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about antibiotic resistance and from 

presenters who will talk about Arctic 

policy. Additional information and the 

agenda, including any changes that 

arise, will be posted at the PCAST Web 

site at: http://whitehouse.gov/ostp/ 

pcast. 

Closed Portion of the Meeting: PCAST 

may hold a closed meeting of 

approximately 1 hour with the President 

on March 27, 2015, which must take 

place in the White House for the 

President’s scheduling convenience and 

to maintain Secret Service protection. 

This meeting will be closed to the 

public because such portion of the 

meeting is likely to disclose matters that 

are to be kept secret in the interest of 

national defense or foreign policy under 

5 U.S.C. 552b(c)(1). 

Public Comments: It is the policy of 

the PCAST to accept written public 

comments of any length, and to 

accommodate oral public comments 

whenever possible. The PCAST expects 

that public statements presented at its 

meetings will not be repetitive of 

previously submitted oral or written 

statements. 

The public comment period for this 

meeting will take place on March 27, 

2015 at a time specified in the meeting 

agenda posted on the PCAST Web site 

at http://whitehouse.gov/ostp/pcast. 

This public comment period is designed 

only for substantive commentary on 

PCAST’s work, not for business 

marketing purposes. 

Oral Comments: To be considered for 

the public speaker list at the meeting, 

interested parties should register to 

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Time on March 19, 2015. Phone or 

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To accommodate as many speakers as 

possible, the time for public comments 

will be limited to two (2) minutes per 

person, with a total public comment 

period of up to 15 minutes. If more 

speakers register than there is space 

available on the agenda, PCAST will 

randomly select speakers from among 

those who applied. Those not selected 

to present oral comments may always 

file written comments with the 

committee. Speakers are requested to 

bring at least 25 copies of their oral 

comments for distribution to the PCAST 

members. 

Written Comments: Although written 

comments are accepted continuously, 

written comments should be submitted 

to PCAST no later than 12:00 p.m. 

Eastern Time on March 19, 2015 so that 

the comments may be made available to 

the PCAST members prior to this 

meeting for their consideration. 

Information regarding how to submit 

comments and documents to PCAST is 

available at http://whitehouse.gov/ostp/ 

pcast in the section entitled ‘‘Connect 

with PCAST.’’ 

Please note that because PCAST 

operates under the provisions of FACA, 

all public comments and/or 

presentations will be treated as public 

documents and will be made available 

for public inspection, including being 

posted on the PCAST Web site. This 

notice is being published less than 15 

days prior to the meeting date due to 

inclement weather and programmatic 

issues, and members’ availability. 

Meeting Accommodations: 

Individuals requiring special 

accommodation to access this public 

meeting should contact Dr. Ashley 

Predith at least ten business days prior 

to the meeting so that appropriate 

arrangements can be made. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on March 10, 

2015. 

LaTanya R. Butler, 

Deputy Committee Management Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2015–05945 Filed 3–13–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Project No. 308–007] 

PacifiCorp Energy; Notice of 

Application Ready for Environmental 

Analysis, and Soliciting Comments, 

Recommendations, Preliminary Terms 

and Conditions, and Preliminary 

Fishway Prescriptions 

Take notice that the following 

hydroelectric application has been filed 

with the Commission and is available 

for public inspection. 

a. Type of Application: Subsequent 

License (Minor Project). 

b. Project No.: 308–007. 

c. Date filed: February 28, 2014. 

d. Applicant: PacifiCorp Energy 

(PacifiCorp). 

e. Name of Project: Wallowa Falls 

Hydroelectric Project. 

f. Location: The existing project is 

located on Royal Purple Creek and the 

East and West Forks of the Wallowa 

River in Wallowa County, Oregon. The 

project would occupy 12.7 acres of 

federal land managed by the United 

States Forest Service. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: Federal Power 

Act 16 U.S.C. 791 (a)–825 (r). 

h. Applicant Contact: Russ Howison, 

Relicensing Project Manager, PacifiCorp 

Energy, 825 NE Multnomah, Suite 1500, 

Portland, OR 97232; Telephone (503) 

813–6626. 

i. FERC Contact: Matt Cutlip, (503) 

552–2762 or matt.cutlip@ferc.gov. 

j. Deadline for filing comments, 

recommendations, preliminary terms 

and conditions, and preliminary 

prescriptions: 60 days from the issuance 

date of this notice; reply comments are 

due 105 days from the issuance date of 

this notice. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file comments, 

recommendations, preliminary terms 

and conditions, and preliminary 

fishway prescriptions 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, (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–308–007. 

The Commission’s Rules of Practice 

require all intervenors filing documents 

with the Commission to serve a copy of 

that document on each person on the 

official service list for the project. 

Further, if an intervenor files comments 

or documents with the Commission 

relating to the merits of an issue that 

may affect the responsibilities of a 

particular resource agency, they must 

also serve a copy of the document on 

that resource agency. 

k. This application has been accepted 

for filing and is now ready for 

environmental analysis. 

l. Project Description: The existing 

Wallowa Falls Hydroelectric Project 

consists of the following existing 

facilities: (1) A 2-foot-high, 9-foot-long 

concrete diversion dam with a 1-footwide spillway on Royal Purple Creek; 

(2) a 240-foot-long, 8-inch-diameter 

wood-stave and polyvinylchloride 

pipeline conveying water from the 

Royal Purple Creek diversion dam to an 

impoundment; (3) an 18-foot-high, 125- 

foot-long, buttressed rock-filled timber 

crib dam with impervious gravel and 

asphalt core and a 30-foot-wide spillway 

on the East Fork Wallowa River (East 

Fork); (4) a 0.2-acre impoundment; (5) a 

2-foot-high by 2-foot-wide concrete 

intake structure with a headgate and 

steel trash rack; (6) a low-level 

sluiceway with a steel trash rack and 

cast iron gate connecting to a 2-footdiameter steel pipe passing through the 


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dam to provide instream flow releases to 

the bypassed reach; (7) a 5,688-foot-long 

steel penstock varying in diameter from 

24 to 16 inches and consisting of buried 

sections or above-ground sections 

supported on timber crib trestles; (8) a 

powerhouse containing one impulse 

turbine-generator unit with an installed 

capacity of 1,100 kilowatts; (9) a 40-footlong concrete-lined tailrace which 

conveys powerhouse flows to a 1,000- 

foot-long unlined and braided tailrace 

channel discharging into the West Fork 

Wallowa River (West Fork); (10) a 20- 

foot-long, 7.2-kilovolt transmission line 

which connects to the Wallowa Falls 

substation; and (11) appurtenant 

facilities. 

The project currently generates an 

average of 7 million kilowatt-hours 

annually. The dams and existing project 

facilities are owned by PacifiCorp. The 

project is operated run-of-river. Up to 1 

cubic feet per second (cfs) of flow is 

diverted from Royal Purple Creek and 

discharged into the impoundment. Up 

to 16 cfs of water (i.e., 15 cfs maximum 

from East Fork and 1 cfs from Royal 

Purple Creek) is diverted through the 

intake structure at the East Fork dam 

into the steel penstock and conveyed to 

the powerhouse where it flows through 

the single impulse turbine and 

discharges through the tailrace into the 

West Fork. The project’s current license 

requires a minimum instream flow 

release of 0.5 cfs or inflow, whichever 

is less, in the bypassed reach. The 

current license also mandates that 

PacifiCorp restrict sediment flushing 

from the impoundment to the period 

from May 1 to August 30 to protect 

kokanee salmon. 

PacifiCorp proposes to modify the 

existing facilities by: (1) Extending the 

existing 8-inch Royal Purple Creek 

diversion pipe approximately 20 feet to 

discharge directly into the East Fork 

upstream of the project impoundment to 

reduce erosion, (2) realigning the 

existing tailrace channel and 

constructing a permanent fish passage 

barrier and concrete outfall at its 

confluence with the West Fork to 

prevent fish from entering the tailrace 

channel, (3) improving existing and 

constructing new recreational facilities 

to enhance recreation in the project 

area, and (4) installing and operating 

flow monitoring equipment at the 

historic U.S. Geological Survey gage in 

the East Fork bypassed reach to monitor 

compliance with minimum flows. 

PacifiCorp also proposes to: Increase the 

minimum flow release in the bypassed 

reach to 4 cfs from November through 

April and 5 cfs from May through 

October, and modify the sediment 

management program to only enable 

sediment flushing during the high-flow 

month of June. 

PacifiCorp proposes to modify the 

project boundary by adding about 8.4 

acres to encompass a total of 26.4 acres 

of land necessary for project purposes 

and for operation and maintenance. 

m. 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. 

All filings must (1) bear in all capital 

letters the title ‘‘COMMENTS,’’ ‘‘REPLY 

COMMENTS,’’ 

‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS,’’ 

‘‘PRELIMINARY TERMS AND 

CONDITIONS,’’ or ‘‘PRELIMINARY 

FISHWAY PRESCRIPTIONS;’’ (2) set 

forth in the heading the name of the 

applicant and the project number of the 

application to which the filing 

responds; (3) furnish the name, address, 

and telephone number of the person 

submitting the filing; and (4) otherwise 

comply with the requirements of 18 CFR 

385.2001 through 385.2005. All 

comments, recommendations, terms and 

conditions or prescriptions must set 

forth their evidentiary basis and 

otherwise comply with the requirements 

of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may obtain 

copies of the application directly from 

the applicant. Each filing must be 

accompanied by proof of service on all 

persons listed in the service list 

prepared by the Commission in this 

proceeding, in accordance with 18 CFR 

4.34(b) and 385.2010. 

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. 

n. Procedural Schedule: 

The application will be processed 

according to the following revised 

Hydro Licensing Schedule. Revisions to 

the schedule may be made as 

appropriate. 

Milestone Target date 

Filing of recommendations, preliminary 

terms and conditions, and preliminary fishway prescriptions.

May 2015. 

Commission issues EA September 2015. 

Comments on EA ....... October 2015. 

Milestone Target date 

Modified terms and 

conditions.

December 2015. 

o. Final amendments to the 

application must be filed with the 

Commission no later than 30 days from 

the issuance date of this notice. 

p. A license applicant must file no 

later than 60 days following the date of 

issuance of the notice of ready for 

environmental analysis provided for in 

5.22: (1) A copy of the water quality 

certification; (2) a copy of the request for 

certification, including proof of the date 

on which the certifying agency received 

the request; or (3) evidence of waiver of 

water quality certification. 

Dated: March 6, 2015. 

Nathaniel J. Davis, Sr., 

Deputy Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2015–05870 Filed 3–13–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[FE Docket No. 14–173–LNG] 

Downeast LNG, Inc.; Application for 

Long-Term Authorization To Export 

Liquefied Natural Gas Produced From 

Domestic Natural Gas Resources to 

Non-Free Trade Agreement Countries 

for a 20-Year Period 

AGENCY: Office of Fossil Energy, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of application. 

SUMMARY: The Office of Fossil Energy 

(FE) of the Department of Energy (DOE) 

gives notice of receipt of an application 

(Application), filed on October 15, 2014, 

by Downeast LNG, Inc. (DELNG), 

requesting long-term, multi-contract 

authorization to export domestically 

produced natural gas in a volume 

equivalent to approximately 168 billion 

cubic feet (Bcf) per year, or 

approximately 0.46 Bcf per day. DELNG 

seeks authorization to export the natural 

gas as liquefied natural gas (LNG) by 

vessel from its proposed LNG terminal 

to be located in Robbinston, Maine, 

referred to as the Downeast LNG ImportExport Project. 

DELNG requests authorization to 

export LNG to any country with which 

the United States does not have a free 

trade agreement (FTA) requiring 

national treatment for trade in natural 

gas and with which trade is not 

prohibited by U.S. law or policy (nonFTA countries). DELNG requests this 

non-FTA export authorization for a 20- 

year term to commence on the earlier of 

the date of first export or eight years 

from the date the authorization is 


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