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p. Agency Comments—Federal, state, 

and local agencies are invited to file 

comments on the described proceeding. 

If any agency does not file comments 

within the time specified for filing 

comments, it will be presumed to have 

no comments. 

Dated: April 7, 2015. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. EL15–58–000] 

Louisiana Generating LLC; Notice of 

Filing 

Take notice that on April 7, 2015, 

Louisiana Generating LLC, pursuant to 

Midcontinent Independent System 

Operator, Inc.’s FERC Electric Tariff 

Schedule 24 and Schedule 24–A, 

submitted a request to recover costs 

associated with acting as a Local 

Balancing Authority, which includes 

expenses for providing transmission 

services related to load dispatching, 

scheduling and system control for the 

year ending December 31, 2014. 

Any person desiring to intervene or to 

protest this filing must file in 

accordance with Rules 211 and 214 of 

the Commission’s Rules of Practice and 

Procedure (18 CFR 385.211, 385.214). 

Protests will be considered by the 

Commission in determining the 

appropriate action to be taken, but will 

not serve to make protestants parties to 

the proceeding. Any person wishing to 

become a party must file a notice of 

intervention or motion to intervene, as 

appropriate. Such notices, motions, or 

protests must be filed on or before the 

comment date. On or before the 

comment date, it is not necessary to 

serve motions to intervene or protests 

on persons other than the Applicant. 

The Commission encourages 

electronic submission of 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 5 copies 

of the protest or intervention to the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 

20426. 

This filing is accessible on-line at 

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

‘‘eLibrary’’ link and is available for 

electronic review in the Commission’s 

Public Reference Room in Washington, 

DC. There is an ‘‘eSubscription’’ link on 

the Web site that enables subscribers to 

receive email notification when a 

document is added to a subscribed 

docket(s). For assistance with any FERC 

Online service, please email 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov, or call 

(866) 208–3676 (toll free). For TTY, call 

(202) 502–8659. 

Comment Date: 5:00 p.m. Eastern 

Time on April 28, 2015. 

Dated: April 7, 2015. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2015–08557 Filed 4–14–15; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. AD15–7–000] 

Reliability Technical Conference; 

Notice of Technical Conference 

Take notice that the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (Commission) 

will hold a Technical Conference on 

Thursday, June 4, 2015 from 10 a.m. to 

4 p.m.. This Commissioner-led 

conference will be held in the 

Commission Meeting Room at the 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 

20426. The conference will be open for 

the public to attend. Advance 

registration is not required, but is 

encouraged. Attendees may register at 

the following Web page: https://

www.ferc.gov/whats-new/registration/

06-04-15-form.asp. 

The purpose of the conference is to 

discuss policy issues related to the 

reliability of the Bulk-Power System. A 

more formal agenda will be issued at a 

later date. 

Information on this event will be 

posted on the Calendar of Events on the 

Commission’s Web site, www.ferc.gov, 

prior to the event. The conference will 

also be Webcast. Anyone with Internet 

access who desires to listen to this event 

can do so by navigating to 

www.ferc.gov’s Calendar of Events and 

locating this event in the Calendar. The 

event will contain a link to the webcast. 

The Capitol Connection provides 

technical support for webcasts and 

offers the option of listening to the 

meeting via phone-bridge for a fee. If 

you have any questions, visit 

www.CapitolConnection.org or call 703– 

993–3100. 

This conference will also be 

transcribed. Interested persons may 

obtain a copy of the transcript for a fee 

by contacting Ace-Federal Reporters, 

Inc. at (202) 347–3700. 

Commission conferences are 

accessible under section 508 of the 

Rehabilitation Act of 1973. For 

accessibility accommodations, please 

send an email to accessibility@ferc.gov 

or call toll free 1–866–208–3372 (voice) 

or 202–502–8659 (TTY), or send a FAX 

to 202–208–2106 with the required 

accommodations. 

For more information about this 

conference, please contact: Sarah 

McKinley, Office of External Affairs, 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

888 First Street NE., Washington, DC 

20426, (202) 502–8368, 

sarah.mckinley@ferc.gov. 

Dated: April 9, 2015. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CD15–21–000] 

North Gooding Main Hydro LLC; Notice 

of Preliminary Determination of a 

Qualifying Conduit Hydropower 

Facility and Soliciting Comments and 

Motions To Intervene 

On March 24, 2015, the North 

Gooding Main Hydro LLC filed a notice 

of intent to construct a qualifying 

conduit hydropower facility, pursuant 

to section 30 of the Federal Power Act 

(FPA), as amended by section 4 of the 

Hydropower Regulatory Efficiency Act 

of 2013 (HREA). The proposed North 

Gooding Main Hydroelectric Project 

would have an installed capacity of 

1,220 kilowatts (kW) and would be 

located on the existing North Gooding 

Main Canal, which transports water for 

agricultural consumption. The project 

would be located near the Town of 

Gooding in Lincoln County, Idaho. 

Applicant Contact: Nicholas E. Josten, 

North Gooding Main Hydro LLC, 2742 

St. Charles Ave., Idaho Falls, ID 83404, 

(208) 522–8069 or (208) 528–6152 

FERC Contact: Robert Bell, Phone No. 

(202) 502–6062, email: robert.bell@

ferc.gov. 

Qualifying Conduit Hydropower 

Facility Description: The proposed 

project would consist of: (1) A proposed 

intake gate structure; (2) a proposed 

1,600-foot-long, 50-foot-wide, 8-footdeep feeder canal; (3) a proposed 1,010- 

foot-long, 10-foot-diameter steel 

penstock; (4) a proposed 35- by 45-foot 


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powerhouse that contains one turbinegenerator unit with a total installed 

capacity of 1,220 kW; (5) a proposed 

200-foot-long, 50-foot-wide, 8-foot-deep 

discharge bay; and (6) appurtenant 

facilities. The proposed project would 

have an estimated annual generating 

capacity of 4,440 megawatt-hours. 

A qualifying conduit hydropower 

facility is one that is determined or 

deemed to meet all of the criteria shown 

in the table below. 

TABLE 1—CRITERIA FOR QUALIFYING CONDUIT HYDROPOWER FACILITY

Statutory provision Description Satisfies 

(Y/N) 

FPA 30(a)(3)(A), as amended by HREA ........... The conduit the facility uses is a tunnel, canal, pipeline, aqueduct, flume, 

ditch, or similar manmade water conveyance that is operated for the distribution of water for agricultural, municipal, or industrial consumption and 

not primarily for the generation of electricity.

Y 

FPA 30(a)(3)(C)(i), as amended by HREA ........ The facility is constructed, operated, or maintained for the generation of electric power and uses for such generation only the hydroelectric potential of a 

non-federally owned conduit.

Y 

FPA 30(a)(3)(C)(ii), as amended by HREA ....... The facility has an installed capacity that does not exceed 5 megawatts .......... Y 

FPA 30(a)(3)(C)(iii), as amended by HREA ...... On or before August 9, 2013, the facility is not licensed, or exempted from the 

licensing requirements of Part I of the FPA.

Y 

Preliminary Determination: Based 

upon the above criteria, Commission 

staff preliminarily determines that the 

proposal satisfies the requirements for a 

qualifying conduit hydropower facility, 

which is not required to be licensed or 

exempted from licensing. 

Comments and Motions to Intervene: 

Deadline for filing comments contesting 

whether the facility meets the qualifying 

criteria is 45 days from the issuance 

date of this notice. 

Deadline for filing motions to 

intervene is 30 days from the issuance 

date of this notice. 

Anyone may submit comments or a 

motion to intervene in accordance with 

the requirements of Rules of Practice 

and Procedure, 18 CFR 385.210 and 

385.214. Any motions to intervene must 

be received on or before the specified 

deadline date for the particular 

proceeding. 

Filing and Service of Responsive 

Documents: All filings must (1) bear in 

all capital letters the ‘‘COMMENTS 

CONTESTING QUALIFICATION FOR A 

CONDUIT HYDROPOWER FACILITY’’ 

or ‘‘MOTION TO INTERVENE,’’ as 

applicable; (2) state in the heading the 

name of the applicant and the project 

number of the application to which the 

filing responds; (3) state the name, 

address, and telephone number of the 

person filing; and (4) otherwise comply 

with the requirements of sections 

385.2001 through 385.2005 of the 

Commission’s regulations.1 All 

comments contesting Commission staff’s 

preliminary determination that the 

facility meets the qualifying criteria 

must set forth their evidentiary basis. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file motions to 

intervene and comments 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. 

A copy of all other filings in reference 

to this application 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. 

Locations of Notice of Intent: Copies 

of the notice of intent can be obtained 

directly from the applicant or such 

copies can be viewed and reproduced at 

the Commission in its Public Reference 

Room, Room 2A, 888 First Street NE., 

Washington, DC 20426. The filing may 

also be viewed on the web at http://

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/elibrary.asp 

using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. Enter the 

docket number (e.g., CD15–21–000) in 

the docket number field to access the 

document. For assistance, call toll-free 

1–866–208–3676 or email 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. For TTY, 

call (202) 502–8659. 

Dated: April 6, 2015. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC–15–5–000] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (FERC–552); Comment 

Request; Extension 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, Energy. 

ACTION: Notice of information collection 

and request for comments. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

Reduction Act of 1995, 44 U.S.C. 

3506(c)(2)(A), the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (Commission or 

FERC) is soliciting public comment on 

the currently approved information 

collection, FERC–552, Annual Report of 

Natural Gas Transactions. 

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due June 15, 2015. 

ADDRESSES: You may submit comments 

(identified by Docket No. IC–15–5–000) 

by either of the following methods: 

• eFiling at Commission’s Web site: 

http://www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/

efiling.asp 

• Mail/Hand Delivery/Courier: 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission, 

Secretary of the Commission, 888 First 

Street NE., Washington, DC 20426. 

Please reference the specific 

collection number and/or title in your 

comments. 

Instructions: All submissions must be 

formatted and filed in accordance with 

submission guidelines at: http://

www.ferc.gov/help/submissionguide.asp. For user assistance contact 

FERC Online Support by email at 

ferconlinesupport@ferc.gov, or by phone 

at: (866) 208–3676 (toll-free), or (202) 

502–8659 for TTY. 


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