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owned and operated by both Montana 

Alberta Tie and MATL. MATL, which is 

a U.S. entity organized under the laws 

of the state of Montana, will own and 

operate the transmission facilities on the 

U.S. side the border, and Montana 

Alberta Tie, which is a Canadian entity, 

will remain the owner and operator of 

the portion of the facilities in Canada. 

Procedural Matters: Any person may 

comment on this application by filing 

such comment at the address provided 

above. Any person seeking to become a 

party to this proceeding must file a 

motion to intervene at the address 

provided above in accordance with Rule 

214 of FERC’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.214). Two copies 

of each comment or motion to intervene 

should be filed with DOE on or before 

the date listed above. 

Additional copies of such motions to 

intervene also should be filed directly 

with: Stacy Myers, Senior Legal 

Counsel, Green Power Transmission, 

Enbridge Energy Company, Inc., 1100 

Louisiana St., Suite 2500, Houston, TX 

77002 AND Travis Allen, Senior 

Regulatory Analyst, Green Power 

Transmission, Enbridge Energy 

Company, Inc., 1100 Louisiana St., Suite 

2500, Houston, TX 77002. 

Before a Presidential permit may be 

granted or amended, DOE must 

determine that the proposed action will 

not adversely impact on the reliability 

of the U.S. electric power supply 

system. In addition, DOE must consider 

the environmental impacts of the 

proposed action (i.e., granting the 

Presidential permit or amendment, with 

any conditions and limitations, or 

denying the permit) pursuant to the 

National Environmental Policy Act of 

1969. DOE also must obtain the 

concurrences of the Secretary of State 

and the Secretary of Defense before 

taking final action on a Presidential 

permit application. 

Copies of this application will be 

made available, upon request, for public 

inspection and copying at the address 

provided above. In addition, the 

application may be reviewed or 

downloaded electronically at http://

energy.gov/oe/services/electricitypolicy-coordination-andimplementation/internationalelectricity-regulatio-2. Upon reaching 

the home page, select ‘‘Pending 

Applications.’’ 

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 8, 2014. 

Christopher A. Lawrence, 

Electricity Policy Analyst, Office of Electricity 

Delivery and Energy Reliability. 

[FR Doc. 2014–11107 Filed 5–13–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[OE Docket No. PP–398] 

Application for Presidential Permit; 

Great Northern Transmission Line 

AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery 

and Energy Reliability, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of application. 

SUMMARY: Minnesota Power, an 

operating division of ALLETE, Inc., has 

applied for a Presidential permit to 

construct, operate, maintain, and 

connect an electric transmission line 

across the United States border with 

Canada. 

DATES: Comments or motions to 

intervene must be submitted on or 

before June 13, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Comments or motions to 

intervene should be addressed as 

follows: Office of Electricity Delivery 

and Energy Reliability (OE–20), U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Christopher Lawrence (Program Office) 

at 202–586–5260 or via electronic mail 

at Christopher.Lawrence@hq.doe.gov, 

Katherine Konieczny (Program 

Attorney) at 202–586–0503. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

construction, operation, maintenance, 

and connection of facilities at the 

international border of the United States 

for the transmission of electric energy 

between the United States and a foreign 

country is prohibited in the absence of 

a Presidential permit issued pursuant to 

Executive Order (EO) 10485, as 

amended by EO 12038. 

On April 15, 2014, Minnesota Power 

filed an application with the Office of 

Electricity Delivery and Energy 

Reliability of the Department of Energy 

(DOE) for a Presidential permit. 

Minnesota Power has its principal place 

of business in Duluth, Minnesota. 

Minnesota Power is an investor-owned 

utility and provides retail electric 

service to 144,000 customers and 

wholesale electric service to 16 

municipalities and several industrial 

customers. 

Minnesota Power proposes to 

construct and operate the Great 

Northern Transmission Line (GNTL), a 

500 kilovolt (kV) overhead alternating 

current (AC) electric transmission line 

that would originate at the Dorsey 

Substation northwest of Winnipeg, 

Manitoba, Canada, and terminate at the 

existing Blackberry Substation east of 

Grand Rapids, Minnesota. The proposed 

GNTL facilities would be capable of 

transmitting up to 750 megawatts (MW) 

of power. 

The Minnesota portion of the 

proposed Great Northern Transmission 

Line (GNTL) would cross the U.S.- 

Canada border northwest of the town of 

Roseau, Minnesota, and would run 220 

miles before terminating at the 

Blackberry Substation. 

As proposed, GNTL is a high voltage 

alternating current (HVAC) electric 

transmission line with an expected 

power transfer rating of at least 750 

MW. The northern terminal would be at 

the Dorsey Substation located 10 miles 

northwest of Winnipeg, Manitoba, 

Canada. The southern terminal would 

be at the existing Blackberry 230/115 kV 

Substation near Grand Rapids, 

Minnesota. The Blackberry Substation 

would be expanded to include the 500 

kV Substation to accommodate the 500 

kV GNTL, 500/230 kV transformation, 

existing 230 kV lines and all associated 

equipment. 

In its application, Minnesota Power 

identified two routing options, the 

Orange Route and the Blue Route, for 

the GNTL. In addition, Minnesota 

Power also presented several segment 

options. Each route option would run 

for approximately 220 miles within the 

United States. Minnesota Power has 

entered into a 250 MW Power Purchase 

Agreement (PPA) as well as an 

additional 133 MW Renewable 

Optimization Agreement with Manitoba 

Hydro. 

Since the restructuring of the electric 

industry began, resulting in the 

introduction of different types of 

competitive entities into the 

marketplace, DOE has consistently 

expressed its policy that cross-border 

trade in electric energy should be 

subject to the same principles of 

comparable open access and nondiscrimination that apply to 

transmission in interstate commerce. 

DOE has stated that policy in export 

authorizations granted to entities 

requesting authority to export over 

international transmission facilities. 

Specifically, DOE expects transmitting 

utilities owning border facilities to 

provide access across the border in 

accordance with the principles of 

comparable open access and nondiscrimination contained in the Federal 

Power Act and articulated in Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) 

Order No. 888 (Promoting Wholesale 

Competition Through Open Access 

Non-Discriminatory Transmission 

Services by Public Utilities; FERC Stats. 

& Regs. ¶31,036 (1996)), as amended. In 

furtherance of this policy, DOE invites 

comments on whether it would be 

appropriate to condition any 


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1 In Order No. 693, the Commission approved 

Reliability Standards MOD–010 and MOD–012. 

Regarding Reliability Standards MOD–011, MOD– 

013, MOD–014, and MOD–015, the Commission in 

Order No. 693 did not approve or remand the 

standards, pending the receipt of additional 

information. Mandatory Reliability Standards for 

the Bulk-Power System, Order No. 693, 72 FR 16416 

(Apr. 4, 2007), at PP 1131–1222, order on reh’g, 

Order No. 693–A, 120 FERC ¶ 61,053 (2007). 

Presidential permit issued in this 

proceeding on compliance with these 

open access principles. 

Procedural Matters: Any person may 

comment on this application by filing 

such comment at the address provided 

above. Any person seeking to become a 

party to this proceeding must file a 

motion to intervene at the address 

provided above in accordance with Rule 

214 of FERC’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.214). Two copies 

of each comment or motion to intervene 

should be filed with DOE on or before 

the date listed above. 

Additional copies of such motions to 

intervene also should be filed directly 

with: David Moeller, Senior Attorney, 

Minnesota Power, 30 West Superior St., 

Duluth, MN 55802, dmoeller@allete.com 

AND Mike Donahue, Project Manager, 

Minnesota Power, 30 West Superior St., 

Duluth, MN 55802, mdonahue@

allete.com AND Jim Atkinson, 

Environmental Manager, Minnesota 

Power, 30 West Superior St., Duluth, 

MN 55802, jbatkinson@allete.com. 

Before a Presidential permit may be 

issued or amended, DOE must 

determine that the proposed action is in 

the public interest. In making that 

determination, DOE considers the 

environmental impacts of the proposed 

project pursuant to the National 

Environmental Policy Act of 1969, 

determines the project’s impact on 

electric reliability by ascertaining 

whether the proposed project would 

adversely affect the operation of the U.S. 

electric power supply system under 

normal and contingency conditions, and 

any other factors that DOE may also 

consider relevant to the public interest. 

Also, DOE must obtain the concurrences 

of the Secretary of State and the 

Secretary of Defense before taking final 

action on a Presidential permit 

application. 

Copies of this application will be 

made available, upon request, for public 

inspection and copying at the address 

provided above, by accessing the 

program Web site at http://energy.gov/

oe/services/electricity-policycoordination-and-implementation/

international-electricity-regulatio-2. 

Issued in Washington, DC, on May 8, 2014. 

Christopher A. Lawrence, 

Electricity Policy Analyst, National Electricity 

Delivery Division, Office of Electricity 

Delivery and Energy Reliability. 

[FR Doc. 2014–11108 Filed 5–13–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. RD14–5–000] 

Proposed Agency Information 

Collection 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice and request for 

comments. 

SUMMARY: The Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (Commission) 

invites public comment in Docket No. 

RD14–5–000 on a proposed collection of 

information that the Commission is 

developing for submission to the Office 

of Management and Budget (OMB) 

pursuant to the Paperwork Reduction 

Act of 1995. Comments are invited on: 

(a) Whether the proposed collection of 

information is necessary for the proper 

performance of the functions of the 

agency, including whether the 

information shall have practical utility; 

(b) the accuracy of the agency’s estimate 

of the burden of the proposed collection 

of information, including the validity of 

the methodology and assumptions used; 

(c) ways to enhance the quality, utility, 

and clarity of the information to be 

collected; and (d) ways to minimize the 

burden of the collection of information 

on respondents, including through the 

use of automated collection techniques 

or other forms of information 

technology. 

DATES: Comments regarding this 

proposed information collection must 

be received on or before July 14, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Comments, identified by 

docket number, may be filed in the 

following ways: 

• Electronic Filing through http:// 

www.ferc.gov. Documents created 

electronically using word processing 

software should be filed in native 

applications or print-to-PDF format and 

not in a scanned format. 

• Mail/Hand Delivery: Those unable 

to file electronically may mail or handdeliver an original of their comments to: 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

Secretary of the Commission, 888 First 

Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ellen Brown may be reached by email 

at DataClearance@FERC.gov, telephone 

at (202) 502–8663, and fax at (202) 273– 

0873. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

proposed information collection in 

Docket No. RD14–5–000 relates to the 

proposed Reliability Standards MOD– 

032–1 (Data for Power System Modeling 

and Analysis) and MOD–033–1 (SteadyState and Dynamics System Model 

Validation), developed by the North 

American Electric Reliability 

Corporation (NERC), and submitted to 

the Commission for approval. NERC’s 

petition related to the proposed 

Reliability Standards MOD–032–1 and 

MOD–033–1 was approved on May 1, 

2014, pursuant to the relevant authority 

delegated to the Director, Office of 

Electric Reliability under 18 CFR 

375.303. 

Reliability Standard MOD–032–1 

consolidates NERC-approved Reliability 

Standards MOD–011–0, MOD–013–1 

and MOD–014–0, as well as, 

Commission approved Reliability 

Standards MOD–010–0 and MOD–012– 

0, into one standard.1 Reliability 

Standard MOD–032–1 requires data 

submission by applicable data owners to 

their respective transmission planners 

and planning coordinators to support 

the interconnection model building 

process in their interconnection. 

Reliability Standard MOD–033–1 is a 

new standard that requires each 

planning coordinator to implement a 

documented process to perform model 

validation within its planning area. The 

purpose of the Reliability Standards is 

to establish comprehensive modeling 

data requirements, reporting 

procedures, and validation requirements 

necessary to accurately model the 

interconnected transmission system for 

the near-term transmission planning 

horizon and the long-term transmission 

planning horizon. 

Burden Statement: The number of 

respondents is based on the NERC 

Registry as of April 30, 2014. Public 

reporting burden for this proposed 

collection is estimated as: 


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