12162 Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 44 / Friday, March 6, 2015 / Notices 

1For the purpose of this filing, the Fortis MBR 

Sellers include: FortisUS Energy Corporation; 

Central Hudson Gas and Electric Corporation; 

Tucson Electric Power Company (Tucson Electric); 

UNS Electric, Inc.; and UniSource Energy 

Development Company. 

1The existing mine complex is composed of the 

interconnected Old Bed, Bonanza open pit, and 

Harmony mines. 

—Energy Imbalance Market Transitional 

Committee 

—Market Update 

Sponsored by the CAISO, the 

teleconferences are open to all market 

participants and staff’s attendance is 

part of the Commission’s ongoing 

outreach efforts. The teleconferences 

may discuss matters at issue in the 

above captioned dockets. 

For further information, contact Saeed 

Farrokhpay at saeed.farrokhpay@

ferc.gov (916) 294–0322. 

Dated: February 27, 2015. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2015–05246 Filed 3–5–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. EL15–42–000] 

FortisUS Energy Corporation, Central 

Hudson Gas & Electric Corporation, 

Tucson Electric Power Company, UNS 

Electric, Inc., UniSource Energy 

Development Company; Notice of 

Institution of Section 206 Proceeding 

and Refund Effective Date 

On February 27, 2015, the 

Commission issued an order in Docket 

No. EL15–42–000, pursuant to section 

206 of the Federal Power Act (FPA), 16 

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

investigation concerning the justness 

and reasonableness of the Fortis MBR 

Sellers’ market-based rates in the 

Tucson Electric balancing authority 

area.1 FortisUS Energy Corporation, et 

al., 150 FERC ¶ 61,153 (2015). 

The refund effective date in Docket 

No. EL15–42–000, established pursuant 

to section 206(b) of the FPA, will be the 

date of publication of this notice in the 

Federal Register. 

Dated: February 27, 2015. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2015–05254 Filed 3–5–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 12635–002] 

Moriah Hydro Corporation; Notice of 

Application Tendered for Filing With 

the Commission and Soliciting 

Additional Study Requests 

February 27, 2015. 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: Original Major 

License. 

b. Project No.: 12635–002. 

c. Date filed: February 13, 2015 . 

d. Applicant: Moriah Hydro 

Corporation. 

e. Name of Project: Mineville Energy 

Storage Project. 

f. Location: The project would be 

located in an abandoned subterranean 

mine complex 1 in the town of Moriah, 

Essex County, New York. No federal 

lands are occupied by project works or 

located within the project boundary. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act 16 U.S.C. 791(a)–825(r). 

h. Applicant Contact: James A. Besha, 

P.E., President, Moriah Hydro 

Corporation, 5 Washington Square, 

Albany, NY 12205; or at (518) 456–7712. 

i. FERC Contact: John Mudre, (202) 

502–8902 or john.mudre@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 l 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. Pursuant to section 4.32(b)(7) of 18 

CFR of the Commission’s regulations, if 

any resource agency, Indian Tribe, or 

person believes that an additional 

scientific study should be conducted in 

order to form an adequate factual basis 

for a complete analysis of the 

application on its merit, the resource 

agency, Indian Tribe, or person must file 

a request for a study with the 

Commission not later than 60 days from 

the date of filing of the application, and 

serve a copy of the request on the 

applicant. 

l. Deadline for filing additional study 

requests and requests for cooperating 

agency status: April 14, 2015. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file additional 

study requests and requests for 

cooperating agency status using the 

Commission’s eFiling system at http://

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/efiling.asp. For 

assistance, please contact FERC Online 

Support at FERCOnlineSupport@

ferc.gov, (866) 208–3676 (toll free), or 

(202) 502–8659 (TTY). 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–12635–002. 

m. The application is not ready for 

environmental analysis at this time. 

n. The proposed project consists of: 

(1) An upper reservoir located within 

the upper portion of the mine between 

elevations 495 and 1,095 feet above 

mean sea level (msl), with a surface area 

of 4 acres and a storage capacity of 2,448 

acre-feet; (2) a lower reservoir in the 

lower portion of the mine between 

elevations -1,075 and -1,555 feet msl, 

with a surface area of 5.1 acres and a 

storage capacity of 2,448 acre-feet; (3) a 

14-foot-diameter and 2,955-foot-long 

upper reservoir shaft connecting the 

upper reservoir to the high-pressure 

penstock located below the powerhouse 

chamber floor; (4) a 14-foot-diameter 

and 2,955-foot-long lower reservoir shaft 

connecting the lower reservoir and the 

lower reservoir ventilation tunnel; (5) 

two 6-foot-diameter emergency 

evacuation shafts located between the 

powerhouse chamber and the electrical 

equipment chamber; (6) a 25-footdiameter main shaft extending 2,955 

feet from the surface down to the 

powerhouse chamber; (7) 15-footdiameter high- and low-pressure steel 

penstocks embedded beneath the 

powerhouse chamber floor; (8) a 320- 

foot-long by 80-foot-wide powerhouse 

chamber, containing 100 reversible 

pump-turbine units, each with a 

nameplate generating capacity of 2.4 

megawatts; (9) a 274-foot-long by 36- 

foot-wide underground electrical 

equipment chamber adjacent to the 

powerhouse chamber; (10) an inclined 

electrical tunnel connecting the 

electrical equipment chamber to a new 

115-kilovolt (kV) substation constructed 

adjacent to an existing single circuit 

115-kV transmission line located about 

one horizontal mile from the 

underground powerhouse chamber; and 

(11) appurtenant facilities. The project 

would operate as a closed-loop system 

to meet energy demands and grid 

control requirements. The project would 

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

environmental staff of the Commission’s Office of 

Energy Projects. 

have an average annual generation of 

421 gigawatt-hours (GWh). The average 

pumping power used by the project 

would be 554 GWh. 

o. A copy of the application is 

available for review at the Commission 

in the Public Reference Room or may be 

viewed on the Commission’s Web site at 

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. A copy is also available 

for inspection and reproduction at the 

address in item h above. 

You may also register online at http:// 

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. 

p. Procedural schedule: The 

application will be processed according 

to the following preliminary Hydro 

Licensing Schedule. Revisions to the 

schedule will be made as appropriate. 

Issue Notice of Acceptance or 

Deficiency April 2015 

Request Additional Information April 

2015 

Issue Acceptance Letter July 2015 

Issue Scoping Document 1 for 

comments August 2015 

Comments on Scoping Document 1

September 2015 

Issue Scoping Document 2 October 

2015 

Issue notice of ready for environmental 

analysis October 2015 

Commission issues EA, draft EA, or 

draft EIS April 2016 

Comments on EA, draft EA, or draft EIS

June 2016 

Commission issues final EA or final EIS

August 2016 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2015–05251 Filed 3–5–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket Nos. PF15–5–000; PF15–6–000] 

Dominion Transmission, Inc., Atlantic 

Coast Pipeline, LLC; Notice of Intent 

To Prepare an Environmental Impact 

Statement for the Planned Supply 

Header Project and Atlantic Coast 

Pipeline Project, Request for 

Comments on Environmental Issues, 

and Notice of Public Scoping Meetings 

The staff of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC or 

Commission) will prepare an 

environmental impact statement (EIS) 

that will discuss the environmental 

impacts of the Supply Header Project 

(SHP) involving construction and 

operation of facilities by Dominion 

Transmission, Inc. (Dominion) in 

Pennsylvania and West Virginia, and 

the Atlantic Coast Pipeline Project (ACP 

Project) involving construction and 

operation of facilities by Atlantic Coast 

Pipeline, LLC (Atlantic) in West 

Virginia, Virginia, and North Carolina. 

The environmental impacts of both 

projects will be considered in one EIS, 

which will be used by the Commission 

in its decision-making process to 

determine whether the projects are in 

the public convenience and necessity. 

This notice announces the opening of 

the scoping process the Commission 

will use to gather input from the public 

and interested agencies on the projects. 

Your input will help the Commission 

staff determine what issues they need to 

evaluate in the EIS. Please note that the 

scoping period will close on April 28, 

2015. 

You may submit comments in written 

form or verbally. Further details on how 

to submit written comments are in the 

Public Participation section of this 

notice. If you sent comments on the SHP 

or ACP Projects to the Commission 

before the opening of the dockets on 

October 31, 2014, you will need to file 

those comments under Docket No. 

PF15–5–000 or PF15–6–000 to ensure 

they are considered as part of this 

proceeding. In lieu of or in addition to 

sending written comments, the 

Commission invites you to attend any of 

the public scoping meetings scheduled 

as follows: 

Date and time Location 

Monday, March 9, 

2015, 7:00 p.m. 

Pine Forest High 

School, 525 Andrews Road, Fayetteville, NC 

28311. 

Date and time Location 

Tuesday, March 10, 

2015, 7:00 p.m. 

Forest Hills Middle 

School, 1210 Forest Hills Road, Wilson, NC 27896. 

Wednesday, March 

11, 2015, 7:00 p.m. 

William R. Davie Middle School, 4391 

Hwy. 158, Roanoke Rapids, NC 

27870. 

Thursday, March 12, 

2015, 7:00 p.m. 

Jolliff Middle School, 

1021 Jolliff Road, 

Chesapeake, VA 

23331. 

Monday, March 16, 

2015, 7:00 p.m. 

Dinwiddie Middle 

School, 11608 

Courthouse Road, 

Dinwiddie, VA 

23841. 

Tuesday, March 17, 

2015, 7:00 p.m. 

Prince Edward County High School Auditorium, 1482 Zion 

Hill Road, 

Farmville, VA 

23901. 

Wednesday, March 

18, 2015, 7:00 p.m. 

Nelson County Middle School, 6925 

Thomas Nelson 

Highway, 

Lovingston, VA 

22949. 

Thursday, March 19, 

2015, 7:00 p.m. 

Stuarts Draft High 

School, 1028 Augusta Farms Road, 

Stuarts Draft, VA 

24477. 

Monday, March 23, 

2015, 7:00 p.m. 

Elkins High School, 

100 Kennedy 

Drive, Elkins, WV 

26241. 

Tuesday, March 24, 

2015, 7:00 p.m. 

Bridgeport High 

School, 515 Johnson Avenue, 

Bridgeport, WV 

26330. 

The purpose of these scoping 

meetings is to provide an opportunity to 

verbally comment on the projects. If a 

significant number of people are 

interested in commenting at the 

meetings, we 1 may establish a 3- to 5- 

minute time limit for each commentor 

to ensure that all people wishing to 

comment have the opportunity in the 

time allotted for the meeting. If time 

limits on comments are implemented, 

they will be strictly enforced. A 

transcript of each meeting will be added 

to the Commission’s administrative 

record to ensure that your comments are 

accurately recorded. 

This notice is being sent to the 

Commission’s current environmental 

mailing list for these projects. State and 

local government representatives should 

notify their constituents of these 

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