9710 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 36 / Tuesday, February 24, 2015 / Notices 

Power & Light Company, International 

Transmission Company, ITC Midwest 

LLC, Michigan Electric Transmission 

Company, LLC, MidAmerican Energy 

Company, Montana-Dakota Utilities Co., 

Northern Indiana Public Service 

Company, Northern States Power 

Company-Minnesota, Northern States 

Power Company Wisconsin, Otter Tail 

Power Company, and Southern Indiana 

Gas & Electric Company (collectively, 

Respondents), alleging that the current 

12.38% return on equity applicable to 

transmission-owning members of the 

Midcontinent Independent System 

Operator, Inc., and the 12.2% ROE 

applicable to ATC are excessive and 

should be reduced as of the date of the 

Complaint. 

The Joint Customer Complainants 

certify that copies of the complaint were 

served on the contacts for the 

Respondents as listed on the 

Commission’s list of Corporate Officials. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest this filing must file in 

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). 

Protests will be considered by the 

Commission in determining the 

appropriate action to be taken, but will 

not serve to make protestants parties to 

the proceeding. Any person wishing to 

become a party must file a notice of 

intervention or motion to intervene, as 

appropriate. The Respondents’ answer 

and all interventions, or protests must 

be filed on or before the comment date. 

The Respondents’ answer, motions to 

intervene, and protests must be served 

on the Complainants. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of protests and 

interventions in lieu of paper using the 

‘‘eFiling’’ link at http://www.ferc.gov. 

Persons unable to file electronically 

should submit an original and 5 copies 

of the protest or intervention to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

This filing is accessible on-line at 

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

‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for 

electronic review in the Commission’s 

Public Reference Room in Washington, 

DC. There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on 

the Web site that enables subscribers to 

receive email notification when a 

document is added to a subscribed 

docket(s). For assistance with any FERC 

Online service, please email 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call 

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call 

(202) 502–8659. 

Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

Time on March 4, 2015. 

Dated: February 13, 2015. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03645 Filed 2–23–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. PF14–10–000] 

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 

Company, LLC; Supplemental Notice 

of Intent to Prepare an Environmental 

Assessment for the Planned Dalton 

Expansion Project, Request for 

Comments on Environmental Issues 

Related to a New Route Variation 

Under Consideration, and Notice of 

Public Scoping Meeting 

In response to concerns raised about 

the Dalton Expansion Project planned 

by the Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 

Company, LLC, (Transco), a new route 

variation is being considered. The 

Georgia Department of Natural 

Resources—Wildlife Resources 

Division, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife 

Service, and the Nature Conservancy 

requested a route variation in northern 

Paulding County, Georgia. Transco 

reviewed the requested variation and 

incorporated some changes for 

engineering and other considerations. 

The variation, referred to herein as the 

Raccoon Creek Watershed Variation 

(Transco Major Route Alternative H), is 

being considered to avoid and minimize 

potential environmental impacts on the 

biologically sensitive Raccoon Creek 

Watershed. 

This variation, which is described in 

further detail below, would affect new 

landowners; therefore, the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC 

or Commission) is issuing this 

supplemental notice (Notice) to provide 

these new landowners and other 

interested parties an opportunity to 

comment on the merits of the route 

variation. 

The FERC is the lead federal agency 

responsible for conducting the 

environmental review of the Dalton 

Expansion Project (Project). The 

Commission’s staff will prepare an 

environmental assessment (EA) that 

discusses the environmental impacts of 

the Project. This EA will be used to 

inform the Commission as it determines 

whether the Project is in the public 

convenience and necessity. 

This Notice announces the opening of 

an additional scoping period the 

Commission will use to gather input 

from the public and interested agencies. 

Specifically, we are requesting 

comments on the Raccoon Creek 

Watershed Variation. Please note that 

comments on this Notice should be filed 

with the Commission by March 16, 

2015. 

Comments on the route variation may 

be submitted in writing as described in 

the public participation section of this 

notice. In lieu of, or in addition to, 

submitting written comments, you are 

invited to attend a public scoping 

meeting on March 4, 2015 at the Dallas 

Civic Center in Dallas, Georgia. 

Date and time Location 

March 4, 2015, 7:00 p.m. EST ................................................................. Dallas Civic Center, 121 E Griffin Street, Dallas, GA 30132, (770) 445– 

5180. 

You have been identified as a 

landowner or an interested party that 

may be affected by the Raccoon Creek 

Watershed Variation or by the 

corresponding segment of the currently 

planned route. Information in this 

notice was prepared to familiarize you 

with this new route variation, the 

Project as a whole, the Commission’s 

environmental review process, and 

instruct you on how to submit 

comments about the route variation 

under consideration. This notice is also 

being sent to federal, state, and local 

government agencies; elected officials; 

environmental and public interest 

groups; Native American tribes; other 

interested parties; and local libraries 

and newspapers. State and local 

government representatives should 

notify their constituents of this 

proposed route variation and encourage 

them to comment on their areas of 

concern. 

If you are a landowner receiving this 

Notice, a pipeline company 

representative may have already 

contacted you or may contact you soon 

about surveys associated with the 

Raccoon Creek Watershed Variation. If 

the company ultimately decides to 


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Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 36 / Tuesday, February 24, 2015 / Notices 9711 

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’’ or from the 

Commission’s Public Reference Room, 888 First 

Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, or call (202) 

502–8371. For instructions on connecting to 

eLibrary, refer to the last page of this notice. 

2 ‘‘We,’’ ‘‘us,’’ and ‘‘our’’ refer to the 

environmental staff of the Commission’s Office of 

Energy Projects. 

3The Advisory Council on Historic Preservation 

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. 

incorporate this route variation it would 

contact you again to acquire an 

easement to construct, operate, and 

maintain the pipeline. The company 

would seek to negotiate a mutually 

acceptable agreement. However, if the 

Commission approves the Project and 

the route variation, that approval 

conveys with it the right of eminent 

domain. Therefore, if easement 

negotiations fail to produce an 

agreement, the pipeline company could 

initiate condemnation proceedings 

where compensation would be 

determined in accordance with state 

law. 

To help potentially affected 

landowners and other interested parties 

better understand the Commission and 

its environmental review process, the 

‘‘For Citizens’’ section of the FERC Web 

site (www.ferc.gov) provides information 

about getting involved in FERC 

jurisdictional projects. A citizens’ guide 

entitled ‘‘An Interstate Natural Gas 

Facility On My Land? What Do I Need 

to Know?’’ is also available in this 

section of the Commission’s Web site. 

This guide addresses a number of 

frequently asked questions, including 

the use of eminent domain and how to 

participate in the Commission’s 

proceedings. 

Dalton Expansion Project 

Transco plans to construct and 

operate about 111 miles of new natural 

gas pipeline and associated facilities in 

Coweta, Carroll, Douglas, Paulding, 

Bartow, Gordon, and Murray Counties, 

Georgia and a new compressor station in 

Carroll County, Georgia. Additionally, 

Transco plans to modify existing 

facilities along its mainline transmission 

system in Maryland, Virginia, and North 

Carolina to accommodate bidirectional 

flow. Transco has indicated that the 

Project would provide 448,000 

dekatherms per day of incremental firm 

transportation service to markets in 

northwest Georgia. 

Summary of the Raccoon Creek 

Watershed Variation 

As stated previously, the Raccoon 

Creek Watershed Variation was created 

to avoid and minimize potential 

environmental impacts on the 

biologically sensitive Raccoon Creek 

Watershed. The Raccoon Creek 

Watershed covers about 35,000 acres, 

includes several high priority streams, 

significant wetlands, and provides 

habitat for numerous federally-listed 

threatened and endangered species. The 

route variation would originate at 

approximately milepost (MP) 44 of the 

planned route in northern Paulding 

County. The variation would extend in 

a northeasterly direction for 

approximately 9.0 miles before joining 

an existing utility easement and then 

extending northwest for another 1.5 

miles, rejoining the planned route at 

approximately MP 53 near the Paulding 

and Bartow County line. 

The general location of the Project 

facilities and the Raccoon Creek 

Watershed Variation are shown in 

appendix 1.1

The EA Process 

The National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA) requires the Commission to 

take into account the environmental 

impacts that could result from an action 

whenever it considers the issuance of a 

Certificate of Public Convenience and 

Necessity. NEPA also requires us 2 to 

discover and address concerns the 

public may have about proposals. This 

process is referred to as scoping. The 

main goal of the scoping process is to 

focus the analysis in the EA on the 

important environmental issues. By this 

notice, the Commission requests public 

comments on the scope of the issues to 

address in the EA. We will consider all 

filed comments during the preparation 

of the EA. 

In the EA we will discuss impacts that 

could occur as a result of the 

construction and operation of the 

Project under these general headings: 

• Geology and soils; 

• water resources, fisheries, and 

wetlands; 

• vegetation and wildlife; 

• endangered and threatened species; 

• land use; 

• socioeconomics; 

• cultural resources; 

• air quality and noise; and 

• public safety. 

We will also evaluate possible 

alternatives to the Project or portions of 

the Project, and make recommendations 

on how to lessen or avoid impacts on 

the various resource areas. 

Although no formal application has 

been filed, we began our NEPA review 

under the Commission’s pre-filing 

process on April 25, 2014. The purpose 

of the pre-filing process is to encourage 

the early involvement of interested 

stakeholders and to identify and resolve 

issues before the FERC receives an 

application. As part of our pre-filing 

review, we contacted federal and state 

agencies to discuss preparation of the 

EA. During the process, the Raccoon 

Creek Watershed Variation was 

proposed. Transco will provide 

additional environmental data to 

present the potential impacts of the 

variation at a later date. 

The EA will present our independent 

analysis of the issues. The EA will be 

available in the public record through 

eLibrary. We will also publish and 

distribute the EA to the public for an 

allotted comment period. We will 

consider all comments on the EA before 

we make our recommendations to the 

Commission. To ensure we have the 

opportunity to consider and address 

your comments, please carefully follow 

the instructions in the Public 

Participation section of this notice. 

Consultations 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, we are 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.3 We will define the 

Project-specific Area of Potential Effects 

(APE) in consultation with the SHPO as 

the Project develops. On natural gas 

facility projects, the APE at a minimum 

encompasses all areas subject to ground 

disturbance (examples include 

construction right-of-way, contractor/

pipe storage yards, compressor stations, 

and access roads). Our EA for this 

Project will document our findings on 

the impacts on historic properties and 

summarize the status of consultations 

under section 106. 

Public Participation 

You can make a difference by 

providing us with your specific 

comments or concerns about the Project. 

Your comments should focus on the 

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 

your comments are timely and properly 


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1 148 FERC ¶ 62,098, Order Granting Exemption 

from Licensing (Conduit). 

recorded, please send your comments so 

that the Commission receives them in 

Washington, DC on or before March 16, 

2015. 

For your convenience, there are three 

methods you can use to submit your 

comments to the Commission. In all 

instances, please reference the Project 

docket number (PF14–10–000) with 

your submission. The Commission 

encourages electronic filing of 

comments and has expert staff available 

to assist you at (202) 502–8258 or 

efiling@ferc.gov. 

(1) You can file your comments 

electronically using the eComment 

feature located on the Commission’s 

Web site (www.ferc.gov) under the link 

to Documents and Filings. This is an 

easy method for interested persons to 

submit brief, text-only comments on a 

project; 

(2) You can file your comments 

electronically using the eFiling feature 

located on the Commission’s Web site 

(www.ferc.gov) under the link to 

Documents and Filings. 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 

following address: Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary, Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, 888 First Street NE., Room 

1A, Washington, DC 20426. 

Environmental Mailing List 

The environmental mailing list 

includes federal, state, and local 

government representatives and 

agencies; elected officials; 

environmental and public interest 

groups; 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. We will 

update the environmental mailing list as 

the analysis proceeds to ensure that we 

send the information related to this 

environmental review to all individuals, 

organizations, and government entities 

interested in and/or potentially affected 

by the planned Project. 

Copies of the EA will be sent to the 

environmental mailing list for public 

review and comment. If you would 

prefer to receive a paper copy of the 

document instead of the CD version or 

would like to remove your name from 

the mailing list, please return the 

attached Information Request (appendix 

2). 

Becoming an Intervenor 

Once Transco files its application 

with the Commission, you may want to 

become an ‘‘intervenor’’ which is an 

official party to the Commission’s 

proceeding. Intervenors play a more 

formal role in the process and are able 

to file briefs, appear at hearings, and be 

heard by the courts if they choose to 

appeal the Commission’s final ruling. 

An intervenor formally participates in 

the proceeding by filing a request to 

intervene. Instructions for becoming an 

intervenor are in the User’s Guide under 

the ‘‘e-filing’’ link on the Commission’s 

Web site. Please note that the 

Commission will not accept requests for 

intervenor status at this time. You must 

wait until the Commission receives a 

formal application for the Project. 

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 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., PF14– 

10). 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 eLibrary link also 

provides access to the texts of 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. Go to www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/esubscription.asp. 

Finally, public meetings or site visits 

will be posted on the Commission’s 

calendar located at www.ferc.gov/

EventCalendar/EventsList.aspx along 

with other related information. 

Dated: February 13, 2015. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03648 Filed 2–23–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Apple, Inc.; Project No. 14430–004] 

Notice of Transfer of Exemption 

1. By letter filed January 9, 2014, 

Apple, Inc. informed the Commission 

that the exemption from licensing for 

the Monroe Drop Hydroelectric Project, 

FERC No. 14430, originally issued 

August 1, 2014,1 has been transferred 

from Monroe Hydro, LLC to Apple, Inc. 

The proposed project would be located 

on North Unit Irrigations District’s main 

irrigation canal near the town of Culver 

in Jefferson County, Oregon. The 

transfer of an exemption does not 

require Commission approval. 

2. Apple, Inc. is now the exemptee for 

the Monroe Drop Hydroelectric Project, 

FERC No. 14430. All correspondence 

should be forwarded to: Apple, Inc., 

Attn: Mr. Nathan Fleisher, 1 Infinite 

Loop, MS: 119–REF, Cupertino, CA 

95014. 

Dated: February 18, 2015. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2015–03745 Filed 2–23–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. ER15–1045–000] 

Pilot Hill Wind, LLC; Supplemental 

Notice That Initial Market-Based Rate 

Filing Includes Request for Blanket 

Section 204 Authorization 

This is a supplemental notice in the 

above-referenced proceeding of Pilot 

Hill Wind, LLC’s application for marketbased rate authority, with an 

accompanying rate tariff, noting that 

such application includes a request for 

blanket authorization, under 18 CFR 

part 34, of future issuances of securities 

and assumptions of liability. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest should file with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, 


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