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1A pipeline loop is a segment of pipe constructed 

parallel to an existing pipeline to increase capacity. 

Byrd Project or project), located on the 

Ohio River at the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers’ (Corps) Robert C. Byrd Locks 

and Dam (RC Byrd Locks and Dam), 

approximately 12.7 miles south of the 

confluence of the Ohio River and the 

Kanawha River, 9 miles south of the 

Town of Gallipolis, Gallia County, Ohio, 

and prepared a Final Environmental 

Assessment (FEA) for the project. The 

proposed project would occupy 7.6 

acres of federal land administered by 

the Corps. 

The FEA contains staff’s analysis of 

the potential environmental impacts of 

the proposed project and concludes that 

licensing the proposed project, with 

appropriate environmental protective 

measures, would not constitute a major 

federal action that would significantly 

affect the quality of the human 

environment. 

A copy of the FEA is available for 

review at the Commission in the Public 

Reference Room or may be viewed on 

the Commission’s Web site at 

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 1–866–208–3676, 

or for TTY, 202–502–8659. 

You may also register online at 

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. 

For further information, contact 

Gaylord Hoisington by telephone at 

202–502–6032 or by email at 

gaylord.hoisington@ferc.gov. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2015–01732 Filed 1–29–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP14–96–000] 

Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC; 

Notice of Availability of the Final 

Environmental Impact Statement for 

the Proposed Algonquin Incremental 

Market Project 

The staff of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC or 

Commission) has prepared a final 

environmental impact statement (EIS) 

for the Algonquin Incremental Market 

Project (AIM Project), proposed by 

Algonquin Gas Transmission, LLC 

(Algonquin) in the above-referenced 

docket. Algonquin requests 

authorization to expand its existing 

pipeline system from an interconnection 

at Ramapo, New York to deliver up to 

342,000 dekatherms per day of natural 

gas transportation service to the 

Connecticut, Rhode Island, and 

Massachusetts markets. 

The final EIS assesses the potential 

environmental effects of the 

construction and operation of the AIM 

Project in accordance with the 

requirements of the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The 

FERC staff concludes that approval of 

the proposed project would result in 

some adverse environmental impacts; 

however, most of these impacts would 

be reduced to less-than-significant 

levels with the implementation of 

Algonquin’s proposed mitigation and 

the additional measures recommended 

in the final EIS. 

The U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency, the U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers, and the U.S. Department of 

Transportation’s Pipeline and 

Hazardous Materials Safety 

Administration participated as 

cooperating agencies in the preparation 

of the EIS. Cooperating agencies have 

jurisdiction by law or special expertise 

with respect to resources potentially 

affected by the proposal and participate 

in the NEPA analysis. Although the 

cooperating agencies provided input to 

the conclusions and recommendations 

presented in the final EIS, the agencies 

will present their own conclusions and 

recommendations in their respective 

records of decision or determinations 

for the AIM Project. 

The final EIS addresses the potential 

environmental effects of the 

construction and operation of about 37.4 

miles of pipeline composed of the 

following facilities: 

• Replacement of 26.3 miles of 

existing pipeline with a 16- and 42- 

inch-diameter pipeline; 

• extension of an existing loop 1

pipeline with about 3.3 miles of 

additional 12- and 36-inch-diameter 

pipeline within Algonquin’s existing 

right-of-way; and 

• installation of about 7.8 miles of 

new 16-, 24-, and 42-inch-diameter 

pipeline. 

The AIM Project’s proposed 

aboveground facilities consist of 

modifications to six existing compressor 

stations, to add a total 81,620 

horsepower, in New York, Connecticut, 

and Rhode Island. Algonquin also 

proposes to abandon four existing 

compressor units for a total of 10,800 

horsepower at one compressor station in 

New York. 

The FERC staff mailed copies of the 

final EIS 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; 

newspapers and libraries in the area of 

the project; and parties to this 

proceeding. Paper copy versions of this 

final EIS were mailed to those 

specifically requesting them; all others 

received a CD version. However, we 

note that due to its voluminous size, the 

comment responses are provided as an 

electronic-only volume (Volume II) on a 

CD that was mailed to the entire mailing 

list. In addition, the final EIS is 

available for public viewing on the 

FERC’s Web site (www.ferc.gov) using 

the eLibrary link. A limited number of 

copies are available for distribution and 

public inspection at: Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, Public 

Reference Room, 888 First Street NE., 

Room 2A, Washington, DC 20426, (202) 

502–8371. 

In accordance with the Council on 

Environmental Quality’s (CEQ) 

regulations implementing the NEPA, no 

agency decision on a proposed action 

may be made until 30 days after the U.S. 

Environmental Protection Agency 

publishes a notice of availability of a 

final EIS. However, the CEQ regulations 

provide an exception to this rule when 

an agency decision is subject to a formal 

internal appeal process that allows other 

agencies or the public to make their 

views known. In such cases, an agency 

decision may be made at the same time 

the notice of the final EIS is published, 

allowing both periods to run 

concurrently. The Commission decision 

for this proposed action is subject to a 

30-day rehearing period. 

Additional information about the 

proposed project is available from the 

Commission’s Office of External Affairs, 

at (866) 208–FERC, or on the FERC Web 

site (www.ferc.gov) using the eLibrary 

link. Click on the eLibrary link, click on 

‘‘General Search,’’ and enter the docket 

number excluding the last three digits in 

the Docket Number field (i.e., CP14–96). 

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; for TTY, contact 

(202) 502–8659. The eLibrary link also 

provides access to the texts of formal 

documents issued by the Commission, 


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such as orders, notices, and 

rulemakings. 

In addition, the Commission offers a 

free service called eSubscription that 

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 www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/esubscription.asp. 

Dated: January 23, 2015. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2015–01730 Filed 1–29–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Notice of Meeting 

Docket Nos. 

Nevada Power Company ................................................................................................................................... ER10–2475–006, EL15–22–000 

Sierra Pacific Power Company .......................................................................................................................... ER10–2474–006 

PacifiCorp ........................................................................................................................................................... ER10–3246–003 

Pinyon Pines Wind I, LLC .................................................................................................................................. ER13–520–002 

Pinyon Pines Wind II, LLC ................................................................................................................................. ER13–521–002 

Solar Star California XIX, LLC ........................................................................................................................... ER13–1441–002 

Solar Star California XX, LLC ............................................................................................................................ ER13–1442–002 

Topaz Solar Farms LLC ..................................................................................................................................... ER12–1626–003 

CalEnergy, LLC .................................................................................................................................................. ER13–1266–003 

CE Leathers Company ....................................................................................................................................... ER13–1267–002 

Del Ranch Company .......................................................................................................................................... ER13–1268–002 

Elmore Company ............................................................................................................................................... ER13–1269–002 

Fish Lake Power LLC ........................................................................................................................................ ER13–1270–002 

Salton Sea Power Generation Company ........................................................................................................... ER13–1271–002 

Salton Sea Power L.L.C .................................................................................................................................... ER13–1272–002 

Vulcan/BN Geothermal Power Company .......................................................................................................... ER13–1273–002 

Yuma Cogeneration Associates ......................................................................................................................... ER10–2605–006 

MidAmerican Energy Company.

Bishop Hill Energy II LLC.

Cordova Energy Company LLC.

Power Resources, Ltd.

Saranac Power Partners, L.P.

Agua Caliente Solar, LLC .................................................................................................................................. ER12–21–013] 

On Thursday, January 29, 2015, 

Commission staff will meet with Nevada 

Power Company and its affiliates 

(collectively, the Berkshire MBR Sellers) 

in Washington, DC. The purpose of the 

meeting is to discuss matters related to 

the Commission’s order issued in the 

above-captioned proceedings, pursuant 

to section 206 of the Federal Power Act, 

16 U.S.C. 824e (2012), instituting an 

investigation concerning the justness 

and reasonableness of the Berkshire 

MBR Sellers’ market-based rate 

authorities in the PacifiCorp-East, 

PacifiCorp-West, Idaho Power 

Company, and NorthWestern balancing 

authority areas. Nevada Power 

Company, 149 FERC ¶ 61,219 (2014). 

The meeting will begin at 10 a.m. at the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 

headquarters building located at 888 

First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

All interested parties are invited to 

observe the meeting in person or to 

listen to the meeting by telephone. For 

further information please contact 

Byron Corum at 202–502–6555. 

FERC conferences are accessible 

under section 508 of the Rehabilitation 

Act of 1973. For accessibility 

accommodations please send an email 

to accessibility@ferc.gov or call toll free 

1–866–208–3372 (voice) or 202–208– 

8659 (TTY), or send a FAX to 202–208– 

2106 with the required 

accommodations. 

Dated: January 22, 2015. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2015–01734 Filed 1–29–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 13994–002] 

Public Utility District No. 1 of 

Snohomish County; Notice of 

Technical Meeting 

a. Project Name and Number: 

Hancock Creek Hydroelectric Project 

No. 13994. 

b. Date and Time of Meeting: February 

5, 2015; 3:30 p.m. Eastern Time (12:30 

p.m. Pacific Time). 

c. Place: Telephone conference with 

the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service 

(FWS) and the Public Utility District No. 

1 of Snohomish County (Snohomish 

PUD). 

d. FERC Contact: Kelly Wolcott, 

kelly.wolcott@ferc.gov or (202) 502– 

6480. 

e. Purpose of Meeting: To discuss the 

endangered species consultation under 

section 7 of the Endangered Species Act 

relative to the northern spotted owl; 

specifically, whether Snohomish PUD’s 

comments on the environmental 

assessment and the Commission’s 

recommendation for blasting restrictions 

to protect the northern spotted owl 

require additional consultation with 

FWS. Discussion pertaining to this topic 

will be limited to Commission staff, 

Snohomish PUD, and FWS. Other 

participants may listen in and provide 

any germane information related to this 

topic. 

f. A summary of the meeting will be 

prepared and placed in the project’s 

record. 

g. All local, State, and Federal 

agencies, Indian tribes, and other 

interested parties are invited to 

participate by phone. Please contact 

Kelly Wolcott at kelly.wolcott@ferc.gov 

or (202) 502–6480 by close of business 

Tuesday, February 2, 2015, to RSVP and 

to receive specific instructions on how 

to participate. 


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