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Committee Act (Pub. L. 92–463, 86 Stat. 

770) requires that public notice of this 

meeting be announced in the Federal 

Register. 

DATES: Wednesday, March 11, 2015, 

6:00 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Department of Energy 

Information Center, Office of Science 

and Technical Information, 1 

Science.gov Way, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 

37830. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Melyssa P. Noe, Federal Coordinator, 

Department of Energy Oak Ridge 

Operations Office, P.O. Box 2001, EM– 

90, Oak Ridge, TN 37831. Phone (865) 

241–3315; Fax (865) 576–0956 or email: 

noemp@emor.doe.gov or check the Web 

site at http://energy.gov/orem/services/

community-engagement/oak-ridge-sitespecific-advisory-board. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Purpose of the Board: The purpose of 

the Board is to make recommendations 

to DOE–EM and site management in the 

areas of environmental restoration, 

waste management, and related 

activities. 

Tentative Agenda 

• Welcome and Announcements 

• Comments from the Deputy 

Designated Federal Officer 

• Comments from the DOE, Tennessee 

Department of Environment and 

Conservation, and Environmental 

Protection Agency Liaisons 

• Public Comment Period 

• Presentation on the State of Oak Ridge 

EM Program/Fiscal Year 2016 Budget 

and Prioritization Planning 

• Additions/Approval of Agenda 

• Motions/Approval of February 11, 

2015 Meeting Minutes 

• Status of Recommendations with DOE 

• Committee Reports 

• Federal Coordinator Report 

• Adjourn 

Public Participation: The EM SSAB, 

Oak Ridge, welcomes the attendance of 

the public at its advisory committee 

meetings and will make every effort to 

accommodate persons with physical 

disabilities or special needs. If you 

require special accommodations due to 

a disability, please contact Melyssa P. 

Noe at least seven days in advance of 

the meeting at the phone number listed 

above. Written statements may be filed 

with the Board either before or after the 

meeting. Individuals who wish to make 

oral statements pertaining to the agenda 

item should contact Melyssa P. Noe at 

the address or telephone number listed 

above. Requests must be received five 

days prior to the meeting and reasonable 

provision will be made to include the 

presentation in the agenda. 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 make public comments will 

be provided a maximum of five minutes 

to present their comments. This notice 

is being published less than 15 days 

prior to the meeting date due to 

logistical issues that had to be resolved 

prior to the meeting date. 

Minutes: Minutes will be available by 

writing or calling Melyssa P. Noe at the 

address and phone number listed above. 

Minutes will also be available at the 

following Web site: http://energy.gov/

orem/services/community-engagement/

oak-ridge-site-specific-advisory-board. 

Issued at Washington, DC, on February 20, 

2015. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–04025 Filed 2–25–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 2669–085] 

Bear Swamp Power Company, LLC; 

Notice of Intent To File License 

Application, Filing of Pre-Application 

Document (Pad), Commencement of 

Pre-Filing Process, and Scoping; 

Request for Comments on the Pad and 

Scoping Document, and Identification 

of Issues and Associated Study 

Requests 

February 18, 2015. 

a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to 

File License Application for a New 

License and Commencing Pre-filing 

Process. 

b. Project No.: 2669–085. 

c. Dated Filed: December 19, 2014. 

d. Submitted By: Bear Swamp Power 

Company, LLC. 

e. Name of Project: Bear Swamp 

Project. 

f. Location: On the Deerfield River, in 

Berkshire and Franklin Counties, 

Massachusetts. The project does not 

occupy federal lands. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR part 5 of 

the Commission’s Regulations. 

h. Potential Applicant Contact: Steven 

P. Murphy, Manager Licensing, 

Brookfield Renewable Energy Group, 33 

West 1st Street South, Fulton, NY. 

i. FERC Contact: John Baummer at 

(202) 502–8785 or email at 

john.baummer@ferc.gov. 

j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, 

local, and tribal agencies with 

jurisdiction and/or special expertise 

with respect to environmental issues 

that wish to cooperate in the 

preparation of the environmental 

document should follow the 

instructions for filing such requests 

described in item o below. Cooperating 

agencies should note the Commission’s 

policy that agencies that cooperate in 

the preparation of the environmental 

document cannot also intervene. See 94 

FERC ¶ 61,076 (2001). 

k. With this notice, we are initiating 

informal consultation with: (a) the U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service and/or NOAA 

Fisheries under section 7 of the 

Endangered Species Act and the joint 

agency regulations thereunder at 50 

CFR, Part 402 and (b) the State Historic 

Preservation Officer, as required by 

section 106, National Historic 

Preservation Act, and the implementing 

regulations of the Advisory Council on 

Historic Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2. 

l. With this notice, we are designating 

Bear Swamp Power Company, LLC as 

the Commission’s non-federal 

representative for carrying out informal 

consultation, pursuant to section 7 of 

the Endangered Species Act and section 

106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act. 

m. Bear Swamp Power Company, LLC 

filed with the Commission a PreApplication Document (PAD; including 

a proposed process plan and schedule), 

pursuant to 18 CFR 5.6 of the 

Commission’s regulations. 

n. A copy of the PAD is available for 

review at the Commission in the Public 

Reference Room or may be viewed on 

the Commission’s Web site (http://

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, (866) 

208–3676 (toll free), or (202) 502–8659 

(TTY). A copy is also available for 

inspection and reproduction at the 

address in paragraph h. 

Register online at http://

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/

esubscription.asp to be notified via 

email of new filing and issuances 

related to this or other pending projects. 

For assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

o. With this notice, we are soliciting 

comments on the PAD and Commission 

staff’s Scoping Document 1 (SD1), as 

well as study requests. All comments on 

the PAD and SD1, and study requests 

should be sent to the address above in 

paragraph h. In addition, all comments 

on the PAD and SD1, study requests, 

requests for cooperating agency status, 


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and all communications to and from 

Commission staff related to the merits of 

the potential application must be filed 

with the Commission. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file all 

documents 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 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. In lieu of 

electronic filing, please send a paper 

copy to: Secretary, Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 

NE., Washington, DC 20426. The first 

page of any filing should include docket 

number P–2669–085. 

All filings with the Commission must 

bear the appropriate heading: 

‘‘Comments on Pre-Application 

Document,’’ ‘‘Study Requests,’’ 

‘‘Comments on Scoping Document 1,’’ 

‘‘Request for Cooperating Agency 

Status,’’ or ‘‘Communications to and 

from Commission Staff.’’ Any 

individual or entity interested in 

submitting study requests, commenting 

on the PAD or SD1, and any agency 

requesting cooperating status must do so 

by April 18, 2015. 

p. Although our current intent is to 

prepare an environmental assessment 

(EA), there is the possibility that an 

Environmental Impact Statement (EIS) 

will be required. Nevertheless, the 

meetings below will satisfy the NEPA 

scoping requirements, irrespective of 

whether an EA or EIS is issued by the 

Commission. 

Scoping Meetings 

Commission staff will hold two 

scoping meetings in the vicinity of the 

project at the time and place noted 

below. The daytime meeting will focus 

on resource agency, Indian tribes, and 

non-governmental organization 

concerns, while the evening meeting is 

primarily for receiving input from the 

public. We invite all interested 

individuals, organizations, and agencies 

to attend one or both of the meetings, 

and to assist staff in identifying 

particular study needs, as well as the 

scope of environmental issues to be 

addressed in the environmental 

document. The times and locations of 

these meetings are as follows: 

Daytime Scoping Meeting 

Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2015. 

Time: 10:00 a.m. 

Location: Holiday Inn Berkshires, 40 

Main Street, North Adams, 

Massachusetts 01247. 

Phone Number: (413) 663–6500. 

Evening Scoping Meeting 

Date: Wednesday, March 18, 2015. 

Time: 7:00 p.m. 

Location: Holiday Inn Berkshires, 40 

Main Street, North Adams, 

Massachusetts 01247. 

Phone Number: (413) 663–6500. 

Scoping Document 1 (SD1), which 

outlines the subject areas to be 

addressed in the environmental 

document, was mailed to the 

individuals and entities on the 

Commission’s mailing list. Copies of 

SD1 will be available at the scoping 

meetings, or may be viewed on the web 

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

‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Follow the directions 

for accessing information in paragraph 

n. Based on all oral and written 

comments, a Scoping Document 2 (SD2) 

may be issued. SD2 may include a 

revised process plan and schedule, as 

well as a list of issues, identified 

through the scoping process. 

Environmental Site Review 

The potential applicant and 

Commission staff will conduct an 

environmental site review of the project 

on Thursday, March 19, 2015, starting at 

9:00 a.m. All participants should meet 

at the Bear Swamp Visitors Center, 

located at 458 River Road, Florida, 

Massachusetts, 01247. Please notify 

Steve Murphy at (315) 598–6130 or 

Steven.Murphy@

brookfieldrenewable.com on or before 

March 4, 2015, if you plan to attend the 

environmental site review. A map 

providing the location of the Bear 

Swamp Project Visitors Center can be 

obtained from http://

www.bearswampproject.com. Bear 

Swamp Power has indicated that 

persons attending the environmental 

site review will need to comply with the 

following requirements: (1) Persons 

must be 16 years or older; (2) persons 

must have a current, valid, governmentissued or school photo identification 

(i.e., driver’s license, etc.); (3) persons 

with open-toed shoes/sandals/flip flops/ 

high heels, etc. will not be allowed on 

the environmental site review; (4) no 

photography will be allowed on-site; (5) 

small bags containing personal items for 

the site visit (i.e., notebooks, maps, 

water, etc.) will be allowed, but are 

subject to search; (6) no weapons are 

allowed on-site; (7) no alcohol/drugs are 

allowed on-site (or persons exhibiting 

the effects thereof); (8) all persons 

coming on-site are subject to search; and 

(9) no animals (except for service 

animals) are allowed on the 

environmental site review. 

Meeting Objectives 

At the scoping meetings, staff will: (1) 

Initiate scoping of the issues; (2) review 

and discuss existing conditions and 

resource management objectives; (3) 

review and discuss existing information 

and identify preliminary information 

and study needs; (4) review and discuss 

the process plan and schedule for prefiling activity that incorporates the time 

frames provided for in Part 5 of the 

Commission’s regulations and, to the 

extent possible, maximizes coordination 

of federal, state, and tribal permitting 

and certification processes; and (5) 

discuss the appropriateness of any 

federal or state agency or Indian tribe 

acting as a cooperating agency for 

development of an environmental 

document. 

Meeting participants should come 

prepared to discuss their issues and/or 

concerns. Please review the PAD in 

preparation for the scoping meetings. 

Directions on how to obtain a copy of 

the PAD and SD1 are included in item 

n. of this document. 

Meeting Procedures 

The meetings will be recorded by a 

stenographer and will be placed in the 

public records of the project. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2015–04001 Filed 2–25–15; 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: EC15–62–000; 

EC15–63–000. 

Applicants: Roth Rock Wind Farm, 

LLC, Roth Rock North Wind Farm, LLC, 

TPW Petersburg, LLC. 

Description: Supplement to January 

21, 2015 Applications for Authorization 

under Section 203 of the Federal Power 

Act of Roth Rock Wind Farm, LLC, Roth 

Rock North Wind Farm, LLC and TPW 

Petersburg, LLC. 

Filed Date: 2/13/15. 

Accession Number: 20150213–5137. 

Comments Due: 5 p.m. ET 2/24/15. 

Take notice that the Commission 

received the following exempt 

wholesale generator filings: 

Docket Numbers: EG15–52–000. 


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