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(Alternative 5); and construction of drycooled concentrating solar power 

technology (Alternative 6). Alternative 7 

proposes implementation of other 

renewable energy technologies and 

projects that are compatible with 

installation planning criteria and 

address potential future renewable 

energy, water, and waste technology 

actions at a programmatic level. As 

warranted, additional site-specific 

documentation supporting National 

Environmental Policy Act processes will 

occur prior to execution of individual 

facility construction activities. 

The Final EIS also analyzes the 

potential environmental impacts of the 

No Action Alternative (Alternative 1) 

and the cumulative impacts of the 

Proposed Action in combination with 

other past, present, and reasonably 

foreseeable future actions. 

In developing the Final EIS, the Army 

took into consideration the comments 

received on the Draft EIS. Included 

among the changes made since 

publication of the Draft EIS are the 

removal of site-specific locations for a 

proposed waste-to-energy plant and a 

commitment to conduct further 

analysis, should the Army consider 

pursuing this type of technology in the 

future. 

The Final EIS addresses potential 

environmental and socioeconomic 

impacts from implementation of the 

Proposed Action. Impacts range from 

beneficial to no effect to significant. 

There could be significant impacts to air 

quality, vegetation, archeological sites, 

soils, land use, and traffic. Of these, all 

but land use (as a result of converting 

training land to developed land) and 

soils (disturbance of up to 300 acres for 

construction of concentrating solar 

power arrays) are anticipated to be 

mitigable to less than significant. 

Potentially beneficial impacts are 

projected for air quality, energy demand 

and generation, socioeconomics, water 

supply sources, water demand, and 

wastewater reuse. The Army has 

consulted with the U.S. Fish and 

Wildlife Service, Texas and New 

Mexico State Historic Preservation 

Offices, Tribes, and other consulting 

parties to mitigate potential impacts to 

biological and cultural resources. The 

EIS identifies mitigation to lessen 

adverse impacts. 

Cooperating Agencies: The US Air 

Force (Holloman Air Force Base [AFB]) 

is a cooperating agency on the Final EIS. 

Certain proposed projects considered in 

the alternatives evaluated could affect 

Holloman AFB units that use Fort Bliss 

ranges and airspace for training 

operations. 

The U.S. Army plans to issue a 

Record of Decision following a 30-day 

waiting period beginning with the date 

of this notice. The Record of Decision 

will include final mitigation measures 

the Army will adopt. 

Copies of the Final EIS are available 

at the following libraries: El Paso Main 

Library, Irving Schwartz Branch Library, 

Richard Burges Branch Library, and 

University of Texas at El Paso Library in 

El Paso, TX; Alamogordo Public Library 

in Alamogordo, NM; and, New Mexico 

State University Zuhl Library and 

Thomas Branigan Memorial Library in 

Las Cruces, NM. The Final EIS may also 

be accessed at http://ftblissnetzeroeis.

net/index.html or https://www.bliss.

army.mil/DPW/Environmental/EIS

Documents2.html. 

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–06176 Filed 3–20–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3710–08–P 

DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE 

Department of the Army; Corps of 

Engineers 

Notice of Public Comment Period for 

the Missouri River Recovery 

Implementation Committee’s Proposed 

Charter Amendments, Missouri River, 

United States 

AGENCY: Department of the Army, U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, DoD. 

ACTION: Notice of public comment 

period. 

SUMMARY: The Missouri River Recovery 

Implementation Committee, referred to 

as MRRIC or the Committee, is seeking 

comments to its proposed Charter 

amendments on or before April 19, 

2014. MRRIC has reached tentative 

consensus on three (3) proposed 

amendments to its Charter, originally 

approved on July 1, 2008. Prior to 

seeking final consensus and 

recommending the amendments to the 

Secretary for final adoption, the Corps 

of Engineers, on behalf of the 

Committee, seeks public comments on 

the following tentative 

recommendations: 

(1) Charter amendment 1: Section V, 

‘‘Membership and Representation of 

Interests,’’ should be amended to 

specifically add the ‘‘Osage Nation’’ to 

the list of subsection (d) Tribes, as 

eligible for membership in the 

Committee. 

Background: On August 9, 2013 the 

MRRIC Chair received a letter from 

Principal Chief Red Eagle of the Osage 

Nation requesting the Osage Nation 

become a member of MRRIC. MRRIC 

discussed this request and reached 

tentative consensus in November 2013 

on a recommendation to revise the 

MRRIC Charter to include the Osage 

Nation as a member of the Committee. 

The Osage Nation is a federallyrecognized Tribe with land near the 

basin and historical ties to the Missouri 

River. 

(2) Charter amendment 2: Section V, 

‘‘Membership and Representation of 

Interests,’’ subsection (e)(i) should be 

amended to indicate that there will be 

a maximum of twenty-nine (29) 

stakeholder members (rather than 28). 

Background: The Committee 

discussed the original intention to invite 

an equal number of stakeholder 

members and Tribal members to serve 

on the Committee. To maintain this 

balance when adding the Osage Nation 

to MRRIC, the Committee reached 

tentative consensus in November 2013 

on a recommendation to increase the 

number of stakeholder members from 28 

to 29. 

(3) Charter amendment 3: Section VII, 

‘‘Roles, Responsibilities and 

Leadership’’ subsection (a)(iv) should be 

amended, striking the phrase ‘‘for no 

more than three (3) additional terms of 

one (1) year each’’ such that the 

amended language reads as: 

iv. The Chair and Vice Chair will 

serve or be removed with the consensus 

of the Committee. The term of office of 

the Chair and Vice Chair will be one (1) 

year, with the opportunity for 

reappointment. Should a Committee 

member believe the Chair and/or Vice 

Chair are not performing in a fair and 

balanced manner, it is the responsibility 

of the member to raise his/her concerns 

to the Chair or to the full Committee for 

consideration. 

Background: The Committee 

discussed the need for term limits on 

leadership and concluded that the 

ability to remove the Chair and Vice 

Chair with consensus of MRRIC is 

sufficient. The Committee also 

concluded that it was important to have 

a Chair with knowledge and familiarity 

of the Committee and its operations and 

consequently it may be difficult to find 

many individuals who best match the 

needs of MRRIC. The Chair’s 

performance will continue to be 

evaluated by MRRIC annually. The 

Committee reached tentative consensus 

on this recommended amendment in 

February 2014. 

DATES: All comments to this public 

notice should be submitted on or before 

April 19, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Submit comments to U.S. 

Army Corps of Engineers, Attn: Mary 

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Roth, MRRIC Project Manager, 1616 

Capitol Ave. Ste. 900, Omaha, NE 

68102. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Additional information about this 

public notice may be obtained by 

contacting Mary Roth, MRRIC Project 

Manager, (402) 995–2919 or via email at 

Info@MRRIC.org. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The 

Secretary of the Army (Secretary) 

established the Missouri River Recovery 

Implementation Committee in 2008, as 

authorized by Section 5018 of the 2007 

Water Resources Development Act 

(WRDA), to make recommendations and 

provide guidance on a study of the 

Missouri River and its tributaries and on 

the existing Missouri River recovery and 

mitigation plan. Note: Work on the 

referenced Missouri River and 

tributaries study is currently suspended 

in accordance with the Consolidated 

Appropriations Act of 2014 (Sect. 114) 

signed by the President January 3, 2014. 

The Committee provides a collaborative 

forum for the basin to come together and 

develop a shared vision and 

comprehensive plan for Missouri River 

recovery. The Committee helps guide 

the prioritization, implementation, 

monitoring, evaluation and adaption of 

recovery actions. The Committee 

includes broad stakeholder 

representation to ensure a 

comprehensive approach to Missouri 

River recovery implementation while 

providing for congressionallyauthorized Missouri River project 

purposes and to ensure that public 

values are incorporated into the study 

and the recovery and mitigation plans. 

Comments: This notice is provided to 

outline details of the above-described 

activity so this Committee may consider 

all pertinent public comments prior to 

final consensus and recommendation of 

the Charter amendments to the 

Secretary for final adoption. Any 

interested party is invited to submit 

written comments on any or all of the 

contemplated amendments on or before 

the public notice expiration date, April 

19, 2014. Comments about the proposed 

amendments, both favorable and 

unfavorable, will be accepted and made 

part of the record and will receive 

consideration by the Committee in 

determining whether to amend its 

Charter. Comments should be provided 

to the individual listed in this public 

notice under the FOR FURTHER

INFORMATION CONTACT section. 

Reference: Missouri River Recovery 

Implementation Committee Charter, July 

1, 2008; http://moriverrecovery.usace.

army.mil/mrrp/mrrp_pub_

dev.download_documentation?p_

file=425. 

For more information about the 

Missouri River Recovery 

Implementation Committee, visit: 

www.MRRIC.org. 

Brenda S. Bowen, 

Army Federal Register Liaison Officer. 

[FR Doc. 2014–06175 Filed 3–20–14; 8:45 am] 

BILLING CODE 3720–58–P 

DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY 

[OE Docket No. EA–391] 

Application To Export Electric Energy; 

Emera Energy Services Subsidiary No. 

6 LLC 

AGENCY: Office of Electricity Delivery 

and Energy Reliability, DOE. 

ACTION: Notice of application. 

SUMMARY: Emera Energy Services 

Subsidiary No. 6 LLC (EESS–6) has 

applied for authority to transmit electric 

energy from the United States to Canada 

pursuant to section 202(e) of the Federal 

Power Act (FPA). 

DATES: Comments, protests, or motions 

to intervene must be submitted on or 

before April 21, 2014. 

ADDRESSES: Comments, protests, or 

motions to intervene should be 

addressed to: Michael L. Rodrigue, 

Office of Electricity Delivery and Energy 

Reliability, Mail Code: OE–20, U.S. 

Department of Energy, 1000 

Independence Avenue SW., 

Washington, DC 20585–0350. Because 

of delays in handling conventional mail, 

it is recommended that documents be 

transmitted by overnight mail, by 

electronic mail to Michael.Rodrigue@

hq.doe.gov, or by facsimile to 202–586– 

8008. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: 

Michael L. Rodrigue (Program Office) at 

202–586–2942, or by email at 

Michael.Rodrigue@hq.doe.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Exports of 

electricity from the United States to a 

foreign country are regulated by the 

Department of Energy (DOE) pursuant to 

sections 301(b) and 402(f) of the 

Department of Energy Organization Act 

(42 U.S.C. 7151(b), 7172(f)) and require 

authorization under section 202(e) of 

the Federal Power Act (16 U.S.C. 

824a(e)). 

On February 25, 2014, DOE received 

an application from EESS–6 for 

authority to transmit electric energy 

from the United States to Canada for 

five years as a power marketer using 

existing international transmission 

facilities. EESS–6 does not own any 

electric transmission facilities nor does 

it hold a franchised service area. EESS– 

6 states that it will make all of the 

necessary commercial arrangements and 

will obtain any and all of the required 

regulatory approvals in order to effect 

any power exports. 

The electric energy that EESS–6 

proposes to export to Canada would be 

surplus energy purchased from electric 

utilities and other entities within the 

United States. The existing international 

transmission facilities to be utilized by 

EESS–6 have previously been 

authorized by Presidential permits 

issued pursuant to Executive Order 

10485, as amended, and are appropriate 

for open access transmission by third 

parties. 

Procedural Matters: Any person 

desiring to be heard in this proceeding 

should file a comment or protest to the 

application at the address provided 

above. Protests should be filed in 

accordance with Rule 211 of the Federal 

Energy Regulatory Commission’s (FERC) 

Rules of Practice and Procedures (18 

CFR 385.211). Any person desiring to 

become a party to these proceedings 

should file a motion to intervene at the 

above address in accordance with FERC 

Rule 214 (18 CFR 385.214). Five copies 

of such comments, protests, or motions 

to intervene should be sent to the 

address provided above on or before the 

date listed above. 

Comments on the EESS–6 application 

to export electric energy to Canada 

should be clearly marked with OE 

Docket No. EA–391. An additional copy 

is to be provided directly to Will 

Szubielski, c/o Emera Energy Inc., 1223 

Lower Water Street, Halifax, Nova 

Scotia B3J 3S8 and Bonnie A. Suchman, 

Troutman Sanders LLP, 401 9th Street, 

NW., Suite 1000, Washington, DC 

20004. A final decision will be made on 

this application after the environmental 

impacts have been evaluated pursuant 

to DOE’s National Environmental Policy 

Act Implementing Procedures (10 CFR 

part 1021) and after a determination is 

made by DOE that the proposed action 

will not have an adverse impact on the 

sufficiency of supply or reliability of the 

U.S. electric power supply system. 

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/

node/11845, or by emailing Angela Troy 

at Angela.Troy@hq.doe.gov. 

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