision on this project, it is 

important that we receive your 

comments in Washington, DC on or 

before 5:00 p.m. Eastern Time on 

October 15, 2024. 

For your convenience, there are three 

methods you can use to file your 

comments to the Commission. The 

Commission encourages electronic filing 

of comments and has staff available to 

assist you at (866) 208–3676 or 

FercOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. Please 

carefully follow these instructions so 

that your comments are properly 

recorded. 

(1) You can file your comments 

electronically using the eComment 

feature on the Commission’s website 

(www.ferc.gov) under the link to FERC 

Online. This is an easy method for 

submitting brief, text-only comments on 

a project; 

(2) You can also file your comments 

electronically using the eFiling feature 

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 must select the type of 

filing you are making. If you are filing 

a comment on a particular project, 

please select ‘‘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 (CP24–60–000) 

on your letter. 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. 


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Filing environmental comments will 

not give you intervenor status, but you 

do not need intervenor status to have 

your comments considered. Only 

intervenors have the right to seek 

rehearing or judicial review of the 

Commission’s decision. At this point in 

this proceeding, the timeframe for filing 

timely intervention requests has 

expired. Any person seeking to become 

a party to the proceeding must file a 

motion to intervene out-of-time 

pursuant to Rule 214(b)(3) and (d) of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedures (18 CFR 385.214(b)(3) and 

(d)) and show good cause why the time 

limitation should be waived. Motions to 

intervene are more fully described at 

https://www.ferc.gov/how-intervene. 

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. The eLibrary link also 

provides access to the texts of all formal 

documents issued by the Commission, 

such as orders, notices, and 

rulemakings. 

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. 

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. Go to https://www.ferc.gov/ 

ferc-online/overview to register for 

eSubscription. 

Dated: September 13, 2024. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–21476 Filed 9–19–24; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2490–000] 

Green Mountain Power Corporation; 

Notice of Authorization for Continued 

Project Operation 

The license for the Taftsville 

Hydroelectric Project No. 2490 was 

issued for a period ending August 31, 

2024. 

Section 15(a)(1) of the FPA, 16 U.S.C. 

808(a)(1), requires the Commission, at 

the expiration of a license term, to issue 

from year-to-year an annual license to 

the then licensee(s) under the terms and 

conditions of the prior license until a 

new license is issued, or the project is 

otherwise disposed of as provided in 

section 15 or any other applicable 

section of the FPA. If the project’s prior 

license waived the applicability of 

section 15 of the FPA, then, based on 

section 9(b) of the Administrative 

Procedure Act, 5 U.S.C. 558(c), and as 

set forth at 18 CFR 16.21(a), if the 

licensee of such project has filed an 

application for a subsequent license, the 

licensee may continue to operate the 

project in accordance with the terms 

and conditions of the license after the 

minor or minor part license expires, 

until the Commission acts on its 

application. If the licensee of such a 

project has not filed an application for 

a subsequent license, then it may be 

required, pursuant to 18 CFR 16.21(b), 

to continue project operations until the 

Commission issues someone else a 

license for the project or otherwise 

orders disposition of the project. 

If the project is subject to section 15 

of the FPA, notice is hereby given that 

an annual license for Project No. 2490 

is issued to Green Mountain Power 

Corporation for a period effective 

September 1, 2024, through August 31, 

2025, or until the issuance of a new 

license for the project or other 

disposition under the FPA, whichever 

comes first. 

If issuance of a new license (or other 

disposition) does not take place on or 

before August 31, 2025, notice is hereby 

given that, pursuant to 18 CFR 16.18(c), 

an annual license under section 15(a)(1) 

of the FPA is renewed automatically 

without further order or notice by the 

Commission, unless the Commission 

orders otherwise. 

If the project is not subject to section 

15 of the FPA, notice is hereby given 

that Green Mountain Power Corporation 

is authorized to continue operation of 

the Taftsville Hydroelectric Project 

under the terms and conditions of the 

prior license until the issuance of a 

subsequent license for the project or 

other disposition under the FPA, 

whichever comes first. 

Dated: September 13, 2024. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Acting Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2024–21482 Filed 9–19–24; 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: EC24–119–000. 

Applicants: Steele Flats Wind Project, 

LLC, Steele Flats Wind I, LLC. 

Description: Joint Application for 

Authorization Under Section 203 of the 

Federal Power Act of Steele Flats Wind 

Project, LLC et al. 

Filed Date: 9/10/24. 

Accession Number: 20240910–5194. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/1/24. 

Docket Numbers: EC24–120–000. 

Applicants: Steele Flats Wind Project, 

LLC, Steele Flats Wind I, LLC. 

Description: Joint Application for 

Authorization Under Section 203 of the 

Federal Power Act of Steele Flats Wind 

Project, LLC et al. 

Filed Date: 9/12/24. 

Accession Number: 20240912–5205. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/3/24. 

Docket Numbers: EC24–121–000. 

Applicants: Big Sky Wind, LLC. 

Description: Application for 

Authorization Under Section 203 of the 

Federal Power Act of Big Sky Wind, 

LLC. 

Filed Date: 9/12/24. 

Accession Number: 20240912–5206. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 10/3/24. 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following electric rate 

filings: 

Docket Numbers: ER21–2364–004. 

Applicants: Albemarle Beach Solar, 

LLC. 

Description: Albemarle Beach Solar, 

LLC submits an Amendment to its 07/ 

01/2024 Informational Filing. 

Filed Date: 9/13/24. 

Accession Number: 20240913–5237. 

Comment Date: 5 p.m. ET 9/23/24. 

Docket Numbers: ER24–1665–001. 

Applicants: Oak Leaf Solar 56 LLC. 

Description: Notice of Non-Material 

Change in Status of Oak Leaf Solar 56 

LLC. 


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