Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 34 / Friday, February 18, 2022 / Notices 9343 

Dated: February 14, 2022. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–03582 Filed 2–17–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

Project No. 1389–059] 

Southern California Edison Company; 

Notice of Intent To File License 

Application, Filing of Pre-Application 

Document (Pad), Commencement of 

Pre-Filing Process, and Scoping; 

Request for Comments on the Pad and 

Scoping Document, and Identification 

of Issues and Associated Study 

Requests 

a. Type of Filing: Notice of Intent to 

File License Application for a New 

License and Commencing Pre-filing 

Process. 

b. Project No.: 1389–059. 

c. Dated Filed: December 16, 2021. 

d. Submitted By: Southern California 

Edison Company (SCE). 

e. Name of Project: Rush Creek 

Hydroelectric Project (Rush Creek 

Project). 

f. Location: The project is located on 

Rush Creek in Mono County, California. 

The existing FERC project boundary 

encompasses a total of 1,129 acres of 

land and occupies federal land in Inyo 

National Forest and Ansel Adams 

Wilderness Area administered by the 

U.S. Forest Service. 

g. Filed Pursuant to: 18 CFR part 5 of 

the Commission’s Regulations. 

h. Potential Applicant Contact: 

Matthew Woodhall, Rush Creek 

Relicensing Project Manager, Southern 

California Edison Company, 1515 

Walnut Grove Avenue, Rosemead, CA 

91770; (909) 362–1764; 

matthew.woodhall@sce.com. 

i. FERC Contact: Kelly Wolcott at 

(202) 502–6480 or email at 

kelly.wolcott@ferc.gov. 

j. Cooperating agencies: Federal, state, 

local, and tribal agencies with 

jurisdiction and/or special expertise 

with respect to environmental issues 

that wish to cooperate in the 

preparation of the environmental 

document should follow the 

instructions for filing such requests 

described in item o below. Cooperating 

agencies should note the Commission’s 

policy that agencies that cooperate in 

the preparation of the environmental 

document cannot also intervene. See 94 

FERC ¶ 61,076 (2001). 

k. With this notice, we are initiating 

informal consultation with: (a) The U.S. 

Fish and Wildlife Service and/or the 

National Oceanic and Atmospheric 

Administration Fisheries under section 

7 of the Endangered Species Act and the 

joint agency regulations thereunder at 

50 CFR, part 402 and (b) the State 

Historic Preservation Office, as required 

by section 106, National Historic 

Preservation Act, and the implementing 

regulations of the Advisory Council on 

Historic Preservation at 36 CFR 800.2. 

l. With this notice, we are designating 

SCE as the Commission’s non-federal 

representative for carrying out informal 

consultation, pursuant to section 7 of 

the Endangered Species Act and section 

106 of the National Historic 

Preservation Act. 

m. SCE filed with the Commission a 

Pre-Application Document (PAD), 

including a proposed process plan and 

schedule, pursuant to 18 CFR 5.6 of the 

Commission’s regulations. 

n. In addition to publishing the full 

text of this document in the Federal 

Register, the Commission provides all 

interested persons an opportunity to 

view and/or print the contents via the 

internet through the Commission’s 

Home Page (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. At this time, the Commission 

has suspended access to the 

Commission’s Public Reference Room, 

due to the proclamation declaring a 

National Emergency concerning the 

Novel Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19), 

issued by the President on March 13, 

2020. For assistance, contact FERC at 

FERCONlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

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

502–8659. 

Register online at https://

ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx to 

be notified via email of new filing and 

issuances related to this or other 

pending projects. For assistance, contact 

FERC Online Support. 

o. With this notice, we are soliciting 

comments on the PAD and Commission 

staff’s Scoping Document 1 (SD1), as 

well as study requests. All comments on 

the PAD and SD1, and study requests 

should be sent to the address above in 

paragraph h. In addition, all comments 

on the PAD and SD1, study requests, 

requests for cooperating agency status, 

and all communications to and from 

staff related to the merits of the 

potential application must be filed with 

the Commission. 

The Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing. Please file all 

documents using the Commission’s 

eFiling system at https://

ferconline.ferc.gov/FERCOnline.aspx. 

Commenters can submit brief comments 

up to 6,000 characters, without prior 

registration, using the eComment system 

at https://ferconline.gov/ 

QuickComment.aspx. You must include 

your name and contact information at 

the end of your comments. For 

assistance, please contact FERC Support 

at FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov. In lieu 

of electronic filing, you may submit a 

paper copy. Submissions sent via the 

U.S. Postal Service must be addressed 

to: Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 888 

First Street NE, Room 1A, Washington, 

DC 20426. Submissions sent via any 

other carrier must be addressed to: 

Kimberly D. Bose, Secretary, Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, 12225 

Wilkins Avenue, Rockville, Maryland 

20852. The first page of any filing 

should include docket number P–1389– 

059. 

All filings with the Commission must 

bear the appropriate heading: 

‘‘Comments on Pre-Application 

Document,’’ ‘‘Study Requests,’’ 

‘‘Comments on Scoping Document 1,’’ 

‘‘Request for Cooperating Agency 

Status,’’ or ‘‘Communications to and 

from Commission Staff.’’ Any 

individual or entity interested in 

submitting study requests, commenting 

on the PAD or SD1, and any agency 

requesting cooperating status must do so 

by April 15, 2022. 

p. The Commission’s scoping process 

will help determine the required level of 

analysis and satisfy the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) 

scoping requirements, irrespective of 

whether the Commission prepares an 

environmental assessment or 

environmental impact statement. 

Scoping Meetings 

Due to on-going concerns with large 

gatherings related to COVID–19, we do 

not intend to hold in-person public 

scoping meetings or an in-person 

environmental site review. Rather, 

Commission staff will hold two public 

scoping meetings using a telephone 

conference line. The daytime scoping 

meeting will focus on resource agency, 

Indian tribes, and non-governmental 

organization (NGO) concerns, while the 

evening scoping meeting will focus on 

receiving input from the public. We 

invite all interested agencies, Native 

American tribes, NGOs, and individuals 

to attend one of these meetings to assist 

us in identifying the scope of 

environmental issues that should be 

analyzed in the NEPA document. 

Additionally, a virtual site tour of the 

Rush Creek Project is available on SCE’s 

website. The dates and times of the 


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9344 Federal Register / Vol. 87, No. 34 / Friday, February 18, 2022 / Notices 

1 18 CFR 157.205. 

2Persons include individuals, organizations, 

businesses, municipalities, and other entities. 18 

CFR 385.102(d). 

3 18 CFR 157.205(e). 

meetings as well as how to access the 

virtual site tour are listed below. 

Virtual site tour of the project: 

Access online at: https://www.sce.com/regulatory/hydro-licensing/rush-creek. 

Meeting for resource agencies, Tribes, and NGOs: 

Monday, March 14, 2022. 

9:00 a.m.–12:00 p.m. PST. 

Call in number: 800–857–4233. 

Access code: 1572324. 

Following entry of the access code, please provide the required details when prompted. 

Meeting for the general public: 

Monday, March 14, 2022. 

6:00 p.m.–8:00 p.m. PST. 

Call in number: 800–857–4233. 

Access code: 1572324. 

Following entry of the access code, please provide the required details when prompted. 

SD1, which outlines the subject areas 

to be addressed in the environmental 

document, was mailed to the 

individuals and entities on the 

Commission’s mailing list and SCE’s 

distribution list. Copies of SD1 may be 

viewed on the web at http://

www.ferc.gov, using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. 

Follow the directions for accessing 

information in paragraph n. Based on all 

oral and written comments, a Scoping 

Document 2 (SD2) may be issued. SD2 

may include a revised process plan and 

schedule, as well as a list of issues, 

identified through the scoping process. 

Meeting Objectives 

At the scoping meetings, Commission 

staff will: (1) Initiate scoping of the 

issues; (2) review and discuss existing 

conditions; (3) review and discuss 

existing information and identify 

preliminary information and study 

needs; (4) review and discuss the 

process plan and schedule for pre-filing 

activity that incorporates the time 

frames provided for in Part 5 of the 

Commission’s regulations and, to the 

extent possible, maximizes coordination 

of federal, state, and tribal permitting 

and certification processes; and (5) 

discuss the potential of any federal or 

state agency or Indian tribe to act as a 

cooperating agency for development of 

an environmental document. Meeting 

participants should come prepared to 

discuss their issues and/or concerns. 

Please review the PAD in preparation 

for the scoping meetings. Directions on 

how to obtain a copy of the PAD and 

SD1 are included in item n of this 

document. 

Meeting Procedures 

Commission staff will be moderating 

the scoping meetings. The meetings will 

begin promptly at their respective start 

times listed above. 

At the start of the meeting, staff will 

provide further instructions regarding 

the meeting setup, agenda, and time 

period for comments and questions. We 

ask for your patience as staff present 

information and field participant 

comments in orderly manner. To 

indicate you have a question or 

comment, press * and 3 to virtually 

‘‘raise your hand’’. Oral comments will 

be limited to 5 minutes in duration for 

each participant. The meetings will be 

recorded by a stenographer and will be 

filed to the public record of the project. 

Please note, that if no participants 

join the meetings within 15 minutes 

after the start time, staff will end the 

meeting and conference call. The 

meetings will end after participants 

have presented their oral comments or 

at the specified end time, whichever 

occurs first. 

Dated: February 14, 2022. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–03573 Filed 2–17–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP22–46–000] 

Northern Natural Gas Company; Notice 

of Request Under Blanket 

Authorization and Establishing 

Intervention and Protest Deadline 

Take notice that on Northern Natural 

Gas Company (Northern), 1111 South 

103rd Street, Omaha, Nebraska 68124, 

filed in the above referenced docket a 

prior notice pursuant to sections 

157.205 and 157.210 of the 

Commission’s regulations under the 

Natural Gas Act (NGA) and its blanket 

certificate issued in Docket No. CP82– 

401–000 requesting authorization to 

install and operate the approximately 

1.88-mile, 16-inch-diameter MNM80511 

C-line and appurtenances in Martin 

County, Minnesota (West Leg 2022 

Expansion Project). Northern has 

executed eight service agreements for a 

total of 10,065 dekatherms per day of 

incremental winter firm service. 

Northern estimates the cost of the 

project to be $5,887,342, all as more 

fully set forth in the request which is on 

file with the Commission and open to 

public inspection. 

In addition to publishing the full text 

of this document in the Federal 

Register, the Commission provides all 

interested persons an opportunity to 

view and/or print the contents of this 

document via the internet through the 

Commission’s Home Page (http://

ferc.gov) using the ‘‘eLibrary’’ link. 

Enter the docket number excluding the 

last three digits in the docket number 

field to access the document. At this 

time, the Commission has suspended 

access to the Commission’s Public 

Reference Room, due to the 

proclamation declaring a National 

Emergency concerning the Novel 

Coronavirus Disease (COVID–19), issued 

by the President on March 13, 2020. For 

assistance, contact the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or call 

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

502–8659. 

Any questions concerning this 

application should be directed to 

Michael T. Loeffler, Senior Director, 

Certificates and External Affairs for 

Northern, 1111 South 103rd Street, 

Omaha, Nebraska 68124, by telephone 

at (402) 398–7103 or by email at 

mike.loeffler@nngco.com. 

Public Participation 

There are three ways to become 

involved in the Commission’s review of 

this project: You can file a protest to the 

project, you can file a motion to 

intervene in the proceeding, and you 

can file comments on the project. There 

is no fee or cost for filing protests, 

motions to intervene, or comments. The 

deadline for filing protests, motions to 

intervene, and comments is 5:00 p.m. 

Eastern Time on April 15, 2022. How to 

file protests, motions to intervene, and 

comments is explained below. 

Protests 

Pursuant to section 157.205 of the 

Commission’s regulations under the 

NGA,1 any person 2 or the Commission’s 

staff may file a protest to the request. If 

no protest is filed within the time 

allowed or if a protest is filed and then 

withdrawn within 30 days after the 

allowed time for filing a protest, the 

proposed activity shall be deemed to be 

authorized effective the day after the 

time allowed for protest. If a protest is 

filed and not withdrawn within 30 days 

after the time allowed for filing a 

protest, the instant request for 

authorization will be considered by the 

Commission. 

Protests must comply with the 

requirements specified in section 

157.205(e) of the Commission’s 

regulations,3 and must be submitted by 

the protest deadline, which is April 15, 

2022. A protest may also serve as a 

motion to intervene so long as the 


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