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Dated: July 3, 2014. 

Michael K. Yudin, 

Acting Assistant Secretary for Special 

Education and Rehabilitative Services. 

[FR Doc. 2014–16086 Filed 7–8–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 4000–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[OE Docket No. PP–400] 

Application for Presidential Permit; 

New England Clean Power Link Project 

AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery 

and Energy Reliability, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of Application. 

SUMMARY: Champlain VT, LLC, doing 

business as TDI-New England (TDI-NE), 

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 August 8, 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 May 20, 2014, TDI-NE., an entity 

principally based in Albany, New York, 

filed an application with the Office of 

Electricity Delivery and Energy 

Reliability of the Department of Energy 

(DOE) for a Presidential permit for the 

New England Clean Power Link Project. 

On June 23, 2014, TDI-NE filed 

supplemental information concerning 

its application. TDI-New England would 

own and operate the transmission 

facilities with functional control being 

turned over to the Independent System 

Operator of New England once the 

project is in service. 

TDI-NE proposes to construct, operate 

and maintain the New England Clean 

Power Link Project (NECPL), a high 

voltage direct current (HVDC) electric 

transmission line with an operating 

voltage of +/¥ 300 to 320 kilovolts (kV). 

The project would be constructed in 

both aquatic (underwater) and terrestrial 

(underground) environments. 

As proposed, NECPL is a high voltage 

direct current (HVDC) electric 

transmission line with an expected 

power transfer rating of 1000 megawatts 

(MW). The proposed project would 

originate in the Canadian province of 

Quebec and terminate in Ludlow, 

Vermont. From the Canadian border, the 

line would be located underground in 

Alburgh, Vermont for approximately 0.5 

miles and would enter Lake Champlain 

via a horizontal directional drill. The 

cables would then be installed in Lake 

Champlain, within the jurisdictional 

waters of Vermont for 97.6 miles. The 

cables would emerge from Lake 

Champlain in the town of Benson, 

Vermont and would be buried along 

town roads and state highway rights-ofway for approximately 55.7 miles until 

terminating at a proposed converter 

station in Ludlow, Vermont. The total 

direct current portion of the project is 

approximately 153.8 miles. The project 

would also involve the construction of 

a single circuit 345 kilovolt (kV) 

underground high voltage alternating 

current (AC) transmission system which 

would run approximately 0.3 miles from 

the converter station in Ludlow to the 

Coolidge Substation located in the 

towns of Ludlow and Cavendish, 

Vermont. The total length of the 

proposed project from the U.S. border 

crossing in Alburgh to the Coolidge 

substation is approximately 154.1 miles. 

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 

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: Mr. Donald Jessome, General 

Manager, TDI-New England, P.O. Box 

155, Charlotte, VT 05445, 

Donald.Jessome@chvtllc.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. 


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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 July 2, 2014. 

Christopher A. Lawrence, 

Electricity Policy Analyst, National Electricity 

Delivery Division, Office of Electricity 

Delivery and Energy Reliability. 

[FR Doc. 2014–16106 Filed 7–8–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6450–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. IC14–9–000] 

Commission Information Collection 

Activities (FERC–520, FERC–561, and 

FERC–566); Comment Request 

AGENCY: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, DOE. 

ACTION: Comment request. 

SUMMARY: In compliance with the 

requirements of the Paperwork 

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

3507(a)(1)(D), the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (Commission or 

FERC) is submitting its information 

collections FERC–520 (Application for 

Authority to Hold Interlocking 

Directorate Positions), FERC–561 

(Annual Report of Interlocking 

Positions), and FERC–566 (Annual 

Report of a Utility’s 20 Largest 

Purchasers) to the Office of Management 

and Budget (OMB) for review of the 

information collection requirements. 

Any interested person may file 

comments directly with OMB and 

should address a copy of those 

comments to the Commission as 

explained below. The Commission 

previously issued a Notice in the 

Federal Register (79 FR 12191, 3/4/

2014) requesting public comments. The 

Commission received four comments on 

the FERC–520, FERC–561, and FERC– 

566 information collections. The 

Commission addresses these comments 

in this notice and in its submittal to 

OMB. 

DATES: Comments on the collection of 

information are due August 8, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Comments filed with OMB, 

identified by the OMB Control Nos. 

1902–0083, 1902–0099, and 1902–0114, 

should be sent via email to the Office of 

Information and Regulatory Affairs: 

oira_submission@omb.gov, Attention: 

Federal Energy Regulatory Commission 

Desk Officer. The Desk Officer may also 

be reached via telephone at 202–395– 

4718. 

A copy of the comments should also 

be sent to the Commission, in Docket 

No. IC14–9–000, 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. 

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. 

Docket: Users interested in receiving 

automatic notification of activity in this 

docket or in viewing/downloading 

comments and issuances in this docket 

may do so at http://www.ferc.gov/docsfiling/docs-filing.asp. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Ellen Brown may be reached by email 

at DataClearance@FERC.gov, by 

telephone at (202) 502–8663, and by fax 

at (202) 273–0873. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: 

Title: FERC–520 (Application for 

Authority to Hold Interlocking 

Directorate Positions), FERC Form 561 

(Annual Report of Interlocking 

Positions), and FERC–566 (Annual 

Report of a Utility’s 20 Largest 

Purchasers). 

OMB Control No.: FERC–521 (1902– 

0083), FERC–561 (1902–0099), and 

FERC–566 (1902–0114). 

Type of Request: Three-year extension 

of the FERC–521, FERC Form 561, and 

FERC–566 information collection 

requirements with no changes to the 

reporting requirements. 

Abstract: The Federal Power Act 

(FPA), as amended by the Public Utility 

Regulatory Policies Act of 1978 

(PURPA), mandates federal oversight 

and approval of certain electric 

corporate activities to ensure that 

neither public nor private interests are 

adversely affected. Accordingly, the 

FPA proscribes related information 

filing requirements to achieve this goal. 

Such filing requirements are found in 

the Code of Federal Regulations (CFR), 

specifically in 18 CFR Parts 45, 46, and 

Section 131.31 and serve as the basis for 

FERC–520, Form 561, and FERC–566. 

Overview of the Three Data 

Collections. FERC–520, Form 561 and 

FERC–566 provide information related 

to complex electric corporate activities 

and serve to safeguard public and 

private interests, as the FPA requires. 

The Commission can use its 

enforcement authority when violations 

and omissions of FPA requirements 

occur. 

FERC–520: FERC–520 is divided into 

two types of applications: Full and 

informational. The full application, as 

specified in 18 CFR Section 45.8, 

implements the FPA requirement under 

Section 305(b) that it is unlawful for any 

person to concurrently hold the 

positions of officer or director of more 

than one public utility; or a public 

utility and a financial institution that is 

authorized to underwrite or participate 

in the marketing of public utility 

securities; or a public utility and an 

electrical equipment supplier to that 

public utility, unless authorized by 

order of the Commission. In order to 

obtain authorization, an applicant must 

demonstrate that neither public nor 

private interests will be adversely 

affected by the holding of the position. 

The full application provides the 

Commission with information about any 

interlocking position for which the 

applicant seeks authorization including, 

but not limited to, a description of 

duties and the estimated time devoted 

to the position. 

An informational application, 

specified in 18 CFR Section 45.9, allows 

an applicant to receive automatic 

authorization for an interlocked position 

upon receipt of the filing by the 

Commission. The informational 

application applies only to those 

individuals who seek authorization as: 

(1) an officer or director of two or more 

public utilities where the same holding 

company owns, directly or indirectly, 

that percentage of each utility’s stock (of 

whatever class or classes) which is 

required by each utility’s by-laws to 

elect directors; (2) an officer or director 

of two public utilities, if one utility is 

owned, wholly or in part, by the other 

and, as its primary business, owns or 

operates transmission or generation 

facilities to provide transmission service 

or electric power for sale to its owners; 

or (3) an officer or director of more than 

one public utility, if such person is 

already authorized under Part 45 to hold 

different positions as officer or director 

of those utilities where the interlock 

involves affiliated public utilities. 

Pursuant to 18 CFR 45.5, in the event 

that an applicant resigns or withdraws 

from Commission-authorized 

interlocked positions or is not re-elected 

or re-appointed to such interlocked 

positions, the Commission requires that 

the applicant submit a notice of change 


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