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Review will serve to notify federal and 

state agencies of the timing for the 

completion of all necessary reviews, and 

the subsequent need to complete all 

federal authorizations within 90 days of 

the date of issuance of the Commission 

staff’s EA. 

Persons who wish to comment only 

on the environmental review of this 

project should submit an original and 

two copies of their comments to the 

Secretary of the Commission. 

Environmental commenter’s will be 

placed on the Commission’s 

environmental mailing list, will receive 

copies of the environmental documents, 

and will be notified of meetings 

associated with the Commission’s 

environmental review process. 

Environmental commenter’s will not be 

required to serve copies of filed 

documents on all other parties. 

However, the non-party commentary, 

will not receive copies of all documents 

filed by other parties or issued by the 

Commission (except for the mailing of 

environmental documents issued by the 

Commission) and will not have the right 

to seek court review of the 

Commission’s final order. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filings of comments, 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 7 copies of the protest or 

intervention to the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission, 888 First Street 

NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

Dated: March 30, 2015. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2015–07760 Filed 4–3–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. RM98–1–000] 

Records Governing Off-the-Record 

Communications; Public Notice 

This constitutes notice, in accordance 

with 18 CFR 385.2201(b), of the receipt 

of prohibited and exempt off-the-record 

communications. 

Order No. 607 (64 FR 51222, 

September 22, 1999) requires 

Commission decisional employees, who 

make or receive a prohibited or exempt 

off-the-record communication relevant 

to the merits of a contested proceeding, 

to deliver to the Secretary of the 

Commission, a copy of the 

communication, if written, or a 

summary of the substance of any oral 

communication. 

Prohibited communications are 

included in a public, non-decisional file 

associated with, but not a part of, the 

decisional record of the proceeding. 

Unless the Commission determines that 

the prohibited communication and any 

responses thereto should become a part 

of the decisional record, the prohibited 

off-the-record communication will not 

be considered by the Commission in 

reaching its decision. Parties to a 

proceeding may seek the opportunity to 

respond to any facts or contentions 

made in a prohibited off-the-record 

communication, and may request that 

the Commission place the prohibited 

communication and responses thereto 

in the decisional record. The 

Commission will grant such a request 

only when it determines that fairness so 

requires. Any person identified below as 

having made a prohibited off-the-record 

communication shall serve the 

document on all parties listed on the 

official service list for the applicable 

proceeding in accordance with Rule 

2010, 18 CFR 385.2010. 

Exempt off-the-record 

communications are included in the 

decisional record of the proceeding, 

unless the communication was with a 

cooperating agency as described by 40 

CFR 1501.6, made under 18 CFR 

385.2201(e)(1)(v). 

The following is a list of off-therecord communications recently 

received by the Secretary of the 

Commission. The communications 

listed are grouped by docket numbers in 

ascending order. These filings are 

available for electronic 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, please contact FERC Online 

Support at FERCOnlineSupport@

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

for TTY, contact (202) 502–8659. 

Docket No. File date Presenter or requester 

Prohibited: 

1. CP14–96–000 ..................................................................................................................... 3–23–15 Charles Martinelli. 

Exempt: 

1. CP14–347–000 ................................................................................................................... 3–19–15 Hon. Bill Cassidy. 

2. CP14–347–000 ................................................................................................................... 3–20–15 Hon. Charles W. Boustany Jr. 

3. CP13–483–000 ................................................................................................................... 3–20–15 Hon. Roy Blunt. 

4. CP13–483–000, CP13–492–000 ........................................................................................ 3–25–15 FERC Staff.1

1Phone record. 

Dated: March 31, 2015. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2015–07796 Filed 4–3–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket Nos. CP15–115–000; PF14–18–000] 

Notice of Application: National Fuel 

Gas Supply Corporation and Empire 

Pipeline, Inc. 

Take notice that on March 17, 2015, 

National Fuel Gas Supply Corporation 

(National Fuel) and Empire Pipeline, 

Inc. (Empire) (collectively, Applicants) 

6363 Main Street, Williamsville, New 

York 14221, filed an application 

pursuant to sections 7(b) and 7(c) of the 

Natural Gas Act (NGA) and Part 157 of 

the Commission’s Regulations, for a 

certificate of public convenience and 

necessity to construct and operate the 

Northern Access 2016 Project (the 

Project), and authorization to abandon 

and acquire certain related facilities. 

The Project will be located in McKean 

County, Pennsylvania and Alleghany, 

Cattaraugus, Erie and Niagara Counties, 

New York. The filing may be viewed on 

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


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‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the docket 

number excluding the last three digits in 

the docket number field to access the 

document. For assistance, contact FERC 

at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

toll-free, (886) 208–3676 or TYY, (202) 

502–8659. 

Any questions regarding this 

application should be directed to 

Kenneth E. Webster, Attorney for 

National Fuel and Empire, 6363 Main 

Street, Williamsville, New York 14221, 

or call at (716) 857–7067. 

Specifically, National Fuel requests 

authorization: (i) To construct 96.65 

miles of 24-inch diameter pipeline; (ii) 

to add 5,350 horsepower (hp) of 

compression at the Porterville, New 

York compressor station; (iii) to 

construct an interconnect meter and 

regulation (M&R) station with 

Tennessee Gas Pipeline Company, 

L.L.C.’s 200 Line; (iv) to construct an 

M&R station and tie-in in Hinsdale, New 

York; (v) to construct an interconnection 

with NFG Midstream Clermont, L.L.C.; 

(vi) to modify an existing tie-in; (vii) to 

construct a pressure reduction station; 

(viii) to abandon, via sale to Empire, all 

3.09 miles of National Fuel’s existing 

Line XM–10 pipeline and certain other 

existing facilities; (ix) to charge an 

initial incremental firm recourse rate for 

the Project; and (x) for a limited waiver 

of General Terms and Conditions 

Section 31.1 of National Fuel’s tariff to 

permit the Project’s Foundation Shipper 

to shift its primary delivery point for a 

portion of the Project’s incremental 

capacity more than ninety days after its 

initial request. National Fuel proposes 

to provide 497,000 dekatherms per day 

of new firm natural gas transportation 

capacity. 

Empire requests authorization to: (i) 

Construct a new 22,214 hp compressor 

station in Pendleton, New York; (ii) 

construct 3.05 miles of 24-inch pipeline, 

replacing 3.05 miles of existing National 

Fuel 16-inch XM–10 pipeline; (iii) 

construct a new dehydration facility; 

(iv) modify two existing tie-ins; and (v) 

acquire from National Fuel the 

aforementioned 3.09 miles of Line XM– 

10. Empire proposes to provide 350,000 

dekatherms per day of new firm natural 

gas transportation capacity. 

The total cost of the Project would be 

approximately $376,670,388 (National 

Fuel) and $74,348,362 (Empire). 

On July 24, 2014, the Commission 

staff granted the Applicants’ request to 

use the National Environmental Policy 

Act (NEPA) Pre-Filing Process and 

assigned Docket No. PF14–18–000 to 

staff activities involving the proposed 

facilities. Now, as of the filing of this 

application on March 17, 2015, the 

NEPA Pre-Filing Process for this project 

has ended. From this time forward, this 

proceeding will be conducted in Docket 

No. CP15–115–000, as noted in the 

caption of this Notice. 

Pursuant to section 157.9 of the 

Commission’s rules, 18 CFR 157.9, 

within 90 days of this Notice the 

Commission staff will either: Complete 

its environmental assessment (EA) and 

place it into the Commission’s public 

record (eLibrary) for this proceeding, or 

issue a Notice of Schedule for 

Environmental Review. If a Notice of 

Schedule for Environmental Review is 

issued, it will indicate, among other 

milestones, the anticipated date for the 

Commission staff’s issuance of the final 

environmental impact statement (FEIS) 

or EA for this proposal. The filing of the 

EA in the Commission’s public record 

for this proceeding or the issuance of a 

Notice of Schedule will serve to notify 

federal and state agencies of the timing 

for the completion of all necessary 

reviews, and the subsequent need to 

complete all federal authorizations 

within 90 days of the date of issuance 

of the Commission staff’s FEIS or EA. 

There are two ways to become 

involved in the Commission’s review of 

this project. First, any person wishing to 

obtain legal status by becoming a party 

to the proceedings for this project 

should, on or before the comment date 

stated below, file with the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE., Washington, DC 20426, 

a motion to intervene in accordance 

with the requirements of the 

Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.214 or 385.211) 

and the Regulations under the NGA (18 

CFR 157.10). A person obtaining party 

status will be placed on the service list 

maintained by the Secretary of the 

Commission and will receive copies of 

all documents filed by the applicant and 

by all other parties. A party must submit 

5 copies of filings made with the 

Commission and must mail a copy to 

the applicant and to every other party in 

the proceeding. Only parties to the 

proceeding can ask for court review of 

Commission orders in the proceeding. 

However, a person does not have to 

intervene in order to have comments 

considered. The second way to 

participate is by filing with the 

Secretary of the Commission, as soon as 

possible, an original and two copies of 

comments in support of or in opposition 

to this project. The Commission will 

consider these comments in 

determining the appropriate action to be 

taken, but the filing of a comment alone 

will not serve to make the filer a party 

to the proceeding. The Commission’s 

rules require that persons filing 

comments in opposition to the project 

provide copies of their protests only to 

the party or parties directly involved in 

the protest. 

Persons who wish to comment only 

on the environmental review of this 

project should submit an original and 

two copies of their comments to the 

Secretary of the Commission. 

Environmental commenters will be 

placed on the Commission’s 

environmental mailing list, will receive 

copies of the environmental documents, 

and will be notified of meetings 

associated with the Commission’s 

environmental review process. 

Environmental commenters will not be 

required to serve copies of filed 

documents on all other parties. 

However, the non-party commenters 

will not receive copies of all documents 

filed by other parties or issued by the 

Commission (except for the mailing of 

environmental documents issued by the 

Commission) and will not have the right 

to seek court review of the 

Commission’s final order. 

Motions to intervene, protests and 

comments may be filed electronically 

via the internet in lieu of paper; see, 18 

CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) and the 

instructions on the Commission’s Web 

site under the ‘‘e-Filing’’ link. The 

Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filings. 

Comment Date: April 17, 2015. 

Dated: March 27, 2015. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2015–07769 Filed 4–3–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Environmental Management SiteSpecific Advisory Board Chairs 

AGENCY: Department of Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of open meeting. 

SUMMARY: This notice announces a 

meeting of the Environmental 

Management Site-Specific Advisory 

Board (EM SSAB) Chairs. The Federal 

Advisory Committee Act (Pub. L. 92– 

463, 86 Stat. 770) requires that public 

notice of this meeting be announced in 

the Federal Register. 

DATES: Wednesday, April 22, 2015—8 

a.m.–4:30 p.m., Thursday, April 23, 

2015—8 a.m.–12:30 p.m. 

ADDRESSES: Doubletree, 2561 Perimeter 

Parkway, Augusta, Georgia 30909. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

David Borak, Designated Federal 

Officer, U.S. Department of Energy, 

1000 Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585; Phone: (202) 

586–9928. 


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