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1See 18 CFR 385.2001(a)(1)(iii) (2021). 

powerhouse containing one generating 

unit rated at 250 kilowatts; (5) a 50-footlong transmission line; and (6) 

appurtenant facilities. 

The River Falls Project is operated in 

a run-of-river mode with an estimated 

annual energy production of 

approximately 1,220,000 kilowatt hours. 

The City of River Falls proposes to 

continue operating the project as a runof-river facility and does not propose 

any new construction to the project. 

m. A copy of the application can be 

viewed on the Commission’s website 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. 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 

FERCOnllineSupport@ferc.gov. or call 

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

502–8659. 

You may also register online at http:// 

www.ferc.gov/docs-filing/ 

esubscription.asp to be notified via 

email of new filings and issuances 

related to this or other pending projects. 

For assistance, contact FERC Online 

Support. 

n. Anyone may submit comments, a 

protest, or a motion to intervene in 

accordance with the requirements of 

Rules of Practice and Procedure, 18 CFR 

385.210, .211, and .214. In determining 

the appropriate action to take, the 

Commission will consider all protests or 

other comments filed, but only those 

who file a motion to intervene in 

accordance with the Commission’s 

Rules may become a party to the 

proceeding. Any comments, protests, or 

motions to intervene must be received 

on or before the specified comment date 

for the particular application. 

All filings must (1) bear in all capital 

letters the title ‘‘PROTEST’’, ‘‘MOTION 

TO INTERVENE’’, ‘‘COMMENTS,’’ 

‘‘REPLY COMMENTS,’’ 

‘‘RECOMMENDATIONS,’’ 

‘‘PRELIMINARY TERMS AND 

CONDITIONS,’’ or ‘‘PRELIMINARY 

FISHWAY PRESCRIPTIONS;’’ (2) set 

forth in the heading the name of the 

applicant and the project number of the 

application to which the filing 

responds; (3) furnish the name, address, 

and telephone number of the person 

protesting or intervening; and (4) 

otherwise comply with the requirements 

of 18 CFR 385.2001 through 385.2005. 

All comments, recommendations, terms 

and conditions or prescriptions must set 

forth their evidentiary basis and 

otherwise comply with the requirements 

of 18 CFR 4.34(b). Agencies may obtain 

copies of the application directly from 

the applicant. A copy of any protest or 

motion to intervene must be served 

upon each representative of the 

applicant specified in the particular 

application. 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. 

o. The license applicant must file no 

later than 60 days following the date of 

issuance of this notice: (1) A copy of the 

water quality certification; (2) a copy of 

the request for certification, including 

proof of the date on which the certifying 

agency received the request; or (3) 

evidence of waiver of water quality 

certification. Please note that the 

certification request must comply with 

40 CFR 121.5(b), including 

documentation that a pre-filing meeting 

request was submitted to the certifying 

authority at least 30 days prior to 

submitting the certification request. 

Please note that the certification request 

must be sent to the certifying authority 

and to the Commission concurrently. 

p. Final amendments to the 

application must be filed with the 

Commission no later than 30 days from 

the issuance date of this notice. 

q. Procedural schedule: The 

application will be processed according 

to the following schedule. Revisions to 

the schedule will be made as 

appropriate. 

Milestone Target date 

Deadline for Filing Protest, Motion to Intervene, Comments, Recommendations, Preliminary Terms and Conditions, and Preliminary Fishway Prescriptions.May 2022. 

Deadline for Filing Reply Comments .................................................................................................................................................... June 2022. 

Dated: March 2, 2022. 

Kimberly D. Bose, 

Secretary. 

[FR Doc. 2022–04872 Filed 3–7–22; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. AD21–15–000] 

Joint Federal-State Task Force on 

Electric Transmission; Notice Inviting 

Post-Meeting Comments 

On February 16, 2022, the Joint 

Federal-State Task Force on Electric 

Transmission convened for a public 

meeting. 

All interested persons are invited to 

file post-meeting comments to address 

issues raised during the meeting and 

identified in the Agenda issued 

February 2, 2022. For reference, 

questions asked by the meeting 

moderator are included below. 

Comments must be submitted on or 

before 30 days from the date of this 

Notice. 

Comments may be filed electronically 

via the internet.1 Instructions are 

available on the Commission’s website 

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

efiling.asp. For assistance, please 

contact FERC Online Support at 

FERCOnlineSupport@ferc.gov or toll 

free at 1–866–208–3676, or for TTY, 

(202) 502–8659. Although the 

Commission strongly encourages 

electronic filing, documents may also be 

paper-filed. To paper-file, submissions 

sent via the U.S. Postal Service must be 

addressed to: Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission, Office of the Secretary, 

888 First Street NE, Washington, DC 

20426. Submissions sent via any other 

carrier must be addressed to: Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission, Office 

of the Secretary, 12225 Wilkins Avenue, 

Rockville, Maryland 20852. 

For more information about this 

Notice, please contact: 

Michael Cackoski (Technical 

Information), Office of Energy Policy 

and Innovation, (202) 502–6169, 

Michael.Cackoski@ferc.gov. 

Gretchen Kershaw (Legal Information), 

Office of the General Counsel, (202) 

502–8213, Gretchen.Kershaw@

ferc.gov. 

Dated: March 2, 2022. 

Debbie-Anne A. Reese, 

Deputy Secretary. 


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1A pipeline loop is a segment of pipe constructed 

parallel to an existing pipeline to increase capacity. 

Topic 1: Discussion of Specific 

Categories and Types of Transmission 

Benefits That Transmission Providers 

Should Consider for the Purposes of 

Transmission Planning and Cost 

Allocation 

• The three specific categories/types 

of transmission facilities considered for 

the purposes of transmission planning 

and cost allocation are reliability, 

economics, and public policy. Can and 

should these three categories and types 

of transmission that are considered for 

the purposes of transmission planning 

and cost allocation be expanded or 

changed? If so, what specific categories 

or types of benefits should be 

considered for the purposes of 

allocating the cost of transmission to 

ratepayers? 

• Are the existing three categories of 

transmission being adequately 

considered or can they be improved 

upon—either separately or together— 

and if so how? 

• Are there any specific benefits 

being considered by transmission 

providers today that should be more 

widely adopted by other transmission 

providers? Are certain benefits unique 

to specific regions? 

• How should certainty of benefits be 

addressed? For example, should benefits 

be quantifiable? What tools are available 

or should be developed to account for 

uncertainty? 

Topic 2: Discussion of Cost Allocation 

Principles, Methodologies, and Decision 

Processes for the Purposes of 

Transmission Planning and Cost 

Allocation 

• Are current cost allocation 

methodologies used by transmission 

providers allocating costs roughly 

commensurate with estimated benefits, 

and if not, how should this be 

improved? 

• Under what set of benefits—both 

existing and expanded—would states be 

amenable to bearing the costs of 

transmission that is expected to deliver 

those estimated benefits to ratepayers? 

• Is there sufficient opportunity for 

stakeholders, including states, to 

collaborate in the development and 

approval of cost allocation 

methodologies to build consensus 

among and increase buy-in from 

stakeholders within a transmission 

planning region, and if not, how can 

this be improved? 

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BILLING CODE 6717–01–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

Federal Energy Regulatory 

Commission 

[Docket No. CP21–94–000] 

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 

Company, LLC; Notice of Availability 

of the Draft Environmental Impact 

Statement for the Proposed Regional 

Energy Access Expansion 

The staff of the Federal Energy 

Regulatory Commission (FERC or 

Commission) has prepared a draft 

environmental impact statement (EIS) 

for the Regional Energy Access 

Expansion (Project), proposed by 

Transcontinental Gas Pipe Line 

Company, LLC (Transco) in the abovereferenced docket. Transco requests 

authorization to construct and operate 

approximately 36.1 miles of pipeline 

loop 1 and one new compressor station, 

abandon and replace certain existing 

compression facilities, and modify 

existing compressor stations and 

facilities in Pennsylvania and New 

Jersey to provide about 829 million 

standard cubic feet of natural gas per 

day to multiple delivery points along 

Transco’s existing system in 

Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and 

Maryland, providing customers with 

enhanced access to Marcellus and Utica 

Shale natural gas supplies. 

The draft EIS assesses the potential 

environmental effects of the 

construction and operation of the 

Project in accordance with the 

requirements of the National 

Environmental Policy Act (NEPA). The 

FERC staff concludes that approval of 

the proposed Project, with the 

mitigation measures recommended in 

the EIS, would result in some adverse 

environmental impacts; however, with 

the exception of climate change 

impacts, those impacts would not be 

significant. The Project’s annual 

operation and downstream emissions of 

16.62 million metric tons of carbon 

dioxide equivalent would exceed the 

Commission’s presumptive significance 

threshold based on 100 percent 

utilization. 

The U.S. Environmental Protection 

Agency and U.S. Army Corps of 

Engineers participated as cooperating 

agencies in the preparation of the EIS. 

Cooperating agencies have jurisdiction 

by law or special expertise with respect 

to resources potentially affected by the 

proposal and participate in the NEPA 

analysis. The EIS is intended to fulfill 

the cooperating federal agencies’ NEPA 

obligations, as applicable, and to 

support subsequent conclusions and 

decisions made by the cooperating 

agencies. Although cooperating agencies 

provide input to the conclusions and 

recommendations presented in the draft 

EIS, the agencies may present their own 

conclusions and recommendations in 

any applicable Records of Decision for 

the Project. 

The draft EIS addresses the potential 

environmental effects of the 

construction and operation of the 

following Project facilities: 

• Installation of 22.3 miles of 30-inchdiameter pipeline loop in Luzerne 

County, Pennsylvania (Regional Energy 

Lateral); 

• installation of 13.8 miles of 42-inchdiameter pipeline loop in Monroe 

County, Pennsylvania (Effort Loop); 

• installation of the new Compressor 

Station 201 (9,000 nominal horsepower 

[hp] at International Organization of 

Standardization [ISO] conditions) in 

Gloucester County, New Jersey); 

• installation of two gas turbine 

driven compressor units (31,800 

nominal hp at ISO conditions) at 

existing Compressor Station 505 in 

Somerset County, New Jersey to 

accommodate the abandonment and 

replacement of approximately 16,000 hp 

from eight existing internal combustion 

engine-driven compressor units and 

increase the certificated station 

compression by 15,800 hp; 

• installation of a gas turbine 

compressor unit (63,742 nominal hp at 

ISO conditions) and modifications to 

three existing compressors at existing 

Compressor Station 515 in Luzerne 

County, Pennsylvania to accommodate 

the abandonment and replacement of 

approximately 17,000 hp from five 

existing gas-fired reciprocating engine 

driven compressors and increase the 

certificated station compression by 

46,742 hp; 

• uprate and rewheel two existing 

electric motor-driven compressor units 

at existing Compressor Station 195 in 

York County, Pennsylvania to increase 

the certificated station compression by 

5,000 hp and accommodate the 

abandonment of two existing gas-fired 

reciprocating engine driven 

compressors, which total approximately 

8,000 hp; 

• modifications at existing 

compressor stations, meter stations, 

interconnects, and ancillary facilities in 

Pennsylvania, New Jersey, and 

Maryland; and 

• installation of ancillary facilities 

such as mainline valves, 


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